5.

Leah's POV

It has been 3 days since that incident, and I don't even know who he was. I can't believe I let him do all that and didn't even stop him. I am scared. What if he comes again?

That day, he just said those things and left without another word, leaving me in my own misery. School the next day was very hard because I couldn't stop myself from thinking about him. That mystery man whom I met 2 years back had somehow come back into my life with such chaos.

But I don't know. Even after everything, deep down I couldn't hate him. Maybe because I was so deprived of love that when he called me bella, I couldn't stop myself from being attracted to him.

But that doesn't mean I want to meet him again.

I sighed, completing my work at the café and walking out. It was dark, but I am so used to walking alone at night that it no longer scares me. I walked, not wanting to take the bus because I can't afford the bus fare.

The road was empty, so silent that I could hear the crickets. I focused on the study notes in my hand, which I was reading, and didn't notice when three black cars rolled onto the road.

They stopped beside me, and immediately a lot of men in black suits came out and spread everywhere. Everything happened in such a split second that I couldn't comprehend it. Then one of them opened the back door of the middle car, and a man in a three-piece suit stepped out.

I swear my day was going okay until I saw him again.

The mystery man.

This time he wasn't alone but came with so many other men. Oh God, are they all going to do the same thing to me? My eyes widened at the mere thought. He looked at me and spoke. "You shouldn't roam around at night alone like this."

The only thing scaring me tonight is him, but I didn't say it out loud. I had learned my lesson from last time.

He then held the door open. "Get in."

I immediately took two steps back, shaking my head. No, I don't want to go.

He sighed, looking upwards and then back at me. "I just want to talk. Then I will drop you home, and anyway, I can see you are tired. Things I want to do to you need your full energy, so I will pass today."

I spoke this time. "Is there any manual by reading which I can understand you?"

The other man who had opened the car door looked at me with shocked eyes, and so did the others.

He chuckled. "Why need a manual, mia amore, when I can personally teach you?"

I decided not to respond to the question, the meaning of which I didn't even understand.

He then spoke. "And you do remember what happens when you disobey me." I practically jumped into the vehicle, making him chuckle and close the door.

He then came from the other side and sat beside me. The other people remained outside.

"So," he spoke. He was about to continue when I asked, "Are they all going to do the same thing to me?"

He frowned. "What?"

I asked, "The same thing you did to me that day? Did you bring them for that?" A lone tear ran down from my eye.

He immediately held my wrist, pulling me towards him. "You spoke this today, but this will be the last time you ever talk like that. Do you understand?" His voice was ice cold and scary. "Only I have the right to touch you. Fuck you. Even the mere thought of them being close to you is enough for me to kill them." He warned.

"Then why did you bring them here?"

My question made his scary eyes soften a little. "They are my bodyguards. They are here to protect me. They won't hurt you."

I asked, "Protection from whom?"

He said, "You will understand someday, but for now you need not be afraid. There is no way I am going to let anyone hurt you."

I thought, yeah, sure. I have been getting hurt by my father every single day. It's not like you can stop him.

He then said, "I came to invite you. I want to go on a date with you."

I snapped my head towards him. "Date? I don't even know you."

"You will when we go on that date."

"This is absurd. I don't know your name, neither do you know mine."

He chuckled.

"I know you, Leah. And about me, my name is Lucifer Blackwood, and that is enough for you for now. The rest you can learn on our date."

"I don't want to go," I said.

He smiled slightly.

"I am not giving you any option, bella."