''Kate!!!…aaaaah… aaaaah ''
Irene cried as she watched the two hefty men take her sister away; Kate turned her head and her sad eyes glanced at her sister, who was standing by the door, tears pouring from her eyes; Irene wanted to run after her but she was stopped by a deadly-looking man, who dragged her out of the door;
Kate stopped moving as she watched her sister being hauled away; the man took her sister out of the house and slammed the door, making her shudder; she swallowed hard, trying not to cry again for something she couldn't change; screeching her legs across the marble floor, she continued walking forward.
The two men led her down the hallway and to a room on the right; one man walked forward with a bunch of keys; he looked at the room number and searched for the keys, after a little while, he found it and unlocked the door; before she could say a word, she was pushed inside; she fell to her face as she heard the ringing of keys behind her and she knew she had been locked in.
Kate opened her eyes and she realized that the room was dark; pitch black dark. She couldn't even see her white hands; it was painful keeping her eyes open in such darkness, so she had to shut them and feel around with her hands; inching to the wall behind her, she curled up herself like a ball, shutting her eyes.
Life had been miserable so far. She was just twenty-one and everything, her dreams, ambitions, joy, hope, and desire to find love and happiness had been ripped away in the blink of an eye. If one had the right to decide one's fate, she would have chosen to never have been born.
The tears she had struggled so hard to keep in kept rolling down again; she sniffed as she rubbed her nose with the back of her hand; the air in the room was so stuffy and she was sweating all over but all of that didn't matter at that moment; she wished it could all end quickly but sadly, her journey just started.
Her life was over, she had no one to tell as her mother was dead and her father was the reason she is in this mess.
She didn't know for how long she lay there, eyes shut, and mind wandering. Because of the darkness, she was sensitive to every sound. She could hear the stomping of feet on the floor above her, the creeping of insects around the darkroom, and even the never-ending pumping of blood by her shattered heart. Soon she slept off.
She woke up to the ringing of keys on the door; her body instantly sitting upright as she waited for the door to open; the light from the hallway illuminated a patch of the room as the door opened; she didn't have enough time to look the person who had opened the door because as soon as a bowl of food was pushed in, the door was slammed close again;
Kate sat still for a moment as she listened to the retreating footsteps;
She could not move, she had had nothing to eat since morning but the last thing on her mind at that moment was food; she didn't even have the appetite to eat anything, not to talk of eating anything that came from that house;
And that was her routine for two days straight; crying, sleeping, and thinking; every day the door would open and a meal would be pushed in, three times in the day but she touched none of them;
On the third day, she was already too weak; her fingers barely moved and her eyes remained shut for almost the whole day; fresh tears replacing the already dried streaks; she could hear the singing of the birds and she knew it was morning, then suddenly, the lights in the room turned on;
She had not seen such brightness for three days, thus it was so illuminating that she raised her hands weakly over her eyes; the doors to the room opened, and she heard people walk in;
Forcing herself to sit up straight, she glanced at them, there was an older woman in her fifties, and two ladies with her, the older lady watched her for a moment then she waved to the two other women, and they walked forward and lifted her up; and without waiting for her to stable her feet, they dragged along; Kate didn't resist them, she didn't even have the strength to;
Her feet scraped the floor as they pulled her limp body forward;
She heard a door pull open, and she was dragged inside; the sweet scent of strawberry wafted into her nostrils and she lifted her eyes to look at where she was;
There was a bath filled with water, steam was coming out of it, there was a maid standing beside it as though she had been waiting for her;
''Strip! "
The old lady commanded, Kate looked at her and noticed her gaze was firm, there was not a hint of a smile on her face and she knew that if she didn't strip, she would be forced to.
She had not been naked in front of so many people before and the way they watched her made her nervous; before she could raise her hands to her clothes, the old lady, running out of patience, instructed with the slight movement of her head; quickly the two maids who had dragged her in, tore her clothes off her body, one by one they fell, till she was left with nothing but her bare skin;
kate looked down at her body, she hadn't washed for three days and after being locked up for so long, she stank;
As though they had already been prepped on what to do, a maid brought a stool and made her sit, another came with a toothbrush and paste;
Open your mouth!
Though she was the wife she knew her life was just that of an item and knew her treatment won’t be good either.
The old lady, who had not moved an inch from where she was standing since she entered the room, commanded.Kate looked up at her and she saw that she was gazing down at her with so much ferocity that she knew she didn't have a choice, her mouth opened immediately and the maid washed it, she was so thorough that Kate felt blood seeping from her gums; she was still rinsing her mouth when a maid brought two little stools and placed in front of her; her brows creased as she wondered what they were for;''Place your legs on them '' the elderly woman's voice rang in the room again and she did as she was told; suddenly the maid, pushed the two stools apart making her legs open wide;Her hands reflexively moved to cover her private part, the old lady seeing this, walked to her and gave her a resounding slap;''You do as you are told, young lady.''Kate could swear that she saw stars; she could hear distant echoes in her right ear where the slap had landed,
There was a pin-drop silence in the meeting room, as though there was no-one in, but in reality, there were people seated on the long meeting table.He was busy with his phone as they waited for him;His right hand continuously tapped on the table; and although he carried a fearful aura, the female board members, couldn't resist admiring the godlike sight; he hair hadn't been styled for a while, thus a few strands flopped forward, stopping just below his brows, giving him a fresh messy look. His brows were nicely carved, and although he was looking downwards, his long lashes could be seen. He was putting on a black body-hug shirt which revealing his athletic abs and muscled chest. The first two buttons of his shirt weren't hooked and there was a visible tattoo on his chest which led downwards; although he was just twenty-eight, he commanded an indubitable aura.Suddenly, he dropped his phone and looked at the people in the board room;''Begin,'' he said,
It was a sunny afternoon; he was playing with his sister and they played hide and seek; it was his turn to hide, and he knew the one place where she wouldn't find him was in his parents' room; so he sneaked into their room; his parents were taking a nap, his Dad had his hand around his mom; he could still remember the flower petals on the gown she wore; the red roses on the quilt, not a single memory of that day had blurred, they were still inscribed in his memories. Tip-toeing gently, he found his way to the wardrobe and hid; a boyish grin on his face as he thought of a million places his younger sister would look for him in their mighty mansion.He could still hear her distant counts; she was almost nearing ten, and he was eager to win this time; when suddenly she stops counting at eight;Thinking she might have stopped because she wanted to get him before he finds a place to hide, he smiled to himself; she won't ever think of their parents' wardrobe. There was still
Kate sat by her window side; staring outside; she loved the view of the huge estate from her window; a gardener was pruning the lawn, and there were three maids, sitting on a street bench under a flower shade, giggling about something; the air was beautiful; it took away her worry for a split second. When she had come for the first time, she was in so much panic that she did not look around the estate; it's been six days since she was taken away from the darkroom, and knowing she would stay there for a long time, she had to get acquainted with her surroundings. The Mansion was very huge and vast; it had three floors; the maids and the house workers stayed on the first floor; on the second floor there was no-one staying; and on the last floor, he lived, alone. She wondered why no-one stayed on the second floor and he had the last floor to him alone, but then she waved away the thought, it was obvious, no-one wanted to stay close to a dreadful demon like him.
Kate’s lips trembled but she could not speak; she stared at the old lady for a moment;''I… I just took my bath. ''She explained; pursing her lips.“You don't want me to repeat myself. Do you? '' milly said, raising her brows. Kate bowed her head low and turned towards the bathroom; the maids looked at her with pity as though she was a lamb taken to be slaughtered; they could only imagine what evil she must have done to their boss to attract his venom.After taking her bath; the elderly lady pointed at some specific lotions on her vanity table; and she applied it; after which, a maid dried her hair, and after applying a sweet-smelling oil; let it fall to her back. A light makeup was applied to her face which stressed her beauty, but beauty was the last thing she wanted that night.After her makeup was applied, she was given the basket;''Put those on and follow me. ''Milly instructed; Kate stared at the basket for
His right brow arched, and his eyes shot daggers at her;Kate stepped backward twice; her head bowed low;''I'm sorry, I'm not prepared for this now, can we do this some other day?''She thought she was strong; she thought she would be able to let herself do anything but she was utterly wrong, it was that moment, she realized how hard it was to give yourself to someone you hate to your very bones! Yes, she hates this man to the bone, she took her life away from her.Liam brows eased, and he dropped the cigar on the tray; relaxing back on the couch;''I didn't ask for your opinion; I just told you to take your clothes off your body.it was a command not a request ''He said in a relaxed tone. Kate raised her eyes to look at him; if he wanted to r*pe her, he should at least have mercy on her virgin soul, and let her mind be prepared!He was still staring at her with venom in his eyes, it was as though she was just a fun toy, as though he
The next day was Sunday. She had stayed awake for the greater part of the night before she finally drifted off to sleep.After taking her bath that morning; she put on a long single strap dress, packed her hair up with a hairband, and left her room. She walked down the hall to the front porch; there were a few people insight and they were all busy doing one thing or the other; everywhere looked serene, so she guessed that he might be at home.Since she had nothing to do, she figured she might as well go check up on her sister and know how she had been faring.She passed by some workers and she greeted them politely; they replied with a wave, some with a smile. She knew the news of her being the master's wife must have spread among the workers, from the way they looked at her; she knew that they pitied her greatly.She hadn't reached the first gate when she saw him; her heart skipped a beat. She didn't expect to see him on her way out, so she was nervous,
Kate heaved a sigh of relief as she watched him walk away; thinking about it, she would have to remain in her room whenever he was home, to avoid him seeing a glimpse of her. Now, she can't ever leave the mansion without him knowing about it. Sighing, she stood up, unsure of where to go to.She hadn't taken three steps down the road when two guards approached her;''Miss, we were told to escort you out to the city this way Miss. '' The guard pointed towards the first gate, as though to tell her to go on first. Kate stared at both of them for a split moment before walking forward.At the first gate, a black car was waiting; the first guard sat in front with the driver while the other, sat with her at the back seat. Kate was almost suffocating in the car, she would have preferred to go alone but now, there were three men wearing heavy cologne suffocating her inside a car! She can't even breathe properly.''Where to? Miss '' The driver asked, and she told hi