“Please, can Leah become my personal assistant?” Jennifer asked softly, her voice like always, dripped with false sweetness.I snapped my attention to her, my anger at her pretentious acts coursing through my veins. The fact that she had the audacity to shamelessly request that I serve her stunned me.“Why?” Ethan asked. His cold voice cutting through the air.I turned to face him, every nerve in my body trembling with rage at the fact that he even considered her request. “I just need something I can trust Ethan. And I trust Leah “ she said with a sigh, as she lied through her teeth’s.She took a step closer towards me, a sad smile settling on her face.“In my last company, the assistant that was assigned to me by them… she bullied me badly,” she replied, her voice choking up at the end, almost like she was holding herself back from crying.“I don’t want to make the same mistake. I want to pick somebody that I trust and can rely on.”Her hands came up to my shoulders in an attempt t
“Ethan,” I choked out at the sight of him.“How many times do I have to warn you, Leah, to stay away from Jennifer?” he said darkly. His eyes were hard as he sent me a disapproving glare.“This looks nothing like it seems. If you had come earlier, you would have…”“Enough, Leah. Just enough!” he roared, his entire form trembling with rage.He moved towards where I stood. His large hands wrapped around my forearm in a tight grip, and fingers digging into my skin enough to leave a bruise.“I have tolerated your disrespect for Jennifer so many times, thinking you would change,” he growled. His expression was one of disdain, his harsh breath fell on my face with every word he uttered.“A long time ago, I promised to give her an eye for an eye, to any bastard who dared to hurt her again. Now, Leah, you just had to hit her,” he spat venomously, making me flinch in his grip.“I know you don’t believe a word I say. But trust me, Jennifer is nothing like you think she is. She is pretentious, a
“Let me go Ethan. Let’s end our relationship,” I choked out.His gaze bore into me unblinking, probably waiting for me to complete my words.“Why do you want me? Why are you so persistent in keeping me? You can have any woman you want, but why me? What's so special about me?” I pressed, watching as his eyes hardened at my words.“I don’t want it anymore, Ethan. I can’t bear to lose anything else, so just let me go and we can leave our peaceful life away from each other,” I added.“Are you even listening to me Ethan? I said– let me go. Let’s end whatever fucked up relationship or contract is between us,” I cried out.“You must be more stupid than I thought if you ever think that I am going to let you go, Leah,” he replied back. His voice sounded grave, but his eyes spoke more volumes than his words ever did.“You signed a contract with me. And until I get tired of your body, you’re stuck with me as my submissive sex slave,” he uttered darkly. “Why? Why me? Why don’t you just find ano
I held my tears back, finding it pointless to cry, although they kept on pouring.“I loathe you, Ethan. I hate you more than I have ever hated anything in this world. You are right, it’s good that it’s gone. You would have made a horrible father; you are too toxic to be one. And that’s why I killed it. Because I could not bear the thought of having a child with a mentally deranged man like you.” I said, my voice dropping with every ounce of emotion I felt for him, as my breathing turned heavy.He must have felt the genuineness in the words, because his hands around my neck tightened. My vision grew hazy from the pressure, and I was left gasping for air.My hands clawed at his in a futile attempt to pry him off me. And when I thought he was really going to kill me, he let go. Pushing himself off me, he reacted like I scalded him.“Lie on all fours,” he ordered, his voice sounding dark and gruff. My eyes flared. A sense of fear crept in my mind, from knowing I was still sore all over
“Protect me? Protect me?” I laughed bitterly.He stared at me, his eyes pleading with me to understand, but it was too late for that. Everything he did was confusing, and I could never trust him again.“How are you protecting me, Xavier, huh? By not standing by my side when I actually need you? And who are you protecting me from exactly? What scares you so much?” I asked in vexation, my entire form trembling with rage.“They are things that are better left hidden for your sake, Leah,” he said with a sigh. He watched me for a while longer, studying my features.My gaze watched him sharply, wanting to drink in every twitch of his jaw and read even the slightest expression on his face. He expressed his emotions well. The now blank expression on his face made my irritation increase. “Things like what exactly?”“Things that would keep you safer if you had no idea of them. Now drop it,” he demanded finally, turning to pick up his things from the table.“Your discharge papers have been proce
‘Good,’ I thought happily.My hands moved towards my bedside, my gaze roaming around as I looked for my phone.“My phone, where is it?” I thought. My eyes widened in horror as the last time I held my phone came rushing back in my mind.Jennifer cut the call on me, and before I could keep my phone, I was dragged out of the alley.“Oh God,” I muttered. My phone must still be somewhere back in the alley.“So where is it, Leah? Huh? Where is your proof?” Jennifer asked, feigning a sympathetic smile.“I must have lost my phone in the alley when…”“Oh please, don’t you get tired of lying, Leah?” Jennifer asked, shaking her head with a sad smile almost like she pitied me.My face deepened in a scowl, as anger burned through me when I took in her expression.My eyes shifted from hers to Ethan, whose stare had not left me.“Ethan, believe me, I had proof. I really had proof on my phone, but somehow…”“Enough, Leah! Enough!” Ethan roared, cutting me short.I stared at him in shock, taking in th