Chapter Four

The night should have ended after the gala, but Damian stayed in his study, phone pressed to his ear. I lingered outside the half-open door, curiosity outweighing caution.

“…she’s safer with me,” Damian was saying, his voice clipped. “They won’t dare touch her if she carries my name.”

A pause. A lower tone. “Yes. I know they’ll try. Let them.”

My blood chilled. Who was he talking about? Who was they?

When the call ended, I slipped away, heart hammering. Damian found me minutes later in the hallway. His gaze narrowed. “Eavesdropping?”

“I—I wasn’t,” I stammered, backing away. Shit, I was caught.

But he caught my chin, tilting my face up to his. “If you want answers, Elena, ask me directly. But be prepared to hear truths you won’t like.”

My breath Halted. “What are you hiding?”

His lips curved into a shadow of a smile. “You’ll find out soon enough. Just stay close to me.”

And for the first time, I realized: Damian wasn’t just my captor. He was a man at war—and somehow, I was the weapon keeping him alive.

Few days passed after the auction and since then, I have refused to sleep in the same room with him. Okay, let’s do a recap. On the night of the auction after we had dinner he wanted me to sleep in the same room but I put my foot to the ground saying that if he doesn’t give me another room to sleep in, I will run away again and but he assured me that even if I ran, he will still find me, uhggg what an annoying sexy fellow, wait why am I thinking that he is sexy? Snap out of it Elena. So after what felt like eternity, he finally agreed for me to sleep in a different room on one condition, every morning when we see each other I have to give him a peg on the cheeks. It took me everything in my power not to smack him on the face, who am I kidding, I couldn’t even if I wanted to; his is a rock! And I am sure he can’t feel any pain.

(End of recap)

So here I was sipping my sweet morning coffee and enjoying the view, he really picked a good penthouse, when I heard someone cough from beside me, holy shit when did he get here. “You nearly scared me half to death” I said holding my chest and looking at him with venom eyes. He just stood there looking at me with an eye brow raised and a smirk on his face that I wish I can wipe off, “I believe you owe me something every morning” he said.

“And what if I don’t do it?” I said, with the look on his face, I already know that I am tasting his patience. I love it!

“Don’t taste me this morning Elena” he said, I just rolled my eyes and I was about to walk out on him when in a blink of an eye, I saw myself staring at sweaty, sexy looking chest. Uh oh, I’m in trouble now.

“A deal is a deal Elena, unless you want me to carry you and lock you inside my room and do so many unthinkable things to you” he said. My eye widened, my cheeks so red you could fry an egg on it, I quickly went on my tippy toes and gave him a peg on the cheeks and immediately ran to the kitchen. All I can hear is his laughter across the room, sneaky bastard.

“So what will I be doing all day since you don’t want me to go out?” I asked him as he was about to enter the elevator,

“I’m not saying that you can’t go out, all I said was the two bodyguards that I have assigned to you will be with you all the time” he said, “that’s the whole point, I don’t want bodyguards following me like I am going to run away, a deal is a deal, I am not running anymore” I said.

“Trust me, that is the least of my worries because I will still find you no matter where you go, it is just for your safety, you are with me now and I would not want anyone to lay a hand on you. Ok, how about this, dinner tonight by 8?” he said. All my insides are jumping right now but I keep my cool on the outside, “yeah sure, whatever” I said folding my hands and looking anywhere but his eyes. He laughs and gives me a peg on the cheek before the elevator doors finally close. OMG OMG OMG, dinner with Damion, whoa it is now this is dawning on me, my eye widened, my mind is in a turmoil. WHAT DO I WEAR!!!!. Just when I was about to have a heart attack from thinking, the elevator door opens and in come in 2, might I say handsome, mighty looking guys, I mean these guys could squeeze me and throw me into the trash.

“Good morning Ms. Elena, are you okay? You look like you are not breathing” oh shit, the noticed. “Uhh… yes yes I am fine, sorry about that” I said looking down with my hands behind my back and my face red like a tomato.

Okay let me give you rain check of why I almost fainted just from looking at this men. They look so much alike and so I’m guessing they are brothers. They introduced themselves as Antonio and Christopher. Antonio has blonde long hair that is tied in a bon, striking grey eyes, light skin, broad shoulders, while Christopher has black hair with deep deep blue eyes like the ocean and is built the same as his brother, but none of them comes close to Damian, with his chiseled jur line, skin so smooth, black eyes that screams danger but has a touch of tenderness in them for those that he loves, slender but then broad shoulders that I will want to climb on like a monkey and just…. Okay Elena back to earth stop, thinking about that.

“Umm… Ms. Elena? Hello earth to Ms. Elena” Antonio said

“Oh uhh, sorry about that, what were you saying” great caught in the act again.

“I was saying that Mr. Damian gave us orders to accompany you to the mall for shopping, he also said we should give you this” Antonio said. My heart nearly jumped out of my body once I saw the cards given to me, a gold and black platinum card, how rich is this dude? An evil grin formed on my face “boys... let’s go shopping” I said, they both had a look of horror in their eyes because they know that this is about to be a long day.