Daisy's POV My heart pounds in my chest and adrenaline pumps into my system as I tiptoe down the stairs, careful not to make any sound. Every nerve in my body is screaming at me to return to the room, but I still tread forward in the almost dark staircase, using the light coming from the chandelier as a guide. The rails of the staircase are cold against my fingers. My gaze constantly flits to check behind my shoulders. To see if I'm being followed. If it's all a trap. If the reason there has been no sight of any guards since I left my room was to test me. Maybe seeing the letter too was a trap. Maybe I've been tricked by Maria and she did know about the letter. My legs pause mid step. I glance behind me again. Nobody. Then why does it feel like I'm being watched? I inhale and exhale, clenching my hands into fists. You can do this, Daisy. You've got this. I take a last step down the stairs, landing on the cushion rug. The light coming from the chandelier is no
DAISY'S POV It's been five days since I moved into this new prison.Every new strike on the wall serves as a reminder of the number of days spent in this s**thole.Even though the knot in my stomach gradually untangles with each passing night, because I haven't seen him again since that night. My masked buyer.I still jump at the sound of the door opening even though I know it's just Maria bringing me food or clothes.I still make sure the door is always locked before I go to sleep even when I know it's useless because if he wants to come in, he would.I know I can't get used to it. The paranoia that comes with not knowing what is going to happen the next minute.So I decided to stop dilly-dallying and proceed on my plan: Leaving this place.I uncurl the paper I found in one of the boxes after snooping the entire room, hopefully it contains useful information that can get me out of here.“I should have escaped when I had the chance to. I misused them…”My brows shoot up in confusion
Reis's POV. In the Cosa Nostra, one thing you should never lose is your composure. Just one moment’s slip and your familia is holding your funeral. I have learnt and mastered it. The Art of Composure. Only today, I slipped. I went to the auction tonight to observe. Not buy. I already told Maria and V that there's no more girls coming in. But when I saw her squirming in the red dress, her cleavage annoyingly visible under the spotlight and Matteo Donovan was about to win the bid for her — something in me snapped and I cracked. “Quit staring at me, Keir. I couldn't let Donovan buy her, he's a psycho.” A white lie. Donovan doesn't only buy girls. He ruins them. Even though we were going to save all of the girls later anyway — something about Matteo going home with her, ruining her or even touching her just didn't sit right with me. Why? I have no fu***ing answer to that. Daisy Manchester. I slam her file on the desk. She's not even special. Just a
Daisy's POV People often say — In life, you only get to make two choices: the right choice or the wrong choice. And I have to admit — That's a freaking lie. Because right now, I also have two choices. Either I sit peacefully and go with this masked man sitting beside me who just bought me for a hundred million dollars without batting an eyelid — well not technically because his face is hidden beneath that mask — to wherever he is heading, which can't be good. Or I quickly unlock the door and jump out from the moving vehicle — which would end up with my skull getting splattered on the road, or getting a bullet imprinted in my skull before I could even land on the ground. And neither of them is right. So I only sit, and watch as the driver speeds up the car, taking me farther away from home. From Brittany. And maybe even from Chicago. Heck… I don't even know what day it is. If it's still the day I was kidnapped or the next. The only thing I know is that it’s really
Daisy's POV “You'll stay in here till you learn your lesson." “Please let me out. I'm scared." Nobody comes. Not even Aunt Kathy. I'm all alone again. Mama left me and Papa doesn't love me anymore. ‘*Your mama didn't leave you. You killed her.*' ‘No. I didn't kill mama.’ I hate it. Whatever it is that is in my head. Aunt Kathy calls it Inner Voice but I call it The Devil. ‘*You did. You are a little killer.*’ ‘I didn't kill Mama. I didn't kill mama.’ ‘*You killed her.*’ Drip. Drip. ‘Stop it.’ ‘Please stop. I didn't kill mama.’******** My eyes snap open, accompanied by a painful throb on the side of my head. My eyes dims slightly when the harsh rays of light streams into them. They slowly adjust to the bright light and I become aware of my surroundings. In front of me are two girls, one is a blonde and the other has brunette hair. They look like they're still in their twenties. The one in brunette hair is clutching her arms, and peeking at me anxiously
Daisy's POV I can feel his presence behind me. The familiar scent of leather calling out to me. Begging me to turn and look into his eyes. To run into the comfort of his arms and ask him why? But I don't. He chose Zyla over me, our love and his promises. I ignore him and keep on walking, even though my feet want to turn in his direction. He doesn't stop me or call me back, just watches me leave like a coward or he simply doesn't care. The moment I get into my cubicle, I collapse into my chair. “Do you think the CEO is finally going to send her out?" Whispers make their way to my ears. “I think so. Didn't you see the way she slumped into her seat when she returned from the CEO'S office?” The voices grow louder and the chattering increases in the room. Like the person they're talking about is not sitting right in their midst. "Don't you guys have anything better to do?” A hand slams on the table, sending tremors in the room and the murmurs die down. I glance up