~Adriana’s POV~“You sent for me,” I quickly blurted out as soon as I arrived at the foot of the stairs and found Massimo already sitting on one of the couches, and waiting with a TV remote clutched firmly in his hands.As soon as he heard my voice, he turned in my direction, smiled and then patted the spot close to him on the chair, in a gesture that meant that he wanted me to come sit with him. I reluctantly did as told and protectively wrapped my arms around my body as I went to sit beside him,The fact that I had to share this close proximity with him shortly after drowning in thoughts concerning him made me suddenly jittery and I gulped as one of his hands slowly snaked up my thigh to rest just around my hip bone.“I wanted to talk to you, Adriana,” he muttered softly, drawing my attention.Slowly, I turned to look up at him and as soon as my gaze fell on his dark piercing eyes, I gulped again. At this close range, it looked so beautiful that it could literally be passed for molt

~Adriana’s POV~“Come here now, Adriana!” He growled angrily, making me flinch in fear but I didn’t move an inch. I couldn’t bring myself to move for fear of what he could do to me.I noticed how his eyes narrowed at me and also couldn’t help but notice how he shut the door behind him as stealthily as possible, and this made my heart begin to race frantically because I could say that that wasn’t a good sign.“Adriana…” he drawled, walking deeper into the room and the more he got closer to me, the more I shifted backwards until I could feel the cool wall against my back.“I’m sorry.”“Sorry for what exactly, Anna?… Sorry for what?” He replied in a singsong voice I couldn’t help but feel like he was only trying to lure me to himself by sounding like this.As he got to the foot of the bed, his eyes zeroed in on the phone which now laid discarded between the sheets and his eyes immediately darkened. “Who were you trying to call?” He asked and I gulped.How do I go about telling him that I

~Adriana’s POV~A wild cry wracked my entire body as I stumbled into my room and threw myself on the cold floor dejectedly. Massimo had embarrassed me in the worst way possible and now I felt used, betrayed and dirty… and above all, I felt like a piece of trash. An old dirty trash sack to be used by the uncaring likes of Massimo and then dumped into a dumpster like I didn’t and never meant shit.I wanted to curse at him, to yell out profanities but I held my tongue in despair because I knew that no matter the amount of curses I rained on the monster, there was absolutely nothing I could do to change him. He was an animal, a beast who didn’t give a damn… moreover, I would only get myself in more trouble by doing so and the idea of getting punished again by him, the way I’d been earlier disgusted me. I couldn’t go through that for a second time.I cried for a long time, stopping to remember how he had easily discarded me at intervals and wondering how long I would have to endure this

~Adriana’s POV~Today was full of surprises but the guest surprise I got was Massimo, giving me his ATM card and asking me to go out shopping with it.I looked up at his intimidatingly huge body frame in shock and wondered if this was his way of trying to bribe me into forgiving all his wrongdoings, the way he always did but I kept my opinion to myself.“Take it!” He pressed on, literally shoving the card in my face and again I raised my head to look at him. I wanted to yell at him to leave my room but I was too weak to. In fact, it was strange to imagine that he would even think I’ll go to this stupid shopping in this frail state of mine. My slitted wrists were still wrapped up in bandages and even my vision was still blurry in a way. I couldn’t argue with this mule.“The doctor says you need a breath of fresh air and some good scenery… he thinks it’ll help you heal faster,” He tried again but despite his flimsy excuses, I stared pointedly at him without making any move to take the

~Adriana’s POV~“This is crazy! You didn’t see me steal anything, did you?” I snapped at the counter clerk who only eyed me and then proceeded to punch aggressively on the keyboard of her telephone as if I didn’t just ask a question.Her nonchalant attitude annoyed me but what pissed me off the most was the fact that she was doing all these without a care in the world.“Apprehend her!” She yelled again and this time a few men dressed in security uniforms casually walked up to me. One of them had the audacity to grasp my arm in a firm grip while the other pointed to the door, saying;“Madam, please you’d have to follow us right now.”My anger immediately flared, and in a fit of rage, I aggressively pulled my arm out of the idiot’s grip and then turned to look at the one who seemed like he was the leader right in the eye.“Can I lend your phone? I need to call my lawyer,” I asked and as soon as I said those words, the counter clerk snorted.“She can afford to buy a few clothes worth ov