All Chapters of NIRELLE: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

NIRELLEI do not wait for Lucien's reply before I storm out of the living room. I am so grateful that I had paid attention while coming down; I was able to identify my room. As soon as I got into the room, I changed and lay on the bed. The bedspread was soft, the kind you want to bury your body into and stay there for a few hours, but the feeling against my skin was brutal. It’s comfortable, but in a way that feels wrong—unfamiliar. And I hate unfamiliar. My face hurts, and I wish I had waited to get some painkillers first, but if I had stayed, I was worried he would force me to agree with Mae.I close my eyes so I stop creating scenarios in my mind, and I only wake up with my forehead lined in sweat from the dream I had just had. The hand under my gown felt so vivid that I had to jerk up from the bed. I looked around the dark room until my eyes fell on the digital clock in the room.My heart was racing, and it was worse because of the unfamiliarity of the room. I take off the blanket

NIRELLE"You can let me go now," I say, my voice barely coming out. He blinks and slowly raises me so I am now standing just a bit from him. "Thank you," I murmur as I create distance between us. "Why are you here?" I ask immediately."Well, I heard you were cooking," he said as if I had committed the gravest of sins ever to exist. He seems to be moving on quickly, unaware of the effect he had just had on me. I don't know what it is, but it is unfamiliar to me, and I am not sure I like it."Yes, I woke up early and did not know what else to do, so I just decided to prepare a meal for everyone to show my appreciation.""You don't have to do that." I don't know if he is telling me to warn me or if it's a concern in his voice."The staff made it very clear, but if I do not cook, then what should I do? Clean? Handwash your clothes? Do the gardening?" I could not believe I was asking for work. When I had begun working my bones at the Thamore mansion, I had always hoped for the day of my es

NIRELLEI am taking gentle steps down the stairs because I am afraid I will run into Lucien or anyone else; all I want to do is eat breakfast and return to the room."Mrs. Vexley," a thick, familiar voice calls out from behind me. I stop on the stairs and look back to see Theo making his way to me. I look at him again; he seems too beautiful to be real. He is wearing a midnight black suit accompanied by a white shirt and a navy blue tie. He looks like a movie-perfect man who would own a large corporation.I raise my hand to him in a small wave. "Hi..." I trail off because I do not know how to address him."Are you getting settled in?" he says, not worrying about how I was going to address him. For a house that has so many rules, I had been sure that there was going to be one regarding that, but he did not seem to mind."If by settling in, you mean losing my mind, then yes," I say, and he frowns. Maybe he does not like the answer he got; maybe Lucien would not like the answer when he re

NIRELLE"You know you still owe me an answer for what I asked you on the first day I came here," I say when I am ready to leave the room. I look at his face and can tell he is still uncomfortable talking about this. "Is it uncomfortable?" I ask, wondering how I got so bold with everything, especially in front of this man whom they call merciless."No... of course it is not," he stuttered, the words, and I know that he is uncomfortable."There is no need to lie." I wrap the book in both hands as I walk closer to him. "If you are uncomfortable, just say it.""If I do, then would you stop bringing it up?" his question makes me stop in my tracks."Only if we reach an agreement," I say, biting the corner of my lips. "Well, it's not an agreement, more of a plea from me. I can't have sex; I can never have it," I say, hoping he can understand my plight and maybe reason with me. I won't lie; I could never understand the need for men to always be needy in that aspect of their life, but I have h

NIRELLEI step into the room and look around. I begin to realise that all of this luxury was the price I was going to pay to help take down my father. I should be happy since the evil man would finally get what he deserved, but I do not believe the world is black and white because it isn't; there must be some grey areas in this and what if Lucien's plans fail? If they fail, that means I am at the mercy of Enoch once again.I feel fear grip the entirety of my heart as I sit there because I know that this is kind of dangerous. What if he walks in here later at night and demands sex from me? What if what I had feared the most ends up being what I do? I turn and lock the door, making sure it is locked before I go to bed. "I can't stay in here forever; I have to think of something to do," I say as I lower myself onto the couch and begin to read. I get a bit stuffy in the room, so I move from inside to the balcony outside.Suddenly, my eyes catch someone running, and when I look down, I rea