All Chapters of THE DON'S CAPTIVE MISTRESS : Chapter 261 - Chapter 270

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A Mistake

HAZEL I forced myself into the bathroom and ran a hot shower. I sat under the water for a long time, letting it hit my skin, hoping it would loosen something inside me.But it didn’t help. Not really. When I finally got out, I put my clothes back on and lay on the bed.Afternoon came. I called for Harris again, but there was no response. The door stayed locked. By nightfall, something inside me had shifted. Anger, Hunger, exhaustion, and Disappointment so heavy it felt like it had weight.I stared at the ceiling, trying to understand what had happened to my life in such a short time.What came next?Where did I go from here?I thought about everything. About Axel, About Harris and about the truth I never said out loud. I should have told him. I should have told him I wasn’t a virgin. But even that thought twisted painfully inside me. Because it felt like no answer would’ve saved me from this.That night, nothing changed because no one came. Not Harris, not anyone. I drank cold water

Boarded

HAZEL Eventually, Harris nodded to himself. It was almost as if my silence had answered him. Without another word, he opened the door and walked out. A second later, I heard his footsteps disappear down the stairs.I didn't move, not for a long time. The open door remained exactly where he'd left it. Freedom..... It was right there. Only a few steps away, but my body refused to listen to my mind. I couldn't make myself get up, and I couldn't make myself walk through that doorway, because every time I thought about moving... I remembered.I remembered his hand around my throat. I remembered the sound of the slap; I remembered the hit to every corner of my body, and I remembered the look in his eyes.Eventually, I forced myself off the bed. My legs trembled beneath me as I moved. I walked slowly toward the bedroom door and stopped in the doorway. The hallway was empty and Quiet. Too quiet.I wrapped my arms around myself before taking another step, then another. Every creak of the woo

Once

HAZEL That night, I didn't bother going back to the bedroom. I couldn't. I found a couch downstairs and curled up there instead. Thankfully, Harris didn't come looking for me. For once, he left me alone.When I woke up the next morning, I realised there was a blanket draped over my body. I stared at it. I didn't know how to feel about that.A part of me knew it was supposed to be a kind gesture. But another part of me couldn't forget everything else. So I pulled it off and threw it aside.I stayed there, sitting on the couch, not making any effort to move until Harris finally came looking for me."Good morning," he said brightly.He walked toward me like everything was normal. Like we were still us, like nothing had happened. He leaned down, attempting to kiss me. I immediately turned my face away. The rejection was obvious. He noticed, and He didn't like it. But he didn't say anything."Breakfast is ready," he said instead. "Do you want to have it in the kitchen, in the dining room,

Lies

HAZELThose words hurt more than they should have. 'Us'. I looked back down at the book in my hands."I don't know if there is an us right now."The silence that followed was strong. I didn't look at him, but I felt him sit down on the other end of the couch, but not too close. He was careful. Almost like he was afraid that one wrong move would make me run."I know you're still angry." He began.I laughed softly. Not because it was funny, but because I didn't know what else to do."Angry?" I finally looked at him. "Harris, I'm not just angry."His face fell slightly."I'm scared." The words came out before I could stop them. "I'm scared of you."For the first time, I saw something break across his expression. Something that looked like Pain. But I couldn't let that erase what happened."I never thought I would say that about you." My voice trembled. "I spent weeks believing you were the one person who saved me. I believed you were the person I could trust. And then..."I swallowed. "A

Why Him

HAZEL His voice softened."What happened while you were there?""You told me nothing bad happened to you." He added. "Then what really happened? What happened in there?"His eyes stayed fixed on me."If he didn't force you....then what does it mean? Does it mean you slept with him willingly? Does it mean you slept with somebody in that house willingly?"I couldn't raise my head to look at him. Silence settled between us. He swallowed before speaking again."Just talk to me, Hazel." He said. "Maybe you needed to sleep with someone to get something. Maybe it was food, maybe it was supplies, or maybe it was a phone call home. Whatever it was....just tell me."I didn't respond."If they hurt you... If he forced you... If he hit you.....just tell me. Let's be honest with each other."I kept staring at the floor."Hazel..." He called my name. "We can't move on like this. We have to talk this out. We have to move forward together. So please..."His voice became almost pleading."Just tell m

You Changed

HAZEL "No." I shook my head immediately. "I already told you what happened.... I was trapped."He shook his head."That's just the thing..... I don't believe you."I lowered my eyes, searching for words I couldn't find. "I wanted to come back to you," I told him. "I did. And I thought about you too, every day."He stared at me."Then why does it feel like I lost you before I even got you back?"Silence."You're different, Hazel." He added.I had no answer. The room fell silent again. Then Harris spoke."Did he love you?"I frowned."What?""Axel." His eyes were filled with something I couldn't identify. "Did he love you? Did he have any feelings for you?"I looked away and slowly shook my head."I'm not sure that man loves anyone.... Least of all me." I said bitterly.Silence settled between us again."Did he treat you better than me?" he asked.The answer was clear, Simple. Because when I thought about Axel... He had never laid his hands on me. He had never forced me to do anything.

Take A Look At Me Now

HAZEL I wasn't the same Hazel who walked into Axel's mansion. I couldn't be. Being in that mansion had changed me.Axel had changed me. What happened there had changed me, and maybe... Maybe it wasn't completely bad.I wasn't as naive as I used to be, and I had seen things, Experienced things. Things that control the world. Things that I never wanted to think about again. But Harris didn't seem to see that. He only saw the pieces of me that didn't fit the image he had created. The memories of the person he wanted me to still be."I spent all this time saving you," he whispered. His voice broke slightly. "And now I feel like I don't even know who I saved."The guilt hit me immediately. Because despite everything... Despite the fear, despite the pain. A part of me still cared about him."I never wanted to hurt you," I said softly.He laughed quietly. A broken sound."But you did."I looked down. "I did," I whispered. The admission surprised him. I looked back at him."But you hurt me

Let's Go To Bed

HAZEL Everything got way worse after that talk. Not better. Not fixed. Worse. That night, I decided it was better to stay downstairs again. I didn't want to be near him; I didn't want to be in that bedroom. Not after everything that had happened there.So I took a blanket, found a place on the couch, and tried to convince myself that I could get through another night. I heard Harris moving around the house. The sound of his footsteps, the turning off of lights and the quiet movements of someone who was still awake. Then I heard him go upstairs. And finally... I relaxed. Just a little. I thought I was safe; I thought I could finally sleep, but that didn't happen. Because the moment I closed my eyes, something inside me shifted. Something felt different and Wrong.I opened my eyes, and there he was. Harris was standing over me. Watching me. My entire body went tense."Let's go to bed," he said. His voice was calm, too calm."I don't feel like going to bed," I responded.I immediately

The Man Lying Beside Me

HAZEL I walked back to the bedroom. It was no longer the room where Harris had planned a beautiful night for us. It was the room where everything changed.I stood there, unable to move. Harris noticed and walked farther into the room."Hazel," he called softly.I looked at him but didn't make a move."Come inside," he said, opening the door wider.I hesitated for a second before finally stepping in. It felt like I was walking into a place that could hurt me. He went to sit on the bed while I remained standing, looking around the room as though I were seeing it for the very first time. I had only come back here a few times to collect clothes before returning downstairs. Eventually, I stopped coming altogether and simply wore whatever clothes I'd already taken with me."I wanted to tell you something," he said quietly.I looked up at him."I never wanted to hurt you.""I know you say that.""And I mean it," he replied, sitting forward. "I lost control... but I'm not that person."The w

There She Is

HAZEL I was right to be scared. Because the next day, I got up while he was still sleeping. Of course, I hadn't slept all night. I took a quick shower, went downstairs, prepared breakfast, left his food for him, and then locked myself inside the library.He didn't come looking for me, and I managed to avoid him the entire day. We didn't meet for lunch. We didn't meet for dinner, and for the first time in days, I thought maybe he wasn't going to come for me.I was wrong. He did. He knocked on the library door, and I pretended I hadn't heard him. But I never expected what happened next. The knocking suddenly became pounding. Hard and Violent.The door shook beneath every blow while my heart climbed into my throat. Then it went quiet, and I heard his footsteps walking away. For one brief second, I thought he'd given up.Then I heard him come back. This time he was carrying something heavy. The first hit splintered the wood. The second cracked the frame, and the third sent the door crash

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