Chapter 44ALLESIA I had been waiting up for him all night until I couldn't wait anymore. The temperature in this particular room was freezing cold and with nothing but the big duvet to keep me warm, I didn't know what else to do than to snuggle under the sheets and sleep. I couldn't even explore and get used to the room like he instructed because I was even too scared of all that blackness and red and I didn't want to touch or do anything that might upset him in here. I had already tried leaving twice and both times, I was met by the door which was securely locked from the outside. Sometime during the night, I stirred awake because I was having this weird dream of someone touching me and you can imagine my shock when I opened my eyes to find Russel sitting on the edge of the bed, trailing lines on the curves of my body. I blinked severally, thinking it was a dream, but he was there in the flesh, “Took a little effort, but you are finally awake.”“Rus– I mean, Master…” I was fidget
Chapter 45ALLESIA“So fucking sexy,” Russel grunted as he allowed the tip of the whip to dance slowly on my exposed breasts.The feeling of having the branches of that whip trail lazily on my bare chest was both heaven and hell. The hell was merely because of the fear in my mind knowing that any moment from now, he will lift that whip and it would land on my skin in the most painful way. True to my fear, he lifted the whip and it landed on my breast in a very powerful strike. I shut my eyes and whimpered softly as the pain tore through me, then I recoiled when I felt the whip start trailing small circles on my skin again. Russel was staring at me with amusement crowding his features. When his eyes met mine, he smirked, while I just looked away shyly. Again, the whip landed on my breast and again, I was feeling a mixture of pain and pleasure. I gasped, because the feeling was strange. I didn't imagine something good could come from his torture tonight, but that tingling sensation i
Chapter 46RUSSELThere was so much work to do, and I wanted no surprises. So when I left the playroom, I headed straight for my office. Dylan had insisted on escorting the safe back to the warehouse just to be sure it was safe and Kegan went with him. Vincenzo and Marcel came back home with me and were probably sleeping peacefully in either their rooms or Melissa's, which was their custom, but here I was wide awake by this time. After inflicting so much pain on Allesia and getting the satisfaction of watching her cry and whimper around me, I expected to feel so much satisfaction and even refreshed like I usually did in the past. But it seemed like the more the days went by, the worse I got. There was no sort of satisfaction right now, just this searing anger that was beginning to brew inside me again.Perhaps it was by the simple knowledge that Victor Iverson tried not once but twice and failed to kill me. But why couldn't I kill him when I had the chance? I sighed, as twisted as my
Chapter 47ALLESIAI spent the whole of that morning still lying numb in the playroom because I honestly didn't have the strength to walk back to my room and I couldn't ask him to take me back. It was not until past twelve in the afternoon when I woke up and managed to limp back to my room. I found one of his black shirts in the makeshift wardrobe in the playroom so I took one, there were lots of them actually so I didn't think he would notice. I was at least grateful that I didn't bump into anyone on the way back to my room. On reaching my room, I was already hungry so I hurriedly slumped into the bathtub and filled it with warm water, I really needed the bath because it felt like all my muscles were buttered the night before and the soreness I felt in some forbidden places were more than I could fathom. Few minutes into the bath, Ciara came to check on me and I was very pleased when she brought a large tray of food, citing that Russel had instructed her to prepare a sumptuous mea
Chapter 48RUSSEL "I didn't think I'd ever get the pleasure of being hosted by you, Mancini. How about we enjoy it more and talk a little less about business," Nikolai said as a maid poured whiskey into his glass. He leaned in and whispered, ”We could even catch up on old times.”I leaned back in my chair, taking in the perfectly organized dining with all the men seated around it. I couldn't help but maintain a frown, wishing I could actually send a bullet right through Nikolai’s skull at his suggestion. Seated next to me was Kegan, who put his hand on mine to warn me, probably sensing my anger. It had been a long week of meetings, negotiations, and strategizing. And here I was, seated among the very people whom I could actually give anything to be away from. I picked up a glass of whiskey, and my foolish brothers erupted in cheers. I scanned the faces until my eyes rested on Dylan, who wasn't even trying to hide his impatience. This wasn't really his scene, and I wondered how he wa
Chapter 49RUSSEL Allesia went after Nikolai regardless of the unwavering hatred in his eyes and the venom dripping from his tone. I stood by the window and watched as she clutched his hand just before he reached his car, I watched as she begged for him to give her a chance to explain.But of course, Nikolai was too pissed to entertain such laxity, but that didn't stop them from engaging in a lengthy conversation that ended with Allesia wiping her face with the back of her hand and Nikolai pointing accusing fingers at her. Although I couldn't hear what exactly was being said between them due to the distance, I could guess that he was telling her how disgusted and disappointed he was by her actions. And from the way she was trying to hold back her tears, I could tell she was really hurt by his words. I scoffed as they continued to talk and at a point, it seemed like Allesia was also accusing Nikolai of something because he looked a bit guilty, but his guilty countenance was almost im
Chapter 50 ALLESIA~~~~~THREE DAYS LATERIt's been three days since that altercation with Russel, three days since he left and never returned, three days since Nikolai found out I was being paid to sleep with Russel. Three days and I was still feeling so shitty about myself, three days and I still couldn't push the conversation with Nikolai out of my mind. “Nik, I can explain, please…” I pleaded in a small voice. He paused just by his car and turned those golden eyes on me, his handsome face scrunching with judgment and disgust, “Go ahead,” he began in a slow but steady voice, “Explain that you ran off on me in the middle of the night, on our date, a day that was supposed to be the happiest we've had yet, the beginning of many things to come–”“Nik–” I tried to touch him but he yanked his hand away. “It's Nikolai to you,” he warned with anger blazing in his eyes, “What's this, Allesia? I thought you were better than this?”I glanced back at the house nervously, my trembling finger
Chapter 51ALLESIA TWENTY MINUTES LATER~~~~~I dragged my feet sluggishly down the hall towards Russel's study as my mind raced in different directions. I tried to keep the thoughts away, to focus only on the task at hand, but how could I when the mere curiosity as to what exactly Russel had planned for me was gnawing at my insides like a cankerworm? I purposely wasted twenty more minutes in the room after he left, thinking of possible ways to defy him. But in the end, I realized that defying him would only make my punishment worse, so I took a quick shower and dressed simply in a plain nightdress without any underwear like he had instructed.“You are twelve minutes late,” Russel stated in an icy accusing voice the minute he opened the door. I shrugged, “I had to prepare.”He rolled his eyes before dragging me right into the room, shutting the door as quickly as he had opened it. The next thing he did was to pull me to himself and crush his lips on mine with a force that knocked t