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—JENNIFER—“ What?? “ My brows furrowed. “ Dinner!! Mary took another leave. “ He informed me but my frown deepened another inch. She has started to have a lot of leaves lately. “ Oh.” I mumbled. “ You want to go out?? “ He asked, stuffing his hands in his pockets. “ We can just order something.” I said, trying to hide my nervousness. No way in hell I'm going to spend this much time alone with him going out. “ I'll cook. Come!! “ He turned to leave but I stayed rooted in my place since my reader's mind didn't provide me with the same meaning of the last word as he meant. I was pulled out of my trance by his warning laced voice. “ Princess!! Do you want me to make you?? “ And the words didn't help sorting my head at all. Another wave of embarrassment joined the previous as I quickly followed him to the kitchen with rosy cheeks. I stood at the entrance, not knowing what to do until he gave me a pointed look and sighing, I settled myself at the kitchen counter. Awkward silence
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—JENNIFER—Four hours in university felt like four painful, foodless lives and when the last lecture finally was done, I literally ran out of the class as If it was on fire.When I stepped out of the campus with Cally and Celeste on either side of me, Morris was waiting for me in the parking lot near my car. I pressed my lips into a thin, annoying line. “ Ah, how can you even be displeased with this sight?? .” Cally remarked with an awed sigh. “ For real. I would have been on his feet by now.” Celeste agreed, fanning herself. “ Then what are you waiting for??” I gave her a tight lipped smile, pointing towards the feet of Morris. “ If I wasn't already having a bigass crush.” She sighed with a whining expression. I met eyes with Cally and we both whirled to watch him with our ‘tell us right now’ look. “ There's not much to tell. " She saddened her face, helplessly. “ Spit it. Whatever it is. “ I and Cally both spoke up at the same time. “ I saw this man in the Cafe I work. He vi
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—JENNIFER—I sat with a huff, watching a big teasing smirk on Christian's face as my dearest mom told him about how I, as a kid, used to sleepwalk in the kitchen and have a full-on chat with the refrigerator. “ She used to assume chocolates were the kids of the refrigerator and would ask to give them to her. “ Dad explained further as if the topic was so very important to be left out. Muttering incoherent words under my breath I stuffed my mouth with the chocolate cake.“ So basically she was a child eater.” Cally laughed from across me and Mom and Dad joined her. I aimed a spoon at her which she, of course, dodged.“ Will you guys stop it?? “ I growled, making them laugh even more and I huffed again. “ In that sense, she still is. “ It was Christian this time and when I turned to glare at him he passed me a full blown smile, flashing his dimples so that I wouldn't be able to glare at him. We were already done with the main course and were having the desert. Which definitely tu
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—JENNIFER—The moment car was parked in the society, I climbed off without uttering a word and headed for the lift without looking back. Thankfully, the elevator doors were closed before he could reach. Entering inside the penthouse, I directly went inside my room and slammed the door shut. Velvet startled at first but then, she ran towards me and jumped in my stretched arms, licking my fingers. I, in return, kissed her nose and head for various times forgetting the anger bubbling inside me. I had researched enough about ragdolls and since they can live almost twenty four hours alone just with a perfect settlement of their needed things, then it wouldn't be a problem for them to be on their own.Changing into my night clothes, I slipped under my blanket and didn't realise when playing with Velvet, sleep engulfed me. Next morning I ignored Christian all the way, even skipped breakfast so that I didn't have to face him and headed out. In another five minutes, I was in the parking l
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—JENNIFER—“ Does it even matter?? When at the end you are going to do whatever you please.” I asked, staring at him with a mocked smile. He didn't answer for a moment and just stared back. “Alright. Tell me, what do you want me to do? “ He asked. “ I just want you to stop controlling my life. “ I said, making him frown. “ I did no such thing. “ His expressions hardened. “ Oh really?? Then how would you explain planting Morris on my head twenty four seven?? “ I huffed, raising a brow. “ I told you that's only for your safety.” He answered, Immediately. “ Oh cut it, please. I'm not someheir to a real estate that people would waste their time on me. ” I failed my hands in exaggeration. “ You don't understand that.” He gave me a hard look. “ I understand very well. You just want to ensure that I don't do anything stupid and stay in line. “ I said, bitterly. “ I. Said. That. Is. Not. True. Princess.” His jaws clenched and clamped my mouth shut immediately. We both fell into a
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—JENNIFER— “ What?? “ I laughed in surprise at Mary's words as she told me about how her five years old elder daughter informed them about being in love with some Jack boy. “ Yes!! And when I asked if she loves Jack more or daddy. She answered Jack. “ “ Damn. The father must have had a heartbreak. “ I giggled, picking another grape from the bowl in my hand. “ A massive one!! “ We both giggled again. Just then the footsteps fade in and my giggles died down as Christian stood in the entrance of the kitchen with his coat jacket hanging on his forearm. His eyes directly stopped on me, making me forget to breathe for a moment. It took me some seconds to contain myself. Pressing my lips into a thin angry line to make it very visible that I'm still angry with him, I looked away. From the corner of my eye, I caught him smirking before exiting the kitchen. Mary cleared her throat and I looked up at her, only to find her smirking at me with a raised brow. “ So?? Not on talking terms ag
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—JENNIFER— Thankfully, I caught her sight before Christian could. When her eyes caught me, she opened her mouth and I knew what was coming. Before she could give her happy ‘meow’ I started coughing hysterically. Christian looked up at me instantly and placed his laptop on the table. “ W-Wa…ter!! “ I choked. Damn!! My acting skills are lit. He quickly reached for the glass of water on the table and hurried towards me. I glanced behind him at the Velvet who was in no mood of stopping, she even sped up. I coughed with even more intensity and choked out the words. “ N-Not… . Y-oura.. S… “ He glared at me “ Drink the damn water, Jennifer!! “ He growled trying to make me drink but I pushed the glass away from my mouth. “ F…ro.m kitch..n. “ I checked again. Mumbling something about me being a stubborn brat, he hurried out of the room. As soon as the door closed behind him I ran towards Velvet. “ You little spawn of the devil! “ Grabbing her in my arms while she licked my hands, I r
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—JENNIFER —“ HeLlo JeNniFer!! CaN wE mEeT ?? “ I frowned reading the text and when I could recognize the number, I decided to text back. “ I'm sorry, I didn't recognize you?? ” I typed pressed the send icon. The reply was almost immediate. “ MicHaeL here!! ChrIsTiaN's CouSiN?? “My mouth formed into an ‘O’, remembering then I frowned again. Why on earth does he want to meet me? “ Why do you want to meet ME?? “ I sent another message. “ I nEed YouR heLp. PleAse!” Came his reply. I contemplated for a moment before reply to him with an ‘Okay’ but only at the condition of him coming to my decided place. Choosing the nearest cafe that I've known for some time now, I informed him and took a bus for myself. When I reached there, Michael was already there, sitting at the table.Reaching near him, I cleared my throat to grab his attention and he immediately looked up at me.“ Hey!! “ He flashed me a big smile which I reciprocated nervously. “ Hey!! “ I answered, taking the chair op
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CHRISTIAN “Hello, Raphael.” I examined Jennifer’s stalker, who was strung up with heavy cuffs locking his arms and legs into a vertical spread- eagle position. Nails pinned his palms to the wall behind them, while black and blue bruises mottled his body like an obscene piece of abstract art. We were in the warehouse I’d bought for this specific purpose. Remote, soundproofed, and guarded enough that an ant couldn’t crawl across the floor without me knowing. Not all of my guys were okay with dirty work, which was fine. I only needed a few who were, and they’d done their job prepping the bastard for me. I couldn’t have him waiting too comfortably while I tended to Jennifer. My gaze flicked to the floor. A small pool of blood stained the smooth grey concrete. That was also fine. It will grow soon enough. Raphael’s face was so beaten up it was unrecognisable, but the heat of his glare made me smile. He had a bit of fight left in him. Good. That would make our session so much m
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JENNIFER A prickle of sensation dragged me from the dark, murky wells of unconsciousness. It started as a tingle in my fingers and toes. Then it was the hard press of wood beneath my thighs. Finally, it was the rough abrasion of ropes around my wrists and a pounding pain behind my eyes. I didn’t know what was going on. All I knew was, it hurt, and my throat was dry, and my head throbbed like someone had shoved a jackhammer or ten in there. Concrete anchors dragged down my lids. The darkness wasn’t soft and gentle like the gradual drift to sleep. It was endless and menacing, like the weight of the earth after being buried alive. I forced my lungs to expand past my rising panic. Breathe. Think. What happened? I struggled to sort through the day’s events. I remembered meeting my friends at the cafe. Morris running to the restroom. Nausea, dizziness, stumbling out for air…and the cold press of a gun against my ribcage. A voice, then blackness. Oh God. I’d been kidnapped. Th
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JENNIFER A sharp stab of concern pulled my brows together. “Do you need to sit down? You don’t look so good.” Actually, I didn’t feel great either. My usual lethargy intensified and tugged at my limbs and eyelids. Morris’ face swam before me until I blinked the blurriness away. “Yes, I”—he gripped the edge of the table. “I”— his face turned ghostly white before flushing the crimson. “Stay here. I’ll be right back.” He bolted toward the bathroom. The door slammed shut. A second later, I heard the faint but unmistakable sound of vomiting. My own stomach twisted at the noise. I hoped we hadn’t gotten food poisoning, but something was clearly wrong. My vision blurred again. This time, blinking didn’t help. I stood, hoping the change in altitude would clear my head, but an instant wave of dizziness forced me back into my seat. What is going on? I’d only had tea and a pastry. Could you even get food poisoning from tea and pastries? Black dots danced in front of my eyes, and panic
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—JENNIFER— As soon as our mouths collided, I felt colours bursting behind my eyelids, making them shut up automatically. Christian went frozen at my unexpected stunt and couldn't even move for a long moment. For myself, I was in shock about how the mouth of this cold man could be so warm and soft. I didn't give it any thought so I was as stunned as him at my own action and couldn't even move out of shock until I felt his hands coming up to grab my waist and he pulled me into himself. My body felt burns and chills at the same time where his fingers were digging into my skin in a firm but not painful hold. Suddenly I was too conscious about the things that his touch was making me feel. The pause we both took out of shock had me thinking for a moment that he would pull back but instead, he tilted his mouth and deepened the kiss with a sudden force that I almost lost my step. A gasp of shock couldn't find a place to escape me because of the way his mouth was perfectly occupying m
