CHAPTER 2 NEW HOME - NEW CAGE

KIMBERLY’s POV

“Wake up .:. Sleepy head… hey!” My elder brother's slurpy voice broke into my very disturbing and scary dream. He was shouting at me but his voice sounded far away, I jumped up panting and breathing heavily, his voice always scared me. 

I had just returned from one of my afternoon shifts and wanted to take a few minutes of sleep before I went for another shift, straining my stiff body; I could still feel the pain from his last beating. “What is it Keith?” I asked him sleepily.

He smiled at me widely and I suspected he wanted something from me at once, but when he opened his mouth and mentioned Agatha’s name I jumped out of bed at once.

“We are going to get the money for her hospital care… let’s go..” he informed me, hurrying out of my scattered and small room, without taking anything aside from my bag, I rushed out after him.

“Go back and wear something nice… be approachable you fool, do you know where you are going!” He barked at me, his question didn’t sound like one, it was more of an order. Without responding to him I did as he ordered, right now I will jump the blue sea and be his puppet if it would provide Agatha’s hospital money. 

Agatha was sitting quietly in the small parlour, watching television and sipping a warm herbal Drink that I made for her before taking my short nap, she asked where I was going, without sparing Keith any glance, she hated him more than I did. I quickly responded that we were going to get money for her care and she smiled in agreement with me, begging me to come back quickly. 

I promised her with a kiss on her forehead and exited the house with my elder brother. We got to the location after travelling for over one hour, I opened my mouth in adoration at what befell my eyes. 

The beautiful and elegant estate stood before us, painted in white, brown and royal blue. I had never seen anything that beautiful in my life, thick and healthy looking lawns, tarred roads with colourful expensive lights everywhere, strong walls decorated with real gold, water fountains, swimming pools, big trees. 

My heart rose with hope, maybe we were here to loan some money or get a job.

We were ushered in by neatly dressed maids and two suited security men. I felt like I was in heaven, well until my eyes landed on the owner of the house; CRIAG LIONEL. the most wealthy and fearful Billionaire in the whole of France. 

“So handsome!” My mind interpreted to me at once. I blushed slightly and fixed my gaze on my laps.

CRAIG’s POV

Her green eyes caught my attention first before her wild beautiful hair. I inhaled my breath to push the incoming thought away and ushered them to sit on my white sofa. I was running late for a meeting but I had to postpone for this particular one, which is also important.

She looked at me suspiciously, then lazed her eyes around my beautiful and elegant visitors’ parlour before finally staring at her thigh. I could see her smooth white skin peeking from under her bright flowery gown.

“Is this your sister… the one you mentioned?”, I asked her brother, he was the one who sold her to me and now he’s here for his balance payment. He nodded eagerly in agreement the whole time avoiding his sisters’ gaze.

My suspicion became certain, he didn’t tell his sister why he brought her, what type of brother does that to his sister?, sell her without her knowledge? it was none of my business and I needed the deal to save myself as well.

“This is the money… uhmmm…mmm have you told her why you are here?” I asked the young man at the time I handed over the money to him. I didn’t want him to change his mind or the young lady looking at us in confusion to run out of my mansion before signing the contract.

“You are here for Agatha’s sake … you already know that Kimberly… uhmmmm, this man here just helped us… this is the money, but you have to stay here.. he just bought you for a huge sum of money” he told his sister, rising up from my couch.

His sister stood up with him, but he was faster, he grabbed the contract from my hands and signed quickly. I almost chuckled at his smartness. I would never do this to my sister; Rhona, but it wasn’t my business.

“You greedy thief! You sold me to a strange man for money? How could you! Why will you even think of that” she yelled at him, reaching for me to take the contract. I moved away and rolled my eyes at her. She replied to me with a cold glare.

“Don’t look at me that way… ask your brother!” I barked at her coldly, I didn’t know why I did that but maybe I wanted her to fear me in order to stay, everything In my bone and body wanted her to never leave.

Her elder brother patted her back roughly and made for the exit, “you choose kimberly, you either stay and I walk out of this door to save our sister with the money or she dies!” He spelled it out for her.

I felt like punching him for putting his younger sister in such a position, but I was selfish as well, I couldn’t let her leave, for no particular reason. I wanted her by my side.

She sank into my sofa and burst into a loud wail, like a baby whose mother was leaving to visit the market. her brother nodded at me with a very happy smile and sauntered out of my door, without looking back at her. 

“You are just like my brother, how can you buy a human being? What type of man are you… so you can do whatever with your wretched money?” she snarled at me.

“You should go to your brother if you don’t want to agree with this, bring back my money and go freely, if not… learn to be careful of your tongue and obey my every command! You are mine now” I responded, using my most scary voice. It worked on her because she kept quiet at once. 

All through her first week in my house I made her join the in-house maid team, just to watch her properly and see if she was fit for the real role I bought her for. I needed her to marry me legally on a contract basis, for two months. 

My younger sister taunted and frustrated her day in and out, but I pretended not to see.

I know how much Rhona loves to flaunt her power and position and I didn’t want to offend my little sister for some stranger even though my heart was hurting, I held it in. 

One night i returned from work and I met Kimberley kneeling under the rain, I knew my sister was the culprit and went in to her without saying anything to Kimberly.

For the first time ever, I scolded my sister without Kimberly’s knowledge. She was angry and alarmed that I would do that to her for a stranger, I was also surprised too.

I ordered her immediately to let Kimberly go, my body couldn’t take it that Kimberly was under the rain. I even made sure one of my maids prepared hot water, took to her room for a warm bath, making sure she didn’t know it was me.

Our relationship since she arrived had been very cold, she hated me and I pretended not to care about her as well, I needed it to stay that way in order to control her to do whatever I wanted.

Very soon I will inform her about her real duties and for my growing feelings and interest in her I will work on that, make sure to keep it within and contained.

But one thing was for sure, it would be a difficult battle for me to let Kimberly go. I know that when we got to that point there would be a huge problem, I own her and I could as well keep her forever, she sure wouldn’t agree with that. But I know how to make her mine. 

A thought popped into my head, I smiled devilishly at myself, “exactly what I will do,I must get anything I want!” I declared to myself, sauntering out to start my plans.