Part 5

Her Pov:

It has been around ten days since I have been here. Most of the time he doesn't stay at the house and I love it as I don't like to have him around me.

He intimidates me too much and makes me really nervous for some reason. Whenever he's in the house I often catch his eyes on me and he doesn't even move them away as if he couldn't care less.

It feels like he isn't watching me but more like studying me.

He hasn't touched me again since the first day and sleeps in the separate room as well.

I think he started to grow bored of me and I am also trying to behave according to him so that I can get rid of this soon and leave for the US as they handed him my passport.

Well I tried to find ways to run away when he was not at home. But he locked the door from the outside and there's no other way to get out.

The apartment is I guess on the 17th or 18th floor as it's very high I can't climb down or anything. Anyway what would I do running away as I don't have my passport with me anyway.

I still walk around wearing his shirts as he still hasn't bought me anything. Not that I want anything from his money.

But wearing his clothes bother me as I am always walking with him on me. I have also started to smell like him. Like wood and leather.

I still think of Antonio. And whenever I think about him I feel a weird pain in my heart. Whatever I an going through today is all because I trusted the man I loved. I don't know where he is. But I just want to ask him why... Why he did this to me. How could he ruin me like that?

Today also he's out of the house and I am standing on the balcony as I look out and get lost in the thoughts of Antonio again.

" Seems like you are lost in your thoughts Rosalina. " My head snaps back.

" Who are you thinking of so hard? You can't even tell that I am standing right behind you."

I shake my head. " No one." And I try to walk past him.

He holds me by my arm and slams me against the railings of the balcony.

" Never walk out again when I am talking to you." His breath fanning over my lips.

"That is if you don't want to bear the consequences. " His voice is cold as ice.

He's scaring me. His hazel eyes looking so dark that they appear to be black now. I nod.

" I am sorry. I won't do it again." He nods and leaves me at it.

" Get ready we are leaving ."

What ??? Is he letting me go finally?

" Where are we going?" I ask.

" You'll see. Pack your clothes as well."

" But... But I don't have anything to pack." He gestures toward the sofa. I see a lot of shopping bags there.

" Who bought them?"

He shrugs." You don't need to know that."

I open the bags and see a number of pairs of clothes and also underwear and bra. I gasped.

" How do you know that they will fit me?" He leans on the balcony door as his eyes roam from my face to my feet, then again back to my face.

" I know everything about you, Rosalina." His voice was so deep.

" Now go change. We'll be leaving in an hour."

I don't argue as I don't know where he's taking me. Maybe he's finally letting me go. I go and change and pack the clothes he bought for me in a bag.

Yeah they fit me completely. I wore a spaghetti straps floral print midi dress and came out of the room.

Leonardo was sitting on the sofa watching something on his phone. He looks up at me and something flashes in his eyes as he looks at me.

He was about to say something but gets interrupted when someone knocks at the door. He gets up and opens the door and a brown hair brown eye man is standing on the doorstep.

Leonardo says something to the man in Italian I am guessing as he nods and comes towards me. I take a cautious step back as he takes my luggage from beside me and gets out of the house without sparing another glance to me but not before slightly bowing to Leonardo when he crosses him.

I still don't know what Leonardo does for a living. He looks very influential and mighty but he doesn't live the way I assumed the riches live.

" Let's go.. Rosalina." I am drawn back to reality from my thoughts as he takes my hand in his and all but drags me to the elevator.

There's a Rolls Royce in the parking lot waiting for us. We get in and when the car leaves the parking lot I gasp in shock as at least 7 to 8 cars are surrounding us. It seems like they are guarding the car we are in.

And I thought he didn't live like rich. What a joke!

It was my first time going out after I don't know how long. Maybe for the first time after I came to Italy. I don't know why it hurts but it does as I try to suppress my aching heart as those bitter memories flash across my mind.

I look at him a few times to ask him where he's taking me. But he isn't paying any attention to me and doing something on his phone so I shift my attention towards the road. And the journey continues.

My eyes snap open as I felt someone touching me. I don't know when I fell asleep but Leonardo is moving me trying to wake me up. As I open my eyes his hazal eyes fall on me.

" We have reached Rosalina. "

I look in the front and we are parked in front of a huge mansion. I look at him trying to ask for answers.

" Where are we?" I ask him.

" My family home."

What? What the hell! Why will he bring me to his family home?

" Why are we here? I mean why did you bring me here?"

He raises a brow. " Were you expecting something else Rosalina?"

Hell yeah. I thought he would let me go.

" I ... I thought that you were letting me go."

He lets out a humorless laugh.

" Not so soon Rosalina. We got a lot more to do." He winks at me.

And it shoots right at my heart. I don't know if it's the wink or his playful words, his deep voice or just pure fear. But my heartbeat rises rapidly.

A guard opens the door for me and I get out. I walk behind him and we enter the house. Did I think the house is big?

This is a freaking palace. It's all guarded from the gate to the doors of the mansion. Guards are pacing back and forth with arms in their hands.

There are several women dressed in maid's outfits doing their work. They all look mechanical. It's quite different from Leonardo's small apartment. Everything in here screams power, money and might.

Leonardo takes me up the stairs and takes me to a bedroom. And I don't know why when I entered the room I just know that it is his room.

" You are staying here Rosalina until I come back. Don't roam around the house.”

I nod.

" Words Rosalina. " He frowns.

" I will stay here." He nods in satisfaction and leaves the room leaving me there. I walk around the room and the whole room's interior is in black.

The room is really big and spacious. It's bigger than the apartment I used to live in the US. I stayed there for quite a long time, but then I started to feel hungry.

Not being able to take it anymore, I get out of the room. And try to find someone to ask for food. I don't find anyone to ask for food upstairs so I try to find the stairs to go down.

But the house is so big I can't even find the staircase. Not being able to find it I turn back to go back to the room when I slam against a man. He holds me by my waist trying to prevent me from falling.

I look up at the man and he's also quite tall and well built like Leonardo. But not as tall as him. He has brown eyes and black hair.

He says something in a language I am guessing to be Italian. I furrow my brows. He raises a brow and probably understanding my confusion he switches to English.

" Hey are you okay?" He asks.

I nod." Sorry. I didn't know you were behind me."

He smiles. " It's okay." He looks at me for a second or more." And you are ms?"

" I am Rosalina." I replied.

" Susan's friend?"

I shake my head. " No.. I am here with Leonardo."

Something flashes across his eyes for a second. And he looks quite surprised.

" You are here with brother?" What! Brother!

" Um yeah..."

" Sorry I didn't know that. It's just that... Brother never brought any women home so I am just-" he shakes his head .

"By the way, I am David. Leonardo's brother. " I nod.

" Why were you walking around though?"

“ I was trying to find the staircase. " He looks at me looking confused.

" Staircase?"

" Yeah.. Actually I am a little hungry so..."

He lets out a laugh. " Cmon I will take you with me." Um fine..

He takes me downstairs and brings me to the kitchen. Damn! That's a whole apartment in the US. The kitchen is so big.

He asks a maid to bring some food while we sit at the counter. The woman brings me pastry and coffee.

As I start to dig in I feel him looking at me." Um, you want a bite?"

He smiles. "You sure you want to give me a bite? You seem to be damn hungry." I get red in embarrassment.

" No, I just had breakfast in the morning so I am a little hungry."

" Damn. You have to be really hungry then. It's almost 8 at night. You want something else?"

I shake my head."No, this is enough. Thank you." I could still feel his eyes on me so I looked at him .

" You are beautiful Rosalina. Like your name. I can tell why you are the first woman my brother brought home. If I were at his place I would do the same. What a regret!"

I let out an awkward laugh as I didn't know what to say. I definitely am not with his brother. I am just something he bought with money. And he brings me with him as his property.

" What's going on?"

I hear a cold voice from behind us. I look back and find Leonardo standing behind us at a distance.

" Brother.. Rosalina was just hungry so I brought her some food." He looks at David first and then his eyes move to me. And I feel shivers under his penetrating gaze.

" You seem to be enjoying the food quite a lot, Roslaina." His voice is deeper than the sea.

" When you are done, come to the room. "

I try to swallow the food in my mouth. He never beat me up or tortured me like them in there. But for some reason I am more afraid of him than I was of them.

I don't waste any time as I go back to the room. David asked me to finish my food but I didn't feel like eating anymore so I just went back to the room.

I rush back to the room and knock on the door. My heart is racing. It's just that he has had this impact on me from the very first day.

"Come in."

I get in and see Leonardo sitting on the divan on opposite of the bed. He's looking like an almighty. The first few buttons of his black shirt is open which gives away a little view of his tattoos. His sleeves are rolled up to his elbow. His one hand is resting on the headrest of the divan. And fingers of his another hand is tapping on his thigh. His long legs stretched relax and he appears to be very calm.

I get in the room and stand on the doorstep as I don't want to be in the same room as him. This is unusual for me.

" Close the door Rosalina."

I hesitate for a bit before I close the door. He gestures to me to go close to him.

I take a few steps as I stand at a distance from him. His eyes scan me top to bottom before coming back to my face again. He leans back as his hazel eyes meet my ice blue ones.

He takes a few more drags of his cigarette while eyeing me out before finally standing up.