Chapter 5

Anjali knocked once time to ensure that no one was there but after a few minutes she didn't get any response she went towards the washroom. 

" Anjali hurry up, you have to go back home before midnight ", she murmured, and when she pushed the door to open what she saw made her freeze due to fear, her eyes dilated due to shock. 

" I am so sorry, I didn't see anything ", Anjali turned her face to the wall due to shame. 

Alex frowned and hopped out from the bathtub in his naked glory, he wrapped the towel around his torso to hide his jewel. 

" How dare you enter my room, is that any trick to seduce me?? ", Alex yelled at her. He sounded so rude and cruel that was enough for Anjali to vibrate in fear. 

" I... I..... am..... so... So... Sorry ", Anjali apologized with a shuttered voice. 

Her shuttering made him more furious, " Turn around !! ", Alex ordered but instead of showing her face Anjali stuck to the wall like a lizard. 

" I said turn around otherwise don't blame me for the consequences ", Alex yelled at him. 

" But!! Please wear something ", Anjali basked while sobbing. It's the first time she feels so ashamed and embarrassed because of her stupidity. 

"  Do you want me to undress you or turn around!!! ", Alex threatened. 

" No, please!! ", Anjali turned immediately, and when she saw Alex her fear increased ten times because this man was none other than the creep on that day. 

Alex smirked and said, " We met again angel ".

" I should have to go ", Anjali turned to leave Alex pushed her against the wall by her hands so harshly that it bruised her skinny wrist. 

" Leave me, I didn't know that you were inside. Neither it's my fault, I knocked first but I didn't get a response so I came here, please leave me ", Anjali cried. 

" Didn't your mom teach you that you shouldn't have to sneak into strangers' rooms?? ", Alex scolded her harshly. 

 His words hurt her because her mother is still a sensitive topic to her. Fresh tears started shedding from her eyes. 

" Please don't blame my mom, she is the best. It's my fault I took the wrong way to the guest room and by mistake came here ", Anjali apologized while sobbing. 

For the first time in ten years, Alex's heart softened by the tears of a teenager. 

He feels so guilty to be harsh on her but again he shoved the guilt away because this world isn't suitable for kind-hearted people. 

" Now what did I do?? Why the hell are you crying? ", Alex clutched her arms. 

" Ahhh... It hurts please let me go. I am so sorry ", Anjali sobbed. 

" Did I beat you? ", Alex asked. 

Anjali shook her head in no. 

" Did I punish you? ", Alex again asked. 

Anjali again shook her head in no. 

" Then why the hell are you crying? ", Alex screamed at the poor soul that had frightened her a hundred times before. 

" Please let me go!! I want to go back home.  Please leave me ", Anjali cried hysterically. 

" Stop crying otherwise I will lock you here forever ", Alex warned. 

Due to fear, she started to stop crying. 

" Be a good girl and then I will let you go angel ", Alex wiped her tears with his thumb pads. 

" I will but please let me go ", Anjali asked. 

" I will angel trust me ", Alex whispered in her ears. 

Anjali gasped due to this kind of intimacy, at the same time she felt scared to push that man away. 

" Please let me go ", Anjali again chanted these four words like mantras. 

" I will but first answer my questions ", Alex caressed her face. 

" Then you will let me go?? ", Anjali asked innocently. 

Alex chuckled and pinched her nose which became red due to crying. 

" I  am the man of my word ", Alex assured. 

"Ok, then ask me ", Anjali said. 

" What's your name? ", Alex asked, although he knew her name he wanted to hear it from her mouth. 

" Anjali ", Anjali replied. 

" Full name ", Alex demanded. 

" I don't have a surname ", Anjali replied bluntly. 

" Oh so are you an orphan?? ", Alex asked while stroking her hair. 

" No, it's just I wanted to be an independent woman like my mom. I wanted the world to know by my name, not by my father's surname name or my future husband's surname (  author's thoughts)  ", Anjali snapped. 

" Interesting !! Do you have a boyfriend?? ", Alex asked bluntly. 

" It's personal, I will not answer to it ", Anjali denied. 

" Fine then ready to be locked inside there ", Alex snapped calmly. 

" Fine, I have one ", Anjali lied. 

" You are lying  !! ", Alex pinched her chin. 

" How could you be so sure ? ", Anjali asked rudely. 

Alex clenched his jaws and grabbed her throat, " Baby girl don't show me this bitchy attitude ", Alex warned furiously and then left her throat, Anjali coughed and cursed herself for stepping into this mess. 

" Now answer me honestly, I will not be kind next time ", Alex warned. 

" Do you feel for anyone or have a crush on someone ", Alex asked shamelessly. 

" No..... ", Anjali shook her head due to embarrassment. 

" Good, keep that one thing in mind I don't want any male near you otherwise you will be responsible for his death understand ", Alex ordered her. 

" Why should I obey you ", Anjali asked with a scared face. 

Alex grinned and kissed her earlobe, " Because you are mine from the day I saw you. You only belong to me. It's better to understand it soon ".

" I want to go back ", Anjali begged because she confirmed that this man was a lunatic and he could kill her if she didn't escape. 

" You may!! ", Alex left her shoulders. 

Anjali sighed and thanked God. 

" Wait!! ", Alex broke the trance of her happiness. 

" I didn't do anything now ", Anjali explained while cursing her luck. 

" Your dress is drenched with wine. Go after changing it ", Alex ordered. 

" No, I am ok!! I will change it at home ", Anjali excused. 

" No, wait for a few minutes. Let me arrange something for you. Besides I don't you to wear these types of dresses. ", Alex said and called someone to arrange the dress for her. 

" I should have to go back my friends were waiting for me to go back home ", Anjali reasoned. 

" Don't worry, I will send you personally to your home ", Alex assured. 

" Please don't bother me,  I am ok with it ", Anjali asked. 

" I am doing it for myself because you are mine, baby girl. I can't let you go out like that so that again the men outside started eye fucking you ", Alex growled and dragged her outside the washroom. 

 He sat on the bed comfortably like a king and signaled her to sit. 

When Anjali turned to sit on the couch, Alex yanked her hand and squeezed it harshly. " Who asked you to sit there? ", He gritted his teeth. 

" I am so sorry, I will not. ", Anjali hissed in pain. 

Alex pulled her by her hand and forcibly made her sit on his lap. 

" It's your place baby girl, my lap is your seat whenever I am around you. Get used to it "  Alex kissed the tears from her eyes. 

" Please, sir!! It's immoral I am not that kind of girl that you think ", Anjali pleaded. 

" I know, that's why I am not harsh on you ", Alex snapped and snaked his muscular arms around her neck. He pulled her closer and inhaled the sweet fruity and chocolaty scent of her scent.

" You are so beautiful!!! ", Alex mumbled and trailed his fingers in her bare back. 

" Baby girl don't wear backless otherwise you will see the worse side of me ", Alex warned and scratched her back. 

" Ouch!! It hurts!! ", Anjali hissed in pain. 

" Did you get it? ", Alex asked but instead of sniffing she didn't respond to him, and that infuriated Alex. 

" Answer baby girl, I want an answer!! Did you get my point ? ", Alex asked again and dug his nails into her flesh. 

" I..... I... Get... It... Please leave me, it hurts ", Anjali cried. 

Alex stopped hurting her and cupped her cheeks, " Baby girl don't force me to free my beast, look what I have done, let me apply ointment on your bruised skin otherwise it will leave a scar on your beautiful skin ", Alex cooed her like she is a toddler. 

 Anjali got confused but at the same time, she got scared by his bipolar personality. 

" Lay on your stomach  I will apply ointment on it ", Alex asked. 

" I am fine, no need ", Anjali replied but when she saw his eyes become dark to normal ones she immediately lay on her stomach on the bed. 

" Good girl!! ", Alex said and took out the first aid kid from the cupboard. 

" It will hurt a little bit, ask me to stop if you want to stop ", Alex said and when he started applying the ointment on his bare back, Anjali hissed due to the burning sensation caused by the ointment. 

" It's burning!! ", Anjali cried. 

" Shhh!! It will be fine ", Alex started blowing air from his mouth to soothe her pain. 

" Stop!! .... ", Anjali screamed and grabbed his hand so harshly that her nails dug into Alex's wrist and blood started oozing from his hands but he didn't budge a bit and continued applying ointment to her back while blowing air so that it will hurt less. 

 " It's done wait, take a rest until your dress arrives ", Alex ordered. 

 " Thanks !! ", Anjali asked while biting her lips, although he is the person who is the reason behind these bruises he is the also one who applied the ointment. He is far better than her so-called family. 

" You shouldn't, what I did is for myself, I don't want your beautiful skin to be bruised with ugly marks ", Alex snapped rudely, although inside him the butterflies were dancing it would hurt her ego if he would show his kind side. 

After a few minutes a lady came with a bag, " Sir this is the parcel you asked for ", she said. 

Alex signaled her to go out, and after she left he checked the dress by himself. 

" Take it and change ", Alex threw the parcel on the bed, Anjali grabbed it quickly and hopped out of the bed to change. 

" Thanks, I promise that I will give it back to you the next day ", Anjali replied. 

" No, need it will be useless for me, you have it", Alex said. 

" Then let me pay for it ", Anjali asked. 

Alex cocked his eyebrow with an amused look and asked, " Ok, so how would you like to pay ten million for this dress, by cash, check, or card? ".

Anjali's eyes widened due to shock and the parcel from her hand fell to the ground. 

" So which way you would like to pay me? ", Alex smirked. 

" Hehe  !! I was joking ", Anjali smiled sheepishly. 

" Don't worry consider it as a gift from my side ", Alex said. 

" A gift worth 10 billion, isn't it too much? You shouldn't have to waste money like that. At least not on strangers ", Anjali taunted. 

" Whatever!! I don't care ", Alex scuffed. 

" You should care, you know can spend your 10 billion by providing food to beggars in that way you will get blessings and earn good points in the eyes of god ", Anjali suggested. 

" I am not in the mood for taking your so-called lectures besides it's my money I will decide where should I spend it ", Alex scolded. 

" Rude!! Jerk!! Pervert ", Anjali cursed. 

" Did you say something??? ", Alex asked. 

" Nothing, I am going to change ", Anjali ran to the washroom and closed the door. 

" Silly girl !! So innocent to survive in this cruel world ", Alex laughed. 

" Anjali be careful, it's so expensive, rich people's useless choices, a total waste of money. Who cares it's their money, why bother huh if they spend it like water", Anjali blabbered and wore the gown. 

 " Do you want me to come in and drag you out  ", Alex knocked on the door. 

" I am coming !! ", Anjali replied and instantly opened the door. 

When saw her, he gave a satisfied look. 

" Now can I go out?? ", Anjali asked. 

" Yes but keep one thing in your mind, I don't want you to talk to any men other than me ", Alex warned her one more last time. 

Anjali nodded her head yes as she can't again piss off this psycho. 

" Good girl!! ", Alex ruffled her hair. 

 " I should have to go, my friends will be waiting for me ", Anjali said. 

" You may baby girl ", Alex said. 

Anjali passed a forced smile and walked out of the room, she walked straight to Hall without turning back. 

When she saw Neha and Veer she breathed in relief.  

" Oh hello miss where were you all the time ",  Veer taunted. 

" Don't scold her, Anjali tell me did Alessandro propose to you ", Neha asked with excitement. 

"No way if he did it then I will break his bones ", Veer gnashed his teeth. 

" It's not like that, we just talk a little ", Anjali replied with an upset face. 

" Don't think that the little talk didn't take that much time   ", Neha teased. 

" On the way coming back to you, someone accidentally spilled wine on my dress, so I had to go to the washroom to clean myself that's why I got late. You are just overthinking ", Anjali explained. 

" Who gave you this new dress? ", Veer asked with suspicion. 

" Silly, who else will give? It's Alessandro, am I right Anjali? ", Neha asked. 

" Yes, he gave it to me",  Anjali lied. 

" Tell me the truth who gave it to you, it's a unique piece designed by a famous fashion designer in Italy. It worth nearly ten billion ", Veer asked. 

" Oh!! Veer you think too much,  Alessandro is the brother of one of the richest businesses in the world,  ten billion wouldn't make any difference in his wealth ", Neha brushed off his suspicion 

" But, still. I didn't feel it right ", Veer said after thinking about it deeply. 

"  Bro, you are right, I  will give it back to him but right now please let's go home. I am not feeling good ", Anjali insisted. 

" Let's go I think it's late  ", Veer said and took them out of the party. 

During the whole ride, Anjali was immersed in the scary thoughts of Alex. She just prayed to god that in the future she didn't want to see him even by coincidence but the poor girl didn't know that someone was hell-bent on making Anjali his. 

" Appu!! Where are you lost?? ", Neha shook her body. 

" Ahhh!!! Neha, I was feeling tired ", Anjali lied. 

" Today sleep with me at my house, you will feel better ", Neha asked. 

" But what about Anna? ", Anjali asked with fear. 

" Don't be scared, at least have a peaceful sleep for one night ", Neha scolded. 

" Yeah!! I badly needed a good sleep ", Anjali agreed to her point as she felt exhausted. 

" Anjali!! I am telling you once again, please leave that house and stay with me in my penthouse. I promise I will keep you with love ", Veer proposed. 

" I know bro, you considered me as your little sister and I genuinely feel a sense of brotherly love for you. But I can't leave them. ", Anjali explained