“Hayden…?” I called his name questioningly. An angelic face with piercing blue eyes turned in my direction and my blood ran cold. His blue eyes watched me intently, but he didn’t seem at all surprised that I was there. My lips felt dry, and my words caught in my throat as he continued staring silently at me. My heart beat so hard and fast that I thought that it would pop out of my chest. “Wait…you’re not Hayden, are you?” I murmured questioningly. “What are you talking about? I am Hayden…” the man said with a teasing smile. “No…you’re not…” I said resolutely. He can’t trick me. “You’re not making any sense. If you think I’m not Hayden, then who else could I be?” he asked with a smile as his blue eyes watched my every reaction. Even his voice was very similar. However, something similar would never be the same. With all the reasons that had just ran through my brain, I finally knew with certainty that no matter how unbelievably similar this man was to Hayden, he wasn’t Hayden.
“Hayden told me that you’re…” I began saying softly. “Dead?” Harvey finished my sentence for me smoothly. He grinned at me before returning his attention to the dog on his lap as if what I wanted to discuss was something insignificant and unimportant. “…Yes,” I replied. “I keep telling Hayden to introduce me to his girlfriend, but he always refused. It’s such a shame really…” Harvey said, sounding regretful while dodging my previous question entirely. I was still quite scared of Harvey; however, his presence didn’t seem to intimidate me as much as Hayden did. Regardless of my own fears, I wasn’t willing to just let this slide. If I asked Hayden about this, he might not tell me anything again. Therefore, my best bet right now is to try to get some answers out of Harvey. “Harvey, why does everyone think that you’re dead?” I asked again. I made sure to speak out much louder than last time. He must have heard me and the seriousness in my voice. Harvey’s eyes widened at little at me
“Don’t worry, I haven’t even started…” Harvey said with a cold smile. His hand slid from my cheek lower to my collarbones and I sucked in a breath and held it. Slowly, his hand traveled down my chest as his cold blue eyes held mine. What is wrong with this guy? “Do you know what we do with women who poke their noses where it doesn’t belong?” he asked as if I would have any clue about what he was talking about. I bit my lower lip and refused to reply. Not knowing what he wanted to hear and not having any idea of what he had in mind, I decided to hold my tongue and keep my peace. “So, you don’t know. Would you like to find out?” he suggested as his eyes brightened in excitement. I thought Hayden was twisted to a certain degree, but this man is on a league of his own. Does this run in the family or in their genes? His fingers traced its way down my chest to the sensitive space in between my breasts as his eyes watched my every reaction closely. I stopped breathing in my panic as I
What did Hayden just say? He’ll deal with me. What does that even mean?“You should stay here for a while just to be safe and…don’t play around too much…” Hayden said as he looked at his brother pointedly. “You’re always so strict…” Harvey complained openly. “Just do as I say,” Hayden ordered firmly. “Sure. What do you plan to do with her?” Harvey asked and I could feel his eyes on me. I listened to the conversation of the brothers in wonder and was surprised that Harvey had asked the question that was on my mind. “I haven’t decided. Don’t worry, she won’t be stepping a foot outside. Neither will she speak to anyone,” Hayden replied very calmly.Harvey nodded with agreement before he flashed a smile my way. He’s so evil. He’s just…twisted and evil…“Well, from what I could tell from my inspection just now…her neck is quite slim, and her skin is soft and tender. It’s such a waste that she’s so stubborn and doesn’t seem to take instructions very well,” Harvey commented. Hayden did
To my surprise, the door unlocked with the scan of his finger. The small hair on the back of my neck stood up at the extra security. If I didn’t remember wrongly, none of the other doors that I had seen in the mansion had this security measure. That alone already told me that this room was quite different from the rest. The door clicked unlocked, and Hayden opened it with ease before he pulled me in through the door after him. At that point, I was so scared that I had already gotten over most of my fears. My body was no lower frozen from shock or fear and my mind had started to clear. Perhaps my experience of living with Hayden is now working to my benefit. Fortunately, or unfortunately, I had gotten slightly used to Hayden’s anger and this wasn’t the first time that I had incurred his wrath. Although this time, I had to admit that it was probably fully my fault. Hayden had the right to be mad at me and I was willing to suffer and go through his punishment. However, I knew that the
Where are we now? Why did he bring me to a place like this? It was dark and I wondered if there are lights in this place. As if to reply to my unasked question, Hayden took a couple of steps forward and the lights automatically switched on. His movement must have triggered the light censor and the whole floor was lit by warm orange light. It wasn’t bright but it was more than enough for me to see that we had arrived at a very large hallway that resembled the other ones in the mansion, although, this one wasn’t decorated like the others. Plain white walls lined both sides of the hallway. I felt a force tugging on my arm again as I was forcibly dragged forward. Hayden didn’t say anything, and I spent the silent walk down the long hallway looking around at nothing but white walls. We walked past many closed doors until we reached a door right at the very end of the hallway. The hallway was long, and I was sure that it was the same hallway that spanned the length of the mansion. I had w
“Do it. I’ll leave after you do,” Hayden said, and his hand released my wrist as if he had just remembered that he was still holding it. Blood returned to my hand, and I quickly rubbed my hand over my wrist to speed up the blood flow. Hayden didn’t say anything more as he walked over to a nearby chair and took a seat. His eyes returned to me as he looked at me passively. It was like he couldn’t care less what I did. He sat there patiently on the chair as he waited for me to tie myself to the bed just like he had instructed in detail. He can’t be serious…Normally, he would just tie me up or handcuff me to the bed or whatever, but he had never asked for me to do it myself. As far as I could tell, Hayden didn’t seem like he wanted to be in here with me any longer than necessary. However, he didn’t rush me, neither did he offer any help. He just sat there with a look of boredom on his face like he would rather be anywhere else but here with me. His calmness only scared me even more. W
My eyes glanced over at the table full of the different tools for restraint. In the end, I didn’t tie myself up and Hayden wasn’t even bothered to tie me up. It wasn’t like I could escape from this room anyways and perhaps; I didn’t even want to escape.‘Stay here. When everything is over, you can leave,’ Hayden’s words came back to haunt me, and my mind couldn’t get his emotionless face out of my mind. I sighed for the hundredth time that day as I tossed and turned on the soft king-sized bed. What is he thinking? How can he tell me that I could leave like it didn’t matter anymore? Is he really fine with me leaving? My brows furrowed together before I closed my eyes and covered them with my hands. I’m going crazy and it hasn’t been a day yet that I’ve been locked up in here. The territory that I had fought so hard to earn had been taken from me. I can’t roam around the mansion anymore and now I wasn’t just confined to my rooms. My territory is now much smaller, and it didn’t even ha