Night.Belle was asleep again since when she fainted earlier. She finally had something to eat but still felt weak after she woke up then.With her eyes shut, she felt someone's touch, it felt like the person had gloves on because she could feel the leather against her skin as the person caressed her thighs. With a jolt, she opened her eyes and met a masked face.She couldn't tell who it was at an initial glance but she also didn't care who it was, all she cared for at that moment was for the person to get off her."What are you...what are you doing?" Her first question left her lips but the person said nothing.She felt the person's gloved hands run across her thighs again before parting her legs roughly. At that point, she needed not to be told what the person was trying to do with her."What are you doing? Who are you? Help!" She decided to scream but his hands covered her small mouth."Shut the fuck up." She heard him command in a whisper. She could tell whose voice it was even if
As usual, Belle opened her eyes to see herself in the same bed, her head hurting more than before. Memories of last night suddenly came to her and she grabbed the blanket which was already over her, closer to her chest.She felt the least safe now than when she was first brought to this place. Tears started to form in her eyes as she wondered about her fate. She began to worry that she might never be found and rescued, she thought of her cousin's sister, she thought of Ben, and unpredictably, she also thought of Mrs Johnson.She thought more of Ben, was he thinking of her? Was he worried about her disappearance? Was he making any effort to look for her?The room's door opened and both Mev and Tiger walked in. Mev had a small bag with her like she always did whenever she came to check up on Belle, while Tiger had a stick of cigarettes in-between his index and middle finger.Belle fidgeted with pre-existing fear the moment they both walked in. Tiger noticed it."Relax, he's gone." She he
"I miss you, Ben.""So you are not here because of Jenna?" He wanted to be sure."No, I'm here for you. I came here to see you.""Get out." His order was sudden. She snickered in reaction."What?""Leave my office, Alex." His voice was calm, but he generally wasn't and didn't want her there."Don't you miss me?""Alex, leave."She stood there, her hands still on his shoulder, she took in a deep breath trying to control her anger. She knew she couldn't be angry at him."I thought you've been away from women all this while because you needed a break, and that's why I stopped coming around but then you are seen with this girl...." Ben raised his eyes to look at her when she said ‘this girl’."You know about her?""Of course I do, I was at the hotel that day. You would never hold me in public but the way you held her hands that day...." Alex trailed with jealousy in her voice."Alex?" He stood now, taking her hands off him."Do you have a hand in her kidnap? Was this your doing?""No!" She
Belle couldn't close her eyes since Mev left. There was fear in her mind. She was expecting Tiger to come so she could decline his offer and was also prepared if he tried anything with her. It was dark in the room now, the lights were turned off from somewhere else other than the room. It made her clutch one of the pillows tight.She could hear her breathing in the quiet room, heavy as they were. She blinked now and then to stop the tears that wouldn't stop forming in her tired eyes.She heard a familiar sound, the unlocking of the door. Her breathing got heavier than they already were. She saw a male figure walk in, and rather than sitting up to face him as she planned in her head, she laid still, closing her eyes and hoping he would just walk back out.She still had her eyes closed when she felt a gloved hand touch her face, her heart skipped. The hand caressed her cheeks first and then her lips, slowly parting them.Ben, that was the first thought that came to her because he did
The driver had driven them to one of Ben's apartments where he casually visited. Belle had fallen asleep while resting in his arms as they drove there so when it was time to get down from the car, Ben had to carry her in.The driver who had followed Ben up the elevator to get the door opened it and Ben carried her in. She didn't even know she was being carried by him till the driver closed the door a little bit loudly, and she opened her eyes slowly.Ben's face was the first thing her eyes met, and she smiled. Ben noticed she was awake when he wanted to lay her down on the bed."Are you going to leave?" She asked with her sleepy eyes aimed at his."No. No, I won't.""I feel dirty, Ben" She pouted, holding on to his neck and not letting go."I NEED to immerse my body in some warm water.""Okay, you can do that when you wake up tomorrow." Ben tried to lay her down again because he thought she was just sleep-talking but she wouldn't let go. "You are not listening to me, Ben. I want to fe
Morning.Cherry was asleep when she heard her friend sobbing. She rubbed her eyes and sat up to see Brie's face streaming with tears."Oh Brie, not again," she hugged her to try and comfort her. Brie had been crying a lot since Belle went missing and had Cherry cry with her sometimes too. "It's been days, the police are still not saying anything about her, no one knows where she is....what am I going to tell my grandma? She doesn't even know yet, I was supposed to look out for Brie but now she's been missing and no one is calling with any information about where she might be." Brie started to weep more loudly than before; she had been muffling her sobs because she didn't want to wake Cherry up but now she had someone to cry her heart out to."She will be okay," Cherry said even if she was beginning to lose hope in those words of hers, it was just an attempt to calm her friend down again."I hope so..." Brie sniffed and wiped some of her tears away. *****Almost noon.Brie was at th
"Did you call her yet?" Ben asked Belle as she left the room to join him in the living room. He wanted to know if she had called Brie because she kept on repeating that she needed to call her sister to notify her of her safety."Yes, I have to go see her, she sounded really worried," Belle said to him, intending to really leave at that particular moment."Now?""Yes.""No," Ben said with finality in his voice."No?""You need to get some more rest, that's after we get back. I'm taking you out so we can have breakfast, after that you get some good rest.""But...""Your sister can see you later, we will have breakfast and you get some rest like I said. I already asked my doctor to come see that you are alright.""She's sounded so worried," Belle insisted."I wanna go see her, I can have breakfast at her place." She said lastly before it turned quiet between them both."Come, I'll take you there." He accepted her decision, picking up his suit jacket and holding the door for her to go thro
"Brie!" Belle couldn't take it anymore."Can you please stop? Please, just stop all of these accusations, okay? You are saying it's his fault, blaming him for all of this, do you know who saved me? Huh? It was him, he found me and he got me out of there.""That's because he probably knew where to find you all along," Brie felt so sure."Okay, now you are just saying this because you have an issue with him." Belle shook her head."No, I know what I'm saying...""It's not his fault Brie, it's not. The fact that he gifted me a house and I was kidnapped around there doesn't make it his fault. Can we please just go inside and be happy that I'm safe instead of accusing him?" Brie looked away after all her sister just said, she still believed her intuitions were right."Please, Brie?" Belle held her arm, making Brie look at her for a while."Okay," She shrugged with her arms folded against her chest."Is he coming in too?" She whispered to Belle."Yes.""Oh. We are still gonna talk about this