It was getting uncomfortable in this situation, you know, hand in hand with Cedric while Austin was staring at us like it was a normal thing to do. What if he wanted to start another fight? I know he really hates Cedric. It's so obvious. It's like he wants to pick a fight with Cedric every time they cross paths. And now they were having a staring contest. We have to leave to avoid any fight. Ugh, I wish Austin would just disappear and I would never have to see him again. I would definitely consider that a miracle. I grabbed Cedric by the arm and practically dragged him past Austin to the elevator. I sighed in relief when the elevator moved. After 4 minutes, we were out of the building. We got back into Cedric's car. He doesn't look happy anymore, like earlier when we had arrived, he was angry. At me? Oh no, that's not good. We literally just started our relationship. Or he could be angry at Austin. Why would he be? It's not like they fought up there... But they fought the last t
"So.. There's something I want to talk to you about." I started. He chuckled. "I knew there was something in between that sudden hyper spirit. Go ahead." I smiled and told him everything. By the end of it, I was expecting him to be all smiley and tell me congratulations and all those stuff, but he didn't. Instead, he frowned. "Since when has this been going on?" He asked. Ah jeez. He didn't sound happy about it. He was supposed to be happy for me. "Uh, A month now," I replied. He gave me a scowl. "And you didn't think of telling me about it earlier?" "I-i wanted it to be a surprise.." I stuttered. He scoffed. "I told you, you aren't supposed to keep secrets from me!" He snapped, suddenly. Why was he like this? I know he said that, but not all secrets, right? So stupid of me, once again, I have managed to make him this angry. "I'm sorry." "You have to drop it." He said. My eyes widened. He wanted me to drop it? How was I supposed to do that? I can't on this one. "What are you
I fluttered my eyes trying to get them open. How long have I been asleep? It felt like days. After much effort in trying to get them opened. It finally responded. My eyes opened to see those familiar haunting blue eyes. The painful memories came back, and I looked at where I was. A bed. With him, what would I be doing here... With him? Oh yeah, he did something to make me fall asleep. I was panicking. What if... What if... "I didn't do anything... Yet." He said. I snapped out of my thought and jumped out of the bed. I looked for something to use to protect myself and possibly escape. But there was nothing around. He must have taken everything away. I'm sure he knew I was going to try and hit him with something.. I mean, who wouldn't? I looked down at my body to make sure I was well covered and thankfully, I was. This was the same clothing I wore last night. But the room was different, very different. And something tells me we weren't in that same house we were last night. "Why a
~I found myself in a seemingly large living room. I huge window showed the front of the house. Going over to it. I saw Cedric entering his car and it drove off. He was gone.We need to escape. Hopefully, the front door won't be locked. Who am I kidding? Of course, it's going to be locked. My eyes became watery at the thought of not being able to escape from here.I hope Kara already noticed I'm gone. I hope.Kara, She warned you about him. My subconsciousness scolded. I wish I had listened to her, what the hell was I thinking? I knew her long before him.I truly owe her a huge apology.I looked for the front door and found it a minute later. I pulled out the door. It was locked. Oh, there goes my chance of escaping.I was stuck in a nightmare because of my stupid decision. I looked around the house if there was another door leading outside but there wasn't. The windows were all locked.I cried hugging Anne to my chest.~I almost jumped when I heard someone slam the front door shut.
~The next day, Kara got up from her bed. She didn't remember actually falling asleep, she had spent the whole night thinking of Tessa and her daughter. She knew something was off.Why didn't Tessa call her again? Maybe she might call today? Kara didn't know how to react. What if she calls the cops and asks for help only to find out Tessa and her child are indeed fine?Obviously, it was too soon to complain, especially when she spoke to Tessa last night and she confirmed that she is okay. She took her phone from the nightstand and dialled Tessa's number.Which was unusually switched off. She sighed. If she doesn't hear from her before today ends, she would definitely look for help.She took her phone, again to call Celina, who was Tessa's friend and business partner. She silently prayed she has some information about Tessa's whereabouts."Hey, do you know where Tessa is? I dialled her number over and over again but it's not going through." Celina said immediately she answered the call
~**** TESSA'S POV ****~I frowned. I felt so uncomfortable. I knew I was still half asleep and didn't know what made me feel this uncomfortable. A very familiar feeling between my legs, made me snap my eyes open.I looked around, then at my body. White satin on my body. I winced remembering what happened last night. He raped me. He... He...I placed my hand on my mouth. what I have always tried to avoid -- getting raped. Tears streamed out of my eyes like a running tap.I looked at the other side of the bed to see Cedric sprawled out and sleeping. I cried out. The white satin sheet was also on him, covering him from his torso to his legs.Oh my God, please tell me I'm dreaming. This can't be real. I wanted to get up from the bed but I was naked, the only thing covering me was the large sheet, which also covered Cedric.If I got up with it, I might see what I did not want to see.Tessa, this is a chance you could likely escape... Just hit him with something.. And then he would go unc
~**** Sara's POV ****I literally jumped at the lady, she held the sheets to herself. I took a hold of her hair and dragged it hoping her stupid hair would pull off. How dare she?! Does she want to die?Was that what she want? I'm going to give it to her. "Sara!" Carson growled as he got up from the bed and quickly put on his boxers. I ignored him and continued what I was doing.The girl was using a hand to hold the sheets to herself, giving me more chances to hurt her. She screamed trying to push me away. "You fucking piece of shit!" I hissed at her.The next thing I knew, Carson's hand was around me pulling me away from the girl. "Let go of me you son of a bitch! I'm going to kill both of you, I swear!" I promised and I could do it.His arms wrapped around me tighter. "Would you fucking stop this?!" He growled in my ears. I thrashed until I was out of his hold. I turned to him and slapped him across the face, really hard.The left side of his face was red. "How dare you cheat on me
**** Tessa's POV ****(2 days after Tessa used the bottle on Cedric)~After more and more attempts to escape, Cedric always manages to catch me, hitting me and inflicting injuries on me. My body was sore.I was tied to a chair in his basement and haven't heard from him since yesterday. I screamed so hard that I lost my voice.I just wanted to know if Anne was okay... Oh, God.'I'm going to let you out if you promise to stop these stupid dramas, what were you trying to do? Kill me?' He scoffed. 'Do you really think you could do that? You have tried that shit for probably the 100th time, I would just give up if I were you. You're not leaving here.''I will... Somehow,''Oh, like this?' He said eyeing me.'I believe someone is going to find me and then you'd rot in jail!' I spat. That infuriated him and he gave me a slap. I cried at the harsh contact.'You keep running your mouth, I bet it would shut up if your precious little girl dies.''Don't you dare harm my child?''Can't promise t
"What kind of a person would leave their child to suffer? I cried day and night, praying you'd come back and take me home... But you never did! You left me to die... You-""I didn't Tessa, I promise I didn't.""Really? Aunt did so many wrongs to me, but everything she said about you was right! You are a whore, a big liar, a-""Stop it, Tessa!" She cried. "I promise, I was going to come back. I left so you could have a better life! But my plan backfired against me. You can call me a whore, anything you want to call me but not a liar. A whore? That I am, I left you to be with a rich man, hoping to gain something so you would go back to school, if you recall, we had nothing and I did... I was going to come back but he wouldn't let me. I was kept as a prisoner in his home, I cried and longed every day to see you. My communication was limited but I tried to call your aunt, I got her phone number from my old jotter but her line wasn't going anymore. A month ago, he died from leukaemia and t
~**** Tessa's POV ****~It was all over. The nightmares were over, and my enemies were gone. Vick was gone.I guessed Austin already knows everything... His mother's scheme. "Since you have nowhere to go, for now, you can come to live at my family house... Well at least until you get back on your feet." He said. I frowned a bit. I didn't like him saying it until I get back on my feet. Yes, I want to be independent again, but I didn't want to leave him. Didn't he want me?I just nodded my head.~It was about a few minutes' drive, and I did not want the ride to end, it was Austin who drove the car. I sat in the back seat with Anne in my arms and Zara next to me. I caught Austin staring at me several times through the mirror. My heart pounded inside my chest. 'I love you. He loves me.We got to Austin's place. It was really huge. Like extra huge. He did say it was his family home. Austin got out quickly. He opened the door for me. I looked up at him.His handsomeness somehow always ma
---"I'm scared mom, I'm scared all we've been working for would go to waste.""Stop saying rubbish! I'm trying to think here!" Austin's mom scolded Ciara."What's the point of thinking? Nothing you do ever work out.""How dare you insult me like that? Have you no respect?""Nothing I said was a lie.""You bi-" she was cut off by the sound of the siren.It was quiet for about some minutes and someone walked into the house, it was Austin's dad.She was shocked to see her husband, she wasn't expecting to see him until Austin's wedding day."Carla!" He called her name. He rarely calls her by her name."Honey... I... I wasn't expecting you." She stuttered."I never thought you'd stoop this low, Carla." He said to her. She gulped. He sounded really angry but was calm. Mr Kings (Austin's dad) had always been calm and gentlemanly."You'd hurt your own family to get what you want..." He continued."What are you talking about?" She pretended not to know anything of what he was saying."I found
Another man came out of another car. Oh my God. He was strikingly handsome. He was brunette and tall as well. His piercing blue eyes gazed at me for a moment."Carson, it seems they aren't going to back down." He told the blonde guy."Yes Dave, the hard way it is." Replied the blonde. They were going to save us!"Ahhh!" Screamed the buff guys as they ran towards these unknown good looking guys. Quickly, I brought Anne closer to me. Blocking her sight from this terrible view. I too closed my eyes in terror.In less than a minute the noise was gone, I opened my eyes, slowly to see the buff men on the floor.Oh my God. They weren't dead as they were moving slightly. The blonde guy forcefully brought up one of the buff men. He whimpered in pain."I did suggest the easy way." He told him. A smirk plastered on his good-looking face. "Now, tell me... Where's your boss?" He asked him.He shook his head no. He wasn't going to tell him where sir Vick was...The brunette guy who I think is Dave
"Unbelievable," He muttered. "Was it all a pretence?" He asked suddenly. Almost like he already knew but needed confirmation. I had to drop this pretence. It's not going to get me anywhere, it's only going to get me more entangled.That's why he thinks I'd willingly have sex with him. If he keeps pretending, one way or the other, he could manage to pressure me into it."Why'd you suddenly drop the pretence? You know it was almost going well... Was it because of what I said?" He asked. "About us trying for a baby?" He asked. "Do you know how fucking easy it would have been to get that from you? Do you know how easy it would have been to rape you?" He held both my hands and pulled me closer to himself. Fear gripped me."Please let go of me, Vick." I pleaded."No! I'm never going to let go of you!" He growled. Different sorts of emotions ran through his face. "I will never fucking let you go!""Ple-""You're mine, Tessa! Mine!" He kept saying, angrily. Suddenly his anger seemed to have v
April walked out of his room with a smile. "Leave him be. He's taken the medication. He'd be fine." Said April.Austin had driven out of the house. He remembered the last time he had spoken to Tessa."I think that's what I meant," I said before I could stop myself but also couldn't stop myself from going on. "I know what you want, Austin. But doesn't love comes from both sides? I don't love you, I never did, and I never will. I appreciate what you've done for me and my child and if there's a way I could pay you back, I would.." Tessa had said.It brought so much pain to his heart. But he needed to get to Tessa. Now. He hoped she was okay. He hoped she'd receive him.He drove to her apartment. On reaching there he quickly got out of his car and walked to the front door. He rang the doorbell a couple of times, impatiently.The door opened a lady stood there with a child. She stared at him. "I need to see Tessa." He said.She didn't speak for about a minute. She just stared at the good-l
She pushed the door handle and took a step into the door. This was where it all happened. She walked in, slowly looking around, and tears slipped out of her eyes.Her mother was evil.When she was a little girl, she thought of her mom as an angel. But as she grew, she came to know what a devil she was, she cared about nothing but her reputation and money.She remembered how her love was snatched away from her, She remembered how she was forced to marry that monster to who she's currently married. She remembered all the pains she went through.She remembered how she was raped on her wedding night. It was all because of a woman she called her mother.Tears continued to slip through her eyes. She sat down on the office chair. Her eyes shut.The door to the office opened and a woman walked in shutting the door behind her. "Young mistress..." She called. She didn't like the way she saw April.April was supposed to be the strongest one. April did not reply. "I have something to say... And i
"Shut up, you clueless brat," Madam said, clearly angry at what she had said. "Have you forgotten you wouldn't even be in this house if not for my help, so I suggest you watch your mouth?" Madam said sternly. "And about Austin, I would go speak with him and make sure he takes every single pill of that medication, I would be the one taking it to him. And don't worry, my dear. I promised your parents my son would get married to you, I don't fail my promises." Madam said.Their relationship has been weird lately, one thing they look like a mother and daughter who rely on and love each other and then the thing you know, they are like two enemies wanting to kill each other. But why? This was easy to know, they were frustrated... Their plan wasn't going as they planned, it seemed.I have always wondered why they want Austin to keep taking the drugs. Austin doesn't need the drugs, not at all. In fact, he's getting his memories back without the help of the dr- wait... What if the drugs aren't
Tessa's POV~I didn't feel so confident anymore. I was scared. I just wanted it all to be over, after the dream I dreamt of last night, my ways of thinking changed. What if he finds out?I can't imagine what would happen, can't imagine what I'd do if anything happens to my child, thinking about it, there is nothing I would be able to do other than scream and cry. I'm completely helpless. I just have to try and prevent anything of such to happen.All I had to do was... Drop my plans? I could have come this far for nothing...You can continue if you want your child dead, I'm sure you'd love to see your precious little child dead. A voice crept into my head. I squeezed my eyes shut in pain. That can't happen. No.What if... What if Austin's Mother tells Vick everything... Oh my God.No, I'm sure she won't, she wouldn't do it. She wouldn't want to ruin her reputation. She knows if she does, it would all be over for her.Why did Vick have to come back into my life? Why? If he wasn't here.