~**** 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
~"Let go of me!" I screamed, trying to squeeze my hand out of his tight hold. He threw my body at his and clamped his hand over my mouth. He was dragging me to the other corner of the house.Oh God, there was no way he was going to take me again. I heard the front door slam open. The cops were screaming commands.I squirmed, trying to get out of his hold. A cold metal was suddenly pressed against my head, and I stilled. Tears streamed out of my eyes. I didn't want to die. No, I wanted to have my old life back. When it was just me and my child.The thought of not seeing Anne again was terrifying. "Stay still and do what I say or I'm going to fucking shoot a bullet through your skull. Understand?"I could hear his pounding heart. Was he scared? I hope he was. He needs to know how it feels to be scared. He pulled me to the far corner of the room. Releasing me, he dared me to say anything.He quickly walked to the door and locked it. I'm sure the cops are already searching everywhere in
~**** Tessa POV ****~I opened my eyes, but quickly close them back as the bright light almost blinded my eyes. Wow, I thought I died. I opened an eye, it wasn't as bright as before, so I opened my other eye.I heard a familiar giggle. "No, mommy doesn't want me to be a Barbie, she said barbie is dumb." I heard Anne say."Mommy is right, you know. Are you sad about it?""No, I believe mommy and my friend also think so," She replied. "So! How is your girlfriend?" Anne asked.Oh my God. "I don't have a girlfriend," Austin replied.Anne gasped. "Really? I thought all cute guys has a girlfriend! You know, even mommy thinks you're cute, it's also the same as good-looking, right? She once said yo-" I couldn't take it anymore."Anne!" I called. Oh my God, she was about to expose me. Austin's ego is already huge, I can't imagine how bigger it might get if he finds out I actually find him attractive."Mommy!" I heard her call. She ran to me and literally jumped on me. I hugged her so tight,
*** Third Person's POV ***She stared at the house from a distance, glaring at it. After all, she had done, nothing came back the way she wanted, all because of her 'enemy' Tessa. What's so special about her? She cried.She wasn't going to let her get away with it. She wanted to kill her even if it resulted in her to jail. She knew she was going to jail anyways. It's only a matter of time before they'd find out she's the mastermind behind what has been going on.She wasn't going to allow Tessa to have her 'happy ending'. She believes Tessa is a witch and has bewitched every guy she knows.She still can't see why men would fall over hills with Tessa. She refuses to see why, to her, Tessa is an ugly witch.She was fuming. Tessa... I would make you pay for all you've done... She thought.Hurting her daughter would hurt her more... She thought again, but her daughter was nowhere to be found. She looked around searching for Anne.This wasn't the first time she's been here, so she knows tha
~20 hours later, I heard from the doctor that he was alright. I was so relieved. He was going to be okay...I looked at the time, 9:50 pm. Another set of doctors walked into the room. They've been doing lots of examinations on him. After 10 minutes of checkup, one of the doctors turned to me."Surprisingly, he's recovering faster than we expected. He might wake up anytime soon." He said. A huge smile crept on my face.I thanked the doctor. I was overjoyed. The doctors left the room, and I walked closer to Jake's bed. The protective glass was gone, I just want him to get up now. I wanted to hug him.I sat down on a chair beside the bed. Staring at him, I didn't know when I fell asleep."Why are you doing this to him? Don't you see how hurt he is? You keep denying what you feel about him... You might regret all this in the nearest future..""No, I won't because I don't feel anything for him. I really don't.""You're not a good liar, Tessa.""Who are you by the way?"She didn't answer m
••"Uh... Uh.." I stuttered, at loss for words. I couldn't get my brain to work, everything in me suddenly froze, and my nerves shut down.I felt someone grab me by my arm, waking me back up, it was Austin's mom. "I said, get out of here, you peasant!"She was dragging me out of the room. "No, please! Let go" the way she was dragging me was humiliating."Ma'am.."She stopped at Jake's voice. "Shut up, Jake, I do not want to hear a single word from you! What has this witch done to you?! She bewitched you and Austin! She's got to leave us alone! She needs to get out of our lives for good! I promised your mother that I would take care of you, treat you like my child, protect you, especially from witches and whores like this thing!" She said referring to me.I took in a deep breath, refusing to let it out. "Ever since she came into our lives, it's been nothing but bad luck, troubles... Can't you see?? The 'thing' is of no good, I'm sure if your mom was here, she would have been so disappo
"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.