RUNNING

Tisha Stewart opened her eyes and realized that she was on a bed. She looked around her and noticed that she was in a hotel room. She got up from the bed but almost fell due to lightheadedness.

She sat back down on the bed and tried to recall how she ended up in a hotel room. She looked at her body, she was wearing an extremely short and revealing, red skin-tight gown.

She gasped in surprise before getting up from the bed and going to stand before the mirror. The heels she had on were so high that missing a step would surely see her falling on the ground, the makeup on her face was very thick and her hair was styled weirdly, her look was nothing short of a whore. As she stared at her reflection, the events of the day finally came back to her and she recalled how she ended up in the room.

She suddenly became afraid and looked around her for a weapon. The only thing she could find was the lamp beside the bed. She inspected it and realized that it could perfectly pass for a weapon.

Just as she picked up the lamp, she heard the sound of someone about to open the door, she quickly ran back to where she was sleeping before, placed the lamp on the floor where her hands could easily reach it, and closed her eyes while feigning unconsciousness.

The door was opened by a short, old sleazebag with an ugly face and a protruding tummy. The man stared at her for a while before making a phone call. When the call connected, he asked angrily, "how much longer would she be out for? I told you to give her just a little dose but you went overboard and now she's still unconscious. You know I hate fucking women when they are being unresponsive."

Tisha could hear the man walking closer to her and tried to control the rapid beating of her heart. She was really afraid as one wrong move could give her away and make her suffer an experience that would scar her for the rest of her life.

The old sleazebag stared at her seemingly limp frame and got a little more excited. He climbed onto the bed and began to take off his shirt while staring at her, "you are such a sexy little thing, I am tempted by your beauty. I will break my rules just for you today and have you even in your unconscious state."

The man got on Tisha's body and hungrily went for her breasts. Just as he was trying to free them from her gown, Tisha reached out her hand, grabbed the lamp, and struck it on his head.

The man screamed in pain while Tisha pushed him off her body without delay and made a run for it. The man wanted to go after her but his head was bleeding and his big tummy limited him, before he could get to the door, Tisha had already dashed out of the room.

The man went back to sit on the bed and began to search for where he kept his phone while his face towel was placed on the part of his head that was bleeding.

Tisha quickly got in the elevator. Her feet were sore because of the high heels she wore but trying to take them off would waste her time so she endured the pain.

The room she had just left was on the fifth floor so Tisha pressed the button that would take her to the first floor. She quickly came out of the elevator when it stopped and began walking to the door, she was getting weird looks from a few people but that was the least of her problems.

She knew that they all mistook her for a whore but she couldn't blame them, even she could not deny that she looked like one when she had stood before a mirror.

The sleazebag called his bodyguards who were outside the hotel waiting by his car and told them to bring Tisha back. Tisha had just gotten to the exit door when she saw four men in suits running into the hotel.

She quickly recognized them and knew that they all worked for the old sleazebag. She turned back and began running towards the elevator.

The men saw her from a distance the moment they entered the hotel and began to chase after her. Tisha quickly got to the elevator and anxiously waited for it to open. It finally did and she got in.

The men arrived at the elevator just when the doors closed and it began to move. They saw that Tisha was going to the third floor and decided to use the stairs.

Tisha suddenly began struggling to breathe properly as she seemed to be having a panic attack. She seldomly had panic attacks but still moved around with an inhaler to be on the safe side, however, it wasn't with her since she had been abducted and brought into the hotel.

She knew that she was all by herself now and had to improvise. She opened her mouth and struggled to send out as much carbon dioxide as she could. Realizing that she needed to buy more time, she decided to move to the thirteenth floor.

The four men who were chasing Tisha, ran up the stairs and hurried to the elevator to catch her but arrived just as it was taking her to the highest floor. They knew that they would not be able to run up so many flights of stairs without becoming listless so they waited for the elevator.

They were going to take it when it came down and up go after her. They were aware that she had no money on her and knew no one at the hotel since only the extremely affluent came here. Also, most of the hallway cameras were turned off at the request of clients so no one would be able to help Tisha, or so they thought.

The elevator stopped at the thirteenth floor and Tisha ran out. She had no idea where exactly to run to. She thought of taking the elevator back to the first floor but she didn't know if the old sleazebag had more men lying in wait for her.

She began to run through one of the hotel wings but stopped because she could no longer bear the pain in her feet. She was about to take off her shoes when one of the hotel room doors was opened.

A man came out and stood by the door, wearing only his boxers and Tisha instantly recognized him, how could she not? Spencer Grant, popularly known as the enigmatic billionaire. She had seen his pictures many times in magazines and had a huge crush on him a few years back.

Tisha knew that it was only a matter of time before the four men who were chasing her caught up with her so she decided to ask Spencer for help.

She noticed that he was staring at her and he seemed quite uneasy but that wasn't her problem. She walked up to him and was about to explain her situation but to her surprise, he pulled her into the room and shut the door.

He pinned her against the wall, placing his hands by her sides while she stared at him in surprise. He looked into her eyes with so much desire in his and asked, "what took you so long?" right before his lips came crashing down on hers.