Giselle woke up to a sharp pain at the side of her temple. She didn’t like it and groaned, trying to reach her hand up to graze the spot, only to find the movement impossible.Iron chains held her hand tight to a chair and as she looked down, examining it, a frown painted her beautiful face.“What the hell!” She roared but instantly regretted it as the pain in her temple doubled.Bad choice.The brunette hissed in pain and sighed before allowing her eyes wander the disoriented room.Barely any window to let light or air in, faded walls, dust covered floor, a single iron chair placed in a far corner, which had rust and looked like several people had used it for many generations and a murky smell dancing around the room.She scrunched up her nose, feeling her body break out in disgust.The sound of clapping filled her ears from behind and the brunette struggled against her with strains.In the midst of all her struggles, the individual behind her spoke out and her blood ran dry.“It’s g
Two hours? Three hours?Giselle wasn’t sure how long she sat alone in the dimly lit room, staring at the blank wall as her mouth cried for some form of liquid.During her time of solitude, her mind pondered what Raquel could have meant, and each time she came face to face with a dead end, a frustrated scream would rip from her throat, bouncing around the damp walls of her capture room.As time went on, Giselle began to lose hope.In the first few hours, she had hoped that some sort of miracle would happen, that Ezra would just pop up and rip the chain off her arms then carry her in his arms like he always did each time she ended up in some type of trouble.But he didn’t show. And that weighed heavily on her heart.‘Why should he come? I’m not worth it.’ Giselle hung her head at the thought, her heart throbbed painfully at the slightest thought that Ezra might have abandoned her.With a saddened and troubled heart, she mumbled out underneath her breath. “This sucks.”********Ezra, rig
Voices. Familiar once at that.Giselle could hear them and knew who they’d belonged to even without opening her eye.She felt her body being lifted from its place on the floor. Warmth engulfed her, a feeling contrary to the temperature dropping damp room.Feeling a familiar warmth and body embrace, the brunette relaxed, relief finally washing over her entire being and her mind being put at easy.She slightly stirred in the embrace, pushing her body as close as she could, wanting to feel more of his heat and presence.At that, the grip around her tightened in a reassuring manner.It was far more reassuring than she had expected. The amount of care and compassion she was getting from a single hug alone, melted the remaining walls of her heart, giving way for the feeling she had tired to surprise.Just before falling back into her slumber, a small smile spread across her lips as she thought. ‘Ezra came.’Indeed he did.********~One Hour Earlier~Ezra impatiently tapped his foot inside t
Slowly stirring, Giselle woke up to the sound of distant beeping of hospital machines.It was probably sometime close to midnight when she opened her eyes.Voices of hospital nurses and patients filed her ears. The smell of disinfectant and hospital wash hung around her like a thick cloud, making the brunette scrunch up her nose as she attempt to sit up, only to stop half way as she felt a banging headache.Deciding not to fight against the headache and stay down, Giselle scanned the room with her eyes.It looked to be a private ward. The top class ones.An in built bathroom, a small table in the corner, a rather comfortable mattress, which she was currently lying on, and a fifty five inch television hanging opposite her bed.It was like the deluxe version of a hospital room, one that Giselle had never gotten the luxury to enjoy, up until now.The sound of the room door opening caught her attention. Turning her head towards the direction, Giselle watched with a slightly stunned expres
Giselle sat still with her green eyes trained on Ezra’s hazel ones. For the briefest of seconds her brain went numb, almost as if it was incapable of giving a suitable response to Ezra’s request.Seconds had pasted before Giselle broke away from her statue like figure, blinking furiously as her mouth slowly opened as if she wanted to say something, then she closed it back, then repeated the same action a few more times.During this short period of silence, Ezra felt his heart stuck in his throat. Several negative thoughts roamed his mind.‘What if she says no?’ Was one of those thoughts. ‘What if she insists to leave this as purely a contractual relationship? Does she feel the same way I do?’Ezra’s fist subconsciously gripped the bedsheet, bringing wrinkles to the fine floral bed spread.‘Please, say something.’ Ezra thought, already feeling the silence tear at his heart.Was this going to have a bad outcome?Giselle’s eyes averted from his, scanning everywhere in the room.It’s not
~Two weeks ago~Giselle sat at the outer bank of a beach that had been rented out for a whole day. It was only her and a few other permitted people that were present on the luxury high class beach.At first, on receiving such an invitation from her mother-in-law, the blonde had wondered how it would be possible to rent out a whole beach and even have means of blocking the news from reach the ears of the media, as not to spoil their little fun outing, but she soon came to know that Jasmine Heinrich, is a Heinrich.Money and power can basically do anything.Giselle watched as the current propelled water, gushed onto the banks, close to her feet and once again claimed her miniature drawing, for the third time today.The girl huffed out in annoyance and tossed her broken branch into her sand before causing the sea with every ounce of insult she knew in her vocabulary.She heard a snort from behind and whipped her head in the direction. Glaring angry daggers at the only person she saw, who
Giselle and Ezra stood at the foot of their mansion as they waved the adults goodbye.Luckily for them, no other questioned were asked after the whole situation was explained. Although, Ezra did get a little discredit, since the security he had put on Giselle had failed to do their jobs.Which actually baffled him.But then again, he didn’t have much time to dwell on such a thought, the more prominent matter at hand, was how someone had gotten their hands on the contract.Ezra clearly remembered locking it in a safe in his study. A safe to which only he knew the code.Watching the last of their parent’s car drive off, Ezra sighed and ran a hand through his oily hair.“What a night.” He mumbled out as Giselle placed her hand on his shoulder and gave it a gentle squeeze.“Yeah. But I’m glad it yielded a good result.” She smiled and turned around, headed for her room when she suddenly felt her body being lifted off the ground.A surprised yelp left her mouth, and on instinct, she wrapped
Occurrences like those happened less frequently but Giselle still found herself having to take care of trash every other time of the week.Well except for today. Today, the brunette had come home early, as Ezra had some board meetings to attend, and out of habit, she once again dismissed the cook and decided to make dinner herself.This time around, as she searched through the pantry for what to make, she noticed that it was much more stocked than before, which was to her favor.Smiling to herself, Giselle brought out several ingredients needed for a perfect croissant. She wasn’t only gifted in cooking, baking was one of her several gifted areas.Humming the soft tone of ‘Film out’ by BTS under her breath, the brunette began her baking process by tying on her apron, making sure that if things got messy, as per her previous experience, she’d have something on her body to take one third of the hit.“Okay, let’s begin.” She mused after her hair had been fixed into a messy updo bun.The p