Logan's P. O. V.
" Astrid couldn't do his job and I had to go three miles away to do it myself! " I barked at one of my men who handled my drugs companies, Miko, as he sat at the end of the wide table inside my office. He shivered, his eyes buried down between his legs, waiting for the worst.
I felt angry. Thieving was the thing I hated most. After women. Piece of shits. and what did those retched people had to offer to save their lives? A piece of shit! I wouldn't have had to travel a mile just to get a stupid woman if Astrid had done his fucking job of catching those peasants!
" We're...... We're sorry boss " Miko murmured.
Angrily, I reached for the pistol at the back of my pants, cracked it and aimed for his head. " I said don't fucking apologize to me "
Milo freezes, watching me with pleading eyes. I wanted to pull this damn trigger. I didn't need him anymore. He was a fuck up like the rest of his team so why show mercy.
Then I heard the screaming from up above. That bitch. I tried to fire at Miko but heard her banging at the door, her screams getting louder. A smirk crossed my lips in sheer thrill. she's probably trying to escape right now. She must be a fool at many levels if she didn't know who she was dealing with. No one runs away from me. Not even her fucking parents who brought this upon her.
Another scream and more banging. Fuck.
Putting my gun away, I roared at Miko " get the fuck out of my face." and he scurried out before I made my way out of my office and climbed on the nearest elevator. The anger bubbled up as I went up, intensified as I came face to face with the door and seeing her through the glasses as she continued to bang on the door.
I saw a glimpse of her face, the bitterness and pain in them as she cried. It was tear streaked and threatening to fall off her head any minute now.
Since picking her up from her house last night, I'm only seeing her for the first time after so many hours of the pick up.
I saw her long legs as they ran from the dress she was now wearing, causing me to smirk wickedly. She was about to be food to me and she will do well to obey me.
Punching in the door's passcode, the doors slid open, causing her to stop for a minute to look at me. She's breathing hard from all the struggle to break the door. how pathetic, most of her hair sprawled over her face now.
My eyes moved to every inch of her body before settling on the swells on her bossom. Her firm breasts pointed invitingly at me. She was tiny and if I was being honest with myself, the skinny girls always did it for me in bed and right now, all I saw was her body tied down on my bed, legs spread apart.
" What do you want from me?! " She screamed at me.
How dare her? I laughed at her attitude, somehow enjoying the show she put on. If only she knew the weight of her parents wrongs, she wouldn't stand out to ask me that silly question.
" I'm talking to you! " Her voice screamed fear. I knew her type, not that grabbing a girl from her house was my everyday thing, but she was just acting tough, trying to convince me that she wasn't scared and that she was strong. Clicking my tongue, I wished she knew who she was dealing with and apparently, she doesn't seem to have any idea.
" Answer me! " She screams again, this time moving in to push me by the chest but I caught her wrist mid air and yanked it back, causing her to wince in pain.
" You have no idea who I am, do you? " I said into her ear. The feel of her hair brushing subtly against my lips excited me. The warmth, the closeness of her body oozed onto me even with the slim distance caused me a bulge, but I ignored it. If she was going to be so stubborn she needed a lesson. And I'm about to teach her that.
Layla's P. O. V.
As the doors slid open, I hadn't expected the man who walked in. He was far from what I remembered from last night. Everything had been hazy and foggy last night even to this very minute and I wasn't familiar with the details of his face but looking at him now, I couldn't help checking him out while tossing my escape plans behind me.
He was tall, tall and wide enough to swallow my smaller image if he pleased. His arms were muscular and well built, just like the packs that evidently popped out of his sleek long sleeves office shirt.
His hair is dark, full and shiny, the ones you'd wanna feel it's silkiness with your fingers, melting into them. His face was chesled to go with his lean yet well built body. His nose was long and pointed. The most important detail of all were his eyes. They were slim and set back into his face, his eyelashes long, thick and full, typical of the Mexican boys like Maddy always loved to fantasize. The length of his lashes would almost hide the greenish ashes color of his eyeballs.
And those eyes stared predatorily at me. He takes a step forward and I stepped back a pace, my anger rushing back again. I wanted to slap him, beat him until he let me go but I knew from his look he took no nonsense and I'd probably be the losing one after all is said and done.
My first instinct was to slap him but I found myself pushing his body instead, screaming at him. Then he grabbed my hands and yanked them down, inflicting pain from the pressure of his tight grip around my wrist.
" You have no idea who I am, do you? " His voice is deep and smooth, venom edging every word he spilled. And yes, I didn't know him. But I didn't need to know who he was to let me get the hell out of this madness.
" Let go of me! " I cried but instead he pushed me back and I stumbled back. He advances towards me and stops, his eyes watching my body like he'd done earlier. I looked past him to see that the door had locked back after he walked in. I blew my chance of running by checking him out and now I'm gonna pay for it.
His hands come up and gropes my breast, cutting my breath away. The movement surprises me and I did the one thing my body urged me to in defense, I slapped his hand away and stepped back.
How dare him! A surge of anger exploded inside me and I tried to hit him but he grabbed my two hands now and pushed me back against the wall. I yelped in pain on the impact of the wall and held my lips from crying.
His face leans into mine, his body only a symmetrical line away from mine. My heart beats accelerated.
The tears ran freely down my face now as I felt my body weaken before him. I felt starry sensations clouding up my vision and I tried to blink to keep my focus together but I was slowly losing it.
I felt his grip on my wrist loosen and he steps back. I watched him retreat himself, my vision too starry and blurry to see him walk out, my body too weak to make a run for it. I just stood plastered on the wall, shutting my eyes close to reduce the pain.
I slid down to the floor and sat down, my weak legs giving up before my mind did and I just sat there for a while, crying. From a distance, I saw the pills that woman had left on my table earlier. it was tossed far away on the floor. I needed to take it and relieve myself of this pain. I couldn't take it anymore. But I was too weak to reach for it and I just sat there, watching it.
I heard the doors slid open before the sound of clicking shoes neared me. The woman from earlier squats in front of me, looking into my face, her voice resounding as she spoke.
" Come on, you need to take a shower " she said, grabbing my arm.
My stomach rumbles loudly. I haven't eaten anything for nearly twenty four hours.
" You'll be having dinner shortly " she adds as she walked me towards the bathroom. My vision slowly gets worse as I managed to walk beside her,
my body shaking involuntarily. I thought I was going to pass out.
I remained inside the bathtub, naked, my body numb and my eyes fixed straight up as she scrubbed my body. For the first time in my entire life, I actually appreciated this hot water. It was a form of comfort for me and I didn't want it to end. After scrubbing every inch of my body and watering me clean, she walks back out and comes back in with another cup and a pill. " You have to take this to get rid of the Anaesthetic " she said, putting the pills in my tongue and putting the glass of water against my lips and sliding her other hand behind my head and tilting it a bit so I could swallow it. And I did, gulping in down with urgency. Yes, I needed my strength if I was going to fight him and escape this madness. Soon after, she helps me out of the water and handed me a towel which I covered myself with. She walks me out and into a walk-in closet. The room is wide, almost looking wider than the main bedroom itself. But it was completely empty save for a few empty clothe
Logan's P. O. V. The thick smoke from the cigarette between my lips coaxed my nostrils and I shut my eyes. I couldn't stop thinking about her and even as Astrid talked endlessly at the other side of the table, I couldn't pay attention. Layla. She was all I was thinking of and strangely enough, with every thought about her came this anger. Astrid had one job. Just one job and he screwed up. That day plays in my head again like it was just happening. My most trusted worker and Cyber computer guru, Dani, had informed me about some missing numbers in some of my drugs. I'd asked him to follow it up and get back to me before the end of the day. But he'd come back with something more interesting. I'd expected him to report to me that the missing drugs was just a miscalculation or loss which I could easily overlook as expected but instead, he'd informed me that one of Astrid's boys, a youngster named Vincent had been sneaking some of my drugs and giving it to a
Layla's P. O. V. When the woman had walked me into this room, I'd wondered how he'd react when he saw me looking different from the woman he had kidnapped yesterday - I couldn't recognize myself when I looked into the mirror after my make up was done. But I was met with a large, circular room with complete glass walls, not a single window, a large bed situated in the center of the room and a single circular table at the other side of the glass wall, with a black clothing and all sorts of food you could think about seated on it. I stopped to look for a while before I heard the door slam behind me and the woman was gone, leaving me alone in the room. I couldn't find a single thing to watch to keep my mind busy. The night was slowly getting darker but the room was brightly lit, it was impossible to think it was completely dark outside. I walked over to the table and sat down, wondering if I'm supposed to eat. I didn't want to eat but my body said otherwise. I
Logan's P. O. V. Piece of shit. I felt the vein pop out at the side of my face as I watched her make the run for the door. She's so stupid. I'd tested her and she took the bait. How long would it take her to realize that her parents didn't want her, didn't care about her and that she had nowhere to go except here? She needed to learn that her family didn't want her otherwise she wouldn't have been easily given out to a man they didn't know and now she's gonna learn that the hard way. Family always lets you down the most. Not friends, not enemies. Family. Before she could reach the door, I grabbed hold of her, yanking her against the door. She cried and pleaded to release her but I just couldn't. All I was feeling was the surge of anger. I know she hasn't been here for more than twenty four hours but I'd expected her to know that a trap like leaving the door wide open for her was a mere test. But she fell for it and it angered me the most. She wasn't gonna learn h
I woke up feeling the entire bones in my body at some physical war. I felt overwhelmed and my eyes burned from all the crying. I picked myself up from the floor and found the same woman from yesterday standing near the bed, a tray in her hands as she watched me. I'd probably have screamed my head off if I had woken up to find him watching me instead. I rose up and walked towards the bed. "You're up," she said as she set the tray next to me on the bed. There's a bowl of water on it, a white towel draping down from the tip, and a cone of plaster with a bag of cotton wool. That was when I realized that I'd bruised my body from fighting Logan last night. Surprisingly, I remembered his name now. I guess the slap he gave me last night did me a number. The thought of myself actually trying to joke about that in this situation causes me to smile. " Something amuses you, Layla? " She asks as she tilts my face up to dap the bruises with a wool. " No, " I replied, wincing at the touch o
LOGAN DEANGELO. Fucking thieves. I couldn't quite get my head around the fact that some random peasant would actually have the audacity to steal from a DeAngelo! Layla had no idea she'd just been thrown into the lion's den and I'm going to show her that her parents made the wrong move by trying to steal from me. I opened the thick wooden door to the place where I'd asked Astrid to have him tied up, and as I walked in, my strides calculated, I entered the room with it's ceilings dropping to the floor, the walls painting old and peeling off. I've hunted this man down for weeks. Apparently he'd worked for me before, only to go behind my back, conspiring with my enemy and leaking out my movements to him. Just last week, my men and I were attacked around my newest warehouse down town. Dani had been able to bring out the obvious, tracking down this man, Jon. Jon had been a close worker of mine. He had started working for my uncle before he passed away. He was the father figure, his
Logan's P. O. V. " Take me straight home " I ordered my driver as soon as I entered the back door. Nodding slightly, he shuts the door after me and sits back behind the wheel, driving off and into the streets. I wouldn't care about going home on other days but right now, I felt I needed to be at home right that minute. The thought of Layla had crossed my mind several times as I stood inside that house. I clenched my teeth, fixing my suit and noticing a blood stain on the faded blue color of my inner shirt, around my wrist. He'd been close enough to get his blood on me. I looked away, trying to relax my clenched jaw. Images of Layla probably trying to escape now that I wasn't in the house appeared in front of my eyes, causing me to smirk wickedly. She'd be a fool to try to escape. Like the last time, she was definitely going to make a run for it. Especially when she notices that she's all alone. But I had eyes in every nook and crannies in the house. The large Victorian gate
Layla's P. O. V. He towered over me, intimidatingly. Every word he said vibrated through my body. His eyes were like Laser beams. They bore into my face. I felt my heart accelerate inside my chest. I didn't know how to handle a situation like this. I wanted to push him away but I couldn't bring myself to. I was scared of his wrath and feared I'd like the feel of his body against my hand if I did that. I needed to be mad at him. Being on his good side didn't mean I have to like him. It's all pretense and so far he seemed to be buying it. Huh, I mentally scoffed at his foolishness. He thinks any girl would ever choose this life for herself? I tried to steady my heart beat and mutter something, anything, just to keep him from getting any closer. " I......" I stammered " I just need to be with my phone. I get really bored here and I've been on my own all morning and....." He cuts me off as his face alined with mine, forcing a gasp of surprise to escape my lips. He has a madly
For the next few couple of days Logan took me out to places and I thought he'd completely forgotten about my attempt to escape on our wedding day. Logan would make love to me tenderly, he'd drive us out to eat at the most beautiful restaurants in town, he'd show me around the city and always talk about beautiful things. He'd take me visiting bawling alleys, take me shopping till I got tired. I started to warm up to him and quickly put so many things behind us. Logan would occasionally whisper into my ear how much he loved me and I'd confess it back. Especially one of the many times he pulled me into the shower with him. The feeling was immensely overwhelming. And then, just when I'd thought he'd done too much, Logan grabs me by the arm unexpectedly at the beach he'd taken us to and inhaled my hair deeply. Then he whispered into my ears " what do I have to do to make you love me Layla? " I shuddered before spinning in his arms to face him. And for the first time in so long, I
When Logan had said he planned a date for us I'd expected him to take us to one of his very fancy restaurants that he loved to take me to. Logan loved spending money on grande things, the idea thrilled him and he was always glad whenever he could impress me with all the expensive things he buys for me and the fancy places he takes me to. But instead, he'd taken me to a small eatery set back into a wooden house facing the ocean. It's built up high on a rock, just below the ocean so people could easily get their snacks and drinks and still go down to have a swim while those who loved to sit and eat could see the view of the ocean from up here. It was beautiful. And it kinda felt Mexican. Logan loved things like this I've noted and I couldn't help loving it too. Flower pots decorated the front of this dark oak building with people walking in and out, others eating outside and some inside. Logan was being overly sweet when he pulled a chair out for me and wouldn't stop smiling at
I believed that I almost saw every side of him. But this one was new to me. Logan never forced himself on me; he never had sex with me without my consent. This wasn't sex, this was rape. " Logan stop! I don't want this!" I screamed. I tried to push him away. But he doesn't stop. He abducts my two hands and locks them in his one hand at the top of my head. And with his one hand he started to roam my body. Every part, every inch. He slides his hand down my stomach and reaches the hem of my white pants. I tried to pull my legs together but his wide body separates them further as he fully laid on top of me, letting go of my hands so he could take off my shirt. Then I started to fight him again. Logan never forced me to have sex with him. I knew he'd attempted that when he'd newly kidnapped me but he always stopped when I asked him to. But right now, he was so furious and driven by pure hate and anger I knew he wasn't going to stop if I begged him to. But I don't stop fighting. I t
I watched wide eyed as Logan provided a portable knife from his back pocket and pushed it's blade out. He leans back on top of me and traced the cold metal along my chin. I knew I had to remain still so I don't get torn with the sharp object. " Please......" I begged, my body physically vibrating. " Shhhhhh" Logan said like he was cooing to a baby. " That's not what I wanna hear, love. You don't need to beg me, you know why I'm doing this to you don't you? So you don't have to be scared of me " I simply nodded gently as I knew exactly what would happen if I disobeyed him. Whatever happened today was my fault but I didn't deserve this. Nobody deserves this drastic punishment and I knew being the Logan that he was, there was more installed for me. Logan sighed and slowly started stroking my hair. I flinched at first but I knew there was no point in defying him anymore. So I let him stroke my hair and I saw how satisfied he was that I wasn't trying to fight him anymore. Then h
Everyone wears a mask, and everyone tries to also hide the fact that they are wearing a mask. Emotions are complicated; sometimes you are angry because the person walking in front of you used to be loyal. And sometimes you are angry at yourself. You blame yourself for every ordeal that has happened to you, you blame yourself for the situation. That was how I was feeling right now. Lost and angry. As I watched my reflection on the mirror, I saw how much pounds of flesh I'd lost over the course of hours. I didn't know where this place was but judging from a couple of neon lit banners I could manage to see on our way here, I was certain this was some Asian country. Could be Thailand or Tokyo or anywhere at that. I heard Logan knocking out something back in the bedroom and it moved me. I was terrified out of my mind and did the only thing I could do to avoid any more of his wrath. I slipped out of my dress and grabbed a towel to cover myself. I took a minute to survey the closet
I didn't know where we went but we arrived there in the late evening, the clouds angry and dark. As if my day couldn't get any more worse. The ride had taken a long while and throughout we didn't say a word to each other. I kept my distance and he did too. I knew he didn't want anything to do with me. I'd proposed for this wedding and tried to run from it when he was completely into it, I wouldn't have anything to do with me either. The airplane landed and we stepped out to find a Lamborghini parked below. Logan doesn't waste time and hauled us inside. I wanted to ask him where he was taking me but decided against it. Asking him wouldn't change a thing if he planned to go kill me and dump my body in some place. And it doesn't guarantee my life either. On our way, I knew I needed to say something. He still looked angry. " Logan...." I called but he doesn't budge " Logan I'm sorry...." " Save it Layla, " he turns to me with a broad smile " we're about to have the best time of o
My fingers trembled as I stood in front of the priest, hand in Logan's as we said the vows. My voice trembled and it fascinated me a great deal that none of the people seated on all those pews could stand up and speak about how strange this wedding was. I had a bleeding nose, blood splashed across my face, my make up smeared on the wrong places and my white wedding gown was stained and dirty all over. But nobody could say anything about it, not even the priest. Of course they all knew Logan, nobody wanted to interfere or meet an early death. When we'd first walked in, I'd seen the surprise in his mother's wide eyes as she saw me. So was Elina and the rest of the family. There wasn't an outsider here except for Logan's men and so far they were all the same people. When Logan slipped his ring into my finger, I knew this was it. I felt caged for some reasons and felt it impossible to leave at this point. I knew a simple band around the finger meant nothing but I couldn't help the
I thought about changing back into my clothes but I knew Graziella would come back into the room before I'm able to do that. So I picked up the ends of the clothes and turned back to Emily. "There's a way through the parking lot inside the hotel, this way" she called and I quickly followed her. As we made our way out, I kept an eye out for Graziella, while still trying to hide my face from the rest of the few people seated around. I knew it was hard for any of Logan's men who saw me in this white dress to not recognize me. I knew he had given me all the privacy a bride to be needed before the wedding by allowing me alone here with the women. He had trusted me and never thought I'd do something like this. The people seated at the lobby threw beautiful smiles at me, some even nodded at me. They all saw a beautiful bride about to get married, they didn't know that I was there against my will and on my way to freedom. After returning their smiles, I got into the elevator with Emil
" I need your help, Emily " I told her, putting a hand over the magazine like I was pointing out a hair style to her. "I need to get out of here and you're the only one that can help me. I've been brought here against my will and I want you to help me get out " There's a moment of silence on her ends before she finally spoke. " Okay.... Are you serious about this?" She whispers, slightly looking up to see me. I nodded gently and gave her a smile so whoever was watching us from somewhere didn't catch up on what I was doing. " I'm about to be forced to get married to this man, Emily and I beg you to please help me " "Okay, what do I have to do?" " I need you to bring a car to the hotel where I'd be getting dressed for the wedding. Have it hidden and when I'm alone, I would take it and leave. Can you do that for me? Please....." " Yes.... But.... Do I call the police?" There's fear and worry in her voice. I thought about that for a moment. Calling the police was probably the