Chapter 4

Alice's Point Of View.

I can't be wrong about what I heard and one more thing, they have guns. They are not police or soldiers to have guns, are they? I know about the mafia because I already met them in real life. When I was 9 years old, I was kidnapped. I was so scared and I thought that it would be my death.

They kidnapped me in exchange for a large amount of money, I spent a traumatic week in an abandoned house and I also always heard the men who kidnapped me talking about the mafia so when I got back to Dad and Mom, I searched what it's the meaning of it. And now, I'm scared. Mafias are bad people, and if Valerian is indeed a mafia boss I should avoid him.

Does Dad know what kind of man Valerian is? Probably not.

I don't know what to do inside my room, I'm scared because I know Valerian is serious that he will kill me if I don't follow the rules he says.

"Damn it! I fucking married to a Mafia Boss?!" I whispered to myself, still in disbelief. Do I really have to be in this situation?!

I was about to scream in annoyance when I heard a knock on my bedroom door, I didn't get up from my seat and just scaredly watched the door open. The fear that was forming in my heart disappeared when I saw a woman wearing a maid's uniform enter my room with a tray of food.

"This is your food, Ma'am," said the woman and I nodded and took the tray. The maid didn't say anything and left.

I didn't notice that there was a maid in his mansion because we went straight to my room, how rude! He didn't even let me tour his entire mansion. I also noticed that even though his mansion is this big, it's still sad to look at because there are only a few people living here.

I just focused on eating and didn't think about anything else.

Valerian's Point Of View.

"Do you think she heard what we talked about, Sir?" Frank asked as he drank his wine. 

I took a deep breath before answering. "I don't think so," I answered. But if she heard it, I don't care either because she can't do anything to fight because she's here in my territory.

I can kill her anytime I want.

"There's something strange about that girl, I can't even see fear in her eyes while our guns are pointed at her," Frank looked at me. "She's too brave to yell at you."

"She's a daughter of a mafia boss, she comes from a family of mafias. No wonder she's not afraid of us," I murmured seriously. "And I can't wait to make her suffer and beg for my forgiveness."

I installed a camera in her room before she came to the mansion so I could see what she was doing. I don't notice anything unusual about her every time I watch her, she is often just reading a book or using her cellphone or laptop and sometimes I saw her crying. I don't know if that's part of her pretense but I can't let my guard down because I don't trust her.

Alice's Point Of View.

A few days passed and I just stayed here in my room, I didn't see Valerian and only that maid brought me food. The maid didn't talk to me either and it looks like Valerian said that because I noticed that the maid was afraid of me.

I took a deep breath while lying down and looking at the ceiling, it was night and the surroundings were quiet but I still didn't feel sleepy. I have a cellphone and a laptop with me but I have no one to talk to because first of all I have no friends. I was homeschooled from preschool until I graduated, so I always felt envious of Alana and Alyana because they can go to a university while I was just studying in my room.

That's also one of the reasons why I don't have any friends, besides that, Mom and especially Dad never let me leave the mansion. I am really different from my two sisters, because they are independent and they can do the things they want to do. But me? I always have guards around me, someone is always watching over me and I get annoyed because of that. So when I found out that I was going to live with the man I married in England, I felt a little joy in my heart because I thought I would be free, that I could do the things I wanted. But I made a mistake.

Because I feel like I'm still in prison, I feel like I'm still a prisoner.

I stopped thinking when I heard the sound of shoes of someone, I quickly got up from the bed and peeked out the window. My eyes widened when I saw a man with a mask on his head, I quickly saw the gun in his hand. He was looking at the mansion and when he was about to saw my bedroom window I quickly hid and went straight to the door.

I opened it and my eyes widened because it wasn't locked. I quickly left the room, I had to tell Valerian that a thief had entered his mansion!

The dark surroundings welcomed me, I didn't know that the maids didn't turn on the lights at night and I couldn't see the surroundings. I don't even know where Valerian's room is because there are so many rooms here. I continued walking even though I couldn't see anything but the dark surroundings. In the middle of my walk, I felt the presence of someone behind me and before I could turn around, someone quickly covered my mouth and pulled me into a room.

"What the fuck are you doing here?" Valerian whispered angrily to me while I moved my lips in shock because of what happened, I can't even see his face now because of the darkness but I know that his eyebrows drew together.

"I-I saw a thief from my window," I said softly, I felt fear as it entered my mind that he was a mafia boss and could kill me.

"Thief? Idiot fuck! That's not a thief!" I felt the irritation in his voice and I was about to speak but I heard the door where we were open loudly and I immediately heard gunshots.

"Valerian! What the hell is happening?!" I shouted because I didn't know what was happening because of the darkness around me.

"Shut your mouth, Woman!" I heard him scream and the gunshots that I heard one after another made me cover my ears and try not to feel fear.

I noticed that I was left alone in the room, so I quickly went out even though my hands were shaking because of fear, when I came out, the light was on already and my lips twitched when I saw Valerian holding a gun and his hands were full of blood.

When he saw me, he frowned and walked towards me. I felt very scared because of the way he looked at me. "Why are you so stubborn?!" Valerian shouted angrily at me and gave me a death glare.