Chapter 6

Selina POV

I walked away from Adam ignoring his his stares bored hole into my back or how Ella kept turning her small frame to get a better look at him. 

He was my past, no amount of his good looks could change what he did to me. Beside, he was married. I did not want him close to me neither would my daughter. 

"That man looks like me," Ella said immediately we got back inside. Her inquisitive eyes that glistened with intelligence bigger than her age looked up at me as if expecting an explanation. 

"Really? People look like random people all the time," I lied. It pained me to have to lie to my daughter but I believe she was too young to know the circumstances around her birth. I've raised her alone just fine abd I would continue to do so. "Oh look! I found a Polaroid camera, here, pose for me baby," I distracted her her raising up the camera so she cool see. 

Ella giggled as she gave different poses successfully digressing us from that conversation I did not want to have. It took hours for Ella to run out of energy and retire to her room to sleep. After which, alone in the privacy of my room, I logged into the internet and scrolled through Adam's progress over the years. 

He had gotten married to the very woman who called me a slut. And he had the audacity to demand why I hadn't told him I was getting married. I scoffed at their wedding pictures even though a part of me ached at the wide smile on their faces. It was the sharp shrill of the doorbell that pulled me out of my supposed stalking. 

I threw the phone on the bed and headed to the door careful not to wake my daughter. Without checking through the peephole, I drew the door back. My eyes widened at who was standing before me. It was like a deja Vu

Years ago, this sake man had stood in front of my hotel room to harass and call me a slut. He had boasted of his connections but I wasn't going to be that weak woman he could assault anytime he wanted. 

"What are you doing here?"I demanded not even hiding the fact that I recognized him and whether he meant good or harm right now, I wanted him gone. 

"I reckoned you've gotten expensive overtime, after all how did you climb the ladder so fast," He slurred and it was only then I perceived the faint whiff of alcohol. He wasn't fully drunk but he had something to drink. 

"Here" He fiddled with the insides of his pocket and retrieved ah empty check, he stretched it towards me. "Take it and let me in for the night."

He never changed! He still saw me as the slut he could waltz up to and get his way. I didn't want to grace him with a reply so I tried to shut the door but just like last time, he extended his feet and blocked the door. 

"Don't push me you whore. Stop acting like some goody two shoes when we both know you slept your way to the top!" His tone turned aggressive and louder. 

He was going to wake Ella up and the last thing I wanted was for her to see the scene so with angry, I came out and shut the door behind me and then I didn't think twice as I slapped him hard. The sound of my palm hitting his cheek echoed with a satisfying smack. 

"You slut!" He growled and pounced on me. My back collided with the wall painfully as I winced. I did not have time to react nor adjust as his large palms wrapped around my throat enough to restrict airflow. 

My hands flayed helplessly. Where were the security? My eyes searched for them. 

"I told you, I'm more than what meets the eyes. I've my way, my connections. Not even the security can save you as I have my way with you right here," He grumbled into my ears as he began to fumble with the hem of my pajamas. 

No! I wasn't going to let that happen. I didn't get to fight when he was suddenly ripped of me violently and I fell to the floor gasping for air now that his hands were not strangling me. I rubbed my neck and looked up through teary eyes registering that the person who had pulled the assaulter away from me was Adam. 

I thought he left?

"Who are you-"

Adam did not allow the man to get any words out as he punched him in the face repeatedly until the man staggered helplessly. He was already drunk so he stood no chance against Adam.

Even after gathering my energy back, Adam was still punching the man. 

"Stop! You'll kill him!" I warned holding Adam's arms to prevent him from delivering another fatal blow. The man scurried away now that he was free. Not without promising to make us regret it.

Adam to a proper look at me as if to make sure I wasn't hurt. 

"I'm fine," I reassured. "What were you doing?"I asked. 

"I stay at the hotel," He didn't expatiate on it and I suspected there was more to kg but k was grateful he saved me. 

"Thank you," I murmured looking behind to make sure Ella was not awake. "I should get back. Have a good night sleep."

I turned but he held my arm preventing me from entering the door I had opened 

"What if he comes back?"

I didn't think about that even though the man was dangerous, he could indeed come back. 

"I'll be fine," I said not very convinced of that fact either. 

"Let me spend the night in your suite. I'm not convinced, I want to make sure you're safe through the night," Adam requested.

I swallowed. Should I sleep in my suite?