Mia's POV To say I was surprised that I saw another morning will be the greatest understatement that I could ever make in my entire life.After all, there had been no hesitation from the dark stranger and his men in killing off the man I was forcefully made to marry, so I had thought that he was just keeping me and prolonging my suffering for sadistic reasons before he finally ended everything with a bullet in my head that same night.I'm not sure if I'm just twisting up the situation or reading too far into it, but the most important thing to me right now is that I was still breathing the same air as everyone else.As time passed I tried not to think about my family too much, especially my mom. After all, my sister wouldn't even be bothered too much about me, especially with the way she literally abandoned me to take her horrible fate, and my father will probably be more worried that he had lost an important business partner and friend rather than focus on the fact that I had been k
Mia's POV A few nights later, I found myself cross-legged and locked in my room. There was no lock on the door but they might as well have been because I couldn't leave the room, food was brought to me at intervals in the morning afternoon, and then in the evening by a plump lady who always had a perpetual scowl on her face.Like I was the cause of her life problems.At some point, I began to seriously wonder if there was somebody that was always making her angry every damn time or if that was just how she appeared no matter how she was feeling at the moment, though I'm sure that I made her angry with the way I always suspiciously eyed any food that she bought for me.A little voice in the back of my mind was always telling me that there was a chance that the food was poisoned, but then I consider that if this man really wanted me dead, he wouldn't go through the roundabout way of poisoning my food and so I would eat it.Someone like him doesn’t seem like the kind to take someone’s li
Lorenzo's pov I could see fair reflecting off her greenish eyes which caught the bright lights in the bedroom beautifully.This was exactly what I wanted to see.The fear.The stark terror.The kind of fear that would make her tremble till she willingly fell down to her knees.The kind of fear that I had in my eyes as a child when I watched her father take the life of my parents without second thoughts. I had been helpless and powerless to do anything about it back then.Fine, I wasn’t going to kill her.I had pretty much accepted that I wouldn’t be able to do that to her.But, what about having a little fun with her body?I had to make sure that she suffered one way or the other, in order to leave her a scar on her soul like her father did mine. That she’d be consumed with so much fear that she would practically beg me to put a bullet through her brain, and I still wouldn't do it, because I’d want her to still suffer some more. Till I get my true revenge against her bastard father.
Mia's POV I tried to collect my breath every now and then.Every conversation I seem to have with this man was indeed a roller coaster, every encounter with him felt like I was a tightrope walker that was balancing ceramic plates on both of my hands, because honestly while he was so handsome which I couldn’t deny each time I saw him, there was this dangerous side to him that he never fail to show me each time.I ran over to my wardrobe, the abrupt order he had given me right before he had exited the bedroom was still echoing around in my head.Why would he want to take me with him? And, where to?I picked any type of clothing that my hands could grab first leaving me in a baggy top and jean skirt with sneakers. He didn’t give me a theme, and since I was not going to a fashion show, and it was already night time, I ran out the bedroom like this, not even bothering to touch up my hair which I just swept up into a big messy bun.As I made my way out of the bedroom, I wondered why I was e
Mia's pov "Wake up! wake up!" I doubted that I slept for up to 10 minutes before I was abruptly woken by somebody's irritated voice and then I felt a cold hand brush against my bare arm.I blinked my eyelids open. The person in front of me or rather by my side was my kidnapper, looking thoroughly annoyed as usual with the scowl that I always found on his face if he wasn't wearing his trademark smirk that was far too big for it.Here we go again."We are here," he informed me as he stepped out and I didn't need anyone to whisper into my ears to follow him before I did. When I looked around, civilization was gone and we were surrounded by a forest. I was scared that if he shot me here, then the echo of the gunshot would be hard to hear from further distances where someone would be able to catch it with their ears.But then again, that fear was quenched with the not-so-relieving reality that even if he wanted me dead, he wouldn't have bothered going through such precautions as taking m
Mia's pov The atmosphere suddenly became chilly and I felt goosebumps that were on my skin, something was off.I could tell that the man in front of me had just obviously declared that this was a trap. Was that supposed to be a joke between them? Well, my curiosity was quenched in only a couple of seconds as the heftiest of all the men who had spoken a little before came closer but then stopped several inches away."If you knew it was a trap, why did you come?""I wasn't sure of it yet and so I wanted to confirm it," He murmured easily, and I was once again, feeling confused. Each time he was scolding on me, which was almost everytime, he always had a scowl on his face and irritation in his voice.But, now that we had somehow walked into a trap that had been set on purpose, instead of him reacting angrily like I’d expect him to, he was doing the complete opposite.Suddenly, I felt the hefty man's eyes focus on me, and I felt like I was going to break out in a sweat even though the nig
Mia's POV I glanced forward, locking eyes with the man that I expected to save me right now, especially seeing as he was the one that practically dragged me into the situation in the first place, but he was only wearing a nonchalant smile on his face, all the agitation in the abandoned warehouse seem to be coming from me and the man behind me who was holding a gun to my skull, ready to unleash a load of lead at any given time.He pressed it harder on my head as if he was trying to shove it through my ear, and even though he tried to appear relaxed, I could easily make out the terror on his face. My eyes strayed towards the men that my kidnapper had beaten black and blue as if they were nothing more than little insects as they were all sprawled on the floor with their bodies twisted at absurd angles and groaning with pain from their broken bones.It was a very gory sight for the eyes and I wish that there was some way that I could just peel it out from my memory.However, my entire at
Mia's POV After that night a lot of things changed, the most noticeable one being that my kidnapper finally allowed me to leave my room and explore other parts of the mansion. Of course, he restricted some places and told me to never go there unless I was tired of breathing and wanted to retire.Then I was able to confirm that his name was Lorenzo from when his people spoke of him. Honestly, I preferred it when I was locked up in my room because everyone was looking at me as if I was some kind of circus animal, some with curiosity and some with disgust and hate. Meanwhile, I was literally the victim here.I was the one who had been kidnapped on her wedding night.And I had the feeling that somebody was always watching me, as if they were taking turns in observing my every movement.My kidnapper, Lorenzo, also insisted that I should be eating with him whenever he found it suitable for him, meaning that sometimes I would be allowed to eat in my room but most of the time I would have t