3. Breaking people gives him joy

BELLA

He really had me locked up in the room like some animal. An entire day went by and he didn’t show up, the maids came up frequently with food but I simply refused to eat or touch anything.

All I wanted was for them to just let me go. So when they brought breakfast the next day, I grabbed the table knife in the tray and held it out to them as I yelled at them to stay back.

“I don’t want to hurt anyone, I just want to go home. I don’t belong here so let me out.”

“You can’t just keep me in here like this when I didn’t do anything wrong. I won’t stop until you let me out.”

I kept pleading with them to let me go but the maids kept saying the same thing: that it was their boss’s order that I wasn’t allowed to leave the room.

I was so angry! Who did he think he was to take away my freedom like that?

They tried to take the knife from me but were unsuccessful so one of the two maids slipped out to get help. I was certain he was going to show up and that was exactly what I wanted.

“Let me go! I don’t want to stay here any longer. You can’t keep me here against my wish.” I yelled on top of my lungs but he still didn’t show up. The other maid with me kept her distance because of the knife I was holding.

Maybe I needed to cause a bigger scene to get his attention.

I grabbed one of the plates from the tray and flung it at the door. Almost immediately, the door opened to reveal him standing there, the plate almost hit him but it flew right past his head and crashed against the door.

It broke to pieces immediately and scattered across the floor.

The frown on his face deepened as he shot me a glare,

He was so much different than the last time I saw him. His eyes had darkened and his expression was grim. The amused glint in his eye was gone and it was almost as if he was a totally different person.

A shiver raced down my spine when I saw him but I refused to back down, I had to stand my ground if I ever wanted to go home.

“What the hell is going on here?” He growled and they all fell silent. The maids that had been struggling to hold me down stepped away from me with their heads bowed.

He began to walk towards me and I panicked, I was scared he would hurt me so I acted on impulse, an insane impulse that made me suddenly press the knife against my own throat.

He stopped walking immediately,

“If you don’t let me out of here, I’ll just kill myself. I have nothing to do with you and I do not owe you anything so if you do not let me go, I would rather just kill myself than stay locked up in here like your personal belonging.” I held the knife tightly to my throat although I had used the blunt part but it didn’t seem like anyone noticed because the maids had horrified expressions on their faces.

Except for him though, he didn’t look scared or bothered, he simply looked irritated, like he didn’t want to have to deal with me at that moment.

“Kill yourself then.” He responded calmly and he turned around to leave, “she must never step out of this room and if she does not wish to eat then you can just let her starve.” He instructed the maids.

They both nodded and bowed even lower.

How cold hearted and evil could one person be?! I did absolutely nothing to him and he would still treat me this way?

“You jerk!” I cried out, tears blurring my vision and my throat burning as I subconsciously tossed the knife at him but it was the top of it that had hit the back of his head. I regretted it almost immediately because at that moment, I just wanted to hit him with something, I didn’t think that it was a knife I was holding until after it was in the air.

“You kidnap me, hold me against my wish and now you want to use me for…”

Before I could complete my sentence, he turned around sharply. With just a few strides, the space between us disappeared and he was now standing face to face with me.

Everything happened so fast that I barely had the opportunity to process it or brace myself for what he was about to do.

With such speed that I never imagined possible, he slammed me against the wall and pinned me down against it. He instantly pressed the sharp edge of the knife I had thrown at him against my neck.

The sharp blade pricked at me and my eyes widened in fear as my heart began to race beyond control.

“Don’t test my patience Bella, do not for any reason think that I will condone your drama or silly behaviors. Like it or not, you’re my personal belonging now and I would do with you as I damn well please and you do not have a say in it.” His tone was harsh and his words were brutal.

“You think anyone gives a fuck about you? Well… wake up princess! Your father is probably at another casino gambling away the change I threw at him when we took you away, not like I needed to give him any penny again though so you had better get it together or else…”

He pressed the knife even harder against my neck. I was so scared that I dared not move an inch for fear that he would actually hurt me.

The moment he stepped away from me, I crumbled to the ground and broke down in tears. My body trembled due to the near death experience I just had

I had never been so scared in my entire life!