MIXED REACTIONS.

It has been a week since the incident with Alexander, she had begun work at A's plaza as he said. When she reached there, they had been expecting her and told her she is to fill the general accountant space. That was a huge position and instinctively, she planned on thanking him once she got back to the mansion; but on remembering what occurred the last time she tried to thank him, she decided to keep mum about it.

Alexander realized it had been a long time since he saw Roselyn, since the last time she came to thank him for the work outfits he sent to her, she had stopped coming for dinners or breakfasts. He often asked after her from Gato. Gato told him she was all right and she always went to work early and came back late, which is probably why he hadn't seen her in a while. Alexander felt she had been ignoring him and trying not to be seen. He didn't know why he felt slightly worried about that but he had other things to do. 

He went into his home office and called his suppliers about the coming shipment if there was no problem with it. He had lost some of his shipments once and started doubting his supplier if they weren't ripping me off. One couldn't be too careful, so he had sent two of his boys to go monitor the shipment from Cuba, where it was being shipped from.

His office had a desk and table with computers and a printer. There were couches with a center table in them. On one of the screens, the CCTV showing different areas of the mansion was displaying what was happening live in the house. Alexander flicked his eyes to the screen and watched Roselyn come in through the gate. She was dressed in a red gown with black shoes. He hadn't remembered picking that one out but she looked perfect in it. Her hair was let down, and she was holding a very small purse. He remembered he didn't get her a bag. He looked at her again and realized it had really been long he saw her and could not get the memory of how insulted and hurt she looked the last time he had seen her. As she moved from the area the CCTV screen he was looking at covered, he changed his view again and watched her walk to the main door. He realized he was watching her and immediately stood up to stop himself. He knew what he was going to do.

***

Some memories came flashing back to her memories, she remembered she had woken up and stood up from where she was hiding. She remembered she had been successful in trying to escape from those people that kidnapped her. One of them had left the door where they stood guard and she started making sounds to lure the second one in and open the door. As he came in, leaving the door open, she had made him get close to her to ask her what the problem was before she used the metal scrap to tear his face and started running. She knew she had run and run and run till she couldn't run anymore, and that was when she hid where she was. She was hungry and tired with her whole body aching. She figured if she could find a phone to call her parents, she could try to describe the place to them if they could come to get her. But where was she going to find a phone? She thought. She peeped out and realized that no one was on the road or nearby, so she tried to walk out and try to find anyone who could borrow her a phone. As she came out, she didn't see anyone, she walked as fast as she could hoping and praying to meet someone who would help her as soon as possible. Then she saw someone coming, oh yeah they were even two. They were still very far from her as she saw them from quite a distance and walked as briskly as she could. Getting close to them, she saw that they looked rough. She approached them for a phone and they told her to fuck off.

"Please, please I beg you, please help me," Roselyn pleaded.

"Well, if you can help us, we would help you in return. Help for help." One of the guys replied and winked at the other one.

"What do you need from me?" Roselyn asked them.

"We like your body and wouldn't be bad if you could offer yourself to us, we just want to have fun with you." One of them replied and giggled.

"My body? You mean you want to have sex with me? Because you want to give me your phone? No, never, don't worry. You can be on your way." Roselyn replied, scared, looking intently at them and wondering how fast her legs could take her far away from there. 

"Looks like you do not understand us, we are not requesting anymore, if you don't give us yourself, we will take you by force. No one would pass here, trust me. And you could never outrun us." he said and looked at her up, down.

"Please, leave me alone, let me be." Roselyn pleaded with them, already in tears, and started thinking about how she could run.

"Ain't nothing your tears gon' do for you here, "one of the guys said and moved towards her. The other one also moved at the same pace and in a few minutes, they had been able to hold her down. She struggled and fought but they were stronger. They had beaten her so badly, her entire face was swollen and she was unconscious.

As they were about to tear her clothes, they heard sirens coming their way and hurriedly moved from her and ran.

***

As Roselyn entered the main door to the house, all she could think about was food and sleep. Having had to work on numerous accounts at work, she was very tired and couldn't wait to eat and sleep right after. She figured she was going to branch the kitchen quarters and get something to take to her room, eat, then sleep right after. 

As she entered her room with the tray of food, she was shocked to meet Alexander sitting on the dressing chair in the room.

"Hello Roselyn, it's been a while," Alexander said and smiled warmly.

"Hello" was the only thing Roselyn found herself able to say. A series of thoughts and questions crossed her mind; was he finally here to send her out? Was he here to take her job away? What was he in her room for?

"How have you been? How has the job been so far? Are you enjoying and adjusting to it?" Alexander asked looking at her.

"Very well, thank you. All good. Thanks again for the job." Roselyn said.

"I realized it has been a while since you came to dinner, and was wondering if your job was that tasking that you barely have time to take breakfasts and dinners, but now, I can see you're eating alone intentionally." 

"Boss, I do not know why you'd like for us to have dinner together. I feel more comfortable eating alone here, in my room." Roselyn said firmly.

"When did you start calling me 'Boss', Roselyn?"

"What would you prefer I called you, Sir?"

"I would prefer you call me Alexander. That's what I introduced myself to you as."

"All right, Sir."

"The 'Sir' is not needed. Let's get dinner in the dining; the normal place to eat and not the bedroom." Alexander said.

"I am very comfortable eating here than there Sir, I wouldn't be able to take any humiliation while eating," Roselyn said and placed the tray of food on her dressing table.

"Humiliation? What do you mean by that?" Alexander asked her and played with the tray she placed on the table.

"Don't worry about it. I'm a bit tired from work, please, I wouldn't be able to join you." She said sharply.

"I'm sorry, Roselyn but you have to explain yourself," Alexander said and stood up, walking towards her.

She looked at him properly since they started talking. He was on a white shirt and blue trousers and looked like he had not finished removing his work clothes. He had tied up his hair and his sleeves were folded. The man was beautiful and as he moved closer, she felt an unexplained unexpected uneasiness in her. 

"Right, I wonder if it counts as a humiliation to you. It is nothing, I would not, however, like to be invited to a threesome anymore." She said.

There it was, why she had been avoiding dinners and breakfasts with him. He had acted like a fool, but he had meant it as a joke.

"Oh, Rose, I had too much to drink that day. I'm sorry for that. I sincerely am." Alexander said with a face full of plea.

"All right Boss, thank you," Roselyn replied and carried the tray of food to her bed. Immediately she got to her bed, she started eating.

"Well, I will leave you to your dinner as I can see you're tired. I hope to see you at breakfast tomorrow." Alexander said and left her room.