All Chapters of Bound By A Contract : Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

The ride back to the hotel was quiet and Cole and I just stared out of our individual windows. One time, I saw the driver looking at us with a curious expession before he caught my eyes in the mirror and quickly looked away. I did not blame the man though, we had seemed so chatty on the way to the the docks and he had even been smiling at our jokes. But oh well…Immediately we got to the hotel, both of us silently separated into our individual rooms and instantly, I fell on the bed as my eyes became misty with tears. This time, I sniffed loudly and allowed them to fall down my cheek even as I tried to figure out why I was crying.I should not have been surprised with what Cole said, neither should I have expected more. A guy like him did not fall for a girl like me, maybe in movies but in real life, no matter the circumstances surrounding them–men like Cole only went for educated, sexy women who would look good beside him.I walked over to the full length mirror and stared at my image

We arrived at the apartment complex under thirty minutes, and the first thing hat irked me about the place was the musty smell that surrounded it. For such an averagely maintained building, the surroundings were very demeaning with candy wraps scattered around and stale wraps of food on the sides of the building.Cole put a handkerchief to his nose and albeit reluctantly, we stepped out of the car with his security team right behind us. They were all expecting a confrontation, and though I guessed it would not come to the use of force, I was glad that they were with us.We walked closer towards the building and saw a woman sitting at one corner of it. She was clothed in what looked like a hospital gown while three small children lay on a mat beside her, and when she noticed us, she stretched out a blackened hand and I froze.I dipped a hand into my purse to offer her some money, but Cole held my hand and shook his head as he motioned to one of his men. The guy brought out a few dollar

Immediately we entered the car and began to leave the building, a loud sigh escaped me and I happily inhaled the fresh air. I never wanted to be in a place like that again, and I felt glad of my current status, even if it was just temporary.A sense of gratitude also washed over me, because no matter how much my birth parents and adoptive parents struggled, I never had to live in such a horrible place and I got to inhale fresh scented air everyday.My mind moved back to the woman we had seen before we entered the building, as well as a pre-teen girl I noticed as we rushed down the flight of stairs. She had seemed hungry, so I subtly raised a dollar bill and dropped it in the ground for her and I would never forget how she grinned at me and slowly walked forward to pick it up.These people were having it rough, but unfortunately I could not help everybody no matter how hard I tried. But there and then, as the car drove back towards the hotel, I made a vow to push through with studying

Cole left the suite ahead of me to tell the hotel staff that we would not be back for two weeks, which I knew to them meant checking out. I was sure that by the time wecame back–if that actually happened–this rooms would be occupied by other people.I looked around the room and walked over to the window, but the fishes I usually saw playing around were not there but instead, a larger fish swam lazily few inches away from the window. I marevelled at the blueness of the water again and stepped out of the room.Staying in this suite for two weeks had opened my eyes to the beauty of the world as well as the weirdness of my marriage and husband. I did not want to admit it to myself, but I was scared of being in a room alone with Cole. The way he looked at me sometimes scared me, like I was an object to be chained up.A call from him came in through my phone and I quickly left the room and went upstairs. He was standing beside the hotel reception with sunglasses covering his eyes as he lean

As we approached The Trinity BnB, a group of teens walked out of the place with a basketball and some books between them as they gestured wildly between them. Cole and I stared at each other for a moment and shrugged as we parked inside the compound and sized up the place.It was a white pristine one story building with its name written boldly across the top walls. A neatly tiled floor with a small blue roof at its top was filled with plant pots and animal sculptures. It led to a single blue door positioned at the centre of the building which had a signpost that read open, and surrounded on both sides by large open shutter windows.Two other cars, a Sedan and a Ford, were parked in a straight line and faint voices emanated from inside as well as the smell of fresh bread. The place appeared to be in top condition, and my eyes moved to the silhouette of a man trimming the shrubs beside the building.After a moment, Cole motioned for us to move inside so we stepped out of the car and ins