Love & Affinities (18+)

6

This song is so heartbreaking in many ways. 

SOFIA

Enzo's apartment was not like what I had expected. I did imagine rich furniture, black walls a huge TV, but this was spectacular. It looked just like a small classy mansion which could look like a home if a few features were added to it. The kitchen had a smooth black island in the middle of it, two white stools, a huge TV, but the cupboards were empty.

"And here's the living room, you can watch TV whenever you want to and I'll get you some snacks tomorrow, but you wanna eat something now?" Enzo asks as I fiddle with my fingers.

"Uh no it's alright, I already had dinner at your other house", I replied timidly. He hummed in agreement before leading me up a set of stairs.

"Okay then, let me show you your room. Come on."

I followed him upstairs as he switched on the lights, entering a room. "Here, make yourself comfortable, there's water on your table if you get thirsty." I looked to the side drawer before he continued speaking. "Oh, I almost forgot. I've placed a few clothes on the bed in those bags. Wear something you're comfortable in and then you can sleep and there's a TV here too, there's the remote,'' he gestures toward the black device lying on the drawer. ''I'm a door away if you need anything."

"Okay, thank y-you. Um, can I ask y-you something?". He smiled slightly before nodding. "Um, is there anyone else living here? This place looks empty."

"Oh, yeah, it's just you, me and two guards I've stationed at the door. Don't worry, you can trust them. Plus, I'll be back in a few hours and then I'll stay in the next bedroom", he replied." I frowned in fear and my lower lip trembled. What if one of them hurts me? I can only trust Enzo right now. But, this could be a chance to escape. No, where would I go?

"Sofia, you okay?" he asks. I nodded yeah.

"Don't worry, you're safe here and I would never... okay then I'll be back in some time, get some sleep." He slips back into business mode and turns to leave the room. I guess I should get some sleep. I slip into bed and don't even realize when I fell asleep.

"Come here Sophia, you can't hide from me", Alex calls out. "Aaah", he suddenly pulls me by my ankle while I scream out in pain as his nails claw at my feet.

"P-please", a wretched sob escapes my throat as I beg for my freedom.

''Shut up, how many times do I have to remind you that you're now my property, my love", he mutters before slapping me in the face.

He rips off the tiny piece of fabric covering my body and hits me with his belt. "Aah, Aah, p-please, I'm s-orry." Let me go, let me go. Just leave me alone, haven't I given enough?

Pain shoots through my arms before I bolt up out of my sleep. It was a nightmare yet so real that I could not deviate between the latter and the present. "Let me go! Let me go! Please". One of the guards I believe, was digging his nails into my arms as he shook me. I thrashed around finding the sweatpants I hadn't changed out of, pooling at my feet just as his eyes snapped to my legs. I need to get out of here. Nowhere is safe for me.

I kicked him in his eyes before jumping off the bed, out of the door and storming down the stairs. I opened the main door before running outside, only to be met by another guard. He grabbed me by my waist, lifting me up while I thrashed around and screaming as if I had gone mad. And it was a matter of few seconds before that would happen.

ADRIANO

She probably doesn't remember me. Yeah because I haven't told her my full name. Adriano Enzo Calveti. Well, because it would make things awkward between us. I mean she might want to reach out to her family through me and would try to interact with me like before, but from the lack of trust she has in men right now, I will be hiding this information for some time. She'd probably remember me and Ronan if I showed her some photos. But, I can't believe myself right now. I'm in a fucking supermarket shopping for Sofia. Let me guess, I don't even know what to buy.