Their Demands

Chapter Eight- Aria

I woke up in what's now my bed. The clock next to my mirror said its 9am. I drink from the bottle of water beside me.

The shower this morning felt so nice. It made me want to stay in it forever. Luckily there was a portable heater so I wasn't dying from the cold when I stepped out.

I walk through the massive closet, finding something to wear to the mall. I pick up a pair of flare jeans, and a singlet. I didn't feel like wearing sweats again.

I can smell something from downstairs. My stomach growls and practically pulls me downstairs. I can see the three men in the mini kitchen next to the dinning table. Aled notices me.

"Morning princess, come have some French toast." Aled grabbed a plate from Callum as he was cooking. I sat in my usual spot, Dacre sitting down reading the news off his phone.

"Did you sleep ok?" Aled asks. I look at Dacre, I can tell he's fighting to glance at me.

"It was a struggle at first, but I eventually fell asleep." Aled looks between the two of us then smiles.

"That's good, we were worried you slept all day and you wouldn't be able to sleep later on."He passed me a plate of French toast and a smoothie. He says its a berry one, and it has a lot of vitamins.

"I didn't know you guys are good cooks." I say, digging into the toast.

"Oh well Callum is, unless Marie is cooking, he makes food when she has breaks. I'm more of an artist, I feel I can let myself loose with it. Whether its painting, photography or soundtracks." That surprises me. "While Dacre over here, he enjoys gardening. Callum and I always kill plants, Dacre here made the garden look the way it is."

So that amazing scenery in the garden was all him? He must've spent a lot of time doing it.

He continues looking on his phone. Not glancing at me, more at Aled, as if a warning or something.

"So what's the plan for today?" I ask. The smoothie is amazing, so refreshing.

"Dacre and I will take you to the mall, Aled has a few errands to run." Callum walks down to me and passes a glass of water.

I look at what their wearing.

"Your wearing suits to the mall?" I ask. Callum smirks.

"What's wrong with that beautiful?" He whispers in my ear, my body stiffens.

"Nothing. I- just, don't see many men wear it to the mall." I tuck my hands down into my lap.

"Well that's because those aren't men, they are boys looking for a woman to harass." Huh. I mean I do get a lot of that myself. But honestly, I think the suit is just for him to flaunt his money about.

"Well should I wear something more formal then?" My jeans are low rise, they have patches of patterns on. Going for an 80s vibe. My singlet a little low cut now I realise.

"No, this outfit is just fine." Callum hooks his finger under the strap of the singlet and traces it down to my collar bone.

"Why don't you go get your shoes and do your hair, and we'll meet you at the front door."

I nod, getting out of my chair Callum moves out of my way and I feel his gaze tracking me as I walk up the stairs. And not only his, the others as well.

I get ready to leave. I put my purse in my bag, I'm not letting them pay for me. I meet Callum and Dacre at the door, where they stood talking with one another until they noticed me.

"Alright lets go," he opens the door and outside is a fucking sports car.

"Holy shit" its gorgeous. Dacre opens up the back door for me and helps me inside.

They both sit in the front. The ride is smooth, and theres drinks in the back, I'm too scared to open one whilst we ride.

I can see Callum glancing at me in the rear-view mirror. Dacre keeps his eyes forward, doesn't move.

We end up getting to the mall pretty fast, and Callum parks in a section where there aren't many cars. They help me out the car and walk behind me when we walk inside.

"You two gonna just walk behind me the entire time?"

"We are just here to make sure your safe and don't run. Have fun and take your time." They just continue to follow me.

I walk around and find my first store, I need more heels. I try on a few pairs, knowing I should find outfits for them. The men just stand and watch me, I don't leave their gaze.

I find four pairs I like and head to the counter. Luckily they weren't that expensive. I pull out my debit card to pay, and before I could even tap it, Dacre pulls it out of my hand. Now theres a hand on my wrist.

"Now what did we tell you sweetheart? We are paying" Callum smiles and taps his card.

"But I would owe you so much." He pulls me away from the counter, Dacre puts my card in his pocket.

"Aria, we told you, you owe us nothing. We have to keep you in our house, and in return you can get whatever you want. This is like pulling a one cent coin out of a thousand dollars for us. Whatever you buy today, is barely anything. So don't hold back." He passes me his card. It must be one of many.

"Even then, I couldn't force myself to buy expensive things knowing it's your money." I put it back in his hand.

"Ok, so then here's the deal. If you don't spend $5000 dollars on this, then there will be a punishment." He places the card in my pocket.

"What do you mean punishment?" I ask.

"You'll just have to wait and see." He has a small smirk shying through.

We keep walking round. I go from store to store. I decide the more expensive brands like Calvin Klein or Ralph Lauren. I then decided to get something from Victoria secret. Iv'e never bought anything from there before, so this is my chance.

I walk up to the entrance and turn to see the men's faces. They go slightly red.

"You can stay out here this time, its a small store, so no need to worry." They nod because I can tell they really don't want to go in there.

I take my time knowing this might be killing them inside. I pick out a few pieces, seeing the price it made me panic a little.

I walk back out, and it seems that they must've trusted me enough to go get food. They passed me a box of all sorts of things. Luckily it was fast food, I had such a craving.

"You ready to go now?" Callum asks.

"Yeah I am," I say about to walk out the door to the parking lot.

"Hold on, we gotta check how much you spent." He pulls out his phone. I get nervous. I did an estimate of about $5000, but maybe I was wrong or slightly off.

"Tsk tsk, $4,999.50." He smirks.

"Oh come on, that's 50 cents." They look at me, both of them. There was something different about the way they looked at me. Hunger?

"We told you to do something and you didn't do it sweetheart." He took the card and held it between his fingers, smiling down at me.

There was a small, scratch to win stall behind him. I took the card and went and bought some, making the total come out to $5,005.

I walk back over to the two men and pass Callum the scratchers.

"I know this wasn't a game, but you should know, I never lose." I slowly slide the card into his jacket pocket. He just stands there, watching me with wide eyes. Dacre too.

I walk, more strut out the door, knowing they are watching me.