Maddest obsession || book 1

•Chapter 19•

Amara couldn't be happier than today stepping in her house. The familiar smell of disinfectant her house keeping lady use. The air freshener she used. Her perfumes which sprinkles every day. It the smell she loved. This was the smell of her home. Of safety. Of warmth.

She sat on her couch and sighed in satisfaction. She was back home. Now everything will be fine. Or this is how she had anticipated it. She sprawled her limbs across her sofa and smiled intently. Pushing her hands into her shorts band she pulled them down and then she went to take off her shirt. The buttons to tie and dye shirt she wore popped open one by one and she pushed it off her body. Finally when she stripped off her bra she laid down on the sofa and closed her eyes.

In that evening she slept like the most carefree person in the world. Or shall I say she slept like a baby. Her soft cute snores filled the room, her chest heaving up and down. She slept for all the nights she missed sleep because of Dante. She slept because he wasn't lurking outside her door. She slept because she didn't fear he will come and hurt her like he always did during shooting.

He won't touch her, grop her, kiss her, without her permission. What Dante did was rape. The touching, the kissing, the penetration nothing of it was allowed. Amara didn't have permission for all this but still he did. She didn't use the word rape, never once it came across her mind that she was raped because she wasn't ready to accept that those touches, that penetration was rape.

She didn't want to label herself as someone raped.

She slept that evening and into night because her mind wasn't ready to accept that she was actually raped. All she wanted to feel and know was protection and safety. So she double locked all her doors, windows - as if he can climb to tenth floor - but still she did it. So that when she sleeps he isn't lurking in the corners.

Her house was warm and engulfed her into its warmth as soon as she stepped in. She woke up next day pretty early because of the long house she had been asleep. Her neck was stiff as she woke up but felt rather fresh. It had been three nights when she couldn't get even a wink of sleep so tonight's sleep was the best after so long.

She stumbled out of sofa and went to take a warm relaxing bath. Her body relaxed when submerged in cool water filled with her favourite soap. Once bathed she ordered herself some Thai food and she ate sitting in front of her television, sipping wine.

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Nate's life at Maroon was pretty much the same. But at the same time new thing had been happening everyday. Sienna who had been the face of Maroon for too long had refused to do the last project she was supposed to do before her notice period ends just because she came to know that the person who would replace her is going to be Amara.

"Sienna please we have contract with you, you were already paid for this campaign" Jasper pushed. Nate, Jasper and Sienna were in a meeting at the moment trying to persuade her but she was stubborn.

"I am sorry but I can't do it"

"Why? Because we gave you two month's notice and have contacted Amara" Jasper was now losing his calm but Nate can't let him get the best of his senses.

"Sienna listen if you have any demand we are ready to listen to you but please let us know why aren't you working when you are already paid for it"

"I don't want to work with the company who can do easily replace me. I have five important years of my career to this company and all they did was just replace me within two months"

"But Sienna we can't keep working with you for all your life. Now we are not obliged to answer you. You don't want to work then it's okay you can go. Oir lawyer will contact you soon"