Arranged Love

Chapter 10- Liliana & Greyson

I know I haven't written in months but I'm back at it again and am going to try my best to stick to it. -Mads

Liliana-

I'm woken up with a heavy pressure on my waists and I opened my eyes to see a big tattooed arm across me and the feeling of hot breath against my neck. Greyson. 

He looks so peaceful with his face buried in my neck in a deep sleep. He doesn't even look capable of killing when he's like this. But no. That's his plan. As soon as he wakes up, he'll kill me and get me out of his way. 

I try to wiggle out of his grasp the best I can without waking him, but I was unsuccessful. 

"Stop moving before I pin you down and make you stay in this bed" 

Fuck. That should not have been hot coming from a killer. But somehow it is. 

My heart sped up from the effect those words had on me. Clearly he noticed and chucked at that. Asshole. 

He finally withdraws his arm from me and I bolt for the bathroom and lock it as soon as I'm in the only safe space in the house. My breathing is frantic. I'm not sure if it's because of his words, or the fact that I know he's going to kill me. 

I finally raise my eyes to the mirror. Jesus I look like shit.

A knock at the door has me jumping out of my skin. 

"Liliana are you okay" oh yea Greyson I'm fine considering I'm about to die thanks for asking. 

Fuck this. I'm done waiting for my own funeral.

 I slowly unlock the door and open it just to be met with Greyson's shirtless chest. Fuck me. No. Not the time. 

"You know what Greyson, do it, just get it over with" 

He gives me a confused look as if he doesn't know what I'm talking about. 

"What do you mean Liliana, get what over with?" 

"Just kill me and get it over with"

 "Kill you? Why the fuck would I kill you Liliana?"

 "You tell me. Revenge?"

 "I'm not going to kill you Liliana"

 "y-your not?" I am genuinely shocked at his response. 

"Of course not, I thought we established this, you know when I wanted to marry you and all" 

Tears start to well up in my eyes. Holy shit. He was serious about marrying me. Why? What use am I to him? 

Without even noticing the tears were flowing and I couldn't make them stop no matter how embarrassed I was for him to see me like this. 

As soon as he notices he takes me in his arms and just holds me while I cry. 

I don't even know why I'm crying. My family? If I can even call them that. Or the fact that he is the only person to ever actually want to have me around and not just for his own personal use like money.

I promise darling I will never hurt you. You're safe"

 I barely hear him asking me if I want breakfast but I almost throw up at the thought of food. There's no way he will want me around if I gain any more weight.

 "No I'm not hungry" and thank god he just leaves it at that.

 I've never told anyone about my eating disorder, and I'm not going to tell him and give him another reason to not want me.

 "I'm still tired, is it okay if I go back to bed" 

"of course you can, you don't have to ask" 

For the first 20 minutes I don't even sleep. I just lay there and think about everything in my life. What did I do to deserve this? I eventually cried myself to sleep after countless minutes that felt like hours.

Greyson-

I finally hear her sobs stop meaning she's finally asleep. 

I head into my office to get some work done considering I've been way too busy the last few days with that firecracker on my hands. I can't help but want to know everything that happened at her home life to make her this way.

 I decide I'm not going to get any work done with this on my mind so I call Ajax and tell him to find me everything he can on Liliana and what's happened to her.

 What I found on my own was that her dad had an illegal gambling ring for his buddies and all of their close friends. I found everything on every single one of the men includes their photos, personal information, bank information, etc. Her dad has multiple charged for sexual assault and child abuse, but they were never followed up on for some reason. 

Ajax finally walks in with the files and hands them to me saying he's going to leave me alone to read them because it's some deep shit.

 I go into reading and the first thing I see is that Liliana was raped by multiple men in the gambling ring. The men that her own father invited into their home. There's a picture of Liliana when she was 12 at the police station with cuts and bruises all over her face. Cuts and bruises from her father. 

I've never wanted to kill a man so badly until I saw this.

 I kept digging deeper until I found out that she was in therapy from ages 15-16 behind her parents' back before they found out and took her out immediately. I can't even imagine the consequences she would've received for that.

 This is enough reading about Liliana for today before I go to that bastard's house right now and put a bullet through his skull.

 I decided to do some digging on all of the men in the gambling ring starting with Lorenzo Brown. 

I get into his apple id and his photos are the first thing I check. Going back about 5 months into his photos I find pictures and videos of 16 year old Liliana naked and being raped. The after photos are even worse when she has blood running down her legs. 

I'm fuming with anger but can't help but let out a single tear. I slam my laptop shut, not being able to take another second of looking at this. 

I run a hand over my face and can't help but feel more hurt than angry. 

She went through all of this by herself. Even her own mother knew what was going on but decided not to say a single thing because of the money and the fact that they couldn't give a fuck about her.

 I don't even know how to feel anymore.

 My chest tightens thinking more and more about it. 

All I decide is that I need to be close to her and never let her go.