ANGEL BABY

5

Five.

No ones pov

Ariana sniffled as she sat her pencil down, at the very moment she missed her mom. She wanted to see her parents and wished she had just a little longer to speak with them.

She was brought back to reality when her hands were now cramping but each time she managed to stop she couldn't ever really get a break because she was told to pick it right back up to continue writing again.

She was now so tired of seeing and writing the same sentence over and over again, it's like she now began to hate those same seven words.  " i will not lie or run off again." Her eyes easily dreaded the sight of them now.

She had never ever thought about a punishment so simple yet something so annoying and painful.

" I want it done. No excuses."

She lifted her head to peak over at Michael pacing around by his tall bookshelf, fixing the same section once again.

Whoever he was talking To seemed to obey his orders and rules as if he was under him and Michael was the boss, all she managed to hear was " yes sir." On the other end of the phone.

" no, what your gonna do is what i say. I expect it to be done no later than midnight , i don't want him breathing not a single breath of air."

Ariana rubbed her eyes and put the two sheets of paper together neatly before sitting the pencil on top of it. She was done and now her punishment was over, at least in her mind she thought it was.

" Michael?...." Her small voice squeaked out and interrupted him from continuing to conversate on the phone. " im all done."

He ended his phone call and turned away from the bookshelf once he had heard his name being called out, " are you sure?"

" yes..and I numbered them all." She told him, doing just as he told her before she started. He had given her clear instructions on how he wanted her lines neat, clean and numbered . Many children would write it sloppy or give him wet paper full of tears and messy lines but he never accepted it, he wanted full neatness.

" good girl." He praised, didn't dare to check the papers because he believed her and manged to see it a few moments ago anyways. "Sit the papers on my desk and Come here please babydoll ." He said and sat on the couch he had by the bookshelf.

A little fear went through her body but she did what he asked and walked over to his messy desk. She sat them right beside his laptop before making her way over to him.

When she was close in range he pulled her close to his knees, startling her just a bit. " your not in trouble." He quickly reassured when noticing the unsure look on her face .

" do u wanna tell daddy what you did wrong and what lesson you learned princess?" He asked, placing his hands just on her small waist to pull her close.

Ariana nervously stuck her index finger in her mouth without realizing or thinking, she had no clue that he would ask such a simple yet embarrassing question. Even his slight gestures made her feel super small and she found it pretty embarrassing explaining what she did wrong, as if she was some toddler who was caught with their hand in the cookie jar.

She shook her head no and looked away from his dark eyes, they were beaming right into hers and she couldn't keep up with the small starring contest for just a moment .

He pulled her face towards him so she could look at him. " hey, it's just me and you. There's no need to be shy or ashamed and Ur not being a very good girl telling daddy no either." He spoke softly, now in a softer voice than before.

Michael sat her on his lap, " do you know what you did wrong or do u need some more time writing lines and thinking about it in timeout?"

He wasn't gonna actually sit her in timeout any longer because he knew she was well aware of what she did wrong, she just need some motivation and if threatening her with timeout would give her some he'd do just that.

She frowned but began to speak soon after. Confessing and owning up to what she had did wrong. " I-i tried to run off and I lied.."

He nodded his head before speaking, " and why is it wrong to lie to daddy or run off?"

She shrugged her shoulders and looked down shamefully, her eyes were now beginning to water at the thought of what she did and she couldn't help but feel terrible as if she had actually done something so wrong. It's like his crazy words were mind boggling and making her believe that she was in the wrong.

" because it's dangerous, you could've hurt yourself or gotten lost and I wouldn't have had a clue where u were." He told her as he wiped her loose tear that fell. " I don't want you to ever think about running off again little one do you understand me?"

she nodded her head , accepting that she wasn't going anywhere anytime soon, even if that meant her not seeing her parents.

" now we're gonna add a new rule for you and I want you to remember it."

Rule number 12. no running off, stay by daddy at all times.

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TIME SKIP.

"want pizza pleaseeee!"

Michael chuckled at arianas request as they walked outside of his building, her on his hip bouncing excitedly at the thought of delicious pepperoni pizza.

" there's no pizza place around here." He lied in a very persuasive voice, teasing the girl. He didn't have a taste for pizza and wasn't a huge fan of it. It was heavy and just unhealthy all around.

She frowned and lightly tapped his shoulder in annoyance, " we passed it earlier, it's right up the street somewhere! Your lying!"

Her eyes didn't perceive her and she knew she wasn't crazy, she had a good memory – a very strong one. So she knew she had saw a pizza place just right up the block, it couldn't even be more than ten minutes away.

" don't u want something more tasty? I'm sure Becca is cooking some dinner at home tonight." He tried to
reason as he opened the back door for her to get in.

He wasn't a health freak but feeding children or his littles fast food or junk food wasn't his #1 option, it wasn't even a choice if he was being honest with himself. He was strict when it came to fatty foods or just anything with more Than enough sugar or salt.

" I want pizzaaaa!"

He sat her in her car seat and looked at her with a frown after buckling her in completely. " where's ur manners little girl huh? What about please daddy?"

She pulled the little brown teddy bear to her chest and looked up at him. Suddenly giving in so she could get pizza. " please Michael?"

" please what? It's not Michael to u darling." He raised an eyebrow at her, not fully accepting the fact that she ignored his request and continued to use his first name.

She bit her lip nervously and looked away, now even regretting the words before they even came out of her mouth. . " p-please...daddy?."

Her cheeks turned red once hearing herself say it out loud, it made her feel more embarrassed and small.

This was the first time she had seen a smile on his face, like he was finally happy that she said it to him.

" yes we can get pizza for dinner."

To be continued..
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Hey guys! Sorry for the long awaited update, it's been a lot going on lately. Especially with my stories getting deleted and me republishing rebutting, ugh it's been a lot. But there should be another update tomorrow, hopefully you guys enjoyed this short chapter .