Bound By Fate

6. sneaking

"noooo!" I yell as dad's friend approaches me. " stay away from me." I cry.

" stop being stubborn and corporate little brat." he snears.

" daad?" I call desperately adrenaline pumping through my system. I can't let him do this to me again.

" he is not going to save you if that is what you're aiming for." he laughs evilly and I wipe the tears that are blurring my vision with the back of my hand.

He has always had his way with me all those other times, I have to fight him. He moves closer and grabs my arm pulling me towards the bed. I turn to him and I bite his hand so hard that he lets go. " aaahh." he groans and slaps me hard across the face and I go flying to the floor. He grabs my hair tightly that I practically beg him to let go but he keeps pulling me towards the bed and ties my hands to the headrest before taking my clothes off.

" don't do this." I cry helplessly kicking around as he takes off his trouser. " please!" I keep crying and screaming but nobody seems to hear me.

He climbs the bed and I shake my head " No! No! No!" I yell closing my eyes tightly.

"hey..hey.. max wake up." Leo shakes me and I suddenly sit up breathing heavily. " it's just a dream." he says pulling me in for a hug that I gladly sink into letting all the tears flow. " it's okay I got you." he soothes.
We stay in that position for long enough until my breathes are even and I am not sobbing any more.

" wanna talk about it?" he asks gently pulling back from the embrace.

" no." I shake my head.
I'll definitely break down if I do and I don't have to burden him with my demons he probably has his own.

The door is knocked and I lazily open my eyes, "miss, may I come in?" martha calls

"yeah."

" the boss, is waiting for you at the gym." she says once shes in the room.

" I don't have gym attire." I say more to myself but she answers.

" he says what you need is in the closet." she says as she opens the curtains and I strain to keep my eyes open with the lights streaming in through the huge windows.

I lazily swing my legs to the bedside before getting off and walking to the closet. I get the Grey leggings and sports bra of the same color.

Its crazy how he was able to purchase clothes for me and like he plans on me being here for a while.

I jog downstairs after putting the gym attire on and some pair of sport shoes. I walk down the halls to the stairs leading to the basement and into the gym like I was shown yesterday by Martha while she was giving me the house tour.

"took you long enough." Leo says as soon as I walk in.

He is in a black shorts and he is shirtless exposing his huge muscles. " I had no plans for the day so I didn't bother waking up early." I defend myself.

"how are you?"

"i didn't have a nightmare after you left if that is what you are worried about." I respond " you don't need to worry about me."

He looks at me with a bored stare. " you don't have to talk about it if you don't want to." he says tying his hands with bandages to put on the boxing gloves.

"why are you doing all these?" I ask

" doing what." he sounds clueless.

"being nice to me."

"would you rather I be an ass?" he turns with an intimidating stare and I turn to look away.

"of course not." I explain " you just met me how do you trust me to protect me in your home."