Faithful

Chapter Three

I felt a gentle warm breeze float past me. The sound of ocean waves and birds tweeting and twittering. I opened my eyes slowly to find myself in a small bed in a light and airy room. I got out and found my Louboutin's placed gently on he floor at the side of the bed, I was still wearing my dress and I don't have my usual headache like I've been unconscious for over a few days like I usually am when I've been kidnapped. I peaked out the small window. There the ocean, the sun was shining, the climate was warmer but not sticky and horrible.

I looked around my room, nothing but the small window, a bedside table, a wardrobe and two doors. I opened the door to the left of my bed... the bathroom. I went in to go and then looked at myself in the mirror. I hadn't noticed how much my hair had grown since I had it cut, the blonde dip dye fading away revealing my natural ash brunette. My locket was missing, I looked down to my hand... as was my beautiful engagement ring. I sighed, brushed my hair with the hairbrush by the sink came out and put my shoes on then opened the other door which I assumed to be the exit.

"Let's get this over with... take me to Josie," I sighed at them. They understood so I was definitely in France... by the coast maybe? Wait she said Corsican Mafia, that's an island belonging to France in the Mediterranean. Explains the sudden climate change. They led me to a living room space filled with men... men men men men men. And Josie. "Annabelle you're awake, how are you feeling my dear," she beamed. I laughed with a smile then resumed to my blank expression.

"Cut the crap where's my locket and my engagement ring?" I hissed. She frowned and said, "you won't be needing things that remind you of him since you'll be marrying one of my grandsons... so I left them in your home with a note explaining you never loved him and you want him to leave you alone." I chuckled. "He knows my handwriting perfectly, even if you managed to forge it he'd be able to tell the difference... he will find me," I scoffed, which caused the men to laugh. "We are not afraid of him," Pierre laughed walking over and touching my arm.

"It's not him you should be afraid of," I giggled sweetly, "now get your hand off of me before I snap your neck..." I smiled at him as I spoke which made him quickly remove his hand and take a step back from me. "Annabelle, this is not you," Josie claimed. "No Josie, the person you knew was me before I was kidnapped... the first time," I sighed. A different man laughed, "and just how many times have you bee kidnapped?"

I found a spare chair and sat down for a moment. "Right, I was kidnapped originally to be sold into sex trafficking... the second time I was kidnapped in New York by Antonio's niece who then gave me to Josh but it wasn't long after I woke up at Josh's place that I was found by Viktor since I used to have a tracking device inside of me... that's two," I explained to myself out loud, "I was then kidnapped by the Stepanov clan who cut the tracking device out of me being three... and now I'm kidnapped by you lot making it four... four times and I've been sedated god knows how many times at one point I was kept sedated for a week... I've nearly died twice, once by arsenic poisoning by Antonio's niece... I killed her, she deserved it."

They all sat there just staring at me in utter confusion. "Oh and I have three Mafia bosses declaring their undying love for me, two of them saying they will have me one day and Viktor who I'm going to marry!" I continued then took a long sigh, "so what can I do for you gentlemen?" They just sat in silence for a moment before all of them declaring, "she is mine." Then they all started having a go at each other saying 'she's mine' and 'no she is mine I tell you'.

"I am none of yours... I am Mr Petrov's, end of discussion," I smiled, "I'm hungry... what time is it?" Josie got up from her seat. "It's 10 O'clock in the morning Annabelle, would you like some coffee?" She asked with a smile. I decided to give up being angry with her, she's too nice to hate. "You know what Josie, I'd love a coffee!" I agreed, getting up and walking with her to the kitchen. I sat on the bar stool whilst she made me a coffee. "There's clothes all ready in the wardrobe for you and a few bathing suits since I thought we'd all go down to the beach after you've ate," she chatted.

"By all of us you mean me, you and all your twelve grandsons so they can gawk at me in a bikini," I argued. She nodded. At least she's not going to justify that the whole bikini thing is for fun. I drank my coffee and watched her as she toasted some bread. She gave me the plate and I ate up a slice... the fact that I was going to a beach just so some men can watch me wearing practically underwear is extremely off putting. A guard took me to my room and opened my door. There was a choice of three things to wear waiting for me on my bed. A normal black bikini, a cute pale pink one or a black swimming costume that looked like something from Ann Summers which covered the top half of my breasts but revealed my under breast... might as well let them see something they will never get!

I placed on a pair of flip flops left for me and the beachwear dress to cover my costume. I walked out and got taken back to the ridiculous amount of men. Josie passed me this huge thing that reminded me of the big black battery you get on a laptop charger on this black elastic band to out around my waist. "It's a tracking device but you can't walk around the house without it... if you don't wear it the guards will shoot to kill, do you understand?" Pierre explained. "Yeah yeah... if they can actually hit me," I scoffed, stepping into the piece of elastic and hanging it on my hips underneath the beach dress.

We walked down to the beach, me feeling like a sheep surrounded by a pack of wolves awaiting for me to remove my dress. I took off my flip flops and walked towards the gorgeous crystal ocean placing my feet on the wet sand and allowing the small foamy waves to run over my toes. I walked in a little deeper causing the water to be up to my ankles and then walked to the side slowly, turning my head to now see an array of topless muscular men all trying to gain my attention. What the hell am I going to do. Not just two men competing to get their hands on me but twelve... twelve brothers or cousins.

I gave up with the keeping my distance and headed back over, sand sticking to my feet as I did. There was a spear sun bed so I took off my dress to reveal my swimming costume. I heard a wolf whistle which I ignored and lied stomach down on the sun bed to ignore the men. "You okay?" One of them asked. "Piss off," I shunned but the guy wouldn't give up. He brought me a drink with loads of ice which I refused to drink, he offered for me to go for a swim with him which I ignored and he brought me sun cream which I couldn't ignore because it was so hot I would burn without it.

"Thank you," I sighed as I rolled over to put it on. "My pleasure," he beamed, "Im Hugo." I squeezed a load onto the back of my hand and replied, "Annabelle." I covered my arms and legs and put a little on my face by I couldn't reach my back. "Allow me," he said and touched me. I flinched out of the way. "Hey calm down, I'm not going to hurt you... you've sure been through hell haven't you, I knew I recognised you when I saw you so I searched you up," he babbled on, I let him do my back. He actually began to massage me.

"You're actually kind of good at that," I laughed. He continued rubbing my back and said, "thank you... I have something to ask you." He stopped so I could turn around to face him, taking a sip of the drink he had brought me earlier. "My cousins are all very interested in you and if I tell them I'm not, they will all begin to compete to get you and you may get grabbed and thrown into a room by one of them as we've got this thing where the first one to sleep with a girl gets to keep her," he explained, I nearly chocked on the drink.

"But if I say that I want you, they won't bother you...." he explained. My face lit up and I was about to speak but he stopped me to continue, "but I have to have you to make that definite... I can tell them to keep their hands off of you but that would only work for today, if I don't sleep with you by tonight I wouldn't be surprised if they tried to grab you either tonight or tomorrow and have you." My jaw dropped. "Whoa whoa whoa... and why are they all so sensitive about giving you some extra time?" I scoffed moving away from him a bit.

"Because I'm next in line to be head of this clan," he grinned. "I'm not having sex with anyone..." I said getting up from the sun bed and walking away. He took my arm and pulled me back towards him. "They will hurt you, they won't care that your confused or upset, if they want you they will fuck you... I'll be gentle, I'll treat you right so please, just think about it Annabelle," Hugo insisted. I stood there for a moment and pulled a thinking face. "Yeah I've thought about it and guess what... the answers still no!" I declined, pulling my arm from his hand and walking away.