Rightfully Mine : The Pride Of A Man

Chapter 4

Silence engulfed the dark night enhancing the estates' errieness. A cold sharp breeze pierced my broken skin like a crack of a whip. I stayed still. My body sat calm but inside my blood ran hot, seething up a storm.

Thoughts were invading my mind voraciously as I sat on the balcony looking out into the forest that had no ending and no beginning. The thoughts consumed me. They invaded my brain like a foreign intruder. They infected my processes like poison, diluting through any barrier of conscious goodness. Thoughts that would put me in prison. Hurting him. Murdering him. Making him pay.

How could anybody possibly fathom the situation I was hurled into like a peasant into the lion's den? But what if the peasant was smart. Tamed the lion. Played the lion. Pounced on the lion. Killed the fucking lion.

I knew I had to play my biggest act. Really put on a show. But being submissive to his every word? I rolled my eyes at the thoughts of where that would lead me...probably in his bed. And that was a thought I wasn't comfortable imagining for a number of reasons that unfortunately, we're out of my control.

I could smell him on me, in my hair. That intoxicating scent that conjured unknown feelings of desire within me. 'Your desires.' And his voice. God when he said that. It's what made this all worse. I was only human after all. And it was apparent as I sat out here contemplating my situation that no matter what, the attraction between us was inevitable. But what was also apparent was his psychotic repulsive behaviour.

But back to the matters at hand Cora ; getting the fuck away from him. I sighed and knew I had to play the dumb foolish naive girl. But maybe it wouldn't be such an act. After all, who was held kidnapped by a monster right now? Who was stupid enough to get in that fucking car? Me. And now I had to deal with it.

I sighed and closed my eyes as a pang attacked my heart. Em. Was she okay? I couldn't wait to get home. That gut feeling so strong within me knew that this was not gonna be my ending. Fuck no. If any crazy shit was gonna end me, it would be on my own terms. It wasn't like I hadn't been so close to the end before. No way was this asshole gonna suddenly take control of my fate. And no matter what, I've been through worse trauma than he could ever compete with...Crazy bitch.

'Cora? Come on.'

I rolled my eyes as my moment came to an end as I heard the voice of the 'housekeeper' who's been made to babysit me. Our first interactions weren't going too well but now we were at a strange sort of ease despite me not being in the mood for small talk. Especially small talk with one of his workers. And surprisingly she wasn't in the mood for a girl who beat up her co-worker.

After being coerced into verbally submitting to that disgusting excuse of a human being, I was brought here. And when I say brought, I actually mean forced and thrown.

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"I belong to you...Vincenzo."

As soon as those words left my mouth, as soon as I spoke his name, something inside him exploded. I could see it in his eyes. It terrified me. He had this satisfied smirk for a split second but urgency soon took over all of his features. The way he grabbed my wrist and began charging up the stairs, I could barely keep up with his powerful steps. I could feel the heat of his touch on my skin. The veins in his neck showing. His jaw clenching.

When we got to the main entrance of the house he made a beeline straight to the elevator. I jolted, falling against him as he suddenly stopped walking. As I fell into him hard he stared down at me visibly shaking. It was as if his eyes were about to pop out of his head. I watched him in confusion and quickly stepped back. He started to irritatedly mutter under his breath in pure frustration as he pressed the button again and again. As the doors opened, he shoved me with so much force I fell into the elevator onto the floor.