Chapter 34: Chapter 34

Daisy's POV

I came down from the bus and immediately got drenched by the rain, I was not with an umbrella as I didn't expect it to rain, and my cloth soon got plastered to my body in the heavy downpour, it was so damn cold and I shivered a little in the rain, my lips tremble and my teeth gnashed against each other,

I ran across the street to the house, I was about to bring out my keys when I noticed that the door was locked from the inside, which means Celine is at home, it could only be her because her father had traveled yesterday for a business meeting and won't be back until next week,

I pounded on the door for her to open up, I was soaked down to my panties and I was shivering horrible, I need to get out of this rain otherwise, I might catch a cold, I pounded a few more times when I got no reply, could it be that she's taking a nap? I was about to knock once more when the door suddenly swung open,

"Do you want to pull down the building?" She glared at me, her voice heavy with loathe

"I...I....was out in the cold and needed to get in" I murmured, not willing to get into an argument with her, it will only end up bad for me, so I just made to go past her but she pushed me back,

"Not so fast"

"Honey, who's that?" A voice asked her from inside and I frowned at the familiar voice before Henry appeared at the door, clad only in his briefs, that was when I noticed Celine's appearance too, she was only in her undies, I wouldn't have thought much of it if she was the only one inside, hold on, was she by anyway cheating on Aires? That too with his best friend? I frowned as my gaze traveled to and fro,

"What are you doing Celine?

what are you both doing? I thought Aires was your boyfriend"

"So, what if he's my boyfriend, I am only having fun with Henry "

"But Henry is Aires' friend, how could you both betray him like this?"

My voice was laced with bitterness and anger on Aires' behalf, was this the kind of lady he would rather be with than be with me? Someone who goes around sleeping with his friend?

"Mind your business duffle head and don't even think about saying a word to Aires" Henry sneered and I nodded, he was tight, I should mind my business, all I needed right now is to get out of this rain and change my drenched clothes, I nodded and made to walk past them to my room, but once again, Celine dragged me back, this time with so much force that I found myself back in the rain,

"Henry and I are not through with our business, you'll have to wait here until I'm done",

Henry snickered and before I could even utter a sound, the door was shut with a bang to my face, I pounded once more on the door and knew that it was of no use, Celine does whatever she wished and she always has her dad's support, I found a spot and huddled in the corner, I have no choice than to wait outside until Celine is done with her business with Henry.

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The school bell rang to signify lunch break, my stomach rumbled but I ignored it, not that I had any lunch to eat, I had woken up early to prepare my lunch only for Celine to come out from her room and poured everything away, according to her, it will be a tip on the iceberg on how she will treat me if I tell Aires about she and Henry, I would not eat any meal again in their house, well, I had no intention of telling Aires anything, serves him right for choosing her over me, although, I'm pained at the knowledge of what Celine is doing, but telling Aires would not be the best thing for me either, right now, I have no one in this world, I have to look after myself, I stared at my emptied lunch box and decided against preparing another lunch, I'll be too late for school by the time I will be through, thank goodness for the little breakfast I have had before she showed up, else, I will be thinking about both lunch and breakfast.

I hurried off to look for Aires, he had sent word that I should meet him at the back of the library and that I should not keep him waiting, I was so focused on finding him when suddenly, a hand grabbed me and dragged me into an empty class,

"Let me go, Henry" I spat, twisting my arm away from his grasp,

"Hey, I can see you have a spark inside of you"

"What do you want?" I hissed

"Hurrying somewhere? Perhaps to see Aires?"

"None of your business"

"I'll just remind you that if you say anything to him about what you saw yesterday, you'll regret it"

"Oh yeah? And who's going to make me regret it?"

"I will, I'm warning you, he won't believe you anyways, to him, you're just a slut who banged his friend, telling him about Celine and I will put you in a worst spot with him than you already are"

"What are you talking about?" I asked as a strange premonition swept through me,

He got close to me, so close, and put his mouth close to my ears, his breath fanned my ears and I tried to push him away, but my hands were trapped and my back was against the wall,

"Don't you dare" I whispered

"Relax baby, you're not my type, what I want to tell you is that, Aires thought you had something with me on the night of his birthday, we spent the night together, remember?"

It suddenly dawned on me that he and Celine must have plotted to have me drunk so I could go with Henry that night,

"You know I did no such thing with you"

"You were so drunk, how would you know?"

"Get your hands off me"

He shifted a bit and ran his hand along my cheeks, "come to think of it, you're not bad looking at all, you just might become my type"

He was suddenly jerked away from me and my eyes widened when I saw Aires punch him, did he hear our conversation?

"Stay away from her" he warned and Henry snickered before stalking away, my heart thudded heavily in my chest as Aires turned and a darker shade of stormy grey eyes pinned me on the spot, he was darn angry,

"What the hell were you doing with him? I warned you to stay away from him"

I swallowed in the face of his anger, "Aires, I...I...I..."

His hands grabbed my throat before I could complete what I wanted to say, not that I know what I wanted to say anyways,

"No more excuse, you were enjoying yourself with another guy and you dare keep me waiting"

I wanted to say something but my voice came out in a croak instead, he suddenly released his hands on my throat and I panted for breath,

"I see you keep going against me, I'll have to punish you, so that, before going against me next time, you'll think twice"

Before I could grasp what he meant by 'to punish me', he turned me around so that he stood at my back and bent me over a desk,

"W...w...what are you doing?" I asked in fear and a weird feeling of excitement,

"Hold on to that desk and never leave it for anything"

He grabbed my skirt and I quickly made to stand up but he pinned me further against the desk, bringing down my skirt so that the upper part of my hip became visible to him, and, smacked it hard, I whimpered in pain and tried once more to turn around, tears sprang to my eyes as he gave me three smacks before letting me go,

"Next time you go against me, I'll do more than smack you, is that understood"

I nodded as the tears fell from my eyes,

"Wipe those tears off and you can have this," he said, stretching forth his hands, he was offering me something wrapped in a box, but I did not attempt to take it,

"I said, have it" he growled and I jumped as I quickly collected the gift from him,

He came close to me and wiped a lone tear off my cheek with his thumb,

"Don't ever make me do that to you again, be a good girl, now, have that and go back to your class, remember to be a good girl," with that, he left me all alone,

I stared at his gift in my hands, why does he have to give this to me? He hates me and yet he gives me a gift?

I slowly opened it and the sweet smell of fried rice wafted through my nose, tears of gratitude sprang to my eyes and I quickly forgot his smacking, it's been a while since I ate my favorite food, I haven't tasted it since my mum died, all of a sudden, my heart softened towards him,

my stomach grumbled and I remembered that I hadn't eaten lunch, this might also be my dinner, I quickly devoured it and drank the juice that came with it, I am so full already, I quickly went back to my class, I do not want him to think that I disobeyed him again.

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Aires POV

I watched Daisy go to her class and I smiled, it's a good thing that she chose to listen to me this time, I admit, I had lost it when I saw her with Henry and he was running his hands over her cheeks, I felt like murdering him, I couldn't help the jealousy, sometimes, I do wonder if she still has feelings for Henry, well, it does not matter because I will never let him have her, Daisy belongs to me alone and I will make sure that she learns to submit to me alone and always do as I say, it's a good thing I smacked her, that will keep her in check, by the time I'm through with her, I will be the only man she'll ever have to submit to in this life. She belongs to me and no other, sooner or later, she'll forget about Henry, she has no choice, and I will make sure of it.