Chapter 20: Chapter 20

Numb. A vague mental impression my inside grasps. Why?

Sizing the blonde fiancee, I smile flitting my gaze to Elijah whose poker face gave me the answer to my unanswered question. His eyes remained gazing emotionless at me but years of being alone buried most of my emotions, had it all dematerialize. So this possessive Russian is engaged and went through weeks of hard labor on me. For what? A quick fuck?

I must have been such a fool to not see this coming.

"Really?" I turn to the cheshire proud grinning fiancee. "I have been meaning to meet you." not expecting the calming aura I radiate, her face looks flustered. If only she knows the thick lava burning to burst out on the inside.

"And who are you?" Her snark comment grace a pretty grin on my lips facing Elijah whose eyes pleaded with me not to say a word. Walking closer, placing my hand to his chest I smile for his fiancee.

"His present fuck." Her face could get no more red than it already is. She glares at me and i return it with a soft smile.

Gripping my back tight Elijah grits the words out. "What are you doing Nia?" he tries to whisper but since everyone is confessing secrets why not fully let the cat out of the bag.

"Just telling your fiancée how good I have been taking care of you." placing a chaste kiss on his cheek.

"Stop it Nia." He growls. Yes, I will get in trouble later for this but I won't be made a fool of.

"Well sorry to break the reunion but Elijah owes me a dance." giving him a pointed look he knows not to act against me. Especially now I'm close like a ticking time bomb.

Strutting to the centre of the ball room, I stomp my feet showing off my dangerous thigh high slit getting eyes on me. At the corner, I meet eye to eye with a grinning Alexei who holds an obvious smirk while shaking his head amused. I am trouble, I am fire. And I won't be toyed with. Dropping low, slowly I got up taking a twirl letting my ball gown flay out giving a visible picture of my thighs. The few persons on the dance floor stops joining the rest to watch me dance. My eyes close dancing sensually for my onlookers.

"You are mad." caught by him, he hooks my leg on his thigh dipping me low. My hands flew

out caressing myself as he brought me back to his face.

Looking at him I reply. "Shocker." Giving a feigned smile. "Is she lying?" I fell and he pulls me up with my back to his chest. Rolling my hips on his groin, he turns me to face him.

"About the fiancé engaged issue." I walk a few steps which he halts with a grip on my wrist; he twirls me back to him. He answers. "No."

"So you are engaged to her?" Hoisting me on his hips I slide down looking him in the eyes; he draws me up burying his face on the crook of my neck.

"Yes." I gulp choking on an annoying sob.

"Did you sleep with her?" I stop dancing looking at him fighting the tears in my eyes. He didn't answer just looking at me with his penetrating gaze.

"Answer me."

I heard silence is the best answer for a fool. And Elijah made such a fool of me. "Did you sleep with your fiancée while you locked me up in your penthouse?" flinching when he tries to reach for me.

"You are such a joke." Scoffing, I walk out of the the party not trusting myself not to make a mess of his party as the host.

"Nia!" I hear his call but I kept walking. I just need to get away from him.

"Get your hands off me." pulling my hand off his grip pointing my index at him. "Don’t come after me. I want to be alone." I kept walking off this time the tears spilled down my eyes and a new feeling of my heart ripping in half had me clutching my chest. Hearing his footsteps behind me calling my name, I stop turning to face him.

"Let me explain." I slap him. Hard.

Sniffing. "You know what Elijah. You are such a hypocritical piece of shit. Yeah, I said it. So, stay the fuck away from me." screaming to his face I left him standing there watching me disappear in the corner of the maze.

Blinking away the blurry cloud taking a turn at the corner I heard distant scream. Righting myself I follow the muffled shout seeing two men drag a helpless girl along with them.

"Hey! Hey! What are you doing?" I say out loud hoping they hear me. They did, stopping. I gulp sighting the guns which they held. Fuck. What is going on here?

"Let her go." I say, eyes darting about searching for any source of weapon finding none. Taking slow steps backwards, a gun pokes my back hearing a gruff voice gives a simple command that could may be bluffing or cause serious damage to me.

"Move Doll. Or I will blow your pretty brains out." Raising my hands in surrender, I comply walking to meet the other group.

"Okay." A car not far from us opens, throwing the crying girl inside, nextme. Fear grips me

hard. Making an attempt to run, I'm knocked with the back of the gun falling to the ground.

Before I could get up, I felt the man straddling me. His slimy hands behind to crawls on my body touching me. "Stop! Get off me!" I fight his hands from moving further to my chest. He laughs enjoying my struggles.

"You are one sweet thing. Huh? Bet I can have a taste before you are to be auctioned." auctioned. A sounding bell went off in my head. Is this what they are doing? Kidnap girls and sell them off. I struggled and fight against the gruff looking man, to push him off me proving futile as seconds passes by. Biting his hands, he groans smacking me hard I lost my balance tasting the metallic thick liquid of my blood.

"Stop please. You really are making a mistake. Stop." I plea but he continues to molest me as the others watch and laugh out loud.

"Popastʹ ot neye!" (Get the fuck away from her!) followed by sounds of gunshots. The man sitting on top of me falls beside me, eyes deathly hollow. Someone helps me up as I fought against the stranger.

"Hey. It's me. Alexei." I stop looking at him assessing my bruised lips. My eyes shifts to Elijah holding two guns standing beside the car. The helpless girl crouched on the stony ground crying hysterically, eyes darting from the very furious Elijah to the dead bodies around us.

For a moment, our eyes meets but mine snapped back to Elijah barking a command to Alexei.

"Take her away from here." I want to explain and salvage the situation hoping to calm him down.

"Elijah, I can ex..." Red eyes snaps to me the first time since after the shootout in a menacing growl.

"Now!" I flinch at the cold and angry man. He looks so mad glaring murderously at me. Quickly, the car pulls up as Alexei helps me inside.

What have I done?