Chapter Three
•KIANA•
I felt my fingers twitch as my eyes slowly cracked open. I snapped it close a second later because of the bright light. I opened my eyes again and they have gotten accustomed to the light. The first thing my eyes came in contact with was a beautiful tray ceiling with a golden chandelier. I let my hand wander across the bed and it was softer than anything I had ever seen. I quickly got into a sitting position and looked around the room. The room was dark, save for the chandelier and the curtains were drawn close but sunlight was peeking inside. There was a nagging voice at the back of my mind telling me that I had been abducted and I tried to remember what happened.
That was when everything that had happened began playing in my head like I was watching a TV. I remembered being dragged out of my father's house by the huge men that came to get back their money, I also remember that I was put inside their car and one of them drugged me when I was putting up a fight.
On instinct, I hastily unbuttoned my jeans -- I was still in my clothes from the other day -- to see if nothing was wrong or unusual down there and I heaved a sigh of relief when I saw that everything was undisturbed, just as I had left it. Most of the items on the to where in black colour with gold coating them and it showed that whoever it is that owns the room was rich, if the chandelier and king-sized bed were not enough indication. Even the edges sheets were coated in gold.
I slowly got up on my feet, my legs wobbling a little bit because of the sedatives I must have been drugged with before I finally regained my footings. I walked around the room for a bit, touching everything my hands found and scared to break anything because I was pretty sure that they were all very expensive.
I had gotten lost in checking out the room when that little voice reminded me that I was kidnapped and this rich looking room was probably to deceive me about an impending doom to come. I strode to the door and tried to open it but it was locked. Of course it was locked. They wouldn't want their prisoner escaping while they were not here, even though I don't look like a prisoner, I might as well be one with an expensive prison.
I began banging on the door when I saw that there was no way for me to open the door.
"Open this door!" I screamed, accompanied with my fist jamming the door.
"Open this damn door!!!" I shouted at the top of my lungs as I kept on banging the door.
The only time I stopped was when I heard the clicking sound of a key turning. I stepped back and watched as the door cracked open. I got into a fighting position, ready to roundhouse kick whoever it was that opened the door (I took a few karate lessons when I was in highschool) when a petite dark haired girl came in. She stared at me in surprise and I quickly straightened my spine before clearing my throat awkwardly.
"Good morning miss." She bowed her head and greeted and it was my turn to be confused.
"Good morning." I replied her greeting. "Why are you bowing to me? I'm not some sort of royalty and I'm sure you're older than me even if it's by a few years."
"It's mandatory for me to bow while talking to you. I'm just a maid." She said, her head still bowed and I let my eyes check her out from head to toe and she was indeed dressed in a maid outfit.
"That doesn't mean anything, we're both humans. And I'm telling you now to not bow to me." I stated and she slowly raised up her head and I was able to gaze into her beautiful blue eyes.
"That's better." I bobbed my head and she smiled.
"She's the complete opposite of our Boss. They'll make a perfect couple." I heard her mutter as I went back to the bed and I glanced at her.
"What did you say?" I asked.
"Nothing." She replied sharply but I didn't not to probe further.
"Where is this place?" I asked after I sat on the bed.
"The Griffin Villa, ma'am." She answered.
"The what?!" I asked like I didn't hear the first time.
"The Griffin Villa." She repeated.
"I heard you the first time, I was just making sure I heard correctly as I'm not sure I've heard the name before. Are we still in America?" I asked dumbly.
"Yes ma'am. We're still in America." She answered calmly.
"Phew! Thank goodness." I sighed. "At least that's a relief."
"Do you by any chance know why I'm here and what day is it?" I quizzed.
"I'm not in the place to tell you why you're here and today is Wednesday." She responded and I was surprised.
"Well, okay." I nodded.
If today is Wednesday, that means that I haven't taken a bath for a day now and I'm still in my clothes from Monday night. I'm sure I smell like garbage now. If the maid has smelled it, she's doing a good job in not showing it.
"The reason I'm here is to help you freshen up and also dress you up." She uttered.
"Oh... Okay." I said, at loss of words.
"I'll prepare your bath now." She said and walked towards a door that I hadn't noticed before. She opened the door and it led to an ensuite. I'm pretty sure it's bigger than my whole house.
"Miss... I'm done preparing your bath, you can come in now!" She called from the ensuite a few minutes later and I stood up slowly. I walked tentatively to the ensuite and my jaw dropped when I saw that it had a jacuzzi. Of course it had a jacuzzi bathtub! I quickly closed my mouth so that I wouldn't make a fool of myself in front of the maid. I still don't know her name.
She was in the ensuite too, standing beside the jacuzzi.
"You can get in." She said a few seconds later and I quirked an eyebrow at her.
"I'm going to strip now, will I do that with you here?" I asked her.
"Yes, The Boss personally ordered me to stay with you at all times, even when you're taking your bath. Besides, I'm a female too and I've seen my fair share of naked females." She said with a nonchalant shrug and I gulped. She said it like being naked with another person in the same room is a normal thing. Oh well.
I stripped out of nightgown and hastily got into the jacuzzi, the warm water quickly soothing my body and calming my tense muscles. I sighed in satisfaction as the water enveloped my whole body, leaving just my head above the water.
I felt hands on my shoulder and I opened my eyes to see the maid behind me. I should really ask for her name.
"What are you doing?" I asked in confusion as she began to give me a massage and my tense muscles slowly began to relax under her touch.
"You seem tensed, I figured you might need a massage." She replied simply.
"Oh, thank you." I smiled briefly and closed my eyes once again. "What's your name?"
"My name is Julie, Miss." She responded.
"Please don't call me Miss... It makes me feel uncomfortable. You can call me Kiana." I stated.
"Erm... Okay Kiana." She said tentatively, as if testing the feel of my name on her lips.
"That's better." I grinned at her and she smiled back, the first one I've seen on her face.
Since I didn't know how long I would be spending in this Griffin Villa, I might as well try to make some friends. And I had no idea how life in this place would be.
After some minutes, Julie finished massaging my body and I got out of the jacuzzi. I dried my body and put on the robe she gave to me.
We went back to the room and I applied lotion to my skin then got dressed in a beautiful sunflower dress that Julie provided. She did a simple makeup for me and also styled my hair into some style that I didn't know. I looked at myself in the mirror and saw a beautiful girl staring back at me. A beautiful prisoner in an expensive prison. How cute.
"Huh Julie... What's the occasion? Isn't this a little too much for someone that's going to be locked up in a room all day?" I asked with a puzzled look on my face.
"No, it's not too much. And you're not going to stay locked up in this room. You're going to have brunch with The Boss' family." She said and I froze.
Chapter Four•KIANA•"Huh Julie... What's the occasion? Isn't this a little too much for someone that's going to be locked up in a room all day?" I asked with a puzzled look on my face."No, it's not too much. And you're not going to stay locked up in this room. You're going to have brunch with The Boss' family." She said and I froze.Say what?!"What did you say?" I quizzed, like I didn't hear her the first time she said it."You're going to have brunch with The Boss' family." She repeated calmly."Why? And who is this "Boss" that you've been talking about?" I questioned, emphasizing on the boss."You're having brunch with them because they want to meet you and also because the Boss said so. And the Boss I've been talking about is Mr. Aiden Griffin." She responded patiently.Who the heck is Mr. Aiden Griffin?! I've never heard of that name in the twenty years that I've spent on Earth."Uhm... Okay." I sighed."Is it mandatory for me to go for brunch? Can my food be brought to me?" I
Chapter Five•KIANA•I was in my room two hours later, laying on the bed with nothing to do. Breakfast with Emma, Gabriel and Cassie went really well and I secretly wished for it to never end but they had to go back to their house. Turns out this Villa was for "The Boss" and he didn't live with his family. They only came to get to know me and have brunch with me which was quite a nice thing to do. Now, I'm back in my room with nothing to do. I could only stare at the ceiling as if there was something interesting about it.If I had a notebook and pen with me. I could make myself busy by writing but neither of that was here. Trust me, I've checked every nook and cranny of this room but I didn't find anything that I could write with. I would have asked Julie for the notebook and pen but she had left me after the brunch and the door was locked. I had nothing to do except for laying on the bed and staring at the ceiling and walls.I was beginning to fall asleep when I heard someone open t
Chapter Six•KIANA•I woke up two hours later when I felt someone's burning gaze on me. I snapped my eyes open to see a large figure bent above me. The figure showed that it was a man and I stared into deep blue eyes that were staring right at me. The first thing I heard the figure say was:"Hello Kiana. Nice to finally meet you." The deep voice resounded in my ears and it sent shivers down my spine.I instantly got into a sitting position, scared to the bones."Who are you?" Was the first thing that came out of my mouth."Your soon-to-be husband." He replied coldly and I shivered in fear.I have a feeling that this man is not nice."I don't have a future husband!" I blurted out a snappy reply before I could stop myself."Oh? You don't?" He asked in a tone that I could very well tell that he was mocking me."Yes! I still have a long way to go in my life and a husband in not part of my agenda now." I stated."Oh well, you don't have a choice in this matter, bitch." He said coldly."I
Chapter Seven•KIANA•"What did you just say?" I asked dumbly, like I didn't hear what he said before."You've been making me repeat myself in the last minutes and I don't normally do that." He stated."I said that what if I sent you to college?""Wow, do you mean it? This is the first time I'm hearing something like this." I uttered, staring at him with a mixture of shock and disbelief."I don't say things that I don't mean." He responded simply.I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I had always dreamed of going to college to study English Literature but I discarded that thought because of lack of money. Now, Aiden is offering to send me to college. There's no way I'm refusing that offer.I looked at him with tears welling up in my eyes."Are you serious?" I asked in a whisper."Yes bitch, I am!" He snapped and I figured out that he couldn't take any more of my questions. I turned a deaf ear to what he addressed me as."Wow, thank you so much. I don't know how to appreciate you."
Chapter Eight•AIDEN•I walked through the dark hallways that lead to the torture room.My best friend and second-in-command, Liam, was the one that came to the dinning room to summon me. The victim in the torture room was giving them a hard time so they needed me to come take care of it.I opened the door to the room and strode into the room with my hands shoved inside my pockets. I walked into the cold and dim room, my eyes fixated on the battered man that was tied to the chair. His face was full of bruises but it was very much deserved."Good evening, Boss." All of my men that were present in the room inclined their heads and greeted me.I nodded my head in response."He still haven't talked?" I asked Liam and he bobbed his head."Yes, the fucker said that he would rather eat shit than say anything." Liam replied.Interesting.The fucker did something that he knew I hated and he knew perfectly well that he would be punished for it but he went on to do it. He got high on my drugs,
Chapter Nine|Next Morning|•KIANA•I woke up some minutes ago and immediately went to the bathroom to take my bath. I got dress dressed in the outfit Julie brought for me. Then I went to the dining room to have breakfast which was practically toast, bacon, eggs and tea.After having breakfast, Julie came to my room and informed me that it was time for us to go to the mall to get the things I'll be needing in the house. She took me to the garage where I saw different fleet of cars ranging from SUVs to jeeps to sports cars. We met an older man who was in a dark suit and he appeared to be the one driving us."We're taking that car." He uttered, pointing at one of the SUVs. I bobbed my head and got into the backseat of the car with Julie.The older man got into the driver's seat after us and drove out of the villa.I looked out of the window to see the route we were driving through. The whole place was surrounded by trees on both sides, no sight of other houses or people and I almost th
Chapter Ten|Nighttime; 8:00 p.m.|•AIDEN•"What are planning to do to him?" Liam asked me.We were on our way to Rodrigo's mansion and I only took Liam with me because I was sure as hell that I could take on Rodrigo by myself and he will handle any of Rodrigo's boys that were around."I'll beat him so hard and leave him on the verge of death. He will beg for death but I wouldn't give that to him, I will leave him to die slowly." I explained absentmindedly. My mind was on something else entirely. And that something totally didn't involve a certain gain that had a banging body that I wished to ravish in all ways possible."I trust you." He said with a chuckle. He was driving while I sat at the passenger side of the car.Soon, Liam pulled over at a place a little bit far from Rodrigo's mansion but we could see his house from there. Stupidly enough for him, he didn't have a gate so it would be easier for us to get into the place.As expected, there were men with guns all over the place.
Chapter Eleven|Morning|•KIANA•I have been awake for a few hours now but I only laid on my bed and wrote in my new notebook. I had always been a lazy writer and would always procrastinate instead of writing but recently, inspiration just seems to flow and I have been writing more than before. It's a good thing since I don't have anywhere to go and I'm pretty much locked up so I like it.I got up two hours later and saw that I had written about five pages in the notebook and I smiled proudly. I would need to get a phone or laptop very soon though because I can't keep on writing in notebooks. Maybe I should inform my "soon-to-be husband" about it when I see him, I'm sure it's not an expensive thing for him to purchase, unlike my Dad.I went to the bathroom and brushed my teeth then took a very long and refreshing bath. Then I went to my vanity and rubbed lotion on my body and I got dressed in one of the clothes Julie and I had went to shop for. The outfit was a simple one: a grey col