~AVA
Goosebumps washed my skin. How do I give my body to my abuser? "I'm not in the mood," I muttered and was met with a punch on my forehead.
I struggled to regain my strength while at the same time, he was about to force his way through. A sudden strength appeared in me and without hesitation, I pushed him hard to the floor and rushed out of the room.
He didn't back down and chased after me. I knew I was dead if caught, so I had no choice but to flee the entire mansion and didn't stop running until I found myself in the middle of nowhere.
I paused to catch my breath knowing that he was nowhere around as tears streamed down my face. "I really can't do this anymore." I cried as I held my forehead that he had punched.
"How did a man who once promised love to me try to hurt me in this manner?" I thought to myself when a huge headache slipped into my head. I was finding it hard to process things. That punch on my forehead seemed to be affecting me a whole lot. I looked at the road I was at and tried to process the location but couldn't. My eyes were closing, and I was losing strength. Cars were passing but I doubt a single one could see my shadow.
I tried to see if I could walk further, but I couldn't, and right there, I had no choice but to give in to my fate and lose consciousness.
****
I opened my eyes, and all I could see was plain white. I frowned a bit. At first, I thought I was in heaven, but that was until I perceived the smell of antiseptic.
I rolled my eyes and tried to control how much I could take it. I was in a fucking hospital!
And then I remembered that Julian would rather die than take me to a hospital and it was then panic sipped in again. I tried to get up but was held down by two strong hands and it was then I realized that I was not alone in the ward. I looked beside me, and there stood a man in a suit with a godlike figure.
I froze.
Staring into his red eyes I couldn't help but gasp. I have seen a lot of handsome men but this man right here seemed to be on a different level. He stayed calm and indifferent. "Who are you and what am I doing here?" I asked in a cracked voice.
"Good morning to you too. The nurse will come check you out and right after that, I'm taking you home." He said talking to me as though he recognized me.
I couldn't help but wonder if he recognized me as a previous successful artist or as just a woman and struggled to reply to him or refuse him.
"Please take me home." I finally said to him, and in the next moment, the Ward's door opened, and a nurse walked in to check me out.
"I think she is better and needs to go home, but please make sure she rest better, sir." The nurse said to him and then walked out.
"We can go now but here. You may need it." He said to me with a card pointing at me and I couldn't help but look at it and then at him.
He didn't seem to want to argue its acceptance, so I quickly grabbed it and hid it in my bra.
He took me out and we headed for his car outside. The moment I got in, I felt my heart pounding in my chest. I feared that I would lose everything if Julian saw me getting out of another man's car. "What's your address ma'am?" The man in the front driver's seat asked me, and I gave him an address a bit far away from Julian's mansion.
The way back home was tense. I couldn't stare at the man beside me, and after a while, he turned to stare at me. "I'm Lucas. What's your name?" He asked and I shivered. "Ava Morales?" He asked again and I felt as though my heart was about to jump out of my chest.
How the fuck did he know that?
Was he a previous fan?
"But my name is faded already. I am nothing but a shadow." I said to myself and stole glances at him only to realize that he was actually staring at me.
I lost my comfort at that point and couldn't help but pray we got to my destination sooner than we did. "Thank you!" I muttered and got down. I had to watch the car drive out of sight before I started running back to Julian's home, and the moment I got to his green-painted mansion, my anxiety rose, but I had to go in again.
The moment I walked through the main door, I saw him seated on one of his couches. My breathing stopped for a second. "Julian I'm sorry about last night. I was nothing but terrified please forgive me." I rushed to my knees and was pleading.
PAK!
I found myself on the floor.
He just hit me again and I cried from my heart. "I said I'm sorry."
PAK!
He did it again and I just went mute.
"Whose man's house did you sleep at? You dared to give another man something that you couldn't give to me?" He said to me and I shook my head.
"I swear I would never do that to do. We had promised to wait to we get married Julian. I don't mind heading to the civil affairs office with you right now to put out love on paper. I just hope that we can be better for each other please." I kept begging, and he came closer to me again; this time, his hands were in my lingerie. He was trying to finger me.