SELENA
"Ma.....Ma'am," I heard a voice in my head as I opened my eyes slowly, the sun filtering in from my bedroom window blinding me momentarily. I sat up staring at a young girl in front of me, rubbing the sleep from my eyes I realized I was on the floor. How did I end up here? I couldn't remember, the last I remembered was crying myself to sleep."Good morning, madam. You must be cold from sleeping on the floor, should I have them add a hot tea to your breakfast," she said, a hint of worry in her voice.I groaned again, feeling the remnants of a headache coming on. "Where is your boss?" I asked, remembering what he had said last night regarding not communicating with my family for a week."He ordered that you come down for breakfast." The little girl smiled, I was sure she was way younger than my sister and I wondered how she had become the maid of this heartless monster."I am not hungry," I replied tucking a strand of hair behind her ear."I don't think he would be pleased to hear that," she replied. "If not for him, then for me, he has threatened to fire my mother if you don't come down for breakfast."That monster, didn't he have a heart, why was he trying to manipulate a young child, I wasn't interested in any damn breakfast but I couldn't just punish her by refusing to go down.I had seen firsthand what he was capable of when he showed me that iPad, if he had truly threatened her, he was sure to keep to his word.Slowly standing up and taking a deep breath, I nodded my head accepting my fate, "What is your name?""Sofia.""Sofia? Will your boss be at the...""Yes and if he isn't, I can help you call his attention before he leaves for work," she interrupted me."Let's go then," I said rising to my feet."You should freshen up Ma, I will have the...""You might as well just leave then, do I think I care about the stupid breakfast?""Sorry Ma," she apologize bowing her head as she headed out of the room with me behind.My head was still spinning, as I followed Sofia downstairs to the dining room, I should have just listened to her and freshened up first but there was no going back on my words now.I walked into the dining room, fully expecting to find Aiden sitting there with the hopes of being able to talk to him and convince him that I needed to see my mum and sister physically and not over a silly Ipad. Instead, I was met with an unexpected sight.A woman was sitting at the dining table, delicately eating her breakfast. I was immediately taken aback – who was this woman and why was she in the dining? Since I had been in this house even though I was locked up in that room I knew there was no other woman in this house except me.Before I could even get a word out, the woman spoke up. "Oh, you must be Selena, his contract wife," she said nonchalantly. "I'm his girlfriend, Natalia."I felt like the ground had fallen out from beneath me. How could he have a girlfriend and then get married to me? I had not been bothered about his reason behind the wedding because my mind was clouded by the safety of my mum and sister but now I wanted to know why he had gotten married to me."You look uglier than I thought," she added rising from her seat and closing the distance between us as she took a strand from my hair looking at me with disgust written all over her face.I felt my anger quickly rising, did Aiden send her here to taunt me? Was he that petty? I smacked her hand off my hair taking a step back from her."You should look in the mirror if you want to know what is ugly," I said to her but instead of getting her angry, she busted into laughter."We will see about that when you don't see your wretched mother and stupid sister."I could feel my blood boiling, and before I knew it, I had spat in her face. I was filled with a mix of disgust and anger and felt like I couldn't control my actions.Her hands lifted in the air as she slapped me right in the face, her hands had barely left my cheeks when I slapped her back right across the face."What the fucking hell is going on here?" Aiden questioned stepping in all dressed in a black suit with Max standing behind him with also a questioning look."Baby, thank goodness you are here, this little ugly swine spat on my face," she cried rushing to his side and showing him where I had spat on her as Max brought out a handkerchief from his pocket and offered it to her bowing his head.She collected the handkerchief from Max not sparing him a glance or appreciating him as she wiped her face clean."First of all, she is not an ugly swine, she is now MY WIFE and you will give her that respect," Aiden announced surprising the woman standing beside him and even me.Did he just introduce me as his wife to his supposed girlfriend? I was angered by the announcement but pleased at the same time with the look of disbelief on the woman's face."Secondly, you don't have any right to be in my house announced," he continued in a warning tone. "If I ever see her in my house again without my permission you all will be losing your jobs, Mark my words," he added loudly for all the maids in the dining to hear."Baby, Is this some kind of joke? You only got married to her because I agreed to it, we already talked about this, why are you saying all this," the woman frowned at his statement as she spoke in a low voice."I want you out of my house this very minute Natalia," Aiden ordered.AIDENI was busy in the library with Max regarding the meeting we had to attend this early morning when I heard some loud noise coming from downstairs.It was unusual for my house to be that noisy early in the morning because no one dared to argue loudly, Max could also hear the noise and offered to go check it himself and put things in order."I should go and check if....""No," I stopped him on his track. I was still upset yesterday from my conversation with Selena and I was looking for an early morning scapegoat since I couldn't exactly do anything harmful to Selena. Whoever was causing the noise was going to get fired this morning, I said to myself as I stepped out of the library with Max trailing behind with my briefcase.When I got to where the noise was coming from I was shocked to see Natalia in my dining room with Selena, I couldn't believe Natalia had actually come to my house early this morning without a text message, since our last conversation she had stopped calling or
SELENAI was shocked by the little drama between Aiden and his supposed girlfriend, it made me have questions to ask him regarding this whole wedding. Why did he get married to me after how I had humiliated him? And the wedding was quite secretive, no one knew about it. I ended up going back into my room after he left and not touching my breakfast even though Sofia begged me to at least drink the tea.I ended up drifting in and out of sleep but the sound of footsteps woke me up. It was then that I heard the faint voice of Sofia by the door."Ma, dinner is ready," she said stepping in and bowing her head to me. I sat up in bed, realizing that Aiden must have come back. I quickly glanced at the clock on my bedside table and realized that I had slept in until late evening, I couldn't believe I had slept that long.Hurriedly, I got out of bed and quickly got dressed, this was my opportunity to speak to Aiden about seeing my family and this wedding. As I made my way down the stairs, my
SELENA"You won't dare do that, why are you doing this to me?" I barked tears gathering in my eyes as my heart started to pound yet again in my chest."I will do as I please with you, you are mine now," he said, flinging my hand away. "Until you learn to behave yourself.""I am behaving myself, I am doing everything you want me to do but you are the one who is not keeping to your word," I yelled at him banging the table aggressively."You call that, behaving?"I stared down at the food on the plate in front of me, trying not to show the disgust I felt, one more word from his mouth and I was sure I would slap him yet again. I had been abducted and held hostage for days now, wasn't that enough for him to show empathy toward me? "Eat," he said, realizing I was not eating anymore, his voice trying to sound soothing but I knew better. He was trying to break me and I wasn't going to let him. I looked up at him, my eyes burning with anger. "I will not eat until you let me see my family. Yo
AIDENI sat at the dining table, listening to my father bicker about the company and the success to be accomplished in the future. I would have rather been in my house listening to Selena's harsh words than be in this dining room right now but I got a call from my mother early this morning that my father wanted to speak to all of us regarding something urgent, I didn't quite understand the urgency as we were all just sitting in the dining eating."Did you make this mother?" Astrid asked, taking another bite of the stake. "Yes," my mother smiled, pleased that Astrid had yet again noticed the difference when it came to her cooking. "You always are able to tell the difference.""This is really good," Astrid said with a smile as my mum extended her hand touching Astrid's face. "Thank you, honey," my mother smiled back at her."It isn't news that both of you have to get married soon," my father finally spoke, stating the actual reason this meeting was called in the first place. It trul
SELENA"I think it will be nice if you try the new soup the cook made recently I found it...""If we are not going to discuss about my mother or sister then I am not interested in the conversation," I hushed Sofia as I sat on a chair facing the mirror while she busied herself with combing my hair.It had been two days since my diner with Aiden, I wasn't allowed to leave my room yet except I wanted to go to the dining to eat and I was not doing any eating lately so I was forced to be locked up in here for two days straight.I had thought Aiden would come to my room to see me but he didn't, instead I was visited by Sofia who was worried I would fall sick anytime soon if I didn't eat anything. Today she informed me that Aiden had gone to see his family and had called that I should be dressed up incase his family were to follow him back.I was angry to hear that I was going to have to endure yet another of his wishes because I didn't have a say in the matter, I wished Sofia could make me
SELENA"You are hurting me," I yelled at him, beads of sweat forming on my form head as anxiety kicked in. I couldn't help but feel my heart racing in my chest. This man had taken me against my will, forced me into a fake marriage, and now he wanted to consummate it? It made no sense to me.I looked into his eyes, searching for some sort of answer to the questions swirling in my mind. But all I saw was a cold and emotionless gaze staring back at me.My panic rose as he gripped my arms tightly."Why are you doing this?" I asked, my voice shaking with fear.He simply smirked at me, a twisted expression that made my stomach churn. "Because it's part of the deal and I always get what I want."My mind raced with thoughts of escape, but I knew it was futile. He had me trapped, and I was at his mercy.I didn't understand why he had done this. Why he had forced me into a situation I never asked for. And I knew that no matter what, I would never be the same again."I will never sleep with a ma
SELENAI had never felt so scared for my life but instead of lashing out in anger, Aiden simply smiled at me. I couldn't believe it. Didn't he just get angry? Was this some kind of sick game he was playing?I braced myself for the worst, assuming that he would retaliate for my audacity. But he just stood there, still clutching my arm in place. His smile, if possible, had widened.For a moment, I was completely bewildered. Why wasn't he trying to hurt me? Why was he just laying there?"They were right about your innocence," he said, still smiling. Who were they? I questioned in my head as I laid there, bound and terrified, I couldn't help but notice the way he smiled for the first time. He had been so menacing before, always scowling and serious, but now as a slight grin appeared on his face, I couldn't help but feel stunned.His lips curved upwards, revealing straight, white teeth that glinted in the dim light of the room. His eyes crinkled at the corners, and for a moment, all I cou
SELENAI couldn't believe my eyes as I stepped into the library. My sister was here, standing in front of me. I hadn't seen her in what felt like an eternity, and tears filled my eyes at the sight of her. I stood in awe, my heart racing as my mind flooded with so many emotions.I threw a glance at Aiden, the man who had held me captive against my wish was finally allowing me to see my sister. I didn't know his motives, but I didn't care at that moment. My sister was safe and sound, and that was all that mattered.I looked at my sister, taking in every detail of her appearance the way she stood playing with her finger on the side nervously, the glint in her eyes that betrayed her excitement. I rushed over to her, engulfing her in a tight hug. She hugged me back, just as tightly, and we both broke down in tears of joy. "Two minutes, nothing more," Aiden said before leaving us alone and closing the door behind him.Despite being held captive, seeing my sister suddenly brightened my moo