CHAPTER FOUR.
I froze in place, sweat dripping down my face, my heart banging loud enough for Rodrigo to notice. He stood there watching me, his dead stare glanced at me relentlessly.
I slowly started stepping towards Rodrigo, I stopped when I thought I was close enough. Then I heard his voice again.
"Closer" he commanded.
I instantly felt hot while taking a bold step until I felt the temperature of his body on mine.
"Good! Now kiss me" Rodrigo blunted out.
A huge feeling of fear, fueled with nervousness and anxiety stoned me hard, my eyes gazing at his perfectly structured lips.
"I can't do that" I stammered.
"Alright then, I will help you," Rodrigo stated and dragged me to himself.
His left hand was on my tinny waist and his right hand on my face, his grip on me was so strong that I could not move. My heart began racing, passing the baton to my bones and joints, my knees felt weak in his grip. He slowly brought his lips towards mine, his warm breath on my face. Getting to my lips, he diverted his lips to my ears and whispered.
"I won't tell you again Perlah, don't push me too hard; I will let you go this time." He announced, turned around, and left my room.
I stood there stunned, my emotions swinging from fear to confusion, "who asked him to let me go?" I asked myself feeling a pinch of disappointment.
I went to bed thinking of a way to escape the next morning, I was staying with a stranger which meant my life was at risk.
"what if he's a criminal? A wanted one that decided to hide here? Where I currently am. What if the cops discover and come to arrest him and then me as an accomplice? Would I also be thrown in jail?" I asked myself trying to come up with a reason for someone to stay in such an isolated area.
I woke early the next morning to install my plans of escaping that morning, I quickly grabbed my old clothes and dashed to the shower. When I was done, I proceeded to leave the house with no destination in mind.
I passed the main door without an issue, getting to the gate out of the mansion, lots of armed men in black gathered to stop me, the chief information security officer quickly took out his mobile phone to call Rodrigo ignoring my plea to just let me go.
"You have been banned from leaving this premises ma'am, please get back inside or I fear that we might be instructed to drag you back in," he stated.
I stood there speechless, where did my freedom of movement cruise to? I walked back towards the mansion in annoyance and badged into Rodrigo's room.
"Why am I not allowed to leave?" I asked pissed.
"I saved you on my terms, and there are some benefits to your safety. Why are you breaching our contract?" Rodrigo asked, lying on his bed with his legs and arms crossed.
"Contract? I don't even know what the benefit you stated is, you left it to hunt me!" I retorted in anger.
"If you have such a good memory, you will remember I told you the benefit was unknown. Plus let me educate you for free. You were seen with me, so not just your heartless enemies are after you but my bloodsucking enemies also, so if you are seen anywhere if your enemies don't kill you, mine will. I hope you understand better." Rodrigo blunted out grinning.
This attitude only increased my anger, what the hell is funny to him? I have just realized I have two different packages of ass wipes and he's busy grinning, I watched him on the bed with anger flashing on my forehead.
"you have enemies and I'm only finding out now? Are you a criminal or something worse? I was comfortably living with you and you didn't even tell me I was in more danger than I imagined? Who are you, Rodrigo and please what do you want in exchange for saving my life?" I asked feeling drained.
"well now that you know your life is in a bigger danger, don't behave recklessly and try to leave again," Rodrigo replied.
"you won't trap me here for no reason Rodrigo, you can either tell me who you are peacefully right now, or I will upload pictures of you and your current location online, I know a lot of people would love that information," I threatened.
"hm, I doubt you can do that, look at your face," he said and chuckled
"Don't dare me, Rodrigo, I'm not in my right senses right now, my life is on a thread, and I would do anything to set it right," I responded in a daring tone.
"Perlah, I think your only problem right now is hunger, the maid has prepared something," Rodrigo said and looked away.
I smoked out in anger, "Hunger? Damn, this man wants to see crazy" I murmured. In seconds, I took out my phone and began taking pictures of Rodrigo, went to my social media platform and added a prompt that described his current location, then turned the screen for Rodrigo to have a clear view of what I was doing.
"I need answers, start answering all my questions or I swear I will click on the post icon; I promise you don't know what I'm capable of," I said determined not to back down.
Rodrigo sat up and looked at me, he seemed to be deciding on the right choice.
"My name is Rodrigo Bayani, I am the youngest son of the owner of B. A investment corporation, after my father died, it was stated in his will that all his investments and properties should be given to me. As a result, my brothers are after my life, if they find me, they will kill me. I was on the run to save my life when I found you Perlah." Rodrigo blurted out.
I gasped in fear but I didn't end it there, telling from his facial expressions and body language, I knew there was more scary information and I was determined to find out.
"Alright, keep talking!" I demanded.