Mizuyuki woke up in a dimly lit room that was noticeably different from the Playroom, the bed was huge and spacious. The black and navy blue satin silk blankets were so soft and cool to the touch. All of a sudden Mizuyuki sat up with a start, thoughts of his prior shenanigans coming into focus.
My body was sore and ached all over, just the action of squirming into the fetal position was painful. My face heated up remembering everything that happened. Although there was another glaring issue, I was completely alone in this new room.
I crawled my way over to the edge of the bed, and placed my feet on the floor. The cold spread through me, instantly making me want to go back under the covers. I stood up to ensure I wouldn't dive head first back into the covers, however I soon wished i had done just that. As I stood up straight my legs gave out underneath me in an instant.
I unceremoniously fell to the ground with a loud yell and a clatter.
'Fuuuuuuck everything hurts so damn much!'
As I lay there contemplating my life choices on how I ended up here, and a door opened somewhere behind me, beyond the bed. I tensed not knowing who the culprit was. Was it a maid? Was it Stephen? How long have I been out? And most importantly where the hell are my clothes?!
"Mizuyuki? Did you fall?" Stephen said with a bemused chuckle.
It wasn't until my body hit the floor that I realized I had no clothes on, not even a bathrobe, even though he had clearly taken his 'Aftercare' job very seriously. And while I was glad it wasn't a maid or random butler that came in and saw my nakedness, I was now pretty pissed at my circumstances. I couldn't leave even if I wanted to, for multiple reasons.
"Stephen... where are my clothes?"
"Do you need clothes right now? Let's just get you off the floor and back into bed. You slept the entire day, it's 10:45pm you know. How's your body? Any pain anywhere?"
It was one blow after the next, he had basically side-stepped the question about my clothes, then dropped a bomb that I had been sleep for over 11 hours. He picked me up and gently laid me back on the bed.
"Do you want to eat? I can have something prepared." He asked tucking me back into bed.
"Um I don't have much of an appetite. But I would however like my clothes and my phone please. I should probably let Todd know I'm ok too."
Just then my traitorous stomach decided to protest, out loud. I turned over clutching the covers in embarrassment.
"Can I at least have my phone? I would like to call Myah at the very least." I said not wanting to face him or the reality of my situation.
"Haha... I'll bring you some food in a bit." He said running his fingers through my hair. It wasn't a sensual feeling like before, it was an ominous feeling that resonated in my gut.
'I'm not being paranoid, this is like Deja Vu. Ugh I'm so screwed!'
Fortunately the clothes weren't a major hindrance, I'd run out of here in just a cover if I had to. The problems were a tad more complicated than just nudity. I didn't have my phone to call Todd or Myah. I didn't even know where I was in the estate or how to navigate it. In the event that I just said screw it and left out a window to flee, being naked in an unknown area would spell trouble for me.
'Todd should be outside somewhere, maybe if I can just make it to his car I should be fine.'
The door to the room opened again, startling me out of my thoughts. I kept my back to the door, curling into myself clutching the covers.
"Wasn't sure what you had a taste for so I just brought you a little bit of everything." Stephen said sitting a tray down on the bed side table.
I was hungry to be sure, but if he thought I was going to eat and not care about my situation he was dead wrong. I've been kidnapped enough times to know what's going to happen next.
"Will you not eat anything? Even though your hungry?"
"I would like my phone, please." I said not turning to look at him or the tray.
'I'm already so damn tired. A pretty face will screw your life up, every time.'
Stephen didn't say anything else. He stood up, left the tray, and walked out of the room with a sigh. I turned over to see the tray full of cheese, crackers, a bowl of fruit, yogurt, and a glass of water. I threw the bowl of fruit towards the door. I was passed furious and bordering on homicidal.
'Can't even do anything until my body stops hurting.'
If felt like I had been repeatedly slammed into a wall, and also like I had been impaled by a fist. My body throbbed relentlessly, my hands wouldn't even stop shaking. It also felt like I had a small fever creeping up my chest.
I closed my eyes, forcibly willing myself to go back to sleep. To not think about anything else.
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I woke up to sunlight streaming in through the widows that had been hidden the night before. I rolled over to avoid the light, and found my phone in the empty space beside me on the bed. I instantly grabbed it and tapped the screen. It didn't light up. I held the power button on the side, still nothing.
It was dead, I clutched my phone to my chest more angry than I had been before. He had given me my phone back like I asked, but I couldn't use it.
'Be careful what you wish for and all that.'
I sat up feeling less sore than the day before. I pulled my feet over the side of the bed, I didn't waste time acclimating to the cold hardwood floor, I stood up bracing myself against the headboard. I looked around the room taking stock in what I saw. Thick blackout curtains were parted for sunlight. There were 4 doors in the room. A sitting area with 2 couches, a coffee table and a large TV on the wall.
The bed was positioned in the middle of the room equidistant from all four walls. I walked over to the windows, it was just as I thought. The only way out the window was straight down. The good news however, was that the window looked out onto the front of the estate, the way we came. The bad news was, there wasn't a single car in sight.
'Where the hell is Todd? I can't imagine he meant out front anywhere else. He had to know I wouldn't know my way around, right?'
I walked over to one of the four doors, opened it slowly then swung it wide open. It was a closet, a massive frikkin closet! The term 'walk-in' didn't even scratch the surface. It was a second room, I was sure if kept walking towards the back I'd end up in Narnia.
The clothes in the closet obviously all belonged to Stephen. The shirts all stopped at my thighs. None of the pants fit at all however, but something was better than nothing. After rifling threw the closet, like a shopaholic in Sacs, I opened the door that was to the right, beside the closet.
Cautiously opening this one to, I heaved a sigh of relief upon looking inside. It was a beautiful bathroom. Everything was a marbled, black, white, and gold. The shower was huge. The tub was surely classified as an above ground pool. I didn't necessarily need to shower or bath, but I was seriously starting to reconsider my exit strategy looking at the bathroom.
'This could double as a spa!'
I turned to my right to look at the sink and mirrors. The shirt was big and not exactly good at concealing. I had so many bite marks over my left shoulder and neck. Looking them over invoked the scenes of how they happened. Making my body shiver all over. I turned on the sink and splashed water onto my face, then used some to dampen my hair.
I grabbed the hand towel hanging from a loop on the wall and patted my face dry looking into the mirror. Until a sudden figure was standing in the mirror staring right at me. I whirled around to face my would be attacker.
"You weren't in bed, and I called for you but you didn't reply."
It was Stephen, looking every bit of a GQ model. It would probably be believable if not for the dark smirk on that handsome face.
"So you heard the sink and thought 'Hmm... let's take a peek' is that it?" I said glaring at him.
"Oh come on, I've already seen everything, what's left to hide? But to answer your question, no. I was already in here before the water started. Long enough to watch you run your fingers over the marks I left on your body."
I could feel my face heating up, and the lascivious look in his eyes, that said he'd take me right here and now if I let him, wasn't helping. I took a step back, eyeing the distance to the door. No way could I survive another round with the resident Pervert. I didn't understand it at all, while my mind was clear in what it wanted, my body had different ideas. I would crumble like a sandcastle against the ocean if I was in his hands.
"Can you help me charge my phone? Or tell Todd I'm ready to go home now." I asked, buying time and side stepping towards the shower.
"I can charge your phone. However, Todd was called back by Myah. Something about 'unforeseen movement of a high priority P.O.S.' said you'd understand."
Hearing that made me trip and fall into the glass door of the shower. I certainly did understand, Sujin Clay was seen near my neighborhood. Who indeed was a Piece Of Shit, the same P.O.S. who tried to sell me off, then buy me as if he was saving me.
'If he was seen near my neighborhood then that means he knows where I live again. But why leave me here? Why take Todd?'
Stephen was behind me in a second supporting my body with his hand on my midsection, holding me firm against his body. I quickly righted myself and moved away from his grasp.
'This unbelievable bastard is fucking hard right now!? How is anything remotely arousing in this situation?'
My head was spinning with all kinds of information. It was hard to focus until I remembered what he had just said.
"Can you charge my phone right now?"
"Sure, do you want to come with me? You seem a bit jumpy today, so..."
"You can't just bring the chord to me?"
"Well I need to go buy one so will you wait, or come with me?"
"I don't have any clothes to wear outside..."
"Ah... now that is a problem. Though to be fair, you look really sexy in my shirt."
I rolled my eyes and walked out of the bathroom, as fast as my legs would carry me. I grabbed a cover off the bed and wrapped it around my body. Stephen came out of the bathroom and leaned against the door frame.
"Can I use your phone until you get back?" I asked pointedly while holding out my hand.
"Haha... sure why not. I'll be back in 20 minutes." He said taking his phone out of his pocket and unlocking it with his thumbprint.
True to his words he left me alone with his phone. I immediately dialed the only number living rent free in my head.
— Ugh why the hell are you calling me again asshole!?
"Myah? It's me... not Stephen."
—Yukiii?? Ugh thank fuck your safe!
"I don't think you and I have the same definition for the word 'Safe' Myah. Why did you take Todd? I want to go home now."
— Why? What happened Yuki? Did he actually hurt you and just not tell me? He said you were fine, just tired. Fuck! Yuki what's wrong?
"It's not like that. I just don't want to stay here. Um... mentally and physically I'll die here Myah. I'm not cut out for the high-end lifestyle. I feel like even breathing in this house costs money. Not to mention the Perverted homeowner."
— Yuki... are you telling me you actually liked it? Are you just embarrassed and trying to run away?
"IT'S. NOT. LIKE. THAT. MYAH! What I'm telling you is, I don't belong here ok? He frikkin took my clothes! I can't leave on my own. The only reason I stayed is because Todd said he'd wait for me. Then Stephen took my clothes and you took my Todd. Do you know what that's like?"
— Listen Yuki, I didn't want to worry you but it seems like you won't calm down and forgive me otherwise... Sujin was in your apartment. I don't know how long or how he knew, since other than word of mouth you were basically a ghost, but surveillance caught him. Todd has been hunting him down since.
My heart dropped to my stomach, it was far worse than I thought. I couldn't understand what made Sujin so obsessed. We just met randomly at some college meeting. Then he became a stalker overnight.
"Can't I come stay with you Myah. Isn't that safer?"
— Yuki... you know why you can't stay with me sweetheart. I don't have that kind of power at home, and there are scarier men than Stephen in my family. I never want you to feel afraid to just exist. I'll get you a new place just like last time. I just need a little time ok? My guys will do all the moving, and Todd will go hunting. Until he comes for you, I need you to sit tight.
"Myah, I don't want to. Please don't make me do this."
— He promised to be a gentleman, he even said he would protect you. And since you're not calling for me to collect his balls, my gut tells me you're just afraid. You know what I'm going to say right? If you didn't hate it, then why evade it?
"Myah, this is not something I can work out being in this house. I can't even relax because he looks like he'd jump me at any moment. Did he tell you that he'd screw my unconscious body? Somehow I doubt he filled you in on all the ways he plans to keep me 'Safe'..."
—Oooh Kinky! Something tells me you wouldn't actually hate that. Also it's just sex Yuki. You willingly went to his place, and agreed to have sex with him. Meaning you're not uninterested in him anymore. Suck it up. Maybe even fall in love Yuki. In the event he's a total Shit call me and I'll take you to your new apartment.
"Myah... why are you doing this? Why do I have to be uncomfortable at your expense?"
— I promise it's not like that Yuki. It's just... Stephen seems a little more interested in you than just a simple one night stand or pet. He seemed thoroughly shaken to know you had a stalker. Even offered to foot the bill for his capture. A guy like that can't be all bad. Just give me some time. You can text or call me as much as you want you know that.
"Myah... swear to me I can leave as soon as my new apartment is established! Promise me you won't drag your feet. I'm not staying here longer than a week. Whether Todd finds Sujin or not."
— I swear Yuki. I'll make it less than 7 days... ah one more thing, in the event that it happens, stay far away from Stephen's father. Never be alone with him... Ever. From what I've heard he hasn't been back to that estate in over 5 years but, don't let your guard down.
"Wait. His father? What do you mean?"
— It's fine. Just remember what I said. And stick to Stephen. OK call me later love you Yukiii byee!!
"Wait that doesn't answer my–"
Ugh there she goes again, doing whatever the hell she wants. There was nothing I could say. Myah was bull headed in the weirdest ways. At least I knew she would come get me if I really needed it... maybe...
She was right however, I am scared. Terrified, if I'm being honest. To make matters worse it wasn't Stephen that scared me, as much as it was my own body. Even now my body throbbed in strange ways. My shoulder and neck throbbed. What worried me was the fact that I couldn't stop touching them. Couldn't help feel each one and remember everything.
'I'm going to go crazy stuck in this house with him. I'm literally trapped in hell with the Devil himself.'