DAMIEN'S POV
"What do you want here, Elise?" I asked coldly as I saw Elise walk in.
She wanted to sit beside me but I was quick to stand up and face her.
"I.. I..." She let out, stutteringly, she was obviously disoriented by my cold stance.
"I have been thrown out by my father. Please, I have nowhere to go except here." She said, shakily.
"You have no place here, Elise! Leave now." I declared and she froze. I couldn't look at her the same way anymore after what happened.
"What... What did you say?" I asked, in shock.
"I say you have no place here anymore! Leave! Get out of my life! You are the cause of all this! Go!" He yelled and I staggered, in shock.
"Please, don't do this to me. I have nowhere else to go. You know I'm innocent, uncle!" She said as she was about to go down on her knees to beg me.
But before she could do that, I took hold of her hand and dragged her out of the house.
I flung her out and her body landed on the floor with a loud thud.
"Go, Elise, and never come back! You are a pain in the neck!" He said and directly shut the door.
"You think I do not know what you did, huh? Do you want to get back at me for hitting on you? Did your parents send you to do this?" I yelled, in anger.
But then I didn't need any answer from her! I already figured it out on my own.
"Don't do this to me, Uncle." She said with a dejected tone.
"I'm not responsible for whatever happened." She reiterated but I couldn't believe her.
I never had sex with her, how then could she put up such a thing on the internet? It showed how vile she was.
"Go!" I stood on my word.
"If I leave now, I'll never come back! I might end up dying. Is that what you want?" She asked but I could care less.
I still had to think of a way to diffuse the situation from affecting my company.
"Yes. Who cares if you die? I'm already lenient with you for not sending you to jail!" I said with a nonchalant tone and then turned around to walk back inside.
However, before I shut the door in her face, I could see the look of regret and sadness in her eyes. Most of all there was hatred in them and I felt scared for a minute.
But I was quick to shake off that feeling and in the next second, I slammed the door in her face.
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I got back into the house and picked up the bottle of alcohol I left. I downed the content in one gulp and I staggered.
I felt shattered and hurt and I felt betrayed by the girl I had watched over.
Ever since Elise's 18th birthday, I had watched her grow into a young woman. I couldn't take my eyes off her as my feelings and attraction for her grew.
I longed to take care of her and that was the sole reason why I offered her a job. But I never knew I would fall into a web of intense love while I start to work with her daily.
I couldn't suppress my love for her anymore and I summoned the courage to confess to her only to be turned down.
But then I never knew that she would stab me in the back that way.
Slowly, I took out my phone to cross check the evidence of her wrongdoings. It was sent anonymously but it couldn't be denied that she had tried to sabotage my image when I never even touched her.
One hour passed and I was shrouded in darkness but then I heard the clicking sounds of heels. Slowly, I looked up to see Nicola walking toward me.
My phone was still in my hands because I was constantly checking the evidence just to make me really believe what happened.
"I see what you got there..." She said, pointing at my phone as she stood before me.
"What do you want here?" I asked, through gritted teeth. Seeing Nicola reminded me of how cruel a woman can be. She was another perfect example.
After cheating on me, she expected me to take her back. There was no way I could do that.
"I want you, Damien." She replied, straightforwardly. In the next second, I laughed out loud. My laughter echoed through the whole house and swiftly, it came to an abrupt end.
"You can never have me, Nicola!" I said.
"Now, leave!" I added, with resoluteness and with so much disgust in my eyes.
"Too bad, I have you now." She said and I frowned.
"Have you gone crazy?" I asked with a confused look in my eyes.
"Yes, Damien. I have gone crazy for you and I will do anything to get you. I will wipe out whatever woman that is in my way. It does not matter if you love that woman or not." Her words resounded in my ears and I gasped.
She was obsessed with me and it was crazy because she cheated on me.
Added to that, my brain clicked and a guess came to my mind.
"What did you do, Nicola? Did you do something?" I asked, in panic.
"Did I?" She asked.
"Yes, I did. I'm sure your little niece would be running far away from you now after the little video gift I gave you both."
"No matter what you do. You will always come back to me! For the record, I'm the second biggest shareholder in your company now. And I can take you off your CEO seat, if you don't act right!" She said and I was filled with so much disbelief.
"Nicola..." I let out, as I began to shake in anger.
"I'll kill you." I declared as I rushed toward her. I caught her by the neck and squeezed it tightly.
But then she looked back at me, with a crazy smile.
"Choke me, baby." She said and I gasped.
I realized that I had landed myself a crazy woman while I lost the person I loved.
What will I do now? Regret washed over me and right at this point, all I wanted was to have Elise back again.
DAMIEN'S POV. I retracted my hand from her neck and glared balefully at her. She disgusted me. "Get out of my house! I don't want to repeat myself." I yelled and stepped away from her.Nicola smirked darkly; she simply walked past me and went to sit on my couch. My eyes widened in anger and I faced her with disbelief written all over my face. "How dare you sit on my couch? After everything you've done? Do you know the damage that you've caused, you ruined that poor girl's reputation!" "If you wanted to do anything, you shouldn't have involved her. It's me you wanted, you should have come at me!" I yelled, shaking in anger. Instead of showing any remorse or at least fear. She parted her legs and placed one of them on the couch, showing me her panties. This was the height of shamelessness. The next thing I saw her doing was taking her hands into her gown and removing her panties. She was so desperate to have me but was the first person to push me away. How hypocritical was she?
CHAPTER 7 — From rags to riches. Elise's POV. My eyes slowly opened and my nose was welcomed with a scent that I found familiar. I tried moving my body but a pair of hands were firmly wrapped around me. As my eyes fully opened, they were staring at someone's hairy chest. Curious and terrified to know who I was lying with, I raised my head slowly and my eyes widened in shock. "Damien" I gasped but instantly closed my mouth. I wriggled slowly out of his grip because I was disgusted by his embrace. Last night, he slammed the door heartlessly in my face and now, he had his hands wrapped around me. Something wasn't adding up. Successfully getting out of his arms, I quietly crawled out of the bed. As my feet touched the cold floor, I let out a soft gasp. I lowered my eyes to look at myself and I was completely naked, there were also dried blood stains between my thighs. Tears stung my eyes and I looked at him, he was also naked as well. My hands desperately flew to my head as I tr
Elise's POV. "Elise, I know that you might not want to return to California but it's high time you get over your fears. And anyway, no one would be able to recognize you." Jones said. Jones was wrong about me being afraid but he was right about my hidden identity.I was known as the faceless model for a reason. It was a nickname I was given because I never revealed my face. I always wore a beautiful mask that made my identity unknown. This made me different and so special from every other model. My walk and body were perfect but my masked face attracted more attention to me. I became the hottest and most mysterious model in Country N, and from there, my fame spread around the world. The rest is history.Jones was also unaware of certain things about me. He didn't know one crucial detail about me which was my real name. He thought my real name was Annabel Claw. My life was surrounded by secrets but it didn't matter as far as it was perfect. "Annabel, you aren't saying anything.
Elise's POV. I dodged the knife, by tilting my head. The knife ended up hitting the mirror and causing it to break.Quickly, I moved away from there but I wasn't planning to run. I didn't know her but I needed to know what she wanted from me. "Why are you here and how dare you try to attack me?" I questioned, my voice cold and raised scarily. "What…do you want from me?" Instead of responding, she got a hold of the knife again and made threatening steps towards me. "So, you ended up getting famous to seduce him again right?" She asked, her voice filled with resentment and malice. "I always wondered who was behind that mask, I always wanted to meet you but the moment you stared at Damien like that. I instantly knew you were Elise." How did she know my former name? What connection did she have with Damien? Was she one of his playthings? "I don't know what you're talking about." I feigned ignorance. Although Nicola's claims were true, I couldn't let myself get drawn in. I didn't kn
Elise's POV. "Annabel, is there something that you're hiding from me?" My manager asked. I jerked out of my reverie and looked up at him. "Why would you ask that?" I inquired with a straight face. He sighed and lowered his gaze before speaking. "I understand that you don't like talking too much about your past but if there's anything that can be dug out and used to ruin your reputation then please tell me." "Anna, I can't help you, if you keep hiding secrets from me. I won't be able to save your reputation if everything goes downhill. So, whatever you've done or has happened to you…" He paused. "Maybe you've spent some time in prison or you hurt someone in the past. Were you a bully in school and that crazy woman was your victim?" When I heard that guess from him, a chuckle escaped my lips. I couldn't believe that he would think of Nicola as the victim. People truly have a strange way of seeing things. "Have I ever shown any trait of aggression before?" I asked with my gaze o
Elise's POV. "Ma'am, she's sleeping." The woman who was behind me whispered. I called her 'woman' because she was the new nanny that I hired to take care of Natalie, my beautiful and cute daughter. The former Nanny had a special place in my heart but she had to leave and take care of her family issues. I believed that's why I couldn't remember the name of the new nanny, I wasn't too used to her presence yet. "She's asleep. Oh, thank you." I turned back to flash a smile at her. "I hope she didn't give you much trouble?" I asked as I sauntered to her small bed. A smile brimmed on my lips as I beheld her beautiful face. She had an adorable attitude like me but she had a spitting image of her father. I wondered why my genes weren't so dominant in the looks because she had her father's dark and intimidating eyes, she had the color of his lips and her hair color was the same as his. She looked like the little female version of him. At first, I disliked that factor but I put such child
Damien's POV. I was in my office, holding a Vogue magazine. On the cover of the magazine was the faceless model, Annabel Claw. The name didn't ring a bell, I had never met her before nor had any contact with her but I couldn't shake off the feeling that I knew her from somewhere. The familiarity was odd but it truly felt like we've met before. Looking at her body now, I couldn't help but get attracted to her glimmering skin, slender long legs, piercing blue eyes, and beautiful little lips. Well, any man would get attracted to such a beauty even without seeing her face but the attraction I felt was different. It was the exact attraction I had for Elise. When I first laid my eyes on Elise, I had to convince myself that she was my step-niece, a naive nineteen-year-old girl and I couldn't crave her. I continued telling myself that but working so close to her, I couldn't resist the vulnerability and innocence that she had. She was too pure for me to defile but I wanted her. There wa
Damien's POV. I looked her dead in the eyes and I could tell how serious she was. Recalling her past deeds, I knew that her words weren't a bluff but unlike before, I was going to do all it takes to protect Elise. "Nicola, I don't care what you do but just know that I spared you before. I overlooked your display of stupidity but if you try anything against Elise, I'm gonna kill you. I'll brutally and gruesomely bring your life to an untimely end." I threatened, making my voice cold enough to send a shiver down her spine. "You know that you can't do anything to me, because my family will bring yours to the ground. So, don't be so arrogant and confident. As for all your talk of 'action and killing' Let's see you back it up." She said, pushing me to the edge. "You're just barking." She affronted me.My hands itched to grab her neck and strangle her to death but I remembered her disgusting reaction that day. I didn't want to see it a second time. "Well, let's wait and see, who ends u