“Come inside” I heard a hoarse voice as someone asked me to follow him. I have never been to places as huge as this. A long hallway with countless security guards standing on sentinel.
It didn’t look like a house of loan sharks, but you never know what one’s hiding under their sleeves.
“Grace…” My brother’s voice gushed to my ear from a corner and he came into appearance and hugged me abruptly.
I embraced him tightly shedding tears, I kept on kissing his face feeling a sense of relief. “I’m sorry, p---please forgive your sister…” I sniveled while sniffing his scent, and scanned his body to find any marks of hurt.
“I’m okay… you don’t have to cry; Grey will cry too…” He wiped my tears and I smiled hugging him again.
“Grace?” I got startled upon hearing a sudden voice, I felt chills running down my spine as I caught my name in a hoarse voice, it never felt so... intimidating before… “What a pretty name… pretty…just like you.”
I hid my brother behind me and turned to look at him, my eyes widening as I saw a familiar structure. It was broad daylight and now, I could see his features. The same tall guy, I met last night. His jade green eyes, even prettier because of the sunlight, his full lips telling me he’ll be so good at kissing,
My eyes landed on his perfectly shaped jawline, God’s work I must say. His broad shoulders, broad enough to squeeze the life out of me if he--- fuck, snap out of it!!...
I shouldn’t have been surprised considering how pathetic my life is.
It wasn’t loan sharks, it was him. Of course, a mafia is worse than those fucking money-lending bastards.
“Why did you drag him into this mess?” I wiped my tears brutally getting angry at him, I have wanted to kill before but at the moment he crossed the usual radar.
I grabbed his collar, I was scared of him, more than anything but I’m more scared of seeing my brother get hurt.
All the guards pointed their guns at me and he rose his hand up to stop them. This is his mafia, one click, and I’ll be dead… in front of my brother--- fuck.
I quickly wrapped my brother’s eyes with my hands.
“Don’t you know there’s a kid here…” He yelled at his subordinates. They all left as I was caressing my brother’s back. “I need to see the fountain…” Grey gripped my sleeves and I looked at the mafia standing before me.
“Jamie.” He called someone and a lady entered, a slim figure perfectly tailored for the job named secretary. Grey voluntarily held her hand and the next moment, I saw them leaving.
“Where are you taking him?” I bellowed in frustration but got interrupted.
“Let him be, I didn’t harm him nor do I have any intentions of doing so, let’s talk.” His hands in his pockets.
Indifferent. Disgusting. Lethal.
I followed him and we stood on the balcony watching my brother play.
“If you ever try to involve him in this mess, I won’t think twice before going cad.” I smiled at my brother as he was shrieking with joy watching the water, and tried to threaten the guy who can even kill me if he wants to.
“I asked my men to bring you to me, yet they came with this innocent child. Saying, they saw some men standing at your door.” They must’ve been the loan sharks; my brother could’ve been hurt but---. “I’m not trying to force you but, I can get rid of those men forever.”
Of course, he can, but why?
He stood close to me; I shifted my gaze toward him, my eyes shivering from fear as all I could see was stupor and… hostility.
“Kindness is not cheap, you want something in return, I can’t give it. Leave us be…” I snapped back to my senses and turned around to stalk out not wanting to be near a man who lives in a dark world.
My world is already quite twisted to add more insane people to it, the sooner I escape, I safer I become.
“You just have to accept my offer… it’s not that hard, don’t you want him to live a good life?” He muttered but I continued walking.
The sooner… the safer.
Money it is… it is always the problem, but I can’t do this. This man is dangerous, a lot more than he seems. Being around him would only increase the danger for me and my brother, especially my brother. I grabbed my brother’s hand taking him away.
“Did you eat something?” We sat down in the taxi and left without looking back.
“Yes, your boyfriend gave me a lot of food to eat.” My eyes went wide at his words. Boyfriend, how many years since I haven’t heard of this term… I don’t know what happened between them but this is wrong.
“Who told you that?” I gasped in disbelief.
“He did… can you take me to paradise too?” His eyes shone with hope but I couldn’t understand a thing he was speaking.
“What paradise?” I asked in doubt.
“He said you were with him yesterday in paradise.” Why am I dealing with this? That brothel is a paradise? Except for its name, nothing is paradisical in it. I sighed and we marched inside our house. “Grey… do you want to move to a bigger place than this?” I sat him down on the chair.
At least this incident made me realize that I’m still lacking behind, we should live in a proper place and not some random slum.
“Are we going to live in your boyfriend’s house? Grey liked it there…” He smiled cheekily, what did that man do to him?
“No, but a better place than that…” I’m lying, his house was not even a house, it was a grand mansion. Like the one you’d see in movies. Yes, you’d because I never have seen one.
So more like you’ve heard in fairy tales, you’ve because I haven’t heard one.
I got busy while packing our stuff as he played games on my phone. I need to move before he finds me quickly but, for a man like him, it’s easy to find me even if I hide above the clouds.
More prominently, I want to give my brother the best kind of environment possible. We ate dinner and I left for my work locking the door from outside. I was scared because the manager would now yell at me.
I messed up big time. The client he wanted, wanted me. And the deal is closed now.
“I’m sorry…” I muttered apologetically before giving him a chance to give me an earful. I lost the biggest client he was so excited about, it felt bad.
“What are you sorry for? I knew you’d tangle him in your web; he was so happy that he even gave you a bonus.” The manager pinched my cheeks tightly and kissed them with happiness.
I nodded off last night, we didn’t do anything and yet he agreed to be our exclusive customer? It was surprising how kind Ford is pretending to be, but that’s how a bad story is written, with kindness, loads of it and when someone gets used to it, it vanishes like it never existed.
I'm glad I'm not someone.
“Now, hurry, someone’s waiting for you.” I changed my clothes, got back to my job and entered the room.
“I heard you’re the star of this club, what’s your name?” A man stood with a glass of wine in his hands, his steps decreasing the distance between us.
“Blush” I replied in a low voice.
He removed my robe and walked around to check me out. He groped my ass slapping it a few times and all I could sense was aggression in it.
“You’re so beautiful…” He whispered in my ear; I’ve dealt with things uglier than this. It’s nothing, Grace, I calmed myself.
It’s just sex.
“Do you like it dirty?” He dug his fangs inside my skin.
“I like whatever you like…” My voice shivered from the pain and he poured his wine all over my body. He started sucking it leaving marks all over. Sometimes he was gentle, sometimes brutal.
He pulled my hair forcing him inside my mouth and ripped my clothes apart. “You’re so beautiful…” He squeezed my body in his hands and all I did was smile because that’s what I get paid for, faking it, faking the pleasure that was just a torment for me.
I ripped his clothes too, and as soon as I touched him, he shivered, I pinned him down on the bed.
“Let me come, Blush… please." He begged as I grabbed his length stopping him for the climax, and after what minutes seemed like seconds… he unloaded himself, quicker than an ant.
“When are we going to meet again?” He asked as I put my robe on.
“Soon…” I replied.
The days went by smoothly and Mr. Ford, easily vanished from my life, as if he never existed. We moved into a big apartment just like my brother wanted and I continued working as a sex worker. But nothing was easy, entering into the murkiness, I found him sitting on the chair. Apathetic. Unbothered. Alluring. Green eyes, pretty face, ugly heart, no- no heart at all. “Have I for once, tried to force you?” It was kept completely confidential that he was arriving since I would’ve said no. “Relax, I’m just here to talk.” He stood up, his heels meeting the floor, a tall man, too tall to eat up the distance between us in milliseconds. “It’s benefitting you in so many ways, why are you denying it? You can get your loan paid in an instant, your brother can live in peace plus, you won’t have to sleep around with so many people. Touching STD’s and whatnot.” Sure… if only that was my concern. “What’s benefitting you from this? Why are you being kind to a prostitute like me?” I pushed him a
I opened my eyes and found myself in a new, unknown place, I only sensed the warmth and was at ease lying under thick blankets. Thick blankets… Thick blankets? I hate the winter season; it makes my body stiff and tired without even doing anything. I sprung up from the bed and yawned having a great sleep of heaven. Great sleep… Great sleep? “Good morning…” My body stiffened as I heard a manly voice, I felt my breath pacing upon the hoarse voice and saw him leaning against the door. “W---what are you doing here?” I asked hiding inside the blanket as a reflex. My body jolted as he walked towards me. “Well, why can’t I be here?” He smirked and I looked at my surroundings. I didn’t know I was at his home. “W---what am I doing here?” I queried being mortified of myself; I didn’t look into his eyes recalling what happened last night. Paradise. Ford. Panic. “You fainted last night and I brought you home.” He made it look so easy and this was the second time I forgot about my broth
Where should I hide? He’s everywhere, the more I think about him, the angrier I get. Now he’s browbeating me to become his sex partner. I have forgotten about everything because he constantly plays on mind, like stars in the night, light in the day. Painful. Horrid. Scarce. “What happened last night?” My manager grabbed my hand to scold me but I had no energy left to fight him. “I’m sorry… I’m going to work…” I left without minding him. Life hasn’t even given me the chance to complain about things, it just turned out too ugly before I could even process and this is where it is heading now. I can see it coming, this man is not gonna stop until I agree. Sometimes I think, it’s just sex so I shouldn’t be acting this way but then I realize the trauma from my past. Just because his touch has a different feeling to it, and I feel my insides crashing down from his voice. “Grace…” I heard a familiar voice, “Jess…” I mumbled, and he hurried to my direction. He was my stylist and someone
Some people survive the chaos and that is how they grow and some people thrive in chaos because chaos is all they know, the latter one is me. This world is beautiful but has a disease called, ‘man’. The man who’s walking in my direction, with blood in his hands, the man who’s hell-bent on ruining me. The man who has begun spreading his venom in my life already. Mask is used to hide the inner self however; I believe people like Levi don’t understand it. He is the darkness he depicts and doesn’t give a fuck about the world’s fuckery. Touch what’s mine and I’ll ruin whatever is yours! I gulped as he grabbed my hand taking me away from the cafeteria while the crowd was gasping and murmuring in shock. I kept on walking not knowing where it’s gonna end perhaps, not anytime soon since it’s just begun. “You don’t have to sleep with him anymore.” He finally let go of my hand wiping the blood. “Remember when I asked for your opinion? Me neither!!” I grunted rubbing my hands with my cloth
“Do you prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery?” His voice husky as ever, his steps increasing thrill and trepidation in my bones. “I prefer everything over you…” My words sounding as if I’m poised. Yes, I choose dangerous freedom because peaceful slavery for you is quite dangerous itself. “This isn’t fair” I muttered as he pulled me closer grabbing my waist in his huge hands, his breath fell on me like snow in winter. His voice coaxing me to give in, and I whimpered from the heath I’m about to face. “Nobody smart plays fair.” He whispered, his lips slowly growing nearer to my face. I looked away and felt him smile near my cheeks. I saw him, he saw me, I looked away but then I looked back, and he was still looking at me. “Angel…” He whispered and I closed my eyes. Angel? Me? Not. Me. Letting go of the guard I had put, wanting to live for the first and the last time, he was making me want things I didn’t want, things like love. He doesn’t love me but, I want him to touch
“Ms. Grace---” I stormed inside Levi’s office as his secretary Jamie tried to stop me. If I stop now, I won’t have the courage to say it anymore. “I choose peaceful slavery.” I dropped my coat dead on the ground and sauntered toward him. My eyes wandered around the room and saw two people sitting in front of him. I flinched moving backward. They looked at me in an eccentric way, I swallowed a large lump in my throat and saw Levi chuckling from the corner of his mouth. Why did I have to be that aggressive? Fuck me… I cussed at myself knowing how disconcerting it was. Levi stood up from his seat and picked my coat up. “Little bird, meet Mr. and Mrs. Rutherford.” He introduced them, wait… his parents? I bowed gently and felt goosebumps all over. Their reaction quickly altered from a bizarre face to a massive smile. “Ah!! Grace…” His mother rushed in my direction taking me away from him. “I was just telling them when I first met you…” Why is he telling them that? But wait… our firs
I’m the big sister, I wish I could be better at it. Levi’s men had arrived to pick us up and we left. Grey was all the way talking to Luther and he seemed happy. It’s good otherwise I would’ve blamed myself for ruining my brother’s childhood. I still won’t compromise with it even though I’m stuffed with the debt. “Boyfriend uncle!!!” My brother shrieked with happiness as soon as his eyes landed on him. Levi picked him up in his arms and his men started logging my suitcases off. I took a deep breath before walking inside my hell for an indefinite expanse of time, we directly walked toward Grey’s room. A room filled with toys and cars, my eyes looking at the sparkle Grey was shedding. I realized how selfish I was. Thinking I’m providing my brother with everything, I was doing nothing at all. There were so many things he still hasn’t seen. “Grey, go to sleep, we’ll play tomorrow.” I ordered, and surprisingly he listened to me. I mouthed a ‘thank you’ to Jamie and she smiled back. W
Grace-He closed the door making a loud sound and thumped my body on his bed. Loosening his tie, he got on top of me.I’m too sober for this, I need alcohol before my demons come back rushing in. I gulped in nervousness as he grew closer.If he asked me, that if I wanted to do this, I couldn’t have said no because that’s how much my body was craving for it.And not just that, I can’t even say ‘no’. That document was well-thought, poor people like me get played just like this in the hands of rich ones.“Strip!!” he sat down on the bed, I swallowed in nervousness and got up from the bed. I removed a layer of my clothing, then another and then another.I stood before him. I’ve never felt so naked in my career of working as a prostitute before, he grabbed my hand and took my hairband off letting all my hair fall down.He ruffled his fingers through them and hissed loudly.“Nobody knows how dangerous you are until they see you how you are now, naked, messed hair, incredibly persuasive and