FREYA__17* *Weird things have been happening lately. Marianna was a lot more friendly. I couldn't believe it when she gifted me several books to read whenever I got bored. Even more shocking was when she brought me very expensive skincare brands after complaining that my skin appeared too dull which was probably attributed to the early phase of pregnancy. It was as though she was always waiting to get me whatever I wanted. The morning sickness was no joke, I vomited anything that touched my mouth. Most of the time, I ended up with a fever and severe headache. Perhaps this was the reason Nikolas took mercy upon me, I was no longer confined to the mansion, I was allowed to be outside for how ever long I wanted. Most relieving of all was that he'd never tried to touch me, he no longed appeared harsh all of the time whenever he spoke to me. I always wondered why the sudden change of attitude. Was it only due to my pregnancy? To make his unborn child comfortable? I didn't know why
FREYA 18* * My body jerked awake from the nightmare. He had succeeded in visiting my dreams again. I could still almost hear his cruel laughter. In the dream, I had given birth to a baby. He had snatched the infant from me and had produced a wicked-looking knife to slit my throat. My job was done, he was going to send me to hell. My fingers still trembled as I switched on the bedside lamp, causing light to flood the room. I palmed my abdomen through the silky materials of my nightie. Four weeks? Six weeks? How far along was I? The baby would continue to grow even though I didn't want it. If Nikolas killed me, the child would never know its mother. He would be born into this brutal world, void of love. Sympathy for both myself and the new life overwhelmed me. I couldn't save myself from this cruel fate, but it didn't have to suffer from my own misfortune. I would be doing it a favor if I got rid of it. With these crazy thoughts running through my mind, I pushed the covers a
FREYA 19* *The way his eyes fell on the broken pieces of the bottle on the floor caused a bead of sweat to roll down my cheeks. My gaze met Marianna who appeared equally nervous, secretly pleading with her not to tell on me. She'd been kind to me in the past few days, and I wanted to believe that it was real. Nikolas's attention returned to mine, as though demanding an explanation. "I wanted some water, I didn't mean to break it. I'm s_sorry. I'll clean it right away." I stammered, quickly bending to my knees. I started to pick up the numerous shards of glass, my fingers were trembling so much that several pieces of glass slashed my fingers, causing them to bleed. I bit back the cry of pain that threatened to escape, my fingers were getting scraped but I didn't dare to stop. Suddenly, I was yanked to my feet, almost landing against his solid chest, and was forced to meet his eyes which were charged with anger. Oh god! He was going to strike me. I braced myself for pain
FREYA__20**"How could you?!" My lips twisted in disgust, and next my palm connected with his face. His expression morphed into surprise as though he had not expected it. He was an animal, after overhearing his conversation with Angelo, I still found it hard to believe that a human could be this vile. The devil was kinder compared to him. "Why did you do this to me?" I screamed. My fists continued to connect with whatever part of his body I could touch. They hurt so fucking bad and I hoped that he felt the same. "You knew I was innocent all this time, how could you? You refused to tell me even after finding out, you're a monster!" Angry tears streaked down my face, I was so enraged and all I could think about was how to kill him. He didn't try to stop me even when I continued to hit him, the fact that he was barely having any reaction made me madder than I've ever been in my life. "Freya, wait listen__" His palms cupped my face, but I spat up at him, forcing myself away from
FREYA__21**I didn't see Nikolas until the next day. The atmosphere seemed to drop by a certain degree the moment he walked inside. I refused to look away from the book I was reading, not even when he stood in front of the bed. "Freya." My name was called quietly. I didn't respond to it, still pissed about being locked up for the whole of yesterday. How dare he come here now? I wasn't interested to hear anything if it wasn't about letting me go. "You had enough time to think about it, you should understand why I need you to stay with me."Was he insane? I didn't understand anything! Yes, I had enough time to think, but it was about the million ways I could grant him a horrible death. "Freya. Look at me!" He hissed and suddenly, the book was ripped from my hand and tossed towards the door.I folded my arms to glare at him, he finally earned my attention. "You need to answer me when I fucking speak to you!" He said through gritted teeth, his icy blue eyes filled with irritation
FREYA___01 •• "Freya, To table three!" My boss yelled out my name.I stepped into the kitchen area, I just changed from my work outfit to casual ones, did he not realize my shift was over? "Um, actually I already changed__" I started but he cut me off, his eyes filled with anxiousness. "These people are very__ uh important guests, You're the only one I can think of sending to attend to them. I stared at him in confusion. "What do you mean?"Our restaurant was the biggest five-star in town, we were used to attending to even the biggest stars and celebrities across the country and beyond, and never for once had Mr. Helder looked as nervous as he did now. "I can't begin to explain, they are waiting! Don't worry, it will be added to your bonus!" He urged me out of the kitchen. I grabbed my notebook and pen along the way. The first thing I noticed was that the other tables were empty, where did everyone go? Two men were standing at the entrance of the restaurant, they both were
FREYA___02•• It hurt so much. Every small movement I made only intensified the pain. My head was being rhythmically pounded by a wicked hammer and I was helpless to stop it. A low groan escaped my mouth, my eyes flickering open to reality. I was not familiar with my surroundings, how did I get here?I tried to sit up from the bed only to cry out at the sharp pain that sizzled through my head like continuous bolts of lightning. What in the world happened to me? I heard the sound of a door being pushed open followed by a feminine voice. "Oh my god dear, you are awake!" The middle-aged woman approached me my eyes flickered with recognition. "Ethan brought you here last night, Young people these days are so reckless! How did the both of you drink so much?" She scowled. "You both had jammed against a pole, you are both lucky to sustain only minor injuries, you could have easily lost your lives, my house was the closest place my son could bring you to!" My brain was still f
FREYA___03* * Even as several weeks slowly went by, the mysterious incident continued to linger in my mind, I was going crazy thinking about it. Who cleared the evidence of the accident? And why? How could the police even not know about it? They had their CCTV across almost every street. The more I thought about it, the more complicated the whole issue was. "And that's all for today! You have until next week to submit your projects!" The professor's voice broke into my thoughts. I gathered my books and other of my writing materials, too absent-minded to exchange any pleasantries with my coursemates. I walked out of the lecture hall, to the park across where Darla and I had both agreed to meet. Her car was there, but when I looked around, she was nowhere in sight. I spotted a black BMW on the opposite side of the road the strange feeling I'd been getting for these past few days returned. Goosebumps crept to my neck as I turned around in vain to find the secret eyes wat