20Brandon and Liam. These two men were ruling my mind all day. I came home from the hotel, Brandon noticed I seemed to be lost after that ludicrous question he asked me, he told me to go home straight from there otherwise I’d have to tug Kevin to bed and tell him a nice bed-time story, but I guessed, it was not for today. I joined Eliana for dinner, told her each and every fact about the Liam vs Brandon thing. She got hyperventilated about me and almost reacted worst than I had expected. Girl literally jumped out of bed in fury when I told her about Liam’s threat. “I’ll shoot that son of a bitch myself, how dare he said that shit?” I grabbed her shoulders for my dear life, her anger could take my life away. “El, no you’re not gonna do any stupid, I can’t risk your life for me,” I tried to advise her, but her mind was at boiling point and I couldn’t do anything about it except to burn my hands in it, It took me 30 minutes to get her into normal, whether she was a surgeon but her t

22I didn’t understand how I survived back in that room, the interrogation nearly gave me a panic attack. Those brutally personal questions that were shamelessly asked by a debater and above than that; the judge who enjoyed the show, Brandon wandered around my mind like his face was the only thing I knew. Mr. Hyde humiliated me back there by asking such questions in front of a third person who had no authority to invade my privacy, it must be normal in this city but I was not used to making an open speech on such topics. If any other local LA chick would have been there in my position, she wouldn’t have shied on talking about her private past traumas, my case was different. I hated wording my weaknesses and that’s what I exactly did in that studio. I had to tell him the truth, I really wanted to get out of this abusive relationship, that man who I thought deserved me was my mistake. I wanted to live freedom, I always craved for it and he exactly stole what I treasured, I hated being

24“Jenna! Dear, where are you?” I heard Miss. Beckett inspected me but my main focus was more on the cramps I was enduring, my lower area was showing me a trailer of labour pain. I bit my lower lip in order not to turn my pains into whines. That’s when the bathroom door banged, “Jenna, dear are you there?” “Y-yes… Miss. Bec-kett,” Pain didn’t let me talk straight. I crossed my arms around my lower abdomen and stood straight in my posture after removing my bottom. My eyes landed on the purple bruises, they legit looked fresh. The fact filled tears in my eyes, “My dear, it's nine-fifteen and you still haven’t shown up. Kevin is waiting for you, he says he won’t eat until you come,” Miss. Beckett used her semi-scolding tone to indicate to me the gravity of the situation. I wanted to run away from here as it was not safe for me even here, somebody didn’t spare a chance exploiting my body… or was I dreaming? Was it a skin condition? “Jenna, I don’t want Mr. Grande to come into your ro

26 “Tsk… Tsk… Tsk, Stella baby, what a strange surprise to see you here,” Brandon came ahead eyeing Stella’s back and stopped tall in front of Stella’s face. Stella stood there eyeing down, gulping as she feared for her life, her expressions dramatically changed into fright. Brandon raised two fingers to pull her chin in order to make her meet his eyes. “I admire your boldness, baby.” Brandon’s tone was slightly different than his usual tones. It was more like he was ridiculing and intimidating her. “I’m sorry, ma…” Brandon leaned closer on her, joining his lips on her jawline, I saw him whispering something in her ears, making it inaudible for me to hear and stiffening her by whatever he said to her. “Shhh… baby, you’re not allowed to say the word in front of anyone,” I heard him whispering in her ear, making her go pale and mouthless. I watched them creating an undeniable tension in the room. “Understood,” Brandon’s hand running on her hair after he muffled something inaudible

28Friday, Morning. Jenna“Relax. Relax Jenna, It’s just breakfast.” This was what I had been repeating in my mind. I’d never imagined that Brandon would try to control and force himself upon me. I thought he was a nice man; a reliable gentleman unlike my husband but he turned out to be exactly like him, one who loved to isolate a woman and impose himself on her so she would be his submissive and serve him with her blood and sweat.But I didn’t approve of living that miserable life, I chose to step out and voice my justice and I would never ever let any other man repeat history. It was over for me. I was walking out to the garden of the mansion as Brandon wanted to have breakfast under the sun but I wasn’t sure if I could have breakfast with him, not only because I had a problem with heatstroke but also that I didn’t want to face Brandon after days of ignoring him. I had been avoiding him as much as possible whilst he made ignorance possibly hard for me. I never regretted my decisi