MARRY ME NOW

**** Tessa’s POV ****

“Anne?” I called again. Oh God, where’s that child? I turned around to look at Vick. “Where is she?” I asked. Instead of answering me, he went over to the couch and sat down comfortably, staring at me blankly.

“I asked, where is she?!” I snapped.

“You know, you’re not going to see her with that dang attitude.”

“What?”

“Calm down and then you would see her,” He said rolling his eyes. I wanted to jump on him and strangle him, but then I would be asking for another thing.

Calm down, Tessa, calm down. I said to myself.

I breathe in and out. “C-can I see her?” I asked with my voice low.

He raised his eyebrow. This bastard. “You’re not going to add anything?” He asked. I looked at him confused.

Oh.. “please..” I added.

“Say the whole sentence together.” He said with a smirk playing on his lips.

“Can I see her, please?”

“Sure,” He smirked. “If you can find her.”

This bastard is playing with me. His whole existence is to annoy me. “Please,” I said again.

“I would show you her room, if you give me a kiss, on the lip.” He said. A sadistic smile plastered on his face.

“I-i would go look for her.”

“Don’t bother, you won’t see her and besides, you don’t have the key to the room.” He said.

Did he lock her in?

I wanted to break down, isn’t that what he wants? “You monster..” I said.

“Oh and she hasn’t eaten all day, if I were you, I would just do what I asked for and then you would go see her and prepare something for her.” He said.

My child was starving, And it’s all because of me…

“You monster..”

“You’ve already said that,” He chuckled. “Now are you going to give me the kiss orr- – -” he dragged.

It’s for Anne. It’s for my baby. My body suddenly went numb. Consciously, I took a step forward. He patted the couch, indicating I sit next to him.

I did. I leaned in and gave him a quick kiss and immediately stood up.

“What was that?”

“What you asked for, now p-” He cut me off.

“It’s that how you kiss? Come, let me teach you how.”

Oh my God. Why was he tormenting me this way?

“Come,” He said again. Seeing I hesitated, he gave me a nasty look.

“It’s like you don’t want to see her.” He said. My eyes became blurry with tears. I swallowed and sat back down.

He grabbed me, his lips slammed against mine. He kissed them roughly. “Open your mouth.”

Seeing, I didn’t do as he said, he touched my boobs, and I gasped at the sudden touch giving him access to my mouth. His, tongue ran through my mouth.

I was going to pull away, but his grip on me was so strong. “I’ve always wanted to do this, the very first day I saw you.” He said between kisses.

I managed to pull away. He was going to come after me, “No, please! Just let me see her, please..”

“Fine!” He snapped. He called for someone and in no less than 3 seconds, a young lady rushed in. “Show her the little girl’s room.” He said.

She nodded and walked forward, I followed behind her quickly.

It was a huge house. Very huge.

After three elevator rides, we reached another floor.

“When are we going to reach? We’ve been walking for a while no-” I cut myself off when I heard sobs coming from a room door.

“Anne?” I cried, walking to the door the cries came from.

The lady came to the door and opened the door with a key.

Anne.

She sat up from the bed, her eyes wide open as she noticed me.

I wanted to cry, but something in me won’t let me. It won’t help anything.

Before I could reach the bed, I was already attacked with a hug. “Oh, my baby.”

Her body was shaking. She had been crying a lot.

Are you going to let this slip too?

“I’m so sorry..”

I hugged her tight, it was like she’s fade away if I leave her. I can’t believe how much danger I’ve put the girl in. I can’t believe how much of a bad mother I am.

Oh and she hasn’t eaten all day, if I were you, I would just do what I asked for and then you would go see her and prepare something for her.

I heard her stomach growl. “Oh baby, come, let’s go get something, so you would eat, okay?” I said grabbing her hand.

The lady who brought me here left. How was I going to find my way back?

Oh, that elevator.

After what seemed like forever, I found my way back. Vick was still on the couch, lying down, looking lazy.

“Please, I need to go get something for her to eat.”

“You can use the kitchen,”

For some reason, Anne whimpered when he spoke.

“No, I want t-”

“Just use the kitchen, except you want her to starve, nobody is leaving this house,” He barked. “if you need anything, ask Amber, the girl who lead you to the thing’s room.” He said.

He just called Anne ‘Thing’ and I can’t do anything about it, I tried retaliating, but something tells me, he would let her starve. He knows my weakness.

“O-okay.” That was all I could say back.

“I’d show you the kitchen.” I heard the lady’s voice. I nodded. I held Anne’s hand and took her along with me.

We reached the kitchen. “There’s everything you would need, what do you want to prepare?” she asked.

“Uh… Pasta?”

“Sure,” She said giving me a pack of pasta. She put all might need on a table and walked out.

I didn’t waste any time, I started cooking. I placed Anne on a chair in the kitchen. “Are you crying?” I asked when I noticed tears flowing out of her eyes.

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We then had a conversation.

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After a few minutes, the food was ready, she dug into her food. I’ve never seen her eat so fast.

That bastard, how dare he do this? And Austin’s mom, too… They are all behind all this.

“people step on you all the time because you let them. They hurt you and you do nothing about it, they hurt your child and you let it go, come on, you’ve got to bite back or they would keep doing it, they think you’re weak, why don’t you prove them wrong for once? You could outsmart them all, I know Tessa, you have that fighting spirit in you, you just have to bring it out. Fight them back and they’d know not to mess with you next time. You have to be strong for yourself and your daughter or she’s going to grow up with scars. You should be ready to go to extreme measures for her… What these people want is something you could easily take advantage of. You’ve got to be revengeful.” I remembered Kara saying these words to me. She said a lot more.

She’s right. I let people do This, I let people harm my baby.

No more. No more.

It has to stop. It all has to stop.

I would make it stop. At all cause. It’s been going on for too long. I just have to think of a way out.

Also, a revenge plan, to make them regret ever messing with me, oh, they’re so going to regret.

I just have to.

My thoughts were cut off when I heard Vick calling my name.

“Tessa.” He snapped. It seemed like he called me way more than once, probably why he looked annoyed.

“Y-yes?”

“What were you thinking?”

“Nothing.”

“Don’t fucking try to fool me, you were thinking of a way to escape, right? I know that’s something you know how to do very well, it’s not going to work.”

Oh, that wasn’t what I was thinking, what would be escaping do at this point? I was thinking of a way to destroy you. That I will.

“Yes, I was thinking of a way to escape, but then I realise, it’s not going to be possible,” I said, he smirked at that.

“Glad you realized that, it’s evening, Go prepare dinner.”

“We’ve already eaten.”

“I’ve not.”

“You’re rich, I’m guessing you have a maid. Go tell her that.” I snapped, at first, he looked taken aback.

“I see, you want to act that way cause you have that thing now, and you think she’s safe? You’re in my house, I can take that thing away from you and all you can do is scream and cry,” He said then called for someone.

I did it again, I’m so stupid.

“No, please, I didn’t mean for it to come out that way, I’m sorry… I just… I feel some type of way. It’s hard to describe, I’m scared of this feeling, I haven’t felt it in a long time and I feel doing those kinds of work for you may spark more… I..”

“What feeling?” He asked, looking very interested.

“Love..” I hesitated.

He got closer to me and cupped my face. “You should not be scared of these feelings for me..”

“But I am. Everyone I ever loved… They all left me with nothing but heartbreaks..” I faked a sob.

The fact that he was falling for this is mind-blowing, never thought he was this vulnerable.

Probably because this is what he wants from me, Love.

“I would never break your heart… I love you… When did you begin feeling this way?” He said as he placed a kiss on my forehead. I wanted to puke.

Faking a smile. “earlier… I don’t know, I just..”

“Say no more. Come, let’s go to the bedroom.”

“no, no, no… Um… I thought you wanted me to cook, i-”

“It’s okay… The cook can do that..” oh, he has a cook and he wanted me to cook for him… I would have to, why cook, why does he want me to go to the bedroom with him? No. Just no.

“No, I want to be the one to cook for you… A saying, the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach..”

“You’re already in my heart, love”

“I… I know but, I really want to cook for you. Please..”

“Okay babe, it could wait till nighttime.” He said.

What the hell was I putting myself in?

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