Loving You - Chapter 7 (Patreon)

I woke up the next morning in my room. There was no sunlight because the curtains had been closed. I frown at this. I distinctly remember keeping them open when I went to sleep because the view was so beautiful it soothed me.

I sit up slightly surveying the room. On the chair in the far corner was some clothes and a note attached to them. I get up from the bed and walk over to the chair, picking up the note that reads:

Angel,

I am immensely sorry for yesterday, I lost control and shouldnt have done that to you. I hope that you can find it in your heart to forgive me. I left some clothes for you to wear today. Come to my office once you're dressed I wish to see you and speak to you about today. am immensley sorry for yesterday, I lost control and shouldnt have done that to you. I hope that you can find it in your heart to forgive me. I left some clothes for you to wear today. Come to my office once you're dressed I wish to see you and speak to you about today.

-Damien

Setting the note down I take a look at the clothes he left for me. I was a white bikini and a light peach romper with some tan wooden wedges to wear over it. I roll my eyes. Does he really expect me to forgive him? Especially after the method he used to get me here! Maybe, just maybe if he had been normal and taken me on a few dates and got to know me, I would have eventually fallen for him. But now I could only feel hate for him and it grew more and more each passing day.

Once I was dressed I tried the door to find it unlocked. But when I peep my head out there are 2 of his men standing on either side of the door. One of the men turned to look at me.

"Damien wanted us to show you the way to his office." The boys soothing voice made my nerves calm. I turned to look at him. He was tall, with curly blonde hair and dark green eyes. They were so warm and inviting. And then he smiled at me, revealing perfect white teeth. I couldnt help but smile back. This was the first person that showed me a smile besides Damien since I'd been here.

"Um, ok." He walked in front of me leading the way through the massive maze they call hallways. I cant help but admire his physique from behind. He has nice muscles and broad shoulders. And that suit looked really good on him. It did wonders for his butt. He turns around to look at me and catches me staring.

I quickly turn away blushing like crazy and I hear his soft chuckle.

"My names Gabriel. Mind telling me yours?" He's smiling again. It makes me feel warm inside. But then I remember my situation and just what he is exactly.

"No." I spat. He only smiles and looks away. We walk for a little more in silence and he looks at me again.

"So, mind telling me why you're such a bitter beth?"

"Mind telling me why you're working for a psychotic kidnapper?"

He looks taken aback for a moment before he smiles and bursts into laughter. "Oh and she's sassy! Tell me how many times has Damien got on to you for that mouth of yours?"

I scowl at him. "If you must know, it pays good and the benefits are pretty great."

"And it doesnt bother you that this man you work for steals women and forces them to stay with him?"

He looks thoughtful for a moment. "To be honest it peaks my curiosity. You would be the first girl he's ever brought back to his home." He stops walking, and turns to look at me, his emerald eyes boring into mine with curiosity. "What makes you so different?" He speaks aloud but sounds as if he's talking to himself.

Gabriel finally moves away from me and continues walking. The white double doors that lead into Damiens office come into view and I can feel my stomach dreading it. I look at Gabriel and his face is back to being cold and emotionless as all these other men around here.

"What exactly does Damien do, to be able to afford all of this?" I ask, my curiosity getting the best of me. I see a smile ghost across his lips before he answers me seriously.

"As much as you would love to know, I would like to live to see tomorrow."

We finally reach the double doors and Damien stands on a side of the door like he was in front of my room door. I sit there a few seconds and Gabriel looks at me with a raised eyebrow. "Just go in" He mouths

I take a deep breath and open the doors.

Damiens sitting in his office chair behind his large mahogony desk, very focused on whatever it is hes writing down. The view behind him is breathtaking. There is a large, grassy area with a deck and a massive pool. But beyond the gates the ocean is in perfect view, the water crystal clear and blue.

Damien looks up from whatever he's working on upon my entrance, a smile spreads itself across his face. Damien was beautiful. Like a cruel beauty set itself upon his face. His true nature masked by the facade that was now smiling so charmingly at me. His cold eyes the only reminder of how he truly was.

He stood to his full height and walked around the desk to me, grabbing my hand and kissing it. It took everything in me not to jerk away from him.

"Goodmorning Nevaeh. I knew that color would look lovely on you." He traces a pattern on my exposed shoulder before kissing it softly. He walks back to his desk and sits down, motioning for me to sit in the chair across from him. He studies me for a few seconds before speaking.

"Your new wardrobe is being delivered today. So you will now have access to what you want to wear around the estate." He pauses obviously waiting for a reaction but I only sit in silence glaring at him. He smiles softly.

"So, angel, what do you plan on doing today?"

I suddenly felt a surge of resentment towards him. How dare he ask me what I'm doing today? If I was back home WHERE I BELONGED I might be going to work, hanging with friends, eating ice cream, hell I dont know but I wouldnt be here!

"Try and find a way out of this hell hole."

His smile only widens and he doesnt get as angry as I thought he'd be at that comment. He leans forward in his chair, his elbows setting themselves atop the desk. Excitement twinkling in his eyes.

"Well, good luck, Nevaeh." He then picks up his pen and goes back to working on whatever had his attention before I came in. After a few moments of silence he looks up at me with curiosity on his face.

"You can leave angel."

I stand up and walk over to the door and make sure to slam it as hard as I can causing Gabriel to jump and look at me in surprise. I feel a little bad for startling him but only for a moment because I remembered what he worked for.

"Have a hard time in there, princess?"

I shoot him a nasty look. "Don't fucking call me that."

He only smiles. "So, what are the plans for today?"

"Why is it any of your business?" I snap at him. He was really working my nerves.

"Because I get the fun job of guarding you today." His smile gets bigger and he reaches in his pocket, pulling out a strawberry sucker and popping it in his mouth. I growl in annoyance and stalk off towards the front door with Gabriel tagging on my heels.

*****

2 hours and 4 suckers later I'm about ready to give up. I've scoured every inch of this massive palace. It's way bigger than any estate I've ever been to. And the heat of the tropical sun was making me flustered. I even tried to walk the driveway up but the guards wwouldnt let me through. It didnt help that Gabriel refused to answer any questions I asked him. He wouldnt tell me where we were, what Damien did, what ocean that was, if there were any dogs around. All he had done all day was make fun of my attemps and reprimand me when I went too far.

I finally decide to give up. And plop myself onto the white sand. The tide barely reaching my toes. I can feel my eyes begin to burn from the tears that are coming. This place was literally impenetrable. From the guards to the gates to the setup, it was meant to keep everything out and what it wanted in. Now I know why Damien seemed so okay with my earlier comment. He knew how my escapade would end.

I sensed Gabriel coming up behind me and quickly dried my tears not wanting him of all people to see me defeated.

"It's not the end of the world Princess. You still have a roof over your head and whatever you could possibly desire at your fingertips."

I roll my eyes. "Except my freedom." He's quiet. I cant help myself I burst into tears. The defeat weighing itself so heavily on me. I don't know how long I stay like this but eventually I just sit on the beach staring into the distance and imagine the freedom that I may never see again.

I feel a light touch on my shoulder and jump to see Gabriel bending over me. His eyes full of concern and warmth. "I'm sorry princess, but theyre asking for us to return to base."

I dont say anything. I can only nod my head. Gabriel helps me stand up and we head back to the house.

Once we reach the house, Damien is standing on the patio in his dark suit. He's talking to one of his men and he doesnt look happy at all. I'm really just curious as to how he is standing in this heat in that hot attire. Gabriel too for that matter, he'd been following me around and hadnt even broken a sweat.

Once Damien notices us approaching his face turns from murderously angry to one of pure joy. A smile seems to find its way onto his face revealing that damn dimple that makes me weak in the knees.

Damien whispers something to the man he had been screaming at and the man nods his head and leaves. When we finally reach Damien Gabriel goes to stand by the nearest door while damien gestures me to come to him. He leans down and kisses my cheek.

"I figure you must be hungry after your little scavenger hunt angel. So I cleared my schedule and decided to spend the rest of the day with you." He smiles at me again. I mnage a tiny smile back, not wanting to rile him up.

We finally take our seats in the nice patio furniture and another one of his men bring out the food. It looks like some kind of fish with a nice sorbee on the top of it and a mango pineapple pico sauce. My mouth begins to water at the sight of it. I hadn't realized how hungry I was I was too busy trying to escape.

Dameien pours me some lemonade while he drinks something else thats a champagne color. Alcohol no doubt. We begin eating in silence.

"So tell me, Angel, how did your search go? Did you find a way out?"

I stare at him in disbelief my grip tightening on the fork I was holding. He knows my hunt didnt go well and I can see that he's taunting me by the mischevious glint he has in his eyes.

"No."

"I figured you wouldnt. This place is impenetrable. No one can get in or out without my say so." He took a sip of his drink. "So tell me, what do you think of my home?"

"I think you must be really good at your job to be able to afford this..." I trailed off and peek at him through my lashes to fin him smiling at me.

"Go ahead Angel, I know you want to ask me."

"What is it that you do?" He takes a sip of his drink before responding.

"I am the head of a rather large corporation."

I think this over for a minute. "A legal corporation?"

He looks at me for a moment and laughs "You're quite a clever girl I'll give you that. But no it's not legal if you must know."

"Oh. So have you killed people before?"

He looks at me witha straight face before answering. "Yes."

I don't respond. And suddenly the food in front of me isn't as tempting as it once was. He's killed people. I think I already knew that in the back of my mind especially with the way he did Peter. But hearing him say it out loud with no remorse or anything just made me feel even more frightened of him. He was capable of anything.

"So enough about me Angel. Tell me about yourself?"

I eye him a little caught off guard. He wants to know about me? "Um, what do you want to know?" He leans a little closer to me looking me straight in the eye.

"Everything."

"Um, I was born in Oklahoma , but when I turned 5 we moved. My Dad kind of walked out on us." Damien raises an eyebrow obviously curious about who i meant when i said "us"

"My mom, brother and I. My brother is older than me by 4 years. He currently works at...this place is new york." I had to catch myself. The last thing I wanted was someone like Damien to know the whereabouts of my brother. He was everything to me and we had a bond like no other. He was probably going crazy with worry if I don't call him soon. We video chat every Wednesday.

"My mom disappeared when I was 13. She wasn't really that great of a person. I was going to college but I had to drop out a semester because I couldn't afford it. That's why I was working my job. So I could save."

"And what did you want to do with your life?"

"I-I wanted to be a teacher. For Elementary kids." He sat back seeming to be thinking for a little bit before urging me to continue. We sat like that for an hour. And during that hour Damien listened intently to everything I said, only speaking when necessary. He seemed genuinely interested in my life and everything about me.

"So you know everything about me, but what about you? I don't know anything about your life or where you come from or-"

"In due time Angel.''

I frown at that. He didnt want to tell me anything about his life but I had just told him everything. He seemed to pick up on my mood change because he put his hand under my chin to lift my face to his.

"Nevaeh. My life is a dark place. Nothing I want someone as pure as you to experience yet. I really like you and I want you to be a part of my life. I knew the moment I saw you I had to have you. And I know the way I took you is unorthodox, but I always get what I want and you are what I wanted, and i dont regret it. I'm not a good person. I'm not going to pretend to be."

I couldnt speak or say anything. His phone vibrated and he pulled it out to answer turning away from me.

"Yeah? You're fuckin kidding me, right? No no no. Bring his ass to me. I dont give a fuck! I laid down the rules and he broke them his ass is mine now. I want him alive." He shoved his phone in his pocket obviously frustrated. He turns to me

"I'm sorry Angel. I had the whole evening set aside for us but I gotta cancel our plans. Have your near guard escort you and dont do anything stupid. He leans in and kisses me on the forehead then chastily walks away leaving me dumbfounded on the patio.

"I turned to Gabriel as soon as he was out of sight. "What just happened?"

"I'm not a liberty to discuss that with you, ma'am. Is there anything you'd like to do for the rest of the day? You have approximately 5 hours left of daylight.

"I kind of just want to relax somewhere. But not in my room, I cant stand to look at that prison he locks me in." Gabriel only smiles at me. "How about a movie?"

Gabriel leads me back into the house and up a lot of stairs. Once we finally reach our destination its giant double doors again but this time when he opens them my mouth literally drops open. There's a whole home theatre in here. Like a giant screen, concessions, popcorn, and the comfiest looking couch I have ever seen.

"Im guessing you like it?" I can only nod my head in response.

"So what do you feel like watching?"

I think for a little bit and finally pick a movie. "101 dalmations!"

Gabriel looks at me for a moment and starts laughing. Hard.

"Are you serious Princess?"

I scowl at him. "Yes I am quite serious sir!"

He goes over to what looks like a computer in the back of the room and types a little bit. After a moment the giant screen flickers on and the movie comes to life. I smile big and lay down on the couch, to watch the afternoon away.

*****

Damiens POV

"I told you, I know nothin! Please! He just tells us the job to do and we do it!" THWACK

I backhand the lowlife across the face again. He doesnt even look anything remotely similar to how he looked when he first arrived here. Maybe I was overdoing it a little, but it was this assholes fault I had to cut my day short with Nevaeh.

She had been scouring the whole compound today, tiring herself out with a hopeless cause. When she was done with her shananigans we sat down and had a nice meal together. She had told me about herself. Things I already knew of course (I had already ran her background the day I brought her here.) but the fact that she hadnt lied to me about anything made me happy.

The little shits groan brought me out of my thoughts.

"I'm going to ask you one more time. Who sent you to one of my warehouses huh? Don't lie to me." I had already cut off his fingers, whipped his back, drowned him, whoever was behind this really trained his men for anything or knew who they were messing with and kept certain information away from them.

The man started shaking. The smell of blood, sweat, and urine permeated the air.

"Look, I swear I dont know nothin! All i know is that he's called "The Shadow", no ones ever seen him he gives us our jobs through other people! Please I'm telling the truth I swear!"

I walk over to the table and pick up my gun. As I walk towards the man he begins to cry, and starts muttering a prayer in a different language.

"I-I-I swear! I'm telling you the truth! Please! Have mercy!"

I look at him. "I believe you. But you did break into my storehouses. And you did kill my men. And worst of all, you ruined my day with my girl. And I cannot forgive you for that."

POW POW POW

The shot to his head caused blood to splatter and get on me. I didn't bother wiping it away. I revelled in it. I knew I was sick and twisted in some ways. But its not like I ever tried to pretend to be something different.

I walk to the door of the torture chamber, pulling it open in one swift jerk. The man to my left stood ready for my command.

"Clean it up. I have other things to attend to."

I swiftly walk up to my room, to the shower. I wanted to see Nevaeh and I know I'd probably scare her half to death if she saw me with all this blood on me. I step under the hot spray, The heat soothing my sore muscles. My body had been so tense ever since Nevaeh had been here. If it had been any other woman I already would have fucked her and discarded her by now. But something about Nevaeh made me want to wait for her. And to take her virginity when she was ready and trusting.

I shook my head, what was I thinking? I never waited, I always took what I wanted! But I just couldn't with Nevaeh. I wanted her to love me.. wait. Love me? What did I know about love? I only knew what my mother tried to teach me behind my fathers back. but she was ripped from my life before I could find out more about it.

I turn off the shower and step out. walking into my room I go to the closet, momentarily caught off guard. I had forgotten that I was having Nevaeh's clothes delivered to my room and into my walk in closet. I had it expanded today just for her. Eventually we would share my room when she was ready and I didn't feel like having to move things from her room to mine.

Once I was dressed I radio the near guard asking there location. He tells me they're in the theater room. I head up to the third story that holds the theater room. Once I open the doors on the screen is playing the little mermaid with the red headed chick trying to walk and falling over.

I scour the room for my angel and find her asleep on the couch. I walk closer to her and sit down studying her sleeping form. Her mouth is slightly parted her lips are so full and pink. Her dark lashes are touching her cheeks. I run my hand on her soft cheek and she moans a little in her sleep.

I notice the near guard at the back of the room and motion for him to follow me out the door.

"How was she today."

"She was quite stubborn sir. And very determined I might add. And she sat through 4 Disney movies she finally fell asleep on this one I forget whats its called."

"I can take it from here. I want a full report written on my desk by tomorrow morning. You're relieved."

He nods his head and walks away from me. I walk back into the room to find Nevaeh still asleep. I don't want to wake her so I just pick her up in my arms and carry her out. She smiles in her sleep and cuddles closer to my chest in my arms. I cant help but smile at that. Maybe one day she will actually love me. Maybe that is what I wanted from her. Just her love. Unconditionally.