“Look, who is calling?” Aiden mocked me with a mischievous glint.
I tried to reach my phone but Alexander wrapped his one arm around me and pulled me closer to his chest. I stiffened at the sudden contact. My heart started hammering against my chest. I could feel his heat radiating off him, no matter what he did to me, I love him too much to hate him.
He used his other arm to muffle my screams, I tried to wiggle out of his grasp but his grip on me tightened. He growled near my ear as a warning to stay calm, his breath tickles the side of my face.
He motioned his brother to answer the call and press my phone to his ear.
“Hello, Mrs Brown, Catherine is sleeping. Do you want to say something to her?” Alexander chirped with fake enthusiasm.
I kept on wiggling on his hold. He pressed me further into his chest and rested his chin on the crown of my head casually.
“Yes, honey. Can you please tell her that I’m going to Rhode Island, something emergency came up, I’m visiting my daughter, Emily,” I heard her say on the other end. This was bad, I tried to scream but my screams were muffled by his large hand.
“Sure, Mrs Brown,” he chirped with a mischievous smirk.
“Please take care of her, while I’m not here.” Her voice laced with concern. I wanted to scream, not to leave me. I never expected I would tell this but I was a little scared about this whole situation.
“Of course Mrs. Brown.” He ended the call and released me from his embrace. I jumped on him and hit his chest with my tiny fist but this handsome bastard didn’t even move an inch. I could feel my tears of frustration flowing through my eyes.
“How could you do this to me?” I sobbed and continued to punch his chest, my knuckles turned red but he didn’t even move an inch.
“Stop this, you’re hurting yourself.” He replied calmly with a glare.
“You evil bastard, you tricked me. It was an accident, I didn’t mean to kill her!!” I yelled. My knuckles turned into an angry shade of red. Alexander gestured his brother to leave the room.
As soon as his brother left, he pushed me on his bed and climbed on top of me, his face was so close to mine and his breath tickled my face. I could smell his masculine scent mixed with alcohol. My stupid heart skipped a beat, my stomach flipped and goosebumps rose on my skin. My hands were the only barrier between his chest and mine.
“Look, kitten. You’ll be serving here as a maid until I said so. You’ll be punished for any disobedience and don’t try to escape from here.” He warned me with his Alpha tone. I bit my lips to control my tears; the action drew his attention to my lips. He scowled at me and left the room with a growl.
After he left, a maid escorted me to my new room which was opposite to his. The room was big but all the luxurious things were replaced by simple furniture. I couldn’t contact anyone because my phone was with Alexander.
The maid told me about my work and showed the little wardrobe filled with simple dresses and uniform similar to the one she wore now. It also contained some female necessities and pain killers.
The bitter truth was no matter what he did to me, I was still in love with him.
The next morning, I woke up and did my usual morning routine and wore my maid outfit. The outfit was a knee-length black pinafore with a white shirt underneath. I didn’t wear the black heel which she insisted on wearing, instead, I wore my white converse.
I put my brown hair in a messy bun after it dried up. My eyes were swollen from all the crying from the previous night. I should not show my weakness, I must try to escape this place.
My first work was to clean the garden. I made my way to my destination and froze, “Fucking hell! How am I supposed to clean this all alone?” I sighed in frustration gazing at the enormous garden.
Unlike me, everyone here were werewolves even the maids. I didn’t see Alexander this morning.
I understood one thing in love.
The depth of our love today would be the depth of our wound tomorrow.
Alexander’s POV~
I went on a run in my wolf form to clear my head, when I returned, I saw Catherine cleaning my garden all alone. She looked so exhausted, tendrils of her brown hair escaped from her messy bun teasing her cheeks softly. The rays of sunlight kissed her which makes her cuter.
Oddly, my wolf was gazing at her with curiosity instead of vengeance. She kept on mumbling some incoherent words to herself. She stopped her work and placed her hands on her hip and observed her work. Her soft skin glistened with sweat from all the work.
My wolf walked to her without making any noise, when she felt like someone was standing behind her, she turned abruptly and gasped at my wolf.