Amanda's POV

We walked through the long driveway with long palm trees alongside ,a huge fountain was situated at a distance from the huge main door made of beautifully carved wood. A long pool near the walkway headed the entrance . His hands were curled around my waists which sent shivers through my spine.

Two of his workers opened the huge door after spotting him , I could see them watching me through cornered eyes as our proximity towards each other could make anyone wonder about our relation . It was more of a palace then a mansion . 

I twirled my eye balls around to have a look at his place . Beautiful would be an understatement , it was exquisite . I tried having control over my heartbeats as his touch did irresistible impulse of me to go lunatic.

Many white pillars surrounded the entrances , each situated at a huge distance from the other. The flooring was of marble , its white color was clean enough for me to have a  reflection of myself .  He guided me towards the huge spiral staircase , the walls had carved statues of every beautiful place of this world , namely the seven wonders .

He laced my fingers with his whilst directing me to follow his lead . I tried pulling my hands away but couldn't as my movements were obstructed by the handcuffs . 

Everything was so perfect and alluring that I couldn't take my eyes off from this place . I got lost every time I observed every thing in detail . Who was he ? A king . His place was even prettier then any museum I ever visited . 

"Miss Waters ?", he alarmed me bringing back to reality whilst shaking me from my shoulder gently. 

"Yeah ?", I questioned back after being alarmed by his instant reaction.

"Let me unlock your hands ", pulling my hands closer to his body he attached the key and unlocked my hands and freed me . 

"Thank you Mr Aaron Reynolds ", I stretched every letter of his name word by word, I pushed him towards the floor after reaching the last stair . Yeah , I didn't like him much at the moment but I obviously couldn't do anything which could cause him any type of harm .

"Not again , Miss Waters ", he stiffened himself after standing up . I descended the stairs with full speed and ran towards the main door . "Stop right there , don't act smart ", he rushed towards me in an electrifying speed. I gasped when two muscular men closed the door instinctively after spotting me .

I thumped my feet and took steps backwards in trepidation when they forwardly marched towards me .My back suddenly collided to some body , I turned my head around to have a look at that person .

Our heights didn't match , my forehead touched his chin .My whole world came to a standstill when my eyes interlocked with his .I gasped and took a slow step back realizing that I couldn't run away from his place .His expressions clearly showed that he was secretly laughing on me . 

"You can't just trap me here ", I pointed on his chest and complained.

"Precautions are better then cure , look at these people around  ", he turned me in all directions by taking support of my shoulders , "Every one is going to keep their eyes on you and also mark every action what you do ", he smirked picking me up again,  bridal style .

His right hand rested on my ass and his left hand were crooked around my neck . He looked straight whilst he walked , my attention rested on his perfect sculpted face.  He didn't stroll towards the stairs but towards the elevator. Oh , this place had an elevator too.

This place was more or less like a mall , the deeper you go the more you explore.  "Maybe you should consult a nutritionist ", he smirked giving birth to a hole on his left cheek . Dimples were my weakness.

"Did you just call me fat ?", I pouted in annoyance "Place me down , I can walk Aaron ", I outstretched his name. 

"Oh 'Aaron' , I didn't see that coming . This surprised me more then your any clumsy acts ever did "

"Oh , didn't mean to surprise you Mr Aaron . I decided to call you with your first name considering the fact that this is not your office premises which basically means that you're not my boss here " I paused ", plus,  I called you Mr Reynolds out of respect but because I don't respect you anymore , maybe I should stop calling you that way ", I stated the truth . 

He pinched 'level 2' and rested his back on one corner of the elevator after placing me down . His eyes traveled through my body , from head to toe. After reaching the desired level , he guided us out . I tried preventing myself from making undesirable facial expressions. 

"That way ", he pointed towards the corner-most room of the floor. The walls threw a shade of mint along with off white . I could only see 3 rooms on this floor , I had an intuition that he would allot me a room closest to his. 

My eyes widened in surprise on reaching the room he allocated me . The windows were huge , surrounded with velvet curtains . In the middle, was a king-sized fluffy bed concealed with white sheets and soft pillows . The luxury he was providing me could win anyone's heart but why didn't it cause any change in my views regarding him. 

I tried my best to unhate him, if only that's a word in dictionary  but every time I diverted my mind by favoring him , his words echoed in my eyes . The past can never be changed or erased but only be accepted but why couldn't I accept him ?

"Look , please . Take me home , I miss my family so much . Mom will be so worried for me ", I explained him in a calmer tone.

He didn't react to my sentence but instead removed his phone and made a call . After making sure that the phone connected , he kept it on speaker mode . "Hey Mr Reynolds , how are you ?"

Oh , what was wrong with my mom . Her tone was so sweet and pleasant whilst talking with this man . To my amazement , she didn't ask about my well-being but his . You're my mom , don't talk with this stubborn introverted human.

"I'm fine Mrs Waters , Amanda wants to have a word with you ", he shrugged passing the phone in my direction .

"Hey mom , I miss you so much ", it felt light after talking with someone I trusted . It felt , that for a while all my pains were taken away .

"When I got this call , I was scared . On hearing the bell this hour of the night forced my mind to think negative stuff but I knew that my daughter was safe there , with Mr Reynolds . We had a talk earlier regarding your safety and it's best that you stay with him . He cares for you so much , could be seen through the way he talked with me regarding you ", Mom sighed through the other side .

Fixing my attention towards the phone , I ignored Mr Reynolds completely . "Maybe , I'll talk to you tomorrow . Sleep well, sweet dreams. Love you , Mom ", I canceled the phone bidding mom good bye.  

"Did the villain turn into a hero now?", he arched his brows .

"No ", I pouted.

"But your mom's on my side "

"She's my mom ,not yours. You say mom like she's yours ", I made an air quotation with my fingers , " I'm sleepy ", I faked a yawn closing my eyes . I  acted as an attempt to push him away from the room , from my thoughts. 

"I'm just a door away , in case you require anything ", he looked at me one last time and exited the door carefully turning the door knob  . 

"Hey -hey Mr Reynolds ", he turned around ,"I mean Aaron ,only Aaron ", I pinched myself secretly on my stupid behavior ,"you left your phone with me ", he marched in again , took possession of his phone at once. Our hands collided , I abruptly pulled my hands away from him and sat on the bed with crossed legs. I eyed his stiff back till he exited the door.

I settled my back on the fluffy bed, covered myself with the sheets and closed my eyes. A tear rolled through my eyes and got absorbed in the pillow. I never felt this helpless before . Every time I looked at Mr Reynolds , I felt helpless. A tsunami of mixed emotions drifted across my heart and mind . 

"good morning beautiful ", a red haired lady woke me up . I rubbed my eyes to have a clearer view of the lady after realizing that it was morning already. She was well dressed , she placed the trolley filled with food closer to my bed. "You-uh . Oh My God , you're here ", I opened my mouth in response to her unexpected entry .

"Red -aunt , if I ain't mistaken . Never got an opportunity to inquire about your name in the past ", I outstretched my arms to give up on my sleep.

"I'm Rosaline , I'm comfortable with Red Aunt though ! ", she stretched her lips pleasantly .

She placed the tray of food on the bed carefully ,"I thought he expelled you ", I furrowed my brows in confusion.

"Even I thought the same but sometimes things don't happen how we expect them to be . There's a major difference between what we see and what exactly the truth is . He did expel me that day but then admitted me as this house's caretaker . He provides me shelter to live and also backs me up monetarily.Back then , I had an ideology that he didn't care about the person who took care of her in the past "

"Mmhmm ?", I nodded waiting for her to complete the rest of her story.

"In fact he cared too much about me , he knew that I wouldn't be able to rest or relax in the office so he admitted me here . I am very happy with my working conditions , I just have to assist the fellow workers here without really burdening myself" 

"Oh ", I exclaimed as I didn't expect such greatness from him , to be honest.

"He's not a bad man Amanda , he just masks himself as a bad man in front of every one " , she mixed sugar in the cup of tea and passed the cup to me . 

I took small sips after taking the cup in my hands , "How do you know my name ?", I questioned raising my brows .

"Because he specifically mentioned your name and commanded me to take special care of you ", a small smile took birth on my lips .I tightened them as I didn't want Rosaline to know about my feelings for him , whatever they were . 

Hate and love were constantly having a battle , hate was overcoming all the love I had for him. I turned my phone on and sent a message on the group chat so as to enlighten my mood. No one was online by now , so I switched it off and placed it on the table again. 

Rosaline examined every move of mine carefully "I don't really feel like eating anything , I'm okay with tea, thanks ", she kissed my cheek softly and exited the room . She left the food on the trolley guiding me to eat it whenever I felt hungry. I watched her leave my room .

Maybe he wasn't really a bad man . Today , I discovered something really unexpected about him . If I didn't have an encounter with Mrs Rosaline then I would've mistook his image wrong, for lifetime probably . Who was he and why wasn't I able to unleash the true Aaron Reynolds.

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Go back to Chapter 2 (the middle part) , if you failed to recognize who red aunt is .

I'll tell you some fun facts about this book from the next chapters . 

So , a quick question . Who do you feel is right , Aaron or Amanda ? I like em both so much . Aaron's character just got cuter . I didn't post his POV on purpose because I wanted his image to be secretive and mysterious . We all are getting to know him , chapter after chapter . My baby isn't that bad eh. 

I'll dedicate this chap when I'll have access to my laptop.

Anyways , do hit the star on your screen .

Take care , Much love.