ᴛᴡ: ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ, ᴀʙᴜsᴇ.

You don't need numerous things to overcome a dangerous situation, a lucid mind in risky circumstances is what can save you, so you will protect yourself with the capacity of controlling your brain in dangerous conditions and I was capable of that.

I glanced at Damien that had a calm expression on his face too, I wanted him to hide in the bathroom but something stopped me from doing so, I bent down and took out my largest luggage I had from under the bed, I pointed him to enter and for a second he looked perplexed but we were running out of time and he was aware of that, without complaints he entered inside and with all my strength I pushed the luggage again under the bed and went to open the door.

"Why it took you so long" Andrew asked with an annoyed tone, he started to look around as if he was searching for something and I didn't dare to look at him.

"Sorry" I murmured avoiding his eyes.

"Is there something you need?" I asked.

"My bathroom doesn't work, I need to shower."

I stopped myself from smiling in relief knowing I didn't put Damien in the bathroom.

"It's all yours" without saying anything else he went to the bathroom and started showering.

I sat on the bed trying to control myself, I was almost going to let Damien go out but my paranoia was telling me Andrew could have been out from the bathroom at any time and I couldn't risk it.

After ten minutes he went out of the shower with a towel warped around his hips, water dripping down his muscular body I looked quietly at him and he went closer to me.

"Let me see." he said with a malicious smile.

"Let me see what?" I asked confused.

"Your new wound" he said lowly but it was enough for me to hear.

He threw himself on the bed and I stopped myself from looking under it, raising any suspicions the last thing I was going to do.

I slightly lowered my pants down leaving my injured hip exposed and placed myself in front of him, with his cold and wet fingers he started touching me making me feel disgusted, he began to dig again into my skin this time it was deeper and more painful, I clenched my teeth in pain and looked at him with nothing but anger, that seemed to satisfy the sadistic individual he was even more.

"I would have done way worst to you if it wasn't for the fact you would have screamed." he said eventually ceasing the trivial torture and left my room.

I clasped my fists, my whole body was trembling in anger and frustration.

It wasn't going to let my emotions trick me into doing something inconsiderate once again, so as I often did I repressed them.

I looked once again at my injury, red blood was willingly flowing down my hips staining my clothes,  the physical pain was atrocious but it was being surpassed by the mental anguish.

"Elide" the particularly low voice of Damen caught my attention, remembering he was still in my luggage I locked the door again and took him out of there.

"Did he- Elide you are bleeding" his eyes were on my bleeding hip and I sighed.

"I know" I used the palm of my hands to wipe my tears and smiled bitterly at my injury.

I went into the bathroom and grabbed disinfectant, gauze, and the biggest patch I had that was shaped like a square.

I went back to my room and Damien gestured me to hand him these things.

"Let me" he said and without any hesitancy, I handed him the things and sat down on the bed

"Tell me if I'm hurting you" I nodded and he started slowing patting with the wet gauze my injury, when the blood finally stopped running he applied the patch on the injury making sure it was properly fixed.

"Thank you" I said.

"I can't let him do this to you again...I will be talking to my lawyers as soon as possible" he got up from the bed and start walking.

"Where are you going?"

"Out of here, of course"

"He left less than ten minutes ago, he could still be walking around the corridors and see you walking from the direction of my room  when your office is on the other side of the house"

"So should I stay here for the night?"

"No, just stay here for at least one hour, you need to sleep in your bed we don't want them to start doubting"

Without replaying he sat on my bed again and sighed, looking numb.

"Can I ask you something?" I spoke unsure he gave ma a quick glance and nodded.

"Why are you doing all this? Why are you helping me? You barely even know me."

"Is not about how much I know you it's about doing the right thing, I'm not an angel but also not a monster, and when I can actively stop something bad why would I just not do it?" 

"You and your wife are really different" I said, he chose to help someone he didn't know instead of helping his own son getting away with it something Monique didn't do.

"You are right"

"Aren't you going to change your clothes? they are stained of blood "

"I completely forgot, wait " I went to my bathroom and quickly put on a black nightie and a silk robe that covered enough skin and put my curls in a bun.

I went back to my room to see Damien still sucked by his own thoughts.

"Are you okay?" I asked and he winced lightly hearing my voice.

"Oh it's you... yes everything it's fine" I walked near him he wasn't going to look at me any soon too busy worrying about whatever was hunting his thoughts.

I placed my hand on his left shoulder and tapped on it hoping to catch his attention and that didn't work at all.

So with both of my hands, I grabbed his head and forced him to look at him extremely pissed at his behavior.

"What is it?" I asked once again he ran his hand through his slick hair and looked quietly at me.

"Just talk"

"Nothing"

"Nothing is always something "

"It's just... I don't know how I could have been so stupid to still trust Monique"

"It's not stupidity it's being naive  we are all naive if it's about the people we love so much"

"The problem is that I don't love her anymore " the words that escaped from his mouth were so low I almost thought it was my imagination but I knew her really said that.

He got up from the bed forcing me to take some step backs, we were close enough to hear our heart beating faster and our breaths getting heavier.

His blue eyes stared deep into mine I was amazed at how this man was gorgeous.

Closer and closer, I felt our body becoming like calamities that needed desperately to touch each other our lips were just some millimeters away.

My whole body was screaming go and take what you want but that controlled part of my brain was screaming even louder to stop myself from doing something I would regret.

But that was the question was I going to regret it?

ɪғ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴅ ᴍʏ ʙᴏᴏᴋ ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʀᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ ʟɪsᴛ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴘᴜᴛ ɪᴛ ʙᴀᴄᴋ? sɪɴᴄᴇ  ɪ ʜᴀᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴜɴᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜ ɪᴛ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴍᴏᴠᴇ sᴏᴍᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴇʀᴇɴ'ᴛ ʀᴇsᴘᴇᴄᴛɪɴɢ ɴᴇᴡ ᴡᴀᴛᴛᴘᴀᴅ ɢᴜɪᴅᴇʟɪɴᴇs ᴛʜᴀɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ.