Chapter 16: Complex world

JESSICA’S POV

It’s been over a week since we both escaped from Victor’s hideout. The silence between David and I grew more awkward by the day. The more I tried to have a conversation with him, the more I felt like I needed to refrain from him.

After seeing the message e left, I felt like I couldn’t trust him. I mean, if he was the one in my situation, would he just give me his trust and act as if nothing ever happened? After thinking of this for days, I knew I had to talk to him sooner or later. We had no idea when it was safe for us to go outside and we couldn’t avoid each other forever.

The day I finally decided to talk to him, I entered at the wrong time which made things look kind of awkward. This is why it’s always good to knock before entering one’s room to avoid all forms of unnecessary flashes which was what I got upon entering David’s room unannounced.

As I entered, David was totally naked with his towel drying his profile. As soon as I got flashed by his dangling element, I gasped that it took me a lot of strength to dash out before I slammed the door immediately trying to process what my eyes had just witnessed. As the door was shut behind me, I could feel him laughing at me getting flashed as if it was something he orchestrated himself.

“You can come in now.” His cold voice reminded me of the personality he possesses and not the one my mind convinced me he had.

“Don’t you know that it’s very indecent to undress in a house where you’re not alone?”

“You were the one who barged in without knocking on the door.” He spat with his voice lacking modulation or pitch. He was right but it was never about him. It was always about my pride, it’s about my trust not being played upon but he was even too casual to the situation at hand.

“Don’t try to pin this on me. You were the one…”

“I’m not trying to pin anything on you. You were the one that barged in unannounced.” He said moving close to me with his towel aligned perfectly on his waist revealing his torso.

With him half naked up close, he looks more intimidating and his physique alone already made my heart shift and my breath, heavy.

This is the intimacy I thought we had, the intimacy we led on with until I saw the message he sent to Victor. Some part of me wanted to leave that room instantaneously not wanting to lose my guard again giving my trust to someone who was going to betray me but the matter also needed to be addressed before we can move on and know what the future holds for the both of us.

I moved away from him and to the window facing outside unsure how to articulate my words. Whatever attempt he was trying to use to get me sexually aroused, he got the message and retreated. The room was silent for a while and it felt like he understood that I was trying to get something difficult out. He waited for me to deliver the perfect words and as I couldn’t find any, I came out clean to him.

“It certainly is no doubt that I’ve been avoiding you after our escape. I have my reasons for doing that.”

“I know I barely pay attention and I can prove to be difficult at times, but can you really blame me? I was an assistant in an art gallery and all of a sudden, I met you and Victor and everything changed. You dismissed me and kept me in the dark with no explanation of the threat we faced. After my decision to find answers for my clarity led the both of us to getting kidnapped, I got to realize that I don’t think I can trust you. The message you sent to Victor showed me that and it felt like I was a pawn in a game I wanted nothing to be a part of. If I hadn’t escaped that night, I would have been sold to someone I don’t know in an unknown town. I’m just a poor girl trying to get a good life and not what I’m being forced to accept.”

As these words landed, I watched David’s face transform from the usual cold face to a blue somber face. He walked closer to his wardrobe and picked up a clothing to wear. He changed in front of me as if it was nothing. I looked to the other side showing that I had decency even though he chose to show that he has none.

I peeped a little bit as his perfect body couldn’t be ignored. I saw a scar at his back and I guessed it was as a result of the fight that took place when we got captured.

After he finished dressing up, he went for the door and said, “follow me.”

No question came from me as his statement felt more like a demand. I followed like a puppet on a string and it felt like we were going for a tour around the house. I didn’t realize how wide the house actually was compared to the one in New York City. When we escaped from Victors’ the drive down here was very quiet without anyone saying a word to the other. I was so certain that the driver looked in the mirror more than ten times to ensure that everything was okay between the both of us.

As David took the lead, we got to a room I passed very often but never really gave any thoughts. David took out a key from God knows where and opened the door. My heart first skipped for a while as I was unsure what he was going to do to me. But then a part of me knew he wasn’t going to attack me. I opened up to him and whatever was behind this door was a way of showing me that he heard me and he wanted to share his truth as well. I entered the room ready to face the answers to the com

plex world of both David and Victor.