Chapter 6: In the mansion

ROSA’s POV

We walked inside the house and I noticed how the ladies in there stared at me like it was a usual thing for Dante to come home with a woman every evening.

I stopped walking and his guards also stopped, I was stunned and stepped backwards.

He turned around, stared at me, and snapped his fingers.

The guards walked away, his son sat on the couch staring at me angrily, he had the same expression as Dante.. They are definitely one.. Both were disgusted by me.

“Leonardo.. This here is.. She is.. Ah, whatever you want her to be to you, son.. Huh?”

They looked at each other and Leonardo shook his head.

“I don't give a fuck about her, Dad.. You promised to be home when I arrived today, but you weren't!”

He exclaimed angrily and I was stunned at the boy's confidence.

‘How can he speak to his Dad like that? This can't be real.. I don't blame him.. This man shouldn't be allowed to raise a kid.’

I thought and sighed softly.

“Sighing already? Are you? You are in for a very long ride, girl.”

Leonardo said, stood up, and walked away.

“Leo.. Leo! Come back here.”

“Goodnight, Dad.”

He stared back at me filled with rage if it was my fault.

“Um.. Sir.. I..”

“Be a nanny or whatever y’all call it to my son.. Take care of him, guide him, take him to school, teach him to be his own person and not always want me to be around.. Okay?”

“A Nanny? I will be leaving here tomorrow.”

He raised his eyebrows and chuckled hard.. He laughed loudly and shook his head..

“Are you this naive or do you choose to be dumb lady?”

I looked away and he stared at the clock.

“Ah.. It's almost 6 pm.. The queen of the villa should be arriving anytime soon.. Get ready, huh?”

“Queen?”

I asked and he nodded.

His phone rang and I attempted to walk outside but he screamed and stopped me. I flinched and quickly turned back around and gazed at him.

“Ye.. Yes, sir?”

I said with my voice cracking and my head looking all over the place.

“Do not go to a place unless you are told to.. Okay???”

I nodded.

I stood beside him and he continued his call while I scanned through the house, the large sitting room with my eyes. I scanned the ladies going and coming in the sitting room, all staring down at me like I was some sort of trophy they had to look at.

They were all types of ladies and different skin tones of ladies.. I stared at them carefully and some genuinely looked disgusted by me and some of their eyes were on Dante.. Staring down at him, like they wanted him to devour them.

‘What are these ladies all doing here? There are over 20 ladies I've seen and they all looked like they stayed here.. Why does he have so many ladies here?’

He snapped his fingers at me and I was stunned.

‘This arrogant prick..’

“Go upstairs, ask Leo what he's gonna have for dinner.. Go, go..”

He waggled his fingers like I was some kind of puppy or something.

“I.. I don't.. His room.”

“Right..”

He looked around, called one of the ladies, and told them to take me to Leo’s room.

We walked carefully upstairs.. A three-storey mansion building.. I kept wondering what he needed this very big house for.

‘I am still concerned that I'm still in my wedding dress.. I don't know if anyone else sees it.’

I had already pulled off the cape. It was just the dress and my shoes.

“Um.. Ma'am.. Hello..”

I was behind her trying to get her attention but she turned a deaf ear to me. I would have agreed that she was deaf if I hadn't seen her answer to Dante earlier.

“I just want to know if I can have a change of dress, please? Um?”

She still didn't say anything.. She looked pretty young too, maybe the same age as Pearl or me.

“I don't mean to be a bother.”

I tried reaching for her shoulders but she pushed my hands away angrily.

“Who gave you the right to touch me?!”

She was a brown skin girl.. A very pretty Black girl. She had a low cut and had nose piercings. She was of average height but had sharp eyes.

“I didn't mean to.. I..”

“I was asked to take you to Leonardo’s room and that is what I'm going to do and nothing else!!! Got it?!!!”

She exclaimed without raising her voice and I quickly nodded.

Both my eyebrows shot up and danced in surprise.

We kept walking to his room this time in silence. We finally arrived after walking like we were climbing a mountain or something.

“We've arrived.. You can step in..”

My forehead creased with worry and it felt like she was trying hard to hide her laughter.

‘What is funny?’

“I.. I’ve to step in alone?”

She nodded slightly and I sighed heavily.

As I took two steps I caught some other ladies all staring hard at me, and I felt so uneasy.

“You will get used to.. We all had to.. See, you were pulled out of your wedding. I was taken in my sleep.”

She smiled lazily and told me to head inside the room.

‘Wait, does that mean every lady right here right now was taken against their will by Dante? Does he only take ladies? Why? What does he need us for? Is this.. This can not be my new home. And is it the same story for all?’

I thought hard and worried inside myself. What if Jordan didn't keep to his promises and abandoned me in his shithole of a place?

I slowly opened the door and stepped into the room. On the walls of the room were pictures of Leonardo and his Dad.. The pictures on the wall showed that Leo traveled a lot alone too.

‘Having a father who only takes pleasure in taking people as collateral and is never present in his son's life must be so hard..’

I felt someone’s presence behind him and I stood still.