Chapter 141 141
"T-Thank you, Luca."
Luca was visibly stunned by what I said. He looked at me, as if in disbelief. His lips even parted a bit. I just swallowed and fixed my glasses again.
"Why the hell are you thanking me? Are you fucking nuts?"
I bit my lower lip... I guess that's the real him. Maybe he really talks like that.
"Um, y-you said I should be thankful because you're not gonna kill me," I mumbled and bit my lower lip harder.
Luca let out a sigh then got off of me. He sat at the foot of the bed. He tilted his head and licked his lower lip. He looked at me as his eyes narrowed. "Are you even for real?" he asked. He took a pack of cigarettes and a lighter from his pocket. He took one stick of cigarette, lit it, and took a drag. He blew out smoke then licked his lower lip with his tongue.
I remained silent and got up. I looked at him, he held the cigarette between his lips then looked at me. "Pack your things, you'll stay with me at my house."
I froze at what he said. It didn't seem to process immediately... "H-Huh? What do you mean?"
Luca tilted his head and puffed on his cigarette again. "Your house is fcking worse than my torture room. It's fcking hot in here and I can't even fck you properly because of this weak as fck bed," he said and tapped my bed, his forehead creased.
My lips parted as my cheeks heated up. I gulped and bit my lower lip... He's so vulgar.
"I-I don't want to go with you, g-go away." I took a pillow and threw it at him.
Luca immediately dodged it. He let out a scary chuckle and stood up. I swallowed and backed away when he walked closer to me. I just screamed when he suddenly held me by the arm and pulled me up. I gasped even more when he suddenly carried me like a sack.
"L-Luca! What are you doing?! L-Let me go, this is kidnapping! A-Aren't you afraid of going to jail?!" I yelled and tried to punch his hard back when we got out of my house. "H-Help! He's kidnapping me!" I yelled again.
"I killed a lot of people, what makes you think I'll be afraid to kidnap someone?" I heard him say, then he took the keys from his pocket and opened the car. He just put me inside then closed the door.
I tried to open the car door, but it was immediately locked. Luca got in the driver's seat and immediately drove the car away... I was just stunned. Everything happened too fast; I didn't even get to think about it more. I looked at Luca, he threw his cigarette outside and touched the back of his neck.
"W-Why are you doing this to me, Luca? Why are you being like this to me?" I asked in a weak and soft voice.
"Crescent..."
I felt like all the hair on my body stood up when he said my name. The way he said it was so different, cold, hair-raising, as if I didn't know whose voice that came from. It was so different from Luca's sweet voice whenever he would say my name.
"You have siblings, right? You have two brothers in Batangas, the older one is a lawyer and the other one is a graduating student, you also have a sister currently working as a nurse in Canada. Hmm, you also have a friend and as far as I remember, she's a rich heiress... am I right?" Luca asked in a cold tone and tapped his index finger on the steering wheel.
My hands went cold at what he said. I swallowed and looked at him as if in disbelief. "W-Why do you know all of that?"
Luca licked his lower lip and tilted his head. "You know exactly why I'm telling you this, right? You're not that stupid not to know what I'm trying to say," Luca said and glanced at me.
I gripped the hem of my shirt tightly... I know what he's trying to convey. I understand what he means.
"Just be a good girl until it lasts and they're all good... and unharmed," he added then continued driving.
I just bit my lower lip and didn't say anything else... I don't know what to feel, if I should be scared or if I should believe what he said. What happened still isn't processing in my mind... it's too fast.
After almost half an hour of driving, we arrived at his mansion. Luca immediately got out of the car and opened the door for me. I just gasped when he just pulled me out of the car. I almost hit my head, but luckily I dodged it right away.
Luca didn't say anything and just pulled me to his mansion. I just bit my lower lip and roamed my eyes around the place... I suddenly want to run away from him, but what if he's serious about what he said to me earlier?
This situation is really confusing me... Luca is confusing me. What does he really want from me? Why me?
I sighed and fixed my eyeglasses as I let him pull me. I just went with him until we got inside his mansion. I bit my lower lip while looking around the place. I don't know why I feel like his mansion is different... it seems darker than the last time I went here.
"L-Luca..." I held his arm to stop him.
Luca looked at me; he seems irritated. "What?"
"H-How long am I gonna stay here?" I just asked and looked down. I don't think I can look at him in the eyes... His eyes are so different now.
"I already told you earlier... I'll let you go once I'm done with you," he said briefly.
I gripped the hem of my shirt tightly. "W-Where will I sleep? I'm tired," I just said, still looking down... I'm not really sleepy; I just want to get away from him for a while... so I can think properly.
I looked at my feet. It was only then that I realized I wasn't wearing any slippers. I just bit my lower lip and looked down even more... I can't look at him, especially right now that I look pitiful, weak, and pathetic.
"Go to my room... clean your feet first," he just said then turned his back on me and went to the kitchen.
I watched him. He opened his fridge and took a canned beer. I just shook my head and went to his room. His cold treatment is making my heart ache for some reason; it feels like I've been stabbed in the heart... The way he looks at Sasha felt real; maybe he was really being himself with Sasha. He's really happy whenever he's with her... While with me, he was just pretending. Everything he showed me was not real. Maybe he was just forced to be with me. Maybe he was really just using me to distract himself... Maybe that's all he thinks of me.
I quietly went straight to the bathroom to clean my feet. I brushed my teeth, too, using the extra toothbrush that I used the last time I stayed here. I went out of the bathroom and immediately went to the bed and lay down then covered myself with the blanket... My heart feels heavy. I know I wouldn't be able to sleep even if I try.
I don't know why my heart aches even more by the fact that he was just pretending when he's with me than the fact that he's not really a good man that I expected.