Chapter 21 FEELING SAFE WITH HIM
"Conner I..I can do it myself." I say but conner ignores me, grabbing my hand and gently putting the princess Jasmine bandage over my finger.
I don't know how much he drank, but It was definitely too much.
"You know, we haven't had our first night yet." He mumbles into my ear and I feel a shiver run down my spine. I hated how nervous he made me.
I had to control myself, especially after what he had done to Sebastian.
"I'm tired." I say, pushing away again and walking towards the bathroom. I had a glance of his disappointed face before I walked away.
After I take a shower I walk out and find conner asleep on the bed. He didn't even have the comforter over him.
I walk closer to the bed, a small smile covering my face. How did such an angry person look so peaceful while they slept?
I move the comforter over him, hesitant on whether I should sleep on the bed or not.
Would he be mad if I slept next to him? He hadn't slept in the same room as me ever since I came here, maybe there was a reason.
I ignore my overthinking and just get in the bed, making sure to move as far as I could from him.
I try sleeping but fail as I think about today.
How did conner even find out what my papa had done to me? And why did he even care to do anything about it?
I move my head to the side, watching as he slept peacefully. He seemed tired, I wonder if he ever really even got any sleep on the days he hadn't slept in the room with me.
Why was I thinking about him anyways?
I looked at the clock to see it’s 2am.
A sigh leaves my mouth when my thoughts keep going back to my papa. Was he still in that dirty room?
I decide to get some water to clear my head.
I quietly walk down the dark hallways, feeling my heart race in fear at the thought of a monster watching me.
"Positive thoughts Sophie , positive thoughts." I repeat to myself as I walk downstairs towards the kitchen.
I finally get to the quiet kitchen and fill a glass up with cool water. I quickly drink the cool liquid and put the cup in the sink, walking back up the stairs to the bedroom.
I felt a weird vibe and wanted to get back to where conner was. I had to admit It I felt safe around him, oddly.
I finally reach the handle of the door, relief washing over me too soon. My body freezes when a large hand covers my mouth with a fabric.
The world turns dark as I pass out, only feeling the persons large hand tightly gripped around my body.
I groan as my hand moves up to my forehead, my eyes slowly opening as I look around the room I was in.
My eyes widen as I get up quicker then I should have. Who’s room was this?
The room was dark, but I could make out some of the objects. I look towards the window, noticing it was still dark outside.
Did I get kidnapped again?
I'm about to get up to try running away until I notice a figure sitting in a chair. I squint my eyes to get a clearer look and feel relieved when I see its conner.
He was leaned back in a chair, his legs spread and his knuckles on the side of his head as he slept, his suit jacket off as he wore the dress shirt with a couple buttons open and his hair messy.
Why was I in here? It looked like a hotel, a really nice one.
Memories of what happened not too long ago come back to me and I look over to conner. I wonder if he had killed Sebastian after what he had almost done to me.
"I finally have you to myself without that motherfucker" I hear a deep voice
"w. what are you doing." I stutter, as he walks over to me and I notice the gun in his left hand, a terrible smile plastered on his face.
My hands were tied together on the dirty wet floor.
"I'm going to fuck that Italian motherfuckers little innocent Russian Princess and then, kill you" He says, grabbing me and quickly covering my mouth before any sort of scream left my mouth.
My voice is muffled by his hand as he unzips his pants with his other hand, pulling my sweatpants down.
Only then did I focus in on the man's face, my eyes wide when I see Sebastian in front of me.
I feel hot tears rapidly move down my face, my eyes blurring as I try to scream but no noise making it out.
My body moves back and forth trying to escape but his hold was too strong against my own.
"Stay fucking still!" He growls, slamming my head against the hard tiled ground. I feel everything spin at the force, my eyes not able to focus on anything.
I feel his dirty hands start to pull my underwear off, his hands grabbing my breasts as he runs wet kisses all over my chest.
I couldn't feel anything, only the hot tears that burned my skin. He looked over at my hand, a disgusting smirk on his face as he snatched my princess bandage off of my finger.
"You will always just be a whore." He whispers before covering my mouth with his dirty hand.
Before he can do anything else I feel the weight of Sebastian pulled off of me, his hand off my face now and I gasp for air.
I move to the corner of the room, sobbing as I can barely pull my sweatpants back up from my shaking hands.
Conner was punching Sebastian mercilessly, not giving him any time in between the punches.
"You fucking bastard!" Conner yells and Matteo runs in looking over at me to check if I was safe before taking off his jacket and pulling it over me.
"Lets get out of here, alright?" He says, but I pass out before being able to even respond to him.
end of flashback
"Are you feeling okay?" I hear conner suddenly say, his voice husky as he slowly stands up, walking towards me. He's about to put his hand on my forehead until he hesitates and moves it back.
"Better then before." I mutter, watching him carefully as he walked down the large hotel room to turn the light on. I flinch at the sudden brightness, my eyes squinting until they get used to it.
"Drink this." He says, putting a bottle of water in my face and I flinch, slowly grabbing it and chugging the cool liquid down. I Look down at my hand, noticing the new Aurora bandage placed over my finger.
"Why did you bring me here?" I ask, taking a closer look around the room. The room was covered in luxurious decorations, the bed covered in black bedding and the room furnished with gold lined furniture.
I Look down, freezing when I see myself dressed in his black t-shirt and my hair wet.
"Did you wash me?" I say, snapping my head up at him as I cover myself with the blanket, not even letting him answer my first question.
"I had to, you threw up all over yourself in Matteo's car." He says and I feel my cheeks turn red. I threw up? And all over Matteo's expensive car out of anywhere? He had taken me away from the building while conner was busy beating Sebastian up.
Just the thought of Sebastian made me feel like puking again
My eyes catch sight of his bloody knuckles from earlier. " Did you kill him?" I whisper, looking at his knuckles.
"What do you think?" He says, and I nod my head,
getting up from the bed. I have to pull the shirt down a little so I don't flash him as it went just above my knees.
He carefully watches my every move as I grab a first aid kit, moving back to the bed and patting a spot next to me for him to sit at.
"I don't need that, get back to bed." He says, trying to grab the first aid kit from my hands but I quickly move it back before he can take it.
"Why not? You shouldn't just leave your hands like that, especially after helping me." I say.
"It's 4am." He sighs.
" Fine, then lay down and you can sleep while I wrap your hand" I say, and he looks at me with an eyebrow raised.
"I'm not tired." He says, and I raise my eyebrow at him. He definitely seemed tired when he was peacefully sleeping.
"Sure you aren't." I say, and he sighs, moving to the bed and sitting down on it. I start cleaning his hand, focused on making sure I didn't hurt him.
"You were right about him." I whisper, wiping off the blood. I can't believe I trusted Sebastian so easily, I really was naive.
"I'm always right-"
"Don't get too cocky." I interrupt, and a small smile covers his face.
It's silent for a moment and I look up to check if he had fallen asleep but he was just looking down at me. I quickly look back down when my cheeks turn red, continuing to clean his hands
"M.my father you let him go right?" I say, trying to distract myself from his gaze.
" He got treated before leaving, my men took him back to your old home." Conner says and I nod my head.
"Are you going to talk to him?" Conner says.
" I don't know if I can forgive him so easily, but I want to, I really do. Everyone can become a better person, no matter how bad their past was." I mutter, finishing up as I wrap his hands.
"All done!" I say with a smile as I look up at him. He searches my eyes, looking at me with a gaze no one has ever given me before.
"Even me?" He says, and I push his shoulder, a laugh leaving my mouth.
" Except for you, you're not a forgivable person." I joke, and he squints his eyes at me.
"You're going to regret that, princess ."
Conner says and I roll my eyes.
"Sure, and what are you going to do-" I screech when he suddenly starts tickling me, a laugh leaving my mouth. An actual laugh.
Even after what Sebastian had done, conner made me happy. He made me forget that had even happened, he made me feel warm inside, in the best way you could think.
I didn't know what all these feelings meant, and it was scaring me. I was supposed to hate him, why was he making me feel so happy?
"W.wait it hurts!" I lie, and he stops, looking down at me worried. His body was hovering over me now. I can't help the smile that takes over my face, my lie showing through.
"You little liar." He laughs, tickling me again and I feel myself growing abs from the laughs leaving my mouth.