BOUND BY BETRAYAL

Chapter Thirteen

Tears started streaming through my eyes after hours of fighting not to shed tears for him, I was feeling humiliated by the way his hand touched and roamed all over my body. I started struggling to come out from his strong grip but all in vain as he tightened his hold. He slowly started leaning in toward my lips, I shut my eyes tightly in anticipation waiting for the worst when suddenly his phone beeped on the nightstand. 

He ignored it at the first ring and proceeded to do what he was doing but then again his phone beeped furiously at the nightstand, causing a frustrated groan to slip out of his mouth. He sighed and got to get his phone.

Not feeling his mighty weight on me, I opened my eyes and tried to sit up when suddenly a painful scream sneaked out of my mouth when his hand made it to my hair, holding my hair in a fist he started dragging me toward him.

I screamed and held my head as the pain shot directly through my scalps. He leaned forward and whispered to my ear, at the sudden contact with his fresh breath, my body shivered in pleasure as his breath tickled my ear.

I grit my teeth in anger and struggle to loosen his hold on my hair which is absurd, "Look, slut I only married you to fulfill your father's wish, going back on it will only sever the agreement but before you get your hope high and start parading around in your slutty head that you are married to Damien Albrecht let me make something straight……." 

He said, trailing his hand inhumanely at my body before sneaking his hand around my neck, and forcefully choking me. His right hand held my hair tight and the other one roughly grabbed my neck. "You will never be my wife, you're the reason why I am in this unwanted relationship and you will never share my bed. You can never be my wife, you slutty b*tch, you honestly mean nothing to me," 

His voice was cruel and there was a snarl in his lips before he roughly pushed me to the bed and turned to leave. I gasped for air, rubbing my neck to smooth the area that he roughly manhandled. A tear slipped out from my eyes which I immediately wiped and managed to reply to him in a harsh tone though my voice came out more shaky. 

"Then end this marriage! You have gotten the company, right? Then end this marriage because you can't keep what you despise in your possession," 

My words again made him halt on his steps, he turned around, his eyes became stony and his grin stretched out into a more vicious smirk. He took long strides toward me, gradually, and was about to walk past me but stopped beside me, his hand resting roughly on my shoulder. My breath hitched at that sudden body contact, my heart was pondering faster and my body felt weak which made me wonder if he didn't feel the attraction between us or was that just me.

And just then his nails prickle through my flesh, earning a sharp painful whimper from me. "Nope, I will not let you go that easily at least let me fulfill that old man's painful request," his lips stretched out in a wicked grin.

"But that doesn't mean that we are cool," he paused and tilted his head to look at me where he found those green eyes already on him.

"Our marriage is nothing but a deal," he said looking at me, my green eyes met his cold silver eye, and both of us glared at each other. 

"For any rules you break, I will claim any part of your body," his gaze grew dangerously darker at his word. I gulped and clasped the towel tightly around my chest.

"My rules are not that much but yet very tempting to break; lies, betrayal, and disobedience. Do yourself the honor and not break any of those," he rasped in his threatening hoarse voice before walking out of the room. 

Immediately I heard the door shut, I quickly crawled out of the bed and rushed inside the latrine, and locked the door. Leaning my back against the door, I slowly slid down allowing the tears to roll down. My body is vibrating and shaking furiously in fear, is this marriage? This is total torture and not any marriage! 

I cried hard remembering every bit of his terrible harsh words toward me, I just need to know that he doesn't want anything to do with me but the confusing part is that why is he still keeping me under his custody knowing fully well that I mean absolutely nothing to him? 

What was Daniel Harlow's painful request? What does he mean by doing him a favor?

He is Damien Albrecht, breaking rules and severing an agreement is nothing new to him so why is he neck bent in not breaking this one? Why does he so much want to fulfill my father's wish or is there something else that he is not telling me? 

I whimpered and screamed out in pain, tears continued rolling, slipping down my rosy cheeks. Wiping my tears, I closed my eyes tightly and built up the courage. "Ashley, you're a fighter. You can't lose yourself you have to drag your ass up and go meet your father at least to seek for his forgiveness first before any other thing," 

My voice sounds so encouraging but I am afraid not sure if I can do this……… The storm out there seems so scary and can easily drown me to death if care is not taken.