His Property

Chapter Fourteen

Emery

It all just happened so quick. His two big hands were around my small neck. What did I do? Did I come across wrong? I felt my airway starting to close. I tapped on his hand to get him to loose it.

"J-James..." I said losing air. "I... c-can't... p-please let me go." I said, tears forming in my eyes. He took his hands from my neck and I dropped down to the floor breathing heavily.

"WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR PROBLEM, HUH?!" He yelled. I couldn't take it anymore and let the tears fall.

"What the hell are you talking about?!" I asked, crying and angry. I didn't do anything wrong so I don't know why he's acting like this.

"SO JUST BECAUSE WE HAD SEX, YOU THINK IM STILL GONNA LET YOU OUT OF HERE? WELL, GUESS WHAT? YOU'RE DEAD WRONG!" He was now screaming. I flinched each time a word came out of his mouth.

"I didn't mean it like that," I said now crying hysterically. I pulled my knees up to my chest and buried my head in between my knees. I heard him sigh.

"Just go upstairs. I don't wanna see your face right now." He said sternly and cold. I quickly stood up without making eye contact and ran into our room.

As soon as I reached the room door, I opened it and immediately fell on the bed crying. Why was he acting like this? We had sex last night. I opened myself up to him and he's acting like this?! What if what he said was true? That I'm only here for pleasurable needs. I can't do this anymore.

I continued to cry my eyes out. I quieted them down once I heard the room door open and close. I couldn't even look around to face him. I heard him walk into the bathroom. I could feel his eyes on me. He then left. Where was he going? It doesn't matter because I don't think we're together still.

I'm so stupid. Why would I fall for someone like him? He's cold and cruel and I shouldn't love him. But I do. I do and that's the problem. I just wanna end this but at the same time, I don't because I don't think I can take seeing him with anybody else. Something's wrong with me.

I started crying again. Am I ever gonna see Elena again? Probably not. The only people I'll ever see is James, the maids, and Alex and Red. Those are the only people. He hurt me again. After he said he wouldn't. After he told me he loved me. This is all too much for me. I just closed my eyes hoping to go to sleep and soon enough, I was fast asleep.

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I woke up but still felt tired. I turned around to see if James was around. Thank God he wasn't. I walked into the bathroom and looked at myself in the mirror. My eyes were bloodshot red and my eyes were swollen from crying.

I walked out of the bathroom into the room. I laid back down on the bed and just stared at my fiddling fingers. I heard the room door opening again. James. I felt the other side of the bed shift. I then felt arms around my torso.

"I'm sorry, babe." I heard his soft voice against my neck.

"No you're not." I said removing his arm away from my body. I don't want any part of him touching me.

"I promise you I am." He said. "I'm sorry. I lost all my control when I heard you say that." He kissed my back of my neck. I felt tears threatening to fall.

"I thought you loved me." I said my voice breaking. "I was a fool to believe that. Like you said, I'm only here for pleasurable needs only. You don't love me. You love my body. Not me. I was a fool to fall for you." I'm not even sad anymore, I'm pissed.

"Baby no." He said cuddling up to me. "I do love you. I do. You have to believe me. I've never felt this way about anyone the way I feel about you. I love you, baby." I turned around to look at him. He caressed my damp face. "I love you." He said.

I couldn't take it anymore. I started crying. I love him but at the same time, I hate him. I continued to cry while he just comforted me.

"Baby, please stop crying. I'm sorry. I shouldn't of hurt you. Please." He said, kissing the top of my head.

"Yeah, you shouldn't. And I shouldn't have given myself to you! I shouldn't have trusted you to stick to your word! I shouldn't have been so easy to try to fix you, to help you!" I scolded, feeling much anger. He can't think that I'll forgive him this easily.

"Baby, look at me." I looked up at him," still pissed. "I didn't mean to snap like that. I was having a rough morning and I guess your question made me lose it. I shouldn't have took it out on you. I guess the thought of you leaving me just makes me lose it." He said honestly.

I get it. He's afraid that if I see Elena, I'll tell her the whole kidnapping story and try to escape him. Why would I do that? I told him I loved him. Why would I try to leave him? I know that was my plan in the beginning but now, I wanna stay. I don't wanna leave.

"But I won't." I said. "For some odd reason, I don't wanna leave you. You just heard me admit to wanting to help fix you. But you just can't seem to put this act of yours away. You always have to blow up at the stupidest things, and that pushes me farthest from you. I'm trying to trust you but you're making it so hard. All I want is to see my best friend and you can't even push your temper aside to do that for me. But you love me? Yeah, right." I turned away from him, wanting to show how mad I am at them.

He sighed. "I'm sorry for disappointing you, Em. I didn't mean to, I do really love you. Please, I want you to trust me. I don't mean to be like this, I swear," he said.

"I don't know why you are. I'm not your enemy but you continue to make me feel much so. How did you feel when you saw your father handling your mother?" I asked him.

Even though I was facing away from him, I could feel him stiffen up. "I was angry at him, for beating her. I wanted to help her."

"Exactly. So if you wanna be better than him, you need to start with trying to not do the same actions he did. That's not right for a parent to teach your child. He was a psychopath but you can be better. I know you can be better." This time, I was facing him.

He nodded. "Can i hold you?" He asked.

I hesitated but he seems like he needed a hug. Bringing up his horrible past must be terrible and I didn't do that intentionally to hurt him, but to let him know how he's slowly becoming his father.

I wrapped my arms around him. "I'm still mad at you," I said.

"I know. I love you."

"I love you, James."

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I woke up and felt the suns rays on my face. I smiled to myself and got up out of bed. I walked into the bathroom and brushed my teeth and washed my face. James wasn't here.

Where was he? I continued to do my little routine and when I was done, I showered and changed into some comfortable clothes. I opened the door and walked downstairs.

I saw James sitting on the couch talking to someone. The person he was talking to was beside him. I couldn't clearly see but I stepped closer when James finally noticed my presence.

"Good morning, beautiful." He said smiling.

"Good morning. Who's this person beside you." I asked. He smiled. The person then turned around and my jaw dropped. Elena?!

"So you can't even recognize your own best friends hair? Wow, just wow." Elena said smiling.

Elena was here. James brought her here. I smiled from ear to ear.

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