Chapter 5
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Did I leave you hanging there? I hope you enjoy this! Let’s continue Nicholas and Catherine’s story
“You have some attitude.”
“What do you mean?”
And he went to my back and toyed with my hair while I looked at our reflection in the mirror.
“You are beautiful. Would you like me to be your boss instead of Nicholas?”
He slowly placed his hand on my hips crawling its way to my butt.
“Stop!”
But he didn’t and his other hand shoved my hair onto my right shoulder. Fear started to creep inside me. I tried to focus and get away from the situation.
“Please, stop!”
With a sarcastic voice, he answered.
“What if I don’t?”
Without a word, I tried to walk away from his evil desire but he held onto my hair and shoved my head into the mirror. My body bent halfway, where my buttocks poke out to his bulge.
I squirmed and shouted, trying to escape his grip, but his strength overpowered me and the more I struggled to get loose, the more he enjoyed and held me tighter.
He raised my skirt and tried to tear my stockings and panty, the door slammed, and Nicholas came. When he saw the scenario of my ordeal as I cried in front of the mirror, he immediately closed his fists and punched Benjamin several times. Benjamin fell to the floor with blood on his cheeks.
“I will kill you if you ever touch her again.”
“What? She’s just an employee?”
My tears kept gushing from my eyes through my cheeks. And my body was shaking because of fear.
Nicholas held my hand and forced me to go with him out of the room. As we went out, he took off his suit and placed it on my shoulders and he led me out of the building to the vehicle we rode earlier.
He knew I was traumatized and held my hands. His phone rang and he answered.
“Yes, the deal is off, just disregard all his family’s proposals. I am not dealing with them anymore.”
He placed his hand on top of my clasped hands and pinched it a little to assure me that he is beside me.
Our vehicle arrived at his house and Ramona was already at the entrance of the house to receive me.
“Oh my, come here, Catherine.”
And she wrapped and held me with a furry flannel blanket as we walked up the stairs to the entry door.
“Let’s go to your room so you can lie down and rest.”
As we entered the room, I sat on the floor and cried. Ramona hugged me tightly.
“You’re safe now. Don’t worry. I am sorry this happened to you.”
“I was so scared....”
“I know. I would be, too.”
And she hugged me while I cried in fear. I cried and cried, letting all those fears vanish through my tears. I got tired of crying and laid my head on the bed until I fell asleep with tears.
I overheard Nicholas knock and Ramona let him in.
“Sshhhh...she fell asleep while crying. How did this happen.”
“I didn’t realize that bastard followed her. I asked Brandon to hit him.”
“Then his family might hit back.”
“I wouldn’t. Let them hurt her. I would finish them all.”
“Do they know who she is?”
“My employee.”
“That man is a real bastard just like his father.”
And I heard him chuckle.
“I will go now, Ramona. Please stay with her.”
“I will sleep on the couch.”
“Thank you, Ramona.”
They let me sleep the rest of the day. Ramona woke me up for dinner. I was startled when she poked me.
“It’s okay, it’s just me.”
“I’m sorry. I thought.....”
Then she butted in.
“I understand, you don’t have to explain.”
I was moved and hugged her. It’s like I found a mother in her.
After dinner, I was already given the freedom to be in my room and rest.
The next morning. Ramona woke me up.
“Rise and shine princess. Shake off what happened yesterday because you’re working today.”
“Oh yeah, I remember.”
And I rushed to the bathroom to prepare myself. I wore a decent corporate blouse and skirt with a blazer on top.
I was on time to get to the foyer because Nicholas came out after a minute. We rode the vehicle. I was quiet the whole time that I was inside with Nicholas.
Then we arrived at the place where a huge building stood in front of me as I alight the vehicle.
“Come with me.”
It was more of a command that I immediately followed him. We rode a lift and alighted on the seventh floor where it says gym. He asked me to come to a gym, Am I going to watch how he works out? Should I count his bents and push-ups?
We met a guy that I assume is the owner of the gym.
“Hi, Nicholas. How’s everything?”
“Good.”
The guy looked at me and then at Nicholas.
“By the way, Mark. This is Catherine, the lady I was telling you about.”
I smiled at him although I am not so sure what about me they talked about.
“Oh hi, Catherine.”
I just beamingly smiled at him. Nicholas looked at me.
“I asked Mark to teach you self-defense so you won’t experience something that you went through the other day.”
I looked at him seems gly to cry because the memory refreshed my emotions of fear.
“Hey, that's intense.”
“Yeah, and in my sort of world, I may have this kind of trouble.”
“With her looks, I bet you will.”
And they both looked at me flattering my ego and giving me butterflies in my stomach.
“When can she start?”
“Well, it’s up to you. But she has to change clothes if ever.”
I looked at both of them and shrugged my shoulders because I don’t have clothes that would fit the exercise.
“She will just come back.”
“Sure, anytime. I will just be here.”
They shook hands and we went out of the gym into the hall and the lift. As we went inside, I looked at him.
“What is that all about?”
“Mark will teach you how to protect yourself.”
“Thank you. I thought I would just go home and go back to my world.”
“You think Benjamin would let you go just like that?”
“What do you mean?”
“He will come after you until he gets into you.”
I slowly walked while looking at the floor.
“You will have an hour every day before we go home. I will schedule meetings and Letty will attend with me while you learn with Mark.”
I nodded my head while we walked.
“After my meeting today, I will accompany you to buy your self-defense outfits.”
“You mean Karate.”
“It’s more than that.”
“Thank you.”
“In the meantime, you cannot be alone even in public restrooms.”
“Oh!”
“You don’t know Benjamin.”
Then we rode the vehicle and went to his meeting. In the meeting, I felt some electricity stroke my spine several times as he would always glance at me and smile gorgeously.
After an hour or so, it was adjourned and he asked me to come with him. His Chauffeur, Peter, drove us to a shop that sells sports clothes and he took several pairs of pants and shirts, socks, and rubber shoes.
“These are all mine?”
“You need that for your everyday routine.”
I smiled beamingly and hugged him in appreciation. But I realized that he didn’t respond, so I took off my arms around him and moved apart from him as I smiled at him.
“Ops, sorry. I was just happy.”
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