Chapter 53
I stormed out of the clinic in annoyance, stumping my foot hard against the ground as I walked. I ignored Florentine who came after me yelling my name.
“Thea wait! Hey! What’s wrong?” I felt her hand on my shoulder as she spun me around to face her. She was as confused as hell. “Why did you leave like that?” She asked in a tone that made me feel like my teenage self before my mother.
“First of, fuck you Florentine and fuck doctor Philip.” I said sticking out my middle finger to symbolize as well.
She looked down on my pointed finger and enclosed it with her palm before pulling it down.
“First of, don’t use the ‘F’ word on me and second of, what is wrong with you? Are you not happy about the results?”
” Of course I’m happy I’m just pissed that you and that bald headed doctor had to scare the shit of me back there. You appeared so damn serious that my lungs were searching for air.” I puffed and glared at here unbelievably. Her face relaxed and I saw her heave a sigh. I also heaved a sigh and folded my arms against my chest.
“I thought I was pregnant or something of sort.”
Florentine shook her head slightly at my teenage display and I noticed her eye and lips twitch like she was trying to supress a chuckle.
“What?” I asked and she looked at me with a smile on her face.
“And so? So what if you were pregnant?”
“With Angel’s baby?” I asked and my cheeks flushed red. I didn’t know why I was blushing but the thought of having his child inside of me tickled my heart. I’d never thought about having a family or a baby but it was cute thinking about it now.
“Mm… hmm. Angel wouldn’t let you terminate his child. He is not that kind of man.” She said and cocked her head with a curt smile on her face before walking past me.
“Are you coming or do you want to go give a piece of your mind to doctor Philip?” She said in a teasing manner and I rolled my eyes at her. I saw her face lit up with a genuine smile followed by a chuckle and it made me smile as well. That was the first time I saw Florentine smile so broadly and she looked really pretty.
We drove back to the mansion and I took my time to watch the environment through the window. I would love to run this field on a summer dress and maybe have a little picnic here. The sight was so graceful to see. I doubt I’ll get to see everything surrounding this mansion with Camilo being in charge of the tour.
I went straight to my bed ignoring Camilo who followed me up to my bedroom. I slumped on it catching my breath and calming my racing heart. I felt a ton of relieve that the results cleared me although I still had to wait for few more days for the infection test to come out.
I had told Camilo to shift the tour to the next day. I was too overwhelmed to go on a tour. She seemed sad about it but accepted anyway.
The next day breakfast was just me, Camilo and Florentine. I got to know that the men had sone emergency the previous night and had headed out. Camilo didn’t hesitate to come to my room to pester me about touring the place.
“Come on, it’d be better now that the men are not around.” She shook me as I laid lazily on the bed. I had a pillow over my head trying to block her sounds but she was persistent so I gave up.
“Didn’t we just have breakfast now? Why the hurry? You’ve lived here longer than I have yet you seem more excited about touring the place than I am.” I said everything in a single breath and Camilo just blinked at me like I had rapped my words but it didn’t stop her, she was just a cheerful soul to be discouraged by me.
“Let’s go before the men get back.” She dragged me out of the bed and I had to oblige.
I wasn’t feeling it today, as much as I tried to feel at home here and take my mind off the fact that I was now Angel’s whore and my freedom had been bought I couldn’t. It bothered me a lot each time I thought about it being my reality. I wanted to leave this place by all means. I had thought of several means to escape but all those scenes belonged to movies I had watched, there was no way I could pull off any of the things I had thought in my head.
As we went on the tour I gradually started loosening up. Camilo was a great host and she talked all through the tour. This mansion was almost unrealistic. It had everything. I thought my parents house was very luxurious but Angel’s mansion beat it by triple.
We were not allowed entrance into some places like the movie theatre and Angel’s massive garage that had all 26 fleet of luxurious cars in there. It was oozing wealth all over and I watched in awe at very turn and corner.
We didn’t get to tour the entire mansion, Camilo had said that would be left for another day. I’d still get lost in the building if I was left alone.This content © Nôv/elDr(a)m/a.Org.
“So where do we go from here?” I asked walking behind here.
” The maze garden!” She said excitedly. A broad smile brightened up my face. She looked free and happy and I understood why she wanted us to do this when the men weren’t around.
I guess Caspian made her so uncomfortable and Angel did the same to me. Infact he made me feel a lot of things for him both the good and bad.
We began approaching the hallway that led to the garden when we suddenly heard familiar voices. We stopped and looked at each other.
“There’s a living room on the right. The men usually gather there sometimes to discuss. I guess they came back already.” She said looking at me.
” We are allowed to do this right?” It sounded more to me like I was giving an assurance. I had no idea why her mood had to change so drastically. “Let’s just go.” I urged and she nodded. All the boldness had left us as we walked and it worsened once we saw that the door was widely opened. Camilo dragged me hastily and pulled me behind a wall.
“What are you doing?”
“Shh….”
I whispered and she hushed me.
” Caspian must be in there.”
She said it as though he wasn’t supposed to be. She looked very nervous but not the scared type. I squinted my eyes studying her more closely and she snapped once she saw what I was doing. I could see her cheeks flush red.
“Do you by chance have feelings for Caspian?” The words fell out of my mouth before I realized it but her reaction made me even more suspicious.
“W-what…. Are you insane? H-how could you even think that? He took me away from the only family I have, my brother.” She said sounding annoyed. ” He has abused me Thea. For goodness sake I’m his whore!” She said and turned away from me. I wanted to feel bad but then I moved towards her and leaned close to her ear to whisper.
“It’s called Stockholm syndrome.”
She hissed and glared at me but sighed in defeat afterward seeing my teasing expression. “So how do we get past without them seeing us?” I asked not wanting to waste our time there. I obviously didn’t want Angel seeing me for reasons I was yet to figure out myself.
“Well just… We will have to run past the door.” She suggested and I almost burst into laughter but pressed my palm against my lips to stop myself. I nodded affirming to her suggestion. It was embarrassing to do and somewhat girly but I was bitchy I didn’t see myself doing stuffs like this ever but Camilo was gradually infecting me with her innocence.
We began walking hastily, Camilo was infront of me and once we got to the wide spread door their voices got more audible and my heart suddenly tickled hearing Angel’s voice among the men that I forgot to do as Camilo and I had planned.
I got enchanted by his voice that I walked with my head turned towards the door as against the plan and just then I saw Angel in his white colured shirt with folded sleeves and a black pant. He had some buttons undone and heavens! He was too damn hot and sexy. He was standing in the middle of the other men before a table.
They seemed to be studying a paper or map I couldn’t tell what it was as my eyes were fixed on Angel and just before I could snap out of my trance Angel lifted his head like he felt me watching him and in that moment our eyes locked.