Elle POV.
The tour started in his office, he told me I should always remember my way over here, it’s where he is most of the time, next we moved toward the rest of the house, rooms, gym, cinema, entertainment room, it’s a big house, filled with people. He said I have full access through the house, I could go anywhere I want around the house, not that I’m really interested in all of that.
Finally, it was the room we’ll now share, isn’t he worried about sleeping in the same room as me, what if I tried to kill him, I could do it, he doesn’t know or trust me that much to believe I won’t do it.
We walked into what I assume is his room, the room was giant, a bed taking the middle of the room, the covers were all dark royal blue, there was a giant bookshelf in the room most of it filled with books. There was a walk in closet, and finally a bathroom, I stood next to the door not knowing what to do anymore, do I walk in? Do I try to kill him? Not that I know how to kill a person or even close, but he doesn’t know that.
He walked in the room, and took his shirt completely off, throwing it in a hamper, I looked at his back, at the muscles, at the tattoo on his shoulder, I was standing there looking at him with big wide eyes.
“Get in Elle, change your clothes, you’re getting ready for bed” he orders, I didn’t have any of my things with me, I wasn’t going to get naked in front of him, I don’t feel that confident or safe doing that.
“I don’t have any of my stuff with me” I tell him, blushing red.
“You can sleep in my clothes for now, tomorrow I’ll get you anything you need” he says.
“But, can I go back and get my clothes? And Laptop?” I ask him.
“No” he says the word in a cold voice taking off his pants staying just in his boxers before heading toward the bathroom.
Without thinking I follow him, he can’t say no, I need my things, I need my laptop, and personal things. I can’t wrote my stories without my laptop, I followed him seeing that he’s now brushing his teeth, but that won’t stop me from whining over his head wanting my laptop and my other things back.
“I want my laptop and my things from Devil’s place” I say pouting, I wasn’t really thinking, I shouldn’t do this, I don’t know him enough to act like little me, but I’m tired, emotionally I’m exhausted, all of that is getting to me.
“I’ll get you a new laptop and anything else you need now come here” he says, I had to bite my tongue after what I said but I didn’t expect him not to yell or get mad at me right away. I didn’t go toward him when he called to me, too scared and worried, I shook my head no, he looked at me raising a brow at me, too worried and scared, I do take a step toward him.
He takes my shirt off, until I’m standing in front of him with just my sports bra, I blush seeing him eye my body, I wasn’t the tiniest or the slimmest person around. He didn’t look at me in any dirty way or any way that would make me feel uncomfortable, he just pushed me making me stand between him and the sink. He opened a drawer right under the sink and got a new toothbrush, he added some toothpaste, splashing it with water and handing it to me. I took the brush and started to brush my teeth as I’m supposed to.
After that, he gave me the privacy to pee, after I was done I walked back outside, he didn’t anything to his boxer, he also had one of his hoodies ready for me, he handed it to me, with the order of losing my pants. Thankfully he’s much taller than me, his hoodie reaches my thighs, giving me some coverage.
“In bed now” he orders me, while he turned off the lights, every light but the one next to the bed, he came to the left side of bed, I took the right one, staying on the side, the farthest side I can get to.
“Are you afraid of the dark?” he asks me, which made me freeze for a second, afraid of the dark? Usually no, maybe in my stories my characters are, but in reality, I’m not.
“No I’m good” I say, he turns the light on his side off, leaving us in the darkness, I stayed on my side, tears where filling my eyes, I couldn’t help and not cry. I’m losing Devil, I’m now under the demand and orders, and I can’t do a thing about it.
I think he fell asleep, but I couldn’t sleep, I kept crying, I covered my mouth with both my hands to keep my voice and sound down, he didn’t move or wake up, I kept crying, I couldn’t stop, but I also couldn’t fall asleep, I tried to tell my brain sleep, I shouldn’t stay awake, but I couldn’t. After some more crying, I was shifting in bed, trying to flip my pillow, I could really use a tissue but I couldn’t see any on my side of the bed. I shifted again in bed, sniffling, using the sleeves of the hoodie to wipe my tears away, not able to sleep, I was about to slip toward the bathroom, to wash my face clean.
I shifted again, thinking about going to the bathroom, but then I was pulled back toward the bed, Nikolai who I thought was asleep was awake, he pulled me toward him, my back hitting his chest, and he turned to his side of the bed and got me a tissue, he handed it over to me, I blew my nose finally feeling better, I didn’t know what to do with the used tissue, he took it out of my hand and threw it in a waste bin next to him.
“Go to sleep Elle” he orders, holding me close to him, I had only ever cuddled with Devil, never had a man to cuddle with, he is much firmer than Devil, his hand went toward my hair the same way she did before, playing with my hair, helping me calm down until I fell asleep in his arms, the last place I thought I’d be falling in sleep in during my stay here.
I had a nightmare, of course I did, am I really me if I don’t have a nightmare? The dream, I couldn’t remember it, I just remember being hurt, I remember screaming with fear, I woke up with new tears going down my face, my heart pounding in my chest, and a hand holding me close.
“It’s okay Elle, it’s just a nightmare” he explains to me while I cry out in fear.
“Shhh, love, don’t cry, I’m here, I’m right next to you,” he says again in a soft voice, pushing my hair out of my face, kissing the top of my head in a calming sweet matter until I finally believed him calming down enough to get back to sleep. I didn’t expect him to be anything like he is, it all feels weird, like if I’m living an adventure out of my own stories.
I went back to sleep, thankfully this time I didn’t have any nightmares, I just slept until I felt the hands holding me leave, I whined, I hate when Devil leave me alone in bed, I groaned and turned the other way wanting to call her back but it wasn’t Devil’s room. The person who left me wasn’t Devil, it was Nikolai, I sat up in bed looking around, it seem to be still early in the morning, the first day of my new life, welcome to the new adventure Elle, what the hell have I gotten myself into…