Beautiful

(NFTMB)Chapter 56
Victoria
(Beautiful)
I had done it.
I was successful.
My resolve didn’t break and my mind didn’t break.
I allowed him to touch me for a week just so I could beg him to let me go outside.
It’s funny how I say allowed like I had a choice or say in what he did to my body. It’s Alessandro we are talking about here.
I was almost sick to my stomach at the thought of asking a man for permission before I could take a step.
How backward had Alessandro taken me in time?
Was it to the eighties or the sixties?
It didn’t matter which one it was. They both were times where women were controlled and subdued.
Oppressed and controlled by the men they were told were Lords over them.
We learnt all that history stuff in school and never did I for one moment think that I would be enslaved and controlled by a dictator like Alessandro.
Nothing was mine anymore, not even my body. It was now his to do as he wished and he made good of that privilege.
Just like he had been doing with reckless abandon and without care.
Everything made me sick. He was a handsome and attractive man but each night I spent under him and in his hold made me sick to my stomach.
Nothing about him was disgusting physically but everything he touched me I felt like crawling away from him and clawing my skin out.
His touch didn’t even send tingles down my spine like Valentino’s had. I didn’t even feel the electricity or the connection that I felt with Valentino. It wasn’t there.
Valentino.
The sound of his name gave me mixed reactions. He made me smile unconsciously like a fool even when he wasn’t near.
But then again, he made me cry. He made me sad. He made me feel disgusted with myself because I was too filthy for him to even kiss my lips.
That day had been a very bad and emotional day for me.
After Valentino’s rejection, I wanted nothing more than to curl up into a miserable ball and cry my eyes out but I willed myself not to.
I instead unlocked a part of me that I felt was dead and gone long ago.
He made me turn to knitting once again.
I was knitting with unsteady hands and wobbly lips as the memory of how Valentino refused to kiss me replayed in my head over and over like they were desperately trying to push me to tears.
I tried to keep my emotions in check till Alessandro returned and displayed what he said was a million dollar necklace.
It didn’t move me. The price tag and its rare quality did nothing to quench the hurt in my heart.
I don’t want the necklace and I don’t want Alessandro.
I want Valentino.
Alessandro expected me to fall at his feet and maybe between his legs as well because of a necklace.
He got angry when I wasn’t showing the expression he expected.
One moment I was knitting and the next moment I was pushed to the bed with my knitting tools tossed to the floor while Alessandro hovered over me hot and heavy.
He didn’t even deem it fit to give me a reasonable explanation or a moment to take in what was happening before he started his evil plan.
And that was what ruined everything I was planning.
Everything I had under control was ruined just like that by Alessandro’s aggressiveness.
I cried because what he was doing was exactly why Valentino wouldn’t kiss me.
For how long was Alessandro planning to ruin my life.
Till when was he going to be the monster lurking in the shadows.
He knew I was in tears and in pain but he still didn’t have the heart to stop. He didn’t have a heart.
He continued.
He took what he wanted without care just like he always does.
I had endured it all, everything he had to give and take from me just so I could go and see Leonard and my friends today.
I was finally free.
Even though it would only last for a day.
I would take it and just be a normal girl today.
I hummed a tune to one of the cartoons I used to watch as a kid while I brushed my hair to perfection.
I tied my hair up with a black scarf and let it bounce with the wing.
I looked at myself in the mirror and I liked what I saw.
I dusted my face with the lightest of makeup that still somehow conveyed the message that I was making an effort.
I applied a light pink lip gloss to my lips and coated my long lashes with mascara.
I looked at the mirror and saw a happy young girl.
I saw the version of myself that the world hadn’t let me see since I became an adult.
I saw myself happy.
I smiled at my reflection as I was very excited to leave this golden cage.
Today I wouldn’t think about Alessandro or Valentino.
It would just be about me.
“You’ve been smiling at yourself for a while now Victoria.
Whatever you’re thinking of, I suggest you first of all look down and remember that little bump on you, don’t get ahead of yourself and forget that you’re pregnant for me”
I could see him from here.
I could see him through the mirror, sitting comfortably on the bed and watching me get ready with hawk eyes.
Why does he always love to ruin the moment for me?
Always remind me that I’m his. His to ruin and oppress.
True to his words my little bunny was very obvious in the collared mini dress I had picked out for today.
“I know, Alessandro. I’m pregnant for you. Nobody else”
“Good. That friend of yours had better keep his hands to himself else he will lose them!”
“Yes, Alessandro”
“Good”
I took one last look at myself in the mirror before deciding that I was good to go.
I looked nice.
I picked up my bag and my phone.
“I’m leaving”. I said as I stood up from my seat.
“You look good”
“Thank you”
His compliments made me nervous for some reason.
It’s a very strange and rare thing for him to compliment me.
“Would it be cruel of me to drag you back to my bed and make you cancel your plans for today?”
My hands that held my bag to my front suddenly shook at the thought of Alessandro stopping me from leaving the house all because of his own sexual satisfaction.
“Alessandro, please don’t”. I begged him. “You promised”. I whispered in fear.
“Come closer, Victoria”
My feet seemed stuck to the floor after his rich baritone voice gave me the command that sent my heart running straight into my stomach for comfort.
“But you promised me”.
My voice broke in between as I was surprised that a man like him would go against his own words.
What was I expecting from a killer and a criminal?
“Come here!”
The force at which he dished out the order for the second time made me shake in my shoes before I dragged my legs to where he was on the bed.
“Come closer”
His arm reached out and held my leg in a vice-like grip.
Fear rushed through me as I tried to pull my leg away from his hold but I was unsuccessful.
“Alessandro, please no! Leave me”
“Come here!”
My struggle came to a stop as I noticed the silver pistol peeking out from under his pillow.
I stilled as my eyes remained on the weapon.
I moved to where he was as I pressed my eyes closed and waited for his next action.
I don’t know what I expected him to do but I was very surprised to feel his lips on my legs.
My eyes shot up to my eyebrows in surprise as his other hand disappeared under my dress.
No.
“Alessandro”
He sniffed up my leg like an animal as I held my breath and waited for this to be over.
“You smell so good”. He murmured against my leg.
“Alessandro, please don’t do this now”
“Kiss me”
“What?”
“Kiss me and I’ll let you go. I give you my word”
I didn’t need to think twice about what to do as I got on my knees to reach his face before crashing my lips onto his.
He threaded his hands in my hair before grabbing my ponytail in his hand and angling my face upwards to him taking charge of the kiss.
His hold on my hair hurt a lot but I knew better than to complain.
Her other hand came from under my dress and to my ass to grab my behind roughly.
I felt violated and used.
What I had initially expected to last not more than a minute became a punishment that almost took my life.
I couldn’t breath with Alessandro’s mouth on mine and his hands grabbing every part of my body frantically.
It was all too much.
A very deadly combination
Finally, he pulled away but never left my hair.
“Why do you want to leave so badly? We could just stay at home. Here, together”
The very picture of that gave me the creeps.
“I really need to leave, please. You gave me your word. You promised me”
I know I sounded desperate at this point but I didn’t care. I needed to get out of this house to maintain my sanity.
In a flash, his lips were back on mine before he pulled away and let go of my hair.
“Go!”
My heart almost did backflips out of joy and pure delight at the freedom that was just at my fingertips.
“You mean I can leave now?”
“Unless you would rather grace my bed”
“No!”
I didn’t know when I said that. His eyes held anger in anger and I knew I had to apologize for what I said. “I’m sorry”
“Leave! Before I drag you back here and never let you go!”. He said before slapping my ass painfully.
That was the only thing I had to hear before sprinting out the door and breathing out in relief once I was outside the door.
I’m free.
I excitedly walked downstairs only to meet Valentino there with a cup of coffee in hand and his camera around his neck.
We haven’t spoken much in a week.
I avoided him at all costs.
“Wow, Victoria, you look nice”. He said dropping his cup on the cabinet.
His comment made me blush as I looked at the floor to prevent him from seeing my reddened face.
“Thanks”
“Are you going somewhere?”
“Yes. I want to see a friend”
“Alessandro let you go?”
He sounded almost surprised that Alessandro was letting me out of the house and out of his sight.
“Yes”
“Ohhh, okay. Have a nice day then!”
“You too”
I walked away from him to the door so I could finally leave before I heard him call out my name.
“Victoria!”
I turned immediately at the sound of my name before a bright light flashed before my eyes and I heard the camera shutter.
He took a picture of me. He looked at the camera lens before looking back at me.
“Beautiful”
He really found me beautiful.