chapter 1

Chapter 1

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My body was shivering as his large chilly hand was choking on my throat and his other one was pointing a pistol at my head. He was an insanely bloodthirsty monster that would trade anything, even if it was other’s lives, for money, and a lunatic soulless barbarian that could kill any creature without a second thought. Yes, I was caught by the fiercest frightening criminal around the country!

I tried to shout for my fiancé, who was soaked in sweat and crossing his eyebrows in worry, but my voice refused to reach him since it fainted away after screaming in my cell for the long time I had been tortured and hurt with a stick and a whip, when my fiancé suddenly shouted at the perpetrator: “I’ll say this once again! Return her to me!”

“Mister Billionaire,” barked the abductor as he pressed the pistol hard on my head with a serious eager to kill immediately. “I do not think one million dollars would hurt to return your sweet babe!”

I wasn’t able to react as I was frozen from that shock, my body was trembling from fear that even the abductor was shaking, too. However, my tears never accepted to stop falling like a running stream.

“Evan‼ We must pay this amount hastily,” commented his father, who loved me wholeheartedly like his own daughter. “We have to save little Marin.”

“Father! It is the third time she has been used.” he replied with a worried yet troubled look. “We can’t always afford to pay these large amounts.”

Evan was right in his reply, ever since I was engaged to him, I hooked him up with many troubles and painful events such as kidnapping, abduction, threatening, abusing, torturing and harassment for the fact that I became the richest guy’s beloved one. So, I endangered his life and statue by my weak posture; I had to change for him; I had to become a different one, but why couldn’t I in that moment?

“But Evan… It’s little Marin we must save…” yelled the father with worried features scratching his face…

Evan clenched his fists that his fingers crack could be heard, his forehead was oozing with sweat droplets, his face turned pale and yellowish and he sank in his thoughts. He closed his eyes, knitted his brows, took a deep breath and murmured: “Bring me the money...”

He paid the abductor as he always did, in a change of freeing me, I ran into his side screaming and trembling.

I felt I was about to collapse at any moment, but I wanted to hold myself and become stronger. He hugged me tightening around my back, caressed my hair with his fingers and whispered that everything would be ok… I held him back and forced my body on his as to stick to my last resort in this world and keep myself beside my safe area.

Ever since I was engaged to Evan Christ -the CEO of the largest engineering company in Britain and the richest businessman within the merchants, hottest man that you would think he was nothing other than a model and the sweetest guy you could ever find- I had encountered many dangers, but he had saved me from these troubles even if it costed him money, time, reputation or even own life.

Up until now, I had only caused him much pain and obstacles; I know I was nothing but a weakling that caused miseries.

“I’m sorry, Evan.” I murmured in a guilty voice.

“What is it?” he replied with his fatherly tone

“I’m sorry! I’m a heavy weight to bear... I’ve only hurt you... I’m sorry... I’ve caused you many troubles… I’m sorry... I’ve only cursed you with more dilemmas… I’m sorry, my love... I’m sorry...”

He replied only with a faint smile on his depressed and gloomy face. Then, he hugged me tighter than before, as if he was showing he wanted me more and more, leaned his head on mine to rest it for a while after his deep ache, clenched his fingers on my sweater to keep me beside him and broke the silence by murmuring in my ear: “I’m sorry... I’m the one who caused you many dangers... I’m the one who has uncountable enemies... I hooked you in my problems and you bore these unfortunate events… You deserve to live a happy while of engagement... You deserve to smile rather than crying… You deserve to live that kind of romantic life... Thank you for bearing with me this hard life...”

I wanted to decline his words, but I couldn’t after noticing his weak voice and teary eyes, he was in no state to be blamed; he was cracked deep inside that he was ready to hurt himself in place of me. My eyes suddenly stopped seeing as they were drowned in an ocean of salty bitter tears.

“I swear to protect you…” he cried, as if he was blaming himself for all what was happening.

“I’ll be alright…” I replied. “I promise you to become stronger, for you can be safe with me, too. So that you become proud of me... So that you become stronger with me... I promise to protect you one day…”

Evan smelled my neck as it emitted a blood smell, he kissed my bruises and checked my body as it was covered with wounds and scratches. He kissed every single injury of my body as if he wanted to take all the pain and soothe them; I moaned from pain with a soft voice in order not to hurt him with my ache...