Chapter 10 How To Escape

She had broken out into a cold sweat, beads of it streaming down her face. "Sure, sure," Cherry said shakily. She felt a little uneasy as she watched the security guard going upstairs to call Rex. "Well, how about..."

The butler served her a cup of tea.

Gavin smoked and continued, "In fact, you look like you could be a star as well. As good-looking as you are, and having been an agent in this industry for so many years, have you ever considered becoming a star yourself? If you want to..." He looked down at Cherry and stepped closer to her.

The smile on her face froze in place, her nerves keeping it hanging there. "Well I... I'm flattered... I..."

She frowned and glanced upstairs. The sound of footsteps was gone. Where was Rex? Why hadn't he come down yet?

Gavin put out the cigarette casually.

He came closer to Cherry and said, "You have been working for Jonny for that long. That's a pity, isn't it?"

"What pity?" Cherry managed an awkward smile and changed the subject. "How about you just let Rex have a rest? I won't disturb you anymore. I'll..."

The man grabbed her hand.

Something dark gripped her heart. She couldn't free her hand. She frowned again and said, "Mr. Gavin, I don't understand."

"You understand." He put his hand on her smooth face and touched it lightly.

She was not the most beautiful woman he had ever seen, but her indifferent, basic look, made him itchy.

She was Jonny's woman, but he was curious about what sort of taste Jonny had.

"Even if you keep following him, he won't give you anything worthy. I have my own media team. Let me help you, okay?" His breath sprayed on her face. She felt sick and turned away.

"Mr. Gavin, I'm just an agent. I'm not..."

She took a deep breath and continued, "Mr. Gavin, I really have to go. Jonny is waiting for me in the car outside..."

"Then let him wait." He didn't believe her.

Cherry's heart was beating fast now, the alarms sounding off throughout her body.

A feeling of dread overtook her. If she pushed the man off her, the consequences would be unimaginable.

But if she didn't... she knew she would not be able to bear what would happen then.

She was dazed, thinking about what she should do when the man pressed his lips down on hers.

All she could do was scream, "No, Mr. Gavin, I'm on my period. It's... It's dirty, it would spoil your interest."

As expected, he hesitated and Cherry was able to quickly break free of his grasp.

She ran her hands through her hair and neatened it, smiling nervously. "Mr. Gavin, why don't I come back here another day?"

He stood up again and said, "I don't mind."

He might not have minded, but she did!

Cherry wanted to throw up.

But she did all she could to fight the urge and not betray any emotion on her face.

She made herself smile. "Mr. Gavin, it's not good. We shouldn't." She wanted to get her phone from her bag. "I..."

"Cherry, don't you know? I can't be refused!" He grabbed her face by the chin, turned her towards him forcefully and kissed her aggressively.

The smell of cigarettes, alcohol and some unknown odor filled her nose. She felt even sicker now and shut her lips tightly.

She had only ever kissed one man and that was Jacob. His gentle breath was still flowing through her and swirling in her heart. It was all she could think about at that moment. She wanted to cry...

"Don't pretend to be some good girl, you're just one of Jonny's women!" Her resistance angered him. He slapped her hard and she bowled over under the sofa.

She pulled out her phone, searching through it frantically for Jonny's number while clawing away.

Gavin stretched his hand out to stop her but she kicked a leg out wildly, striking the nearly fifty-year-old man and sending him into the tea table.

"Jonny!" She cried out, "Come quick! I'm at Gavin's villa. It's No. 101 on the hillside!"

The phone was knocked from her hand and flew across the floor, far out of her reach.

The man caught her, out of breath. "Cherry, don't make this harder than it needs to be, I will get what I want!"

"Mr. Gavin, today is really not a good day for me... I really don't... "

She squealed and struggled as he pressed himself down on her.

She did the only thing she could, pushing him hard and screaming, "Rex! Rex! Are you awake? Come down quickly!"

She was desperate.

Had her cries worked? Was it enough?

He had given his body over to this man to be his play thing, would he care that she was about to suffer?

Was there any use in calling Jonny?

He would probably comfort her and tell her she'd be one step closer to being the top agent of H City.

But she wanted none of that.

She put a knee through Gavin's groin, hitting him where it hurt most.

With him writhing in pain, she tidied her clothes and got away from his despicable body.

"Mr. Gavin," she started. She didn't want to be too disrespectful. He had a unique position in H City, with a deep background and a lot of influence. She didn't want her corpse to end up in the streets tomorrow. "I'm just not feeling well. And I'm Rex's agent. The child would be uncomfortable if we..."

"What if I give you the villa?" The man sat on the sofa, unbuttoning his clothes leisurely.

She hadn't kicked him too hard and even tried to make it seem like it wasn't on purpose so he wasn't all that mad yet. "You just kicked me and pushed me. I'm willing to forget that, it's just an affectionate gesture. What do you say? If you do better than him, he can leave. As to how he's feeling, well that's none of your business, right? Hmm, baby?"

He noticed Cherry unconsciously glancing at the door from the corner of her eye and laughed, "Do you honestly think Jonny is going to come?" He laughed as if it was some hilarious joke.

Cherry tightened her collar and said, "No, it's just really inconvenient for me today..."

She wanted so badly to throw up now.

She was terrified. Who could save her from this vile man? If she couldn't save herself, who else would dare try?

Could she sacrifice her virginity for her life?

She felt humiliated. She felt deeply disgusted.

But this was the way it was in this industry. This was how business went.

Adela was right. She couldn't always make it through with just her intelligence and experience.

She bit down hard and walked slowly over to the man sitting in front of her. "Mr. Gavin, can I really replace Rex?"

She had a plan and hoped her exorbitant price would frighten the man.

"It's my first time," she continued. "I've been waiting for the right man, saving myself. If you want to be my first, can you keep me as yours forever?" She leaned into him, touching his gelatinous body. She was sick again but said, "I don't want to be an agent anymore, or even a star. It's too tiring. I want to get married and have a baby..."

The man laughed, "All right, have my baby. You're clean and I'll have a try..."

He pressed himself against her and rubbed his mouth on her face.

She bit her lower lip hard, fighting with every inch of her being not to freak out. It felt like a pig rummaging on her face.

It was so disgusting...

So sad...

Suddenly, a heavy thud slammed into the door, but it did not open.

A glimmer of hope flickered in Cherry's heart.

"Mr. Gavin, is someone coming? Can you wait for me in the room? Don't let someone spoil the moment..."

"Do you still want to run away from me?" He saw through her and flung her hand on the carpet. It was so painful that Cherry cried out softly, "Whoever's coming, I don't mind at all if you want to watch!"

She squealed and wanted more than anything to escape, but she was trapped under the weight of this horrendous man.

"Help..." Her chance at survival was right in front of her, but she might fail to grasp it.

"Keep screaming, it will make no difference. He can't get in even if your throat is raw and broken!"

There was no more knocking on the door. With a clatter, the glass window that stretched from the floor to the ceiling of the living room was shattered!

With tears all over her face, Cherry looked in the direction the sound was coming from. It was not Jonny.

"Let her go!" The man charged over with a hard, icy look on his face.

"Help me! Jacob!" she screeched.

Jacob wasted no time and kicked the man in the face.

He cried out in pain, leaned back and hit the back of the sofa.

Cherry immediately seized the opportunity and got out from under him, crawling over to Jacob.

"Help me, Jacob..." She rarely showed such weakness. Her face was awash with tears and she looked both embarrassed and terrified.

Jacob removed his coat and wrapped it around her.

"You son of a bitch! You're disturbing my fun!" Gavin snapped in a rage. The door swung open and several security guards poured in.

Jacob narrowed his eyes, examining the situation.

He grabbed the chain of Cherry's bag and swung it hard, striking Gavin's face solidly and turning it red as it began to bruise immediately.

Several security guards yelled at him and rushed over.

It took Jacob only a few punches to knock one of them down, but he didn't want to keep fighting against them all. He pulled Cherry to her feet and darted out of the broken glass window.

They ran desperately, Jacob picking up cobblestones every few steps and hurling them at the security guards chasing them down.

He was quite accurate too, leaving almost all of them with wounds on their heads. But he still had no intention of slowing down and they continued running ahead.

Cherry's shoes were making her stumble and then she fell off. Her clothes were too big for her; she was unable to run fast seeing as she had to hold them up the whole time.

Jacob scooped her up in his arms and quickly ran to the gate.

His light gray car was parked outside.

He put her in the passenger seat and jumped in himself, starting the car before the door was even closed.

The security guards had no chance of catching up to them.

Only then did Cherry break down and burst into tears.

Jacob's head was dripping with sweat as he grabbed the steering wheel with one hand, took a piece of tissue in the other and handed it to her in silence.

She finally managed to speak through her sobbing, "Why are you here? Why did you come?"

"You called me," he said lightly.

A warmth spread through her heart and she was about to cry again.

She felt so lucky she had accidentally called him instead of Jonny.

He was still a little out of breath, driving the car slowly until they came to a stop at a women's clothing store.