Chapter 2 Scary man

Ethan held her neck, choking her, but not enough to joll her. Kate couldn't breathe. She attempted to break free from the tight hold on her neck, but he was too powerful.. She didn't stand a chance. She could already feel her eyes closing. Was she dying already? Before she could succumb to the darkness, Ethan let go of her neck and she felt life come back to her.

Kate fell to the ground, gasping and coughing. Was he baffling? Yes. Ethan looked at her with so much disdain in his eyes, that made her skin crawl. What did her father do to him for her to deserve all this? Tears welled up in her eyes, blurring her eyesight. "Take her out of here!" He yelled, and his men came running from outside the door. They took her arm and started to drag her out.

"No, please! Please let me go! I'm sorry!" Kate screamed as uncontrollable tears left her eyes. He didn't even spare a glance at her. They took her back to the same cold room as before and locked her in. Kate banged on the iron door crying and wailing, hoping they would have pity and let her go, but she couldn't hear a sound.

she moved back and sat in the corner, whimpering. Why was this happening to her? Why does she have to pay for her father's mistake?

She had no idea what he even did for her to deserve all this. Kate cried till she fell asleep on the cold floor. When she woke up, her stomach was growling. She was dragged out of her house before eating anything. Along with that, she was cold and thirsty. She stood up, feeling weak from exerting herself while crying.

The room was still dark, but she could locate where the door was. "Is someone out there?!" she inquired while banging on the door again. she couldn't bear the hunger she was feeling anymore.

"What do you want!" finally came a harsh reply.

"I need to go to the bathroom," she lied. A minute later, someone unlocked the door..

"Follow me," the bulky man from before said. She followed him without uttering a word.

This was her chance to escape from here. Kate looked around, trying to find a way. There was a window at the side of the wall, but she couldn't go closer to check which floor she was on. the man was holding her arm tightly.

They finally got to a door, which she assumed was the bathroom. "You have two minutes," he said coldly to her.

Kate entered one of the most spacious and beautiful bathrooms she had ever seen in her entire life.

She didn't realize when the word "wow", left her mouth, the bathroom was bigger than her entire house. He must be very rich for his bathroom to look this way, she thought. She shook her head, trying to get her mind back on track. She didn't have time to admire the bathroom. Kate needed to look for how to escape.

Quickly, she walked to the bathroom window but immediately felt disappointed as it was much higher than she thought..

Kate stood on her tiptoe, trying to see if she could fit through the window. She realized that she could fit in, but she couldn't pass through the window. If she did, she would end up falling to her death, as it was on the third or fourth floor. Kate sighed. She felt her hope to drain.

Kate heard a loud bang on the door. "Time's up! Come out or I'm coming in," the man warned

Kate waited for a few seconds more, trying to comfort herself, before coming out. He dragged her back to the room and locked the door. After staying there for a few more hours. Her lips became chapped from thirst and she was so famished, her stomach growling uncontrollably.

She heard the door unlocking. What now? Will they finally let her go? The same man as before walked in and dragged her up. They walked back towards Ethan's study, and Kate's heart began palpitating with fear. Why were they going there? Would he choke her to death this time? They reached the study door and walked past it. She sighed in relief.

If they were not going there, then where was he taking her? She wondered, looking back at Ethan's study. They finally arrived at another room, where three women were waiting. "Clean her up," he said to the oldest of the three. Kate stared at him, confused, cleaning her up. Why?. The woman came closer to Kate and started to take her clothes off. "Stop! no!" kate yelled trying to stop her, but the remaining two held her down.

They finally stripped Kate of her last piece of clothing. She stood in front of them, beyond embarrassed, trying to cover her naked body. "Why are you doing this to me?" she asked the woman, as tears rolled down her eyes. The older woman ignored her question and signaled for the two other women to drag her into the bathroom. In the bathroom, they washed Kate with different scented soap and they later applied perfume oil on her body.

Kate was tired of dragging by then. After cleaning her, they brought out several dresses. "Try these on," The woman said, handing Kate a dress. She was hesitant at first, but when they tried to dress her, Kate stood up reluctantly and tried the dress on. It was a beautiful floral dress with short sleeves. It was above her knee a little and hugged her body in the right places.

The woman inspected Kate from head to toe and she shook her head to show that she didn't like the dress. She had Kate try on two more dresses before they were finally satisfied with the last one. They led Kate out of the room towards another part of the house. She was beyond exhausted as she walked, her head was bent down.

When Kate raised her head up she was astonished when they walked into a magnificent living room, with different beautiful paintings on the wall. She looked up at the high ceiling, which had an elegant chandelier in the middle. Just one look left Kate in complete awe. The interior was dominated with White and gold.

She couldn't help but gawk at it in awe. Strangely, there were no pictures on the wall, which she found odd. They finally arrived at a elegant dining room, which had similar interior as the Living room.

Different delicacies were served on the large mahogany table. The delicious aroma hit Kate's nose and her stomach reacted to it instantly. The woman gestured for Kate to sit down and she did, wondering why they brought her there.

She was so hungry; it was taking her all the self-control she had, not to devour the food on the table.

She closed her eyes. She shouldn't eat in the place they held her captive. What if someone poisoned the food?. Kate sat there staring at the mouth-watering food, almost tearing up.

A minute later, the door to the dining room opened and Ethan, the man who almost choked her to death earlier, walked in. Her heart stopped as fear gripped her.