An Italian's Escort Lover

Phoebe Point of View

Thirteen Years.

Thirteen years of painful hell and a pleasurable heaven.

Life had a free time to lazy around so it threw me into hazards for a time pass. It was like my life was a good reader like me to make a tragic story out of me.

Am I an unlucky one?

Not really. If I was, then I wouldn't have met him... met my love.

Am I a lucky person?

Not at all. If I was, then I would've not been forced to go away from him.

Such a luckily unlucky person, that I am now in a situation where I am afraid to die and there is no eagerness to live. I have nothing to make out of my future.

I have no decent education nor am I smart enough to make out know-how's of the society. I hardly have any money to depend on.

What can I, at the age of twenty nine, make a future on when I worked as a prostitute from the past thirteen years?

I was at a fresh ripen age of sixteen and was naïve about the outside world. My parents use to work for long hours of day and cater me with essentials. It was not like they were good people nor were they bad to me. They just use to ignore me.

I was still happy to go to school and was happy how my life was going. I was not a nerd but I loved to be educated. It was like I was secure and safe when I have knowledge.

I smiled ruefully when I still remember the events of that awful day. I went back to our little home from school, skipping steps happily eager to go home and eat something as I was hungry. I opened the door enthusiastically and followed inside when I heard several voices arguing inside.

Several unfamiliar voices.

I didn't know we were expecting guests because we did not expect guests ever. The thought of being robbed crossed my mind, but there was nothing precious in our ragged house to rob. If any, the thief would leave some tip for us taking pity on us.

I inched closer and peeked from behind a wall and noticed three large men looking around and arguing with each other in a language I don't understand. I couldn't go inside as they are strangers and they looked so creepy and I couldn't stay where I was because I would be found out in seconds.

And in record time, one of the men noticed the movement behind the wall and startled me by running in front of me. If I was scared a percent more than I was, then I would've peed in my pants with the terrifying look the men were giving me.

They tried to talk to me at first and realizing I didn't know the language, they explained the situation to me in English.

My ugly situation.

"Your parents took loads of money from an important person and did not pay yet. This morning we found them dead in a gambling house on the other side of the city. Since they cannot pay the debt now, boss told us to bring you as collateral. Now move." He said in a rough tone which made me shiver in utter fear.

Tears rolled down from my eyes when I heard the news of my parents' death and more tears flowed when my life took down from bad to worse.

I was pulled to a middle age man who gave money to my parents and was thrown at his feet for mercy. He had a disgusting look in his eyes that I didn't know the meaning of it then. He pulled my chin up and examined my face for a good few minutes and smirked in triumph like he found what he was looking for.

"You will pay for what your parents owed me through your young beautiful body. Mars will put you into the escort house and you being a good little girl, pleasure men, gather money and pay back." Was what said to me and in three hours I found myself signing a contract forcefully that it would take approximately thirteen years to repay the debt and interest and I would be working as an escort until I payback.

The contract stated that if I paid back the money before the mentioned time, I still need to serve them until the contractual time was completed.

Wasn't it cruel?

To put a girl who doesn't even know what an escort house is, in a dangerous place for sale? But those people don't know what a heart is and what feelings are. They just threw me in the disgusting place without any remorse.

Two nights later from signing the contract, I found myself on the stage being ready to be auctioned for a man who would take my virginity and assault me physically.

I still could remember the day when I was sobbing silently on the dais and no one cared about me. Not a person tried to console me or tell me that everything would be fine.

I felt like I lost a war and was about to get beheaded for an unknown crime until... I heard his voice.

Sweet, gentle yet a firm voice...

Flashback - Thirteen years ago

Why did mom and dad have to take money from that rude man? I don't want to be here.

I cried and sobbed but no one cared. All they need was a girl to sell to their customers. When they took me here two days ago, the manager sir here said that I can make heaps of money the only thing I need to do is not do anything and let my master handle me.

I am terrified and want to run as far as I can but these people have a country of guards to keep an eye on everyone.

I don't want to become a prostitute. I want to get a degree in digital communication and work in a good company later followed by getting married to a good man.

But all my wishes are drowned now. I cannot study anymore. I cannot have a decent marriage anymore.

"Move, b**ch" The supervisor lady yelled and pushed me on to the dais .I turned back to walk away but she pushed me again and closed the doors to the backstage.

Is there any way I can save myself?

Please God, help me.

"Phoebe here is a delicious little virgin untouched and untainted. She is all yours for two nights from tonight and the bid start from Five hundred dollars." The host announced and got the response from the audience with hoots and howls.

It is dark and the only light in the hall is on me but I can feel creepy gazes on me; also my dress is not helping me at all. I was forced to wear a see through black lingerie which contrasted my white skin color and which hugged me tightly accentuating my breasts and my private parts.

I tried to wrap my hands around myself trying to protect myself from sickening eyes with a heavy defeated heart.

I did not show my exposed skin to anyone till now and I feel so embarrassed to wear such disgusting thing and stand in front of men.

"Six hundred dollars." I heard a male voice which sounded old and kind of hazed with alcohol.

"Eight hundred dollars"

"Thousand dollars"

No I need to run away.

"Thousand and five hundred dollars"

I need to look for a good time and escape from here. I need to run away.

"Thousand and seven hundred dollars."

"Ah, I see the little lady has captured important men here." The host chuckled continuing with the bid. "Thousand and seven hundred dollars goes one... two –" The host was confirming the bid when he was interrupted by a young and a mesmerizing voice I ever heard.

I cannot see his face because it's very dark, but I can make out a shadow approaching the other side of the dais and talking something seriously with the host.

Through the little light that was thrown, I could tell that he is wearing a dark brown jacket and his hair stood up in dark spikes. I want to see this boy who spent so much to buy me but since his back was to me, I cannot.

Who is this boy that has such money to even buy a woman?

Is he from the same gangster group that sent me here?

Or is he taking loans like my parents did?

I learnt my lesson that taking huge loans is dangerous and I will not take them. Once I'm free from here, I will rather beg than take loans from random gangster people.

"Sold to Mr. Russo!" The host hollered cheerfully and turned towards me with eyes full of dollar symbols.

I guess he made a lot of money from selling me. But I decide to run away in these two days and leave to a faraway place where no one of them can find me.

I need to save myself .I cannot just sit hand in hand and wait for my dignity to be trampled by these men.

Never!

"Let's go, Bella." I yelped when I suddenly felt a raspy whisper in my ear, hot air tickling my skin. I jumped and turned around only to come face to face with the most beautiful creature on earth.

When did he come here?

Oh no!

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Flashback continues...

Niccolo Russo Point of View

Beautiful.

She is simply the definition of beauty which her big doe eyes and her petite frame. She looked scared and uncomfortable on the dais with the spotlight on her not to forget the revealing dress she was wearing. She doesn't look a day more than sixteen, so small and horrified.

What happened to her?

Why is such a beauty like her here in this place?

"Enjoy your night, Nic." Valdemar, one of my best friends, winked at me and walked into the crowd to find himself a girl for the night as well.

I will not lie, I am heck nervous. This is the first time I would be doing the deed and this is so nerve wrecking. Though I am a nineteen year old hot blooded man, I did not get a chance to have sex before due to many reasons. I had girlfriends, we kissed, and we made out but never had sex.

So my not-so dignified friend brought me to the escort house to learn the art of seduction and the art of bed manners. According to him, this is the perfect place for me to know what ladies like and what not.

I was completely against coming here, hand on my heart. I know how to have sex with a lady; it is just that I could not have one but that does not mean I am innocent.

But then again, Valdemar is known to be the most stubborn person on earth because he kept pestering me for whole two months.

That dog!

However, I did not know that I would be the one to thank him for bringing me here rather than curse him.

"Let's go Bella" I whispered to her and wrapped an arm around her. She shivered in my arms but I know it was not because she is positively affected by me.

"Mr. Russo, We need your signatures here." The host from earlier ran to me with a bundle of papers and produced a pen to me.

"What is this about?" I asked not so kindly. He was an old man but the dirty look he had in his eyes was enough for me to know that he was not a person to trust. I cleared my throat threateningly when I noticed him looking at Bella with the same dirty look I observed when she was standing on dais.

Back off!

"This document here confirms that the Lady in your arms, Phoebe Smith, will be you B**ch for two nights starting from tonight. The other two documents are regarding your payment and your promise that you would not physically assault our escorts." I nodded and read the documents thoroughly before signing them and get done with it already.

"Enjoy –" Not caring to listen to him anymore, I pulled Bella with me towards the awaiting car.

Once we are seated inside the car, I drove past the night traffic towards my penthouse which is situated on the other side of the city.

Beautiful Bella was seated next to me in the passenger seat and I couldn't help steal glances at her. Now that she is out of the thronging place, I can finally look at her peacefully. She has the same scared look and frown creases on her forehead but it look so adorable.

I don't know what it is about her that I paid such a mass amount of money to have two freaking nights with her when I don't even have any interest in having sex right now.

It was like some kind of force was pushing me to take her out of that place.

"I – I don't –" She stuttered and good Lord her voice was softer than cotton candy. I turned towards her and nodded my head, encouraging her to speak further.

She looked innocent and frail that needs all the care in the world. Valdemar did warn me about how the girls from the escort house are vampires that suck wealth out of people. He told me specifically to not trust anyone because they do not deserve it.

But I am not a stupid person; nor am I a heartless.

I learnt enough in my life to not judge a person just because they come from a poor background. I do not know what made her get into a business like this, but I have learnt enough to keep my mind open about the possibilities.

"I don't want this." Her voice quivered. I narrowed my eyes and looked intently at her.

"What do you not want?" She looked in to my eyes for a second and dropped her head down in submission before pointing her finger to us.

"I do not want to ki – kiss you." She blinked her eyes and tried to be a little brave which she obviously failed. I bit back the smile forming on my lips and put on a serious face, deciding to play with her until we reach my penthouse.

"What if I do? I paid money to kiss you and do much more." I teased her making sure to sound serious and genuine.

Tears rolled down from her eyes and she started crying profusely, moving away from me in her seat. I mentally kicked myself for joking in such a sensitive time. I know she was not comfortable with what was happening with her and I was just trying to ease the air around us.

Damn it. Niccolo! You should think before you do say something, idiota.

"Ssh, look. Look Bella, calm down. I was just joking. Calm down." I held her hand and caressed it soothingly to calm her down. She must be so terrified of me right now. I know many of the ladies from escort house are not there willingly and Valdemar did tell me that many of them are forced into it.

Looking at Bella, it is quite clear that she is also forced to be a prostitute and knowing that she is a virgin, I should be handling her with calm and relaxing words of comforts.

Such an idiot I am to make an angel cry.

I parked the car and walked to the other side to open Bella's door. She looked at me with tearful eyes but still took my offered hand.

"Calm down Bella, don't cry. Look, we can talk about this when we reach my room, okay?" I said softly making sure to be careful not to frighten her.

"Room?" She gasped and twisted her hand to take it away from mine and again I kicked myself mentally for sounding like a pervert.

"We will just talk, Bella. We will not kiss at all. Just go to my room, sit comfortably on bed, and eat some snacks and talk. Alright?" I assured her holding her hand firmly in mine.

Do I look like a mobster that she is getting to frightened of me?

"No Kiss? Really? Promise?" She pulled out her hand and brought her pinky finger in front of me. I looked confusingly at her not understanding what she is doing.

She must have noticed my confusion so she pulled my hand and wrapped her pinky finger with mine and joined both our thumbs. "This is how you promise and stamp it. Don't you know this?"

"Yes, really, promise. I will not kiss you tonight." I chuckled and promised her.

I am not a very nice man to save every damsel in distress and pay a hefty lot of money for their welfare. It is just about this particular girl that made me go out of my way and take her away with me to a safe place.

Bella nodded and followed me into the elevator and to my penthouse. When I opened the door of my house, Bella gasped looking all over the house with fascination written all over her face. I smiled to myself and left her in the living room alone to bring a glass of chilled water for her.

She must have gone through a lot today and the least I can do is offer her a relaxing sip of cold water.

"Here Bella, drink some water and relax on the couch here while I bring you something comfortable to change into." She seemed awkward but nodded nonetheless, taking a sip of cool refreshing water.

I went to my bed room and searched the whole wardrobe to find something decent and covering for Bella but being a bachelor, my closet only has male shirting. So I pulled out one of my warm t-shirt and new track pants.

"Alright. Shall we start with the introductions? I am Niccolo, nineteen years old, took over the Russo empire just two years ago due to many tough circumstances." I smiled at her and saw her smiling back at me nervously. "I know your name so you can tell me how you are in this situation in the first place." I said placing the tray of sandwiches I made, on her lap.

She looked at me for good some time but did not open her mouth. I sighed and held both of her hands in mine, "Bella, if you do not want to share anything with me, then all you need to do is tell me so, Okay?" She nodded shortly, "Good. You must be hungry so eat and then tell me what do you want to do now?" I said softly and received a nod from her.

"Then... Can you –" She bit her lower lip in apprehension. "Can you please help me running away from here?" She looked at me with hopeful eyes which struck a strange cord in my heart.

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Flashback Continues...

Phoebe Point of View

He is nice.

He seemed like a very nice guy like a prince from an anime who is good at heart and sweet to others.

Till now, he did not try to get close to me or kiss me and he also fed me with some delicious sandwiches which I am grateful for because this is the only meal I had today. The rude supervisor lady did not give me food today because I need to look slim and petite on the stage to attract the men.

I almost cried again when I munched on those sumptuous sandwiches and the moment I took my first sip on chilled coke, I moaned out in utter satisfaction. He chuckled loudly at my expressions but did not say anything until I finish my food.

"Umm, So?" I asked once I cleansed my hands and took my seat on the bed where I was sitting previously. I hesitated to continue further but I need to ask him for help to flee away from here.

He seems to be a very influential kid around here and he is obviously rich so he might help me. Since he is also very sweet and nice with me, I want to trust him for once.

"Will you help me" I asked again and noticed that the amusement his eyes held earlier was immediately gone and concern replaced it.

"Bella –" He sighed helplessly "- The escort house you are in, is not a normal place. That horrendous place is maintained and run by some of the most powerful and dangerous underground people." The little hope I had in me quickly left and I am filled with despair again.

I looked at him pleadingly when he turned away his face from me and walked over to the study table and brought his laptop to the bed where I am sitting.

What is he doing?

Will he think of a way to help me?

He quickly typed something in his laptop and turned it to me and showed several articles about the escort house.

"Look here, Sweetheart. Even though I helped you to escape from here and put you in a safe place, you will still be found out by those people. They are known to very shady when it comes to the business. It is like they have eyes everywhere and you can never escape their sight successfully." He said softly and showed me articles of past cases of when few girls tried to really escape.

'The famous escort house again showed its supremacy in the city when one of the newly brought escort escaped successfully from them but only for seven hours. The authority of the house found her escaping to the town nearby by a goods lorry.

The girl who was caught was kept in the house's confinement for now and news was going around that the authority would be sending her to serve one of the troublesome clients. While the government has no much hold on masters of the prostitution junction, the rulers of the house continues to take the absolute dominance over their house affairs as well over the affairs of the country.'

My hope was finally crushed to pieces. Do I have no way to get out anymore? I looked at Niccolo and he showed me another case of a girl trying to escape and was punished brutally.

Looking at the article, I understood one thing, the house authority are too powerful and I, in the desperation to escape, did not think about the trouble I might get myself into if I ever get caught.

"You – will you inform them if I successfully... you know, escape?" I asked carefully. He was being nice with me. He is friendly and an amazing guy I ever met who is giving respect to a girl's wishes whom he bought for two nights.

That is when realization dawned onto me. If at all I was not found with Niccolo, then he would get into trouble as well and learning about the atrocious people they can go any lengths to retrieve back what belong to them.

Oh dear, where did I get myself into?

"I am very sorry, I did not think of you while planning to escape. I know you will not want to help me because you might get into trouble too. I am terribly sorry, M-master" I sniffled, trying not to cry out loud.

Will he hurt me because I talked to him carelessly?

Oh my God, I did not call him master before and talked to him informally. I am sure he will hurt me for that. The supervisor lady warned me several times to address the man who buys me as master because he will have all the right on me.

"Do not call me that." He said through gritted teeth and suddenly the sweet and nice guy is no more and the guy who is before me looks more like a wolf in puberty.

Oh ho! I messed up.

"W-What? What, M- master?" I inched back in fright at the way he is suddenly scowling at me.

Oh ho! What happened to him suddenly?

Tears have become my loyal friend in these few days which appear whenever I am in need. Water poured out from my eyes when I saw the scary look on his face which scared me like hell.

And then I don't know what happened suddenly to him, he closed his eyes for few minutes and breathed heavily while I just stood far away from him and looked at him with completely blank mind.

"Come here" He whispered slowly but since it was very silent in the room, I heard it clearly.

Hell No, you will kill me. You look scary.

"Come here Bella, I will not hurt you." His eyes softened and returned to its usual friendly look. He gestured me to walk to him and though his anger has calmed down, I am still apprehensive. I shook my head in negative but immediately realized my mistake.

I should not say 'no' to my master! Rule number 3!

Unwillingly I walked to him in small steps and the moment finally arrived when I am very close to him. Angry men hit people, my father was same and so was the men in escort house. They hit girls who don't listen to them.

I was expecting a slap on my face but instead I was wrapped in warm arms. Master pressed my head on his chest lightly and patted my back soothingly which made me cry again.

"Do not call me Master again. I am not your master. Understood? Call me Niccolo." He spoke softly. I did not nod my head but I was so overwhelmed when he talked to me so kindly again.

"I'm sorry I lost my cool for a moment, Bella. I just did not like to be called that. Now shh, calm down. Don't cry." He asked me to stop crying but that only triggered my emotions even more and made me cry even more.

"Trust me when I say I would do anything in my control to help you but Bella, What I am worried the most is that what if you were found? Then you will in a deep trouble, sweetheart."

I don't know what to say or what to do. He was being gentle with me unlike what I saw in the house. The men who came for women were very harsh and spoke wrongly to girls but this guy... who is he?

"My parents took a large sum of money from someone and were found death without paying it. The man who loaned the money wanted to get his money back through me so he asked his men to send me to the escort house." I opened up finally.

"They are so cruel and showed me some disgusting videos too." I hugged him back tightly and whimpered while he did nothing but hum and rub my back in assurance. "The videos were so bad, you know. The supervisor lady stripped me forcibly and looked at my naked body several times and even touched me."

"Shh, it's okay. Everything is alright and no one will hurt you when you are with me." Niccolo hugged tightly.

"No its not okay. She... she called a... a – a man and showed my n-naked body to him." I hiccupped. I cannot forget that incident. The creepy look that man gave terrified me a lot.

Why would she show me naked to a man. It is not decent. I cried so much and hit behind the supervisor lady but she pulled me back in front of that creepy man and asked him to evaluate me for God knows what.

"They want me to do what girls did in the video they showed. They will make me do that, Niccolo and I don't want to do it. What if they touch me again? I don't like being touched but – what if they sell me a bad man?" No, no I cannot let them lay a hand on me again. They said after two nights with Niccolo they would sell me to another man.

"Thank You Niccolo but I need leave. Even if you are nice to me, the next man that buys me may not and I can't even escape from them. I think... No I know what I have to do." I said in sudden hurry and looked at the worried looking Niccolo, "I am so happy I met you. You are so nice to me NIccolo, like an angel - but I cannot live like this. I need to... I..." I ran into the washroom and locked myself inside followed by Niccolo shouting for me to open the door from outside.

I need to end this life. If I am not alive then there is no problem at all to start with.

Yes, this is best for me!

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