Bound to the Hot Billionaire

ELEANOR'S POV

" Eleanor!!!!! Eleanor!!!" I heard the screams of my name all over the house. I wondered when Dad would ever be back. This is my house, they all met me here.

I sat down on the sofa and listened as Jess, Van, and stepmom scream my name over and over again. Jess's voice soon became clearer, she obviously was close to my door. Soon enough, as expected, she started banging on my door.

" Hey Elie, I know You're there, open the fucking door" she yelled.

I didn't budge, I'm even about two years older than her. What do they want now?

" What is it?" I said.

" Oh! So you heard us and you can't speak. Mom is looking for you. I give you 5 minutes before she comes to meet you herself".

She left. Soon I heard the bitch talking.

" Eleanor, get out now." She said I can't even bring myself to call her mom.

" Why should I?"

" We made breakfast," she said.

That was an obvious lie. Nobody Cooks in this house apart from me. They are probably starving.

I'm quite hungry too, but stepping out of this house right now is an undeniable death. Well, I don't have a choice, I've been facing it every day. I won't die yet.

I let out a big sigh and opened the door slowly, she pushed it hard against me making me fall hard on the floor. I looked up at the angry woman who landed me a heavy slap the next minute.

I thought I was used to it but it always hit differently. I held my cheeks as they burnt really hard. She left angrily. I slowly stood up and went out the door, locking the knob behind me.

I know I would still have to face both Van and Jessica downstairs. I walked slowly and saw two angry birds, waiting for me.

I don't know exactly what I did this morning, but it has always been like that. I'm too weak to retaliate. I got downstairs and Jess pulled my ear.

God knows that hurts. She dragged me down to the kitchen with my ears. If I had the power and a gun, I wouldn't hesitate.

" Do your work, I'm starving" she said and left for the sitting room. I had no choice, not like I ever did anyway. After cooking, I ate in the kitchen because I knew better.

They might deprive me of the right to eat if I'm not careful. After eating, I served their food and took it to them in the dining room, not daring to say a word.

I turned to leave and suddenly stomped on something which made me fall really hard on the tile ground. A volcano of pain erupted in my head.

I couldn't process anything at first. Trying to be strong, I tried standing. Standing was difficult, I could feel myself falling but I tried anyway. I felt a warm liquid slowly falling down my face. I touched my face and saw a red substance on my hand.

I was obviously bleeding. I looked down at Van who just adjusted his leg, he'd made me fall on purpose.

"Oops," he said and they all laughed.

I went up to my room in haste. The pain was unbearable.

I've undergone worse than that from these people. I got some cotton wool and spirits. I dabbed it little by little and cleaned the blood off. I wonder how long I have to put up with everything. Cleaning it, I dressed it with a bandage. That's another form of attraction.

After having a whole chapter of my whole wrenched life once again, I went downstairs and saw how trashy the whole place was. It was neat hours ago. I grumbled in frustration and that was the exact time Jess came in, she probably went shopping.

" Why is the whole house this way, start cleaning," she said, dropping her stuff on the couch.

" Jess, I'm not ready for your stupid playoffs," I said and turned to leave but I was pulled back by a strong force from my head.

" Ahhh" I screamed. Jessy was really pulling my hair hard. I tried crossing her with my leg, which made her fall. I couldn't resist the urge to slap her. It was the first time I slapped her and it felt good.

But that was bad timing because Van walked in and saw the scene, then Jess started crying. She really should be in an acting school 'cause fuck!

Van walked down to me and pushed me, beating me mercilessly. He kicked me, hit me in different places. I had to cover my face with my arms. I wouldn't cry in their presence, I wouldn't.

Different kicks came from every corner. I fought the tears. After about 30 minutes, he stopped and left for his room with his sister.

I burst out in tears as I couldn't hold it much longer. I soon shrugged it off and stood up, wiping my tears, I went up to my room and slept.

*** The next day...***

I woke up feeling a lot of pain in my body, but it was Monday and I had to be in school. I managed to take my bath. The water made my bruises more painful but I had to endure it. One day, I really hope this will be all over.

After getting dressed for school in a casual brown hoodie and Jean to cover up all my bruises, but I couldn't cover my head enough to disclose the bandage around my head.

Unlike Van and Jess, I had to walk down to school. While walking, I texted Emil about all that had happened. I soon got a beep from my phone, I knew it had to be Emil

"Gurllll, wtf. Couldn't you like run away or something"

" I can't, you know I can't. Anyway, I'm on my way to school. Catch you up soon" I texted

" Are you walking?? With all the bruises, hold on I'll come pick you up" and that was the end of the chat.

Emil was a very handsome guy, girls are always after him. And he's rich too, a bit, not wealthy anyway. He's been my best friend since we were kids.

My mom used to make us sandwiches every night...well time flies and mom's not with us anymore. I walked a few miles and saw Emil's car approaching. I smiled, that was quite fast.

" Hop in," he said

I smiled at him. " I'm not a kangaroo you know," I said and smirked, but honestly, my whole body was aching so I quickly got in.

" Thanks but no thanks," I said playfully

" How's your body? You could have called me, I'd have kicked their asses. Not like they even had a big ass like yours so it would be easy to spank" Emil jokes. He always finds a way to make me laugh whenever I'm down.

" I'm good and stop bluffing. And besides, it doesn't really hurt"

" I take the bandage on your head as mere fashion. Right"

I laughed, though I hate being sentimental, this human right here is just always hitting a spot.

" Eleanor, you should leave the house," he said with a rather thick and serious voice. " You might die at this rate. You can come and live with me. You'll do just fine"

" Emil, you've told me this before, but I can't run. It's my father's house, my mother's house! I was born there. Some strangers can't take that away from me" I answered.

" If you are going to just stay there, and you don't want to live, why aren't you fighting back?"

" It's not time yet Emil, it's not time. I'm weak, if I fight this way, I'll lose. I'm not ready but I will be soon. I can feel it. For now, I'll just endure" It was sad to say but it was the truth, I had to continue to endure it. We already got into the school.

Getting down and walking down the hall in the school, I noticed everyone's eyes on me and their phones. I tapped Emil and asked, "Is it just me or everybody is looking strangely at me"

" I can feel it too, and the energy seems to be coming from their phones. Wait a minute" he checked his phone, " fuck!"

I looked at him as he stopped moving. He was staring at the phone with eyes wide open.

" You mean they did this to you?" He half yelled. I took the phone and saw what he was watching. Van had taken a video while he was beating me yesterday. And he captioned it...

" This is what a slave gets when she steals from me"

I don't know why I wasn't surprised. I held Emil and dragged him to class. Even the teacher looked at me weirdly. The whole class was murmuring and it was really disturbing. I got a text from Emil, " I'll put the video down. Don't worry too much, people will Soon Forget".

Eleanor's POV

Indeed, after class, people seemed to have moved on so fast. I have no idea what Emil did. I thanked him as we approached the restaurant.

As I was about to enter, I was welcomed with some sort of water splashing on me. I couldn't see for some minutes but Emil helped me clean my eyes. It was then that I could clearly see what had happened. It was Jess, with her friends. And what I was drenched in was mud. I held the tears that threatened to fall down my face.

" Now that's how you should look, '' Jess said and left. I was really numb. I turned to Emil who was slightly hit by the mud too. That was it, I couldn't hold my tears back anymore as they fell. Emil patted me and helped me to the restroom. After rinsing my face, I looked into the mirror and saw how messed up I was. I'm a total loser. I shouldn't even be living.

I headed out and begged Emil to take me home. The ride was silent and I soon got home. I was glad no one was at home and bid Emil goodbye. Walking around was a bit hard today and the pain I felt today was quite different too. I took the spare keys from a particular window.

I went straight to the bathroom and had a proper shower. After changing my clothes, I sank into my bed with my face on the bed. It was as if my world shouldn't have existed. Everything keeps clashing. No peace, no freedom, nothing. I'm a nice picture of a beautiful mess. Broken, drenched, destroyed...and all I can do is watch myself dying. " Rinnnnnnng" my phone rang, taking me away from my sadness.

I picked up and waited for the person to talk.

"Baby, I'm back"

"What!!!!!!!!!!" I screamed. As I jumped off my bed.

I jumped up in excitement as I heard Augie's voice. He's finally back.

" Where are you now, I'm coming right now"

" Same old place," he said simply. I quickly dressed up and rushed down to his house. I missed him, he had been gone for two months. Getting to his house, I knocked then he came to open the door.

I couldn't even say anything, just threw my arms around him, almost crying because I still felt pain, but the joy right here was more. He laughed and took me inside his room. I refused to let go. I really missed him. Didn't even know how I'd put my head around it. Finally, I broke the hug and looked into his eyes. He had changed and the look in his eyes wasn't really as it used to be.

" I missed you," he said in simplicity. Was he forcing it?

" Are you sure?" I asked and he kissed me. I missed this soul, this body, this lips. I kissed him back and he broke the kiss. Settling me to sit in his bed, I asked how he was and how his trip was from there. He explained something which I didn't listen to, I was busy looking at his face. He could disappear anytime.

He must have noticed me not answering him and just staring because he suddenly kissed me. It wasn't like the first one, this was deep. I kissed him back, passionately enough to break the spell of longing in him. Soon we were on the bed, kissing our way out. I missed everything about him. I wanted him to kiss me more and more...but something was off. I could feel his hand trying to find its way underneath my dress. That was a wrong move so I stopped the kiss and stepped away looking down.

" Babe, you know we can't do that right," I said in a tiny low voice. He came closer and used the tips of his fingers to tilt my head up to his face.

" And why not?

" You know. You know I'm still a virgin, I'm not ready"

He looked pissed, we just got to see each other after just a few months and you're already giving me a hard time. I looked at him and he suddenly moved to me, locking me down to the wall. I looked at him with startled and confused eyes.

" What are you doing?" I asked. He's never done this before. It's been four years since we've been dating and this was a new one.

" So what if you're a Virgin? I waited, I tried, but you have to fuck me today, it's the main reason I called you. Do you think you're that special? We are doing it today"

I was wrong again, I thought coming to meet him would take my emotions but it added to it instead. I struggled to break off his hands but it failed and he smiled.

" Let me go!" I screamed, "Please, I'm not ready" I cried. Augie was never like this, though he was always nagging but he was never this way. I saw an opening so I kicked his balls and ran off in tears. I heard his scream as I left

" Don't you ever come back" he screamed.

I ran as fast as I could. When I finally got home, I went straight to my room and locked the door. I rested my back on the door as I sat on the floor folding my knees up to cross my arms around it and rested my head as I sobbed. I never pictured it going that way. He just came back and he's already asking for sex? Something was off. Off.

After crying, I went to sleep. The next day, I called Emil and told him everything. I don't think I'd ever be able to hide anything from that guy. My stepmom came and ordered me around as usual. There was nothing much I could do. Occasionally, I'd meet Van and Jess and they always made a mess of me.

After what seemed like a week of torment, I decided to see August. I assumed he would have calmed down because I just couldn't get him off my head. Surprisingly, the door was open so I entered. But the view wasn't a nice one. I slowly walked around and saw a lady's shoe, bag, dress....bra.. it didn't hit me until I started hearing sounds from his bedroom. I approached slowly. I wanted to turn back too, I didn't want to see whatever was happening in that room, but I had no courage to run back. I could hear my heart pounding hard in my chest until the sex sounds became clearer

"Ahnnnn"

"Y.. you're so...so..gooooood fuck!

" Harder, please don't st..op"

"Ann"

" Yes...yes baby...I'm about to....."

I couldn't stand it anymore, so I opened the door and saw what I saw. I wished I had left the door closed.

Eleanor

I kept musing as I staggered. I couldn't believe my eyes. Right in front of me was my boyfriend, and....and my fucking step sister both naked and in the middle of what you'd call sex.

"How'd you get in," Augie said, behaving white awkwardly. Jess on the other hand was smiling and it seemed like she was enjoying this.

" Augie" was all I could say as I stared at him.

" Dear sister, you interrupted us. You should turn back, be a nice girl and leave" Jess blurted out

" Augie" and that was the first time I'd cry in front of Jess.

" You weren't beaten and you're crying, this is a new discovery. And while we beat you at home, you never shed a tear. August Never traveled you know. He was with me all these while and we have been having sex, what you couldn't give him." She smiled.

" You've been beating her?" Augie seemed surprised as he looked at her. But everything didn't mean anything apart from the fact that Augie was having sex with my sister. I sobbed quietly.

" You really can cry huh," Jess said and threw whatever she saw at me. Augie stopped her and I took one last look at Augie.

" Augie. Goodbye," I said and left. I didn't even mind now. I walked quietly down the street. I had no idea where I was heading as I cried.

I changed my mind and went straight home. Couldn't hold it. The pain keeps getting worse. I went home, ignoring Van who was trying to block my way in. I pushed him and ran off to my room. I locked the door and wailed. I never thought Augie would do such to me. The pain I felt was twice all I had endured. I scattered my room.

" Argggggggghhhhhhh" I screamed. It's unfair. Everything is unfair to me. I cuddled my pillow and kept on crying.

I sobbed and sniffed. I felt a slight headache as I sat up on the bed. Robbing off my face of every tear, I looked through the window and it was already evening. I didn't know I had been crying for so long.

That was it, I'll give it all up. I felt like a zombie, there was nothing in me. I opened the door and went down to the kitchen, took a chilled soda and biscuit. As I was going back, I saw Stepmom.

" Sorry to break it to you, but you're grounded," she said and I nodded. I walked past her with heavy eyebags and went straight to my room. I don't have anywhere to go anyway.

It's been two weeks since I've been inside. All I did was clean and do anything they wanted me to do. It's been the first two weeks without an argument with my stepfamily.

I was going down to get some junk when I heard my stepmom and Jess talking in the kitchen. I hid behind the wall and listened.

" You just have to get married to him. He's really rich and I need to get this contract. He's a very nice man" Stepmom told her

" Mom, I don't want to get married to an old man" Jess grumbled

" Jessica, listen to me, this contract is important to me and you'll love it there. You'll have everything you want-"

" Mom, why not allow Eleanor to get married to him? She can't say no." Jess said and I gasped.

" Why didn't I even think of that? I'll make her do it. Sorry for bothering you baby" her mom said and kissed her. " Eleanor dear, do not turn me down.

I had heard enough, so I quietly went to my room. So they now want to sell me off to an old man for some silly contract. I might have taken everything they had done but I won't allow this.

I went back and forth in my room. I wouldn't cry this time, I had to do something. I can't watch them get me married to an old man for money.

I looked over to my wardrobe and saw my clothes, my pictures.. everything. I decided to leave. I would leave this house and I will do so for good. Speaking of which, however, It turns out to be, I would come back and get what is mine.

I couldn't figure out what to take. After minutes of endless thinking, I decided to take my mom's picture, every other thing brings bad luck. I put the picture in my bag and went out of the house unnoticed.

The west side of London was a place I seldom frequented. Not because I didn't want to but because I never went that way. It was the place mom had her accident and died. Took a deep breath and kept walking. Ignoring the memories the road was bringing, I shut my eyes tight. It was really hard not to cry, soon I started pacing up. Mom used to buy me ice cream from this particular ice cream Van that I passed by.

I burst into tears, I didn't want to hold back anymore. Everything my family had done to me, sometimes I'd think they weren't human.

People are so cruel. Everybody is cruel. Even Dad doesn't want to come back, he never calls me. My life is ruined. I have nothing left to lose. I'll not return to that home. Not until I get back all that was taken from me.

My tears turned to stream and my sobs turned to opera as I cried out loud on the spot. I wanted it all out, all the pain, everything I have endured, I screamed at the top of my voice and slowly walked north crying. I couldn't stop myself from crying out loud. I don't mind whoever sees me or anything.

Walking a few steps more, I bumped into someone. I didn't even look at who he was as I crashed on him, wailing and asking for help.

" Why! Why is everything so wrong for me? Why can't I have peace? '' I cried. I poured out my heart and mind. I needed someone to tell me not to worry, someone to tell me everything would be okay...then I felt this soft hand patting my back. I didn't realize I was in a man's embrace.

"It's okay, everything is fine '' he said in a low and soft voice. My rage cooled down and I wondered how I stopped crying. The man or whoever took my hand and led me to his car. I didn't even care, I just followed him. There in his car, he asked what happened to me.

" I don't know you but I need to tell someone. My mom died while I was a child and dad married someone else and he's been on business trips for as long as I can remember. My stepmom and siblings treat me as though I'm as useless as a mad person. I have different bruises and I endured everything for 15 years. And my boyfriend who we've been dating, I caught him cheating on me with my step sister". That scene keeps on coming to my head, it keeps on taunting me. Not talking about the marriage they wanted to arrange for me, I continued " I'd rather die at this point. I don't want to live again" I said and sighed.

I looked at the man and I could see sympathy in his eyes.

" What's your name?" He asked.

" Eleanor"

" Eleanor, what if I could help you, and you help me in return? How about that"

What he said made me active again. Did he just say he was going to help me? Did he mean it?

" H..how...did you just say help me?" I stuttered.

" Yes, you see, before I bumped into you, I was looking for a young lady I had seen earlier. My boss needs a Lady that is up for a contract marriage and that's why I'm out here. So if you think you can do it, that's fine. Works for both of us"

Now what he proposed is something I never thought of, but I don't have anything left to lose. But first, I need to let Emil know

" Can I make a call"

"Yh sure, take your time"

I stepped out and saw about 10 missed calls from Emil. I called him back and he shouted, I had to take the phone far away from my ear.

" Cool down, I'm fine. I wanted to tell you something" I told him about me catching Augie with Jess. And how I walked down a place I do not know and how I met a strange man who is proposing a contract marriage.

" Are you sure he's not a kidnapper?" Emil said which was totally out of line

" I don't care about that now, Should I accept it or not"

." Eleanor, I don't know but you should take it. You've been through too much and I can't allow you to go back to that house. Give it a try"

With that, I had a full go-ahead. I went in to meet the man.

" I'm up for it," I said. The man seemed so happy as he drove me away

" Where are we going?" I asked, hoping Emil wasn't right about kidnapping stuff

" Your new home," he said and I smiled. I was so eager to know what it was like.

Maybe a more interesting chapter of my story has just begun...