IN HIS CAPTIVE

I sighed and closed the book I was reading getting tired of everything going on. "Come on Vieve, don't be so nerdy all the time".That's Kylee, my bestie since I moved to NYC. "what do you want Lee?".i asked, she roll her eyes, pulls me to the floor and starts dragging me outside. "don't tell me you've forgotten all what we discussed and agreed on last night "I sighed again about to protest but she kept on dragging me towards the mall thereby swallowing my words.

Genevieve Santiago is a light skinned beautiful girl with dark brown hair, blue eyes, well defined curves and a flawless skin to die for. She can sweep all the men off their feet with her indescribable beauty. She lost her parents on her 15th year birthday in a car accident, So basically, she has been an orphan for 5 years. She dropped out of school a year after her parents death and moved to NYC from LA without anyone's support for survival. She works in a restaurant as a waitress until she met Kylee Phillip who accommodated her and therefore became best of friends. She plans on continuing her studies after getting the required amount.

When we got got the mall. "Lee, what are we doing here? You know I can't afford anything here" I looked at her wearily. "Don't bother, I'll pay, all you got to do is loosen up and enjoy just for this night please"she said pleading with puppy eyes. I laughed"okay, just for tonight" I told her sternly and she squeals happily attracting the gazes of other customers for some seconds and retreated their eyes. Lee and I walked endlessly through the dress area in search of a dress-to-kill as she proclaims until her eyes got to one and she squeals getting my attention "what again? " "There it is, the perfect one "she says and pull out a knee length red sleeveless dress having V-neck in front with V-dropped neck to the waist at the back, side slit in front and twin holes at both sides of the dress. I looked at the dress wearily "you know I can't wear this"."Oh pls Vieve, remember I get to pick" i checked the price of the dress and looked at her again "Lee, it's $700" I whisper, "not to worry, I'll pay. Let's go, I've got the perfect shoes and purse to fit it". Again she drags me out of the mall after paying for the dress. I'm not happy about this, Lee pays the rent for the apartment we stay in, provides all the groceries, buys me gifts all the time and all I do is provide some primary stuff for myself, I keep telling her and she says it's okay.

On getting home, she tells me"Vieve don't fuck with me, this is 7:15P.M, you have 15 minutes to shower and get dressed, I'll take care of your hair and makeup "she looks at me sternly. "OK mum"i say and she laughs. She leaves the room to get dressed also while I obey her instructions.

17minutes later, she barges into the room looking hot with her black handless corset top, a mini leather red skirt and back heels to pair it up, her blonde hair dropped to her back stopping at her bra length with jewelries..."Lee, you are hot""oh please, have you seen yourself, I knew your perfect body were meant for this clothes"she says and starts with my makeup keeping it light and natural, my hair styled in a ponytail with two strands curled in front and my edges done. She gave me a silver heel with its matching purse and squeals. "Vieve you're gonna seize the breath of every one with your beauty" i blush though feeling uncomfortable cause my skin is exposed.

We arrived at club Violante at exactly 8PM. Entering into the club, all eyes stared at me and retrieved their gazes almost immediately. We walked to the bar to get drinks, "give me the usual" Lee said and winked at him making him nod his head in understanding. "give her a bottle of beer almost the same percentage of alcohol as mine".Lee said before I even get to speak.

She turns to me and sighed "come on Vieve, I know this might be hard for you but do it for me please, I'll be by your side giving you enough company...ok? ", "Ohkay".she grabbed her drink and I grabbed mine when the bartender returned, "This song is on fire "she screamed clearly under the influence of alcohol, suddenly she pulled me to the dance floor and started swaying her hips showing off her dance skills cause of how inviting the song is [under the influence by Chris Brown ],I started dancing too, then it changed to Body by Megan thee Stallion which made everyone go crazy including me. I felt a bit dizzy and decided to just sit and watch while drinking. I felt a strong gaze on me, I looked around but found no one staring at me, I felt it again, I looked around again nervously thinking I was paranoid until I met the culprit. My breath seized when it landed on him, I couldn't really explain his features cause of his dark surrounding. He invited me over with his hand while sipping from his drink. I paused contemplating if I should go or not, I Indecisively get up and started walking towards the VIP section where he was. The two huge scary men on black bowed and moved for me to pass. I sat opposite Mr. Unknown since I didn't know his name. "You look extremely breathtaking Miss Santiago",he smirks. "h-how do you know my name Mr. "I stammer "call me Stephen and you don't need to know how I got such information "he smirks again, I stood up about to go maybe this was a bad idea. "Miss Santiago" I heard his voice and turned "see you soon" I smiled and waved off the fact that he thought I'll come here again. I went back to the dance floor in search of Kylee and this time pulled her heading home.

"Aaaarrghh" my head hurt, I'm not trying alcohol again. After what seems like forever I opened my eyes to find out that we both slept in the living room and the big head was still asleep. I stood up lazily in search on my phone, then it dawned on me 'it's 10am' ,"Lee... Lee" "hmm-mm, what? "she woke up and looked up at me clearly annoyed "it's 10AM Lee, we're 1hr30 mins late" I screamed. "What!,how did it happen? "she asked confused. We stood up, and started rushing, In a speed of lightning, we were dome dressing and ready for work in our white blouse on black short fitted skirt. We got in a taxi and stopped at "Amy foods restaurant "that's our workplace. When we got in we met Cole(the manager). "Lee, Vieve" he called and we turned to him shaking like we were criminals caught on spot. "good morning Cole, morning cole"we said simultaneously. "you guys are late again "he said indifferently. Lee opened her mouth about to explain, "sorry Gus, Mrs Amy said I should tell you guys your service is no longer needed... In other words, you're fired" he said pitifully, "shit ,Cole is there no way you can help us please? ", I asked at the verge of crying cause that's my only job and means of survival. "sorry Vieve, you know there's nothing I can do ". We nodded and left. The moment we got home, I broke down in tears while Lee was comforting me. "what do we do Lee? ", "I honestly don't know yet but we'll figure out something, pls stop crying or I'll cry too" I cleaned my tears cause I know she's serious about it. "Vieve "she called fidgeting with her fingers, "hmm" I turned to her giving her my full attention." how about we go to the club and drown our sorrows with alcohol "I frowned "that's the same reason we got fired Lee " "I know but staying home crying all day wouldn't help us either, let's say we go to the club, get wasted, then we think of something tomorrow"i thought of it, she has a point there "okay let's do it" she squealed happily while I covered my ears laughing.

"But how do you get the ticket passes to club Violante, I know it's hard to get one not to talk of two you know ", "someone gave it to me", "o-k"i said giving up. Since we were managing our way our spending due to loosing our jobs, we both decided to go through our closet in search of clothes to wear to the club.

Author's note - There will be changes in the use of tense.. I.e from present continuous tense to past tense.. Thanks for reading my book 🙏

Exactly 8PM we were ready. My hair was straightened to my back with the tips curled, I wore a fitted sleeveless short black leather dress having both sides of my hips exposed but covered with black net, little part of my cleavage in display, my whole back exposed but covered with little strands of black corset rope knotted together, black leather boots, Lee's gold accessories and a golden purse with just lip gloss. "Nice Lee",I said when she was done dressing me up. "you look gorgeous" we both said simultaneously. Lee was putting on a short fitted off-shoulder navy blue dress having a silver belt around the waist, the dress stopped 4 inches below her butt, her hair straightened and the tips curled just like mine, silver accessories to complement the dress, silver heels, and a navy blue purse. "Let's go have fun on ou"i cheered happily.

We got to the club and just like the last time or even better, we got the attention of some people with our looks. "give me vodka" she said to the bartender, "can you drink that raw? "I asked almost immediately, "Nah, I'll mix it, now order yours", "give me whiskey"I smirked. After dancing for a couple of minutes, I felt like using the restroom "Lee, I'll be back" "okay" ,I found my way to the bathroom in the mist of the crowd feeling relieved but dizzy, so I decided it's time to head home. Without telling Lee, I left the club practically staggering on the way."Hey Miss" two huge men on black with dark sunglasses stood in my way. "leave my way or I'll be forced to move you"i said sternly "Sorry Miss "my nose was immediately covered with white handkerchief making me inhale the substance forcefully and I was welcome with darkness.

I woke up to a banging headache "fuck" "you're awake",I heard a deep voice. I opened my eyes but all I saw was darkness, I sat up on the huge soft mattress and started looking around for the source of the voice until my eyes got to a silhouette with only his dark orbs visible, he looked mesmerising despite the fact that I can't see him clearly.

"Who are you? and why am I here? ", I asked and wondered but I was scared at the same time.

"you are home Miss Santiago " my heart skipped "you know my name? " it was more of a statement than a question.

The next second the light was switched on making close my eyes from the sudden brightness, when I adjusted to the light, I opened my eyes to see the devil who's holding captive. The moment I set my eyes on him, I subconsciously held my breath 'Oh My God' I screamed inwardly. This man is like the god of beauty, he's beyond perfect. He has long dark hair and well developed cheekbones giving his a face a sharp jaw and perfect model look, fair skin with dark orbs and straight nose, he's tall and slender with narrow waist, muscular shoulders,well built rock hard chest and firm muscles. His features are more unique than that of a Greek, this man is the most handsome man ever. I bit my lips cause he's so freaking handsome." stop doing that" he said quite annoyed, I wondered what annoyed and what he was talking about so I quickly averted my gaze from him, I've been staring for too long ,I bit my lips again from embarrassment, "stop it" he groaned, I looked at him in a questionable gaze, "stop biting your lips that way" I released my lips and my mouth shaped in an oh sound realising what he meant. Then the silence consumed us, I felt uncomfortable with the silence cause I had a lot of questions to ask "umm... Mr, what am I doing here", "like I said before you are home "he said simply, "this doesn't look like my apartment in any way", "I know, you see"he stroded calmly towards me and stopped halfway. "Miss Santiago, you met someone at Violante two nights ago "I remembered "that was Mr. Stephen and you don't look like hime", "correct, Stephen is my right hand man, my assistant, I sent him to pass you the information that we'll see soon",he was right though here I am. "but, i don't get why I am here", "Allow me speak" he said sternly and I nodded fearfully because of his deep voice that send shivers down my spine. "Miss Santiago, you are mine and you are to stay with me from now on, Don't worry about your your belongings, that had been settled" he said coldly and I frowned. "what do you mean, you can't just go about, holding someone captive and claim the person, you have no right Mr.", "oh trust me I do", I sat down to watch her carefully loving the way she insults me with a care of who I am, I just to want to seal that lips with mine and buy her words in the kiss "you're a coward, I'll advise that you release me this minute or my best friend will so deal with you" furious by his calm attitude, I continued, "who the hell do you think you are, wretched son of a nobody, you are s..... "the sound of thunderous laughter stopped me and I became scared because of the numerous look he gave me. He walked towards me slowly, each step was like a ticking bomb, I regretted why I said those words when I didn't know who I was talking to, 'Ugh Genevieve, must always be do stupid' I scolded my self inwardly. I moved back till my back hit the wall and there was no escape. His face was just an inch away from mine. "you don't know who you just insulted Genevieve" he said emotionlessly. His cold gaze on mine and his huge muscular body towering over my small figure made me hold my breath out of fear. I released it the moment he left me and broke down into tears. "please let me go" I cry helplessly getting tired of acting tough when I'm not. "No, Genevieve" I heard his deep voice. "But, why?" I asked. "I want you" he said simply without emotions. Getting furious again "you know Mr, you can't claim me", "I can Genevieve",he said and stood up, when he was about to leave, "You have 4 hours to accept the fact that you're with me Genevieve, I'll send someone to you later" he left "no don't leave me here plsss"i broke down in tears when he locked the door outside.

I'm sorry for the late update

I'll do my best to not repeat it