Plump, Hated, And Bullied

Chapter 1

The sound of the blaring alarm pulls Lilian Sanchez off her deep slumber, and she forces her eyes open as the blurry ceiling welcomes her. Again, she has woken up to deal with the miseries of her life and chooses whether to stay alive or get thrown into depression and probably end up committing suicide. She will eventually have to choose between the two. What do you expect from a young innocent lady that got nothing all her life, but bullies and rejection from the world?

Her name is Lilian Sanchez, twenty-one years old chubby, short and ugly young lady. The only child of her sick father, and her mom divorced her father and abandoned the little girl when she was just six months old. Lilian grew up having no idea why her mom had to abandon her, why she had to make that decision, what could've pushed her to abandon her six months old baby? That is the question that has been disturbing her for years now, but she never got the answers she wants. 'What do I even expect? Maybe I was so fat that she couldn't stand my presence and had to reject me too. Guess I was born for that' she always ended up concluding.

Realizing that she has an interview at Bradford's empire in two hours, she hurries down the bed and scurries into the bathroom to have her bath before she would finally gets dressed. Staring at her plump reflection in the mirror minutes later, she tries so hard not to cry. She's not having a good feeling about the interview for the fear of getting bullied there.

"Believe in yourself, Lilian," She assures herself although she knows it's not going to help her. She needs this job so badly so she can pay for their house rent later, and also pay for her dad's medicines too. Her strict stepmother would eventually kill her with frustration if she don't get the job. Speaking of her stepmother, her father got married to the witch when she was just ten, and since then she hasn't had a single child for the old man before he even fell ill some months ago, and has been hospitalized since then. All she does in the house is bully Lilian and call her all sorts of names. To everyone around her, being extremely fat is a curse, except her dad that never stopped telling her how beautiful she is. 'Lose weight already, you ugly thing', 'you're too chubby and not smart enough in moving your body. Are you scared of falling to the ground?' Her stepmother would always mock her. For goodness sake, she doesn't weigh up to three hundred pounds.

Taking a deep breath, she finally picks up her file from the bed and ambles out of the room. Stepping into the living room a few minutes later, the annoying glare of her stepmother welcomes her.

"Good morning, ma'am Felicia," She greet her politely, but only earns a hard glare from her. Don't blame her for calling the woman that, it's what she prefers. In all the years she has spent with Lilian's dad, she has never for once allowed the girl to call her 'mom', and not that she too wants to, anyway.

"You know the landlord would throw us out later if we don't provide the money, so don't fail us," The woman says to her as if she's the one that'll employ herself there.

"I'll take note of that," she replies to her before she finally strides out of the house, and takes a cab to the company.

Arriving at the company a few minutes later, she stares at the building in front of her as she holds her file tightly. She was called for the interview after applying to work as a secretary to the CEO some weeks ago. She has almost forgotten that she applied for a job there until she was called for the interview just three days ago. Staring at the building, she sighs briefly, unsure whether to go inside, or just turn back from here

"You can do this, Lilian. Just believe in yourself that you can," She assures herself one more time before she finally ambles to the big iron gate and walks in since it's opened. Stepping into the company minutes later, the stares that welcome her give her bad feelings, and she can't help but regret showing up there in the first place. If only she can do it, she would stay indoors all day, and never step out. If that is what it will save herself from these bullies.

"Why is she so fat?"

"The sight of her irritates me,"

"It would've been better if she lose some weight," Hearing those whispers as she waits in the lobby for the said interviewer, she can't help the sadness and pain that fills her heart. Do they think that she doesn't want to lose weight? Do they think that this is what she wishes for myself? Of course, she also wants to be slim and be called a beautiful young lady. She also wants to walk in those elegant clothes and heels, but what was she supposed to do when she was already cursed with this fatness?

"Lilian Sanchez, it's your turn," Hearing her name gives her a feeling of a burden being lifted off her shoulders. At least, she can finally leave these bitches. Trailing behind the lady that just came to call her, she feels her heart pounding against her chest nervously like it's trying to force its way out.

Arriving at the office of a young man, the interview kicks start immediately.

"Congratulations, Miss Sanchez. You passed the first stage of the interview. You'll be directed to the manager for the second stage, before the CEO would interview you himself," The man says to her with a genuine smile on his face. It's the first time someone is ever going to smile at her genuinely.

Leaving his office to the manager's office as per his description, she arrives at the office after searching for it for some minutes.

A few minutes later

Standing in front of the said CEO's office, her heart beats even more rapidly against her chest as she clenches her sweaty hands. She passed the first and second stages, but she's so worried about the final stage. What if she doesn't end up passing it?

Taking a deep breath, she musters courage and pushes the door open after she knocked, and he ushered her in. Stepping into the office, her heartbeat stops abruptly as she beholds the most charming young man she has ever seen in her years of existence. His raven hair is clinging to his head with some strands curled on his forehead, he has thick eyebrows, small heart-shaped pink lips, long eyelashes, and his skin. Gosh! He's so handsome.

"You are the new assistant my manager talked about, right?" Still having his gaze on the screen of the desktop, he speaks up in his deep baritone voice, and her heart melts slowly.

"Yes, Sir," She finally finds her voice to reply to him. Her breath seizes for seconds when he finally raises his gaze to look at her, his brown charming eyes piercing into hers. Is he a human or a magic creature?

"What are you doing here?" His voice sounds angry this time, snapping her out of her world of fantasy, and the disgusted look on his face scares her to death.

"Sir, I..."

"Who let you into my office?" He snaps at her angrily.

"I was sent here by the manager for the final stage of the interview as..."

"You're not qualified. Get out," He cuts her off with pure disgust written on his face and sounds in his voice.

"But Sir... You have not interviewed me yet," Her heart beats rapidly as she prays silently that it's not what she's thinking. Is it her bad luck at it again?

"I can't work with you. I can't let a balloon person work in my company. Do you want to see yourself out, or do you need the security to help you out?" He spits angrily, and her heart sinks into her stomach. Her fear has finally come true. She shouldn't have expected less, this was bound to happen anyway.

"You could've asked me to leave without calling me a balloon, right?" The tears she has been fighting back finally find their way out of my eyes as she turns and walks out of his office, slamming the door behind her...

Chapter 2

The past three days have been the worst days of Lilian's life as she still hasn't been able to get over what happened in the company. She has been used to people bullying her all her life for her looks, but the only person that ever referred to her as an 'ugly thing' is her stepmother, and hearing it from a stranger for the first time hurts so much. If anyone ever told her that an innocent-looking man would be so mean, she would never have believed the person.

Trying to get herself distracted with the novel she bought recently, the sound of the knock on the door pulls her attention, and she groans angrily. Not that she needs anyone to tell her that it's her annoying stepmother. What does she want now?

"Lilian..." Her voice sounds from outside, confirming Lilian's curiosity.

"Yes, ma'am Felicia," Standing up from the bed, she strides to the door and pulls it open, revealing her ugly-looking face.

"Good morning, ma'am,"

"This is why you're not losing weight. What time is it, and you're still sleeping?" She scoffs as she rolls her eyes. The last thing on Lilian's mind now is to argue with her. She has so much going on in her mind already.

"Do you need me to do anything for you, ma'am?" She asks her politely.

"Come with me," She turns and walks away afterward.

Dragging her feet sluggishly along the hallway, she arrives at the living room, but the sight that welcomes her makes her stop on her track and her face dilates in anger when she finally recognizes him. It's the CEO from the company. The one that insulted and called her names the last three days she went for an interview. What the heck is he doing here?

"What are you doing here?" He snaps his head to look at her as soon as he hears her voice, and his face dilates in shock as soon as their eyes meet.

"Is she the one you're talking about?" He ignores her and turns to ask her stepmother instead.

"Yes, Mr. Ren. I'm sorry for her manners," Seeing the way her stepmother suddenly become polite and mannered, for some seconds, Lilian thought that maybe her ears and eyes are the ones playing tricks on her. She has never seen this hypocritical woman smile this genuinely.

"Behave yourself, Lilian," She turns to scold her before turning her attention to the man again.

"Mr. Ren, this is Lilian, the one I was telling you about," She smiles at him politely.

"You're expecting me to consider this thing? What makes you think that I will accept her?" He scoffs after he scrutinizes her carefully with his eyes while having a dissatisfied expression on his face. As much as she wants to insult this man and throw him out of the house, she can't help but get more curious about what he's doing here and what he and her stepmother must've talked about.

"Hey, Mr., my name is Lilian, and not..."

"Oh, shut up. You don't talk when I'm talking..."

"I don't know you, and I don't want to ever know you, but you have no right whatsoever to come to our house and insult me like you did back at your company. I won't take that ill manner from you," She fires at him.

"Shut your dirty stinky fat mouth, you shameless ugly thing," Her stepmother finally cuts her off as she glares hard at her.

"Your daughter is not just fat and ugly, but also mannerless. How can you expect me to take her in exchange for the money you're owing me? Do you think two hundred thousand dollars is a joke?" His words ring in her head, and for some minutes, it feels as though her ears are deceiving her. What's he saying?

"I know she's not worth it, but she's all I have... I don't have anything I can sell to..."

"Wait, let me get this straight. What is going on here?" Unable to keep quiet anymore, she finally ask curiously.

"What does it look like to you? Your mom borrowed money from me and couldn't pay up at the allotted time, so she's using you as collateral," He replies to her sarcastically as if what he just said is not even a big deal.

"You're joking, right? What's going on here? Can you just speak up already?" Her lips tremble as she turns to look at her stepmother questioningly.

"Where do you think we got the money to pay for your dad's surgery months ago? You thought I sold my kidney to raise the money, huh?" Her stepmother snaps at her, and she shakes her head, still confused. Some months ago, her dad was diagnosed with stage one lung cancer for which he needed surgery, and she paid for it. She told her not to worry when she asked where she got the money from.

"But..."

"Since there's no one else, I'll take her with me," He cuts her off before she even started to talk, and her heart sinks into her stomach. Staring at the heartless woman, her heart wrenches in pain as the tears she has been fighting back finally find their way down her cheeks. Would she do this to her if she were her child?

One hour later...

Her stepmother has successfully sold her out to a stranger and she didn't even care about what happens to her there. Is this how heartless she is? Glancing at the man sitting next to her in the backseat of the expensive car, she finds him staring down at his phone keenly while having all of his attention on it. What does fate has in store for her, or rather, what does this man have in store for her? Why does their fate have to be entangled in this manner? Just three days ago, this man bullied her for nothing and she didn't want to ever see him again, but now it seems like that can't be dodged. She's going to be spending maybe the rest of her life with him, depending on what he wants.

"We're here, Sir," The driver's voice pulls her attention, and she looks out through the window to find herself in the middle of the compound of a magnificent building.

"Are you not going to get down from the car?" His cold voice pulls her out of her train of thought, and she quickly pushes the door open, stepping out of the car afterward. Staring at the magnificent building standing in front of her, she can only admit that it's much more beautiful than some of the houses she has seen in magazines before.

She trails behind him as he strides to the building. Her mouth almost drops open as soon as they step into the large living room. The couches are sparkling neat and beautiful. The house is extremely beautiful but too bad that she doesn't even have the energy to admire it now. She has so many things going through her mind, and the last thing she wants to do now admires the house.

"Lisa... Lisa..." He calls out, and a young lady of the same age as Lilian, came running into the living room.

"Sir..."

"Take her to the room next to mine," He says to her before he walks away.

"Hi, my name is Lisa, one of the maids. It's nice to meet you," Lisa says to her while having a smile on her lips.

"I'm Lilian," She replies to her, and she nods her head. She thought Lisa was also going to look at her the way other people do, but it seems like she's not even thinking about that.

Hours later

She has just spent a few hours here, and it already feels like hell. She wishes that there was a way she can escape from here, but it's like being in a pit of hell that one can't escape from. She misses her poor dad. How will he feel when he wakes up from coma and finds out that his wife sold out his only child? How wicked of her.

After crying her eyes out the whole day, she finally drags herself into the bathroom and had a long relaxing bath. The house is filled with luxurious things, but she doesn't find them attractive enough. She just wants to go back home and be with her dad, is that too much to ask?

Walking back into the room after she had her bath, she stops on her track as soon as she spots Ren, sitting on the edge of her bed with his white robe on. What's he doing here?

"Wha...what are you doing here?" Scared, she steps back as she holds the towel tightly around her chest, causing him to raise his gaze to look at her.

"I have been waiting for you, Lilian. It's time to do what you're here for," With a smirk dancing at the corner of his lips, he stands up to his feet and loses the rope, connecting his robe.

"What are you doing?" Her heart beats rapidly against her chest as she presses her back further against the wall. What is he up to, now?

"What are you doing?" Her hands tremble nervously as she presses her back hard against the wall like she wants to disappear into it. Her heartbeat increases rapidly whilst clenching her fingers tightly around the towel wrapping around her chest like she doesn't want it to fall off.

"Don't make that face, Lilian. I didn't bring you here to enjoy life in my empire, OK? You're here to satisfy me..." He pauses as he finally lets the robe falls off his body, revealing his half-naked body with just his brief on. She tries not to drool at his perfectly toned abs, his firm nipples that keep screaming for her attention, but the more she tries to resist the urge to stare, the more she find herself looking down there.

"Yeah, that right there... You like what you see, huh?" His hush voice brings her back to reality, and she snaps her eyes up to see him walking toward her, and her heart quivers.

"I don't like pigs... I mean, look at me. I am handsome, wealthy, and I have women throwing themselves at me..."

"Th...then leave me alone," Her voice quivers as she grits her teeth. Hot tears well up in her eyes before they find their way down her cheeks. It was never her fault that she's fat, right? She was born like this, and not what she wished for. Why are they all so mean to her? Why is he calling her a pig?

"Why should I leave you alone, Lilian? You're my property now, remember? I have never laid a chubby girl before... Starting from you won't be a bad idea, right?" He finally stops in front of her and touches her cheeks while having a dirty smirk dancing at the corner of her lips.

"Maybe after I have a taste of you, I would know what it is like to have a chubby girl in bed," He bites his bottom lip seductively as he slowly raises her gaze to look up into his eyes while having his hand on her chin.

"Let me go..." She tries to turn her face away, but his firm grip on her chin wouldn't let her move her face.

"Save yourself the stress, Lilian... You would need it on the bed later," His smirk finally widens into a wide smile as he whispers in her ear.

"Drop the towel and show me what you've got there," He suddenly pulls away from her and licks his lip seductively, scrutinizing her body with his charming eyes. Seeing the look on her face for some reason, he finds this fun. Not that the young girl did anything to him, but why on earth is it so fun to treat her like this?

"No... There's no way I'll do that," He squints his eyes for seconds before he suddenly chuckles dryly.

"You don't say no to me, Lilian. You're my property. You belong to me!" His voice is calm, yet the scariest she ever heard, and she shivers on the spot as she stares at the dangerous and scary man in front of her. How she's suddenly here in a lion's den with no hope of escaping, is what she never imagined. She has always known her stepmother to hate her, but she never imagined that she'll go to the extreme length of doing this to her.

"Re... Ren... Don't touch me..." Her voice quivers as she presses her back further into the wall, tears streaming down her cheeks uncontrollably.

"I beg you, please... Leave me alone," She suddenly falls to her knees when her legs can't carry her anymore, and he rolls his eyes momentarily.

"I'll spare you tonight, Lilian... Not because of your pleas, but because I am in a good mood. When next I want you..." He pauses as he squats in front of her.

"I'll torture you until you can't take it anymore and beg me to f*ck you so hard, Lilian. I'll make you hit orgasms five times in a row, and I promise that by the time I'm done with you, you'll never remain the same again," He whispers against her ear as a dirty smirk plays at the corner of his lips.

Picking up his robe from the ground, he wears it and glances at her for the last time before he finally strides out of the room, while she breaks down in tears.

How she started as a little girl that was loved by her dad regardless of her looks, how she was bullied in school all her life but was still his princess, how her stepmother treated her like a piece of trash, and now she is stuck with this stranger that's suddenly demanding for sex from her? How's she going to survive this?

With all the strength left in her, she drags herself up to her feet and hobbles over to the bed, crashing on it as more tears pour down her cheeks.

"Everything will be fine, Lilian. You have to be strong. Crying won't solve anything," She mutters to herself even if she knows that everything will never be fine, she still can't help but cry, even if she knows it wouldn't ever help her.

Taking a deep breath, she wipes the tears from her eyes as she stands up and walks over to the closet to pick out some clothes to wear. She strides out of the room after she wears casual cloth.

Striding down the hallway, she finds herself in the garden minutes later as the gentle wind blows on her face. For some seconds, she finally sees a reason to smile as she pushes all her worries and pains to the back of her mind.

The noise coming from the other side of the garden pulls her attention, and she finds herself tracing the voice until she finds two maids trimming the flowers.

"Wow! I still can't believe Mr. Ren is getting married tomorrow. Ma'am Tracy must be so lucky," One of the maids whines dreamily, and Lilian pulls a puzzled look.

"Yes, she's lucky. Mr. Ren is every woman's dream. Tomorrow is going to be a big day in Bradford's mansion," The other one squeaks excitedly.

Lilian stares into space in shock. Ren is getting married? 'Why did he bring me here to molest me if he is really going to get married? Why was he flirting with me earlier knowing that it was cheating on his fiancee?' She questions herself as she slowly turns around and hobbles out of the garden...