Chapter 8

Once Sophia felt the man's tight grip on her arm, she trashed, until she unknowingly kicked him between the legs, and he let out a groan, clutching the place she kicked. Sophia panicked once the sounds of gunshots rang through the air and quickly placed one of her legs over the fence. The man on the floor bellowed at his fellow bodyguards. “Follow her! She's the girl the underboss brought in!", She panicked the more as realization dawned on her that he had seen her face. In a few torturing minutes, she had already scaled over the fence and landed on her butt. “Ouch," She stood up immediately, and her eyes landed on a truck parked a few feet away from her. She ran towards it and ignored the truck driver who was peeing by the roadside and swung the front door open, rushing inside it to settle behind the steering wheel. Once she did so, she closed the door shut and that was when the owner of the truck noticed. He ran towards her. “Get out of my truck, you little thief!", "Sir, please-", Sophia's eyes fell on the cars driving their way, and she looked back at the man. "Look, I'm so sorry," "I said -" The truck driver was cut off when Sophia zoomed off. "Lord, please help me," Sophia muttered as she clutched onto the steering wheel. She had never driven a car nor learned how to drive one in her life. She had only taken note of how taxi drivers drove and she didn't even know if a truck operated like a car. She just had to go. Her eyes widened when a black SUV drove towards her, horning at her. She tried to step on the brakes of the car, but it wasn't helping. She turned the wheel to move away but she froze when she saw another SUV driving her way from behind and more coming from either side. She was cornered and had no way out. That minute, she knew the cars were all from Chase's mansion. How could she be so foolish to think they'd not be able to catch her? She tried to slam her feet on the brake, but it wasn't working. “OH lord, please help me", She muttered. “If this is how I'm going to die, then take care of my Nana. Tell her I love her and that it wasn't my intention to die." She kept on hitting the brake, but the car didn't stop. She watched as the SUV in front of her moved out of her way, and she smiled. Maybe they had let her go. But her happiness didn't last a second because her smile died the moment she realized she was driving towards a wall. Before she could do anything, the car slammed right against the wall and a scream left her lips as her head hit the steering wheel. Sophia closed her eyes shut, waiting to see heaven, but she only saw darkness. She could hear her heart beating wildly against its ribcage, and she opened her eyes, ignoring the thumping pain in her head. Whoever it was that opened the door didn't even let her sit up because she felt cold hands gripping her arm, and she was jerked out of the truck harshly. "O*", She whimpered and fell on her butt. She looked at the boots in front of her and looked up at the person wearing them, only to find Lucas standing there with a clenched jaw and eyes turned into slits. The glare he sent her way was fast enough to give her the information that he was very angry." I- ahh!" She yelped when he pulled her up. "Are you fucking out of your mind?", Lucas snapped and she flinched. "I-I missed my Nana. I wanted to-", Lucas yelled at her. “To hell with your Nana! You should be damn grateful you were even left to live your fucking miserable life", She began to cry and tried to pull away her arm from his strong grip but he wasn't having it. "Please, let go of me", She watched with panicked eyes as he pulled out a white handkerchief from his pocket and covered her nose with it. "As much as I fucking want you dead, I have to follow the Don's orders. You've been a big pain to my ass", Sophia struggled, but she was no match for Lucas and his strong body build. She knew that and her legs gave out as he pressed the handkerchief further against her nose till everything went pitch black. End of Flashback. "O*", Sophia whimpered when she felt something nibbling on her toenails and tried to pull away her legs but her attempts were futile because the ropes tied on her leg were tight." Go away" " she cried at the rat. The animal was persistent in biting her and it scared her more. When it jumped towards her, she let out a loud scream and shut her eyes, waiting for the harsh impact of whatever it was going to do to her but felt none. The rat squeaks slowly quieted down and they sounded distant, making her slowly open her eyes, only to suddenly find herself alone in the room. She looked at where the distant squeaks came from and breathed out in relief when she saw the rats disappearing into a small hole. She flinched a little when the wooden door opened slowly, and she squinted her eyes a little. She watched as a large arm held the door an arm's length before a large body appeared in front of the door that was held for the owner. Even without looking at his face, Sophia knew the owner of the body was none other than Chase. His handsome face came into view, and he walked in casually as if he had all the time on earth, his intense stare on her made Sophia shudder in her seat. Once Chase was directly in front of her, he bent down and stared at her, deep in the eye. “I knew you'd try to escape, and like a foolish, naive girl, you fell for the trap," "Please let me go home. My Nana is worried about me" " she cried. "Is she? “Chase raised a brow at her. “No worries, your grandma knows you're in safe hands," Sophia's eyes widened. “W-what?", Chase stood up and stared down at her, completely ignoring her question. “I’ll let you go home," A huge smile broke out on her face. "R-Really?", Chase pulled out a cigar from his pocket and placed it between his lips, then brought out his lighter and flicked it open, before lighting up the cigar. He returned the lighter back to his pocket and dragged it in smoke. Slowly, he pulled out the cigar and blew out smoke, he then stared at her. “Don’t you want to go home? I'm letting you go", "I-I want to go home, please" " she said with a huge smile. She didn't think Chase would let her go that easily. "Well, don't be too happy now, getting, "Chase returned his cigar to his lips and brought it out, then blew smoke out again. “I’m only going to let you go on one condition?", {"Kitten"} Sophia's smile fell immediately those words left his lips. “W-what do you-what do you mean?", "You're going to be tied up here for twenty-four hours as your punishment for trying to run away", He said. "Is that a-is that a punishment? “She frowned. Chase only nodded and threw his cigar on the ground, then stepped on it to switch it off. “You would be starved for the whole day," "Is that all it takes for me to go home? I'd be tied here and starved for twenty-four hours? “Sophia was confused. “I-I'm ready for the punishment. I'm ready for any type of punishment as long as you as long as you'll let me go", Chase raised one of his perfectly arched brows. “Any type of punishment?", Sophia thought about his words for a moment before nodding slowly. "Y-yes", Chase tucked his hands in his pocket. “Why don't you wait here till tomorrow night then? Immediately after twenty-four hours I'll be back and we'll play a small game", The hell would he ever let her go? There was no way in hell he would ever do that; not after realizing just how much he wanted his dick buried in her, how he wanted to be the one to taint her innocence, how he wanted to be the only man whose name she would scream in pain and pleasure, how he wanted to be the only man she thought of, how he wanted to be the only man to rule her mind and body so she'd run to him at every opportunity she got, how he wanted to keep her for his self. All had to do was play a few games here and there with her, keep her on her toes, and leave her wondering what his next action was; just as he loved to do to people. Chase wasn't one to beat around the bush, so he spoke up. “In that game, I and you will be opponents and if you win, I'll let you go-", He trailed off, accessing her pretty face for any emotions and as expected, confusion was written all over her face."-but if I win, I'll have you and you'll be mine for the rest of our lives",