Chapter 12 Twelve

• Flashback
• “Shit! I told you to come with us, damn it!” said the man I didn’t know. We were behind the school, my vision blurred from the tears that had been flowing. I was scared, I didn’t have any serious enemies to be kidnapped like this.
• “W-wait, w-why me? I-I don’t know anything!” I tried to say, even though they were already holding me and I was about to be put into the car.
• “We need you! Just you, we’re sure that asshole will kneel before us if we have you! So come with us if you don’t want to get hurt!” shouted the man in front of me. He was my classmate when I was a freshman, why was he involved in this?
• I felt a strong punch to my stomach before I completely lost the strength to fight back. Even though my mind didn’t want to, my body wasn’t moving to escape their tight grip on me. I think my tears weren’t even dried yet, but I was already sobbing as they finally pushed me into the van that had been parked on the side. They sandwiched me.
• “Have you called that asshole yet? I’m sure he’ll go crazy when he finds out we have his girl.” said the man to my right, laughing, his breath stank, I might die from the smell of it before the knife.
• “I’m calling him now.” said the person in the shotgun seat while looking at the screen of his phone. “Hey asshole! Where’s your bravery now?!” followed by their laughter, I almost went deaf, I was just leaning on my seat because I didn’t have the strength to lift my head to know who they were talking to.
• I couldn’t think of anyone close to me who would do this to me, I didn’t have many friends, if my mom had enemies, it wouldn’t reach this level, so I couldn’t understand why I got involved in this, I didn’t know.
• I felt like something was stabbing me, so I quickly looked to see what it was. “He wants to talk to you, make sure to beg him to take you.” said the man in front of me with a grin.
• He brought the cellphone close to my ear. “H-hello.” I said, out of breath, several seconds passed without any response before I heard a deep sigh, “Please, I don’t know them, I don’t want to be here, please.” Just as the man said, I pleaded for him to take me, I begged for my safety.
• “Skye.” I froze when I heard a familiar voice, I couldn’t be mistaken.
• “Jaxon.” I finally collapsed, holding back the tears. “Please.” That’s all I could say with everything that was in my mind.
• “Don’t worry, I’ll come and save you, little one.” I stopped crying for a moment when I heard that, He know that I will understand him, I know how to speak that language fluently.
• I nodded even though he couldn’t see me, and wiped the tears from my face, “Okay, I’ll wait for you.” I answered, but after that I felt an impact to my cheek, which made me scream in surprise.
• “You sons of bitches! Are you fooling us? Speak to each other in Tagalog!” shouted the man holding the phone.
• I didn’t speak and just bowed my head. He will come, he said he will come for me, he promised.
• I looked up because we stopped at an abandoned hospital, they dragged me down, and pushed me straight ahead. I was taken to a room on the second floor, tied to a chair.
• “We’ll step out for a moment, it’s just the two of you left here, we’ll wait for the boss, don’t let her escape, she’s very valuable.” said the man who slapped me earlier, the two just nodded before they finally left.
• One of them approached me and grinned. “Bro, let’s play with her first? She’ll die anyway, let’s use her now.” My eyes widened at what I heard, I heard their laughter and the consecutive nods of his companion.
• They approached me and sat down, “This will only take a moment, so don’t scream, and don’t fight, so it won’t be painful.” said the man while unbuttoning my uniform.
• I whimpered repeatedly, consumed by fear of what could happen to me in their hands. “Please, no, please, please.” I pleaded but it seemed like they couldn’t hear me and they continued what they were doing, his companion just stood on the side grinning, as if waiting for a delicious meal. My cries grew louder as they finally removed my blouse, a mixture of fear and disgust overwhelmed me, I could only hear my heart beating, and my body trembling in fear, he then raised my skirt, so I struggled just to get his grip off me.
• We were all surprised when we heard a loud bang outside, so they stopped what they were doing and looked at each other, before standing up and opening the door, my eyes widened as they seemed to be paper figures flying in the air because of the strength of the punches.
• If my heartbeat could get any faster, this might be it, I didn’t know who entered, am I going to die? Why is this happening?
• Tears fell from my eyes uncontrollably, not because of fear but because of relief.
• “Motherfuckers! Fuck you!” he shouted repeatedly while punching the man who undressed me earlier, “Fuck you! Fuck you!” I could see the anger on his face.
• “Zander, that’s enough, go check on her first.” said the tall man beside him, wearing a suit like their other companion.
• His fist automatically stopped in midair, and he looked at me, his eyes widened when he saw my condition, he stood up and immediately took the coat handed to him by his companion, maybe that’s why they weren’t looking at me.
• He quickly removed the rope and put the coat on me and closed it, he trapped my face in his big hands, I could feel his hands and lips trembling. “Are you okay? Did they touch you? Did they harass you? Am I not too late?” He asked repeatedly.
• I shook my head and held his hand. “No, you came just in time.” I said to console him, but I couldn’t stop my tears, he just supported me, held my waist and back for support, because I had no more strength.
• “Skye, Relax. Breathe.” He said calmly while gently stroking my hair. “Relax baby, I got you.” He said, that made me cry more.
• He came, he came for me.
• “Skye? Are you okay? Does anything hurt?” I looked up when I heard Jaxon’s voice, I could see the concern on his face but I ignored it, and moved away from him.
• “Thank you for accompanying me last night and letting me stay here.” I said and stood up, I saw my clothes near the sliding door. “But I have to go now, I have work to return to.” I tried to sound as cold as I could, every time I looked at him, I just remembered Adri. I looked around his condo. “Why are you even working for our company, when you can afford a high-class condominium like this?” I asked, I’m completely confused why he did that,
• “Why? I can’t work just because I live here? As far as I remember, I reached the criteria your company set.” He said and raised an eyebrow, and crossed his arms.
• “I didn’t say that, I just asked.” I answered simply before entering the bathroom and changing, I slapped my forehead because of what I did, I don’t want to owe anyone anything, and I ended up owing him? My goodness.
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• “Did you get home safely yesterday?” Bakla greeted me when I arrived at my cubicle and put down my things including the coffee I was holding, I passed by Coffee Project because I was hungry, I’ll make up for eating later.
• “Yes, why are you asking? Haven’t you laid last night?” I asked then chuckled,
• He laughed and hit me. “How could I do that when I’m super thrilled?! You witch!” He let out a slight scream and pulled my hair.
• I frowned at him, I couldn’t understand what he was saying now.
• “What do you mean?”
• “What do you mean?” He mimicked me, and laughed again. He fished his phone and browsed for something, I just looked at him and waited for what he would show me. “Hey, Elara’s with me now, She’s safe with me so you guys no need to worry. What’s this ha! Explain in four hundred words, double spacing!”
• I sighed and pinched my nose, “You really have a dirty mind! You’re going to include me in that!” I said “Nothing happened, I just woke up this morning, thanked him and left, that’s all.” He still didn’t believe but I let him go, because as usual, my head was hurting again, I shouldn’t have gone with him last night.
• Thirty minutes before eight o’clock, Jaxon arrived, he was all smiling and handed everyone a coffee, he gave me the last one, “Good morning, Baby, hope you had a great night last night.” He said and winked.
• I heard a slight squeal beside me so I turned around violently, and saw the three girls on the side giggling and very excited, I just glared at them and sent them away, they just laughed and teased each other as they returned to their cubicles.
• What the heck is that? He shouldn’t act like we’re close just because I cried in front of him and he let me stay at his condo last night, he shouldn’t deceive me for the second time around.
• Someone died because of him, and he thinks that giving a cup of coffee would be enough?
• Fuck off Jaxon, I won’t fall for the same trap.