Chapter 5

• The Next Day
• Mandy’s POV
• I wake up to the alarm going off on Matteo’s phone. I go stiff when he reaches over and drags me to him. He starts to kiss the back of my neck softly. My back is pushed against his chest and he has his arms wrapped around me. I could get use to this. We lay like this for about thirty more minutes. Until we hear someone coming across the intercom trying to be buzzed up. Mateo flips his tv on and a view of the parking garage comes on the screen. There is a beautiful looking lady dressed upscale with long black hair wanting permission to enter. Matteo then reaches beside him on his night stand and pushes a button on a black box that allows the woman entrance into the building.
• He lays back down wrapping his limbs around me once again. I can’t help but wonder who that was. I’m about to ask him when I hear the front door open up. Then a woman’s voice. “Hello, Matteo.” The sound of her high heels walking on the marble floors get louder and louder as she nears his room. She knocks once before pushing open the door. She has a huge smile on her face until she notices me. She clears her throat and starts to talking to him. “I brought what you asked for boss. Is there anything else that you need me to do for you?” He responds immediately. “Yes, I need you to call my parents and make dinner plans for tonight. You can just leave those bags on the dresser. That will be all for today.”
• No other words get exchanged she drops the packages and leaves. “I’m guessing that she is your assistant?” I question. “Don’t worry about who or what she is to me.” Is his answer. He slings the covers off of us and raises up out of bed. “We need to get ready for the day. In the bags you will find clothes for you to wear. Go to the guest bathroom and take a shower, you will find extra tooth brushes under the sink. I want to leave here by 10:00 am. So, you have exactly forty-two minutes to get ready. I hear him turn on the water and get in the shower. Taking that as my cue I get up. I walk out of his bedroom and start opening doors. Not really sure which one is the bathroom. As I peek in the second room, a thought hits me. “I could leave right now. There isn’t anyone to stop me.” So, that is exactly what I do.
• I storm out of his apartment and down the elevator and out the front door. I don’t really know where I am exactly, so I stop to try and decide which direction would be the way home. As I am standing there trying to get my bearings, I start to rethink my choice. ‘What the fuck am I doing. If he who he says he is then there is no where I could run to that he wouldn’t find me. What if I leave and he makes good on his promise to kill everyone I love? Shit, shit, shit I have to go back. I don’t even know what made me believe this was a good idea. I huff out and stomp back into the building. The door man that tried to talk to me on my way out, throws his hand up blocking the entry way back in. “Excuse me ma’am, but who is it that you are here to see. I can’t let you wonder inside without first getting permission from whoever is hosting you.”
• “I’m here with Matteo. There isn’t any need for you to call him and bother him he knows I’m here.” I quickly say while trying to get around the man. I so don’t want him to call Matteo. If he does then he’ll know for sure that I left. The guy doesn’t move from in front of the walkway. He simply reaches over to the phone that is on the wall picks it up and pushes three buttons. I’m about to beg him to hang up when I hear Matteo’s voice come on the line. “Send her back up now.” “Yes, sir should I escort her or let her go on her own.” The bellhop asks. “Escort her.” The man hangs up the phone and snatches my arm and proceeds to go inside. We get to the elevator and he pushes the button for the penthouse, scans a card and the elevator doors start to close.
• The ride up is fast and in no time I’m back inside of Matteo’s penthouse. I scramble out of the guy’s grip and go try to find the spare bathroom. The first door I open this time is a jackpot. I scurry in and strip out of all my clothes and quickly bathe. Once I am done, I brush my teeth and hair. I wrap a towel around me before I amble back to Matteo’s bedroom for my clothes. I run over to his dresser as I am just about to it, a hand reaches out and snags me around my waist. I spin around to see a pissed off mountain of a man. He guides me over to the loveseat in the corner of his room and pushes me down over the arm of it. He keeps pressure between my shoulder blades pushing me down. I hear a jingle noise so I try to peek over my shoulder, but have no such luck.
• The next thing I hear is a whooshing noise, then I feel a sting across my backside. I try to move but the way he is holding me I can’t. “You thought you could run from me. At least you weren’t stupid enough not to come back. You will learn with every choice comes consequences. This punishment is going to hurt, but after you might realize that there is no escaping me, and you will be disciplined for your actions. I think twenty strikes shall more than prove my point.” That is the last thing he spoke before assaulting me with his leather. With every lick he gave me I could feel the intense stinging on my ass. I tried to hold in the tears but couldn’t. Once he was done, I was crying like a baby. He removes his hand on my back and lets me stand up. He walks over to his night stand and starts putting his wallet and keys in his pockets. While I silently get dressed.