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I laughs loudly, running through the mansion's hallway as dad follows me, trying to catch me. Laughing as well. 
"You can't catch me dada!" I yells teasingly, my voice echoes through the hallway as I continues to laugh, getting out of breath. 
"Oh! You just wait and watch!" Dada yells back, before scooping me up in his arms as he starts to tickles me.
"DON'T! AH! PLE-ASE!" 
I begs in between the fits of laughter.
"Making your dad ran after you huh? You deserve it." Dada says, while chuckling, our laughs echoes as mom records the moment in her cellphone. Smiling at us. 
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My eyes flutter opened from the dream as I sat up, the pain instantly surges into me as I wince. But it's surprisingly more... bearable now. 
I takes a deep breath, calming myself down as I looks around in the room. Realising that I'm left alone in this dark room. All to myself. Yet again. 
Taking a deep breath I shift behind slightly, leaning on the headboard and switched on the lamp beside me to prevent the darkness of the room to consume me. 
I gulps, sitting in one place when the door opened and the maid walks in. I immediately covers my exposed legs when a guard came into the room with the maid as well. 
He stood on the doorway as the maid switched on the lights making me squints my eyes at the light. It's been a while since I have seen something bright. 
"You must be hungry, ma'am. Sir is out for some work but he informed us to gave you the meals." 
She informs with her soft voice. She's looking an elderly woman at her 60's. 
Handling me the tray of food she gets up, leaving me alone. Again. 
I looks at the food before starting to eat it. Spaghetti. It's what it is. 
After eating the food, I took my medicines, before laying down on the bed again. Trying to rest. But the sleep just refuses to come. It's quite obvious, I have already slept too much to sleep again. I can't even go out because of the door being locked and the guard standing outside the door, guarding me. 
The windows are locked as well and the attached balcony's door is also locked. I sigh, closing my eyes when suddenly the door opens, the familiar scent hits my nose I recognises that it's Niccolai. 
I gulps and tries to maintain the calmness as I felt that he was definately staring into my soul. But I keep up my act of sleep. I don't want him to know that I'm still awake and didn't slept yet- 
"I know you are awake. You sucks at acting." 
He comments harshly, I opens my eyes and looks over at him, he raises his eyebrows before smirking arrogantly at me.  
He went inside his closet and closed the door behind him with an aggressive bang. I flinched. It's scary how his mood can get rough and soft at any second.
I sigh trying to make myself sleep but to no avail. After sometime he walks out of the room, wearing a grey t-shirt and grey sweatpants as he approaches the bed and lay down. 
Beside me. 
It's the first time that this is ever happening. He didn't even let me sleep in the other room as he believes that I'll run away. Which I will do if I get a chance. But for now... I'm too weak to even plot a plan to escape. 
He turns around, his back now facing me. 
"Stay away from me as much as possible. If you come any close at night. I'll not hesitate to choke you to death and I'm not even kidding." 
He says, but his voice was just a low whisper. But still sounds serious and a real threat. I moves my body away from him. As far as I can get on the bed before closing my eyes and tries to fall asleep again. 
I yawns, but the sleep just won't come... It's annoying. I can feel him getting relaxed beside me but it doesn't mean he's asleep. He has insomnia. 
He turns around now facing me as I saw his face. Looking too innocent while laying like this if compared to his normal self. He's a horrible person who doesn't care about people or anyone besides himself. Selfish is what these people are called. 
"Stop staring." He mumbles out, his eyes were still closed tho.
"... I... Uh... Ok." I mutters out. Looking away. 
He tosses and turns, several times as I continues to look at him trying to get comfortable. And before I can react I felt his hand on my waist, as he pulled me closer to him in an instant. 
"Better." He mutters out on my shoulder but I did not replied on it. I felt his body getting relaxed again. 
"But you said-" 
Before I can complete my sentence of how he said me to stay away and he's the one pulling me to himself his grip tighten on my waist. A warning to stay quiet.
And I gulps before staying quiet. Not wanting to anger the man any further.  
I felt him inhaling deeply before his lips touched my exposed shoulder making me shiver from it. The proximity between us is too much. I can feel my heart beat rising at the speed of light. 
I take a deep breath when his hand gets under the shirt I was wearing. As his rough fingers plays with the hem of my bra. 
Suddenly I felt him pulling me more close to himself and I don't know why this... Unfamiliar feeling creeps out in my chest. I have never felt something like this. Not for anyone. 
It's different from the hate I have for him. I shakes the thoughts away. Trying to sleep as I closes my eyes. 
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I opens my eyes, as they directly went on her, sleeping in my arms. Tho her face is full of distress. I know she is not comfortable like this. But I'm. 
I don't know why I'm feeling like this. She doesn't deserve to sleep in my arms like this. She doesn't. What her father did is unforgivable and unacceptable. And since he's already at the verge of dying in the hospital. 
She is left. And I have no plans on letting her go. She will suffer the consequences of what his father did. 
Atlast, she is his blood.
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