Chapter 148
Thea
My eyes darted from side to side recalling the night at the strip club where he gave me an offer to be with him instead of Angel.
Sparrow raised me up, pressing me against his body very closely. I looked away catching the bothered eyes of the guard. I shook my head disapproving him to come any closer. If Angel were to catch Sparrow and I dancing, we all would be in trouble.
I forced my self to look at Sparrow while holding my breath intermittently.
I decided to act like I didn’t know what he was talking about.
“What offer?” I asked and he scoffed at my response ridiculing my pretense. I shoved a mould down my throat hoping to ease my nerves that were disturbed.
“Lets not act like you’ve forgotten now Thea.” He said trying to sound calm but I could hear the annoyance in his voice. He was searching my eyes in an intimidating manner.
“I have no idea what you’re saying.” I continued and his face contorted coldly making me shiver in fear. Could I handle him if he was pissed off?
He stared at me for some seconds and released his squeezed up face. He was trying to manage his emotions. He tilted his head and narrowed his eyes suspiciously at me. I could only wonder what was going through his mind.
“Does he drug you?” A gasp left my lips at the words he spewed. I chuckled finding it insane.
“Angel would never drug me.” I said with my voice sounding firm. I also sounded pissed because I believed he was projecting the things he could do on Angel. Sadly, he couldn’t be half the man Angel was.
“You defend him… interesting.” it annoyed him and this time he didn’t try to hide it. He spun me around and resumed his hold my waist in a very discomforting manner. I hated our proximity. He entangled our hands together and I almost threw up whatever that was settling in my stomach. I quickly untangled our fingers only for him to tug me forcefully to himself.
I managed a smile at the bodyguard seeing his patience was running out.
“Can I go now? I believe I’ve danced enough with you.”
“Like you said, you’ve danced enough….” He whispered beside my ear and disgust crawled within my skin. “I haven’t had my full.”Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.
I looked at him the moment he withdrew his lips from beside my ear. I tried not to stare daggers at him but I couldn’t help it. My gaze soon returned to normal but it never had an impact on him to begin with rather he found it amusing.
“Angel could return any moment, I don’t want him to meet me like this.”
“Are you afraid of him?”
“Why would I be afraid of him?” I shot back forgetting I was supposed to be his whore and not his lover in the eyes of this man. Even though he declared me as his woman earlier to every other person, Sparrow would think it was a less weird way of calling me his whore.
I got another suspicious stare from him, this whole thing was getting me seriously tensed.
“Don’t tell me… you fell for your captor?” I remained silent avoiding his gaze. “You did… fuck!” He chuckled darkly then his eyes turned deadly with anger. He left my hand and waist keeping a foot distance away from me.
I looked around me nervously and back to him wondering why he did that. I hoped I didn’t offend him enough to warrant any action that would cause harm.
Sparrow let out a brief laugh then he offered his hand again for me to take which I took immediately.
We resumed our dance staring at each other in silence. I was busy trying to figure out what he was thinking.
He sighed deeply then his lips parted. “Let me refresh your memory just in case you truly forgot Thea, that night at the club, when I came to you after your exclusive performance for your so called master.” He looked at me in a way that said ‘you remember certainly’
I blinked away, there was no point in pretending. I saw his lips twitch into a surppressed smile.
“Remember I offered you a better choice to even be worth more than a mistress.” He continued.
“I remember.” I blurted and he looked surprised as if not expecting me to bulge the truth easily.
“I’m glad you do. So what do you say?”
“No.” There was finality in my voice and it surprised him even more.
“Do you know the freedom I could offer?”
“I don’t care.”
“You wouldn’t be living under my shadows like you do with him. I could even let you go back to stripping not as an exclusive but as your regular.” He said in one breath and it sounded tempting but I couldn’t believe him. Did I really want to go back to stripping? After having a taste of Angel. The very thought of another man possessing me like Angel did made me want to puke.
“Still no.”
“I could let you live on your own even … As long as you agree to be mine and let me fuck you. I’ll pay you still. It’s going to be a win-win for the both of us. You’d live freely and give me what I want.” He sounded desperate. He trampled on his ego just to say these words to him. I wouldn’t lie that I wavered at the offer. I missed freedom and I miseed my mum so much.
“I-I don’t want to.” I voiced in a whisper. If only Angel was the one saying this then it would make my world. Sparrow paused in disbelieve but he didn’t expect I’d agree so easily, I didn’t even trust him to begin with.
“When last did you see your mum?” He asked leading my steps away from the spot we were originally standing on. I bit my inner cheek, he was hitting were it hurt.
“I guess not.”
“It’s non of your business.”
“You think she never tried to reach you all this time?” He continued breaking my defense against him. My chest constricted painfully at the thought. She must have attempted to see me several times again after the last time she stormed into the mansion.
The heartbreak she would have felt being unable to see her only child. I knew my mother loved me more than anything and I loved her as much. She was my world at least untill Angel came into my heart in a way he should never have.
“You’re not saying anything.” Sparrow was quite persuasive. I was only trying hard to hold back my tears.
“It’s really non of your business.” He chuckled, I knew he was aware that his words affected me but I still tried to play hard.
“Do you even know if she’s alive?” I was shocked. Why would he say something like that?
“What do you mean?” I asked searching his eyes desperately for a meaning.
“I mean, she could be dead but your precious master wouldn’t tell you that because he only plans to have you forever. He never allowed her to see you and I know Angel. I’ve known him longer than you can think of….”
“Stop!” I begged, I didn’t want to hear more.
“He is vile, selfish and will use you untill he’s bored.”
“I said stop… Please.” My voice was breaking, I could feel tears sting my eyes.
“He’ll toss you aside to be useless and guess what? He won’t let you go without making you miserable.”
“You’re lying … You’re just making things up.” I yelled at him trying to free myself from his hold but he held me tightly so that I couldn’t break free.
“Be calm Thea. Don’t make me lose my cool either.” He threatened. “I bet you dare not ask him to let you go. He’ll rather kill you than see it happen.” I gulped hard remembering everytime Angel said he’d rather kill me or anyone that tried to take me away from him. Even though he said those words when he haden’t fallen for me it still made me scared. What if he truly had no intentions of ever letting me go? Would I become his prisoner forever? What if Sparrow was right, that he stops my mum from reaching out to me everytime.
There was a possibility because my mum had the connections to storm and get me out of the mansion, the only hindering factor here was that Angel could have higher connections and probably rendered her efforts futile.
“The freedom you desire. I could give it to you in a platter Thea. Just say the word and I’ll rescue you from him.”
It was really tempting especially now that I had weighed my options but what made me waver even more was the fact that Cassie, his sister had asked me to run if I got the chance to. She had mentioned it again before we left for the party today even though she joked about it.
“This could be your only chance to escape but you dare not Thea. I couldn’t save you even if I wanted.” She said this while doing my glam. To think of it now, she may have been trying to pass a message to me indirectly but acting on it would be betraying Angel the third time.
What if I failed? Would he kill me this time for real? I was tossed into a dilemma. I wished I never danced with Sparrow, he really struck a nerve with it.
I sniffed my tear back in and shook my head slightly. I didn’t have the courage to betray Angel not after trusting me with his heart. “I don’t want to.” I said softly trying hard to resist my tears. I could see the deep frown that settled on Sparrow’s face then a sharp gasp escaped my lips as he tugged me forcefully to himself, his hand tracing my body in a way he shouldn’t. Just what was he doing?
I was still in shock when he brought his face beside my ear to whisper something.
“Either way, I’ll still have you for myself.” His words confused me and made me suspicious at the same time. He did have a plan for me after all this time.
I needed to tell Angel, I was worried for his safety because however Sparrow intended to have me, it wouldn’t be without a fight.
I could see the mischieve in his eyes, he obviously had been planning for a long time.
I looked across the crowd wondering if Angel was done with the meeting. Oddly, I had felt his burning gaze and it didn’t take long before my eyes caught his in the crowd. He was walking towards us, his aura exuding anger and danger.