Chapter Two

“No, no uncle please don't do this, no stop, stop…”

“Stop!!!!!!!!!”

With a loud voice, Savannah screamed as she woke up from a nightmare, one that has plagued her for years. She sat upright, her legs and hands still tied. She saw that it was dawn.

Her entire body ached from sleeping on the floor and her hands were sore from being in one position for a long time. Savannah looked around the attic trying to look for anything she could use to untie herself but she found nothing. She tried wriggling her hands, unfortunately Kevin Miller tied it very tightly.

The door to the attic opened and Savannah saw Kevin walk in with a strange, muscular man.

“There she is, tell your boss that not a single scratch is on her body, just like he asked”. Kevin said to the man.

Without responding, the man walked towards Savannah, lifted her up and placed her on his shoulders. Savannah struggled to get down but all her attempts proved futile.

Turning around, the man walked out of the attic down to the living room. Just as he got to the door, he turned to look at Kevin.

“Matthias has what you seek”, he said and walked out of the door.

Immediately another person walked to Kevin with a brief case in his hands.

“Cash, just as promised”. Matthias said as he opened the briefcase. Kevin eyed the money with so much greed, he grabbed the briefcase from Matthias’ hands and started laughing.

A scornful look appeared on Matthias face as he watched Kevin behave like a mad man, then he turned and walked out of the house alongside the others who came with him.

Savannah was placed into the backseat of a luxury car. The man then untied her. She massaged her wrists and her legs to ease the pain from being tied too long.

“Who are you?” Savannah asked, her voice trembled a bit as she was quite frightened by the man's aura. She was met with total silence.

Savannah chose not to say anything again, she didn't even get the chance to escape yet but she planned to run when they got to wherever she was being taken.

Soon they arrived at a court house, Savannah came down from the car and looked around, finding an escape route.

“Don't get any ideas about running away, the entire courthouse is surrounded by our men and I will catch you in seconds”. The fierce man said.

Savannah gulped and nodded

They both walked inside the courthouse, Savannah's legs were quite unsteady and she almost tripped. She remembered the last time she ate was yesterday morning so she's quite weak.

Soon they came in front of a judge, no one else was in the court room. The man then turned to look at Savannah, a trace of pity flashed through his eyes very quickly that Savannah didn't catch it.

“You're getting married to my boss in a few minutes, he's not here but the judge will officiate the wedding. Sign the necessary documents quickly without delaying” he said

Savannah was overwhelmed by the series of events happening, she was getting married and the groom was not here.

“No, no I don't want to”, Savannah said and spun on her heels, she tried to run to the door of the court room but was caught in seconds.

“Listen up young lady, you've been bought already by my boss so even without the marriage there's no escape for you. You'd better behave yourself and not get my boss angry, else you'll hate the consequences”. The man said fiercely as he dragged Savannah towards the judge.

“No let me go, let me go”, Savannah and as she struggled to get out of his grip.

“I don't want to marry your boss”

“You have no choice!”

“Start the procedure for this”, the man said to the judge.

“Help me, you're supposed to be a judge, I don't want to marry his boss”, Savannah said to the judge who ignored her and brought out the necessary documents.

When no one answered her, Savannah realized she really can't escape this. Soon she signed the marriage certificate. She noticed it was already signed by the person she was getting married to.

“Now that wasn't so hard, was it?”. The man said.

“You know you could have just signed all the documents at your residence without coming here”, the judge suddenly said to the man.

“I know, but I only follow my boss’ orders” He responded and left the court room with Savannah.

Savannah didn't bother to struggle again, she thought all these were just a dream and she would wake up soon from this nightmare.

Soon they arrived at a big estate, Savannah looked outside, the beauty of the estate was fascinating but it didn't enamour her as she was scared of her new life.

The car entered one of the biggest houses in the estate. Savannah and the man came down from the car. He walked to the entrance of the house with Savannah following him behind closely.

Once they entered inside, a middle aged woman came to meet them.

“Good day miss Irene”, the man said softly, shocking Savannah.

“Pls take her upstairs and prepare her for the boss, I'll be leaving now”. He said and walked out of the door.

“Welcome young miss, I'm Irene the housekeeper”. Irene smiled warmly at Savannah

“I'm Savannah”.

“Let's go upstairs so you can get ready for the boss”. Irene said as she stretched out her hands to allow Savannah to follow her.

“Wh…who is your boss ma'am?” Savannah asked without moving.

“Oh, my boss is Mr Jaxon, he'll be home by evening so let's get you ready, no offense, miss but you do not look quite presentable now. How about you go take a shower, eat, rest and wait for Mr Jaxon to come, and also you can call me Irene, I'm here to serve you”, Irene said still smiling

Savannah followed Irene upstairs, where they stopped at a large room. It was very clean and neatly arranged, a queen size bed was in the middle of the room. It doesn't look like anyone has stayed in it before.

“You can shower and rest for a bit, I'll inform you when breakfast is ready, there are clothes in the closet that should fit you”, Irene said then turned to leave.

Savannah stood in the middle of the room, scanning everything. The entire room looked bigger than her uncle's house. She walked towards the vanity table and looked into the mirror. Her eyes were full, red and swollen from all the crying. She recalled how she left with nothing in her uncle's house, especially her design drafts and the pictures of her parents.

Savannah turned towards the bathroom and went in to take a shower, after she finished, she checked the closet and saw some female clothes in it and also some new underwear. She picked a pair of sweatpants and a T-shirt and wore them. Surprisingly they fit her so well.

She went downstairs to meet Irene. Savannah ate the breakfast Irene served her, too hungry to even resist or think if the food was poisoned.

Savannah went upstairs to sleep after eating. By the time she woke up, it was already dark outside. She had slept for the entire day. Savannah sat up in the bed and realized the room was quite dark, a movement suddenly caught her attention which startled her.

“Who's there?”, she asked, “Miss Irene, is that you?”.

No one answered, soon she noticed a shadow walking close to her, Savannah gripped the bedsheets tightly, her heart was beating rapidly. The person came to stand at the edge of the bed. Savannah gulped in fear as she looked up at the figure towering over her.

Then she heard the person speak in a deep, enigmatic dark voice.

“Hello wife”