"Strip!" Demanded Xander, then went to the sofa and sat down. His gaze was fixed on me.

I gulped and tried to turning around. "Who said you can turn around?" His voice cold as ice. "Look at me and strip. This is the price you are going to pay for trying to escape."

I took a deep breath and faced his way, unzipped my dress and let it fall off, as soon as it did I covered my breasts with my arms and I didn't take off my underwear. This was beyond embarrassing. " Come here!" He demanded again.

He pointed out a place, right in front of him and I walked there fidgeting. As soon as I approached the place he opened his legs, placed his hands on my wrist and pulled me in, making me sit on his left thigh while my legs dangled between his.

His hands were cold, it sent shivers down my spine. "Did I say you could cover yourself?" His gaze, those gray eyes cold eyes like the freezing snow pierced through me.

My heart pounded as I slowly let my arms down. He caressed the outline of my body and it made me tremble. His touch just felt so cold. His hand made its way to my breasts and I closed my eyes shut.

The pain that mixed with pleasure made me shiver even more. Tears started falling from my eyes. Then Xander held my chin and lifted it up.

"Open your eyes." He said and fluttered them open trying to hid the tears but it was no help. "Why are you crying?"

"I-I..." I don't know. This was an obvious thing and knew I would be used like this the moment I was set out for display to be sold.

"Hhhmm." He kissed me. Honestly I was expecting something rough but he was gentle.

"Lucia, do I scare you?"

What should I answer? Isn't it obvious I'm scared of him? I'm so vulnerable in front of him him. Why ish e even asking?

"Y - Yes.." I shuttered.

"Is that so?" He seemed disappointed like he didn't like my answer. With his arms around my waist, he stared at the window, thinking about something.

"Lucia." He didn't look at me, but every time he called my name I got scared. "I can hear your heart pounding. Look up, what do you think of the view through the window?"

I looked up, first at him who stared out, then I followed his gaze at the wall-sized window. No doubt the scene was mesmerizing, beautiful and peaceful. After a moment of looking at it, Xander spoke.

" You've calmed down." At his words I realized that I really didn't calm down. "You can go back to your room now." His voice was back to simple and cold.

I got up, picked up my dress and run up but stopped for a moment at the middle of the stairs to look back at him. His didn't avert his eyes and kept staring at the window silently.

He looked rather lonely. His eyes void as he looked out, liking searching for something he will never find. But I turned and left, that wasn't my problem.



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