"You're a fucking piece of trash, Riley. You couldn't satisfy your boyfriend, now I have to step in line to satisfy his urges." Mia, said walking closer to Riley who was backed up in a corner.
The room was dark, and small. The air was tight as Riley found it hard to breathe.
"P-please... Let me go... Why can't you leave me alone. You can have Ethan, I don't want him anymore..." Tears spilled from her eyes, rolling down her cheeks and entering her shirt.
*Pam* Pam*
The room echoed heavily, Riley's face whipped to the side, her hair covering her face.
"You don't get to hand Ethan over to me! I stole him from you, you didn't hand him over to me!" Mia spat, anger rising in her chest. Within seconds, she gripped Riley's hair tight around her fingers, jerking her up as she smashed her head on the glass table.
The table broke with a loud crash, shattering everywhere.
Riley's forehead hit the sharp edge, splitting open as blood began pouring into her eyes.
Fuck! It hurt so bad.
She grabbed, Mia's wrist with both hands, "stop... Please..." Her pleas came out in scared little cries.
Mia eyed her. Her heart hardened as she pulled her up again, slamming her down again.
Glasses cut into Riley's face. Her cheeks, her nose... Everywhere burned.
Blood filled into her mouth and she could taste them. Metallic.
"Please..."
Mia didn't listen, instead she kept smashing her head further.
"Die! You son of a bitch. Die you worthless bitch!!!" She smashed her harder.
Riley's head and face were covered with thick and dark blood.
Riley felt her pulse weaken. Head drowsy as she felt her eyelids fluttering close...
Then Boom!
Riley gasped awake. Her eyes snapping open in the dark room. Her heart thundered like drums so hard in her ribs.
She touched her forehead, she felt nothing, then her cheeks, feeling nothing as well.
She placed her hands on her chest, 'It's just a dream, Riley. Just a dream,' she muttered internally, calming her erratic beating heart.
She closed and opened her eyes, taking in a deep breath as she scanned the dark room with her eyes. She noticed the familiar, dark decor, from the dark silk sheet and soft golden lights to the table beside the bed.
"Ms. Valentine's room? What the hell am I doing here?" Her pulse quickened a little bit. The sheets smelt all too familiar like warm sugar and caramel just like she remembered from Valentine's skin.
'I need to leave here. Although, I do not remember how I got here.... It's not right for me to remain here!' she said to herself and swung her legs from the bed, her feet touching the cold floor as she stood.
She felt dizzy for a second but held the bedpost to steady herself.
Then she felt it.
Built and held up emotions in her chest broke away like a broken dam.
Where was she going to go? Her apartment was no longer hers? She was fired from her job and she knew all too well that she would be fired from her cafe job because she had skipped two days without a notice.
That was the job she got by applying more than 10 times because getting a job in coffee shops was not easy.
She sighed, cleaning away her tears.
It didn't matter. Valentine won't be happy to see her here when she had already declined her offer of being her toy, not that she considered it. But if there was a second chance, would she still refuse the offer?
She shook her head, heading towards the door and as her hand reached for the doorknob, the door pulled open.
Riley looked up, her eyes jamming with deep black ones.
"Oh! Look who's awake." Valentine smiled Brightly, flashing her 32 teeth.
Valentine always had the power to make Riley feel weak just by staring at her. Her air of authority and command was just so attractive that Riely wished she could have that bit of power.
She swallowed nervously, "Ms. Val..."
"Yes, baby. Is there anything you need?" She stepped in further into the room and Riley Instinctively took a step back.
"I'm sorry but I need to leave. I don't know how I landed here in your room and I'm sorry for -"
"How stupid are you?" Valentine cut her short.
Riley felt a sharp punch to her chest upon that question. "What do you mean?"
"Exactly what you heard? Who would have dared to bring you to my penthouse less considering my room?"
Too many things were going on in Riley's head. Maybe she was stupid and didn't know because a lot of things had gone wrong in her life without her thinking further when they were clear.
"I'm sorry... I didn't... I-" Her voice caught in her throat. She had a lot on her plate. School was resuming in less than a fortnight and she didn't have the funds for that.
Valentine watched Riley struggling to compose herself. Her shivering hands and sweating forehead.
"Do you want to leave?"
"No!" Riley's response came before she could stop it.
"And why is that? Last time you were so eager to leave, what changed this time?"
It wasn't that she didn't want to leave. She wanted to but she had no place to stay and she was too embarrassed to say it in front of Valentine.
A few seconds passed, "I- I don't have a place to stay. I was fired from my job last night and my apartment was taken away from me." Riley said at last, with tears pricking the corner of her eyes.
Her head was down the second those words left her mouth. She bit the inside of her lips hard, trying to stop it from shaking. Her shoulders curled forward, arms folding tight across her chest like she could make herself smaller and disappear.
She couldn't look at Valentine standing in front of her. The air felt thick and heavy. Her throat hurt from holding everything in, and her eyes filled with tears that she suppressed hard.
Valentine had already found out all these last night. She knew Riley was totally helpless and she loved the fact that she had no place to go. No friends and ditched by her last family member.
Who else would she turn to except her?
She suppressed her internal happiness, "So now, what do you want me to do? Do you want to live with me?" Sha asked her voice, stern and calm.
Riley fidgeted a little, "Live with you?" She asked, still not looking at her.
"Yes, baby girl. And that's only if you would be my toy. Last time, you agreed and went back on your words. There will be punishments for that... But that's for later." A smik played on her lips.
Riley racked her brain for solutions but couldn't find any. She admired and felt something totally different for Valentine but she couldn't wrap her head around it. It's something she wasn't supposed to feel.
She tried weighing her options but she didn't have options, only one.
'Look at the bright side, Riley. Your getting a roof over your head, money, gift, and many more. This could be life throwing a second chance at you. Don't throw it away. Accept the offer!'
She heaved, nodding her head.
"I will be your toy." She agreed, finally raising her head as her eyes clashed with Valentine's.
"Good girl. This time around, you will sign a contract!" She winked at her, rubbed her hair like a puppy and left the room.
Riely stood there, her nipples erect from having Valentine's ruffle her hair.
She didn't need to slide a finger under her panties, to know that Valentine's actions just made her wet and stirred something hidden in her.