Tormented

Chapter 15

The ringing from the alarm wakes her up. Annoyingly she shut down her alarm. She grumbles slightly and comes back to sleep. Snuggling herself to her comfortable blanket.

"It's not a good choice to sleep back little girl," Matteo says while watching her from the doorway.

"Five more minutes." She grumbles and comes back to sleep.

"If you not ready now, I'll break my promise to bring you to the church." He threatens her. Hearing him threaten to make her wake up instantly. She doesn't want to let go to go out of this golden cage. If she is careful she can start to plan her escape way.

"I'm up!" She shouts and hurriedly goes to the walking closet to change to her sportswear.

"I'll wait at the front door. If you are not there in 5 minutes, our deal will be broken." He shouts and walks away from her room.

She complains at her deadline. He already makes her run from her room to the first floor even before they start the training. He is really a cruel person.

After changing her clothes she ran as fast as she can towards the front door. When she arrives, he stops the timer and looks at her pleasingly. She tries to even out her breath and swept all her sweat.

"You are really cruel." She complains and clenches her teeth.

"And you are really weak. We have a long journey to go Bambina." He smirks at her.

"Start with running around the mansion." He instructed.

"Are you crazy?! This mansion is huge. Like H-U-G-E, and you expect me to run around it?" She was surprised by his crazy demand.

"Go along now. I expect you to run for two rounds." He says and starts jogging around leaving her gaping foolishly.

"Wait!" She shouts and starts to catch him.

"Do we really need to do this?" She asks after a few minutes of running. She starts to feel tired, her heart starts to beat fast, pumping air into her bloodstream.

"Just focused on running. Stop talking." He said harshly, making her shut her mouth. He never expects that her stamina is really low. Just a few minutes running she was already out her breath.

After running for half a round Leora started to slow down her pace, making him run at her pace. She feels all of her body burning, but she doesn't want to give up. If she always gives up like this she knows that her body won't be strong enough to escape this. She knows she needs to be strong to survive on his side if she wants to continue her plan.

She can feel that her body starts to protest this activity. Her face starts to get pale and she feels nausea. Her legs start trembling. Her legs gives out make her stumble on the ground. She sits and tries to even out her breath. She wants to tell him but this nausea prevents her to speak. She hates that she is this weak. Before this, she never complains about her weak body, but right now she needs to start building a stronger body.

He can't feel her presence and when he turns back he can see his girl sitting on the ground with her pale face. He never knows that her body will be this tired, he curses at his self for forcing his girl. He was just grateful she didn't push herself too much to lose her consciousness.

"Are you okay?" He asks, crouching himself near her.

She just shakes her head weakly. He tucks a few loose strands of hair out of her face. He can feel sweat cold from her forehead. He looks at her with worry make her smile sheepishly at him. They wait a few minutes to make her body relax. After that he carries her in his body makes her automatically tie her hands to his neck. She can't protest when he suddenly princess carries her like this. Because of her weak body, she just can put her head on his shoulder, and let him carry her through the mansion.

He brought her to the dining room. She needs something to bring her stamina back, but he knows that she needs something light because of her nausea. He sits her in the seat while he makes some oats and milk with a protein shake. She just watches him prepare everything for her with a light smile on her mouth.

"Eat Bambina." He ordered. She wants to protest because she thinks that her stomach will throw up everything she eats. But with her stern gaze, she can only comply and eat her oats slowly.

"Will we go after eat?" She asks while spooning her oat slowly.

"I still need to teach you some basic movement to defend yourself." He answers makes her pout.

"But I already so exhausted. I don't think I can go for another round." She complains.

"It won't be that hard. I just need to teach you a couple of defensive moves." He explains.

While he waits for her to finish her breakfast, he simply makes some light breakfast for himself to accompany her. They eat in silence. Leora keeps thinking about the opportunity to escape, while Matteo just simply watches her eating in silence.

This opportunity can't just be passed by her, so she thinks thoroughly about how and in what way that she can escape. She just needs to go away from him for a moment to make sure she can report all the things she sees when she's beside him. After that hopefully, Matteo can change the way he lives and leave all of this dark world. With that, she can help him to be a better person and become her friend. She can't have a murderer to be her friend, her conscience won't allow that.

She finished her breakfast quickly than she expected. She thinks she can slow her eating pace and avoid her training with him, but she doesn't know that her stomach is truly hungry and need some food to eat. She was even surprised when she found that there is nothing for her to eat more. Her mind is occupied by her escape plan so she doesn't pay attention to her meal.

"Let's go." He says when he notices that she already finished her breakfast.

"But I just eat. I heard it's not good to do heavy activities after eating." She tries to reason with him so she can just go to the church.

He chuckles at her. His girl is truly brilliant for keep giving him excuses to comply with her wishes. Leora is already spoiled enough to make him comply with all her wishes, he can't imagine when she accepts her position and be spoiled by him. She sure will be the most spoiled girl in the world.

"Just comply okay. It'll be good for you." He says with a soft tone while softening his gaze towards her.

"Fine!" She complies and lazily follows him.

They walk to the hidden elevator and go underground. She was surprised when she sees the elevator. This mansion just has three floors and a rooftop so why they would need an elevator. She's so excited when she feels the elevator is moving down and not up. She squeals when she realizes that they will be going to the secret baseman.

He just smiles at her excitement. He feels amused that she is so excited just because she discovers the secret place in the mansion. He will reveal all of his secrets if that makes her happy, but it'll be later when he can trust her completely.

The ding sound makes her realize that they arrive at their destination. She peeks around while waiting for him to start moving from the elevator. When he steps out form the elevator she walks behind him scared that something will happen to her. He opens the big door and she can see that so many people sparring with each other.

A view people staring at her for a couple of minutes and go back sparing when they realize hard stare from Matteo. Her shy behavior makes her step closer to him, try to hide in his wide back. They keep walking until the end of the room. He opens his private room and makes her enter the room first. She starts walking around the room. When she sees the soft carpet in the middle of the room, she runs and lies down her body. She is satisfied with how soft the carpet is.

"Start training now." He commands makes her pout her cute mouth.

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