Marked her as mine

Chapter 1: The first meet

"The first time I saw you, my heart whispered 'that's the one'"-unknown

Arabella POV

I dialed Jessica's number from my phone. I hope she will pick it up in a second. "Hey, Jess," I called her name once I heard her voice on the line.

"Hey, Ara. What's going on? You sound scared." I guess she noticed that my voice was shaking.

"Please help me, Jess. Matt goes crazy again. I'm hiding away from him now as I'm so scared. My body is shaking now. I don't know what to do."

"Oh my, God!" She gasped at my words. "Ara, tell me where are you now and I will come to you as fast as I can!"

"I'm hiding at the hotel near his penthouse. The Loyalty Hotel. Please come faster. I'm not sure how long I can hide here," I said in a low tone. I don't want to risk myself being caught by that madman again.

"I will be there in a few minutes. Please be careful, Ara." She cut off the line. I touched my face where Matt slapped me a moment ago. The burning sensation on the skin indicated that it will turn to bruise soon. I still hide in the exit stairs, refused to take the risk since he was still somewhere near. He is out of his mind every time I confront him about our break up. He refused to let me go but I can't bear the pain with him; physically and mentally.

I opened the door quietly and moved to the exit slowly. I looked at the sign and noticed the number of the room. l scanned my eyes around and walk out slowly from the door. I tried to find a better place to hide before Jess arrives.

"Ara!" My body immediately freezes and I turned around when I heard someone called my name.

My body trembled when I saw him. All I can see was anger. I know this will get worse if he caught me.

I ran as fast as I could before he reached me. I ran to the stairs moving to the higher floor. I saw one of the guest room's doors was slightly opened and I ran into the room when I realized Matt was not in the sight. I shut the door instantly without thinking far and leaned to the door while clutching onto the knob tightly so it won't open in case he kicked the door.

"Who are you? What are you doing here?" I was shocked when I heard a husky voice approached me; a guy's voice. I didn't think much when I entered the room earlier. I was out of my mind.

There was a guy stood in front of me with a black suit and an emerald green tie; a masculine guy that looks so perfect with his body feature. His muscle, his height, his brown hair, and blue eyes seem so perfect. He stands nearby the table with his furrowed eyebrows, examined me.

"I..I'm sorry..I..I will leave now," I answered him in a trembling voice.

I turned around and tried to open the door but I heard Matt's voice outside the room. I immediately released my hand from the doorknob and I stepped a few steps backward with my palm covered my mouth tried not to make any sound. I spun around as I sensed the guy coming closer.

"Please, let me stay here for a while," I whispered not to let Matt heard my voice.

Dominic POV

I was shocked when I heard someone closed the door while I was busy picking up the document that I need for the meeting later.

A girl leaned towards the door, and she covered her mouth with her palm while her other hand gripped the doorknob tightly. A floral pink dress wrapped her body perfectly. I could sense her fear as she kept checking at the door a few times.

"Who are you? What are you doing here?" I break the silence when I realized she didn't aware about my presence in the room.

"I..I'm sorry..I..I will leave now," she looked up at me and answered with her shaking voice.

She turned to open the door, but she stopped immediately when she heard the noise from outside. There was a guy's voice in the corridor calling for someone but I couldn't hear him clearly.

"Please..let me stay here for a while.." she begged and looked at me. The tears in the edge of her eyes didn't go unnoticed.

"What is going on?" I questioned, at the same time approaching her closer.

"I..I just have some problems with my boyfriend and..and I can't meet him now."

I noticed the bruise on her face. It looked like someone slapped her. I tried to touch her cheek where the bruise was, but she stepped away from me. I take the cue to stop myself. We just stared at each other quietly until her phone's ringtone echoed in the room.

"Ok, I will be there soon." She responded to the person on the line after a brief silence.

"I will leave now. Thanks for your help." She said to me once she ended the call. I didn't manage to say anything until I saw she opened the door and sprinted out from the room.

"Hey..." I gripped her hand when she was about to go further. "What is your name?" I asked her.

"Sorry, I need to go." She pushed my hand furiously and ran fast towards the lift.

"Hey.." I called her and ran to the lift to stop her, but she ran too fast. The lift immediately closed and her figure disappeared from my sight.

My mind started ran wild with so many questions about her maybe due to the reason she didn't tell me her name or maybe I couldn't help her much just now. I tried to put aside all the thoughts.

I noticed a bracelet on the floor when I walk into my room. There was a name carved on it. "Arabella," I read out the name. It sounds beautiful. I guess that belongs to the girl just now. Ah, what a coincidence that she dropped it here. I have no idea why knowing her name made me happy.

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