Bleeding Love

Chapter 24

Sophia

I woke up with too much pain. Lights were still out. Is it still night? But he wasn't there on the bed. I flicked on the bedside lamp as I sat up picking up the table clock. It was 4pm. Did I sleep the whole day? I winced as my palm touch the clock. I kept the clock back and saw there was a tray with food covered. There was also a rectangle box kept on the trolley where the food is kept. I didn't have the energy to explore anything right now. I sat up completely bringing my knees closer to my chest. I realized I was wearing violet satin night slip. I guess he changed me into this.

I looked at my palms, they were red and swollen. Tears started to brim my eyes as I thought of last night. I saw my wedding ring, which was not technically the wedding ring. It was his ring he placed on my finger to complete a formality. It was a thin platinum band with blue lining in the center. That blue reminded me of his eye color. Why keeping me mattered to him so much? I thought as I touched the ring lightly but winced again as my fingers came into contact of the metal. I heard the door open and I wiped my tears and tried to stand up as he came.

"Good Morning Wife, finally someone decided to wake up, huh?" he said sarcastically as he passed me and opened the drapes from the glass doors. "G-good Eve-evening Don" I said in a low voice. He came closer to me and wiped a lone tear that ran down along the cheek. "Don't waste your tears Doll, after all they belong to me" he lifted my face up by his finger beneath my chin making me look him in the eyes "don't they?" His eyes were saying that he will make me say it. "T-they do, Don". "Good Girl" he said as he kissed me lightly. "Sit" he said and sat with me. Then he picked up the box from the food trolley and opened it. There was a phone. It was a rose gold phone with half bitten apple on the back, I remember my brother telling me about these expensive phones he wanted so much. I guess the apple is the name of the company. "This phone is for you, I have saved my number in this. There is Ricardo's and Caprice's number too in case you can't reach me. You can reach them too. Call me whenever I am not around and you need something or you want to go out, ok?" I nodded and muttered "T-thank y-you" he held it out for me to hold. I took but it fell from my hands because of the pain, my eyes go wide at the thought of what if I broke it already. "S-sorry I-I am so sorry. " I started apologizing. He picked it up and kept it on top of the drawers. "Relax, its ok its not broken and even if it would have I will bring you another, it's just a phone" he said trying to ease me up. He trailed away the strands of my hair coming on my eyes.

Then he lifted me in his arms. "Don, w-what are you doing?" I asked confused. He didn't reply. He took me the bathroom and laid me down in the tub filled with bath salts and surrounded by gel candles. It reminded me the first time he drew the bath for me. It brought back the memories of that day. The day I kissed him. He started to take my slip off and picked up the loofah applied some body wash on it. I stopped him mid way before he reached my body. "I-I can do it myself". "I know you can, but if I will do it will be less painful " he said "Suddenly you care about my pain" As the words flew out of my mouth I regret them so much. Why do you hate yourself so much. "I-I am S-sorry" I blurted out immediately. Wow there is not even trace of fight left in you. He smiled lightly "I do care. Only I get to give pain to my Doll." How can someone show compassion and stab you in the same sentence. I kept quiet and kept my gaze on the ceiling as he laid me back in the tub. I kept my gaze fixed at the ceiling and he kept bathing me. He was right it wasn't hurting he was way too careful and light while touching the sore spots. He massaged me too. He wrapped me in his big towel and carried me outside and sat me down on the bed from where picked me. He shuffled in the closet and dressed me up in a simple fit and flare orange floral print dress. He brushed my hair too.

Then he brought the food tray between us and uncover it. He brought the fork to my mouth and "Eat" he said and I ate it. He fed me the whole plate and drank me water too. Then he got up and came back with a pill in his hand. "Take it" He said and I took it from him and swallowed the pill without asking what is it. What does it matter anyway. If he wanted me to have it will happen anyway. He helped me with water again. Then he sat in front of me "Give me your hands" I opened up my palms and brought them towards him. It reminded me when I did this kneeling. I closed my eyes I don't know why I was thinking that I will feel another blow like last night. But it didn't come instead came a cool smooth sensation and I saw him applying that cream again and blowing lightly on my palms. Then he put the cream back and kissed my palms.