[XIII]

After the silent driving for about thirty minutes straight, they both finally reached the airport. An airhostess with platinum blonde hair and red pouty lips was standing in front of his private and luxurious jet to greet them or specially to greet him as her hungry eyes were stuck on his handsome face, completely ignoring the woman beside him.

"Good afternoon Mr. Romero! Please take your seat",he nodded while walking inside his spacious property which had only boarded few crew members and the couple itself.

"What would you like to take, wine or beer?",she passed him a cheeky smile while walking a bit closure to his seat, still not looking towards his wife whose focus was only on the porthole since she was afraid of heights. But can she say this to anyone?

"No thanks, ask if my wife wants something",he spoke rather harshly while looking away from her sultry body prominent in those tight hugging dresses.

"You're married?",this question unknowingly left her lips but she knew he heard it after noticing a scowl appearing on his face which turned into a warning glare.

Masking her inner uneasiness or rather jealousy, she walked towards Aurora who was seated opposite to his seat.

"Miss, what would you like to have?",she asked almost gritting her teeth. Her voice dragged her attention towards her face. Her furious eyes weren't gone unnoticed by Aurora and she wasn't a fool to not understand the reason for anger behind those grey orbs.

"Nothing, thanks",she smiled politely but her smile dropped when he spoke",Two glasses of fruit Martini for MRS. ROMERO and me",he stressed on the word Mrs. Romero more than he should.

"I-I don't drink!",she resisted hesitantly while dropping her gaze on her quivering interwined fingers that were too sweaty from her unreasonable fear.

"So one glass of Martini!",the airhostess announced somewhat gleefully, her lips stretching into a triumph satisfactory smile.

"And one glass of mixed fruit juice too",he didn't missed a chance to irritate that airhostess who at the end has to nod at his words. She instantly walked away from the sight, leaving alone Aurora with Kayden who was intensely staring at her face that was clearly showing her Acrophobia.

"Good afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Romero! This is your captain Noel. The plain is going to take off in three minutes. Please tie your seatbelts"

Aurora POV:

I leant forward to wrap the seatbelt around my body but my head bumped into his forehead as he leant in my direction too.

"S-sorry",I mumbled when he shook his head and leaning more towards my body, he tucked the seatbelt.

"You might be wondering why I've accompanied you on this trip so since we're seated now, I must tell you the reason too. The reason for all this marriage drama and making you my wife from my slave...",his face turned terribly serious which made me choke on my saliva.

Fear was something under defined for the thing I was feeling around him. My pupils started dilating in uneasiness and I wished the flight to end even before it has started.

"Your father Richard has deceived me and made allies with our rebel group 'Aquilas"...",hatred was clearly evident in his tone as he turned to look in my eyes with his dark green orbs.

"My father is innocent Kayden!",I couldn't take his false accusations anymore and snapped apparently on his face, but clenching my eyes shut tightly the next moment realising what I had done.

Because the next second, my face was turned to an angle of 180° and I heard the lady walking in my direction gasp audibly, witnessing the horrifying scene of violance on a lady by her own boss and the tray unknowingly slipped from her hands grabbing his attention as well.

"What??Have you witnessed a ghost here?",he asked sarcastically while licking his lower lips and she immediately shook his head.

"Then why the fuck are you standing here? Get lost before you lose your job!!"he yelled causing her flinch in her place and she hurriedly scurried away after collecting the broken glass fragments from the posh carpet which was stained from the juice and wine.

"Do I need to hire a tutor for you who can teach you how to be an obedient wife?",he sneered, grabbing my chin in a harsh grip while tears started pooling in my eyes.

"Only a wife needs to be taught? Can't a husband be obedient?"I spoke in a mere broken whisper but I knew that it perked his attentive ears and his hold on my chin loosened only for a fragment of second, only to be tightened more the next second.

"How'd you got out of the mansion so easily, have you ever wondered? Was my security too weak for a frail girl like you to escape that easily?",he chuckled, tucking few loose strands behind my ear.

"That was my trap to test your truthfulness and loyalty towards me and gattina, it's sad to say that you failed!",his eyes turned murderously red as his force tightened even more, now making the pathetic tears roll freely down my cheeks.

"I'-I'm s...sorry! Your m..mother c...",my chin wobbled while my voice died the moment, he clutched my throat tightly, too tightly to make my throat burn with pain but not cut my air supply so that I can suffer without loosing my consciousness.

"Don't take that women's name in front of me!! She isn't my mother and if I ever heard you taking her name or saw you even closure to a meter in diameter to her presence, I'll make sure you won't be able to leave the bed ever again",his threat was followed by a loud animalistic growl and he immediately pushed me away, leaving my throat aching with his nails ramming my flesh.

"And that of your bloody father, he'll surely die in my hands!!"

I couldn't control anymore and landed a hard slap on his face. I haven't agreed to marry him to treat me as a slave and also defame my family. But for the sake to transform him into a human from a monster. But little did I know that he's a sadist who loves torturing people and specially me and my innocent father.

"You're a coward Kayden who only harms the innocent just like my father is! I pity your family to bear a monster like you and about that woman, I didn't knew that she isn't your mother. Have you ever taken some pains to tell me about yourself or your family? My father's a deceiver, that's a lie to trap me in your vicious game! Wife? It's just a word for you. Actually we're just strangers Mr. Romero and in detail, you're my tormenter and my violater. I fear you and your presence because you're a pure devil in a human form. You're a sadist psycho and I'm sure your parents also despise..",he cuts me off by constricting my windpipe too tightly to cut off my air supply.

I started coughing terribly...

My throat parching and my body twisting in anticipation that now he'll leave my throat but he didn't.

"This time I'll make sure to transform you from daddy's little girl to Kayden's dutyful wife!"

He kept on blocking my narrow airway till the captain's announcement to land the flight. He left my neck with a jerk and unbuckled his seatbelt swiftly, walking out of the plane without caring about my departure too.

I was too preoccupied by his malicious presence that I forgot that I had even fear of heights. Fear of Kayden Romero was superior to any other fear in this world for me.

Caressing my afflicting throat, I grabbed my messed up hair in a tight bun and trudged towards the staircase leading me out of the plane.

He was standing near a black Corvette, talking with someone on the phone while his expression was dead serious with his furrowed eyebrows and clenched fist, his eyes blazing furiously as his gaze landed on me.

"Lasciala a casa sana e salva, Luca (Drop her safe home, Luca)",he spoke to a man looking somewhat Italian in origin with head to toe covered in a layer of dragon tattoos, rather in an ordering tone. The man nodded while looking towards me and started taking huge steps towards my direction.

"Please sit inside, Mrs. Romero!",he spoke in a gruff tone while opening the side door.

I nodded sliding inside with my peripheral vision stuck on the retreating figure of Kayden.

Where is he going with so many armed men? Is it related to my father?

Tension started building Inside my chest from the fear and restlessness regarding my father's safety. What if he knew where he is?

"Excuse me, which place is this?",I hesitantly asked the man named Luca sitting on the driver seat but instead of answering, he remained quiet like a robot which started sending negative signals in my brain...

Is my father's life in threat?

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