Chapter 6 Mine

"What are you doing here, Madison?" Austin asked. I was in his room to keep a few documents on his working table, but I saw a locket hanging from the pencil holder when I was leaving. It instantly caught my attention and I pried to look further into it. I picked the locket and felt the texture of the circle pendant in the chain. It looked like it had some type of mechanism to open it as there is something with a sword shape engraved in it. It might be something...

I looked at Austin to find him in his sweatpants, I think he was getting ready for bed. I kept the locket down back from where I picked it from. He followed my hand's movement and he stiffened that playful smirk that was long gone. I think I have brought back memories, very unpleasant memories for him. I wonder what happened.

He was right in front of me, I was caught off guard, I just blinked once and he was already in front of me.

"I have asked you something, Madison," he said. I took a few steps back creating some distance between us.

"I... umm... I just came here to keep these documents here," I pointed at the documents on his table.

"I don't think that you came here to keep the documents," he said in a very stiff tone.

"I apologise for that Austin, it caught my attention when I was leaving," I said and looked up at him, he had a blank expression on his face, as usual.

"Cut the crap, Maddy-" oh, I like that nickname. "-you know that we are not only professionally together but personally together as well," Woah! That was easy to say, wasn t it? He spoke nonchalantly without even thinking what he was saying. We aren t together, yet. I wouldn t mind being with him for a few weeks. I mean who wouldn t live in this huge mansion with servants doing all the work. You just have to relax and order. Who would mind?

Not me at least.

"Austin we aren t together! For god s sake stop doing what you are doing, okay?" I calmly said but I was nothing close to calm at that moment.

"Madison, you re mine alright, and you will stay mine till the last breath," he said with authority, lacing every single word. There was something me

"I m not a trophy or a property which you own, don t brand me Austin," I wanted to say that loud and clear but my voice did not support my words. My voice came out slow and hoarse which was the total opposite of what I wanted.

"Madison, don't make me repeat what I had just said," Austin said with an authoritative tone which I did not like.

"Austin-" he interrupted me.

"Let s have dinner Maddy," he said and dragged me to the dining room by my waist. Austin sat on the head of the table while I sat at the right of Austin; as if on queue the maids came in with all the dishes and placed them one by one on the dining table. The presentation of all the dishes were picturesque and that made me even hungrier.

I started to dig in my dish as I took my first bite and I couldn't just comprehend, the flavours melting in my mouth were ravishing. I closed my eyes with my mouth full of the creamy pasta. It felt just amazing, as I said I can not describe it. It was THE best pasta I had ever had. It was saucy, creamy and a bit spicy- the best combination ever!

"You better stop making those sounds, Maddy," Austin warned. I smirked knowing what exactly I was doing. Nevertheless, I was not going to play with him… yet.

"Austin, I m going out for lunch with my friends tomorrow," I informed him. Albeit I m not meeting my friends but the second in command of the Romano Mafia to plan further from what we had discussed on the call.

"Who are you going with? When did you plan to meet your friends?" Austin asked.

"Oh, Liam had me-" I was interrupted by him again. I inwardly groaned, I hated interruption!

"Liam? Who s he?" He asked me before he let me complete my freaking sentence.

"You would have known if you hadn t interrupted me!" I almost yelled and he gave me a warning look daring me to say it again in that same tone.

"Don t ever use that tone again, Madison," he warned me. In return I just rolled my eyes, now he was going to control me. Right! Nevertheless, I tried continuing what I was saying but before I could I was pushed back into my chair. "Roll your eyes once more, I dare you," his breath fanned my face; I swear to God my heart leapt and I couldn t say a word but to stare in those beautiful hazel orbs of his, I unintentionally look down towards his lips and then look back up at him.

I couldn t help but stare back and forth between his lips and eyes. He seemed to be doing the same thing as when I looked back up he was staring at my lips. Suddenly he lifted one of his hands off the armrest of the seat and touched my lips, "Stop doing that," he said in his baritone voice.

Oh, Anabella stop thinking that way he is nothing but a target of yours!

Stop doing what? I looked at him bewildered, he must have seen that because he clarified it further, "Stop biting your lips," he said. I hadn t realized that I was biting my lips before he started. Anybody would get intimidated or nervous when a handsome man comes closer to you, closer than you prefer. Not my mistake!

I released my lips and blushed when I saw him looking at my lips, he started coming closer to my face and if that was possible I was leaning back in the chair. I frowned when the pain shot through my scalp when the clutcher further dug into my scalp. I did not realise that Austin had somehow removed the clutcher from my hair after I had made that face. I was nothing but a mess right there, he was close to me and my traitorous body had reacted to his proximity.

As he removed the clutcher my hair came back to my face, framing it. My breathing became uneven as I stared in those hazel orbs. I could see many emotions flicker through them in just a second or less. I wonder what he was thinking as his eyes softened a bit but they disappeared as quickly as they came.

"You are not going out with Liam tomorrow, that s final," he said with finality in his voice. Does he think that I will stay here and not go? I hope not because I was not going to stay here, I will meet the second in command, Jade tomorrow over lunch.

"Austin, I haven t met Liam for quite a long time now. We had been planning to meet for months now. We had been busy with our work and all so we couldn t meet each other," lie, pure lie it was. I hope my face does not betray me although I m trying to keep a confident facade even when I m not even close to confident.

"Show me his picture," he ordered me. Oh no! I hadn t thought about this. Where will I get the picture from? How will this non-existent Liam exist? I tried keeping my face straight and tried not showing the panic which was storming through me.

"Sure, I will show it to you after we are done eating. My mobile phone is upstairs in my room," I said confidently. I hope he lets this go and have lunch. For the time being, I will think about what I can do.

"Robert! Robert!" Austin yelled.

"Yes sir?" A man came running with a gun in his hand, I assumed he was Robert. Although he was a bodyguard he still feared Austin. Perks of being a mob boss.

"Robert, go get Madison s mobile phone from her room now!" Austin s voice boomed. He was agitated. I could see it. As Robert rushed upstairs to get my phone Austin turned to look towards me. If I said I wasn t scared for my life at that moment then you were wrong. I wanted to run but I was helpless. I couldn t move a bone in my body.

"I m sure you would be having a picture of Liam on your phone. Right?" he asked me, almost stating the obvious, but no I did not have a picture of him. I m in serious trouble now. Firstly, I have lied and secondly, he wants me to show him his picture.

"Yeah, I do have a picture of him," I said slowly, I doubt he would have heard it. He did hear me.

"You better have!" he said again. Robert came rushing down from the stairs, he was panting and had beads of sweat on his forehead. He came rushing towards us and handed the phone to Austin. He took it and then raised an eyebrow signalling me to take the phone.

The tension was present in the atmosphere, I m sure Austin can sense the tension radiating from me at the moment. I was staring at my mobile's black screen before switching it on and surfing through the gallery to find some pictures. When I opened the gallery I saw the family album and it instantly clicked. What if I showed him the selfie where my stepbrother and I were having ice cream in the park and a little bit of ice cream smudged on our noses?

He wouldn t know if he is my stepbrother or Liam, right? I mean he hasn t seen any of them. I haven't even seen Liam ever. Anyways, I opened the picture and showed it to Austin. I examined his facial expression when I showed him the picture. A surprised look passed through his face but he was good enough to hide it.

"This is Liam, I had taken this picture years ago when we were adolescents. I don t have a recent picture of him as we haven t met for years so we were planning to meet now," He took the mobile phone from my hand and examined the picture with a little frown on his face. I had a triumphant smile on my face, I managed through this argument.

"So, I m going to meet him tomorrow over lunch, alright?" I said with a smile on my face. He averted his eyes from my phone to my face. He seemed to get over the surprise I had given him.

"Okay, but-" there has to be a 'but in everything, "I m coming with you," okay; wait! No, no he can t come. Ugh!

"No, Austin you aren t coming with me!" I raised my voice but the volume reduced as quickly as it rose. "Please, Austin let me go alone," why was I begging? I can do what I want and I will go even if I have to sneak out of the house.

"There is no chance you are meeting other men alone, I don t trust them with my precious thing closer to them," he said. Things? He said things, right? Was I a thing? For God s sake, I was a living human being and not a thing! The last thing I would like to feel is to be treated as a thing! Before I could make a snarky comment on his statement his phone rang. He looked at the screen and scrunched up his eyebrows. He then slid his finger through the screen and spoke.

"Yes?" he said. He was listening to the other person on the other side of the phone. I motioned him to give me my phone back and he gave me back without any remark or anything. This conversation was over. I had lost my appetite and so I went to my room upstairs.

Amazing! Just amazing! I can not even go out with friends, it doesn t matter if it is a friend or someone else the problem is that he is ordering me. Oh, God! It would be really hard to keep up with his controlling habit.

After changing into my sweats I laid down on the bed to sleep but my stomach growled. I ignored it and tried sleeping again but my stomach wasn t giving up. I got up from the bed and went downstairs to the kitchen to have the pasta which I left. I hope they did not discard it.

A relieved sigh escaped me when I successfully found the kitchen. I walked into the spacious kitchen not bothering to switch on the light. I looked around but I could barely see anything in the dark. I saw the green blinking light of the fridge near the counter. I opened the fridge hoping to find the leftover pasta. I found my plate wrapped with cling film in the second rack of the fridge to my relief. I took it and removed the cover and kept it in the microwave to warm it a little. Waiting patiently for the microwave to stop and it did. I opened it after the five beeps while looking around to find the cutlery stand but I could hardly see anything.

What did I bring my mobile for when I didn't make use of it? I unlocked my mobile to switch on the torch when out of nowhere someone spoke.

"Hungry?" the muscular voice said. I looked behind me to find Austin holding a fork next to his face. I nodded and reached for the fork but he held the fork higher, away from my reach. I grumbled and placed the bowl on the counter next to us then jumped to take it but that bastard raised it higher.

"Austin, give me the fork!" I said while jumping, but he just laughed. He crept his hand and held my waist then pulled me closer to his body, close enough for my liking. Our eyes locked, I could see many emotions flicker through his eyes. My breath hitched when he came closer to me, I could feel his breath on my face. He leaned down further, my heart was beating frantically.

He kissed me right on my lips, there were no movements. His lips were on mine then he began to suck on my bottom lip and deepened the kiss while I made no move to kiss him back. I stayed still with my eyes wide open, Austin s eyes were closed as if he was enjoying it. He bit on my lip and tried invading my mouth with his tongue but I kept my lips shut. My senses were shut. I could not move or hear anything. After a few tries of him invading my mouth forcefully, he dropped the fork with clutter on the counter and then grasped my back with his hand while his other hand which was on my waist travelled up to my hair.

His hands knitted my hair and pulled my hair from the roots, I gasped as pain shot through my scalp. He took advantage of it and invaded my mouth with his tongue. My senses were back and I tried to pull away but he did not budge. I couldn t take it anymore so I kissed him back with the same passion. I closed my eyes and felt our lips locked and moved in sync making me moan. He spanked me making me gasp again, his hands were holding me tight and in place.

We pulled away and looked at each other. His lips were swollen from the kiss and I m sure mine are too. I could not look away from his eyes, they were pulling me toward him. He slid his hand up from my back to my waist and pulled me closer if that was even possible.

"You aren t going to meet Liam tomorrow over lunch," he said.

"Austin-" he interrupted me. I swear to god he has the habit of interrupting someone a lot.

"You are mine, Madison, so you better do what I say. You belong to me, Madison," he stated. I was annoyed with his possessive nature now.

"We cancelled lunch, Austin so I have planned to go shopping tomorrow," I said.

"Good," he said with a hint of a smile on his face. He leaned down to kiss me again but stopped midway when my stomach grumbled so he just pecked my lips and chuckled.

My cheeks heated up so I turned around, picked the plate with the fork and ran towards my room upstairs. I heard him laugh, to which I smiled. I had lied to him about cancelling the lunch with Liam, well not exactly Liam but yeah. So, I will tell him that I m going shopping but I will meet Jade tomorrow.

Tomorrow is going to be a day full of challenges. With that, I dug into the bowl of pasta.