Blackmailed For Love

I entered the apartment with one last look over my shoulder, making sure that Kristian didn't follow me.

My heart beat like crazy in my chest and my whole body still hummed from his closeness, the way he had pressed into my body reminding me of the nights we had spent in each other's arms, in secret- grabbing forbidden moments away from public eyes.

Losing ourselves in each other.

My innocent love and his fierce possession.

We had burned for each other.

Two poles desperate to connect.

But the universe had its way and pulled us apart.

4 I took a deep breath to control my emotions and took a step further into the apartment only to pause when my foot landed on something.

When I looked down I found a white envelope without any markings.

Cautiously, I picked it up and shuddered at the way the back of my neck tingled with foreboding.

I tore the envelope and upended its contents in my palm.

All the breath left my lungs as the three photos landed in my palm.

One of me in the diner.

The other with Anna outside this building.

And another that sent a shiver of revulsion and fear through me, it was of me sleeping in my bed with my daughter.

2 The photos slipped from my nerveless fingers as apprehension gripped me, only to up in its intensity when my eyes landed on the back of one of the photos.

"You should have gotten rid of her.

I don't like the reminder of the fact that someone had you before me.

Don't worry, I have a solution for it."

2 I swallowed the bile, my throat closing up and a new kind of terror tore through me as an anguished cry left me.

"Anna!"

Footsteps echoed and then two pairs of legs came in front of me.

I hadn't realized I had dropped down on my knees.

"Mama…"

My sweet angel touched my cheek with her small hand and I looked up to find her grey eyes staring back at me with concern.

"Mama, you are crying."

I grabbed her and hugged her tight to me.

"Anna… My angel…"

I cupped her face and kissed her, my emotions going out of control.

I had thought I had left the sick stalker behind when I changed cities.

He had left veiled threats before but now he was openly threatening my daughter.

I didn't know who it was and why he had targeted me but I couldn't let him harm my daughter.

Even the thought broke me apart.

"Hush… Mama, no crying."

She frowned down at me, admonishing me.

I sniffled on hearing her tight voice.

My little domineering angel.

A soft hand caressed my head and I looked up to find my mother standing thëre looking frail and tired in her blue nightgown.

She only asked one thing, "Again?"

why we were running from one place to

fell and I focused back on my daughter who was making a soft cooing sound like I do for her as she rubbed my

act had more tears running down

daughter was safe and unharmed in front of me, I pulled back and looked into her angelic

and put a smile

brows lowered and her nose

you

"Because I missed you?"

huffed and pointed a

"No lies.

Remember?"

in my arms as I used my other

arms in an effort to get away

bags I had dropped as we made our way to the small living

and cold fear slithered down

to

me time and also I couldn't just live

I didn't sleep.

I couldn't.

clutched in my hand under the blanket that was on my lap, while mom and Anna

of our things which

was waiting for the sun to

"Elsa…"

look at my mother, my

troubled as she said, "Did you think

I swallowed.

mother had a stupid notion that if we go back to

her, distance and time makes the heart

and time festers the wound more, not giving

was the same man who had brought me to my knees twice in the

is no one

telling her how much true that was because the man that would've been the reason for me to go back to that place was here in New

My new boss.

"I don't know."

thought of her words before she said,

I should live in

"Mom, please."

up and walked

beside her on the bed, I said,

the salary at the end of

need to spend a

noticing how her veins were

eyes stung but I sniffed my tears back as I

"Elsa…"

stiffened as if she knew what price I would've to pay

I shook my head.

"It's my job.

care for their employees and

about for the last two days, since I knew that

believed him because he hated

shouldn't have to be this

rasped, her eyes shimmering with

sit up and

made me strong, without

face and kissed

all the happiness you deserve and

I chuckled.

dreaming about a prince charming long time

the story but then again he wasn't as charming as one would think to begin with, he was always

was the devil with vengeance in his cold

have to

and rounded the bed to

slipped my hand under her head and slowly pulled her up into

she wrapped her arms

"Wake up, Angel…."

soft voice as I

on, there's

and I smiled while my mother shook her head making her way to