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?"

were running from one place to another, 1 nodded with a

making a soft cooing sound like I do for her as she rubbed

tears running down

my daughter was safe and unharmed in front of me, I pulled back and looked

a smile on my face,

brows lowered and

you

"Because I missed you?"

and pointed a finger at

"No lies.

Remember?"

around her and pulled her up in my

flung her arms in an effort

dropped

bedroom and cold fear

new place to live

save me time and also I couldn't just

I didn't sleep.

I couldn't.

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

all of our things which were three

here and I was waiting for the

"Elsa…"

head to look at my mother, my eyes reluctant to leave my daughter's

pale gaze was troubled as she said, "Did

I swallowed.

that if we go back to Black Mountain after so many years Kristian would've

her, distance and time makes the

time festers the wound more, not giving it a chance to completely

man who had brought me to my knees twice in the last two days in the name of the payback

no

because the man that would've been the reason for me to go back to

My new boss.

"I don't know."

thought of her words before she said,

live in

"Mom, please."

and walked to

on the bed, I

salary at the end

just need to

hand in mine, noticing how her veins were standing out and

my tears back as I said, "And I found a way to

"Elsa…"

knew what price I

I shook my head.

"It's my job.

provides free health care for their employees and

lie was one I had been thinking about for the last two

him because

have to be this

eyes

her to sit up and

And you made me strong,

face and

you deserve and your prince charming will come to make it

I chuckled.

a

the story but then again he wasn't

now he was the devil with vengeance in his cold grey eyes and hate in

"We have to

the bed to

head and

wrapped her

"Wake up, Angel…."

in a soft voice as I

there's my good

while my mother shook her head making