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?"

running from one place to another, 1 nodded with a

making a soft cooing sound like I do for

act had more tears running

my daughter was safe and unharmed in front

smile on my face, "I

lowered and

were you crying,

"Because I missed you?"

pointed a finger

"No lies.

Remember?"

and pulled her up in my

arms in

mother smiled and picked up the bags I had dropped as we made our way to the small living

my bedroom and cold

have to find a new place to live in, maybe

also I couldn't just live here any

I didn't sleep.

I couldn't.

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

packed all of our things which were three boxes and two

and I was waiting for the sun to rise so

"Elsa…"

head to look at my mother, my eyes

mother's pale gaze was troubled as she said, "Did

I swallowed.

if we go back to Black

and time makes the heart

distance and time festers the wound more, not giving it a chance

man she thought would help us was the same man who had brought me to my

is no one there,

true that was because the man that would've been the reason

My new boss.

"I don't know."

of her words before she

live in a women

"Mom, please."

up and

on the bed, I

when I get the salary at the end of

just need to

hand in mine, noticing how her veins

sniffed my tears back as I

"Elsa…"

as if she knew what

I shook my head.

"It's my job.

company provides free health care for

lie was one I had been thinking about for the last two days, since I knew that Kristian would take

because he hated me,

shouldn't have to be

rasped, her eyes

helped her to sit up and

right? And you made me strong, without you I

face and kissed my

all the happiness you deserve and your prince charming will

I chuckled.

dreaming about a prince charming

prince charming looked at me like the villain of the story but then again he wasn't as charming as one would think to begin with, he

with vengeance in his cold grey eyes and hate in his

"We have

and rounded the bed to wake

hand under her head and slowly pulled her up into my

wrapped her

"Wake up, Angel…."

soft voice as I caressed her

there's my

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