Blackmailed For Love

I sat down on the sofa and opened the first box of the two in the soft overhead light coming from above the tv console.

I peeled the soft tissue that glimmered in the dim light and looked at the dark purple silk nestled in there.

With hesitant fingers I picked up the silken fabric, it unfurled in my hands as I let it drop down in front of me.

It was a sleeveless and a backless dress with a slit up to just below the waistline.

I would be half naked in this dress but still the thought of wearing it lit up a spark of anticipation deep inside my lower belly.

The other box had the same colored heels with red bottoms.

It took me twenty minutes to get ready as I didn't do much except to put Band-Aids on my nipples as the dress won't allow me to wear a bra and my nîpples poked through the fabric as if begging for attention and applied a natural shade of pink lip gloss.

I looked like a virgin trying to be a seductress.

I shook my head at my own thoughts as I stepped out of the bathroom, 1 faltered when my eyes met dark greys.

My daughter was sitting up in the bed and she was looking at me with wide eyes and a curious tilt of her head.

"Anna…"

"Mama, you look beautiful."

My heart squeezed with love at her words.

I walked to her, concentrating on not falling face first because of the heels I was wearing, it was safe to say I wasn't used to such type of footwear.

"What are you doing waking up? I thought you were asleep."

I said as I sat down on the bed beside her.

"I was."

She said with a silent Duh at the end.

I bit down on my bottom lip as my lips twitched, but she slipped closer to me and said, "I had a bad dream."

I cupped her cheek and pulled her on my lap, uncaring of the expensive silk.

Cradling her against my chest, I smoothed her dark hair back and asked, "Talk to me.

What did you dream about?"

"Someone was taking me away from you."

She replied, her voice small and a slight shaking entered in her voice.

My arms tightened around her.

And I said, "No one is going to take me away from you."

2 "Promise?"

I pressed a kiss on her head.

"Promise, my little angel."

She looked up at me and asked, "Where are you going?"

I didn't know the answer to that myself, but I replied, "Dinner."

Her brows lowered and her grey eyes turned inquisitive.

"But we had pizza."

I tapped her nose.

"Yes.

But I am meeting someone."

"A boy or a girl?"

For some reason I didn't lie to my daughter.

"A boy."

She made a thoughtful face and asked, "Is he your boyfriend?"

I shook my head.

angel, he is

want

thoughtful pause of my own, I nodded, "I would prefer it if he was my

lap and then I watched as she leapt off the bed and pulled the basket from under the bed which was filled

a bit and then held out a thick black

knew what was in her

"Wear this.

our lucky

her grey

the black

"It's yours.

keep it to

and picked up my hand then slammed the shining black rock in my palm and closed my fingers

it to me and I'm loaning it to

give it back to

battle when I see

nodded and said,

want you to go back to

lip and regarded me with a suspicious look and said, "Give it to me, I'll help you put

crossed my mind too, instead of putting

in a silent demand as

she swiped my hair aside, then her small fingers got busy as she tied the

between the thread and my neck before she accidentally choked me as the thread wasn't too long

everyone who would

was

makes you look the

announced as she came

in a tight hug, just then I heard my phone pinging with an incoming

I said with a pout, "I thought I was already the

clapped my cheeks between her palms and brought my

grey eyes fierce as she said, "You

will always be the best,

tears away and said,

nose and in return she kissed the corner

"I love you."

love you

pulled back and ruffled

and I said, "Now, go back

laid down and I

down, I kissed

"Good night, baby"

"When

"Soon."

replied "Good

drawer and made my way toward the

"Yes, baby?"

this boy be

scratch and I swallowed the knot in my throat as I said, "Go to sleep,

will be back

away and pulled the blanket up

me about her father, I had to ignore her questions or make up a lie that I didn't

and answer her vaguely but always painting her

away from her father which was in

knew that he

knew I was pregnant when he

didn't know even now that he has a

him to tell him the truth and if

going to help me, now I didn't even know how he would react when the wounds inflicted by me had festered for so long that whenever his eyes landed on me they were resentful, cold and filled with promise

pulled myself straight and unlocked my phone, I knew it even before I opened the message icon

wasn't prepared for

will be there in the next

Don't wear any panties."

me feel half naked so I wasn't going to obey his

my mother's bedroom to check up on her before I

mentioned that he will be here soon so I decided to wait for him downstairs because I didn't want him anywhere near

if I can

would try as much as I could, until I understand what kind of man this Kristian was, would he intentionally force a daughter from her mother in the name of his revenge? I

the case as I stepped out of

me when I came into the