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.

he is

want him to

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

off the bed and pulled the basket from under the

for a bit and then held out a thick black macrame cord in

knew what was in

"Wear this.

our lucky

said, her grey eyes

back around the black stone that had half of its piece back somewhere in

"It's yours.

keep it to

She pursed her lips and picked up my hand then slammed the shining black rock in my

me and I'm

can give it back to me when

a losing battle when

nodded and said,

want you to go back to

lie down, instead she bit down on her bottom lip and regarded me with a suspicious look and said, "Give it to me, I'll

had crossed my mind too, instead of putting it on I'd have left it

palm in a silent demand as she moved on her

I put the threaded rock in her palm and she swiped my hair aside, then her small fingers got busy as

fingers between the thread and my neck before she accidentally choked me as the thread wasn't too long and the broken rock came to settle on

who would just

the other half and the bigger part was left behind in the cottage on the Aaron estate

"See, this makes

announced as she

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

daughter as I said with a pout, "I thought I

palms and

fierce as she

will always be

away and said, "So are you, my little

in return she kissed

"I love you."

you

back and ruffled her

made a face and I said, "Now, go

I tugged the

I

"Good night, baby"

"When will you

"Soon."

"Good

way toward the bedroom door when her soft voice stopped me,

"Yes, baby?"

be

broken heart suffered another scratch and I swallowed the knot in my throat as I said,

be back

blanket up to her shoulders, Closing

father, I had to ignore her

vaguely but always painting

keeping her away from her father which was in fact

knew that he had impregnated

pregnant when he threatened

know even now that he has a

truth and if I had gotten the chance to tell him the truth, if we hadn't been interrupted and

now I didn't even know how he would react when the wounds inflicted by me had festered for so long

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

prepared

will be there in the

Don't wear any panties."

so I wasn't going to obey his insane

my way toward my mother's bedroom to check

I decided to wait for him downstairs because I didn't want him anywhere near

I can help

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 locked

but it wasn't the case as I stepped out of the elevator on

started to take notice of me when I came into the entrance hall near