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

you want him

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

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

and then held out a thick black macrame cord in

gave a painful pang as I knew what was in her

"Wear this.

our lucky charm,

her grey

her fingers back around the black stone that had half of its

"It's yours.

should keep it to

pursed her lips and picked up my hand then slammed the shining black rock in my palm and closed my fingers around

to me and I'm loaning it to

can give it back to me when you

losing battle when

and

want you to go

didn't lie down, instead she bit down on her bottom lip and regarded me with a suspicious

freaking smartarse? The thought had crossed my mind too, instead of putting it on

palm in a silent demand as she

and she swiped my hair aside, then her small

and my neck before she accidentally choked me as the thread

to everyone who would just look

other half and the bigger part was left behind in the cottage on the Aaron estate when I accidentally dropped it while trying to pack all the things I could get my hands on which didn't matter later when

makes you look

announced as

engulfed her in a tight hug, just then I heard my

ignored my phone and focused on my daughter as I said with a pout, "I thought

her palms and brought my face closer to

grey eyes fierce as she said,

will always be

away and said, "So are you,

nose and in return she kissed the corner of my

"I love you."

love you

and ruffled her

face and I said, "Now,

down and I tugged the blanket

I kissed

"Good night, baby"

"When will you

"Soon."

"Good

drawer and made my way toward the bedroom

"Yes, baby?"

boy be

suffered another scratch and I swallowed the knot in my throat as I

be

a solemn nod and her grey eyes closed as she turned away and pulled the blanket up to her shoulders, Closing the door, I

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

always painting her

daughter thought that I was purposely keeping her away from her father which was

that he had impregnated

I was pregnant when he threatened

didn't know even now that he

the last time I had gone to meet him to tell him the truth and if I had gotten the chance

by me had

knew it even before I opened the message

prepared

will be there in the next ten

Don't wear any panties."

made me feel half naked so I

and made my way toward my mother's bedroom

that he will be here soon so I decided to wait for him downstairs because I

if I can help

a daughter from her mother in the name of his revenge? I locked

in the corridor but it wasn't the case as I stepped out of

to take notice of me when I