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 to

I nodded, "I would prefer it if

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

and then held out a thick black macrame cord in

as I knew what was in her small fist even before she opened

"Wear this.

our lucky charm,

said, her grey

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

"It's yours.

keep it

slammed the shining black rock

it to me and

give it back to me when you

losing battle when I

nodded and

want you to go back

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

tell you my five years old daughter was a freaking smartarse? The thought had crossed my mind too, instead of putting it on I'd have left it out in the

held out her palm in a silent demand as she moved on her knees so she was

swiped my hair aside, then her small fingers

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

who would

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 I

makes

as she

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

phone and focused on my daughter as I said with a

palms

grey eyes fierce as

always be the best,

and said, "So are you,

and in return she

"I love you."

you

pulled back and

face and I

I

down, I

"Good night, baby"

"When

"Soon."

"Good

my phone from the bedside drawer and made my way toward the bedroom door when her

"Yes, baby?"

be

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

will be

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

I had to ignore her questions or make up a lie that I didn't want to tell

would interrupt and answer her vaguely but always painting her

daughter thought that I was purposely keeping her away from her father which was in fact a truth is

that he had

never knew I was pregnant when he threatened me and told me

now that he has

wondered what would've happened if the last time I had gone to meet him to tell him the truth and if I had gotten the chance

me, now I didn't even know how he would react when the wounds inflicted by me

I knew it even before I opened the message

wasn't prepared for his demanding

will be there in

Don't wear any panties."

dress already made me feel half naked so I wasn't

his text and made my way toward my mother's bedroom to check up on her before I turned toward the apartment

here soon so I decided to wait for him downstairs because I didn't want

I can help

try as much as I could, until I understand what kind of man this Kristian was, would he intentionally force a daughter from her

but it wasn't the case as

to take notice of me when I came into the entrance