"Talk with your Mom. And look there, kitten. One wrong word and she will die and so will you." He speaks while pointing towards Andrew who is holding a sharp knife against Ella's throat.

Tears well up in my eyes. This time it is a mix of emotions. I am happy that I am going to talk to my mom but I am sad that I can't tell her anything. How am I supposed to hide my emotion? What reason should I give her for not calling her? All of the questions keep running in my head. And what if she caught me lying? He will kill Ella. Oh God what am I supposed to do and how should I?

"B-but what if she caught me lying. And so many days have passed and I have not called her. W-what should I tell her?" I ask him weakly.

He laughs out loudly making me feel more weak and vulnerable.

"Who told you that many days have passed, Kitten? Not even a single day has passed. It's 4:30 now. And today is still our first day of university. Only half a day has passed." He says in the midst of laughing.

"WHAT? Not even a single day?" I asked in utter shock.

Oh God! Not a single day passed. That means nobody would have noticed me going missing. That means the only hope of people trying to find me is not anymore. Only one day passed and it feels like weeks and months passed. How am I supposed to live here for another day? Each passing minute feels like an eternity here. Help me God, help me!

He dials in my lock screen password making me go into another shock.

"He knows my password also. Holy crap! Exactly how much does he know about me?"

"I know you more than your own self My Love" he whispers in my ear making me realise that I spoke loudly enough for it to be audible.

He calls my Mom and puts the phone on the speaker. He warns me again not to give her any hint or else Ella will....

"MELISSA! I told you to call me when you are free. Were you so busy that you can't even drop me a text? And what's with not receiving my calls? Where are you? Even Ella is not picking the call. Answer me Mel." She shouts with a care filled voice.

Tears threaten to spill once again hearing her voice. I want to run to her and hug her tightly. I want to cry all out. Her voice is full of worry. I try to speak but no word dares to come out of my mouth.

Blake holds my tied arm abruptly, giving me a death glare. I gulp down the lump formed in my throat nervously.

"S-sorry Mom. It's just that today is our first day. So I met new people in university. A-and on the first day itself they gave us a lot of projects. So I and Ella were busy preparing the presentation which w-we had to submit tomorrow. I didn't keep track of time. Sorry mom. And my phone was also in the bag and I forgot to turn off the silent mode. Sorry." I speak cautiously not wanting to give her a single hint.
One wrong word will be getting her killed.

I hope my mom bought my excuse. I don't want her to dig into any further as I know I will make mistakes if I keep talking with her.

"Oh! Okay honey. But make sure to call me whenever you are free. I just want my little girl to be safe and happy. Love you honey. Study well and be happy, my girl."

Tears started running down my cheeks now.

"Love you too Mom. You also stay safe and be happy." I say controlling my tears but they just keep streaming down my face.

"What happened Mel? Why are you crying? Is something wrong?" Mom asks anxiously.

I see Andrew's grip getting stronger on the knife. I look at Blake to get a deadly glare in return. I quickly came up with an excuse.

"Just missing you all mom." I replied . Not exactly an excuse. It is true that I am missing them badly. I want to go back to France. I don't want to stay here. Don't want him to be near me.

"We are missing you too, my girl. Complete your studies fast and come back to us. Now go complete your presentation. And call me when you are free." She speaks with sadness.

"O-okay Mom bye take care!"

"Bye honey you also take care."

And my few moments of happiness come to an end along with the call.

"Well that was pretty easy, wasn't it Mel?" He mocks me.

You did a good job so I will be leaving Ella for today and continue with her tomorrow again. Let's give her a little rest." He continued.

"A-again? This much was enough. Please, I learned my lesson. I will never anger you again. I have received my punishment. So now please leave her." I request him.

"You are not to decide about the end of your punishment. It has just started and you are talking about the end." He laughs wickedly at his last statement.

"And listen to some rules which you MUST remember and FOLLOW at all times.

First I am telling you the facts which you need to, no actually you must lock it in that pretty head of yours. " He barks at me.

" 1. I love you. And you have no choice but to love me back."

My heart sinks at his dreadful proposal. Proposal would be a wrong word. The right word would be at his
FORCED PROPOSAL.

"2. You are mine whether you like it or not. "

He is not asking me but is claiming me.

"3. Nobody has the right to touch my things. Only I can touch you whenever and wherever I want."

Things? Did he just call me a thing? Wow! He doesn't even consider me as a person. He is obsessed. And his obsession will kill me soon.

"4. You are NEVER leaving me."

Woah! I will for sure one day. Once Ella is freed I will kill myself rather than living with you. You freaking psychotic jerk.

"5. You are not going back to the hostel. You are living here with me in my home. No, actually Our Home.

6. This is Andrew and in my absence he will be watching you. Be respectful to him."

Hearing Andrew I take a good look at him for now. He is now standing beside Ella with his hands stretched forward and his palms together. He is smart looking too. He has brown hair with few blonde strips just like Blake. I don't think he is any older than Blake. They both seem to be brothers in looks as well. They have similar looks, same height, same muscular although Blake is a little more muscular than him. One can imagine Blake's look and can get an idea of Andrew's, that much similar they look.

I hear Blake clearing his throat bringing my attention back to him.

"7. No checking out other guys. By other guys I mean Andrew too.

8. You will be going to university with me everyday. It's not that I want you to study. It's just that I can't let anyone get suspicious."

So he is letting me go to university just to be on a safe side. He doesn't think of me at all. He doesn't want me to study. He is not doing things for me. He is doing only what he likes. He doesn't love me, he is just obsessed with me. I am his puppet. I have to walk according to the direction which he shows. I can't think, I can't do what I want. I am trapped.

"9. Get the idea out of your mind if you are thinking of escaping me from the university. Remember that I have eyes and ears everywhere. Even if I am not with you, I will know and hear everything you do. So don't even think about escaping me.

10. And about Ella. I won't be killing her today but the day you make a mistake will turn out to be her last day on Earth. Once your punishment ends she can go back to university but she will be under watch too. I know she is an orphan so there is no family problem with her. But the day she tries to mess things up, she will beg for me to kill her.

11. You won't be using your phone. I am giving you now one. So you will be using that. Forget about your old phone."

I keep listening to him as his facts never end. He keeps blabbering and I try to focus on his words as I seriously don't want to miss out any point and make a mistake. I know for sure that if I make a mistake Ella will die.

"12. I am your boyfriend from now onwards. You will tell this to anyone who asks you in university. And soon we will be telling your mom so that we can get married irrespective of your agreement on it."

His words shoving daggers into my soul. First an unwanted boyfriend, now he is thinking of becoming my husband. I won't marry him in my dreams, forget marrying him for real.

"13. I will untie you now. And you will sit here like a good girl and listen to me. You can freely walk into the house but don't think of escaping as I mentioned before.

14. Without asking me never go out or make decisions. And in my absence you can ask Andrew."

So I was right! I am practically his puppet. He now owns my life. And I have to do whatever he says. I have to walk down the path which he builds for me.

"15: And I forgot to tell you one thing. You will get to talk to your mom once a day. But you have to make sure that you don't give any hints to her. So if I find anyone getting any hint from you I will kill that person. Remember I am just allowing it so that she doesn't get suspicious. And if she gets it then you know better what will happen.

16. And lastly You will be SLEEPING with me in my bedroom and will be with me for almost all of the time."

Wait what? I will be sleeping with him every single night. Oh hell no it's not possible. I can't. I mean I don't want to. I won't.

"Now rules which you must remember and follow at all times." Blake continues, bringing me out of my thoughts.

"Rule 1:
Never disobey me. I mean NEVER say NO to me.

Rule 2:
Never try to walk off when I am speaking to you. And never stop me in between when I am the one speaking.

Rule 3:
Never ever look away from me when I am speaking.

Rule 4:
Always answer me with a YES/NO. Never nod. And never talk back to me which also includes to never order me.

Rule 5:
Never run away from me. I am all yours and so are you for me.

Rule 6:
Never try to initiate a talk with a boy. If I see you the boy will die. And if someone comes talking to you. Then keep the talk to the MINIMUM.
I don't mind you talking to girls. But that must be in limit too.

Rule 7:
I am giving you the phone. There are only four numbers in your contact list. Mine, Andrew and your Mom and Dad. And no more numbers should be added. Whosoever asks for your number. You can give mine.

Rule 8:
Don't think of using social media on your phone. Your Google will be connected to my phone. So get off all the ideas of searching or trying to find ways for escaping.

Rule 9:
You are free in this house. Meaning that I am not setting up a schedule for your day but after 11:30 you must not be seen awake. Sleep by that time even if I am not there.

Rule 8:
You can wear whatever you like. I won't put such restrictions. But when I tell you to wear something then at that time you must wear it regardless of your choice.

Rule 9:
You should stop fearing me. As I am your boyfriend now and soon to be your husband. You must share your thoughts with me. But remember that your thoughts must not break any rule.

Rule 10:
You are never going to leave me. And won't even think about leaving me. The moment I hear you asking me to leave you or let you go, I am hell serious that I will make that day or night the worst memory for you.

Rule 11:
I love you so start loving me back. Start behaving like a girlfriend and soon to be wife.

Rule 12:
Have your food at all times. Even if you don't want to eat, you must eat it.

Rule 13:
I can buy you whatever you want. So feel free to ask me if you need anything except for your FREEDOM.

Rule 14:
YOU MUST REMEMBER ALL THE RULES I SAID YOU.

If you break any of the rules then according to which number rule you broke there will be consequences. And if you want to know what those consequences will be then feel free to break any rule you want.
Remember the most important rule you break the more severe the punishment will be.
So be careful at all times."

He says his last statement while untying me.

His rules make me want to throw up right here. But I control. Not wanting to anger him right now. I let him untie me calmly. I now look at my hands with all the marks and cuts which the ropes made. I rub my thumb slightly on my wrists which makes me wince in pain. A tear slides down my cheek and I feel his touch rubbing of my tear gently with his thumb.

He holds me up in bridal style making me wince in pain from all the deep scars on my thigh. He ignores my cry and starts to walk towards the door but I stop him. There's one thing he is forgetting but I can never.

"S-stop! E-Ella. What about her? P-please get her bandaged please, please." I ask for his mercy on her.

"You are asking so politely, Kitten. I can't resist if you ask me in such a way." He pauses before turning his attention towards Andrew.

"Andrew, untie her and take her to another bedroom and just tie her hands back. And bandage her and give her something to eat when she gets up. And Make sure to keep an eye on her. And also explain to her everything about how It works and what and all she has to obey." He commands him and in return Andrew replies "Okay Sir!"

I see Andrew untying her and carrying her in bridal style too. I felt a little relaxed as I heard him saying to give her food to eat and bandage her. I know she is a strong girl. And she will strive through it.

I look back at Blake to find him staring at me lustfully. He then starts moving forward with Andrew following behind.

We walk out of the basement and then he takes a few steps towards the right and stops in front of an elevator.

Wait what? Am I in a building? I don't think people in buildings have a basement. How big is his house for him to have an elevator!

"Confused with something huh?" He chuckles looking at my confused face.

"Tomorrow I will give you a home tour but for now you need rest as tomorrow we both have to go to university. And also your punishment, I mean Ella's torture is not completed." He says enthusiastically.

The elevator door opened and to be honest it was huge. I think it can withstand 10 people at a time.

I then dwell with my thoughts thinking about how much tired I am now because of all the torture and his rules. I am terrified of what and how much more is he going to torture her. I just pray that he change his mind for some reason and stop with this torture thing. And on top, his rules, I wanted to complain against them but I didn't have the strength to do so. Thinking about so many rules, so many facts my mind not able to think anymore and drifts me off to sleep with just one last thought running,

'I am his HOSTAGE FOREVER!'

A/N:

Previously this chapter was a part of previous chapter. But because of word count I divided into two.

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