Rose POV

I was sure if Mr. Wilson would have been in the same situation as Ryan he would have forced me multiple times by now.

Though now I am married to Ryan it still makes me feel afraid if I were to cross paths with Mr. Wilson

I filled the tub with warm water and added some bath bubbles and entered the tub. The hot water relaxed my nerves and I felt calming and peace. 

I was taking bath and then I heard the bathroom door open and then someone entered and I could see the shoes and I knew it was a man. I wanted to shout but seems like he was already prepared for my reaction because he put his hands on my mouth and then he pulled me out of the tub and pulled me towards him.

"Don't shout or you will regret" I heard him say when he held the gun to my left temple. He ran the shower and let me get rid of the soap and once he saw there was no soap he took the towel and dried me.

After that he dragged me out of bathroom and pushed me on my bed. I tried escaping to other side but he was already on top of me. 

"Please let me go" I begged while tears streamed my face.

"Sh.h... no words" He sniffed my neck and then he adjusted me to the bedpost and took the handcuffs from the nightstand and tied my hands. I could not move now.

"Please don't do this. Let me..." I was cut off when he put a cloth to gag my mouth.

Once he was done he gazed at me and his eyes raking on my naked body which was at display. He started unbuttoning his shirt and soon his pants fell along with his boxer. He stood naked and proud while I laid helpless on the bed waiting for him to torture me.

He jumped on me and then he kissed my cheeks despite the tears rolling out of my eyes, and when I moved my face to another side he held my jaw tightly and kept kissing my face like a man possessed and then he removed the gag and smashed his lips on mine and kept doing it and then he bit my lip to give his tongue entrance when I didn't he pinched my breast and I yelped in pain and he entered my mouth and explored every nook and corner and pulled away when he was breathless. He placed the gag again and he moved to my neck and giving sloppy kisses all the way to my chest  groaning in pleasure while I lay whimpering in pain and disgust and then he took my nipple and sucked it hard. I felt pain but my voice got mumbled by the gag in my mouth.

I struggled to get away but he pinched the other breast in warning to keep me from struggle and when he was done with my right one he tortured the left one and his left hand made its way to my privates and he kept fingering me and when he thought I was wet enough he moved to my womanhood and started licking like there was no tomorrow and my struggle to move away was vain. I don't know who he was as he had this mask on his face covering his half face.

Suddenly I felt him move towards my neck and then he kissed me there and next instant he slammed in me and a painful scream left my lips but didn't go far as I was gagged. He kept slamming into me harder each time brutal than the last, as if he was angry. When I felt I could not take anymore pain he released in me. He fell on me laying his whole weight. He removed my gag and looked in my eyes which were filled with tears, shame, disgust and pain.

The only question in my mind was "Why?"  and it left my mouth before I could stop it.

"You want to know why? because you belong to me Sophie. My love how could you think you will be able to escape me.

"Who are you?" I asked.

He removed his mask and I saw him "Nicholas Michael Wilson in flesh "

"No" a scream tore through my mouth 

I felt someone shaking me and saying "Rose... wake up..."

When I opened my eyes I saw Ryan holding me in his arms while half my body still lay in tub.

"Rose.. it was just a dream. Are you ok now?" He asked sympathy filling his eyes.

"I am okay... yes a very bad dream" I said.

He held me for sometime and then I realised my husband was holding my naked body in his arms. I pulled away instantly and said "Ryan I will take the shower and come out. May I have privacy". I said all this not looking at him.

I took the shower and all the while the nightmare kept coming infront of my eyes. I came out to find that Ryan was no longer in my room and on the bed laid white top with white skirt.

I realised he wanted me to dress in that so I did as I had not much of a choice because it had been this way since he brought me with him. I paired it with white wedges and made my way to the dining room.

Ryan's POV

It didn't sit well with me that my wife was having nightmares due to her past. From the past two months we have been together and now she is mine and inspite of the luxury and love I have to offer her, inspite of all my efforts to keep her happy and protected she is still scared in her subconscious. When she is awake she looks normal but when she is sleeping seems like trauma is back and it hits her with full force. I have to do something for this.

I heard knock on my door and when I said "Come in". Noah entered to announce that lunch was ready. I realised soon Rose will come to eat and I should act normal else she might not feel comfortable. I want her to feel comfortable and once she is ready I want to know what happened so I can help her.

I moved to dining room and waited for her to make appearance and then I felt my heart beating a marathon and I knew she is coming and then I heard her steps and when I looked at her I felt the world stop. She looked so adorable in the dress I chose for her that I immediately wanted to rush in to gather her in my arms.

When she looked at me she captivated me and when she walked it seemed to me she was like a seductress and was seducing me with her innocence and purity. I could not avert my eyes from her. I came out of my trance when I heard a throat clearing. I closed my eyes and then gestured her to sit.

She sat gracefully next to me and then Noah and Riley started serving the food. Once they were done they left us alone.

"Rose I hope the food is to your liking" I said to start a small conversation.

"Oh yes I like this tomato soup and the veg noodles. I used to cook this for my mother and we used to eat it together with movie when I was studying my high school. But when she went sick we could not do that anymore" She said and by the end of her sentence her voice cracked.

"Excuse me Ryan, I think I ... I shouldn't have said that" She got up from her seat but I held her wrist and made her sit in her seat.

"Rose I know you recalled your memories with your mother and not being able to do so is hurting you but I told you before and telling you now, you can share anything with me and I am not going to judge because I want you to share your feelings withe me not because I want to take advantage of you but because I love you and you sharing your memories with me made me feel good that you are comfortable to express yourself to me" I said holding her hands and then continued "And if it makes you feel good I will have you video conference with your Mom as she cannot travel here"

As I finished that she lift her head and looked at me in surprise and asked "Really you would do that for me Ryan".

Oh Darling if you ask me for moon, I will make sure to give you that I thought but said "I would because I like it when you smile and I don't want you to feel you are a prisoner her because my love you are my wife, queen of my heart and if you want you can talk to her whenever you feel like I will make arrangement for that" I said smiling at her.

She smiled at me and for once I felt my heart soaring in cloud nine because after 2 months she smiled and I was the cause of it.

"Now that we are good shall we finish our lunch dear" I said and she nodded and we chatted for a while and then she went to her room for the day.

I was happy that she was getting comfortable and if this continues I knew I would be able to make some place for me in her heart.

  Rose/Sophie's POV 

Ryan made sure I was able to video conference my Mom and seeing her health improving made me so happy. Daily I would talk to her and share my daily routines and she was happy that I am married and when I shared with her the things which Ryan does for me she said "I am so happy for you Sophie, if the guy is taking care of you so well I think he is in love with you and dear you are so lucky to have him" She said smiling.

"But Mom you know there is nothing called love it's all physical attraction. I don't believe in love" I replied.

"Silly girl if it was just physical attraction then he would have touched you by now and as you have been telling me you have not consummate your marriage yet and still he takes care of your needs, pays my bills and make sure we are safe and happy. Why do you think he does that? He makes sure you talk to me everyday in privacy and make sure that you are happy and whenever he sees you stressed he takes you on dates to distract and still you doubt that he loves you" she said smiling.

Hearing her say that I realised she was true but my experience in the past was still denying everything I experienced with Ryan. Ryan was the first person to make me feel loved and cared. Everyday when he wakes me up with Rose and everyday he makes sure to tell me that he loves me and everyday he kisses me on my lips with passion even though Initially I felt scared that he would eventually force himself on me but no since last eight months being with him and he has not touched me beyond kissing me holding my hands to express his feelings he has not even suggested that we consummate our marriage.

I was in my thoughts when my mother said "Sophie... Sophie dear"

"Yes Mom" I said

"Are you daydreaming girl" She said.

"No Mom I was just thinking about what you said" I said.

"Well if you are, I am glad you are doing that. Because dear you can find many rich and handsome husbands but not a faithful one easily and no man will remain celibate for the woman who does not care for him and not utter hurtful words, unless he loves her dearly that to make her happy he undergoes hurt himself " she said.

"Mom I will talk to you later" I said and disconnected our call.

I moved out of the study room where I have my daily calls with my mother and was moving towards my room when Noah called me and said "Mrs. Smith, Master Ryan asked you to get ready and he is sending a driver at 7 PM to take you to him".

I nodded my head and rushed to my room to find a packet on my bed and when I opened it I found a red dress with all the accessory. I took a long bath and once done I looked at time it was 6:30 PM already and I dressed myself and did my makeup. As soon as I heard the driver blowing the horn I rushed to the main door to exit.

I saw a black limousine waiting for me and I stepped out and the driver ushered me in gracefully. I don't know why I was so nervous today and whole time I was thinking about what Mom said and if what she said was true then I was not being fair to Ryan who is also my husband. I made my mind to tell him that I am ready for him and I am ready to be his wife and to give him my love.

I was at the venue in 35 minutes and as I stepped out there was a man standing to escort me to Ryan and when I reached there I saw him dressed impeccably in dark suit and when he saw me he strode towards me with Rose in his hands.

He handed me Roses and said "You look ravishing Mrs. Ryan Smith".

I smiled and said "Thank You"

He escorted me to a hall where he has arranged our today's date, it was a small cottage.

I gasped at the decorations and I looked at him with mist filled eyes. No one has ever done this for me. He has been planning dates which were always different. Each time I meet him in different venue I could feel his love for me but I denied it thinking I could not let my walls fall. But this man made those walls melt and I felt I should give him a chance.

He ordered the waiters and soon the table was filled with veg food and I noticed that even though he loved non-veg food he would never order it when he is with me. He changed his diet for me.

"Love please dig in" He said.

I nodded and as soon as I put the Potato Cheese Soup in my mouth I felt I have touched heaven and I moaned in delight.

A chuckle made me look at him and he said "Love please don't make things hard for me. I am already fighting it hard to control myself from touching you".

This made me blush so much that my whole face was red and then I ate pasta and it melted in my mouth and this time I made sure not to moan like I did earlier and I found Ryan looking at me intensely and I asked him "Why are you staring?"

"I was enjoying you relish food but this time I feel you didn't like it" He said.

"Oh no everything is so good but as you said you are getting uncomfortable I... thought" I said and left it there.

"Who said I am uncomfortable with you enjoying food love? I love to watch you enjoy your food and if you are referring to my earlier comment then love that you know I will have to bear with. Because you are the one person that consumes my day and night, you are the one that I have but can't touch" He said while holding my hand.

This time unlike other times I didn't snatch my hand but held his with mine other one. He looked at me and then at our joined hands and as I was about to tell him I was ready for him. I heard a gunshot and when I jerked and looked around but nothing and when I looked at Ryan I saw him bleeding.

"oh my goodness Ryan are you ok?" I asked him jumping next to him.

He looked at me and then closed his eyes. "Oh no Ryan please be with me, Ryan you can't do this to me. Ryan you can't die on me like this when I am yet to confess my feelings to you" I yelled.

I felt him going unconscious and then I looked around for my phone and called Noah. He lifted the phone and I said to him "Noah please help me he is shot".

Within 5 minutes the limousine which brought me to the venue was there and driver came rushing and he lifted him and I don't know how we drove home and he was immediately taken and I found that mansion had infirmary and a doctor and nurses rushed to him and soon he was taken to the operation theatre.

I waited outside and even after 6 hours there was no sign of doctors coming out of it.

"Mam please eat something" Noah said.

"No Noah I cannot. How can I ? when my husband the man I care so much is fighting for his life" I said crying.

"Mam if you care for him then you should know he won't be happy to see you like this" Noah pleaded.

"Noah I don't care but unless I see him safe and fine with my own eyes I won't eat or drink anything" I said dismissively.

Noah left and after 10 hours doctors came out and they said "Mrs. Smith he is still in danger and next 6 hours are critical for him".

I felt tears falling out of my eyes at this and I said "Doctor can I see him"

"You can Mrs. Smith but make sure you don't disturb him" He said.

I entered the room and found that his chest was bandaged and the monitor was showing his heart beating.

The idea of loosing Ryan to death scared me so much that I held his hands and said "Ryan please don't leave me. I love you Ryan so much that the thought of you not being there when I wake up the thought of you not kissing me every morning, the thought of no one trying to crack the walls around my heart is so scary. Please Ryan I will give anything to have you back. Please come back to me Ryan I love you so much that if you don't come back to me I will come to you" I cried holding his hands and I don't know when I slept.

I felt a hand caressing my hair and when I opened my eyes I found Ryan looking at me.

"Love what are you doing here? You should be sleeping in our Room?" He asked.

"Ryan.. how could you say that? You think I am selfish. You think I will be able to sleep when you are fighting for life here" I said crying.

"Oh no Love I didn't mean it like that. I didn't want you stress yourself" He said.

"Ryan Do you realise I could have lost you. Do you realise I could have lost you without even telling you that I Love you. I love so much that if you wouldn't have come back to life I would have killed myself. I can't live without you Ryan. Last 18 hours have been the worst of my life it felt like I was like a dead corpse" I cried and Ryan held me in his arms.

I heard footsteps and doctor entered and he cleared his throat and said "Mrs. Smith could you please go out I have to check his vitals".

"Oh no Doctor we can do that later, at this time my wife needs me more" Ryan said carelessly.

I pulled away from him and slapped him. He was stunned at this and then I said "Doctor this man doesn't care about himself. Please check him right now and Because if anything happens to him then I will hold you responsible". 

I moved out of the room and soon doctor came out and said "Mrs. Smith, your husband is lucky his vitals are good and the bullets just passed his above his heart and all you need to do is take care that he doesn't stress too much on his right side specially his shoulders".

"Sure doctor" I said and entered again and sat near Ryan who kept staring at me.

"Why are you staring at me like that? " I said.

"I am not staring I am enjoying watching you love" He replied.

" Hey it's rude to stare at others" I said.

"Well I am not staring at just anyone I am looking at my beautiful wife who loves me" He said smiling.

I blushed and then he said "If getting shot was the way to get you confess your love then I wished I had been shot before" 

I cut him off and said "Ryan.. never say that. You don't need to get shot for me to express my feelings. I loved you from the day you freed me from Mr. Wilson but I didn't realise it. And when I did I wanted to deny. I was scared of getting hurt. I don't have much to hold on to and I wanted to keep the facade knowing you love me but I was afraid if I express myself I will loose you or you will hurt me. Almost loosing you made me realise that I cannot live without you, ever since I came to live with you, you have been with me, when I threw tantrums, when I rejected you when you  confessed your  feelings for me... a nobody... a girl who is nothing but plain Jane. How could I deny my feelings when I know no man can love a girl like me and I wish if a situation comes wherein anyone has to die it should be me not you".

Immediately his hand covered my mouth and Ryan said pulling me to him and holding me tight as if his life depend on it. "Darling don't you dare say that. How do you think I will live without you. Although I am happy to know you love me too".