The Bully's Contract

The one never accepted

Elena’s pov

His eyes met mine and the question continued to ring despite him not saying a word. I stared in shock, frozen in place. Suddenly I had forgotten all the words I wanted to say. I just realized that I had said the words out loud.

“What did you just ask me?” He said.

I swallowed hard and looked away, heart racing in my chest. I didn't exactly see how I would repeat my words to him. "It was a mistake” I managed to force out in mild fear.

He gave me one long look before turning back around. "That had better be the last mistake you make tonight or else I'll make sure you don't make any more” and then he had disappeared, the door closed and I was alone again.

I sagged in relief once I was alone again. "That was close” I whispered to myself as I walked back towards the bed. I sat on it, my whole body tired. This was happening to me and there was nothing I could do about it.

Just then, the door opened and my head swung up.

It was Mrs. Gable. Her eyes were dark and stormy like they usually were with anger. She raised a brow when she saw me. "Dinner is in two hours. I don't know what you're doing just sitting there. It is time to get ready” she marched towards me.

Once she reached me, she took my elbow and pulled me up. Her hands caused a sting where she held me. "Come on” she pulled me towards the bathroom.

It was when she reached the door that I stopped her. I raised a hand up before she could do anymore. "I can shower myself. You don't need to take me” I said quickly before she showered me by herself, I couldn't imagine the embarrassment.

She gave me a look but quickly released my hands, swinging it away from her like I was some sort of disease. "Alright then, you'd better be quick” and then she was gone.

I let out a sigh of relief as I walked in. Already, I was dreading the evening. What Julian had told me about this ex-fiance of his that was coming. I had no idea what she would be like or who she was but something told me I wouldn't like her. There was no way I would like what Julian did.

Inside, I closed my eyes as the warm water slid over my skin. Despite its heat, it cooled my spirits.

Once I was done, I went out to find Mrs. Gable waiting for me. She sat with two other maids at the dressing table. They all looked at me, eyes running over my body and hair to my toes as if they were judging.

I tightened the towel around me and pulled it closer to myself as their eyes didn't leave.

"Shred that towel so that you can be shaved properly and fit into the proper clothes” Mrs Gable said. Her eyes swung the entirety of my body. "We had to work hard to find the ones that fit you unfortunately”

Her words stung like bees, the way she looked at me. It didn't matter that she was lying because I wasn't really that huge but it hurt me. I looked away, dropping the towel to the floor slowly as the maids approached me.

It was that way they shaved my legs and all the important areas before stepping back and inspecting it. Mrs Gable stared down at it, "Raise it higher” she ordered them to raise my legs so that she didn't need to bend further to see it. Then she nodded, “Alright then, let's dress her"

They pulled me off the bed and towards the dressing table where I was pushed to sit on the chair. My eyes scanned the table in front of me that was full of different kinds of make-up kits. It all looked like something Sienna would love.

Mrs Gable stood in front of me a few minutes later with two dresses. She looked at me, eyes scanning my body. “Which do you prefer?" She shoved the dresses forward without a single care of me. “Choose quickly," she added.

They weren't too different from each other. One was an off shoulder short beige dress that I knew would reveal too much of my thighs and my shoulders. Those were the two parts of me I didn't want anyone to see. The second dress wasn't much better. It was a small, red, backless dress that had a long and revealing slit up the legs to my laps if I wore them.

Maybe I was taking too much time because she cut in. “Alright then let's take the red” she handed the beige to the second girl who left the room with it. "At least this can hide some of those if you handle it properly” her eyes dropped to my laps before she looked away, lips curled.

I felt myself shrink further in, unable to say a word or protest against what was happening. My fingers rubbed the chair I sat on repeatedly to try to distract my mind.

Suddenly a hand took my elbow and pushed me up. It was the first maid, she was taller and darker. "Let's fit you into it” she said, more to herself than to me. She had her eyes on my body and not once had she looked at me, like she couldn't even see me there.

Suddenly they were fitting me into the dress. Their hands slid all over my body, pushing the cloth in and making sure I was in it. They zipped it up, as tightly as they could. None of them stopped,not even when I moaned in pain due to how rough they were being.

It was Mrs Gable that spoke to me first. "If only this dress could look more flattering on you. It'd be much easier to deal with.” She shook her head in disapproval. "We must do with what we have”