CHAINED TO THE RUTHLESS BILLIONAIRE

Chapter two

Do not speak when I'm talking to you. You've given me too much trouble in the past few days. You were practically forced on me so don't you ever try to act like we're in a close relationship. Last night was only the preamble of the punishment I'll melt on you the next time you feel so full of yourself. I'll clip those haughty wings off," Ethan said and pushed her out of the way as he headed to their room. Belle stood still as she tried to digest what Ethan had said. All her life, she had suffered and when she thought she could get a little piece of mind, her husband turned out to be a monster. He did not even feel any remorse for all he did to her the previous night. She sat on a chair and sobbed quietly until she dozed off.

"Mrs. Belle, you have a call from a certain Mr. Albert" a maid said, handing Belle's phone to her.

"Thank you," she replied and picked the call.

"Are you starting to ignore me because you feel protected in the Wilson's mansion?" Albert asked.

"No, I wasn't ignoring you. I left my phone in the room," she replied.

"Don't ever forget that I can ruin your life forever if I choose to spill your dirty secret so behave," Albert reminded her.

Belle heaved a deep sigh and wiped a tear as it dropped on her cheeks. "I can never forget since you chose to remind me of it everyday," she replied.

"Better! Now, I have a job for you and I don't want any mistakes. We both know that the company is sinking and I need more resources to put things back in place," Albert said.

"What's the job?" Belle asked as she shut her eyes before he dropped the bomb. It was the usual with Albert. He'd send her on screwy errands just to exploit her.

"Ethan Wilson has the document which I need to achieve my goal. You need to steal it from him," Albert said.

"I can't do it. That is suicidal. Ethan Wilson is more vicious than you can imagine. If he suspects a thing or I get caught, he could kill me," she whispered.

"That is your concern. He is now your husband. Offer him whatever he wants. s*x, food and alcohol anything that will help you get things done. All I need is the document. I'll send you a message with the details of what to look for. Do not disappoint me," he said.

"Please, father. I can't do it. I can't steal from Ethan," she whispered.

"You'll have to do it. That was the major reason I got you married into such a wealthy family. You have two days," he replied and ended the call.

Belle scratched her head as she stood and paced the living room. Ethan already left for work which gave her ample time to search their room.

"What if someone tells on me? What if I get caught?" she mumbled. She felt uneasy and tried calling Albert again to reject the job but he did not pick her calls. Realizing that she had to get him the document, she raced to their room and began her search. It was all as if he knew she would do something like that because the entire room was void of any document.

While she searched his closet, she heard footsteps near the door. She quickly regained her composure and walked out of the room.

"You startled me," she screamed as she came face-to-face with Ethan at the door.

"What were you doing?" he asked.

"I…I…I wanted to learn about your likes and dislikes so I figured I could learn a bit from your closet," she said with obvious fear in her voice.

"You don't need to know anything about me," he said and turned back into the main room. Then stopped abruptly and faced her as she followed behind him closely.

"You should know that you're the most useless wife ever. You don't get to make my meals. You don't make me happy. I felt nothing when I had s*x with you and I feel only burning anger whenever you're around me. You're only a filler to occupy a vacuum. A thing I needed to purchase with a few shares. This is another warning to you to stay away from me and my stuff. You wouldn't like to see how wicked I am," he said and dashed into the bathroom.

Belle felt her heart would drop as he said those words. Even though she had adapted to hearing insults and criticisms from her stepfather and his friends who desired to sexually harass her, Ethan's words stung more than she thought. She went to her side of the bed, pulled her legs to her chest and placed her head on her knees. She was already tired of crying but her face turned red from the stress she had to go through. Her thoughts wondered back to Albert and the document. Her heart skipped a beat and while Ethan turned the knob of the bathroom door, she exited the room and went to the balcony where she spent the night.

IN THE MORNING

Ethan had left the house before Belle woke up. She ordered the maids to let her be while she made her breakfast and dressed herself up for the day. She had nothing to do since she was supposed to have her honeymoon with her husband. After she had inquired that he had left, she headed back to the closet and continued her search.

"You must really love my brother, Belle," she heard a familiar voice say from behind.

"Vera!!! What are you doing here?" she said and embraced the teenager.

"I'm not supposed to be here right now but since Ethan isn't home, I decided to visit," Vera replied.

"How thoughtful of you. Meanwhile, why are you not supposed to be here? This is your brother's house," Belle asked.

"I rarely get to see his room. He tells me never to visit unless he approves it," she said.

"You must feel very lonely," Belle commented.

"And you must think my brother is a monster but when you get to know him, you'd realize that he's extremely nice. Even though he pushes me away, he still protects me," Vera said

"Well, I guess he's nice to you," Belle said impatiently as she checked the time.

"Did I interrupt anything?" Vera asked.

"No, you didn't," Belle responded and held her hand. "I know you might feel lonely but I'm here for you," she added.

"Thank you, Belle. Although, I know that you were doing something before I interrupted," Vera said and smiled.

"Yes, you did. I've been trying to learn more about your brother because I obviously know nothing about him," Belle lied.

"Oh! You might not be able to know much about him. He's always a private person. I get scared of him sometimes," Vera said.

" I can relate to that. He has a scary face," Belle said and they both laughed.

"What are you looking for?" Vera asked.

"I want to know the books he reads. Do you know where I can find them?" Belle asked. She knew that his document would be around his library since they were not in their bedroom.

"You should have checked his study. He does and keeps all his official work in there," Vera replied.

"Thanks, buddy," Belle said and hugged her. They both headed to the kitchen to make smoothies and after a while, Vera. had to leave to meet her tutor. Belle instantly left for Ethan's study but it was locked. She got a pin to unlock the door like she always did but it didn't open.

"I need to get into Ethan's study. He requested that I send something to him but I can't find his key. Do you know where I can find it?" she asked one of the maids

"We don't have access to the keys but the head of staff might have it. She's currently in the east wing," the maid replied.

Belle rushed over to the east wing of the house and met the head of staff, Phoebe.

"I need to get into Ethan's study. He requested that I send something to him but I can't find his key. Do you have it?" she asked.

"Yes, I do but Mr. Ethan would have called if need be to give you his key," Phoebe replied

"But things have changed now. I am his wife so I don't see why I can't get his keys. Unless you want him to hear about your refusal to help his wife," Belle lied. Phoebe could not say anything further so she gave the key to Belle.

Ethan's study made her feel elated as she walked in and saw his pile of documents. She rushed to the table and began her search. After a few minutes, she found the document.

"At last, I found you," Belle said and heaved a sigh.

"You found what? I knew you were up to something but I waved it off because I underestimated you," a familiar voice said behind her. From his deep masculine voice, she could deduce that it was Ethan. Her heart pounded aggressively and she wished the ground would swallow her. She could not turn back due to fear but Ethan walked over to her side.

"How convenient to steal from me. You even came for an important document. Wow! I'm so impressed by your intuition," he said as he dropped the document and untied his belt from his trouser.