His Little One

Chapter 19 Feeling Safe

Orchid POV

"Dad Da-ad .. please open the door. I'm sorry. Please don't leave me here alone. I am scared of darkness."

I kept begging. My hand was hurting from the amount of banging I have done on the door. A loud sob escaped from my mouth before I could stop myself.

"No, no no.. D-don’t do this, please. I am terrified of d– darkness. Please don't leave me here alone" I kept banging on the door begging to take me away from here. But noone listens. They never do.

“Dad please, I will take any other punishment but not this, dad . P–please. I will die here please, please please ". My pleas fell into deaf ear.

I hate this darkness. Why he had to leave me in this dirty basement?. It so dark here.

I thought after all this years of punishment I would overcome the fear of darkness but it never ended. Every time dad locked me here, my fear intensified more.

It forced me to fear my own shadow. A shiver ran down through my spine.

I could hear the rats running around. It disgusted me more. I slide down on the floor holding my knees, curling into a small ball.

Hot tears were rolling down effortlessly. I couldn't stop myself from trembling.

The rats were coming towards me . I could feel it. I pushed myself into the door more if it was even possible.

A rat suddenly came to my toes, tried to bite it. I screamed in pure terror. I pushed them away from me crazily.

"N–no don't hurt me, I beg you. Please"

I was unaware of what I was saying or doing at this point. The fear of rats and darkness consumed me so much that I lost in it completely.

I just kept sobbing, screaming, begging. Wishing to someone to come and save me. I knew it was a foolish thought but still I prayed for them to come and get me out of here. I didn't know how many hours I sobbed in this room, slowly losing my consciousness.

Then I dreamt of someone holding me tightly, trying to calm me down, saying all those things that I desperately wanted to hear.

I knew it was a dream. No one ever done this to me, no one held me when I was scared, alone, hurt.

I didn't want this dream to end. I didn't want to be alone.

I cling to that person, wishing to hide in his arms so that no pain, no fear could ever get me.

His voice was so soothing, so genuine. It almost healed my crashed soul.

I could feel his light kisses on my head, caressening my back, wiping my tears, telling me I was safe, I was not alone, No one would hurt me again , I would never be in the darkness again.

I wanted to believe him for a moment. Even if it was a dream, it's a beautiful one. Someone was really here for me.

I felt safe. I feel secure, protected.

His voice had so much power over me that I eventually calm down. My body automatically relaxed in his embrace.

I wanted to see him, but I couldn't bring myself to open my eyes. It's like he would vanished if I woke up. I didn't want to wake up from his embrace, from this beautiful dream.

Why it felt so real. I snuggled more, hoping this dream last forever.

I tried to open my eyes. But the bright light made me close them. The horrible yet beautiful dream would be end now. My throat tightened to remember that there would be no one beside me when I woke up. I would be alone just like always.

"Wake up, little one."

The soothing voice called me again.. It felt real real. How could this be possible? I might be in my mind.

I tried to come out of my trace as hug my pillow. Why this pillow was so hard. Looked like I really needed to snap out of this stupid dream. I opened my eyes forcefully only to meet with a pair of dazzling golden blue eyes. It was staring at me with amusement.

Wait, I had seen this eyes before. It was that man's..... My eyes widen in realization.

"You..."

Other POV

"What are you doing in my bed? "

Orchid's confused eyes looking at Lorenzo.Then she looked everywhere, sure it was her bedroom then why he was here. She remembered falling unconscious then...

"Taking care of you".

Lorenzo replied, amazed by his lovely wife. Finally he could see her beautiful eyes, hear her voice. He missed them so much.

He tenderly touched Orchid's cheek. He could stare at her forever.

"Don't do that."

Orchid hissed removing Lorenzo's hand from her cheek.

His mere touch gave her butterflies. She frowned when she noticed how her body reacting to his touch.

"You are fine, I see."

Lorenzo smiled seeing his little tigress was back now.

"Yes, and you should leave now".

Orchid snapped. She couldn't understand this man. Why did he care?

"I can't" Lorenzo whispered under his breath. It was difficult for him to focused to her words.

"Why not?" Orchid asked innocently.

"Because you are holding me." Lorenzo said with a smirk. They were so close to each other.

"What?" Orchid whispered unable to understand.

Then she noticed that she was sitting on Lorenzo's lap, holding his shirt tightly. She immediately let of his shirt. Her cheeks turned bright pink because of the embarrassment.

"I like it when you blush, little one".

Lorenzo chuckled, removing some loose stans from her face. Finally some colour has added to her pale cheeks.

It was so hard for him to not kiss her adorable cheeks right now. It was so tempting. He just wanted to have a bite.

"Let go of me".

Orchid said bringing him out of his fantasy. She was avoiding Lorenzo's intense gaze. She wiggled in his lap to get up but Lorenzo didn't let her go.

"I won't able to guarantee anything if you keep doing that, little one. "

Lorenzo's hoarse voice gave her goosebumps. She stopped wiggling. Like her body understood the meaning of his words before she could.

"L- let me off." Orchid shuttered.

She was annoyed.

She cursed herself for shuttering. Why the hell she was behaving like this?

She slightly pushed Lorenzo to get up. But he brought her closer.

"What are yo..."

"You don't know what are you doing Little One. Are you sure you can handle my junior."

Lorenzo's husky voice cut her in.

She shuck in a deep breath. His warning made her freeze. Only then she noticed something was poking on her butt.

She might not be that much experienced in this matter but not so foolish to not understand it. It made her gulp nervously.

Lorenzo noticed how her breath got hitch.

Orchid quickly recovered from her nervousness seeing Lorenzo's smirking face. He was clearly enjoying her discomfort.

Closing her eyes she took some deep breath to stop herself from lashing out on him.

"Let me go. Please"

Seeing his little tigress was angry, Lorenzo didn't tease her anymore. Also he wasn't sure if he could bear her temptation anymore. Sighing, he leaned his head to her.

" I am glad you are fine now little one. You almost gave me a heart attack. "

He kissed her temple.

"Let's take you to the washroom." Lorenzo stood up, holding her in bridal style.

"I can walk" Orchid protested. 'Why he is acting so concern?' she thought.

He didn't listen, gently curried her toward the washroom.

He put her on her feet, making sure she could stand still.

"Are you having any dizziness? Will you be fine by yourself?" Lorenzo asked still holding by her waist.

"I will be just fine. You don't need to be worry." Orchid replied, removing his hand from her waist.

"Sigh" Lorenzo shook his head inwardly.

"I'll go and warm the soup again. You go freshen up and make sure you don't wet your hand. Okay"

Lorenzo left giving her some space.

Orchid released the breath she was holding. Her heart was pounding so hard that she felt it would fall out. His proximity clearly not good for her.

Her body was acting like those horny bitches in her collage.

She couldn't let this foreign feelings control her. She needed to solve this matter soon.