The man turned and grabbed her wrists using both his hands.
"A runaway bride I see, leaving your husband so soon?".
He asked and Tallulah struggled to free herself from his tight grip but he was just too strong for her.
Screaming came to mind but she thought against it.She could either scream for help and have Mateo save her yet punish her or she could let whoever this man was to kill her.
He might've read her mind as he finally let go of her wrists as soon as the lights were put back on.
She almost sighed in relief but wasn't sure if feeling relief was an option.
"Do you plan on leaving me?".
Mateo asked crossing his arms."But wife, we are yet to consummate the marriage".
Tallulah swallowed
"I....I.....I".She stopped there not having anything more to say or explain to him.
She couldn't just tell him she was actually about to escape.
"Come with me".He ordered and Tallulah was sure he was angry.
That point was proven when he harshly grabbed her wrist and dragged her behind him walking a pace she could not keep up with.
Mateo dragged Tallulah to an unfamiliar place within the house.He kicked open the door and went down the stairs into the basement.
As soon as they got inside,he made her sit on a chair with him standing in front of her.
"¿Que te pasa?" ("What is wrong with you?").
Her eyes became wet and she tried to blink the tears away but her efforts were in vain as a tear fell out of her eye and rolled on her cheek before dropping onto her dress.
"I didn't want you to....".She stopped talking and more tears fell out of her eyes as she saw Mateo's men carry a lifeless body out of the basement.
"Kill you?".
He completed and she nodded quickly shedding more tears.
"Non bellisíma, ¡Deja de llorar por todo!" ("No beautiful, stop crying about everything").
He coaxed in Spanish even though she could not understand him.He wiped her tears away. "I won't kill you princess, at least not yet".
She sobbed quietly not uttering a word.
He leaned in closer with his hands being supported by the arm of her chair.
"Now you listen to me princess.I hate it when someone does not listen to me but I hate it even more when that person thinks he can outsmart me".
"Better behave, tesoro".("Darling").He said and got closer to her. "Believe me,you do not want me to tame you".
He whispered into her ears before standing upright.
"You're my wife after all, don't forget that princess".
"Enzo!" He called and Enzo walked over to them "Take Tallualuh to her room. I'll go there later, we have unfinished business".
Enzo led Tallualuh out of the basement and to her room. She was just silent and did nothing but just blink.
"Call me when you need anything ma'am".
"I'll be fine Enzo I'm tired".
"Good night then ma'am".
With that, Enzo left the room and Tallualuh curled up in her bed.
She fell asleep sooner.
Enzo went back to the basement and joined the others. They were preparing for an attack.
"Now here's the main target".Mateo pointed to something on the blueprint of their plan.
"We will surround them here".He said pointing to something else on the map but using his index finger to circle where he was talking about.
"We have to be alert at all cost, we will not accept defeat".He told his men. "Do you understand?"
"Yes sir!".They all replied in unison.
"Good! Now get the weapons ready".
His men went to a cabinet in that basement and brought out weapons from it.
They kept those weapons on a table in order to start arranging them.
The men were all here and there making preparations.
Mateo stood examining the outline of their attack on Diego (a rival mafia lord).
Mateo went over to the table and observed the weapons.
"Thompson M1 SMG, two handed machine guns, rifles, pistols, Shotguns".
He said then opened the side of his shirt. "Dagger". He called and tapped the dagger fixed beside his hip.
"I believe we are all prepared. You all have your walkie talkie for communication, a gun well hidden and an electric weapon, a teaser".
He paused. "Get everything into the van.We move now".
The men poured out of the basement carrying different weapons and other necessities into the van parked in the drive way which was in front of the mansion.
Mateo came outside and gave a direct order to his men then went to his Lamborghini and got in.
•••
Tallulah's eyes fluttered open and she noticed a silhouette standing by her window looking at her in the dark room.
Although she couldn't see clearly, the light illuminating from outside helped aid in her seeing the silhouette.
She slowly sat up right and rubbed her eyes.
"Enzo!".She called. "I told you that I wanted to rest".
He didn't respond but moved towards her gradually and steadily.
"Mateo?".She called instead this time standing up.
The person caught her off guard as he instantly held her by the neck, his nails digging into the skin of her neck.
Tallulah started coughing desperately searching for air.
"Please, you're hurting me .I can.....not bre...ath".
She said in a Shakey voice.
"That's the point of this".He said and increased the intensity of his grip on her neck.
She didn't have a choice but to…..
"Aww....". He cried out staggering backwards while holding unto his clutch.
"Why you little.....".He said coming back at her. "Now I won't take it easy on you".
She was almost at the door when he held her by the hair and dragged her, flinging her to the tiled floor.
She fell unto it with a thud.
"You will so regret kicking me in the balls".He muttered and started unzipping his trouser.
Tallulah kept shaking her head
"No,no,no.Please"
"Didn't think about that before, huh?"He said and went down to her level.
There was silence and the only thing heard was the sound of Mateo's Lamborghini driving out.
"Hear that?.Mateo is out".He said with a chuckle. "No one can save you now,my dear".
He used his knuckles to caress her cheek and then, his hand dropped to her neck.
He kept looking at her intensely.
She opened her mouth and was about to let out a scream when a hot slap came in contact with her cheek.
"Not a chance".He said and held her dress by the chest and ripped it.He started touching her inappropriately while she kept struggling to push him away.
"You know,I think it's a shame.You know why?.Because Mateo has gone out thinking he has rivals to attack but we outsmarted him".
She had even lost all hope because she was so weak and didn't have energy in order to be a little strong to fight him off.
Tears flowed from her eyes as he over powered her and started kissing her neck.
Yet again, Tallulah did not have any choice she was so disgusted at this pervert.She went ahead....
He withdrew his hand immediately standing up and looked at his hand where Tallulah had bitten.
Tallulah spitted out sounding even more disgusted.She used her hand to clean her mouth.
He got silent for a moment and Tallulah was scared.He instantly went down and held her leg drawing her closer.
His hand freely roamed her legs then started up her laps as he dragged her dress up in order to reveal her underwear.
She kicked and kicked but to no avail.Tears streamed down her cheeks and she kept begging for mercy.