Craving You

Chapter 2

Danaye wrapped her arms around her not to let the towel fall off as she slowly sit up. “I-I…” She could not reason out. Her mind froze in horror. Her hands were trembling of fear from the aftershock of him almost killing her.

She sensed how his head turned to her and she shuddered again. Her eyes faltered and her lips quivered under his eyes’ interrogation.

Dylan was suddenly speechless when she saw her trembling body and her lowered head, her facial expression which is threatening to cry any minute. He pursed his lips in a second. And almost regretted every thing he did when he saw the red marks of his hands on his pale neck. It was so evident like someone tried to kill her.

Silence travelled fast inside the room when either of them spoke. Dylan saw how she hard she clutched the towel around her body as if to protect her dignity. He stared unwaveringly at her pretty face that appeared fear-stricken.

Danaye swallowed nothing in her stomach as she racked her brain to search for something. Isn’t she always the best when it comes to reasoning? Her heartbeat drummed in her ear but nothing came into her nerves.

Suddenly, Dylan’s foul mood turned to something soft when he thought of something. He first broke the silence with his question, “Or have you…,” he paused and stared intently at the naked woman in front of him, “Did you willingly want to be in my bed…”

Danaye felt all the hair in her nape stood up. Her eyes suddenly widened in surprise. NO! She mindlessly thought.

Panic drove her eyes in his direction and for a second, she blurted out anything that came out of her mind. ”I-I want to be your secretary!” She covered her mouth after. Trying hard to hide her true feelings and convince him out of his thoughts, she spoke again, this time, slow and confident, “I want to be your secretary. I am easily bored and I don’t want to sit around in this house doing nothing than just washing dishes and clothes like a proper housewife. I want to work too. Yesterday’s night was…m-my payment.”

Declan was speechless and more surprised. A bit of disappointment flashed across his eyes but it was too quick Danaye thought it must be her imagination.

For a long moment, he stood silent staring at her with disbelief. Danaye already repeated herself but he was still lost in a trance as if she said something unthinkable.

Then in a swift movement, all Danaye saw was the glass of her vase shattered in the floor. She heard a scream, a loud shriek of a girl. When it stopped, she realized it was coming from her own voice. Her eyes were shut and she was afraid to even glimpse of what happened because it came too fast.

She felt her heart about to leap out of her dry throat. She struggled to calm herself down but she can’t. Why is he mad?

Danaye didn’t realize the towel that was keeping her clothed fell down to her legs and it showed her breasts because both her hands automatically went to her ears when he throw the vase on the floor. When she felt his eyes looking intently at her, she immediately clutched the towel and covered her upper body. He turned around at the door where he came from and he put his hands on his waist, seemingly patient and calming himself down.

“So you want to play game with me, huh?”

“W-What-

“YOU SEDUCE ME WHEN I’M DRUNK AND HAVE s*x WITH ME JUST SO YOU COULD BE PROMOTED TO SECRETARY?! ISN’T THAT A GAME, DANAYE!” Declan shouted at her. His eyes flashed disbelief. He brushed his head in frustration as he stared at her. Then as if accepting the information, Declan’s angry face calmed down. His face went sharp and as if trying to suppress words in his mouth, and anger boiling in his emotions, he burst into laughter. A cold laugh without emotions. “Danaye, you can never fool me again with your acts. I know very well you’re an actor, best one at that, but I can never be taken lightly twice. You should know that very well.”

Danaye wanted to speak for herself, that she wasn’t fooling him nor playing around. She hugged herself closer as she tries to suppress the sad emotion that visited her when he heard his cold laugh and his hurtful words. For a moment she regretted agreeing to be his wife. She knows he no longer care for her. She knows she isn’t special to him anymore. Yet she still hoped.

Declan tilt his head on his right side, and chuckled. “I should’ve killed you a moment ago.” He smiled at her as his eyes glared sharply at her direction. Then with a mocking tone, he said, “So, are you willing to have s*x with me every night to pay for your secretary promotion? You don’t think one night is enough to pay for it, don’t you?”



In that instant, Danaye’s hope vanished as her heart shrunked into the deepest abyss. Her eyes threatened to rain but she tightly shut her eyes as she bit the inside of her cheek. What happened to him? He used to be kind even when he is arrogant to everyone.

He turned around to leave and Danaye calmed a bit but before he closed the door, he muttered in a cruel tone, “This time, I’ll never be gentle with you. And I’m going to make sure I’ll break you until you beg me to sign the divorce papers. ” He threw a glare at her with murderous expression visible in his eyes. Then without looking back at her, he ruthlessly closed the door.