Chapter 25. No one does this to a human!

I looked below my knees and it reminded me of the punishment I went through in the hands of Gladmir, that had caused the injury.

“Will I spend another year of my life being beaten and maltreated by this monster? Will I have to do ridiculous things throughout this new phase of my life just to please a man? A man who has no love and consideration for me” these questions were roaming my mind as I inhaled the odour of cigarettes.

I knew it was Mark, coming so I quickly wiped off my tears. He walked in searching for me “Hey, why are you here?" he asked looking at me with shock. “I'm waiting for you" I replied.

“Aria, why can't you do things alone, by yourself?" he asked me. “I can, if only know what I have to do in the first place" I replied and sighed and said, "follow me".

I walked behind him as he led the way, we walked for about twenty minutes, before I spoke up because I was getting tired “Haven't we gotten there?" I asked in a grumpy manner. “We would soon be there, keep on walking," he said without even looking at me.

“Okay, I hope so because my feet are seriously beginning to hurt me," I said to him.

“Do you go a day without complaining, Aria" he taunted as he suddenly stopped walking and it wasn't funny at all for me. He glared at me emotionlessly before facing back the wall to knock at it. I watched him knock on a wall and that was weird.

So weird that I started shivering in fear, perhaps, he was up to something.

Suddenly, the wall opened like a door and he went in. I couldn't believe my eyes. I stood there wondering like a fool. I was speechless and “moveless” if at all it's an English word.

When he noticed that I wasn't walking behind him, he popped his head gazing at me “Aren't you coming?" he asked and I walked to meet him immediately.

I was gazing around as I moved in and discovered that I was standing in a living room “Wow!” I screamed deep within me, it was so beautiful and spacious. Yet, I was interested in knowing why someone will create such a secret place in such a big and empty house.

As I looked closely I found someone sitting on one of the couches. I couldn't see her face since her back was facing me but I could tell that she was a female because of her long hair. And before I knew it, Mark was no were to be found.

I walked towards the lady who was sitting on the couch and to my greatest surprise it was no other person than Nanny Clara “Nanny Clara" I shouted in shock like I had seen a ghost.

“Aria" she shouted in return. I guess she wasn't expecting to see me as well. We both hugged each other tightly, “What are you doing here?" I asked her. “Gladimir, — oh sorry, I mean Xavier brought me here" she replied.

“What about you?" she asked Immediately. “Xavier told Mark to bring me here" I replied and we hugged each other again like we had not seen each other for years.

“Gladimir wants to see you now!" Mark suddenly appeared from nowhere and said in a cold voice to me. We both had to disengage from the hug and I followed him to where the master was.

The hallway wasn't that wide like that of the other mansion, but it was accommodative. Mark pointed at the first room on the left and turned back. I walked towards the room and knocked at the door.

“Get in!” his cold rang out giving me goosebumps as fear instantly gripped me. Still, I had no choice but to walk into the room as he ordered. I got in and saw him on the bed only with his brief on, “shut the damn door behind you" he said to me.

I was already shivering when I turned back to lock the door behind me while he stood resting on the door comfortably. After locking the door I stood by it since I was too scared to take a step further. “What the heck do you think you are doing there?" he asked me with a cold look.

“Nothing, sir" I replied, as my legs were nodding. I even tried to stop them in vain.

“Leave the door and come here and satisfy me," he said to me. Tears were crammed in my eyes already. I was frustrated. I knew there was nothing I could do then to do as he wished.

I walked to the bed glaring at him maliciously. Omg, if only he knew what was in my mind at that moment. “I ain't doing any, I'm sorry" I blurted out. I was hopeless.

“What did you just say?” he asked with surprise but it was more of a frowning. “I'm sorry but I can't do what you are asking me for" I replied with a trembling voice. Regardless, I was shocked at my reply.

I was in for a big mess, that no one could save me from. But a thought came to my mind, why don't I try acting up to be someone stubborn, and see what comes out of it? Anyway, that was what I did by rejecting his order.

He stood up from the bed and one could sense his anger from a distance. I stood on my ground boldly although deep down I was frightened, I was crying, as I looked at him, face to face. He was damn intimidating.

“Oh! It looks like my little cupcake has grown wings" he said with a smirk. Not any kind of smirk but a very nasty one. “Not only wings, —- now I'm a fully grown into an eagle" I retorted with my quivering lips.

“Shut up!” he yelled as he gave me a resounding slap on the jaw and tears quickly rolled down my cheeks. I didn't see that coming at all. “Now, strip, for me," he said as he laid down in bed “Naked!” he added. I didn't even think twice and I found myself taking off my gown.

I was about to move to the middle of the room but he clenched my left wrist firmly then he stood up and dragged me to the middle of the room. I was stark naked, in the middle of the room. “You disobeyed me, little cupcake and you won't go free…” he threatened me then he asked me to jump up and down throughout the night none stop.

Hearing that made me weak and my legs weaker. How was I supposed to jump throughout the night, that was approximately five or six hours of constant jumping. “Who does that?… Not even Francis Ngannou, what more of me?” I glared at him and I wanted to squeeze his neck.

He went back to bed and laid. “Jump!” he ruled and immediately I started jumping. It was so humiliating as he watched me jump like a mad person with no aim in life. I could sense how joyful he was to see me jump although he wasn't smiling. He was frowning yet I could see through it.

I flung my stare away then I saw that he had a thick leather belt by his side. Our glances confidently met and he saw what I was staring at before meeting his eyes. He lifted the belt saying “I will use this on you anytime you fall asleep, stop or fell on the floor. I won't hesitate to hit your ass”.

After a couple of minutes, I fell to the ground. I couldn't do it anymore, my legs weren't responding. Before I could realise it, he was whipping me already, precisely on my butts “Stand up!” he yelled.

Each lash left scars on my butt. I felt humiliated, I felt like ending my life. I had to jump till he fell asleep, and even then I wasn't saved since I had to continue jumping any time he snored heavily or any time he rolled himself in bed.

“What did I do wrong? Oh, Aria this will teach you how to shout up your mouth next time!” I cursed myself and I cursed him one hundred times more.

I had to be awake all night in case he woke up in the middle of the night. My fear got worse when I looked away then I looked back at the bed and found out that......