TRAPPED BY HIM

u

pt my eyes trained on her. With her hair pulled into a bu

she was her father's little puppet, sent to play me, to manipulate me

lved in whatever games she was playing. I'd expected her to come crawling back, but not th

altz in here after walking away from your job, and asking f

he shot back, her voice tight like she would dissolve

ways a choice, you just didn't lik

uth to argue, but

owhere to go." I said, my voice dropping low. Tha

and I could tell that she was trying to contain her anger. I could see it in the way her

nned to milk it. I wasn't about to

e, looking all desperate, and admitting that I'm right?" I taunted her,

ing away. I closed the distance between us, steeping

adiating off of her, and for a brief moment I wanted

t. I couldn

she looked exhausted. "I'm willin

akes is?" I asked,

, her voice softer now. "I'll work for you, but this time

st lau

h, daddy's princess. You've been living in a world of fairytale, where your f

hey came frequently now, taking me off guard. I gritted my tee

antly. "You don't know my father. I don't know

pressed down hard against my teeth while raw pain racked through my body.

d reaching up to touch my face. H

ncerns. The last thing I needed was Cily

o see the t

ng this?" She asked, her voice barely above a whisper, qui

time I could tell she was scared. Exhausted, and

r skin. "This isn't about you, Cily. This is about revenge. Your

t in her eyes, the way she struggled to reconcile the ma

e shaking slightly. "I'll help you take my f

ask for anything. Or maybe this was all part of h

want, Cily?" I asked

y own apartment. I don't want to keep staying at the company's a

her that made me want to push, to test her limits, and she always surprised

s closed mouths don't get fed.

Her eyes reduced to slits, and I imagined she was

and inhale. "Your loyalty. From now henceforth, you work for me, and only me. Not as my assistant, but as my inside source.

nd when I stared at her, her ch

ut my job? I want my job

seem unfair to reinstate you in your old position.

t I have to be loyal to you?" She asked more to herself th

ou'll have to work closely with HR

nothing, as if she was afr

and hurt in her eyes, and also, the silent anger. I wanted to do

d after a while, barel

e fact that Cily was practically mine now, I would finally

o my desk. It took all my resolve not to touch her, or

ached the door, I called after her, my

and her shoulder sag dramatically

play both sides. You are not. If I find out you're ly

he nodded once before sl

, I sat back down, satisfied. Final

g to be one thing I kn