A Night Of Tension

"Get in that dress.", Toby spoke with absolute coolness in his voice yet sounding demanding.

"No", I crossed my arms over my chest trying to give him a sort of I'm not scared of you impression, as if I'm not shuddering underneath his presence. His eyes bored into mine as he closed the distance more by taking another long stride towards me.

"I didn't give you an option, It's an order." he said.

Huh? Order? Oh boy, i could be anything but a girl who takes order, especially if it's from a man.

"You can take your order and shove it up your- apmhf.." before i could finish my last word which came out as a squeak, he slammed me into the nearest wall with a supernatural speed. I closed my eyes at the sudden gush of wind. When i opened my eyes again he was hovering over me with a look in his eyes which could make one want to disappear into air. He was looking down at me with those remarkably dark blue eyes. The tips of his hair falling on his forehead.

"You wouldn't dare to finish it trust me.", he said in a dangerously low voice.

If it weren't for the fact that he knocked all the breath out of me by slamming me so hard i pretty well would have showed him how much I'd love to dare. But right now no words formed in my mind. Also the awareness that he had me caged between his arms was pretty distracting too. My mind became vague when his breath tickled on my face.

I, well...damn it, i admit I'm absolutely freaking out from inside. I was just praying the sudden blood rush is not noticeable in my face. His nose was almost brushing mine. One of his hands was on the wall side of my head and the other one was grabbing my shoulder, almost painfully. All i could see was the dark blue eyes. It's not the kind that makes you wanna drown in it, nah. It's far different. Inside his eyes were like thunderstorms and lightning of blue rays in a black hole. It makes you terrified, trapped. My heart was desperately flapping its wings inside my ribcage. I had to take a few moments to gulp and return back to life.

"I'm telling you last time. Wear that dress", his voice sounded so demanding. There was no expectation of denial there. It simply made my blood boil more. Bloody hell!

"Make me.", I challenged.

He closed his eyes for brief seconds and his jaw clenched. He opened his eyes. And suddenly he wasn't glaring at me. Rather there was a hint of devious smirk on the corner of him lips. I frowned my eyebrows while trying to study his features. Why does he have such a beautiful face? It's not fair. He could easily manipulate people with his angel-like face. Darn it! Did i just admit he looked like an angel.

Before I could comprehend his fingers started sliding down my arms. Too painfully slow. It's like he's purposely lingering them. What... is he doing!

"I guess if you can't get yourself to change, someone else has to do it." he lowered his face a bit more and whispered into my ears. My eyes widened at the size of a saucer. He would not mean- he would not dare.

His hands came down to my waist. Way too slowly. Like a devious snake who sneaked into heaven, his hands slowly rounded around my waist to my back. I was too captured in his eyes and too shocked at the unfamiliar touch of his hands wandering around my body to react. Until i realised what he was doing. His hands went all the way up through my back leaving the burning sensation of his touch. When he grabbed the tip of my zip I snapped back into reality.

I acted quickly and slapped his arms away from me while shooting glare at his smug face. I had to use all the strength in my body to push in the chest and shove him away from me.

"You...you abominable filthy creep.", I yelled. I was almost breathless. I tell myself it was the push and not because of him being this close to me. My cheeks were burning.

David only seemed amused. He took a step back and shook his head a bit looking down and whispered something under his breath which was barely audible.

"Okay, I'm done being nice. If you don't put that dress on and come downstairs without creating any drama, I have no qualms about paying your parents a visit." he said. My face paled.

"First of all you weren't nice to me to begin with. Secondly it's not necessary to bring my parents into this every time!", i snarled back at him.

"I'm nice enough because I haven't pierced a bullet through that thick skull of yours yet. And if you co-operate with me i wouldn't have to drag your family into this.", he said absolutely calmly and collected while I was on fire.

Well, I wouldn't go into the details of how i tried to scratch off his face and he, of course being him threatened me to death. He was annoyed beyond the edge. However in half an hour Toby practically arm wrestled me into a dress and left the room with an extremely foul mood.

I had to escape was the only thing in my mind. Perhaps tonight can be a good opportunity. Everyone will be busy. There will be people coming through the main entrance. Maybe i can trick the guards and blend into the crowd to sneak out. I had hundreds of scenarios planned on how I'm going to escape, plan A to Z . Now the thing is will i be able to pull this off?

It's almost been three years since I'm standing at a corner in the party with Mike as my watchdog. Ok, not three years. Maybe three hours?

"Thirty minutes woman! It's only been thirty minutes and you're already trying to bite my head off. How am i going to watch over you for the night if you keep acting like this", Mike scoffed beside me.

"I didn't ask you to. You can go have your fun.", i shrugged glancing at him through the corner of my eyes.

"You don't understand. I can't move an inch without an order." he said. As much as I wanted to argue with him but i knew better. I slightly felt sorry for him too? Knowing how his life revolved around David's command. But then again, he chose this life, didn't he?

I need to get rid of Mike. I can't possibly escape if he's glued to me all the time. I observed everyone in the room. Who can say this room is full of mafioso and gangsters?! can see how limited our vision as a society is. Not even one of these buggers looked anything close to criminals with their super expensive tux suits, fashionable dresses, wrist watches and perfumes. At first glance they ought to be mistaken as respectable personalities.

I started kicking the table behind me vigorously with my heels out of irritation. Mike shot me a worried glance.

"You need a drink tesoro(sweetheart)?", he hesitated to ask me.

"You can choke on your drink for all i care.",I spat while looking the other way.

"Someone's extra sassy today?", he chuckled. I shoot him a glare.

"Shut up!"

From the corner of my eyes i saw Toby and Daniel approaching us. I felt a new grown hatred towards Toby. Especially after what happened in the room and how he tried to manipulate me. And a little part of me knows that I'm not as angry at him for trying to manipulate me as i am angry at myself for feeling that way. I had all the intentions to avoid him tonight, also tomorrow, or perhaps for the rest of my life if possible.

"You're looking ravishingly beautiful, Angelo(Angel) ", Daniel smiled at me as soon as he came. I forced a small smile on his way.

From the corner of my eyes i saw Toby rolling his eyes, he took a few more steps until he was right in front of me. I looked at him suspiciously. Suddenly he grabbed my wrist and shoved a metal ring in my finger abruptly. I frowned my eyes and tried to tug my hands out of his reach but failed.

"What the heck is this?", I asked while taking my hand closer and inspecting the round metal. It particularly had no design whatsoever. Just like that, a metal with a tiny black dot like stone on the top.

"A ring of course. You know the things people wear on their fingers often.", he said. I glared at him.

"I know what a bloody ring is. The point is why are you giving me one?", i tried to keep my voice as intimidating as possible but they can never sound like Toby which gives a chill through your backbone.

"It has a tracker", Daniel slurred out. Toby shot him a murderous glare. Daniel almost immediately regretted saying that.

"A what?", I gasped. "And what makes you think I'll wear this bloody thing so you can track me?" Especially when I'm planning to run away tonight, is what i don't tell them.

"Because i want you to? That should be enough for you to wear that bloody thing if you want your head intact while you are in my possession.", Toby said while gazing at me intensely.

Getting myself trapped with a tracker is gonna ruin all hopes of my escape if there's any.

"Do you think I'm dumb? No-no-no-no I'm not wearing this.", I already started taking the damned ring out of my finger. Before i could pull out Toby grabbed my wrist and forced the ring back on my finger. I glanced at him, annoyance written all over his face.

"DON'T" . It is activated by your bloodstream so as soon as you take it off we'll know you escaped and before you go any further we'll get you. So if you think you can just take it

He bent down until his lips almost touched my ears and whispered sweet threads that I wouldn't like to mention. It sent shivers down my spines. I looked at him with horror. He smirked and raised one of his eyebrows at me to reassure me. I vigorously nodded my head while my hair was dancing around my face. With a satisfying grin he retreated back to the party leaving me standing between Daniel and Mike. This guy always manages to get on my every single nerve.

"Idiot",i gritted through my teeth once i was sure he was nowhere near. Daniel choked on his drink and let out a cough. While Mike chuckled at me.

"Be careful who you call an idiot. He can play you like a piano and you wouldn't even know." he said while grinning proudly, I shot him a murderous glare.

Yes yes of course he can. And he's doing it already. I hadn't realised how helpless I became around him. He can just make me do anything, Frankly anything. Because he can snap his fingers and my parents would be dead.

I huffed in annoyance. I looked at Daniel with huge puppy eyes.

"At least you can give me a valid reason?", I raised one of my eyebrows. He looked a bit uneasy at first.

"It's for your own safety. Trust me or not we want to keep you safe here.", I stared at him for one good minute to figure out if he was joking. It has to be the biggest joke of the decade. My kidnapper saying they want to keep me safe?

"Damn dude. Remind me to never share my secrets with you. Toby is gonna get your head for opening your mouth to her.", Mike said to Daniel.

Daniel gave him a hard look before leaving. A few moments later I saw him standing beside Steph. She stood there all in her glory wearing a sparkly black dress.

The night went on and i was getting more impatient. This is the longest night of my life, I stood there with Mike but none of us talked. I finally decided to after ages.