"But I am not done with you yet, Princess,"
Her body shivered, hearing his husky voice in her ear and feeling his burly body getting pressed against her back.
Seraphina gulped, feeling his warmth. She started struggling and stuttering.
"L.. Leave me, M.. Mr Grayson,"
But her words made him tighten his arms around her abdomen.
"I don't like it when you call me that," He uttered, making her confused.
"It feels like we're strangers," He confessed and she scoffed in annoyance.
"And that's what we both are, Mr Grayson, "
But she immediately regretted her daring words, when he spun her around in a second and pressed their bodies together.
The darkness in his gaze had shown her how much her words had displeased him.
"Really? We're strangers, Sera? " He calmly whispered against her lips but she could clearly sense the deadliness lacing in his voice, but this time, she remained unaffected by his anger.
"Yes, Mr Grayson. We're strangers. You're a stranger to me,"
Arzal clenched his jaw but he liked watching that fire burning in those innocent blue eyes. It tempted him to a painful extent.
He leaned his face closer to her, almost brushing his lips against her.
"But I don't remember, trusting a stranger to the extent of submitting your entire self to him,"
Seraphina felt a pang in her heart because she knew what he actually meant by his statement. She had really submitted to him that day in her room when she was almost naked and he had bragged in her house.
"I don't remember, letting a stranger kiss the life out of you, " He spat, gawking into her blue eyes.
"I don't remember, f#cking desiring a stranger, Seraphina Miller, "
Tears pricked into her eyes in anger. Seraphina clenched her jaw and snapped.
"I have never desired you. I can never desire a heartless man like you,"
A vicious grin crept on his face, hearing her. His hand trailed upward where he grabbed her nape and tugged her face upward with a bit force, making her slightly hissed.
"Really? You want me to believe that or you're trying to convince yourself, Sera, that you have never desired a man like me, " He smirked, turning her eyes more watery.
He pressed his lips on her nose pin and cooed against her skin.
"But let me tell you a secret, Princess. You want me, your body desires me as much as I want and desire you,"
A warm tear rolled down from her cheeks because his words were true. The effect he and his touch had over her was undeniable and terrifying for her.
He brushed his lips on her tear and then looked into her glossy eyes by lifting his face slightly.
"If I just strip each and every piece of your clothes right here, right now and then..." He smirked devilishly, turning her eyes more glossy in shame and fear.
"Started ruining and tainting your chastity, your body won't even think about defying or denying me or my touch, Princess, " He shamelessly announced and she just gazed at him.
His eyes travelled down to her slightly parted lips.
"This beautiful mouth of yours will gladly scream and moan my name in pain and pleasure, "
Tears aggressively fell from her eyes because his each and every word was stripping her soul in mortification.
His sinful gaze again went upward to meet her watery eyes.
"These ethereal eyes will forget looking at me with anger or hatred, instead they will beg me to hurt and ruin you and your sweet innocent body more badly, Seraphina, "
The evilness in his grey eyes worsened as he continued to cross the barriers of shame with her, through his words.
"That's how much of a stranger we're to each other," He grinned in a more predatory manner.
"That's how much of a stranger I am to you, my Princess, "
A sob broke out from her mouth because it was too much for her to endure and her sobbing made his inner beast calm down.
His rage calmed down and he came back to his senses that he again terrified her and hurted her but this time, she had pushed him to that edge by calling him a stranger.
Arzal released her from his arms and stepped back. He clutched his hair in exasperation and then stormed out from her room and she just stood in her place, silently shedding her tears while gazing at his retracting figure.
Next day, Seraphina woke up from her dreamless sleep. Her eyes were hurting because of the uncountable number of tears she had shedded last night and she herself didn't know when she fell asleep while crying.
She looked at the wall clock and her eyes widened by watching the time. It was already noon. She had slept for this longer and he didn't even wake her up.
She hadn't seen him after what happened between them last night. He didn't approach her after that. Her heart ached in pain when she recalled his each and every word which was like a venom to her heart.
She wasn't ready to face him. She didn't want to go out of the room, especially when she was all alone with him in that house but she knew she had to. She couldn't avoid him forever.
With a sigh, she got up from the bed and the first thing that caught her attention was her phone which was placed on the headboard. She took it to check if Nathan had called or messaged her like he always did.
A soft smile crept on her face by watching her brother's good morning greetings which she replied back immediately but then another message caught her attention.
Her smile faded by watching his message. She got confused by watching it and wondered why he had messaged her when they both were under one roof.
She opened it and started reading his message.
'Your breakfast and lunch is placed on the kitchen's counter. I will be back in the evening. Don't leave the house, it will be good for everyone,'
Seraphina shut her phone's screen and threw it on the bed. Even his messages were filled with warning and threat. She left his message on read and then went to the bathroom.
After getting done with taking her bath, Seraphina walked out of the bathroom, wearing a plain black frock. She was in no mood to comb her hair or to even go out of the room and eat something. She had even lost her appetite.
Seraphina sighed and walked towards the huge glass window. The weather was looking dark, even at the time of noon. Heavy wind was flowing. It was looking like a storm was about to come.
The ring of her phone gained her attention towards it. Seraphina walked towards her phone and took it. Her brows arched in confusion by watching the unknown caller Id. She picked it up and spoke.
"Hello! "
"Seraphina,"
Her breathing hitched, hearing that voice from the other side.
"Benjamin?" She asked, startled.
"Yes. Seraphina, I am so sorry to bother you on the weekend but I really really need your help," His voice seemed tense, making her untidy.
"Ummm.. How can I help you?"
"Actually I am unable to find my literature notebook. It's not present inside my school bag, so can you please look it in your bag for once, please?"
Her brows furrowed in confusion, hearing him.
"But how would it be in my bag?"
"I know but just check for once. I need to prepare my notes and study for our test of monday. Please help, I had even called Nevada to ask her about this as we all were sitting together yesterday but she didn't have it and I got your number from her,"
Seraphina sighed. He was really sounding worried.
"Okay, wait. Let me check,"
"Yeah, please,"
Seraphina grabbed her school bag from the table and then opened it. She started checking the books and notebooks present inside it and her eyes widened, by finding his notebook in her bag.
She took it and looked at it, stunned.
"Is it in your bag?"
Seraphina shrugged her shoulders and replied.
"Umm.. Y.. Yes but how? "
"Thank God, it's in your bag. I thought I lost it. Actually I think when we all were packing to leave the class yesterday then this had happened but I finally got it, so can you please tell me where you are, so I can take it from you because I have to study and prepare for the test? "
Her heart stopped beating in fear, processing his words.
"I.. I am sorry but I.. I can't tell you m.. my address," She stuttered because giving him Arzal's private penthouse address was a deadly idea, especially when she knew how much he detested Benjamin and if he came to meet her in his house when she was alone, he would surely do something irrational.
"I will send you pictures of the topic of the test and will give you your notebook on Monday, Benjamin, "
"But Seraphina, I have to make notes and I need my notebook to prepare for the test. If you are not comfortable with sharing your address then we can meet somewhere nearby your house but please, I need my notebook, please, "
Her throat turned dry in fear. She could never take the risk of going out and meeting him somewhere else.
"Ben, please try to u... understand. I.. "
"Seraphina, you try to understand. You know being a student, how much I need my notebook to study for my test and to prepare my notes, especially when our teacher is so strict,"
Seraphina could clearly sense now his voice had turned desperate and shivering.
"Please, Seraphina. Please, I consider you as one of my best friends. Please, I need your help. Please,"
Seraphina was in a dilemma. She could never go out on her own and meet him in another place and calling him in his penthouse was a dangerous idea but she could just leave him like this when he needed her help, especially when nobody was at fault for his problem or who knows, maybe she had put his notebook in her bag in her carelessness.
"Seraphina, please help,"
His pleading voice made her heart ache in pain and guilt, so she sighed heavily and spoke
"I'll share with you my location. Come here fast and get your notebook, Ben," Because she knew, if she went out that would not end up well but if Benjamin came to her, he wouldn't even get to know about it, as he was going to come back in the evening.
"Thank you. Thank you so much. I'll be there with in 10 minutes,"
"O..okay," With that, Seraphina hung up the call and clutched his notebook tightly in her hold and looked at the clock.
With every passing second, she felt like her heart was about to stop beating in fear and panic. She just prayed that nothing would go wrong, not for anyone but only if she knew what she had actually invited for herself by agreeing to meet Benjamin in his house.
The sound of the door bell made Seraphina terribly flinch, who was sitting on the sofa of the hall. She gulped and again glanced at the watch. It was still noon.
She dashed towards the door and peeped through the little glass hole on the door. She immediately opened the door when she saw it was Benjamin.
"Hey! So you live here," Benjamin uttered with a smile, while stepping inside the door, making her terrified.
"Do you live here alone?"
Seraphina shut the door and ran towards him
"Ben, here's your notebook and now please leave," She stated, almost panicking while extending the notebook to him.
He gave her an untidy look and spoke
"But what's the problem, Seraphina? Are you alright? Why are you looking..?"
"Ben, please leave. Please leave. I will tell you everything on Monday but now, please go from here," She practically begged.
Her eyes moistened with tears of fear, fear of him, fear for Benjamin's life.
"Hey! What's the matter? " He reduced the distance between their bodies and grabbed her arms, making her more petrified.
"Why are you crying? Is something... ?"
"Ben, please leave. He will be here. Please go, please... "
"But who? " Benjamin asked and Seraphina felt him tightening his grip on her one arm, like he didn't want her to move from her place. He was too close to her and his one palm went to her waist where she felt something thin pocking at her waist.
Tears fell from her eyes, she parted her lips to answer but her blood froze when the door got bursted open and both of them turned their heads towards it.
Her soul left from her body when those voraciously predacious grey eyes met with her. She immediately got away from Benjamin's hold because those grey eyes were looking treacherous but her existence froze by watching the gun he was holding and aiming at Benjamin.
His finger was on the trigger. His inner malicious sinner had completely taken over him whereas the deadly destruction was playing in his grey orbs and just like that.
"No... " Seraphina screamed out of her lungs when he pulled the trigger but it was too late.
The blood splashed all over her face, her clothes and Benjamin's lifeless body fell before her, on the ground with a loud thud, numbing her soul in every possible way.