Chapter 6
A nother day had to have passed since I’d been locked up in that damn room. I was pissed, and that man hadn’t shown his face since he brought me food. I didn’t know how he thought I would survive off one meal. He and I both knew I wasn’t a small girl. I was healthy for the most part, but I loved to eat. One meal a day wasn’t going to cut it. I hoped he wasn’t trying to starve me, because that wouldn’t do anything but piss me off even more.
I didn’t know what to do with myself, and since I missed my yoga class, I decided to try and release the negative energy I felt. Doing it in my jeans was difficult, so I took them off. The whole time, I tried to relax, but I kept thinking the mean man would come into the room while I didn’t have pants on. I didn’t want him to get any ideas if he saw me in just my thong. Even though it may not have been a bad idea.
“Get your shit together, Pepper,” I whispered. I hated how I kept thinking about him. The least he could have done was show his face again. I needed to change my clothes, and I was hungry again. I guess I was grateful that I had a decent bathroom to use. I couldn’t take a shower, though, and I was starting to feel icky. It would have been worse if I didn’t shower after I left Jalen’s house. I was sure Jalen was worried about me, but he wouldn’t express it since we were messing around in secret. I probably would have been better off with him than being locked up in some room like I was Rapunzel or some shit.
I laughed at myself and my dumb thoughts. Staring at the four walls had me on the verge of going crazy.
“Where the hell is my father?” I for sure thought my dad would have come for me by now, or even Uncle Evan, someone.
Maybe my father didn’t care anymore since I wasn’t the boy he wanted. How could a parent be so cruel? I didn’t make myself a girl. Shouldn’t he be mad at himself for producing a girl? Nobody could determine what a child would be, so his anger didn’t make sense. My feelings were still hurt by what he said to me. I questioned if I really wanted him to save me. I didn’t know if things with him would be better than me being with a stranger. I guess he didn’t plan on killing me since he hadn’t yet. Who just kept someone they wanted to kill? That didn’t make sense to me, but none of it made sense. I still didn’t know why he wanted me or what he wanted me to do, and that was frustrating in itself.
Whatever he had planned, I wished he would get it over with already. I was bored as hell. If I had a pen or something, I would write all over the walls, just to piss him off.
I had just come out of the bathroom when I heard the door being unlocked. I scrambled to the middle of the bed because I didn’t want him to think I had gotten too comfortable. I wasn’t comfortable at all.
He had a scowl on his face as if he was angry. What the hell did he have to be angry for? He was the bad guy here, not me.
“Are you seriously in here looking at me like I did something wrong?” I crossed my arms over my chest. I had to show him that I wasn’t afraid of him, even though inside, I was shaking like a leaf.
“You have a smart-ass mouth for someone who doesn’t know if they are going to die or not.” He closed the door and walked further into the room.
I scoffed. “If you were going to kill me, you would have. Plus, my father would kill you if you tried to kill me.”
I wasn’t convinced of that, and it appeared he wasn’t either when he laughed.
“You on that shit again?” He laughed again. “Baby girl, I know exactly who your father is, just like I know who you are, Pepper.” That sinister grin was on his face again. “Your father seems to be stirring up trouble, looking for you.”
He’d known who I was this whole time. I still wasn’t understanding what he wanted with me. Did he have some type of issue with my dad? Why hadn’t he come by now? I was sure he could rally up the rest of the club members to come rescue me. I assumed he didn’t care enough to look for me.
“It won’t be too much longer until my father finds you.”
He scratched his beard and smiled. “Oh, did I say your dad?” He slapped his forehead. “I meant your cousin, and she asked where you were. It doesn’t seem like daddy was too worried about you.” There went that smile again.
At first, it scared me a little, but now it was pissing me off. I wish I had something to stab him with.
“Why are you even in here if you aren’t going to kill me?” I stood from the bed because I had enough. A small part of me wanted him to kill me. I was sure nobody would miss me. Maybe Cayenne and Uncle Evan, but that was about it. My father didn’t seem to care as much as I wanted him to.
He looked like he wanted to say something but shook his head. His piercing glare made me wish I was sitting down. There was no way I could potentially stare death in the face and be so turned on. His white shirt hugged his muscles, and there were so many tattoos covering his arms that I couldn’t figure out what they all were.
“Because you are no use for me dead.” He licked his lips as his eyes roamed my body. He stepped closer to me. “You are going to help me set your father up.”
“I think the fuck not. Nope.” I shook my head.
He grabbed me by the neck. It wasn’t too tight, but it was enough pressure to make me not want to fight him. His nostrils flared as he glared at me. “You can, and you will.”
I stared into his eyes as he continued glaring at me. There was a war he was fighting with himself. I could tell every time he licked his lips and looked down at my breasts. I could feel him getting hard because we were so close.
I smirked at him. He wanted to act crazy, I could act a little crazy too. Secretly, I liked the way he gripped my neck and how he looked at me.
Neither of us moved. The room felt like it was closing in on me.
“I won—” My words were cut off when he crashed his lips into mine.
He kept his hand around my neck while the other one gripped my ass. It caught me way off guard, and before I got a chance to enjoy it, he snatched away and left the room.
I heard the door lock and was disappointed.
Maybe I could use his attraction to me, to my advantage. I sat back on the bed and tried to come up with another way to get out of the room.