Chapter 2
Freshia Ava's POV
After my failed escape attempt yesterday, Eros locked me up in an empty, damp room. The room with an area of 4x4 square meters does not have any windows or ventilation. Inside there is only one bathroom and one single floor mattress. The lighting in the room only came from one yellow bulb which was starting to dim. What exactly is this room? I don't even know where exactly this room is because when I was put into it, my eyes were deliberately covered with a black cloth.
I lay my limp body on the only mattress in the room. If it continues like this, it seems like my sanity will slowly disappear. Eros is truly the craziest human being I have ever met. For the umpteenth time, I can only lament the unfortunate fate that I had to experience after I met him.
Not long after that, I heard someone knocking on the door and putting in a complete set of food and drinks from a small square-shaped gap that was deliberately provided at the bottom of the door. Apart from that, he also included a set of change of clothes for me. That's something I routinely receive when I'm in this room. A servant would give me three meals a day and a change of clothes would be brought along with breakfast and lunch. From there I can also find out the time that I have passed and today is exactly the seventh day that I have occupied this room.
I started to hear rumbling sounds coming from my stomach, making me glance at a tray that I had been reluctant to touch. There is a plate of brown rice complete with side dishes and a glass of white milk as well as mineral water and a banana. It seems Eros still has good intentions of serving me decent food even though he locked me up in this place.
However, my heart still rejects it all. I didn't want him to feel that I was accepting his good intentions by finishing the food he gave me. Therefore, I would only drink a glass of milk and water from the first day I was locked up and go back to bed to lay down my increasingly weakened body.
I didn't realize how long I had fallen asleep and now I saw a bright, dazzling light that made me wake up. While squinting my eyes to adjust to the incoming light, I tried to get out of bed until without realizing it, someone who had been standing next to me helped me to sit up and I saw clearly that the door in front of me was wide open.
“Please excuse me, Miss. I was ordered to take you back to the room. But before that, I was also ordered to cover your eyes with the black cloth I brought." Said the woman wearing a black and white maid outfit while lowering her head. I just nodded languidly.
“Yeah, just do it,” I said quietly. After that, she immediately tied a black cloth around my head to cover my eyes and started helping me to get out of the room which could be called a prison.
Arriving at the room that Eros said was my room from the first time I set foot in the house, I found several servants already in it and saw a luxurious light blue dress displayed very clearly on a mannequin which was right next to the dressing table. I took a deep breath.
"Oh my God, especially this time." I thought. "Miss Freshia, we were ordered by Mr. Robinson to dress you because Mr. Robinson wanted to invite you to dinner together tonight." Said a middle-aged woman who I knew was the butler in this house.
"I don't want to. I just want to sleep now.” I said then.
But suddenly when I was about to step into bed, all the servants in the room bowed towards me. “We implore you to fulfill Mr. Robinson' wishes, Miss. We beg." The butler said softly.
"I don't want to. Just tell him that I'm tired." I said back.
However, a servant who helped me walk to my room suddenly knelt at my feet. "Miss, really forgive our impudence, but we ask that you attend the dinner that Mr. Robinson has prepared because if you don't, all of us here will be fired."
Hearing that really surprised me. But a split second later I realized that I didn't have time to love other people because right now I also needed help.
“Then what about me? Don't you feel sorry for me? I'm sure that all of you here know how cruel Eros treated me. If you can just turn a blind eye to me, why should I help you?” I said half shouting, pouring out my complaints about the behavior of the servants who seemed indifferent to my situation.
All the servants in the room were silent until finally, the butler spoke softly. "Who can bear to see you being treated like that? Really we still have a conscience, Miss. But forgive us, Miss, we are just servants and we have a family we must protect.”
Hearing the last sentence said by the butler made my heart touched instantly. If I had a family, would I also be protected and not suffer a fate like this?
I just took a deep breath and then walked to the bathroom to clean my body. "I'm going to take a shower first, please prepare everything I have to wear for dinner tonight."
Perfect make-up, my long curly hair that had been styled in such a way, and also a light blue dress that was attached to my body supported my appearance that night. Then the butler accompanied me to take me to the dining room where when we arrived, Eros was standing facing a large window, his back to us.
"Excuse me, Mr. Robinson, Miss Freshia is here." Said the butler and made the man who that night was wearing a dark blue suit combined with his signature white shirt turn towards me.
I met his gaze, the look full of adoration that I saw when we first met. But not long after, he immediately regained consciousness and told the butler to leave the two of us.
Eros walked towards the dining table and asked me to join him, where the long table with a capacity of ten people was already filled with various kinds of dishes on it. He immediately sat down in his chair at the end of the table and when I was just about to pull out the seat opposite him.
Eros immediately said to me, "Should I drag you first to sit next to me?" Hearing that made me immediately walk to the seat closest to him. Without saying any more words, we immediately enjoyed the meal that had been prepared.
“You look thinner, Freshia. Eat more.” Eros said suddenly when I almost finished the food on my plate.
“What I need is not food, but freedom,” I said, then put the last bite into my mouth.
After hearing that, Eros was seen putting the spoon and fork on his plate, then looked at me, "You can still take a walk in the surrounding yard. This house is spacious enough to just breathe free air, Freshia." Hearing Eros's words made me smile lightly.
“Don't play dumb, Eros. You know what kind of freedom I want.”
“Stop, Freshia! I don't want to argue with you right now. Can we just sit and eat in peace?”
“Just kill me, Eros!” I said suddenly as I looked at the two dark blue eyes that were now staring at me sharply.
"What? Try repeating what you just said.”
"Kill me! Kill me, Eros! I would rather die than continue living like this!” I said half shouting.
Eros immediately got up from his seat and slapped my cheek quite hard. I was really shocked by what he had just done to me because up until now, he had never gone this far to hurt me. After that, he immediately grabbed my right arm and held it tightly before dragging me towards my room.
On our way to my room, he ordered several of his men to follow. I of course struggled to be let go but the more I did, the more the grip tightened on my arm. I can only cry and occasionally ask for help, but to no avail. Who can help me at home besides myself?
When we got to the room, Eros threw my body on the bed and immediately held my body. Then he immediately asked several of his men to tie my hands and feet to the end of the bed. I can only cry and occasionally scream and rebel. But all in vain.
After successfully tying my whole body to the bed, Eros immediately got up from my bed and told all his bodyguards to leave, leaving us alone.
“Eros, that's enough. What are you going to do to me? Please untie this, Eros.” I screamed.
However, Eros ignored me and was busy with his cell phone which he now held close to his left ear. “You have to come here immediately. Bring the medicine and give it to him tonight.” He said to someone on the other end of the phone and hung up immediately.
Then he looked at me sharply. "Do not blame me! You're the one who forced me to go this far, Freshia!” He said before leaving me and locking my room.