Chapter 55 ENGAGEMENT PARTY XX

         El's eyes teared even more as she looked at the men in front of her, and then at unconscious Sophie beside her, who just like her was tied to a chair. Her face was already covered with tears, and her eyes were red from crying too much. 

       She still couldn't figure out why these men were standing in front of her with weapons in their hands, and why she, alongside Sophie we're tied up in an abandoned building. But what confused her, even more, was the fact that they knocked Sophie out on purpose.

      She overheard some of them speak in dutch that they needed her to be unconscious and that Sophie wasn't part of the plan. If that was the case, did this mean she was the target, and Sophie happened to be in an unfortunate situation by being with her at the time of the kidnap? 

     This whole thing confused her, but that didn't change the fact that she was still kidnapped, and whatever they were planning to do with her wasn't going to be good. She could feel it in her guts. 

     If they wanted money, she could easily give it to them, and if she couldn't pay the Ransome, Ethan could. After all, even if he didn't care about her, his reputation about his wife being abducted and killed was much more important to him and his company.

      "Hey! Why are you doing this to me? I've done nothing wrong to you," El yelled summoning all the courage she had in her as she stared at the face of the scarred man who seemed to be their leader.

       "If you want money, my fiance can pay you any sum. You know how rich he is, he's a billionaire. So, please just let me and my friend go, and you'll be rewarded handsomely." She added with a trembling voice, trying really hard to convince them. 

     "Shut up, you whore!" The scarred man walked closer to her with a gun in his hand. "One more word from you, and I'll blow your brains out. Do you understand?"

      El swallowed as she nodded her head slowly, trying very hard not to annoy the man. He was holding a deadly weapon in his hand which he could decide to use if provoked. But right now, she felt like if she couldn't convince these people now, she wouldn't be able to do it again.

       "Please, my fiance can double, or even triple the amount you were paid. Just let me and my friend go. I beg of you, please..." 

       The man walked closer to her and as he rubbed the gun on her face, El squeaked in fear but bit her lips hard to prevent herself from making any noise. 

      She felt like her heart jumped out of her body up to her throat, and the only thing holding it from coming out of her body was her mouth which was tightly shut. Her wide eyes trailed the gun in fear as it moved from one side of her jawline to the other, and up to her cheeks, and tears rolled down her cheeks.

       "It seems like you're afraid of my weapon," the man said with a wide grin on his face as he bent his head close to her face.

      He inhaled the scent of her hair deeply and licked his lips like he was perceiving a sweet meal that he was about to devour, before bringing his face close to hers.

       "You're very smart, prinses, but it pains me to know that you don't know loyalty is more important than any amount of money paid in this business." He paused as he stared at her face even more. "Je bent een heel mooie, prinses," he said in dutch as he licked her face, meaning, you're very pretty, princess, and more tears rolled down her cheeks.

       She happened to be fluent in dutch, and hearing those words from him made her heart sink as she prayed silently for this man not to take advantage of her.

     He went further down to her jawline, and he bit it hard, making her grit her teeth in pain, before going up to her lips which he also bit hard.

      As a prickle of blood rolled down her lips from how hard the man bit it, anger that she had never felt before built up inside of her, and she bit his lips back with so much intensity, that blood also came out.

      She could take any physical pain caused to her by these people, but one thing she couldn't take was the fact that this man was taking advantage of her body, which happened to be her most priced possession.

       The man yelled as he held his bleeding lips. He never expected her to react that way because of how weak she had been acting, and the shock of her reaction was what added to the pain. 

       Annoyed by her action, he slapped her very hard on her face, close to her ears, hard enough to make her face turn, and blood oozed from her lips.

       El yelled in pain as her cheeks became numb from the impact of his slap and her hearing became hollow. She could hear whirring sounds which became louder with every second that passed and hot tears rolled down her cheeks.

       Still unsatisfied with how hard he hit her, the man wanted to hit her again when another man stopped him. "We're not supposed to touch her, Ric. We don't need her face swollen for what we're about to do," the man pleaded but was pushed away by Ric who seemed to be very angry.

     He walked closer to El, and tucked her head backward, making her wail even more in pain as he brought his face closer to hers. "I'll make you pay, you f**king bitch, just you waít. I'll make sure to scar this pretty face of yours."

       He pushed her head backward, before walking away from her. 

      El bent her head as she tried to hold back the tears which rolled endlessly down her cheeks. She still couldn't believe what she was going through was real. It all felt like she was dreaming, yet the reality remains that she is kidnapped by ruthless thugs, whose agenda was still unknown to her.

       Her numb face suddenly started to sting, causing her immense pain, alongside her ears which had become less hollow. She smiled through the pain as she looked at all the men in the room's faces as if memorizing each one of them, and that angered their leader even more.

          He had been staring at her since he struggled to let her go and had been thinking of the things he was going to do to her after they were done with their job.

       El watched him disgusted as she thought of what he did to her. She still couldn't believe he had licked her face and even her lips with his disgusting mouth, and that thought made her stomach churn.

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       A man in a black suit walked into the building with a boy behind him, holding a camera, and they all turned to look at them. Ric, their leader stood up from where he sat staring at El to go meet them. 

        As El watched them talk in low voices, looking at her now and then, she knew they were talking about her, and what to do with her. Her heart palpitated on that thought. Whatever they were going to do to her was unknown to her, but with the way they looked at her, she knew it was going to be horrible.

        She closed her eyes as she prayed for someone to save her. Where was Ethan when she needed him the most? She smiled bitterly. He was probably at home, thinking of a way to punish her because it is already past the curfew he gave to her. More tears rolled down her cheeks. Right now, she preferred his punishments to this situation.

         She had never imagined she was going to die in the hands of thugs, but fate always had cruel plans for her.

        "Hey!" The loud voice of Ric broke her off her daydreaming, and she opened her eyes to see him, alongside two other men close to her.

       Her eyes widened as she looked at them. The two men who came with Ric went behind her, holding her face firmly, making her raise her head to meet Ric's face. 

      Ric was holding a small bottle in his hand containing a substance that he wanted to feed to her. He raised the bottle to her mouth and El protested, but there was nothing she could do because the two men behind her already held her face in place.

       He fed her the substance, and in the next 30 seconds, her body started reacting strangely. She suddenly started feeling horny, and at the same time, flustered.

       The men laughed on seeing her reaction, but their laughter suddenly subsided when they saw one of them run inside the building in fear. He went before their leader in trembling body, unable to speak because of how scared he was.

        "What's going on?" Ric asked annoyed.

       "M M Mr. Grayson is h here..." He said in a low, but audible voice and they all began to panic.

       They wanted to run away, but it was too late.

        Ethan was already inside the building.

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