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Laura Lewis 

I am Laura Lewis, 25 years old working as a learner at Saints' Peter Hospital, I got kidnapped in the middle month of May 2024 and the next day I got married. 

I am married to Ace Hoisington, he is about 27 years old and I don't know exactly what he does for a living. As he was my kidnapper I assume he must be a thug or a mafia. I don't exactly know and neither am I interested. I just know that we are married. Although I didn't wanna get married first but now as it is done I shall repay him. 

After the marriage was completed I wanted to have a rest so I stood up to walk towards the room. I couldn't walk properly as I was hurt. Suddenly, the two big hands approached me, one was placed on the backside of my waist and the other was on the backside of my thighs. The two big hands carried me up instantly. I didn't even have the time to react as it happened suddenly. I instantly closed my eyes as soon as the two big hands carried me. After carrying me up when I got stable on his hands, I slowly opened my eyes.  

I saw him, Ace Hoisington, my legal husband, carry me up in his arms. I sighed in relief as I realized the one who carried me was my husband. He started to walk upwards, carrying me in his arms. I remember before our marriage when I ran away and later when he caught me he was angry at me so he didn't help me earlier as I couldn't walk at that time as well. But now, as we are married he carries me up. I was surprised by his behavior towards me.

I was staring at him and he was walking forward carelessly like he couldn't even feel my weight. I think I have gotten slimmer or he has worked on his forearm. He gently put me on the bed as soon as we reached the room. I glanced at the room from left to right. The room was decorated with red roses and red rose petals. Of course, we are married and this was our first night so the room was decorated for our honeymoon. 

Honeymoon! Oh no!

As I was busy glancing at the room, I noticed Ace, taking something out from the cupboard which was placed beside the bed. I couldn't see what he took out from the cupboard as his back was facing me. He turned and walked towards me. He took out the handcuffs from his pocket and tied one end on the edge of the bed and the other one on my right hand. It happened so suddenly that I couldn't even react or say anything. 

"What are you doing?" I panicked as he tied my hands. 

"I told you yesterday that If you try to run away I will tie you up with this bed for the rest of your life." He points his finger towards the bed.

I stood up instantly, "Open it!" I tried to get out by pulling my hand. 

"Don't pull your hand, you will harm it." He says calmly. 

"Aren't you treating me as an animal?" I shouted.

"First you kidnapped me, then made me perform the surgery, then threatened me with death, married me forcefully, not giving me anything to eat or drink for a whole day, and then kept me tied up like an animal. Aren't you treating me as an animal? I screamed as my eyelids were covered with tears. 

He didn't think it was necessary to answer me. He ignored me and went to the washroom which was on the left side of the room. 

The tears started to fall as I tried to free my hand from the handcuff. I wasn't able to free myself, It was hurting. My hand, my heart, everything was hurting. 

He came out of the washroom with the box in his hand. He walked towards me and grabbed my free hand which was the left one to let me sit down on the bed. 

I sat down and he squatted down on his knees. He opened the box and took out the sterilizer from it. It was a medical box. He gently removes the part of the skirt which touches the wound on my knees. He uses the sterilizer to clean my wound.

Third Person's POV

As soon as Ace touched her wounds, Laura trembled, "Siss!" She hisses in pain.

Ace stopped listening to her hisses. He glances at her and sees her crying in pain. He gently blows some air on her wound and cleans it. She sighs as he applies the medicine to her wound. 

He later dresses the wound and tells her to take a rest. He stood up holding the box and walked towards the washroom. 

"It would have been better if you'd killed me." She sobs as she clenches her fist hesitantly staring at the floor. 

Ace stops himself listening to her. He swallowed, "I had given you the option." He went to the washroom. 

She cries as she covers her eyes with her free hand. 

After a few minutes, she gets a hold of herself. She wipes her tears and starts to search the small cupboards placed beside the bed. With one hand she manages to find the nail cutter on one of the cupboards. She grabs the nail cutter on her free hand and tightens the fist. She takes a few minutes to think of something on her mind. Later she puts that nail cutter under her pillow and sleeps on the bed. She grabbed the other pillow with her free hand and threw that on the floor. 

A few minutes later Ace came out from the washroom wearing his night suit and saw Laura sleeping and his pillow on the floor. He glances at the pillow and then at Laura back and forth. 

"As I chose to marry you and save myself from dying I seemed to manage that but I cannot tolerate you with me on the same bed." She doesn't even open her eyes. 

He sighed while taking the pillow in his hand and walked towards the bed. He puts a pillow on the bed next to Laura's. She realizes the pillow on the bed and opens her eyes to sit up. 

"What are you doing?" She stops him from sleeping on the bed. 

"This room is mine." He makes his bed. 

"You cannot sleep here!" She places both her legs on his side of the bed. 

"I will sleep here and if you have any problems, go sleep on the floor." He shrugs off both of her legs to her side. 

She scoffs, "Then open me!" She widens her eyes. 

"Nice try! But no!" He grins. 

She scowls.

"You don't wanna share the same bed with me? I have a solution." He mocks. 

"What?" 

"You go and sit on the floor." He points towards her side of the floor near the bed. 

"I will sleep for now. You can wait for me to wake up and later you can sleep on the bed when I am gone." He smiles, "What do you say?" 

"Do you have extra pillows?" She curls up the left side of her lips as she smiles devilishly. 

He widens his eyes as he points towards the almirah placed on her side. She turns to stare at the almirah. She confirms as she points to the almirah and looks back at him. He smiles as he gives the confirmation. She scoffs as she tries to open the almirah with the help of her free hand. She couldn't reach the almirah because of handcuffs. She scowls at him to ask for help but Ace doesn't help her. 

She then places her both feet down on the floor and later tries to open the almirah with the help of her foot. As she widens her one foot she manages to open the almirah with her toes. She sighs exhausting as she tries to get hold of the pillow with the help of her foot. 

"Help me! Come on! " She trembles as she can't get a hold of the pillows. 

Ace then walked towards her side and grabbed the two pillows from the almirah. 

She scowls at him angrily. 

"What?" He widens his eyes open. 

"You should have just asked me politely." He scoffs as he walks on his side of the bed. 

"Calm down! Calm down!" She whispers to herself while taking long breaths. 

He then passes the pillow to her and she places them in the middle of the bed vertically. 

"That is your side!" She points to his side. 

"And this is mine." She points at herself. 

"No one will cross this line!" She refers to the extra pillows placed vertically.

"Whoever crosses the line will be called an Ass." She points at him. 

"Why are you pointing towards me?" He sleeps on his side of the bed. 

"Ass will be called an Ass only." She whispers as she chuckles.

"I heard it." He scowls.

"Everyone listens too much these days." She scoffs. 

He ignores them as he faces his back on Laura's side to sleep. 

"I wanna say something." She sleeps on her side and faces to his side. 

He turns his face to her side and glances at her.

"You wanna go back to your job?" He guesses. 

She cocks up her eyebrows, "How do you know I was about to say that?" She furiously asked. 

"It was my lucky guess!" He scoffs as he turns off the lights in the room.

"Turn on! Turn on! Turn on, the lights!" She screams in panic as she sits up in a hurry. 

He turns on the light as he sits up in panic hearing her scream. 

"Are you okay?" He asks nervously.

She starts to take deep breaths, "When the lights go off I start suffocating." 

"I know you didn't wanna marry me but please don't give me these lame excuses to trouble me." He scoffs as he turns his face on the other side to sleep. 

He then turns off the light. 

"Turn on! Turn on, the lights." She screams in panic again. 

Ace ignores her as he closes his eyes to sleep. She tries to control herself by taking deep breaths because she knows that Ace will not turn on the lights. Then slowly she looks here and there as she tries to go to sleep while chanting the name of God.

One hand is tied with handcuffs and the other she puts under the pillow and grabs the nail cutter. It was already 4:00 am but Laura wasn't able to sleep because the lights were turned off. She widens her eyes as every minute she tries to see here and there.  

It was 4:30 am and by then she was so exhausted that her eyes shut down automatically but she also tried to open them every few minutes. On the other side, Ace opened his eyes suddenly and took out the phone from his pocket. It was Laura's phone.

He turns towards Laura and sees her eyes closed so he tries to lean towards her. He places Laura's phone on her side of the bed. After putting the phone on her side as he takes back his hand to his side, Laura opens her eyes. She was already scared as the lights were turned off and she was exhausted from lack of sleep, she sensed the danger on her side so she put out the nail cutter's knife and stabbed the knife at his arm. 

“Don't hurt me! Don't hurt me!” She screams as she stabs him.

He started bleeding as soon as she stabbed the knife.

“Ahhh!” He screams in pain.

He turned on the lights and saw Laura gasping as she held the nail cutter knife in her arm.

Laura realizes what she has done when she sees Ace bleeding heavily.

“I am sorry! I am sorry! ” She trembles panicking.

“I told you to turn on the lights as I feel suffocated with lights off.” She gasps scaredly.

He grabs her arm angrily as he harshly pulls her towards him.

To be continued...