Ariana's p.o.v
"Thank you, Shadrach." I whispered mockingly.
"For what?" He asked while he focused on the road ahead as he drove.
"For ruining my evening." I answered angrily.
"Ariana, by now you should know the rules, you can't befriend any male, Brandon would kill me if you did." He said seriously.
It was always about the old man, he didn't even f*****g care.
"Oh come on, it was just one dance, its normal for someone to want to dance with me, he wasn't even clingy, he was a few meters away!" I yelled while lifting my hands up.
"You call grabbing your waist and ass not clingy?. The man was busy rubbing his skin on yours, I left you for just a second and he was all over you, do you know what will happen to me when Brandon finds out?" He asked loudly.
"He won't kill you! And what's wrong with you. It's not like you don't touch my body as well when we dance." I yelled angrily then gasped when he stepped on the brakes and faced me.
"Look Ari, I am very different from all the guys that approach you." He said as I laughed mockingly.
"How?" I asked seriously.
"Just know that I'm different, and just so you should know, Brandon has eyes and ears everywhere, just because he acts as if he knows nothing it doesn't mean he doesn't." He said then started the car.
I stared at him for a few minutes, what the hell did he mean by that?. Quite alright Brandon was rich, he was a successful business man, but that didn't mean he had ears and eyes everywhere, even if he did, why would he monitor us like he had nothing important to do, all we were doing was having fun.
"Ariana, everything I do is for your own good, don't you trust me?" He asked softly then held my hand gently, giving it a slight squeeze.
I sighed lowly feeling defeated, although he was annoying at times, he had never done anything that I disliked.
"I do Shadrach, and you know that." I answered softly.
"Then listen to me when I talk, next time I leave you alone, even for a second, don't get close to any man, please, for my sake as well as yours." He said.
I nodded then pulled my hand away, why was everyone so scared of Brandon?. He was just a rich man with a cold attitude, it's not like he was dangerous.
"We are finally back home." Shadrach whispered snapping me out of my thoughts.
I slowly opened the door and stepped out of the car, I closed the door and waited for him to do the same, when he did, we walked side by side into the house.
"Tomorrow, how about going for shopping?" I asked as he chuckled loudly.
"Ari, aren't the clothes you have enough?" He asked.
I was about to call him a dummy when I stopped walking.
Brandon was standing on the stairs with an envelope in his hands, my heart was beating very fast as I looked at him carefully.
He was in a white shirt, his first three buttons were unbuttoned. I swallowed hard admiring his collar bone and how his hand moved in his hair, he looked way handsome and somehow colder than usual.
"Master, welcome." Shadrach said with a quick bow.
I stood there like a statue not knowing what to do, my mind was going through a lot of approaches I could use.
'Hi, Brandon!'
'Yo Brandon!'
'Welcome master,'
'Hey, sexy'
'Hey hot stuff'
'Wow you hot, you might be my sweet nightmare.'
'How about you and I hit the f*****g bedroom?'
Gosh! I was thinking about a lot of things to say in just a minute.
"Yo Brandon! Welcome sexy, Wow you hot, you might be my sweet nightmare, How about you and I hit the f*****g bedroom?" I blurted the words out then covered my mouth with my hand quickly.
Shadrach was looking at me with a shocked face while Brandon was looking at me in a bored way.
Brandon tore the envelope and removed pictures from it, he then threw them near our feet, I slowly knelt down and picked up a few, the first picture was of Shadrach feeding me Ice cream at a takeaway we went, the next one was Shadrach holding my hand, but what got my attention was the third picture, it was of me and that man I was dancing with a few hours ago, his hands were on my ass and I was smiling like a fool in it.
Shadrach picked up all of them and went through quickly
"Master I... I... I.." He stammered.
I dropped the pictures down and stood up.
"We went for fun, is there a problem?" I asked loudly as Shadrach held my hand tightly, when I looked at him he shook his head slightly.
Why the hell was he stopping me from talking?. This man had no right to capture our every move, that was an invasion of privacy.
"Master, please forgive me, I was the one that was misleading her." He said as I angrily pulled my hand away and looked at Brandon who was looking at Shadrach with a raised brow, he was acting all high and mighty and I hated that.
"He wasn't misleading me, if he was, then I was letting him, Shadrach has done nothing wrong, the one who has done something wrong here is you, how dare you send some sicko to spy on us?. You have no right to do that! What Shadrach and I do privately shouldn't be shown to you!" I said loudly with emphasis.
"Ariana stop." Shadrach warned in a low breath.
Brandon slowly walked downstairs and stood in front of me, his height and body were so intimidating, it scared me a little, I had never seen him this up close, he looked very handsome and smelt heavenly.
He looked at me from head to toe then shifted his gaze at Shadrach.
"You have exactly an hour to pack your things and leave my house." He said in a deep husky voice.
Shadrach fell on his knees, shocking me with his actions.
"I'm very sorry master, I really am, I am at fault, I know I shouldn't have touched her, or even let that guy get close to her, please don't kick me out, I belong here, this place is the only home I have, I'm begging you." he screamed with a panicked voice.
I watched speechlessly not knowing what to say, was he serious?. Shadrach was like a brother to me, whatever he did he had Brandon's good will in mind, was I the cause of everything!, But how?. Was it because I let that man touch me? . Why did he hate it when someone touched me?. Was it because I was part of his property?. Was I a prized metal that he decided to keep for fun?. Whatever the reason was, I knew I was the cause of everything, and Shadrach didn't deserve such a punishment, I slowly went down on my knees too.
"Master, it was all my fault, Shadrach had nothing to do with anything, I was the one that let that man touch me, Shadrach wasn't around, and most times when we go out, I force him to do stuff like feeding and holding my hand, please punish me in his place." I whispered while praying silently, I really wanted Shadrach to stay.
"Very well, you will take his place." He said as I looked at him in surprise.
"Get up and come with me." He instructed as I did.
I gave a quick smile to Shadrach then followed master upstairs to his bedroom, when he pushed the door open and stepped in, I stood nervously still, never had I ever walked into his bedroom before.
"Come in." He ordered strongly.
I quickly walked in then shut the door behind me.
I wanted to look around but I couldn't, my eyes were fixed on Brandon who was looking at me seriously.
"Take off your clothes and shoes." He demanded as I frowned deeply while convincing myself that my ears were playing tricks on me.
"I hate repeating myself, I said, f*****g strip." He said while unbuckling his belt.