Chapter 16 - Falling for you will do us no good

Brittany's POV

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I've been ignoring Cole for like two weeks now.

It's not like he even tried to talk to me...

The only thing that kept me entertained was writing songs.

Before I was sold as a pet, I used to love music. Don't get me wrong, I still love music but I really didn't have the chance to write songs or even sing. But now I had the chance to do all that now that Cole hardly came to his room.

He didn't let me hang out with my friends so all I did was sit by the window and write songs.

I'd always thought of asking Cole to take me to his office so I could watch TV but seeing Cole always made all my  courage vanish.

It was evening now and I was writing another song on a piece of paper.

I had written five songs now... I just had to find the perfect tune for them.

I always hid my papers in an empty box I found in the closet when I was trying out my outfits, that time, I was bored out of my mind.

Getting the paper wasn't my problem, Cole had a lot of them.

Did I forget to add that Cole has been locking me in the room any time he isn't there?

Yeah, he's been doing that too. He doesn't trust me enough to leave the door open.

When I was done with writing my song, I hid it in the box and kept the box safely...  I also made sure that none of my papers were lingering around because Cole's a lowkey neat freak.

Almost immediately after I was done cleaning everywhere up, Cole came in.

I silently walked to the sofa and sat, careful not to make the slightest noise.

I continued singing songs in my head to distract myself while Cole was busy doing whatever he was doing.

The sofa dipped. I froze instantly.

"Britt," Cole said.

"Y- yes Master". I stuttered.

"I've told you that I didn't mean what I said to you. I didn't mean it, I promise. I said it out of anger-"

"But it's the truth. I forgot my place. I forgot that I was a pet-"

"I'm sorry. I'm really-"

"You shouldn't tell me sorry Master,"

"Don't call me Master". He growled.

I looked away.

"Brittany, look at me". He said.

Out of fear, I slowly look up at him. Even when sitting, he was obviously taller than me.

"I'm sorry. I know I shouldn't have said all those things. Please stop acting like this around me. I want the real Brittany back".

I smirked at what he said.

He didn't know me. He didn't know the real Brittany.

The real Brittany was a confident girl that didn't give a damn about what people think about her.

All that changed the moment my dad decided to remarry when I was ten.

I was like my mom... At least that was what my dad told me.

"The real Brittany?" I snickered. "You don't know the real Brittany. She's been gone for a long time and I don't think she's ever going to come back".

He looked confused but I wasn't going to explain further.

"What do you mean?" He asked, furrowing his eyebrows.

I wasn't going to reply so I ignored him.

He sighed.

For some reason, that sigh made me feel kind of guilty.

"Master, please don't apologize to me. I'm not angry, I'm just acting as a pet should". I said in my sweetest voice.

"Stop being so difficult. I'm trying to make amends. I'm truly sorry Britt,".

I couldn't pretend anymore. I let my emotions out.

"Do you know how it hurts to be reminded that you're nothing but a pet? A pet with no value whatsoever? Do you know how it hurts to-" I was interrupted by my sobs.

I let the tears that I'd been holding in for long fall.

It hurt like hell. It hurts to know that your life changed from something to nothing. It hurts to be reminded about that just when you begin to think you are better than nothing -

Cole cupped my face in his large hands.

I let all the tears fall. I've been trying so hard to keep them in for weeks...

"I'm really sorry Britt, really sorry". He said.

Wiping my tears with his thumb, he stared deep into my eyes like he could read me inside out, his blue eyes burning into my soul.

"I'm not angry with you Cole, really. I'm just upset with my life". I said convincingly, maintaining eye contact with him.

For an unknown reason, my eyes travelled down to his lips. When I realized that dirty thoughts were forming in my head, my face heated up.

Cole gave a knowing smirk but then the atmosphere got tense again.

As if he had read my mind, Cole pressed his lips on mine, closing the gap between us.

I froze.

He wrapped his arms around my waist and neck, pulling me closer to him to deepen the kiss. I didn't hesitate as I kissed him back, even though I was a little bit inexperienced.

He ran his tongue on my bottom lip, asking for entrance which I didn't deny him of for some weird reason.

The kiss was slow and delicate.

Getting caught in the moment, my hand found it's way to the back of his head and tugged on his hair gently.

After some minutes, I pulled away breathlessly.

All these days, I was in a stage of self denial, not wanting to admit to myself that I had feelings for Cole, my master, because it was unheard of.

The kiss we shared just surfaced the feelings and the feeling was stronger.

I was supposed to feel regret after the kiss, but the feelings I denied came back stronger instead.

Cole, on the other hand, seemed to regret it. He didn't even make an effort in hiding the regret that was so evident in his expression.

Maybe I shouldn't feel for him.

I thought.

"I'm sorry". He said one last time before leaving the room.

I wanted to call him back and yell that I had forgiven him. I wanted him to kiss me again without regretting it but he was gone before I knew it.

After some minutes, I went into the closet and picked out my PJs.

I knew that Cole wasn't going to come back so I changed my clothes in the room before crawling into Cole's bed.

I wasn't going to sleep, I wanted to think about my life.

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Cole's POV

I shouldn't have kissed her.

The kiss brought a feeling... An abominable one.

I just couldn't stay away from her. I wanted to be where she was. Seeing her happy also made happy. Seeing her sad made me feel guilty, especially if the person that made her sad was me.

I was falling for Brittany.

But I couldn't be with her no matter how badly I wanted to. So the only solution to this was to get rid of the foreign feelings.

I walked into my office and sprung on the couch after locking the door behind me.

I'd been staying there for more than a week now so I could as well call this place my second room.

I'm so sorry Britt, but falling for you will do us no good.

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A/N: Hey beautiful people 😊

They finally passed the stage of self denial 😀

What about the kiss?

I know I suck at kiss scenes, it's not my fault though. I hope you enjoyed this chapter even if it kinda sucks.

So... How about we start shipping their names *smirk

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