Chapter 223: Welcomed by a Monster

I should head back. It’s too late in the night now and Hayden is probably sleeping. If I knock on his door now, I’d just disturb him and wake him up from his slumber. So many reasons ran through my mind as I stood there in front of his door in silence without moving. My body wouldn’t move as my fear started taking over.

Suddenly, all I wanted to do was walk away from the door and head back to the safety and sanctuary of my own bedroom.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Deep down, I knew that all those reasons that my mind was conjuring up were nothing more than convenient excuses for me to head back so that I wouldn’t have to face Hayden right now. The truth was that I was scared.

While I stood there rooted to the spot, to my utmost disbelief, the large door behind me creaked opened and light shone into the dark hallway. It seemed like my choice was just made for me. My body froze in place in shock as more light shone into the dark hallway. Slowly, I managed to move my body and turned my neck around towards the opened door.

A dark shadowy silhouette stood in the doorway.

"There’s only one reason a woman would visit a man’s room this late at night…" a cold chilly voice spoke.

Suddenly, it felt like I was trapped into a horror movie and had come face to face with a beast in a haunted mansion. I wanted to run for my life, but my feet felt like they were glued firmly to the floor. For the life of me, I couldn’t move, and the shadowy figure took a step and then another step closer to me.

I’m going to be devoured. He’s going to eat me alive!

I closed my eyes tightly as small, frightened cries escaped my lips. My hands shook madly before I used them to cover my ears. The monster came to stand right in front of me and its hand reached out to grab my wrist. Suddenly, I was yanked forcefully through the doorway into the light of the room beyond.

Needlessly to say, I screamed so loudly that on later reflection, I was convinced that I must have woken up some staff in that large mansion.

"Why are you screaming?" Hayden asked as he stared down at me with a look of pure annoyance on his face.

"Because you scared me! Isn’t that obvious…" I wailed.

"You’re not making any sense. You came to my room, so I opened the door for you," Hayden said as he shook his head from side to side.

His eyes looked at me with an incredulous look on his face as if he couldn’t quite grasp the ridiculousness of this situation.

"That was so scary. You appeared in the doorway like some shadowy figure. I honestly thought you were a monster and then you spoke in such a low voice…" I continued wailing and complaining as I plopped myself down onto his sofa.

"Hmm…" Hayden made a sound as he looked at me with dispassionate eyes.

"Then the monster turned out to be you and it was basically the same thing…" I said in shock as my eyes grew even wider.

A shadow loomed over me, suddenly blocking out the light from above my head. Instinctively, I glanced up to find Hayden’s face looking down at me from a very close distance. He’s so close…

"Hayden!" I cried out his name in shock as I scooted back further into the sofa.

His blue eyes narrowed at me, and I felt a chill run up my spine.

"So, why is a little princess like yourself visiting a monster so late at night?" Hayden asked.

My eyes drifted down from his face to his naked chest and then the wonderfully formed muscles of his stomach. That was the first time that I realized that Hayden was half naked. My eyes snapped back up to his face as it widened, and I felt heat rush up into my face. I was speechless and couldn’t come up with reply to his question.

All the preparation that I did during my trip here to his room all flew out the window as my tongue tied into a knot.

"No reply?" Hayden said before he smirked at me.

A few seconds of silence passed by as Hayden’s clear blue eyes stared deeply into mine. My throat and lips felt extremely dry, and my chest tightened. Hayden smiled sweetly at me, and I knew that there was something hidden behind that smile of his. His hand reached out and grabbed my body so fast that I didn’t even have time to cry out.

"Wait! Put me down…please…Hayden!" I cried out when I finally found my voice.

"Stop struggling…it’s pointless," Hayden said without any empathy.

I continued kicking my leg as he carried me over his shoulder and headed for his bedroom.

"Wait…where do you think you’re taking me?" I protested loudly as my hand slapped his back.

"To the bed, where else? Isn’t that what you’re here for?" Hayden replied as we entered his bedroom.

’There’s only one reason a woman would visit a man’s room this late at night…’ his chilling words came back to me.

No. He’s getting this all wrong!

"Wait! It’s not like that…" I tried to explain.

The next moment, my breath was knocked out of me when he threw me onto his bed. I felt the softness of the mattress against my back before my body bounced a little on it from the impact of Hayden dumping me down onto his bed.

"Hayden, wait…" I pleaded.

Hayden got on the bed and slithered up right next to me. He’s so close that we were almost touching. I could feel his eyes travelling down the length of my body and I started to feel very nervous and aware of his presence so close to me.

"You were saying?" Hayden asked as he whispered seductively close to my ear.

--To be continued…