The CEO's Painted Skin

A moment later, she exited the bathroom, fully dressed, feeling relax and rejuvenated. She grabs the remote control and hops into the bed turning on the TV.

Wtf? She was stunned, the TV was showing lewd scenes, even if she changed channels they were displaying the same thing, porn shows, couple having intimate moments together, engaging in sexual activities.

Aargh! She turns off the television. She has no time watching those kinds of shows right now, what she wanted is to come up with a good plan to escape.

She was pacing back and forth inside the room.

No weapon can be found inside, except...

What about the fork and spoon? She can use them as a weapon, right?

Crap! She was so dumb! She should have not returned the fork and spoon, she can use those utensils to defend herself during moments of danger and stab whoever enters the door.

Sigh.

How can she be so stupid!

Why she was not able to think about it earlier while she was eating?

Worry not... there will be next meal to come, said the tiny voice inside her head.

She felt relieved a bit.

Since there was nothing to do inside the room, she lies down on the bed and closed her eyes thinking of baby Angel and Dana.

Where is baby Angel right now? Where did they take her baby and Dana? She tried to block the negative thoughts from entering her mind. She can't continue thinking of those horrific thoughts, they were killing her inside, tormenting her. It's so painful thinking about what happened to her newborn baby.

Please God, keep my baby Angel safe, I begged you!

Please God, keep my baby Angel safe, I begged you!

Please God, keep my baby Angel safe, I begged you!

In the next two hours, she was repeating the same prayer in her mind, her face was already drenched with tears. Her baby was the only thing she can think of during those moments. For a captive mother like her, not knowing where the abductors bring her baby and she was being kept in the dark all the time, it was a tormenting feeling already, she felt so heartbroken inside, she was experiencing all kinds of intense emotions such fear, worries, torment and anguish squeezing her heart.

She blamed herself completely because she was not able to save her baby and shelter the infant from danger. She failed as a mother to protect her infant daughter. She was useless, hopeless and helpless.

She let the tears flow freely from her face, she needs to allow herself to grieve because tomorrow she no longer knew what lies ahead for her.

She could be dead by tomorrow since they can do anything with her.

It's frightening to know that her abductors were able to keep her hidden from authorities for almost a year now.

Her husband failed to rescue her, so sad, but she can't blame him, he must have gone crazy thinking where her captors had hidden her, those guys in the black mask were very smart and left no traces behind. She doesn't want to believe that her husband had already forgotten about her or already given up on finding her, 'coz if she starts thinking that way she will ultimately lose the will to carry on living and surviving.

She released a deep sigh, her chest was getting heavier with anguish and feeling of hopelessness.

She wiped the tears from her eyes.

Now that she was taken into this room, she already had a conclusion that her captor was probably a sick psycho guy. She was expecting to see him anytime soon, and he will come for the thing that she was fearing the most to happen, but she wonders why it takes him so long to claim her? Because she was pregnant way back then? Was that the reason?

Maybe yes or maybe not...

The only way to know the real reason behind her captivity is to see this person face to face.

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~Quezon City~

The woman was mixing cocktail drinks in the minibar of her residence. All types of wine glasses were displayed in the cupboard, she loves collecting wine glasses of all types and sizes from all parts of the world that she visited.

She was excited because tonight he will visit her residence!

She misses him so much!

He'd been gone for a year touring Europe and other Asian cities to do rounds on his businesses outside the country.

She will give him a surprise!

A surprise that he will surely like!

What would he feel if she finally presented to him the woman of his dream? And he can do everything including his wildest fantasy with her!

He would be truly delighted if he will discover her gift for him!

He will be happy, excited and he will appreciate all her effort in securing the woman of his dream.

She works so hard to make her plan a success!

She wanted to see him happy for once in his life. He's been submerged in the river of his misery for a long time. It's about time he will be rewarded with the warmth of the woman he desired so much.

All of a sudden, the door to the minibar opened.

Entered a man in his late 30's, wearing a black tuxedo, his clean-shaven face was devoid of emotion, he was good looking with a mysterious aura around him.

"Brother! Here you are! You finally arrived, have a seat!" she pointed on the stool chair. "What do you like... Pinot Noir... Merlot... or Cabernet Sauvignon wine?" she asked.

He sat on the chair and looked at the woman smiling at her, he gave her a nonchalant response. "Merlot...."

The woman pouted... he was always cold and aloof... never mind... she poured a hefty red wine on his glass.

He brought the glass to his lips devouring the wine in one go. "Pour some more," he ordered.

"Sure," she smiled fondly at him.

He looked at her face intently. "So, tell me, where is this gift you had told me about that can make me happy? Where is it?" he asked looking interested.

"I got the woman in your fantasy!"

"Huh...?" His brows furrowed and his frown deepens.

The woman put her tablet on the bar counter and a video was already playing, showing a woman lying on the queen size bed inside a bedroom. "Tadaaaa... look at her... you remember her, Mr. X?"

He blinked twice upon seeing the all too familiar face. He closed his eyes and breathed deeply. "Where is she right now?"

"I kept her hidden in the basement of one of my properties, don't worry the area is secured, I have my men watching the property 24/7. You can do anything with her, she's all yours!" she beamed at him, feeling proud of herself.

Mr. X. was speechless for a moment, watching intently at the woman's face in the video. He does remember her, he was infatuated with her since two years ago. He had her photos inside his bedroom and in his office. But the moment he discovered that she already had a boyfriend, and later on she got engaged and married and give birth to her son... he already let her go. He does hire men to trail her from afar until she got married, but that's all there is to it, he never knew that Allison will go this far to abduct Catherine just to please him.

"She's waiting for you, Mr. X," Allison said with her all too knowing smile.

"Since when did you abduct her?" his eyes boring into hers like a hawk.