OWNED IN THE DARK
After losing both her parents at a tender age, Ciara experiences coldness despite having her best friend Carlista whose parents chose to raise her, she faces several oppositions from extended family and even outside pressure as a result of her inherited wealth; she falls in love with her best friend's brother who refuses to acknowledge their relationship to the public.
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Chapter 2
CIARA
"You are pregnant."
"I beg your pardon?"
"You're pregnant, Miss."
"How could I possibly be pregnant? I'm on the pill, and I take the morning-after pill every time despite my IUD. There is no way those test results are accurate."
The doctor stares at me for a while "Do you have your pills with you?"
"Yes, I do, Doctor Richard."
"Let me see it." I hand it over, and he checks the tablets.
He stays quiet for a while before clearing his throat "I'm sorry, Miss Ciara, but these are just vitamins."
There's a sudden ringing in my head as I stare at him in shock.
No way. All along, I'd suspected Matthew had messed with my things. But to get me pregnant just for me to stay with him? Who on earth does this?
I swallow and shift uncomfortably in my seat. "I want an abortion."
Doctor Richard stares at me "Are you sure Miss Ciara? Why not take some time to think about it?"
I shake my head "No...I want an abortion right now. I will not stay one more hour knowing I'm still pregnant with this child."
He nods. "Okay then. A nurse will escort you to a ward and prepare you for the surgery. Do you have any questions?"
"No."
"Would you like to know how far along you are?"
"No I won't."
The nurse takes me to the ward where I'm changed while I lie down and stare at the hospital walls and
ceilings.
I sent Calista a message, "Babes, I need to stay with you for some weeks. I'm a bit down."
A second later, her response comes in "Tell me where you're at, and I'd come get you right now." I smile sadly as tears fall from my eyes "I'd come by myself, Calista, no worries, love you."
"Love you more, darling."
I stare into nothing as I try to stop my tears...I'm an only child with absent parents, and I should welcome this child openly, but I completely refuse to be manipulated and controlled in this manner.
I stand slowly and walk away from the hospital, taking a cab to the beach, where I stay, reflecting on things in the breeze.
As an orphan, the closest I've got to family is Calista; she became my friend at the early age of six after I lost my parents. Her mother practically adopted me, but Mathew never agreed to them adopting me legally, so I stayed with them all my life as a guest.
I avoided him like the plague despite my crazy crush on him, until one day after my nineteenth birthday.
I had just returned from hanging out, Calista stayed back with Chad her date while I returned home early.
Matthew was apparently in a very bad mood. I should have simply walked away, but I couldn't; my heart ached as I watched him light up cigarette after cigarette pacing the pool, and so I went to him
"Matthew, are you okay?"
He eyes me from head to toe and then pours himself a bottle of gin, ignoring me totally.
"You know, talking to me could make you feel much better."
He scoffs and then smirks "The only way you can make me feel better is if I'm balls deep inside you"
There's a stunned silence as I stare at him in shock; I've always made sure to stay out of his way, never crossing paths with him " Who's stopping you, Mathew?"
For the first time since I've known him, he looked lost and confused. He clears his throat "You should leave now."
Looking back now, maybe I should have walked away, but I was so in love with him that I just wanted my turn with him even once. I moved even closer to him, then removed the very flimsy gown I had on, then removed my bra as my breasts spilt free, and he groaned as he hardened in his briefs
"You really should go, little girl...it's for your own good."
I scoff then walk up to him "What is it about me that even reminds you of a little girl? Tell me you don't like what you see, I dare you."
He stares but backs away " I need you to leave now Ciara"
I ignore him and face him squarely as I remove the glass of scotch with him and place his palms on my breasts, palming and squeezing with his hands as he groans but still tries to walk away so I hold his cock through his briefs and he screams "Fuck...I gave you time to walk away, you didn't."
I ignore him and kneel before him, removing his cock from his briefs as I lick him up sloppily, I play with his sac a bit more before I bulb my head down his massive cock as he grunts then pulls me up and kisses me, he carries me via the back door and takes me to his room as he bounces me into his bed and comes down on me, using his mouth on my pussy lip as I squirm in pleasure but he doesn't stop there, he torments me with his fingers before finally lining himself at my entrance as I go still "Oh..Ciara, there is no backing out after this."
I should have warned him, he was my first but I'm so distracted until he slams into me I lose my sense of presence and scream in pain "Fuck...why didn't you tell me you were a virgin Ciara?"
Tears pull at my eyes, and he pauses as he dries my tears "Should I stop Ciara?"
"No.. don't stop"
"Thank you for letting me be your first, I'd be your last." He slams back in, pulls out, repeats the motion, but after a while, it begins to feel so good my fingers claw at his back
"You're so tight, and you feel so good" He groans
"You're so big, Mathew, you feel so good...faster"
And so he dives even faster into me and for a moment it feels like my vagina might snap into two but it doesn't as my orgasm catches on and he cums, grunting and brutally drilling into me.
"There's no going back after this, Ciara." I should have listened to him, believed him, but I was lost in my stolen moments with him as he began coming to me every day after that day. I made sure Calista or anyone else didn't find out.
"Why on earth did you get an IUD, Ciara?"
"Because I'm not ready to become anyone's mother. I'm still a child myself."
"Come on, Cici, we've only been together for days, and the first thing you get is an IUD? If you get pregnant, I'd take care of both you and the baby."
I scoff "Dream on Matthew..I'm not removing this IUD. I'd rather have us go our separate ways instead."
"Whoa! Woah! Calm down, Ciara. Alright,t I'm fine with it if it's what you want.
My phone rings, bringing me out of my reverie as Calista's voice comes through "What's keeping you, Ciara? I'm on my way now."
I leave the beach and go to her family home because he lives alone and he never goes there. But as I step through the door and laugh while hugging Calista, I find Mathew staring at me from across the room.
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8.9
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"If you don't get on your knees and spread your legs for him, I will tell the hospital to pull your father's plug."
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My own family had plotted to murder my father and sell me to the highest bidder. The betrayal shattered every ounce of sanity I had left.
I didn't cry or beg them anymore.
Instead, I pulled out a water-stained, gold-embossed business card.
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