Damian's rose novel Chapter 14

Authors pov

He knew this night was going to be so hard for him in more ways than one...

They walked outside towards his car and he told jack to come in another car as he wanted to stay alone with his little bodyguard...

Damian took the keys from jack and gestured rose to sit in the front passenger seat...

He started driving, both of them was quite, Damian glanced at her but she was looking out of the window staring at the deserted road like they were more interesting than him...

"Who is Jackson?..."

He suddenly asked making their awkward silent ride more awkward...

She looked at him and answered...

"Friend..."

"Just friend ?..."

He asked giving her a quick look...

She wanted to reply him that 'it's none of your business' with some sass but controlled herself, she can't talk to her boss in that tone, she reminds herself that he is Damian and not jack or Jackson...

"Yess... Just friend..."

She replied averting her eyes from his arrogant face to window....

He hummed in response while stopping his car in front of the club, his men who was following him in other cars along with jack also stopped their cars behind his...

He got out of the car and held his hand for Rose to take, she took his hand and they walked inside, Damian quickly wrapped his arm around her waist when he got the chance, his other men was following closely behind him...

They head towards the vip room where all his partners were already waiting for him to arrive, Rose looked at the room filled with men in black suit, some of them were already smoking and drinking while some of them were sitting there with girls on their laps like pets...

She ignored the uneasy feeling she got after entering the room...

Everyone stood up when Damian entered the room and greeted him with respect and fear...

He sat on a big leather chair like a king which was more like a throne and Rose was about to sit on the chair next to him but he caught her wrist and made her sit on his lap, she looked at him confused trying to get up but he wrapped his one arm around her waist and another one on her bare thighs locking her in his lap...

"Don't move, stay like this until we finish this deal..."

He ordered her, whispering darkly in her ear while inhaling her divine scent...

She nodded hesitantly and adjusted herself on his lap keeping her hands in her lap...

They started the meeting, talking about the contracts and conditions...

Damian noticed the lustful gaze men threw at Rose and his grip on her thighs slightly tightened unknowingly, Rose stiffened when the cold metal of his rings touched her bare back, it was very uncomfortable for her to sit on her boss's lap that too in very short dress, while his addictive manly cologne was engulfing her senses, she looked at him from the corner of her eyes but he was focused on the discussion, she composed herself and decided to focus on his surroundings, she saw that other girls were also sitting on other men laps, some of them were looking happy but some of them were sitting there scared, Rose noticed some blue and purple marks on their bodies and looked at Damian confused...

Damian noticed her confused face...

"What happened?..."

He asked while other men were busy in discussions...

"Why are all the girls sitting on men's lap ?"

She asked looking at him, her face was near his cheek, her lips inches away from touching them...

Damian looked at her and realised she definitely had no idea how men treat women in mafia...

"Because they own them..."

He said rubbing his rough thumb on her thigh, feeling her soft skin making her shiver in his hold...

"Own them ? Are they slaves ?..."

She asked curiously...

"Yes, you can say that, some of them are pets, some are submissives and sex slaves... And if they are sitting on their lap it means they are owned and no one can touch them without the permission of their respective owners..."

He explained trying to examine her expressions...

"Are they forced into it ?"

She asked ignoring his touch on her skin...

"Yes, not all but some of them..."

He accepted...

"And you support all this things, even if it's wrong, they are using women as an object that too against their will..."

She asked in a calm voice but inside she was burning in anger...

Damian took in her words, he knew whatever these men are doing is wrong, the woman sitting on their laps are not happy and they don't even bother to stand for themselves because of fear, he never liked it that's why he always wanted a strong willed girl for himself who is capable enough to stand against him...

" No i don't support this but I can't change this either, all these things are happening in mafia for generations now so it is difficult to change them..."

He said not taking his eyes of her face, her face visibly relaxed when he said that atleast he didn't support all these things and he noticed it...

This was the first time she talked to Damian this long and he was happy about it otherwise she always finishes her conversation in short words...

"Why are you so curious about it, it's not like someone can make you his slave..."

He asked curiously...

She looked at him, her expressions turned into cold one...

"I am already a slave..."

She said in her cold voice, diverting her face away from his not bothering to make any kind of eye contact with him...

Damian frowned when she called herself a slave, he gripped her chin and made her look at him, his eyes was confused mixed with anger and jaw clenched...

"How can you be a slave ?"

He asked impatiently...

She held his hand which was gripping her jaw and removed it from her face, strange sparks travelled in both of their body when she held his hand in hers, confusing both of them that is it because they are doing it for the first time or because they knew that it's rare for them to hold each other's hand, she quickly removed her hand from his and he instantly missed her warm touch...

"Yes I am... yours for 6 months and after that Renzo's slave..."

She said without reflecting any kind of emotions in her voice as always...

"I never thought of you as my slave and I will never do that... And about Renzo you can always set yourself free from him, you can fight with him I am sure you are capable enough to do that..."

He said trying to get a reaction from her...

She released a defeated sigh, shaking her head negatively...

"I can't, Renzo is my master, he has trained me... And no matter how much skilled I am I don't stand a chance against him, I am his student and will always remain a student... I know Renzo very well, I have observed him since childhood, he is more capable than he shows himself to the people, I am the strongest from his agency but still I have never won a fight against him, he is scared that one day I will rebel against him and that's why he always shows me that no matter how much powerful I am I can't win against him..."

She explained everything to him...

"What will he do to you if you rebel?..."

He asked pulling her closer to his chest...

"If he can't kill me then he will kill people who are close to me, who helped me if not sooner, then later but he will, he will make sure that I will regret my decision..."

" Is that why you don't get close to anyone or make friends..."

He asked wanting to know more about her situation...

She was about to answer but another manly voice disturbed their conversation, Damian closed his eyes frustratingly and controlled himself from snapping his neck right at this moment...

"What a beauty you have for yourself Mr. Knight..."

He said eyeing Rose up and down...

"Hii I am Johnathan, and you are love?..."

He said with lust filled voice, gawking more at her exposed legs...

Damian's grip on her tightened and he dragged Rose closer to his chest if it's possible, making her side face rest on his hard chest... Rose was taken aback by his sudden actions but didn't say anything...

"Mind your own business Johnathan, she is not available..."

Damian roared grabbing everyone's attention...

"Ohh come on, it's common to share your slaves, you can have mine if you want..."

He said shamelessly pointing towards the girl who was sitting on his lap, her eyes watered when she heard his words...

"I don't share and you are well aware of that so, fuck off..."

He said in threatening voice making everyone gulp in fear, some of them though that Johnathan has lost his mind to talk to Damian like this and some of them were surprised that he was still sitting their alive...

Rose saw the fear in people eyes for Damian and realised that Damian is far more dangerous than she thought he actually is...

But again another thought ran her mind that if he is that powerful then who is trying to harm him, because men here are too scared to even make an eye contact with him...

Johnathan kept quiet after that but he was still shamelessly gawking at Rose while Damian was busy talking to other men, she noticed him and felt angry and awkward but just ignored him thinking he can't do anything because she is sitting on Damian's lap...

Rose saw Damian's tight grip around her and she mentally rolled her eyes at his behavior, she brought her face close to his ear and whispered...

"I need to use the washroom boss..."

Damian gave her an understanding nod and loosened his grip to let her go out of his possessive hold...

Rose walked out of the room, looking for a washroom, the vip areas were not crowded at all as people were screaming and jumping in excitement while dancing in other areas of club, she realised that these Mafia people must have booked all the vip areas...

She found the washroom and did her business, standing in front of mirror she splashed some cold water on her face, her makeup was waterproof so it wasn't a problem for her...

Picking up some tissues she dabbed her face as to not ruin the makeup and turned around to leave but suddenly the door opened and she came face to face with Johnathan. He came in and locked the door behind him which he will realise later that it was his biggest mistake...