♡ GYM BUDS ♡
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♡ MARIAN ♡
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He is a monster.
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That was the only conclusion I could arrive at to keep me sane. That bastard shot at me with no remorse, and he looked like he would do it again without hesitating.
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I shook my head to get rid of the shock. I needed to find something to do with all this free time, or I might die of boredom.
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Martini told me there was a gym in the house. Although I had never been someone who would willingly make myself exercise, I had always had a good figure no matter how much I ate. My sister always told me it was going to catch up to me when I hit my thirties, which seems to be what every active person in my life thinks.
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So, I always knew I had my thirties as a deadline to finally start exercising. But these days, the boredom killing me slowly had me willing to do anything, even start working out before my deadline.
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I asked Martini for gym clothes this morning. I was scared he was going to bring something equivalent to a maternity gown, like all the dresses he had gotten for me since I arrived. But he actually outdid himself, he got me a decent pair of leggings.
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I turned in front of the mirror, whistling like a depraved man who had an issue keeping his eyes to himself. If I had a phone right now, I would definitely take a picture of my cute ass.
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My skin was as pale as the sun, my freckles had become visible, and my curls were as frizzy as possible. What else did I need to look like a Renaissance painting?
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I strolled past the weapons room towards the empty hallway that looked like it went on for days. Who built this place and made it so creepy?
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The directions said it was the third door to the right.
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When I opened the door, it only led to a set of stairs that went straight down into the basement. This felt like I was walking toward ultimate death. On a normal day, you wouldn't catch me anywhere near here. I am definitely with the Black character in the horror movies on this one.
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What was I even talking about? This whole house was ultimate death wrapped in a mansion. I descended the stairs, every sense on high alert.
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I opened my mouth in awe when I reached the bottom. Martini called this an indoor gym?
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It was large, way too large for an indoor gym. I glanced around the well-lit and surprisingly ventilated space. I looked around for the simplest thing I could do, the smallest dumbbell perhaps, since I didn't know the first thing about exercising. I wasn't ready to pull a muscle.
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Maybe I should explore the gym today and actually exercise tomorrow?
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Yup, that was a good idea, and I was sticking to it.
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The first thing I got on was the treadmill. I played around with it, pressing some buttons, except the power button, and when I was done, I went to sit on the weight bench. I decided to try lifting just the bar without any weights attached to the ends.
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I groaned. I was exercising after all.
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I was about to stand up when a shadow suddenly towered over me, blocking out the light.
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The sudden shock made the bar fall right back onto my chest. My eyes widened in fear before involuntarily squeezing shut.
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"Is this supposed to be you lifting?" Damien asked, his expression shifting to amusement.
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Okay, his beauty does not excuse his rudeness.
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"Yes. It is," I replied, refusing to back down today. He had crippled me with fear the last time, but that wasn't going to happen today. Not even with his towering figure, his defined muscle outline, or his absolutely ridiculously handsome face.
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Really, the more I saw him, the more I realized I had a type. I just wish he wasn't who he was.
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"Do you know how much that bar alone weighs?" I followed up, trying to tone down my rudeness. I wasn't actually ready to die, after all. Plus, I was still holding onto Martini's word that I would be freed as soon as they found my sister.
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Damien shook his head in disappointment, walking away from me toward the treadmill.
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This guy was carved in God's free time. What, why, and how? How does someone look that good just running on a treadmill? With sweaty skin, nonetheless. I couldn't keep my eyes off his muscles, how they corded with every single movement, and how effortless he looked.
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I seriously needed to drink some water, because dang, I was thirsty.
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I cleared my throat. In order to stop embarrassing myself any further, I grabbed the face towel around my neck to clean up any drool that might have escaped.
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Are you stupid, Marian? This man shot at you.
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I slapped my own cheeks, embarrassed that I had to remind myself this wasn't some young adult romance novel. They kidnapped me. They didn't let me go even after realizing I was the wrong person. They completely disrupted my life.
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"Oh, you done exercising, piccolo?" And how does he get to act like he hadn't shot at me?
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"When will you release me?" I asked.
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He smiled, slowing down the speed of the treadmill.
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Fuck him.
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"You disrupted my life and it is somehow funny to you." I was fuming at this point. Why did he always act like I was some comedy show? "In case you didn't know, I was a good student on the path to becoming a great doctor."
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He didn't answer right away.
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"Where are you going to go, Marian?"
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I ignored how the sound of him calling my name made me feel. "Back to my life."
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He tilted his head, as if studying me. I hated it.
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"You have no life outside this house. It is all in ruins."
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My heart thundered against my ribs as I bit my lip so hard I tasted blood.
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"Let me go back to it then. It is still a thousand times better than the constant fear of being killed by some bipolar lunatic."
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His lips curved upward, as if catching that I was aiming that insult straight at him. And true to his nature, as if he really was bipolar, he laughed. It was a dark, manic kind of laugh that communicated exactly how unfunny this whole situation actually was to him.
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"I like how daring you are," he murmured.
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He stepped closer, towering over me again. "The moment you escape, you will die."
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Did he just threaten me?
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I tried my best to match his nonchalant expression, but I couldn't hold it. Goosebumps rose in hives across my skin. My palms became sweaty and my eyes lost focus.
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"Not by me, though," he added, saying it as if I wasn't even worth killing. "By some random mob your sister had deals with."
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I wasn't ready to ask him what he meant by that. I got the gist.
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I wasn't safe anywhere except here. This prison was somehow my only protection.
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and then Add to home screen.