Uncovered - Volume 1 Chapter 20

[Terri’s POV]

No words could describe the way I felt at that moment. My heart was pounding so hard that I thought it would going to beat out of my chest. The man in front of me, Jace, was very intimidating and I still haven’t recovered from the previous events. I could still feel his touch, hot, against my skin. I hate the effect he had on me. I slowly glanced at him to see that he was preparing some stuff and then bit my lips, looking down at the clothes I was wearing. He said to take them off.

“Come on, hurry. I don’t have all afternoon, I have things to do”, He said sternly without looking at me and I nodded, even though I knew he couldn’t see me. I started by taking off the black thin leggings I was wearing and slide them down my legs, taking them completely off and leaving my legs exposed. I gulped and unzipped the dress I was wearing.

Jace suddenly looked over his shoulder at me his expression unreadable, making me stop what I was doing. His eyes scanned over my legs and then looked army flushed face before turning back. I let out a deep breath and took off the last piece of clothing I was wearing, so now I was only in my black lacy underwear and matching bra.

I put my arms over my torso, trying to cover as much as I could and lowered my head as I started walking towards Jace’s direction. I knew that my body was still covered with bruises that Correy’s men left on my body and I don’t want Jace to see them. I stopped in front of him and heard him clear his throat which instantly made me looked at his face. He was smirking slightly as he took in my appearance and shook his head.

” You know… I am afraid you will have to take off those, too”, He said, pointing at my bra and underwear and my eyes widened in shock.

What? I am not doing that. No, absolutely no.

His expressions remained serious, which meant he wasn’t not joking when he said that. He was dead serious.

“There’s’no way I am doing that. I won’t” I protested, my voice coming out high pitched. He raised his eyebrow and started walking around me, tapping his chin with his pointer finger.

“We had a deal, which, unfortunately, you can’t break, so suggest you do as I say”, He told me, finally stopping in front of me. He had a frown on his face and his eyes were looking down at me intensely. He had seen the marks on my body, but he wasn’t saying anything.

” You didn’t tell me about this”, I said calmly.

“I think I was clear when I said that I wanted a model”.

” Yes, but you didn’t mention that I would do it without wearing anything”, I almost yelled.

“Did I, now”, He smirked, pissing off even more. I was angry and I am sure he could see that but for a weird reason, my attitude amused him. I could see it in his eyes, they sparkled.

” You bastard. You are crazy. You pervert”, I shouted in his face and raised my hand in the air ready to slap him across his face, but before my palm could make contact with his cheek, my wrist was caught in his big hand. He pulled me closer to the point where his face was inches away from mine and slowly and painfully started applying pressure to my wrist, lowering my arm down. I yelped in pain.

“Don’t try that again. Now. Take. It. Off.” He said, pointing at my bra. I rubbed my injured wrist with my hand, trying to smoother the pain and looked at him through my lashes with hatred. Despite what I did, I couldn’t go against him, not when he had a deal.

I still couldn’t believe he did that, he had a twisted mind, I should have listened to Agnes when she said to be careful. Now here I was. I turned around and unhooked my bra, letting it fall down and quickly put my arms over my b.r.e.a.s.t. I was shaking and I could feel the sweat forming on my forehead.

“Keep your underwear on… for now”, He said and pointed out on the white sofa for me to go and sit. I approached and sat down uncomfortably, trying to cover the parts that needed to be covered. His eyes were watching my every movement carefully and suddenly he walked towards me. I sniffed and sucked in a breath, waiting, for what was going to follow.

” Relax, will you? I won’t try anything”, He said in attempts to make me feel comfortable, but that was something I couldn’t do right now. He touched my shoulder and I flinched slightly at the sudden contact. He pushed my body back so that I was lying on the sofa and took a red silk sheet which was folded on the corner and opened it, putting it over my body, making sure that I didn’t cover much. He took one of my legs and put it up on the sofa and let the overhanging off it. He was being quite gentle with his actions and surprised me. His hand trailed up my neck, making goosebumps appear on the surface of my skin and then took my hair and placed it over my right shoulder. My arms were still folded over my chest, though.

“Put down your hands. Don’t make this difficult”, He said sounding tired and I don’t know why, but I actually listened to him. Even though he couldn’t be trusted something inside me told me that he would keep his word a d not touch me, so I let him do what he wanted. I took my one arm and place it over my head and let the other touched the floor as he did with my leg. I could feel my cheeks burning and I sure I had turned red. I had no shield and nothing to cover me now from him. He took a step back, observing me and when he was pleased with the way I was positioned, he walked behind the huge canvas.