6 Chapter Six.

I wake up to Raul drawing the curtains. He seemed to be in a good mood.

"What happened. Did you dream with the death of Mother Superior and Father Agustus?" I ask jokingly.

"Yes actually, but also, I will be taking you to work with me today." he replies as he finishes drawing the curtains.

"How come?" I ask standing up. He moves closer to me and touches the tip of my chin. I strongly resist the urge to shut my eyes because of the way his touch makes me feel.

"I want to introduce my wife to be to them."

"You know, you act as if our wedding is tomorrow."

"Actually, it's the day after."

I laugh, thinking it was a joke. Until I realize he wasn't laughing.

"Are you serious?" I ask in utter disbelief.

" I don't joke Iris." he says and leaves.

After a while, it actually hit me what a big decision Raul was going to take without my consent. I barge into his room and find him in a towel

"I will not get married to you. Not this soon. I don't love you... and we are going to spend our whole lives together yet I don't even know you. I don't think I'm ready and there is no way I will let you impose your decision on me..."

Before I could continue ranting, Raul grabbed my arms and pinned me to the wall. By the way his chest was rising and falling I could tell he was really pissed. I looked into his eyes and all I met was anger.

He was twitching and I could tell he was trying to control a burning desire to kill me.

"Now listen to me. Never raise your voice to me again, or it will be the last time you have a voice to raise. I am in charge here and I make all the decisions. You're part of the agreement was to just follow my command. Now listen to me. We are getting married the day after tomorrow and that is final."

He hissed and let me go. I felt a tingy feeling in my arms as blood rushed to the part of my arm where he had held on to. He walked into the shower and I ran to my room.

I sobbed quietly on my pillow. I guess I had gotten to comfortable with the lion I started thinking it was a cat. Elizabeth then walks in.

"Are you okay princess?"

"I guess Raul has just shown me my place. For him I will forever be an instrument. Anyway, I need to get ready for the day. Please help me prepare."

Elizabeth nodded and I went in, took a quick shower, dressed up and Elizabeth applied make up on me. I wasn't absorbed in the dress because my mind was somewhere else. I started to imagine the worst. Especially when I piss him off.

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I went downstairs where I met Wallace and Raul talking. I then felt the aura. Once again I had gotten back to the point of being afraid of him. I started to shiver and once Raul took one step closer to me, I took one step back. He was surprised and grabbed my waist. I was still in shock and didn't react.

He nodded at Wallace then took me to the car.

"What was that all about Iris?" Raul asks me in a cold tone, looking straight into my eyes.

"I.....I.....I....am Soo..... sorry." I reply, fear detectable in my voice.

"What is wrong Iris?"

He was about to move closer to me when I jumped and pressed myself against the door.

"Are you so afraid of me Iris?" he asked, obviously pissed.

"No, I'm not."

He then raised his hand slightly and I quickly defend my face with my hands and say in a shaky voice,

"Please don't hurt me. I'm sorry I'll never do it again, just please don't hurt me."

After a minute or so, I open my eyes and drop my hands to see Raul's hand down and he had a rather sad expression on his face. I take a huge sigh and wrap my arms around my chest.

"Why are you so fucking afraid of me. I could never hurt you Iris. You are my wife to be." He asks, a certain feeling detectable in his voice, but I couldn't tell which one.

"Isn't that what you wanted? You said you wanted me to be afraid of you. Well you have it. I am afraid of you. No, I am terrified of you. And I'm sorry if that makes you angry, but honestly, how can I not feel that way. You are continuously threatening me and I can't help but think of how you will punish me if...when I wrong you.Its horrifying. Maybe you'll kill me like you usually do to your enemies. I can't help but think that our child will end up like you. Murderous. Besides, you release this aura. Death."

He just looked at me and he was hurt. I could see it.

"Iris, I know I am a cold, heartless, bloody animal and I don't deserve anything good and perfect, like you. You're an angel. Perfection. And I am Lucifer incarnate. But Iris I am human. And I need you to try and understand me. I will never hurt you no matter what. And our child, will be just like you. Beautiful, and very kind. Just please, please don't say that to me again. And don't be scared of me. Just trust me. Please." He says.

His voice has something.

Sadness.

Hurt.

And guilt enveloped me so badly. I felt so guilty. I nod and move close to him. I then jump on him and hug him tightly.

"It's okay Raul. If that is the case then I forgive you." I say.

Slowly, I feel his hands wrap around me then he hugs me back. In that hug there is fear, love and happiness. But as usual, his face showed nothing. I shut my eyes and sulk in his warm embrace.

After a while, we reach his workplace. Accardi Enterprises. It was a big building which had the word Accardi on it. Beautiful as usual. The guards dressed like personal bodyguards. They saw Raul and suddenly they just froze. His aura suddenly went back to the dark cold one. He then opened the gate. Immediately anyone saw Raul, they went back inside. By the time we were arriving at the driveway, the place was clear as hell. Everyone was inside and the place was silent.

"Why are they so scared of you. What do you do to them?" I ask him jokingly.

"I take work very seriously. If I feel like someone is not, then I deal with them appropriately. Without a second thought." he says, without a smile. Jeez. Even I wouldn't want to mess with him. He gets out of the car and I follow him. I look around first to capture the scenery. There is a big parking lot and the cars outside are beautiful. The building is mostly made of glass and Accardi is in red. there was a pathway with roses that led to the office. The rest of the ground was marble and concrete. Our chauffeur drove to the reserved space and parked there next to an oddly familiar car. Wallace's car. I peeped outside the window and see people peeping at us, but when Raul gave them a sick stare, they all ran and hid. Raul started clenching his teeth. That was not good. He took my hand and led me inside.