I slept for majority of the day besides Emily’s occasional check ups. I was woken by the sounds of Matías and Emily bickering about something. “Guess he's home,” I thought. Getting up from the sofa, I realized a blanket was placed over me. Emily probably put it on me when I fell asleep. Even though she was part of the mess I was in, she was nice. I liked her. 

I stretched my arms before I headed towards the kitchen, where the bickering was coming from. “I told you not to touch him!” Matías screamed. “He was scared out of his goddamn mind. He relaxed a little when you left, but still. I was trying to calm him down! Fucking bastard, you can’t treat him like this! I mean a shock collar, really? You have to be joking me! You're using his anxiety and fear to manipulate him!” Emily yelled. I cowered in the entrance hearing her scream like that. It was odd and unpleasant hearing it from someone who seemed like they could never get to that level of anger. 

“If he listened to me I wouldn’t have to do that, pendejo! Also, the fuck... I'm not the one to blame for the kid being scared every two seconds!” I went behind him and tugged on his shirt, indicating that I was there. He turned around and looked at me for a second before taking a deep breath. 

“You heard everything we talked about earlier, didn't you?” I asked, before he could speak. I wish people stopped treating me like I was stupid or something. I knew he still had the cameras on, but I also knew that I wouldn’t be able to tell him anything face to face. He put a hand on my shoulder. “You feel better?” he asked, ignoring my question. “Yeah.”

“Go upstairs and take a shower. We’ll talk about everything later,” he said, his voice stern.

“Matías,” Emily said as she gathered her belongings, “I’m coming back next week to check on him and I’m calling every day. If I hear one word out of him about how you're being a prick, I swear! You're just going to make him more anxious if you continue this behavior.” With that, she walked towards me, gave me a kiss on the cheek, and left. I blushed out of embarrassment from the gesture, but I also liked it. It reminded me of when my mom did that kind of stuff. I heard Matías say “bitch” under his breath, as the door closed.

I turned to Matías expecting him to be angry but was shocked to see he wasn’t. “Go take a shower and we’ll talk about everything later,” he repeated. “No,” I said gathering whatever courage I had in me, “I want to talk about it now.” That was ballsy of me, really fucking ballsy. Matías wrapped his arms around me, to my surprise. “Gracen, I’ll take off the collar and let you call me Matías again. All I ask is that you follow the rest of my rules.” I was elated. He wasn’t angry and he was giving me more freedom. I mean, it wasn't a lot or anything, but that was good enough for me. He tilted my head up and leaned down to kiss me, but I covered his mouth with my hands to stop him. “You're going to get sick, I really shouldn’t be this close to you. Also, I’ll sleep on the couch, for the time being, so you don’t catch a cold.” He moved my hands and captured my lips with his; ignoring what I had said. I kissed him back and a few seconds later, he pulled back. “I won’t get sick, you’ll sleep with me, and I’ll kiss you all I want,” he stated. “Now go take a shower, I’ll be up in a minute.”

I went upstairs to take my shower. Words could not describe how I felt. After my shower, I went into the closet and found twenty bags full of clothes, shoes, pajamas, and other accessories. “Are these for me?” I questioned to myself. I went through the bags quickly and saw that everything were designer brands. God, he must’ve spent a fortune on that stuff. I decided I should ask Matías if the clothes were for me, so I wrapped a towel around my waist and went into the room. Seeing that he wasn’t there, I opened the door, planning to call for him. Before I could even put my hand on the knob, it opened from the other side. Matías stood in the doorway and stared at me. “Are those clothes for me?” I asked quickly. He eyed my body up and down, so I took a step back unconsciously. My face began burning up again.

“Yes,” he said, “Everything in those bags belongs to you.” I couldn’t contain my smile. “Thank you so much,” I said. I ran back into the bathroom and closed the door behind me. After opening a few bags in the closet, I opened one that had Versace branded underwear and pajamas.

I also saw a lace crop undershirt and briefs, obviously lingerie. “This motherfucking bastard,” I thought. Actually, I was glad he wasted his money on that because no way in hell was I going to wear them! I grabbed a pair of black boxers from the bag and a sleeveless shirt to match. I noticed the lack of pajama pants in the bag, so I looked through the others. There weren’t any in the other bags either. Dropping the fact that I had no pants, I put my dirty clothes in the hamper, then went into the room. Matías was on his phone with his shirt unbuttoned. When he saw me, he said his goodbyes to the person on the other line and hung up. For a few seconds I just stared at his gorgeous abs. “God he’s so hot... and my gayness is showing,” I thought. I didn’t even realize that he was in front of me till he began speaking. “You can touch me if you want Bebé,” he said, grinning. I immediately took a step back. “S..sorry,” I said, “For staring, I mean.”

“I don’t mind. Come here.” Doing as he said I walked up to him. Matías reached for the collar and after pressing a button on it, it was removed. His hand caressed the area where the collar used to be. “Bebé,” he began,“You look so cute.” I turned my head away as I blush threatened to color my cheeks. “I know you slept all day, but Emily said you should get some more rest. Also, I’m staying home tomorrow to take care of you,” he stated.

“Y..you don’t have to do that,” I said. Though my throat was still sore I felt much better after sleeping all day. I wasn’t even that tired. “It’s fine, I just want to make sure that you’re ok.” God that made my heart flutter. I ignored the feeling, as I walked around Matías to the bed. Getting under the sheets, I could hear Matías closing the bathroom door and turning on the shower moments later. After a while, he came back into the room and slipped under the sheets. I heard say “lights off” and I tried to fall asleep.

After a while, I was still awake. I checked the digital clock that sat on Matías’s nightstand. It read 11:30 p.m. Matías was fast asleep and I didn’t want to wake him up. I very carefully moved his arm from my waist and rolled away from him. Before I could get up, Matías pulled me back into him. My back faced towards him. “What’s wrong,” he said groggily, his voice muffled by the fabric of my shirt. “Nothing,” I said, “I just can’t sleep.”

“Sorry I woke you,” I added. “No, it’s fine.” I rolled over so I could look at him.

“I wanna know more about you,” I said. I didn't have hope that anyone would find me, so why not get to know the guy. Not only that but besides my parents and Steph who would even care if I was missing? “If talking will help you fall asleep I’ll answer your questions,” he responded. 

I was happy he agreed and began to ask him things like “how old are you” and “what do you like to do” till around 12:55 a.m. At some point when he was answering one of my questions, I started to doze off. He placed a kiss on my forehead before he was about to go to sleep himself. At that moment, I don’t know what came over me, but before he pulled away from my face I pushed my lips against his cheek. He grinned and told me to get some rest. I fell asleep right after. 

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