《Mr. CEO's Mistress》


 Chapter 01

    Chapter 01


    BEFORE YOU READ!


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    ALICE''S POV


    Tears threatened to fall my eyes, as the doctor''s words resonated in my ears again and again. '' You


    must deposit five million at the reception if you want us to operate your father''s brain tumor ''


    In the past eleven months, I have already deposited almost fifteen million, after selling everything we


    owned, including our house, our car, all the stuff but it was still not enough.


    Still not enough to earn my father some more days of life.


    As I stared at the white wall in front of me, while sitting on one of the hospital waiting area chairs, I tried


    to think of all ways I could get that money from. All these ways included, every legal and illegal way, but


    I was unable to make the final decision.


    Why was life like this? I wondered, as I recalled how calm - not happy - but just how calm we were


    before my father was diagnosed with brain tumor.


    Those days seemed like a dream now.


    A dream that was over.


    Now, the reality was...


    We did not have a house to stay at, did not have any money to even eat food and my father was dying,


    because I was unable to pay the medical bills anymore.


    I have done everything though. Everything I could. I worked three jobs, dropped out of my college, slept


    on the streets and ate the leftovers, but I never gave up.


    But now...


    It was all just too much.


    A soft handnded on my shoulder and I sighed out, recognizing who it was. ¡° Are you alright, Alice? ¡±


    The calm, soothing voice fell in my ears and I blinked the tears back.


    ¡° Ofcourse, Mom ¡± Without turning around, I lied with all my will. I could not tell her how I was not alright


    at all.


    I felt helpless and lonely.


    I hated feeling like this, but it was not in my control anymore. With each passing day, I was watching


    my father die, but I was still unable to do anything. There was nothing more cruel than this


    helplessness that gnawed at my guts. Day and Night.


    udia Anderson, my mother was a woman in her 50''s with light brown hair, light brown matching eyes


    that had lost their shine in the past horrible months, a crooked nose - the result of an ident and thin


    lips that were dry now.


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    Heaving a heavy breath, udia forced a smile up her lips and came to sit beside me, who was never


    good at hiding her emotions. The dejected look was painted on my face, that one could recognize from


    far away. But udia, herself was unable to do anything. She had done everything she could. She had


    even asked me to leave them behind and live my own life in an angry fit, but it never worked. I did


    storm out every time only toe back in a few hours.


    Sitting down beside me, udia observed my face. I was only 21 years old. I had wide light brown


    eyes just like udia''s, a soft - straight pointed nose, bow shaped lips and a fairplexion. The dark


    circles under my eyes hinted at my tiredness and my disheveled hair made me look like a deranged


    girl, but I was oblivious to all of this.


    ¡° Mom... ¡± I called out to udia all of a sudden and she hummed snapping out of her trance ¡° Hmm... ¡±


    ¡° What am I supposed to do now? ¡± I whispered in a hysteric voice, as my eyes went wide.


    Averting her eyes away, udia thought hard before replying to me ¡° Leave, Alice. Go and live your


    own life just like Ace ¡±


    I scoffed and shook my head. My mother was hellbound on pushing me away, but I would never leave.


    I would never leave them behind.


    ¡° You should go look after Dad. I will be backter. ¡± Pushing myself off the chair, I started walking away


    without giving udia the chance to say anything else.


    Pursing her lips, udia watched my disappearing back. I did not have to do this. I did not need to


    destroy myself like this for them. udia''s eyes went to my shoes that were worn out and she inhaled


    deeply. We were not going to be able to hold much longer like this.


    I wrapped my arms around myself when I stepped out of the hospital building. The smell of medicines


    was the one thing I have started to hate with all my heart or maybe, it would be better to say that


    hospitals were the one ce in this world that I despised now.


    Closing my eyes, I took in a huge breath. The offer of just leaving everything behind was so tempting. It


    was so tempting, that sometimes I found myself running unconsciously.


    But I always ran toe backter.


    There was something that was holding me back. It was responsibility. Love too but responsibility more.


    Letting out the breath I was holding in, I opened my light brown eyes and they moved to the watch on


    my wrist on their own.


    It was about to be Eight in the night and I had to be at the Catillo Hotel where I worked as a Room


    attendant.


    A job acquired with the help of the one person I could call my friend. Maggie.


    Maggie was the only person who stayed with me, even after I lost everything.


    Before all of this, I was the famous girl of the college. Everyone envied my perfect life. I had


    everything...My supporting parents. A weird elder brother - Ace. A caring and Loving Boyfriend -


    Archer. Alot of friends. Straight A''s in studies. It was all too good to be true.


    That was why I lost everything.


    Life was just too perfect to not get messed up like this.


    And now...


    I have only myself. A sick father whose medical bills are due. A brother who left us on our own to live


    his life as he wanted. A mother who did not want me to stay and Maggie who was always nagging at


    me to feel less helpless.


    It was like Maggie heard my mind from so far away and my phone started ringing in my pocket. I took it


    out from my jean''s pocket and picked it up instantly.


    ¡° Hey, Alice! ¡± Maggie chimed and I sighed out.


    ¡° Wanna hang out tomorrow? It''s Sunday. ¡± Without waiting for any greetings from me, Maggie blurted


    out in a single breath ¡° Okay. At the usual cafe. Your treat. ¡± I followed suit and hanged up on the call,


    before smiling in this tense situation.


    But it was only momentary. The doctor''s words were still echoing at the back of my useless mind and


    all I could think about was the five million, I needed in the next week.


    A sneer left my mouth when I looked up at the sky and noticed that it was going to rain soon. Just what


    I was missing in my messed up state right now.


    Five Million in a week was like asking me to just jump off a cliff. But I still would like to try for a week,


    before finally jumping off that cliff.


    Shaking my head, I wrapped my arms around myself and started walking just as rain decided that it


    was time to pour down hard on me.


    But who cared? When you have lost the fight against fate, it''s no use to fight such small happenings.


    As the rain soaked mepletely, I only wished for one thing. For this night to end early. I was simply


    too tired of everything.


    But I did not know that no wish of mine, was going to be heard and epted now.


    I have lost the fight against fate already.

 Chapter 02

    Chapter 02


    ALICE''S POV


    Getting to the hotel, I met the receptionist who was a young girl named Melissa. We knew each other


    well, because I have been working at the hotel for almost six months now.


    ¡° Hey! You are soaked. You will get sick ¡± Melissa''s worried voice pulled me out of my thoughts and I


    shook my head, smiling ¡° It''s nothing. Don''t worry! ¡±


    Moving past her with the fake smile still stered over my lips, I sighed out and shivered slightly.


    Melissa was right, I could catch a cold and I did not have any money to treat myself The thought


    seemed awfully funny to me.


    With the money still in mind, I changed my clothes into my usual red and white uniform and started


    cleaning the rooms one by one. My hair dried up on their own, but I felt sticky and gross to even myself.


    Castillo Hotel was one of many hotels that fell under Castillo chain of hotels. Castillo''s were currently


    the most rich people in the country with a wealth that everyone dreamed off. They had everything.


    Fame. Power. Money. And all Undescriable pleasures of life.


    I had heard that Martin Knight Castillo who was the CEO of all the Castillo Corporation handed that


    position over to his twenty nine year old son, Damien Knight Castillo, who came back from abroad


    recently. No one had seen him at the hotel yet, but I heard the rich people talking about how


    handsome, cruel and heartless he was.


    He was called a double edged sword among people. If cultivated in the right way, it could tear the


    enemy apart and if used in the wrong way, it would leave the one holding it, shredded. I did not


    understand what they meant by it at all and I was not hoping to find out either. The chance of meeting


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    someone like Damien Knight Castillo was zero out of ten for me. He was not someone of my league.


    Everyone badmouthed him and often repeated an incident, that happened a month ago. They used to


    say that an employee tried to talk back to Damien Knight Castillo in a meeting and he beat him to death


    in front of everyone. After that, the employee went missing and even his body was not found yet. A


    shiver ran down my spine and I shook my head at this thought crossing my mind again.


    Leaving the trolley, I decided to go to Melissa to ask for some free coffee. I did not have money to buy it


    for myself.


    When I approached the reception, Melissa was talking on the telephone ¡° Ofcourse, Sir! I will make


    sure of it. ¡± Saying this to whoever was on the other side, she ced the receiver down. I have


    observed her expressions, that screamed seriousness ¡° Is everything alright? ¡± I asked in a worried


    tone and Melissa smiled at me, sheepishly.


    ¡° Everything is alright. Just an event down in the basement hall today. We staff people are restricted to


    go there. ¡± Exining to me, Melissa gulped and clenched her hands into fists. ¡° Let me guess! You


    came to ask me for coffee again. ¡± Rolling her eyes, Melissa picked up the receiver when I smiled


    leisurely.


    Everyone would think of me as shameless, but I was helpless to the point, I did not care about terms


    like dignity, shame, self-respect and honour anymore. I was desperate and desperation can make


    humans do anything. Anything they could and could not do.


    Lost in my thoughts, I missed out on what Melissa was saying. As the telephone ringed, Melissa picked


    it up hastily ¡° WHAT?! I am sorry, Sir. I am really sorry, Sir. I will fix it somehow. Believe me. ¡±


    I frowned as I noticed the sweat that started forming on Melissa''s forehead and the fear that clouded


    her eyes. Putting the receiver on its ce, Melissa''s shoulders slumped down.


    ¡° Is everything...alright? ¡± I inquired with the same question again, while rubbing my hands together


    awkwardly. Why did Melissa look so scared and hysteric? I was failing to understand it.


    Hearing my smooth and small voice, Melissa''s eyes brightened up with an idea. It was not good and it


    was not right what she was about to do to me, but it was necessary if she wanted to live herself.


    ¡° Alice?! ¡± Melissa moved around the reception counter and stopped in front of me. Lines of worry


    etched upon my forehead because of the look in Melissa''s eyes. Melissa was staring at me like the


    world was ending and only I could save her.


    ¡° You are a virgin, right? ¡± The weird question made me gulp, wondering where this conversation was


    even going. ¡° What does it have to do with you, Melissa? ¡± I shook my head, getting irritated by all of


    this now.


    ¡° Do you want to earn some quick money? ¡± The next question almost made my eyes pop out of their


    sockets.


    Now, it was my turn to look at Melissa like she was my saviour. I have not heard words more sweeter


    than this in my whole life. Even Archer''s '' I love you '' did not sound this good. My head moved up and


    down rapidly on its own.


    Yes. I needed money. And lots and lots of it right now. No matter what I had to do, I needed money.


    It was scary what desperation could turn a person into.


    ¡° Are you willing to do something that''s immoral? ¡± Melissa''s next question made me fall deeper into the


    pit of confusion. ¡° What do you mean by this? Please tell me clearly. ¡± I let out and dragged my tongue


    across my lower lip, before nibbling on it due to nervousness.


    ¡° Are you willing to sell your virginity? ¡± It was like a bomb was dropped over my head. A scoff left my


    lips and I shook my head. Melissa was not serious right? But the look on her face screamed dead-


    serious.


    Seeing this, I could say only one thing ¡° WHAT THE FUCK! ¡± I screamed out and turned around to


    move away from Melissa, who looked like a creep to me now.


    ¡° Alice. Alice, listen! ¡± Before I could run away, Melissa grabbed my wrists and held me in my ce ¡°


    You need money and you will get it. You just need to spend one night with someone and you will get a


    huge amount of money. ¡± She tried to woo me, but I pulled my wrists away with a jerk ¡° You are stupid


    to think that I will do something - something like this. ¡± The look of pure disgust was present of my face,


    as I tried hard to stay rooted on that ce even for a moment more.


    Sneering at Melissa who red at me, I stormed away from there. My heart was beating faster and


    cold sweat coated my body. What was wrong with Melissa and all this selling virginity thing? cing my


    hand on my heart, I stared out of the ss wall of the hotel. The lights were shining so brightly outside


    that it mesmerised me for longer than it should have. I wish, I could just stand here and stare at those


    bright light for the rest of my life.


    '' You just need to spend one night with someone and you will get a huge amount of money. '' The words


    echoed in my mind and I had to close my eyes and inhale deeply to get rid of these weird thoughts.


    Suddenly, the phone inside my pocket vibrated and my body jumped up with my eyes going wide.


    Cringing, I took out the phone and saw the caller Id, before picking up the call ¡° Yes, Mom. ¡± My voice


    was dead tired with the inner conflict taking a toll on me.


    ¡° The hospital staff is asking me to take your father home tomorrow morning as we haven''t paid the


    room''s deposit. ¡± udia''s robotic voice informed me as I slumped down against the wall.


    '' You just need to spend one night with someone and you will get a huge amount of money. '' The words


    taunted my condition again and I hanged up the call.


    Sitting there, I stared at the wall in front of me for a while before pushing myself off the floor.


    If fate was messing around with my life, I should mess around with my own life even more.


    Stupid, right? But always usible. The best way tofort yourself.


    Pursing my lips, I rushed back to Melissa ¡° How much money? How much money are we talking about?


    ¡± Just like that clean and straightforward, I threw the question at Melissa who smiled at me sultrily.


    This was wrong, my mind screamed but I pushed that thought away.


    This was not about wrong and right. It was about money. And money was never wrong or right. It''s just


    money.


    And just like this, for the next hour, what Melissa told me shocked me to the core. This made me realize


    that what I agreed upon, was not just a simple one night trade. It was not just a prostituition deal. It was


    something far more sinister than that.


    It was an auction where many men were going to ce their own price on my pure - untouched body.


    It was an auction that was held at the Castillo Hotel''s basement today.


    Standing a few floors above, I never knew what happened underground behind the curtains of the rich


    society.


    But today, I was going to find out.


    And I was going to find everything out in the most horrible way possible.

 Chapter 03

    Chapter 03


    ALICE''S POV


    ¡° What are you doing, Alice? ¡± I murmured to myself standing in front of the dressing mirror of one of


    the most expensive suites of Castillo Hotel.


    Just as I agreed upon doing this shitty thing, Melissa dragged me to the top floor of the hotel, to this


    suite and many people were already waiting for us. A girl dragged me to the huge Italian style


    Bathroom and stripped me naked in a spur of moment, that I was unable to understand what they were


    doing.


    Then another girl made me take a bath adding God Know''s what kind of expensive products in the


    water of the bath.


    Then I was dragged to the dressing roompletely naked in front of three women in which Melissa


    was not present, giving me a hint that she was not there anymore.


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    After that, I went through the drying up process and dressed up in a red lingerie. Yes. A lingerie. They


    refused to give me clothes. In a moment that passed just too fast, those women painted my face in


    exotic makeup that made me wonder if the girl staring back at me in the mirror was really...Me.


    Now when all those women were gone telling me that someone woulde to take me to the auction, I


    was staring at myself nkly in the reflection of the mirror.


    I felt weird and disgusted but my rational - desperate mind was telling me to just kill those emotions and


    proceed with whatever it was. It was only one night anyway right?


    Suddenly, I recalled all the rules that Melissa had made me memorize. There were only three rules.


    Number one. Do not talk during the auction no matter what happens.


    Number two. My hands were going to be handcuffed to the bed, after I was going to be sold so I do not


    try to run away. I should not scream or get afraid at any cost because of that.


    Number Three. My eyes were going to be blindfolded too so I could not see the face of the person who


    bought me and with whom I spent that night. It was a rule, so the identity of the people attending the


    auction stayed hidden.


    Recalling those rules, I heaved a heavy breath. It was pure helplessness once again.


    Not being able to talk, move or see was going to be a state of pure helplessness. I hated feeling


    helpless but what could I do when it was about money?


    There was nothing to hate about money. During thesest eleven months, I have only started to care


    about money, given that everyone was by my side when I was well off. The moment I lost all the


    money, everyone made it sure to stay far away from me.


    That was how this world worked. If you had money, everyone was by your side. Coaxing you and


    pretending to love you.


    The moment that money was gone. Those same people disappeared in thin air. Like poof. Like they


    were never there with you to begin with.


    '' Run, Alice! '' My subconscious mind screamed and for once I heard what it was saying.


    Sprinting to the bathroom, I grabbed a bathrob to tie around myself. It was not really funny to run


    around in the hotel with just a lingerie, that was not helping in covering anything.


    Wrapping the bathrob around myself, I pushed my hair that were curled neatly to my back and marched


    to the door.


    Pulling it open, I peeked outside to see if someone was there. Finding no one, I stepped outside and


    made my way to the lift in a hurry.


    I needed to be away. I needed to be far away. It was suffocating here. I did not want to experience


    helplessness again. It was just too much. Too much to be able for me to breath anymore.


    When the lift came in sight, I almost ended up crying in delight. I stopped in front of it and pressed the


    button instantly. My feet were not stopping at one ce, as I jumped around waiting for the damned lift


    which was taking too much time to my liking.


    The lift made a ding sound and the doors opened revealing a man standing inside already. I did not


    care to look at his face and ran inside, before pressing the Ground Floor''s button. Sighing in relief, I


    closed my eyes and rested my back against the lift''s wall.


    Opening my eyes after a while, I sneaked a nce at the man beside me. My eyes went wide looking


    at him.


    He was tall. Very tall. Six-one something perhaps. He was well built. The fitting of his expensive ck


    suit outlined the defined muscles.


    His face was attractive but screamed danger at the same time. It was quite rming.


    Sharp features.


    His nose, jaw, cheekbones were well defined and well sculptured. His jet ck hair were defined but a


    little tousled. They only added to his already good looks.


    And the most mesmerising feature on his face were his eyes.


    Sharp and captivating steely grey eyes. Their intensity could render anyone immobile just like me.


    Well. How was I able to look in his eyes? I gulped realizing it.


    Those same steely grey eyes were staring back at me with coldness radiating off them.


    Well. Shit. Looks like he caught me staring rudely. Fear and embarassment crawled up my spine and


    pulled me back to reality.


    ¡° I-I am Sorry. ¡± I shook my head and averted my eyes away, not knowing what I was apologizing for.


    The intensity of his eyes was just too much to keep looking in them. It was like his eyes were pulling


    me in.


    ¡° Running from someone? ¡± The deep velvety voice made my body jolt up in surprise.


    Slowly, I looked at him with a blush creeping up my face and neck. ¡° N-No. ¡± Stammering out, I cursed


    at myself in my mind.


    What was happening to me?


    ¡° That was an obvious lie. ¡± His voice was more like a cold hiss.


    A frown etched upon my wless forehead and I kept staring at him. ¡° I am not running away from


    someone. Rather myself. I am running away from myself. ¡± I whispered in a low voice, not


    understanding why I was saying this to a stranger and a one who screamed danger with red rm on


    top of everything.


    He smirked arrogantly to my surprise and leaned close, until his enchanting face was hovering above


    mine. I could feel his hot minty breath hitting my face that had me feeling some weird kind of emotions.


    ¡° You won''t be able to go far, Kitten ¡± A shiver ran down my spine hearing his words.


    Smirking devilishly, he leaned back and looked away, but I was still caught up in his word. My eyes


    refused to move anywhere else other than his face.


    The lift dinged and the doors opened. My eyes followed his movement, as he stepped outside without


    even turning to nce in my way. Why would he? He looked like a prince charming. No. No. He looked


    like a Villian of the story and Villians never cared about anyone.


    They just liked to mess with other''s heads. They messed them up so bad, that all others could think


    about was them. All day and all night. Captivated by the darkness those Villians carried with them.


    The doors closed on my face and I broke out of my trance. Shaking my head, I pressed the top floor


    button once again.


    '' You won''t be able to go far, Kitten. '' I thought about his words once more.


    He was right. I will not be able to go far. I never managed to do it before. And I will not be able to do it


    now.


    I always ran toe backter.


    When the lift started going back up again, I forced myself to not let any thought prate my mind


    again.


    All I needed was money.


    All I wanted was money.


    No matter what I had to do.


    This was what I have be. No. This was what people turned me into and now, I should not run


    away from it. From myself.


    When the doors of the lift opened, Melissa''s serious face met me and I sighed out.


    ¡° Done trying to run? ¡± Sarcastically, Melissa scoffed and I nodded my head shamelessly.


    ¡° I am done as of now. You should really render me helpless now so I don''t try to run again. ¡± I blurted


    out chuckling. I felt mad. Completely out of my mind.


    I was asking for something that I hated. But I needed things I hated because those things held me in


    ce.


    ¡° Come. We don''t have much time. ¡± Melissa grabbed my wrist in a tight hold and started pulling me


    back to the suite.


    Fear was making its way in my heart. Alot of men were going to look at my almost bare body. They all


    were going to bid their price on me like I was an animal to be sold. I still have not managed to wrap my


    head around how all of this worked, but Melissa have told me that I will understand everything when I


    was going to be presented in the auction.


    Even the terms she used, sounded so absurd to me that made me sick to my stomach, but Melissa


    used all of those words with ease like she was used to it for years now. That must be true, because


    Melissa had been working here for five years and she was aware of the auction that happened in the


    basement''s grand hall.


    Getting to the suite, Melissa introduced me to a man dressed in ck, that looked like a guard. His


    features were too perfect to be just a guard though. Dark brown hair apanied by a broad


    forehead, the same dark brown set of eyes, a straight nose and thick lips that were pressed together


    tightly. His height was impressive too and his expressions gave off an eery vibe, but it was nothing


    ¡° Alice. This is Alder. ¡± I turned to look at the man who had stern expressions and sighed out, not


    bothering to greet him at all.


    ¡° He will take you to the auction. You will be safe so don''t worry. ¡± Melissa tried to reassure me, but my


    nerves were jiggly. All I could do was nod my head in a trance.


    ¡° We need to leave now. ¡± Alder pointed towards the door and I forced myself to walk out. I did not turn


    around to look at Melissa, afraid, that I will end up trying to run away again. I have left my cellphone


    with Melissa too.


    When we made our way to the lift, Alder pushed me inside first before stepping inside. I did not mind it


    either. If I was in his ce, I would not have trusted myself either.


    ¡° Melissa have told you about the three rules right? ¡± Alder''s cold voice echoed in my ears


    ¡° Ofcourse. ¡± I replied in a robotic tone.


    I could not help but ask the question that was bugging my mind. ¡° How many girls have you taken to


    the auction like me? ¡±


    Alder did not turn around to look at me and did not answer for the longest time, letting an awkward


    silence hang between us. Just as I was about to give up on waiting for an answer, Alder finally decided


    to provide it ¡° You are the second one. ¡±


    Hearing this, my eyes went wide in confusion. I was the second one?


    ¡° What happened to the first one?... ¡± The question was out of my mouth before I could even


    understand why I was asking this.


    With this question, I finally managed to grab Alder''s undivided attention. Surprised, he turned to look at


    me with weird expressions. His eyes roamed around my face and traced the outline of my body,


    making me ufortable ¡° This is awful. ¡± I was sure that I heard these words from Alder, but when I


    looked at him, he seemed like, he had not said anything to me.


    Before I could ask anything else, the lift''s doors dinged open and Alder stepped outside in what


    seemed like the basement.


    Instinctively, he grabbed my wrist and started dragging me to God Knows where. He came to a halt in


    front of a door that was closed. I peeked at it from above his broad shoulders by raising myself on my


    toes. He was swiping a card in the lock. My mouth formed an O shape and I stood straight just as Alder


    pushed the door open.


    Pushing me inside first, Alder closed the door and turned to me. His hand reached to the ties of my


    bathrob, making my heart beat faster. He untied it from around my body and it fell down beside my feet,


    leaving me almost exposed in front of his prying eyes.


    ¡° She died. ¡± Alder whispered staring at my feet and I frowned ¡° Hmm? ¡±


    ¡° The first girl... ¡± Alder looked up from my feet in slow motion, until his eyes were boring into my light


    brown orbs.


    ¡° She died. ¡±

 Chapter 04

    Chapter 04


    ALICE''S POV


    My first instinct was to run for the door from where I came in, but Alder grabbed my wrist and turned me


    around abruptly.


    ¡° Leave me! I don''t want to do this. I can''t die. I can''t die just yet. ¡± I whisper yelled hysterically, trying to


    jerk his hand away from my wrist. But who was I kidding? Alder was whole lot stronger than me. Even if


    I tried for the rest of my life, I still will not be able to get myself free from his grip.


    All of a sudden, Alder started dragging me to the right corner of the dark room we were currently in. I


    wanted to scream, but my voice was struck in my throat. My mind was fixed on only two words '' She


    died ''. Well. I should have asked Alder if they were going to transfer the money to my family if I died.


    It was all about money to begin with. If they transferred all the money to my family, then it would be


    okay to die early. I was not sure if my death was going to be an easy one though.


    I hated to admit it, but I was scared.


    I was so scared, that my whole body was trembling and my mind was frozen in time.


    I was so scared, that I felt like throwing up but then I remembered that I have not eaten anything for


    almost one and a half day now.


    I was so scared, that I felt like curling up and then crying until the whole world disappeared.


    Alder dragged me to the corner and opened some kind of metal bar door in the dark. Almost feeling


    blind in the darkness surrounding us, I wondered how Alder was able to even see where he was going


    or what he was doing.


    In a motion, he pushed me and I fell inside on some metal - cold floor. I turned around to scream at him


    or to protest, but the bar door closed on my face. When I realized what it was, my face turned pale and


    my lips started to quiver.


    A cage.


    It was a metal cage.


    And Alder had locked me inside it.


    ¡° Follow the rules and nothing will happen to you. ¡± The usual t voice of Alder''s, sent chills down my


    spine and my inability to see him in the dark, made me feelpletely and utterly helpless.


    ¡° Remember. You have already signed the consent papers. ¡± He added, making my body turn colder


    than it already was, due to fear.


    I was stupid. There was no limit to how stupid I really was.


    When Melissa had asked me in the lobby to sign some papers earlier, telling me that it was necessary


    paperwork, I signed them without reading them. I was just too desperate that the thought of reading


    those papers never crossed my mind. Or maybe, I simply did not care enough about the


    consequences. I did not have anything to lose.


    Now, when I was locked up in this cage feeling helpless, everything felt more real than ever.


    ¡° Please, Alder. Please let me out. I don''t want to do it now. ¡± I pleaded once more hoping with all my


    heart, that Alder would listen, but as a reply to my pleads, a cloth fell down on the cage, covering it as a


    whole.


    What was happening? I grabbed the bars and touched the silk cloth surrounding the cage. ¡° Follow the


    rules and nothing will happen to you. ¡± Alder''s distant voice barely made its way to my ears and I fell


    down on my knees.


    What did I do?


    What did I do to myself?


    Leaving the bars, I wrapped my arms around myself and begin moving back and forth to dull down the


    fear that was clutching my heart and mind.


    The darkness around me was suffocating me, but I was helpless.


    Maybe, Helplessness hadtched itself to me and it refused to leave me now.


    Heaving a heavy breath, I rested my head on my knee and closed my eyes to calm myself down.


    If I havended myself into this shitty auction thing, then I have to go through this now.


    And for that...


    I needed courage.


    Hell lots of it.


    *********


    It felt like I have been sitting in the same position for years. My back hurted alot and my legs were


    numb.


    Out of the blue, I sensed the cage I was locked in, moving. I was unable to see anything due to the


    cloth over the cage though, so I kept sitting there, curled up in myself. I was tired. The emotional


    fatigue was much more than the physical one.


    The cage stopped moving and I heard several voices. Light gradually started to seep through the red


    colored cloth over the cage. I was surprised that I have not died with suffocation in here yet.


    ¡° And now it is time for the thing everyone have been waiting for. ¡± A loud male voice boomed in my


    ears and I held my breath back instinctively.


    Was he talking about me?


    The cloth was lifted off the cage instantly and light blinded me for a moment. Guided by instincts, I


    pushed myself to stand up on my numb legs and almost fell down, before grabbing the bars to bnce


    myself on my feet.


    The first thing I noticed was the cage I was locked inside. It was sparkling Golden which looked pretty


    much like real Gold. My light brown orbs moved to the ce in front of me. I could see silhouttes of


    people. A lot of people. Sitting like a huge audience. A crowd. But I was not able to see their faces. I


    was at a disadvantage, because I was in the spotlight, yet they all were hidden in the dark.


    ¡° We have named her kitten. She is a virgin and she is willingly selling herself off for one night.


    Completely at your service. ¡± Hearing the words of the announcer, bile rose up in my throat and my


    heart dropped down to the pit of my stomach.


    ¡° The starting bid is one Million. ¡± The announcer announced from somewhere in the dark and my wide


    eyes went to the huge screen beside me.


    The close up videos of my figure were showing up on it, along with an amount written in huge digits. It


    was one million which changed to one and a half million, as I kept watching it. There was a timer of one


    minute beside that amount, which was reset just as one million changed to one and a half.


    My eyes were frozen on the screen. I did not know what I felt at this moment or what I was even


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    It was stupid, but I wanted to know what I was worth for one night. I wondered if I wentpletely mad


    at this point to have such absurd thoughts.


    The numbers on the screen begin to increase, just like my heart beat. With all my heart, I prayed that


    atleast I was worth five million, so I could make something out of this night.


    Something to look back to and not regret doing this shitty thing. Even if it was something idiotic as this.


    The amount on the screen, froze on four million with the timer almosting to a zero and my


    shoulders slumped down in defeat.


    Doing everything to the point you end up losing yourself and still falling short. This was the worst thing


    that could happen to anyone.


    Just as the timer reached thest one second, the amount on the screen went several digits up and my


    breath hitched.


    It was ten million.


    Gulping, I turned to stare at the silhouttes that moved once in a while, clearing my that doubt that they


    were really humans and not dummies.


    A sigh escaped my lips and I felt my knees go weak. It was worth it right?


    If I did something so horrible, atleast I gained enough money to pay for my father''s operation.


    Who was I fooling with this bullshit?


    No excuse would ever be enough to justify what I did tonight or what I was going to do further.


    A beep sound resonated in the hall and several groans were heard, but I was too caught up in my own


    bitter sweet emotions.


    ¡° The bid is closing on Ten million! ¡± The announcer announced and the cage started to move once


    again.


    I was relieved though, that I did not break the first rule.


    '' Rule number one. Do not talk during the auction no matter what happens. ''


    The world began to spin in front of my eyes all of a sudden and ck dots started to appear in my


    sight. The next moment I have fell down on the metal, that was more likely to be pure Gold.


    *********


    When I blinked my eyes open, darkness surrounded me once again. I was suffocating. When I tried to


    move my hands, they did not move. I pulled at them and realized that they were restrained.


    My breathing went shallow, as I thrashed harder to get myself out of the handcuffs holding me down. I


    was panicking now. Cold sweat was coating my forehead and cold air hit my exposed body. Gulping, I


    threw my head back, taking notice of all other things around me.


    I wasying on a soft bed. I have notid down on a soft bed for so long, that I have begin to forget


    what it felt like.


    My hands were handcuffed. Those leather handcuffs were definitely attached to different posts of the


    bed. Not too tight or stretched to hurt me. Just enough to restrain me.


    A blindfold was pulled over my eyes, which rendered me unable to see anything, that was happening


    around me.


    My heart beat picked its pace, realizing the graveness of my situation.


    Melissa had told me about all of this earlier. But it exceeded my imagination. The realness of my state


    right now, was making my nerves tick with nervousness.


    '' Think about those ten million and keep your mouth shut '' My rational - evil mind screamed at me and I


    inhaled deeply, before exhaling it through my nose.


    I was trying my best to calm myself down and I was almost seeding in it, when I felt someone''s


    fingers grazing the soft skin of my right ankle and a scream left my lips without my notice.


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