Chapter 14 Competition
One minute, I was getting pleasured and the other, I was scared for my life. What kind of life was this?
Anytime I thought ‘Oh! This new world can’t be that bad?’
Boom!
Something was threatening my whole existence and challenging such thought.
Following rules were another one of my specialty, especially if it was one designed to keep me safe and out of trouble.
But these new Alessandro spelt out were…. New? Out of the ordinary?
Okay, I know. It was a life gamble.
"Don't let them get you." Alessandro whispered. "Rule number 1."
I couldn’t even run to save my life. What did he mean by that?
"Rule number 2: Act fast." He wiped the blood off his face. “Or else, kiss your life goodbye.”
Great. Note the sarcasm.
I was getting sick from all of this - blood, gunshot, et cetera. The only blood I had grown to see was my blood when my Father beat me to a pulp.
I had never heard a gunshot before except I was watching a movie and being here, experiencing all these things all at once - the pleasure, the pain, the danger, the thrill - was all scary, new and kind of my life now.
Sadly.
Alessandro told me how I was stuck in this world for as long as he wanted. That was the price I had to pay for lying and for salvation. He also swore that he'd die before he let anyone harm me - because I was his most priceless asset.
His words not mine.
"How could y'all be so careless?" He yelled in English and then switched to Italian when I had entered inside the office to serve him tea.
Stefan folded his arms, just staring at no one in particular.
"Good morning" I greeted lowly, placing the tea on the table.
I avoided eye contact with Alessandro, even though I felt his eyes on me. A part of me was still mad at him because he couldn't finish what he started and a part of me was still shaken from what I saw the previous day - the gore.
I froze throughout the whole gunshot scandal. It was terrible.
I had so much to ask him about what prompted the gun battle but I didn't know how to go about it. All I needed to do was to find a way to escape all of this.
To escape this world. There had to be a way.
He had said his part but he didn’t have the final say over my life. I was done letting people make decisions for me - my life was at stake! How long would he be willing to keep me out of harms way?
Being the Don’s pet was just temporary - to me. I belonged to the normal world and I was going to make sure I returned there.
How so? I was going to be tough, like them, so he would trust me to handle outside deals and under the disguise of carrying out a duty, I'd run far away.
My plan sounded pretty strategic to me.
"What are you still standing there for?" Stefan shot at me. That guy hated my guts and I had to hate his too.
Aura for Aura.
Speaking politely, I explained, "I need to take the cup back to Ma'am Dina"
"We'd call for someone when he's done." Stefan said sternly.
I looked at Alessandro to say something. His jaw ticked but he wouldn't even bat an eyelash at me.
"Don?"
"Are you deaf, Madison?" Alessandro finally spoke, his eyes icy cold. Empty.
I nodded, turning away slowly.
"You give her so much leverage. Women are just cheap whores. Remember you said that? As long as you have money and power, you can fuck with any of them and they'd part their little legs and beg for more. She's no exception, trust me." Stefan advised loudly. "I don’t know why you stress yourself with keeping her for this long."
A whore.
That was what he classified all women as?
That was why he changed different women? Because he had all the money and power to do so.
I was no different either because he probably would just take what he wanted and move on to the next person.
Shit. What was I even thinking letting him touch me?
Stupid me.
My eyes stung with tears as I walked back to the kitchen. He couldn't even shun Stefan and that probably meant one thing -
I was just another one of his little whores. I should’ve known better. He never treated me any special anyway. Yet, I had let him touch me and now, he probably thought I was so cheap to bed. Like his other women.
I didn't like feeling this way at all. My heart constricted with pain as I dug my nails into my palm, pulling myself together.
"Are you okay, dear? Where's the tea cup?" Dina asked. I shrugged, taking a seat.
"Stefan said he'd call someone else" I told her, looking at my palm where I had dug a mark.
She sighed, walking close to me. "Did Stefan say anything?"
Was there anytime he didn't say anything? This time, my heart just felt heavy because Alessandro consented when he went silent.
I scoffed at myself. I landed myself here. I gave myself up, to him. Now, I had been branded as his pet.
What do they do with pets? They play with 'em. They use them and dump them when they get sick of them.
I refuse. I refuse to let him do that to me.
But how could I entirely avoid him when I, myself was a bit attracted to him, submissive to his touch?
"Are you Madison Turner?" A feminine voice asked, making me sit up straight.
Dina stood upright, greeting the lady with respect, which i followed suit.
"Yes, ma." I answered. Dressed in top notch designers outfit was a lady who looked in her early 50s.
She sized me up and down. She didn't seem impressed with what she was looking at - me.
"Alessandro seems to have a type. To think I thought he had good taste." She tsked. "Follow me. Keep good distance."
I looked at Dina with a confused look. She motioned at me to go.
When we got to the living room, she sat down, leaving me to stand. Not like I mind though. She reminded me so much of my Aunty Linda. They held this judging stares in their eyes.
"Have you fucked Alessandro?" She hit the nail on the head, startling me.
"I... I.."
"Oh. I just remembered. The blind virgin." She smirked at me. "He hasn't popped your cherry yet but day and night he fucked different women. You must not be worth it."
Her words sent a knife straight to my chest. I inhaled softly.
She looked me up and down again, probably waiting to get a reaction or something. "But I must say, I see why he's keeping you around. You are a good eye fuck. Perky tits, a round ass and yeah... I have seen better." She inspected her manicured fingernails.
I knew I wasn't going to like this one when I first saw her.
"You know, you're just a wild goose chase for him and I wonder why he's wasting his time chasing when you look so vulnerable and can be snatched so quickly. Isn't it?" She looked up at me, her words getting crueler and crueler as she spoke.
I chewed inside of my lips, holding back the tears that threatened to slip down. What was she expecting me to say? Yes?
"You don't need to admit it. You can't lie that you don't wish to be fucked by Don Alessandro the great." She scoffed. "He wouldn't keep you if you weren't entertaining him, so tell me how?”
"What if he was the one entertaining me?" I whispered, a bit annoyed at how she just threw shades at me.
Tired of how she downgraded me.
"Excuse you?"
"I said, with all due respect, what if he was the one entertaining me?" I looked at her, regretting it immediately. Her eyes burned with rage.
"You?" She burst into fits of forced laughter. "Hunnie, he can do better and you know it. You're just his toy and when he's done he'd dump you."
I dropped my face to the ground because she just pointed out my earlier thought.
"Let me introduce you to someone." She beckoned at someone from behind me. I turned back to see who.
Ever heard of a Barbie doll? Busty, straight legs, perfect curves. That was the lady who was cat-walking in. I couldn't tear my eyes off her as I admired every little details.
Now, that was the kind of body Alessandro would drool over.
"This is Kat. My best friend's daughter and the one who'd put you in your track." She held Kat's hand. "If you thought you meant something to Alessandro, wait until he sets his eyes on her. You'd be forgotten."
I wasn't in any competition with anyone. I didn't even want to be here.
"Then leave." Kat spoke. I bit my lips when I realized I had spoken out my thoughts. "Or else, you'd live to regret it everyday."
"Only Don Alessandro can give me such permission." I told her, quite annoyed.
Who was she to think she could threaten me?
Kat chuckled, walking up to me. She stood face to face, smirking. "Or what if you just get unlucky to have him throw you out?"
"What..what do you mean?"
Kat turned to the lady and then the lady immediately began to call for Alessandro to come downstairs. Kat, on the other hand shed crocodile tears falling to the ground while the lady persistently called for Alessandro.
I raised a confused eyebrow at them. Concluding that I didn't understand shit, I turned to leave when the lady held my hand pointing at me as Alessandro approached us. "I caught her. I caught her."