6

"What are you doing?" Austin approached Ares and I with Ana trailing behind him.

"Can't you see?" Ares asked in an annoyed tone.

"$23,000!" The man shouted, smirking. He didn't know to who was his competitor. He could only hear his voice.

"$24,000." Ares said again.

"$25,000!" The man shouted.

"Fuck this," Ares muttered before shouting, "$30,000." He then looked down at me before whispering, "she isn't even worth a dollar."

The crowd went silent.

"What the hell is this?" Ana asked, confusion clear in her voice.

"$30,000 anyone?" Amanda asked. When nobody replied, she spoke, "Dana Ivanov sold to Ares Salvatore for the night! Congratulations, this is our highest amount so far! Thank you, Mr Salvatore."

Since Dana was the last woman left to be auctioned, everybody went back to do whatever they were doing.

When she saw Ares, Dana smiled and jumped in excitement. She ran of the stage and jumped in Ares's arms making me, who was just beside him, take a few steps away in order for her not to accidentally fall on me.

Ares quickly threw her away like she was a piece of garbage. He wiped his suit as if she dirtied it making me snort.

"What the hell woman?" Ares shouted but not that loud. Only Ana, Austin, Dana and I heard as we were closest to him.

I smirked when she saw Dana getting up from the floor, Dusting off her dress.

"Y—You bought me." Dana began touching her body on purpose, thinking that it would turn Ares on which made me gag.

"On your sister's behalf." Ares replied coldly.

"Why would you do that?" Dana asked glaring at me with frustration in her eyes.

"Why would I do that? Are you hearing yourself right now? You really thought that I would let you ruin our family's reputation?" I snapped.

"I want to be fucked!" She said shamelessly, "I'm going to auction myself again!" What the fucking hell is wrong with her?

"You can't auction yourself again. I've already bought you for a night." Ares replied, rolling his eyes.

"Then fuck me!" Dana said to Ares who shot her a disgusted look.

"I didn't buy to so that we can fuck. I told you I bought you for her." Ares pointed to me.

"You better go and do something else than fucking people or I'll make you work for me since technically he bought you for me for the night, right?" I asked with a smirk.

Dana shot me a death glare but nodded nonetheless before walking away, swaying her hips making me roll my eyes.

"How come she's like that and you're like—" Austin began moving his finger in front of me as he tried to find the right word, "—you are."

"I think you should ask her that question." I replied, my eyes darting to Dana who wasn speaking to Liza, "you should ask her what's wrong with her because there nothing wrong with me."

"I don't think I would want to be raped by your sister." Austin said and laughed.

I removed a cheque from my purse and wrote the same amount for which Ares bought Dana, using a small pen which I kept in the purse then I handed the cheque to Ares.

Ares raised an eyebrow, "What is this?"

"You said that I owe you, didn't you? Well, that clears my debt." I replied, nodding to the cheque, "Take it."

Ares took the cheque and merely glanced at it before tearing it apart.

"What's that supposed to mean?" I asked, raising my voice a little.

"I don't want money. I have lots of it." Ares replied, "That's not how I expect you to repay me."

"Then how?" I furrowed her brows as she stared at the infamous mafia King.

Xavier coughed, "In," he coughed again, "Bed."

"Excuse me?" I asked, letting anger getting the best of me, "In case you haven't noticed, I am not Dana."

"I don't want you to repay me in that way," Ares glared at Xavier before looking at me, "I'll tell you when I've decided."

"Ares Salvatore," dad spoke up as he approached me and the others with Liza's hands in his and Dana beside him.

"Mr Ivanov. It is indeed a pleasure." Ares replied, shaking hands with him.

"Is there a gathering going on here?" Edward joined in with his wife beside him.

"You can put it like that." Dad said which made Edward smile before pointing to Austin and Ana, "Meet my other children, Austin and Ana. The Salvatore twins."

"They look like their mother." Liza said with a fake smile.

"We need to have a talk." Dad said seriously, "It's about business."

"Okay," Edward nodded, "we'll leave in a few minutes. We all can go to my house." He suggested to which everyone agreed.

What are you up to, dad?

I was getting anxious. I could never tell what he was planning and that worried me. He was a sick bastard.

"So—" someone leaned in and whispered in my ears, "—we'll be going to my house. I'll show you my room, tesoro."

"Vaffanculo." I glanced at Ares and whispered earning a smirk in response. God knows how many times this man has smirked ever since I've met him which was not more than a few hours ago. [Fuck off]

"Don't play hard to get, love." He whispered again, a hint of amusement in his tone.

"Non gioco duro per ottenere—Sono difficile da ottenere." I said loud enough for only him to hear. [I don't play hard to get—I am hard to get.]

"Hai idea di quanto sembri caldo quando parli italiano?" He asked, his lips brushing against my right ear.

[Do you have any idea how hot you look when you speak Italian?]

"What's going on between you two?" Dana's annoying voice suddenly asked, making Ares and I look at her just as our families were looking at us.

"What goes on between us is none of your fucking business." Ares snapped rudely.

"Do not speak like that to my daughter. She just asked a question." Dad said, glaring at Ares who kept on an emotionless face.

"Tell your daughter to not to speak to me because that's how I'll always speak to her." Ares replied coldly.

"Alexia, you heard him, come here." Dad said, looking at me as he motioned for me to go and stand next to him. Could he be more stupid?

"He wasn't referring to me." I rolled my eyes, shooting him a look. He wanted me to seduce the guy, didn't he? Even though, that wasn't what I was doing.

"Only that daughter of yours. This one is quite fine." Ares said making me raise my brows at him, "Quite fine?"

"My apologies. I meant way much more better." He corrected, his eyes never leaving mine.

"Should I start calling her sister-in-law then?" Austin asked and I looked at him, seeing a smirk tugging at his lips.

"Jokes apart," I said, my voice suddenly cold, "Let's just go to their house and do whatever we're gonna do."

"Someone is eager to go to my house, I see." Ares muttered under his breath so that only I would hear. I rolled my eyes at him, "you wish."

"Let's go." Edward said, his brows furrowed as he glanced at Ares then at me before he began walking away with Mirabella and his two other children. Dad, Dana and Liza started following them as well. We all went outside and they got into their own cars while me and Ares went to our own separate cars.