Chap-2*The Sexy Mr. Mayor*

I hadn’t recovered from the shock when Mia elbowed Zoe and grunted at her.

"Stop talking nonsense," Mia warned her before we focused on the crowd again. 
"Mr. Mayor had gathered you all to bring this dirty mess to everybody’s attention," Jace declared while passing a deadly glance around.

"This town has some rules. I made those rules for your benefit. There is no allowance to have sex before marriage or without my permission. Two days ago, Jonas Ric and Felicity Quinn came into my office to ask for my help. The two wanted to be in a relationship, but their parents weren’t in favor of it. Now, before even seeking permission from me, the two had intercourse from time to time," Mr. Mayor said, while he knitted his eyebrows. He pointed at the two to draw attention to them. Everyone’s jaw dropped as he finished speaking. Felicity turned her head down in shame and tears rolled down her eyes.

I was stunned too. Not because they broke some rules, but because of the fact that somebody made those rules. As adults, we should be free enough to decide for ourselves.

"Then this girl came to me to make a deal with me. She offered me one night with her so that I wouldn’t tell anyone about her sins and give her a pass," Mr. Mayor said in a proud tone. I can see the frown and pain on Jonas’ face. He cocked his face to see his girlfriend, complaining about the accusations thrown her way.

"It is not true." Felicity cried silently. Her father slapped her face and slammed it against the hard ground mercilessly.

"No, do not touch or disrespect your daughter." Mr. Mayor charged after the old man and grabbed him away from the girl. It was as if he wanted to humiliate them without making it seem like he was the one belittling them. He was acting like a knight in shining armor when he made a mockery of them.

"But I turned down her offer. I respect girls, ladies, and the folks in my town. I would never disrespect a girl, let alone sleepi---," he rubbed his face in his hands and sighed as if it was hard for him to finish the last part. In no time, I heard claps, the crowd praising him for being a saint. It was a bit hard for me to swallow his innocence. I’ve seen a little devil in his eyes.

"But she kept insisting, instigating me. Then I decided to punish them for adultery." Mr. Mayor gave a jerk to his coat and held his head high in pride. Once again, the appraisal echoed throughout the town.

"That is not true. He summoned me to his office to assist me with this matter, and then he---" she stammered and sobbed. Her father tried to hit her again, but Mr. Mayor stood between them. "He assaulted me," she completed, enraging the crowd into cursing and yelling at her for mentioning their beloved Mr. Mayor. While everybody was busy accusing the girl, I peeped a glance at Mr. Mayor. He lowered his face and shook his head in disappointment.

"Everybody calm down. She is depressed, and I think she is trying her best to escape from her sins by committing other sins by wrongfully accusing Mr. Mayor." Jace, who was Mr. Mayor’s assistant, spoke up. They were both in their early twenties. Who gave them this much power?

Jace then gestured at the guards to bring a suitcase. It surprised me how the girl’s words fell on deaf ears.

"Now, Jonas." Mr. Mayor mumbled, standing before him. "You have two choices. Either you stay here and lose that one finger where you had worn a ring of her name, or you can leave this town once and for all with a handful of money." Mayor opened up the suitcase full of money to show the boy how much money he was offering him.

"No," Felicity softly pleaded through her eyes. She looked at Jonas to make him reject the offer, but he denied listening to her. She seemed to have had her value after what Mr. Mayor accused her of.

"Also, Felicity will lose her finger if you decide to leave. The choice is yours." Saying this, Mr. Mayor slightly walked past them to the side. More important issues needed his attention, like his cuff links. His mere attention was on the cuff links. With his head bowed down, he kept adjusting the perfect cuff-links.

"Forgive me for doing this, but you deserve it. And you are a girl. You don’t need a finger, but I do. I’ve got to do the hard work." Jonas declared shamelessly and hugged the suitcase, trudging away from the crowd. While everyone was busy looking at him, I stole a glance at Mr. Mayor, who had this weird smirk of victory on his face.

"Wait." Mr. Mayor suddenly called for the guards to halt the boy. "You can't just take the money and leave," Mr. Mayor said, shaking his head in disapproval.

"But we have a deal." Jonas was shaking when the guards held him and took away the suitcase.

"It was a test, not a deal. You were equally into all the shameless sins with this girl, so how come you get good out of it, and she gets the punishment?" The triumph was visible on his face. "I, Mayor Xavier Charming, declare three fingers off of Jonas’s hands and Felicity to marry sixty-year-old Mr. Mark. She’ll be serving him and giving him the pleasures a wife should serve, and if they make another mistake, I will punish them even more." I gasped in terror as I heard him state that. The folks had blindly started to praise him. The girl’s father looked pleased. He was happy that Mr. Mayor settled his daughter’s life while it was an injustice for a twenty-four-year-old girl to marry an eighty-year-old man.

The next thing I heard were the cries of the young couple. They kept pleading and begging. I looked here and there, expecting someone might come forward, but it seemed like everyone was happy as they thought justice had been served.

This was not a town, but a cult with a sexy, handsome man as their leader.