Her life and existence was built on a deal and her fate is to be sold off to a billionaire on her eighteenth birthday. Suddenly, a day Amelia presumed to be the best day in her suddenly becomes the darkest moment when she is informed of the deal her family took to save their home. She felt torn apart and betrayed by her family, but there was no way back because he had come to take her. However, some things unfold along the way and she slips away from the hands of her predator. She thinks she have been saved and redeemed, but that was the beginning of another nightmare. A nightmare with the young billionaire, Alexander who would now become her new master and also, husband…
View MoreIt was 8pm in Madison.
Amelia took off her pink leopard Chantilly mini dress, humming in the process and gazing at her reflection through the mirror that faced her.
She could swear that today was the best day in her entire life.
Waking up to get a dress worth over four thousand dollars was something she never believed would happen on her eighteenth birthday. Especially when she never got to celebrate a birthday, all her life.
Her childhood was somewhat different and strange to her. The love she craved to get from her parents were non-existent and the man she called her father always made utterances of how he would sell her off if he had the chance to.
It didn’t come as a surprise when she was told that someone dropped her off at the front of their door on a Christmas Eve, when she was only some months old.
“You only added up to the extra expenses of this home. If you didn’t show up, life would be easier for me”, her foster father would tell her every morning, right before she goes to school.
Amelia had to keep living. According to her, living was the only option because eventually, she would leave the hell she called a home.
Her foster mother was different. She was loving and tried to give Amelia the love she needed. However, her husband never stopped having a fight with her because of that.
“Mum, how did you get these?” Amelia had squealed in excitement, earlier that morning, caressing the birthday dress as though it were a treasure.
Truly, she considered it one. Never in her life did she own such exquisite and luxurious dress.
Most of her clothes were passed on to her from her foster siblings, who always got tired of clothes that stayed in their wardrobe for a long time. Amelia never got a new dress from anyone, not even her foster mum.
That was why getting such a dress on this day triggered every form of surprise and suspicion.
“Someone got this for you”, her mother had said to her earlier that morning.
“That person also planned a huge birthday celebration for you at the white garden”, her mother added, forcing a smile that didn’t get to her eyes.
Everything looked suspicious and Amelia could sense it.
“Does he know about this?” Amelia whispered and looked around as though someone would hear her out.
Ever since she discovered that he was not her birth father, she refrained from calling him Dad because that only made her feel worse. Now, she referred to him as “he”.
She feared her foster father with all her might. Most nights, she had nightmares of getting strangled by him in her sleep.
“He knows about this”, Mrs. Wilson replied with a sullen look.
Another surprise that came in for Amelia was the presence of her foster father during her birthday celebration. The worst was the smiles he wore on his face and how sweet he was while talking to her.
A knock on her door jolted her back to reality. She averted her gaze from the mirror and trudged towards the door.
It was Mrs. Wilson, her foster mother. But then, something about her looked extremely odd and disparate.
“You got many presents today”, she commented, darting her eyes to Amelia’s bed that crammed with various shiny and glittering girly things.
Amelia smiled and strolled towards her bed. She gestured on her foster mother to come closer, but she didn’t budge.
“Today, I accept that he hates you”, Mrs. Wilson suddenly whispered, swallowing hard and taking in a deep breath.
“Mum, I had the greatest birthday celebration of my life and I owe it to you”, Amelia giggled, pulling her mother into a warm hug.
Mrs. Wilson nodded her head calmly and pulled away from the hug.
“No! You owe it to him”.
“HIM?”
Panic started to engulf Amelia as she took fearful steps backwards until she fell back to her bed.
“What do you mean?”
Amelia shot a dazed look of bewilderment across to her.
The least she expected was having a weird and puzzled conversation with her foster mother after a blissful birthday celebration.
“What are you not telling me?” An impatient Amelia asked with a quivering voice, peering intently into her eyes and searching for answers that didn’t seem to come off.
Mrs. Wilson dropped a pink box on her bed, after which she walked out of the room, leaving Amelia, who was completely blank and rooted to the spot.
“What’s going on?” Amelia muttered, with the cold night piercing into her very bones.
With shaky hands and an uneven breath, she turned to look at the pink box her foster mother dropped for her.
The note she found in the box made her turn cold in a split second.
“I’m sorry, Amelia. You never belonged here, and I’m at fault for not seeing it. My husband took a loan worth over a million dollars. He never paid it back and never planned to. He sold you to repay the loan, even though he already had the money laying in his account. I planned this birthday after pleading with the man coming for you tonight. I wanted you to have a memory which would keep you happy for a while. He is coming for you tonight. I hope you stay safe, in your new home”.
Her foster father always said that he would sell her, but she never believed that he meant it.
She gazed at the note until her eyes got blurry with tears.
“Don’t do this to me, please! Let me stay here. This is the only home I’ve known all my life”, Amelia cried profusely as she collapsed to the floor.
Her world crashed right before her eyes, and that was when it dawned on her that everything happened for a reason. The massive birthday celebration, the beautiful and glittery dress, and the tons of gifts. It was all because of what they had done.
***
A cold glint flashed past Amelia’s downcast almond shaped eyes as she glanced at herself in the mirror.
She was stunning, and her makeup made her appear radiant and glamorous.
The lady in charge of dressing her had no pity in tightening the girdle on her stomach until it gave the perfect shape she wanted.
“That’s too tight!” Amelia complained, struggling to breathe comfortably.
“I can’t even breathe”.
The lady ignored her and lifted her head, smiling in satisfaction while glaring at Amelia as though she were a beautiful piece of art.
Just then, Amelia’s phone rang. It was her foster mother.
“Come downstairs”.
Amelia scoffed as she rolled her eyes at the lady who was now taking her leave. She felt a sting of tears on her eyelids, but she reminded herself on the need to remain strong.
Her head pounded with tension and her lips grew thin and firm as she took slow and unsteady strides towards the living room.
She sighted Mrs. Wilson, whose head was lowered in guilt. Her foster father wore a thick smile that showed pure excitement and relieve.
Amelia gulped down hard and trudged forward, scanning the room and, finally, landing her eyes on the unfamiliar figure that sat at the far end of the living room.
She fixed her gaze on the man and that was when her jaws dropped in shock.
Not only did he look grotesque and wild, he was also old and unbelievably fat.
The man’s eyes lit up the moment he caught sight of Amelia and nodding his head in contentment, he stood up and strolled towards her.
“I’ve waited for ages to meet you. I’m glad you finally arrived”, he muttered and pulled her into a warm hug.
Amelia held her breath as she couldn’t take in the scent of cigar that emanated from his mouth.
“Don’t touch me!” Amelia suddenly shrieked as she pushed him off and wrapped her arms around her chest as though he were a predator.
“You are going to your new home”, her foster father announced, grinning from ear to ear.
“With him”.
Amelia staggered slightly, glaring at her foster father, who just made the craziest statement in the world.
The next seconds saw her getting transported to the black Ferrari La Aperta that was parked outside the house.
She couldn’t react, neither did she utter a word.
Another look at the man who had come for her caused a nauseous filling to engulf her stomach. She was at the verge of puking because mere look at him disgusted her.
“You would be happy. Only if you want to”, the man said in his husky voice that sent cold shivers down her spine, and then, he flashed his brown set of teeth at her.
Amelia looked at her foster parents for one last time as tears travelled down her cheeks.
Choice was something important in life and seeing that they snatched that from her, she was never going to forgive them.
“Enter the car, Amelia”, the man said and pushed her slightly towards the car.
Amelia flinched at the man’s act. First, she was sold off to an ugly looking man, and now, she is being treated like a prisoner?
A scoff escaped her lips as she entered the car and closed her eyes again, hoping that it was just another nightmare. For a moment, she thought of yelling and pleading for mercy. However, the look of finality on their faces only showed that there was no going back.
The man kept grinning at Amelia, who couldn’t stand his face and scent. He smelt like burnt food and, inasmuch as he was clad in an expensive suit, Amelia remained irritated.
“Time would solve everything, trust me”, the man said as he peeked into the rearview mirror to take a glance at Amelia.
“You would love everything about him. He is a good man”, the man chimed out and broke into sarcastic laughter that heightened Amelia’s fear.
“I can’t love anything about you or whosoever you refer to as “him”. You are just an old man who does nothing apart from buying young girls and snatching away their right to make a choice”, Amelia screamed on top of her voice.
He smirked and let out a scoff.
“Your parents made the choice for you. If they had repaid the loan, their daughter wouldn’t be faced with this fate. Honestly, you should be glad to have this option. You aren’t even worth the amount of money they took from him!” The man sneered and laughed aloud.
Amelia thought of the person both her foster mother and the man referred to as “him”. They never said anything about him, and that made her turn cold in fear. It meant that this old man was not the person she got sold off to…
“They are not my parents. And my foster father had the money to repay you back, but he chose to give me away”, Amelia said as she swallowed hard and sniffled.
“Not my business!” The man replied and broke into another round of laughter.
Nothing in her life was a business to anyone. That was why she got tossed about like a product or item. No one cared about her, and that was a part of her life she needed to live with.
Just then, something happened. From the number of cars lined up in the traffic, she sighted someone who took her breath for a second. The only problem was that they were apart from each other; sitting in different cars that were on different lanes of the road.
Amelia blinked her eyes severally to be sure that she wasn’t having a mere hallucination. Alexander on the other hand walked over to her and touched her cheeks to ensure that she was real. Even if he had wished to meet her soon, he never thought or imagined that it would be in such an unplanned situation. “Amelia?” He said in a voice that sounded like a whisper, blinking off the tears that welled up in his eyes. The past couple of months was so much to handle and for a minute, he had thought that he lost Amelia forever already. Amelia gulped down hard as the different memories of Alexander started playing out in her head. “You…you were the person who helped me with the money?” She asked, with tears dripping out of her eyes and falling to the ground. Alexander didn’t have an answer to that. All he wanted was to feel her head on his chest. At this, he pulled her into a very warm hug and inhaled every part of her body. “I missed you so much that it felt like I would die”, Alexander
Alexander’s PovI groaned as I stood to my feet, wincing in pain when I felt a crack somewhere at my back. I was getting better and could move around, but I still felt down. The door opened and a nurse walked into the room, wearing a frown and making to lead me back to the bed. “You should go back to bed sir. It’s not ideal for you to walk around in this manner”, the nurse declared, holding my hands and making to lead me to the bed.I sighed deeply and walked over to the bed, with my heart deep in worry. I had a lot to think about but the main thing was Amelia and how she fairing at the moment. The nurse looked up at that point and took in a deep breath.“Excuse me sir…I think I just have to let you know because it’s very important”, she said, causing me to lift my head in surprise.“What’s going on?”She shrugged slightly, as though she was still contemplating if she should let me know or not. After a while, she finally looked at me.“The lady just had a child. It’s a boy”, she sa
Noah’s PovMy heart dropped in shock the minute Amelia told me that she had her memories back. That was the last thing I was expecting to hear because I didn’t see any signs of that…“What?” I muttered as she scoffed and wore a very wry smile. “You have your memories?” I asked and again, she nodded in affirmation.I staggered and dug my hands into my head in shock. What the hell?“And I know that Alexander didn’t rape me. He is not a bad person like you pained him to be”, she added, with a glint of pain in her eyes.I felt a tightening in my throat just as I tried to think of what to say. My head was totally blank and I was lost on the next line of action to take.It was beginning to look like I was the loser in this game and I certainly didn’t like the feeling that came with it.“Get out! I don’t want to ever see you again”, she dropped and for a minute, I thought that I’ve just heard wrongly. At first, I thought that she was only trying to joke with me and so, I stayed still and r
Amelia’s PovThis was not the type of life I wanted. Noah had made things look so easy that i didn’t bother having any thoughts about what I would do if things didn’t work out.We got stranded on the road, without a dime on us and then, I got into labor. I never believed that it was it, until my water broke…We made our way to a hospital not far from where we was. From the look of the hospital, I could easily tell that it was for the rich. I screamed in pain and cried continuously just as I was led into the hospital premises. Just then, the doctor walked out and looked at me with a strange gaze.“Is she registered in this hospital?” The doctor asked and for a minute, I thought I had heard wrongly.I never actually thought of this. It was actually ideal to have your child in the hospital where you got registered in. “I’m not! But please…”, I cried out as the pain in the lower part of my stomach became fiercer.Noah tried to talk to the doctor as well, but he wasn’t making any attemp
Alexander’s PovMy men came into my room later that evening, with a big frown on their faces. I jerked up the moment they walked in, wondering why they wore a very dull look on their faces. “What is going on? Did you find her whereabouts?” I quickly asked, trying to steady my heart that was beating out of my chest. They stared at each other after which one of them shook his head negatively.“She is not at Grey’s mansion anymore. From what we gathered, Noah took her away and their whereabouts are unknown”, he explained and for a minute, I thought that I’ve heard wrongly.“What?” I screamed and made to get on my feet but they kept me down with a worried look.“You are not fit to walk around yet. Please get some rest and we would handle this”, they tried to persuade me but none of their words made sense in my ears. My heart was broken to tiny bits and there was nothing to do. My body ached severely and I groaned the minute I tried to raise my legs.“I need to get better. You don’t un
AmeliaI felt a bang in my head and for some seconds, I felt dizzy. “Amelia…are you okay?” I heard Noah’s voice, but it was distinct. What was Noah trying to say to me? He had said that we were currently in trouble because the treaure he had with him was the fake. That simply meant that we had no money or option of what to do. “I’m okay”, I gasped as I swallowed hard, trying to steady my heart that was beating frantically. Deep down I was scared and greatly disturbed. I was beginning to think that I was finally away from Grey and One. Noah’s plan sounded so good and for a while, I thought that I would have a brand new life that would be free from all the drama.“Look at that mall”, he said and shifted his gaze to the mall that was just across the street. I nodded my head in understanding, deeply wondering what he wanted us to do at the mall.“We need to steal from someone. That is our only way out. We have to leave this city”, Noah said and for a minute, I thought that I’ve just
Noah’s PovI was almost at the end of the line. It was just left for me to gather enough money, after which I would leave with Amelia. Amelia was quite puzzled, and I could see this in her eyes. She was exhausted and, at the same time, filled with so much uncertainty.A part of my heart told me that she didn’t fully trust me, but I didn’t care much about her. I had her by my side and that was all what mattered. “Everything will be fine in no time”, I said to her again as we both shifted our gaze to the antique store owner who was examining the treasure with a small frown on his face. “Is this really a treasure?” He asked and for a minute, I thought I had just heard wrongly. I was beginning to run out of patience. I had thought that he would scream in excitement the minute he laid his eyes on it, but his countenance was so cold and sour.“What do you mean by that?” I asked him with a cracked voice, staring at him as though I would tear him apart in no time.He let out a deep hiss an
Amelia’s PovNoah held my hands and led me out of Grey’s mansion. From how restless he appeared, I could tell that something was wrong.The minute we got outside the gate, I let out a small scoff and looked at him.“This was not the plan! We said that we were going to escape much later at night. That was what you said. What happened?” I wore a confused look on my face as I looked at him curiously.He wore a small smile on his face, after which he took my hands and placed a small kiss on it. “It’s much better to achieve your games peacefully, besides causing trouble and creating chaos. At this point, none of them knows that we are escaping, and the best is that they won’t have an idea of where we are heading to”, he explained as his eyes glittered with excitement.I forced a smile to my face and nodded in understanding, even if I barely understood what was going on. I thought of Alexander at intervals, wondering where he was in the middle of everything.“How about Alexander? Where is
Alexander’s PovA small groan left my lips as I felt an excruciating pain on my head. I winced and made to move, but the bang on my head returned, fiercer this time. “Where was I?” I silently asked myself as I tried to open my eyelids that was strangely heavy. After what seemed like ages, my eyes finally shot open and I met a purely white ceiling…It was extremely quiet at first, until I heard hushed voices beside me. Turning my head to the left, I met some of my men who I had hired to watch over the mansion. They had worried stares on their faces and that got me more curious. “What is going on? Why are you all staring at me like that? And why are you here?” I asked, trying so hard to get to my feet, but feeling numb all over.They had their heads bowed in respect and didn’t make an effort to utter a single word. That simple act from them got me more enraged. “Why aren’t you saying anything? Talk to me!” I yelled out of my lungs, causing them to jerk up in shock. In a moment, th
Welcome to GoodNovel world of fiction. If you like this novel, or you are an idealist hoping to explore a perfect world, and also want to become an original novel author online to increase income, you can join our family to read or create various types of books, such as romance novel, epic reading, werewolf novel, fantasy novel, history novel and so on. If you are a reader, high quality novels can be selected here. If you are an author, you can obtain more inspiration from others to create more brilliant works, what's more, your works on our platform will catch more attention and win more admiration from readers.
Comments