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Lavender.

I stared at myself in the mirror, half naked with only my panties and bra on.

Yes, I looked elegant and my curves were magnificent but my face was a disaster.

The mascara had spilled all over my face from crying earlier, making me look like something that crawled out from a horror movie.

I let out a sigh, cupping my hand in the running water as the cold water streamed in my hand.

I shoved my face into my palm, rubbing it tenderly a couple of times before reaching for one of the rose gold silk nightgowns and slipping it on.

It felt so soft and smooth on my skin and the material was of obvious quality.

I made my way out of the bathroom and straight out of the room with my phone in my hand.

Descending down the stairs, the flip-flops on my feet slapped against the marble floors.

The closer I drew to the ground floor, the slower I descended the stairs. I wasn't ready for any of these. I wasn't.

I let out a sigh, mustering my confidence again and stepping forward into the living room where the twins sat on a sofa with an armchair before them.

Between the armchair and the sofa was a coffee stool with some papers and a pen placed beside them.

“Come," one of them commanded even without turning his neck back to look at me.

I swallowed, stepped forward into the living room slowly.

I stood in front of them and the one with the green eyes gestured for me to sit which I did, flashing him a smile. However, he didn't return my smile, he only threw his gaze away as if I couldn't matter less.

They both didn't speak, leaving the silence to mock me as I stole glances at them.

I let out a sigh, finally deciding to say something as I locked gazes with the blues.

“What's the point of this?" I spat.

The daggers he shot me with his eyes sent mine fleeing from his, not daring to look into them again.

“As you know, you were sold, for a billion dollars," the other one rose up, speaking.

I nodded sheepishly.

“So you're going to listen to us." He added, shoving his hands into his pocket as he stared down at me. I didn't look directly into his eyes but my gaze lingered on his lips instead. He bent over, interlocking gazes with me.

“This is not a demand, it's a command; Sign the papers," He blurted out, his voice rough.

My eyes traveled down to take a look at the papers.

“A contract marriage?" I stuttered, my gaze still lurking on the papers.

"Yes. A contract marriage. Sign it!" He commanded, placing his index on the papers before sliding them to the edge of the stool so I would reach it.

He picked the pen, fiddling with it for a while before placing it right on top of the papers.

“B-but," I stammered, unable to finish my sentence.

“No buts. This is for your own good and you are lucky to have an amazing mother who can do anything to save you. If she could give out herself in place of you, she would embrace the option gladly.” He said, each of his words punching holes in my heart.

He raised his body before sitting back down.

I stared at the papers blankly, not even reaching for them.

“Sign the fucking papers!" I jumped in fear as the one with the blue eyes yelled.

My breath became faster each second but I found the courage to shake my head, refusing.

He rose like a beast, almost lunging at me when his brother stepped in immediately, holding him back.

“Calm your freaking balls, Jayden!” He spat.

"Hayden, get the fuck out of my way! If she wouldn't sign it then let's force her to. Why are you being easy on her,” He retorted.

My eyes slightly widened in fear, unable to believe his beastly behavior.

His brother pushed him back on the couch. His blue eyes widened as his ass sank into the couch.

His brother pointed right at his face, speaking “Shut the fuck up and sit your add down. She'll sign it, she hasn't refused to!”. He then sat down also with a frown on his forehead.

“Carry on and sign it," Hayden added.

“Tell me what happened,” I demanded in a small voice.

Jayden scoffed, “See? Just force her to sign the god-damned papers and stop going easy on her,”.

His brother ignored his words, his gaze still glued to mine.

"Tell me what my Mom was trying to protect me from," I added.

His face hardened but softened again. His lips parted, “Charlie Brown,” he stated.

That name. It made my heart skip two beats and made my stomach drop.

“Charlie?”I asked to confirm.

"Yes, Charlie Brown. He had your sextape,".

I thought it was only the name that made my heart skip two beats but the last words did the same. “How does he-".

He chirped in, "You fucked him, didn't you?”.

I was reluctant at first but realizing there was nothing to hide anymore, I nodded.

“Yes, but that was…. back in high school, years ago.”,

"High school or not, you look just the same in the video and leaking it would pull your reputation down as the CEO of your company and will wreck your company.”.

I took a deep breath to push down the one that was stuck in my lungs.

“Your mother pleaded for help since he demanded a huge amount which your company can't afford, so we paid him half a billion dollars to delete the sextape from his device and quit threatening your reputation.”.

I nodded vigorously. "The other half?” I asked, my voice starting to waver.

Jayden spoke this time and his voice shook me to the core. “We bought the video to use as a leverage on you, just in case,".

My eyes widened and I felt my palm become sweaty against the silk nightgown.

“You can either be stuck with us forever or let your sextape get out there. Choose a path to explore,”.