Chapter 16: Provoke

"What? Don't tell me you're offended by that?" Nicholas smirked. "You let yourself in that auction. Then you must be prepared to be obedient to whoever bought you"

"Didn't you hear what the host in that club said? I'm sure if you read my profile then you must know that it's my damn first time there!" I shouted back.

"Standing there with such confidence in flaunting your body in the eyes of men. You seem to know what you are doing to get a rich and powerful man. Do you think anyone would believe what that host uttered there?"

I held back my tears as I pushed back the sorrow that brought about those words. A lot of people called me names. But I brushed it off in an instant because it didn't affect me. I never felt offended or hurt because I knew it was not true. But this time it was different.

Those words coming out from my own mate was just a dagger being stabbed in my heart over and over again.

I swallowed hard and arched a brow, "Those rich and powerful men didn't need to lift a