Sold to my crush

Lily’s POV

“If it isn’t the slut here in flesh and blood”. Susan said with a sinister chuckle the moment I walked into the house.

“Susan stop it now!!”. Alex’s Father scolded while flashing me pitiful smile.

“Stop what exactly Daniel?, I can’t exactly stop her from whoring around if that’s what you mean cause that’s the only damn thing that needs to stop.” She said with a harsh glare that was directed to none other than me.

Alex was sitting casually on the leather Couch with his father seating adjacent to him. Susan however was standing and she looked like she was ready to pounce on me any second from now.

“Susan!!, enough of that please”. Alex’s father’s voice boomed out, making everyone to still in their movements. Even Susan had a flash of fear on her face and in her eyes before she quickly composed herself as she continued pretending as though it did not affect her.

“Where are you coming from?”. Alex finally spoke up, directing his question at me after he had been watching all of us as though we were his favorite show.

“I.., I .., I am com.., Coming fr.., from work”. I stuttered out in fear as Alex trained his deadly stare at me.

“All lies”. Susan scoffed.

“Do not lie to me Lily. I’m going to ask you for the last time. Where the hell are you coming from?!!”. His voice an octave higher, his eyes no longer Grey but a darker shade, his jaw clenched and his hands balled into a fist. He was definitely furious.

“I’m coming from work”. I said more confidently this time and i was certain that my chances of them believing me would go higher.

“Don’t you ever fucking lie to my face!!!!”. Alex sprang up suddenly as he pushed me to the wall, crushing me. He had a hand on my throat as he pressed on my wind pipe.

“I… I… am … not… lying ..”. I struggled to defend my self .

“Let her go now!, do you want to kill her”. Alex’s father managed to set me free from Alex.

“I wouldn’t mind if he does”. Susan snicked. Alex’s father turned his head sharply and I’m sure he was giving her his deadliest glare.

I coughed and heaved as I struggled to catch my breath.

“So tell me what the hell this is!!”. Alex said as a newspaper was thrown at my face.

I held it with shaky hands as I scanned the paper with my now red eyes.

A bold picture of I and Martin, so close together that it looked like we were about to kiss at the park was on the front page of the paper followed by numerous other pictures of us at the park and also at the restaurant.

Anyone would have easily overlooked the picture if not for the annoying and ridiculous headline.

“THE “SECRET LOVERS” NO LONGER KEEP THEIR AFFAIR A SECRET AS THEY WATLZ AROUND GOING ON MULTIPLE ROMANTIC DATES”.

In my opinion these reporters were just crazy. They’ll go to any length to get a story and they never stop.

‘Secret lovers’ seriously, I did not know when I had a secret lover, talk more of an affair.

Where were they getting all these from. It was just so ridiculous.

“I asked you a question so don’t just stare at it wide eyed like a fool”. Alex screamed in my face.

“I’m coming back from work and this was not taken today. You can even see the date here”. I said sincerely. It had been days since I went out with Martin and the week following it had been so quiet and peaceful. I had been a fool to think it’d last.

“I’m well aware of that. But how am I sure that you’ve not been seeing him every other day since then. Tell me how I can be so sure that you were not with him just minutes ago. Oh wait , I’ll just wait for the next paper to see where you both chose to behave foolishly”. He scoffed.

“Alex just stop it okay. It’s not the way you’re making it seem, it’s certainly not like that.”

“How exactly am I making it seem, tell me huh?, there is a picture of you and Martin on a little date so close to eating your faces out. So please explain that”.

“Alex we did not do anything and it was certainly not a date. We just went to a restaurant to get some food and to the park to do what reasonable people go there to do”.

“So you’re telling me that you guys met at the restaurant coincidentally and it wasn’t planned?” He stepped closer to me as he asked with raised brows.

“N… No, Not exactly”. I stuttered out.Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.

“So what the hell are you saying to me”. He said with a raised voice, startling me.

“Alex I think you should just calm down”. Alex’s father said as he tried to get Alex to move further away from me

“Nobody should dare tell me to fucking calm down when my wife is busy having fun with other men!!”. His father backed away instantly with raised hands and Susan seemed so satisfied with Alex actions.

“You have his number right?” He paced around the room with his hands on his Chin. “Y.. Yes, I do”. I responded in a shaky voice.

“So the both of you text back and forth, and he calls you whenever ?”. He stood in front me now, looking at me expectantly.

I stood still shaking with fear as I did not have answer to give him. “I’ll take your silence as a yes”. He said with a dark chuckle.

“So Martin texts and calls my wife whenever he wants and even planned a date with my own wife” He scoffed mockingly.

“Alex please I …”

“Shut the hell up. If you wanted to eat, I would gotten you whatever you wanted. Even If you wanted you go out to eat in whatever restaurant you want on this planet, I would have taken you there. Damn even if it were to be in snohh th we planet”. He screamed at me.

“Alex please just …”.

“Don’t even dare tell me to calm down cause I’m so fucking calm right now or else I would Martin’s head on a stick”.

I gasped in shock at his statement and the length his anger would take him to.

“I would have done anything you wanted me to do”. He sighed and continued. “I would have taken you anywhere you wanted. Anywhere at all, you would have just…”

“But you didn’t Alex. You didn’t”. I cut him off before he could complete the rubbish he wanted to say to me. It was my turn to be mad now.

How dare he say all these nonsense to me when all he has ever done was to avoid me and treat me like shit.

“Lily don’t you dare raise your voice at me”. He said in a warning tone but I did not care.

“Or what Alex”. I challenged him. “All you ever do is avoid me and when things like this happens, you start acting like you’ve been showing me so much love and been a wonderful husband to me and I’m just a terrible person that’s cheating on you. Save the act for the reporters. We’re all alone here”. I hissed at him.

“Tell me why you’ve been avoiding and neglecting your ‘wife’?”. I asked sarcastically. “For the first time someone looked at me like I mattered, like I was worth it and…”

“So you’re affirming that you’re having an affair”. He cut me off harshly. He heaved heavily and he looked even more pissed that he was before.

“Stop putting words in my mouth Alex”. I hissed at him.

“So you love him now?”. He asked looking somewhat pained.

“Enough of this!!, I’ve had enough of both you bickering”. Alex’s father who must have had enough of us scolded.

“Whatever happened has already taken place and the consequences are already in our faces. Bickering and passing blames will do nothing for us at this point”. He continued.

“Are you saying we let this slut off like that?”. Susan chirped in while Alex and I entered into a glaring contest.

“I’m saying we look for a solution”. Alex’s father adjusted himself on the couch.

“What could we possibly do seeing as her stupid actions has repeatedly damaged our reputation not leaving that of the business aside. This girl is just sent by the devil”. Susan hissed and sent me a deadly glare.

“All she does is just embarrass me, I wonder why I’m surprised.” Alex shrugged, finally pulling his eyes away from mine as he strolled causally to the couch.

“I suggest we just call off the deal. We’ve got nothing to lose at this point. There was no clause for if Alex calls off the marriage.” She paused and eyed me. “Her wretched family can just keep the money, obviously they need it and it’s not like they would be able to pay back even if we give them 60 years”. She finished off with a mocking laugh.

I just stood there taking all the insults she gave to me and my family. I guess all these would have been avoided. If only Chase had been more careful and serious with his work. I wouldn’t be in this mess. Perhaps I would have been in college, far away from everyone and everything.

“Susan you’re not making the situation better. And you’re certainly wrong. There was a clause for if Alex decided to leave the marriage.” Alex’s father said with a grin. Alex and Susan looked at each other in shock at this new revelation. Fuck even I was in shock cause I did not remember seeing anything like that on the paper we signed that day.

“What are you talking about. I don’t remember signing anything that contains any clause for me”. Alex said looking agitated.

“Of course you don’t. You can be so careless at times. I wonder what else you’ve signed without knowing.” Alex’s father hissed earning a glare from Alex and Susan.

“Just get on with it Daniel. My son is very hardworking and takes his work seriously so don’t insult my son.” Susan spat out angrily as she moved to sit by her son. Now I was the only one standing at this point and my feet were hurting badly. I could’ve easily taken a seat but I was far too scared to move from here.

“Of course, your son is so hardworking that he signed a paper that was brought to him by his secretary without reading through it.” Alex’s father scoffed mockingly.

“What paper?”. Alex asked impatiently. I wouldn’t blame him, even I was dying to what it entailed.

“Well I had my lawyer draw up another contract where I included a clause for you Alex”. He said while pointing at Alex. He cleared his throat before continuing. ” It says that if you ever decide to leave the marriage, you’ll be stripped off your title as my son and the heir to the company as well as everything else that would have been your rightful inheritance.”

“What?!!”. Susan and Alex screamed as they jumped up from the seats in uniform.

“You heard me correctly. I sent the paper to you and Lily here. You both signed it. Here have a look”. Alex’s father ripped out a document and passed to Alex and I. It seemed he knew this was coming and he came prepared.

“Bu… bu… but this doesn’t make any sense”. For the first I heard Alex stutter. He had read through the file and found that his father had in fact not been bluffing.

“Daniel how could do such a thing to my son. After all his dedication and all he has contributed to the company”. Susan charged at Alex’s Father.

“Calm down, that can be avoided only if he just stays in this marriage. It’s as simple as that”. He said with a mocking smile.

“Why the hell are you doing this?!. Do you have another child somewhere else?, huh?. Tell me cause I don’t understand this madness and your obsession with this foolish girl”. Susan barked out angrily and she looked like she was seconds away from biting Daniel’s ear off.

“Woman!!. Watch your mouth!. I won’t have you speak to me that way”. Alex’s father’s deep voice boomed out.

All these time Alex just stood there glaring at his father. I’m sure he was imagining a hundred and thirty three ways he could kill his father.

“But you can’t do this Daniel. It also states in this same contract that she isn’t allowed to whore around. But your dear Lily did, thereby breaching the contract. She is liable to damages but we would save her the trouble and so we can terminate the contract and my son can leave this marriage without losing his inheritance as stated here in article nine”. She finished with a huge smirk on her face and her eyes glittering with victory.

Alex’s father sat quietly staring at both of them with a smile without uttering a word. After a while of awkward silence he cleared his throat and began talking.

“Show me proof”.

“Proof of what?”. Alex asked eying him sharply.

“Yeah, proof of what exactly Daniel. Just accept the fact that my son and I beat you”. She smirked.

“Don’t celebrate too soon dear. I need proof of her ‘whoring around'”. He said with a mocking grin and from the look on Susan and Alex’s face, Daniel knew that he had gotten them.

“Isn’t this proof enough. Why are you just making this difficult”. Susan exclaimed as she threw the newspaper at Daniel.

” ‘whoring around’, in literal terms means she’s sleeping around with different men right?. Please do correct me if I’m wrong”. He paused and looked at them expectantly. “I don’t see her ‘sleeping around’ here”. He pointed at the newspaper as he laughed mockingly.

“Daniel you can’t do this!!.” Susan shrieked.

“What exactly am I doing?.” He relaxed causally on his seat.

“Why can’t you just allow this divorce to move smoothly?” She sighed exasperated. She no longer sounded upset but now tired.

“I just need proof of that and you can start the process of the divorce. Simple”. Daniel smirked.

“Daniel but..”

“It’s fine mum.” Alex cut his mum off with a forced smile. “Let’s hear your solution”. He said to his father.

“Now someone’s being the man I trained him to be and saying exactly what I want to hear”. He praised and flashed a smile at Alex but Alex just brushed him off.

“Getting a divorce would not help matters, it would only create a bigger scandal. People would think that you can’t handle your wife and marriage, thereby making you incompetent to handle the company”. He exclaimed.

“But…” Alex tried to speak up but Daniel cut him off and continued talking.

“For the pictures and every other thing to die down and to also restore the image of this family and that of our various affairs, you both need to have a kid now or as soon as possible”. He gestured to Alex and I.

“What?!!”. Susan, Daniel and I all screamed at the same time. I finally said something after a while of being silent in the room.