Chapter 2 - Miss Angel

Regina’s POV

I froze on my spot as though a thunder had been struck on my head.

What did Nigel mean by “having a night with her”?

I was his wife…How could he give me to other men?

What was happening here!

Letting out an evil laugh, one of the two drunken men took a step towards me, a vicious gleam in his eyes.

“Nigel, you should have mentioned you have a pretty wife like this then we wouldn’t have trouble in the first place,” he grinned, flashing his yellow teeth at me. “Now come to me you little beauty.”

The other one said, "You have washed her up, right? She is clean?"

"Perfectly clean. You can have you way with her, however you want." Nigel said. 

My heart was racing like crazy in my chest. Seeing the man reaching over to grab me, I quickly take a step back, “No—No! What are you doing? You are not welcomed here. Nigel…Nigel—get them out of here please!”

The two of them burst into laughter, “Your dear husband Nigel got us here himself! Didn’t he tell you about his debt?”

I shook my head desperately with tears in my eyes.

No, I don’t understand…What debt? What were they talking about?

Nigel had been watching out exchanges quietly by the side. He suddenly took a large stride forward and grabbed my shoulder forcefully.

“Regina, listen to me.” he whispered urgently into my ears, “These two men are bigshots in this pack who are willing to help with my career. I’ve been playing poker with them, trying to please them. I do own them some money—but they have promised me that they will give me a promotion as soon as I clear my debt!”

So he was asking me to sleep with them?

He wanted to clear his debt by selling out his own wife?!

I stared at Nigel’s handsome face through my tear blurred vision and suddenly found that I didn’t even know this man anymore. Was he still the same guy that I fell in love with?

How could he be so…shameless!

“Nigel, but I am your wife!” I gasp and sob, “How—how can you ask your own wife to sleep with other men? There have got to be some other ways to solve this!”

Nigel’s face turned dark. And he snapped in fume, “What other men? I told you…they are my superiors! Having one night with them will not only help me—but also this family! It is such a small price to pay! And I had got you after pills. If you still get pregnant, I will take you to get an abortion. I got everything covered.”

Seeing the devastated look on my face, Nigel quickly softened his tone and wooed me, “Regina, baby, are you afraid that you will become damaged good afterwards? Don’t be afraid…I will love you all the same. It’s just one night. I won’t mind.”

“No. It’s not about that…” I shook my head, “I just can’t…”

I couldn’t do that.

My body wasn’t cargo. It was not for sell!

“Hey Nigel!” one of the men shouted, “What’s the deal here? I thought you have sorted things out with your wife already!”

“I have—just a minute Sir!” Nigel answered with a loud voice.

Then he snapped his head back to me. The look on his face suddenly became cold and vicious.

“You better fucking listen to me here, Regina!” he tightened his grip on my shoulder, hurting me. “Since you married me, you have done nothing for this family. All you do is fucking sleep and eat like a god damn pig! I am tired of that you hear me? Now it is time for you—to do something—for this family!”

He shoved me forward. I staggered and fell to the ground. From a peripheral look, I saw those two drunken men approached me. Letting out a terrified scream, I crawled back and scrambled up, wanting to escape this room, but I ran directly into Nigel the moment I turned.

“Where are you going!”

He seized me by my hair and spined me around. My forehead knocked against the table corner, blood streaming down.

“—Didn’t I tell you to serve our guest?!” he roared.

I collapsed on the ground, sobbing and holding my broken forehead.

Those two men stopped in their tracks. After a little while, one of them shrugged, “Look Nigel, your wife is pretty alright. But she is too feisty. I don’t like that for a woman.”

“Yeah, we’ll come back when you can manage your woman.”

They laughed and exited the room. A little while ago, I heard the front door closing.

“YOU BITCH—”

Nigel snapped his head at me, his face twisted in burning rage.

“—WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!!!”

He hopped in on me, grabbing me by my throat and backed me against the wall. I put my hands on his wrist and struggled to breath.

Please no…I was suffocating…

“You blew my chance to success!” he roared onto my face, “How I wish to—”

A series of hurried steps came into the room, followed by a croaked voice yelling, “Nigel! What happened! Why did your friend leave so quickly?”

Nigel tossed me to the ground and turned to his mother, “It was all because of Regina, mother! She refused to serve my friends. Now my career is doomed! What should I do!”

“What?!” Melany shirked, “You’ve gotta be kidding me! You filthy little twat…how dare you ruin my son’s career like that!”

She strode over and grabbed my collar. The next second, a hot slap landed on my cheek.

“If he didn’t marry you, my son would be with the alpha’s daughter right now! And he would be so much more successful! It was all because of you…you bitch!”

She raised her hand and was about to slap me again.

But Nigel stopped her.

“Not the face, mother.” He said coldly, “We still needed her.”

Then Nigel looked down at me, a cold and sarcastic look on his face, “You don’t have a choice here, Regina. Do as I asked, or I will reject and throw you out of this household…You don’t want to be a rejected woman, do you?”

A chill was sent down my spine.

No, I didn’t want to be rejected by him. I had lost so much along the way…I couldn’t lose him too.

“Think about it.” He said icily, “I will invite my friends over 3 days later. I hope you can learn to behave by then.”

After that was said, Nigel left the room without any hesitation. Melany followed right after him, giving a disgusted glare at me before she left.

I sat on the ground, shivering involuntarily.

God…please help me…what should I do here?

I hated to offer my body to other men in exchange for something. I wasn’t a prostitute!

But if it was for Nigel’s career…

I hesitated. Then I shook my head firmly again.

I couldn’t do it even for Nigel.

There has got to be other ways to solve this. Nigel said he owned those men money.

Money was not a big deal.

My grandfather once said that if a problem could be solved by money, it wasn’t a large problem at all.

I slowly pulled myself up the ground and wanted to talk to Nigel again, asking him how much money he owned. And maybe we could find a way to gather that amount together.

I pressed my bleeding forehead and moved out of the living room.

Just then, I heard a series of conversation coming from outside the door. I hesitated, and moved closer and then pressed my ear against the door, listening.

“…Regina turned them down…but don’t worry…I’ll talk to her later…” That was Nigel.

Then I heard a woman’s voice saying, “You can’t lose this chance, Nigel. After you get this job, you will become the ambassador of our pack. You will even have a chance to go to Ever Moon Pack and meet with its Alpha a few months later. What a great honor is that!”

“I know. It’s a huge honor. Maybe Ever Moon Pack’s Alpha will like me, and we’ll even become friends.” Nigel giggled stupidly, “And then, I will have more leverage to meet with your father and ask him for your hand…”

What was he saying?!

I couldn’t believe my ears.

The next thing I knew, I have knocked the door open and stumbled outside.

The couple standing outside jerked around to look at me together.

Nigel had his hand warped this woman’s slim waist. He seemed surprised to see me here.

The woman he was holding had silky long hair and a pretty face. She darted a nasty look at me and then turned back to Nigel.

“What is your wife doing here, Nigel?” she snorted.

Nigel frowned at me, “Regina, go back to the house!”

But instead of going back, I took a shaky step forward, “Nigel, who is this woman?”

“This is Miss Angel. She is here to help me sort out my debt problem. You go back to the house now!” Nigel snapped impatiently.

“But why do you still have a debt problem? I thought you were going to—to—” I couldn’t finish.

I thought he was going to offer me to those men. And then his debt would be cleared.

So what did he still need this woman for?

That woman named Angel suddenly let out an icy sneer. Looking down at me, she curves her lips into a sarcastic smile.

“Don’t be ridiculous,” she said. “An old tramp like you doesn’t even worth a penny. I am the only one who can help Nigel.”