ALLEGRA'S POV;One thing my father hated was being challenged. Vincenzo's words had definitely hit his sore spot and I could feel the danger that came with it. I didn't want to see the fight between my mate and my father, despite how much I hated the latter. Staring at Vincenzo, he seemed to hate my father deeply, almost more than he hated me, making me frown. What was the cause of Vincenzo's hatred? Does he hate my father because he didn't help out or because he knew the truth about what happened back then? I left these questions to myself but one thing was clear, I refused to believe Vincenzo knew about what had happened years back. “You sure have grown a lot. It's hard to tell that this was the little boy that once loved to smile,” Surprisingly, different from I was thinking, my father didn't attack him, nor did he show sighs of anger which made me frown in confusion and fear. It would have been better for him to let out his anger rather than keeping it in because I knew doing the
ALLEGRA'S POV;It was exactly 1:00A.M in the morning where my body was feeling like it was getting steamed. “Shit!” Groaning repeatedly, I struggled to get out of bed but instead fell miserably on the floor. Thankfully, there was not much I collided with that made noises loud enough to disturb everyone in the house. The sweat that coated my forehead and palms were proof enough of how I was feeling. My insides hurt like hell, almost as if it had been set on fire. I could feel the hit from the pit of my stomach as my core tingled.“What is wrong with me?” I asked myself. If it wasn't for the fact that my heat had come days ago, I'd have thought it was my heat. Now, what exactly was wrong with me? I opened my mouth to call out for help but I couldn't find my voice. My strength and everything in me seemed to have been sapped out, leaving me useless. “Wh…what is going on?” I stammered internally. There was no one around and my vision was starting to get blurry. I knew I needed to get h
ALLEGRA'S POV;Waking up to the feeling of my bones aching terribly and my thighs feeling like it had been run over by a truck was something I much expected. The sun rays hit my skin, the feeling warm and nice, the air void of impurities as I greedily sucked it in. “Hm,” I moaned in pain as I tried moving my legs. I had always known Vincenzo was a beast in bed since the first night and this again proved my point.The more flashbacks of our night together came back rushing into my head, the more I could feel my cheeks grow warmer with the warmth crawling up to my neck. “Awake? How do you feel?” Hearing his voice so close to him scared the hell out of me. I jumped out of bed in fear,closed my eyes while expecting the pain from my incoming fall to come but Instead, I was pulled into a warm embrace. “Easy. You don't have to be so jumpy,” Vincenzo said softly and at that point, it seemed like everything I had experienced previously wasn't making any sense. His voice sounded so soft and
ALLEGRA'S POV;“Uh, no. Nothing's wrong,” I answered with a palpitating heart. When did Vincenzo become so soft and gentle towards me? The thought alone felt like I was walking on a tray of eggshells. It was hard to tell what exactly he truly wanted due to his abrupt change in behavior. With every second that passed with him acting like this, the more I had the feeling that something was off.“Good. The maids will come over to dress you up. Be on time. We leave by seven in the evening,” Vincenzo said neutrally and before I could ask him where we were going, he left his room with Giovanni still standing by the bedside. “Where in God's name are we going?” I gently cursed out. For some reason, I didn't feel pleased that Vincenzo was taking me out. It felt like he was dragging me into a ploy I didn't want to be part of. “The look on your face doesn't really suit you that much,” Giovanni's calm voice slowly interrupted my thoughts. Remembering what had transpired last night, a frown gre
ALLEGRA'S POV; Sitting beside Vincenzo in his Maybach was harder than I imagined. The partition was up, leaving the both of us to our space. We were on our way to God knows where and I couldn't help but be nervous. Vincenzo had ordered his maids and a fashion designer to dress me up nicely in a red ankle-length gown that had a slit in front right from the middle of my thighs to the end. I had picked my choice of not putting on too much makeup. “Alpha, we are here!” His chauffeur called out as the partition slowly went down. I was about heaving a sigh of relief, thankful that I would no longer feel uncomfortable with just the both of us in it but then, I watched with my mouth open as a red carpet came into view. “Where are we?” I asked, this time with more urgency than I've been asking. My nerves were a mess as I stared at Vincenzo, anxiously waiting for his reply. He seemed unbothered in his black tailor-made suit as he adjusted his slacks. His black hair was slicked backwards wi
ALLEGRA'S POV;It felt like the air had been knocked out of my lungs. I suddenly felt choked up and with every breath I took it felt like I was being choked. Upon noticing how Vincenzo stiffened a bit, I didn't need a talisman to know that this was the truth right before me. Indeed, the lady whose figure I had been admiring was none other than my rival and my mate's ex fiance. Was this why he had been treating me so gently? Treating me with so much care? Because he knew he was going to see his ex today? The more I thought about it, the more I realized I had been played and used. Here I was, feeling so happy that Vincenzo was starting to open up to me but who was I kidding? He merely took me as an object of distraction for himself. “Hm, Layla, meet my girlfriend, little rabbit…,” Vincenzo slowly hummed, loud enough for everyone around the table to hear. If it wasn't for the fact that I had just figured out I was being used, butterflies would have started dancing in my stomach. As soo
ALLEGRA'S POV;The shock on her face was proof enough to tell me that she had not expected the words that came out of my mouth. “I don't like being fake,” I added, throwing her a quick glance before turning back to face front. “Tch, what more was I expecting from a woman brought from the gutters? You'd surely have a gutter behavior. I shouldn't have thought highly of you, thinking you were different from the others,” she continued. Meanwhile, the more she talked, the more I realized that she had taken my body actions to their words as a sign that I was pained. At the thought of it, a smile was starting to form on my face as I avoided bursting into laughter. “Gutters? Gutter behavior?” I couldn't help but ask with a smile on my face. It was hard trying to keep a straight face when all I wanted to do was to burst into laughter. “What else?” Folding her arms and wanting to assume a posture of dominance, Layla asked back. With everything she did, it was hard to restrain my laughter w
ALLEGRA'S POV;If anyone had told me I was going to wake up to seeing Vincenzo and Layla both sitting at the dining table and eating breakfast lovingly, I'd have brawled with the person. But here I was, standing right at the entrance of the dining room at exactly 8:00A.M as I watched them both enjoy breakfast.“It's been so long since I've been here but nothing has changed. Vinc, you really took good care of this place,” Layla said in between spoonfuls of her food, smiling coquettishly as she rubbed Vincenzo's hand that was lazily laid on the table beside his food. Seeing this, I suddenly felt like throwing up. I watched as Vincenzo who was clad in a blue house wear smiled at her and continued with his meal. My feet shook at his reaction. I could remember the time I called him VIN and it was as if he was about to murder me, further warning me not to ever call him that again. Moreover, Layla seems to have been here before, making unknown emotions suddenly rise in me. The more I star
Allegra's pov; Of all the things I expected Alpha Alex to say, this wasn't part of it. Hos request had thrown me off to the point that I staggered back, hastily grabbing onto the side of a couch to stop myself from falling. Even so, my grip was light and wasn't tight, while I helplessly slipped. I was glad to fall on another couch, my butt hitting it softly and leaving me to only grunt. At least, it was better than falling to the floor and causing harm to myself and even the child in my stomach. "No. Something else would do," immediately, I declined , already shaking my head and refusing. He watched me, with no sort of emotion in his eyes, only looking calmly as if he had other plans. "That is the only thing I'm requesting for as payback. Or is fifty thousand dollars not enough to get your service?" he asked again, this time, his gaze more penetrating than before. I stared back at him, not saying a word and choosing to go with the silence. After some time of
Allegra's pov; I expected all sorts of things to happen to me today but not the good ones. I didn't even dream of having a warm shower or warm clothes I'd be comfortable in, without feeling the need to hide my body or be scared anyone was going to find out. I could have sworn the clothes I found in the wardrobe had all been specifically bought for me if only this wasn't a huge mansion filled with different and numerous rooms, with picture frames of a female decorating the living room. Much to my displeasure, I had seen no one to ask about who the female was. How special was she for her framed picture to be hung on the walls of an Alpha who reeked of power? His violet orbs were just enough to put a child in a nightmares and yet, of all other things to decorate his huge house, he had only chosen to use the picture of a female. A fabulous way to tell everyone how special she was to him. But thinking about it, wasn't someone whose line of business or whatnot was just like
ALLEGRA’S POV;“And now, we’ve brought a special gift and only just one among many of you would be able to win this!” The loud voice of the boss announcing this to the audience below the stage had me shivering while leaning on the cage I was locked in. Everything was dark and I could still detect the big red clothing that had been used to cover the cage while it was slowly lowered down on the stage. After he found out about my pregnancy, much to his disappointment, I vividly remembered the words he said to the two men who brought me. “Sell her off at all cost no matter the price,” He had said, speaking about me like I was only worth a dime. Thereafter, he had looked at me with so much disgust and anger, going off and complaining about how he couldn’t touch me since no one would want to buy a pregnant woman with fresh wounds on her body. That had been my saving grace and made me escape getting repeatedly hit like others around. Even the two men who had both been playing the good co
ALLEGRA’S POV; I had no idea what the time was but from the moment I was brought to what looked like a dressing room by the two men who had been with him since the time I was taken as a good sold by Vincenzo to them, I couldn’t tell exactly whether it was afternoon or night. Every attempt at asking them this question had been nothing but a total failure since they both had taken it upon themselves to seek pleasure in mocking the women around rather than acting like proper beings. Asking the women I saw around was like jumping from the pan to the fire as each of them looked ready to tear me apart the moment I tried to engage in any conversation with them. Sitting on a chair, patiently waiting for the one they called the designer to come dull me up, I was a bundle of nerves. Even after having a shower on their request, I knew not to test their patience as one slip might lead to having my whole face battered up with wounds before I’d get the chance to be on stage. I squeezed t
Allegra's pov; Although, the first time I was here, it had been for the purpose of getting Vincenzo's attention. With it being the second time I was back here, it was very unfamiliar and from the goosebumps that rose on my skin, it wouldn’t be difficult to know this fact. “We are here now. You should learn how not to run your mouth when you’re back in. Remember you’re no one but a slave here,” One amongst the two men who had brought me here decided to remind me of my present situation. Thanks to the baby growing in my belly, the strong stench of sweat and sex that racked through every corner of the dark hall was the last thing I needed in my nose. Too busy dreaming about the benefits they were going to have, the two men continued to talk between themselves, laughing every now and then. The sound was like the sound of a rusty gate scraping against concrete, making me very uncomfortable. Soon, we passed the hallway, walking towards where it was easy to detect that it was where
Allegra's pov; When Vincenzo had said he was going to return me back to where I came from, he wasn't joking and neither was I prepared for the outcome because it wasn't until the next day did he take action. I had forgotten about the things he said, allowing it to freely escape my brain while thinking of ways to begin to minimise my presence in this mansion. Who would have thought the number of hours here was already being numbered by Vincenzo who had said so himself? "Come with us. It says you're a survivor from the attack that went down in the Elite dungeon months back. Please, follow us and let's go back," One of the men who I believed had tried to dress neatly and as best as he could began to speak. He stretched out his calloused and roughly cut hand out to me while I remained sitted on the floor in the living room, wondering why this was happening. From the way the guards around didn't stop them, you could say Vincenzo definitely had a hand in this and I didn't n
ALLEGRA'S POV; Time and time again, I had held the hope that Vincenzo might grow to tolerate me, if not love me but each time, his words only proved to me how much I've hoped and how he was going to easily break me. I gaped at him as tears stung the back of my eyes, threatening to spill out. For a brief moment, I noticed his eyes flash with pity in them but when I blinked to look again, it was gone like it had never been there in the first place. "What? Should sl*ts like you feel bad? Isn't that what your job is?" Vincenzo mocked, breathing right on my face. I clenched my hands at my sides, with my anger already starting to rise. Every emotion that I had been trying to hold back for the past days since all of these began erupted like flames in my chest. Before I could stop myself, my palm had landed on Vincenzo's cheek, giving him a slap. My eyebrows twitched in surprise while a smirk spread on his lips. Everything in my body was screaming for me to run; to run
ALLEGRA'S POV; The next day, there was only one urge I had as I laid on her bed and stared up at the ceiling. The only thing I felt like doing was to end things as soon as possible. Would coming clean to Vincenzo be as bad? Was he only treating me like this because he thought I was nothing but a slave? Deep down, I knew what the answer to my question was and as much as I tried not to admit it to myself, it was glaring at me right in the face. Vincenzo had never been like this. The young teenager I knew back then had always been so kind and loving to anyone but after that day, every trace of kindness left his bones, evaporating into thin air. My wolf had stirred in me more times than I could count this morning. After what happened yesterday morning with Vincenzo leaving me to be embarrassed and in shame, getting my thoughts together had been a tough thing to do. The fact that he had done that in front of Layla didn't help matters and each time I remembered this, I restr
ALLEGRA'S POV; I bit my lip hardly, hoping this was a joke but when Vincenzo's gaze remained on me, his expression stoic and his gaze hard, it was obvious what this was. "I...I can't do this," I tried to deny, shaking my head from side to side while taking a step backwards. Who knew that this would have been Vincenzo's last straw because the next time he spoke, he didn't sound like he was joking. "Don't make me repeat myself. Get on your knees," in more of a growl, he commanded. At that moment, there was only want thing I had the urge to do- to obey him. It felt like I was no longer in control of my body and the only word that kept buzzing in my head was to get on my knees. Without another word, I moved closer to him, immediately dropping on my knees. It wasn't after this happened did I realise what just went down- Vincenzo had used his Alpha's voice on me. "Er...Alpha, maybe we should leave," Giovanni started to say seriously but one growl from Vincenzo shut h