"I am yours, Scarlett," he cut me off and my words got caught in my throat. "I belong to you. My body is yours. My soul is yours. . ." I blinked slowly as I stared up at him with wide eyes. What was this man talking about? I wanted to refuse it, to push it aside as just mere talk but his golden eyes were blazing into mine. There was so much determination in his voice that I just had to believe him. "You can see me naked whenever you want. You can touch me whenever you want," he whispered. —------------------- Right from the day my mother brought me into the world, she hated me as if I was the devil’s spawn itself. She abused me every chance she got and made me hate myself. Things only got worse when she forced me to take my sister’s place– her precious daughter– and marry a total pervert– Marco Bianchi, as it was my family’s way of upholding our allegiance with the Bianchi Family. It was either I married him or she cut off my medical bills and leave me for dead. I had no choice but to accept and was going to marry Marco until I met him– Viktor Marcelli– the most feared ruthless Mafia Leader who had a heart as dark as his past. He waltzed into my wedding, shattered my world and offered me a choice: Go ahead and Marry Marco, the pervert and monster I knew, or take my chance with him– a total stranger who could either become my savior or destroy what was left of my soul…
더 보기~SCARLETT
I stood frozen as I felt my mother's icy cold grip against my arm.
"You will do as you're told, Scarlett," she hissed as her usual light blue eyes turned a darker shade. "You'll wear this dress and marry Marco Bianchi tomorrow."
My eyes widened with shock as her words echoed into my ears and I turned to my reflection. I stared at the white dress which I had thought I was trying on for my younger sister.
Maya was the one who was supposed to marry Marco. She was his fiancee, his betrothed— promised to him right from birth. This was her life!
So why was my mother forcing me to take it?
"Mother, please. . . I can't marry Marco. I don't know anything about him and I'm not ready for marriage," I dared to mutter and her icy blue eyes turned colder.
"You ungrateful child! After everything I have done for you. After bringing you into the world when I had the option of abortion!" She yelled.
I released a shaky breath at her harsh words as I saw the venom in her eyes. If words could kill, then I would have died a long time ago.
Suddenly, the venom in her eyes died down and they were replaced with pain. She released her cold grip on my arm and took my hands gently in hers instead.
"You're doing this for our family's reputation. Once an alliance is made, it cannot be broken. A Vaughn's daughter must marry Marco tomorrow or there will be trouble. Your little sister is much too precious to be tied to a man like Marco for the rest of her life and you know that."
My heart skipped a beat at her words. Once again, she had proven to me how much she disliked me. I had never really figured out why she hated me this much but I suspected it was because I was her bastard child and whoever my real father was, probably broke her heart.
"But it's okay for me to be tied to a man like Marco?" I muttered in a small voice.
And her glare turned venomous as she retracted her hands from mine.
"How selfish you are, Scarlett! So you would gladly sacrifice your sister for your own happiness? You would let her suffer?"
I gritted my teeth. "You know that isn't what I meant, Mother. Father already promised to give Maya's hand in marriage so why must I replace her?"
"What other purpose do you have if not to protect your younger sister? That's what big sisters do!"
"Even at the peril of my life?" I muttered. "Maya has never done anything for me. All she does is make me please her and clean up after her every time."
I had no idea where I had gotten the courage to speak and stand up for myself but I had to keep going because this was a matter of my future and fate.
I had heard rumors about this Marco and I already hated him even though I had never met him before. There was no way that I could let myself get tied to him forever.
"Very well," Mother curtly said in a deep voice after a while of watching my unwavering resolve. "I didn't want to do this but you have forced me to."
I frowned as I watched her tall figure. She gave nothing away except for the way that her stare darkened with mischief and her lips curled into a smirk.
"If you insist on refusing, then I no longer need you here. I will stop paying your medical bills for the insulin shots you take every time and I will cut you off from my life completely," she paused to darken her stare. "So choose wisely, Scarlett. Either you marry him or you die."
Instant tears filled my eyes as I realised that I never had a choice from the start. This was my life, every decision was made for me beforehand by my mother and I had no say whatsoever.
I only lived to please my mother as well as be abused by her.
As my tears began to flow freely and I saw the satisfied expression on my mother's face seeing my helplessness, I gave in.
"Fine, I'll marry him as you wish."
"Good girl, now get ready to—"
"Scarlett!" Maya's voice floated into the room as she waltzed in.
She was clad in a short dress that was made out of shiny materials as she always liked to think of herself as a princess.
"There you are, big sister. I got these shoes this morning," she announced as she lifted a pair of shiny glass slippers just like her dress. "But they aren't as sparkly as I want them to be. The glitters aren't enough."
I frowned at her. Where was she getting at with this while I was in the middle of a breakdown?
"Oh Maya dear, they aren't good enough? I'm so sorry about that. I'll get you another one before the wedding," Mother said in a softened voice as she turned to Maya as if she had not just been yelling at me.
"It's okay, Mommy. I already ordered new ones but I need this pair returned to the shop. I couldn't get a hold of their agents to come for it. Someone has to drop them off and I thought of Scarlett," she answered in an innocent voice as if she was anywhere close to being innocent.
I only blinked blankly at her audacity. How could she bring her shoe problems when I had greater problems than that?
"Didn't you hear your sister? Go return them to the shop. What are you waiting for?" Mother snapped.
I parted my lips to speak but in the end, I gave up. I was already cornered. Staying inside here and arguing with my mother was not going to help. On the bright side, I could at least use the fresh air outside.
So I took the shoes from Maya speechlessly and placed them on the bed. They left the room right after. I changed out of the white dress and picked the nearest clothes I could find. It was a black dress.
I put it on quickly, packed the shoes in a nylon bag and hurried out of the house, avoiding to encounter my father as if he was a plague.
The man basically behaved as if I did not exist and the little times we crossed paths, it was always disastrous.
I stepped out of the house and noticed that the sun was already setting. I sighed and began the journey to the shoe shop, it was somewhere on the other side of town.
I had no money for transportation so walking was my only option.
I tried not to think about my situation as I walked down the lonely road but my mind kept replaying the exchange between my mother I. And against my wish, tears started streaming down my cheeks.
I was so lost in my head that I did not see the person before me until I bumped into them and the shoe bag dropped to the floor.
"Oh my god, I'm so sorry. I didn't see you there," I muttered in a frantic voice as I bent over to pick the bag.
"I think you're going to do more than apologise, young lady. You've ruined my day," the strange man muttered.
I gasped and looked up to see that I was now surrounded by four men and they were all smiling disgustingly at me.
"You have to do something to fix my mood and that of my men's," the man whom I had bumped into said.
I began to shake my head fearfully as I realised what I had walked myself into. I could not even recognise the alley. I must have entered this place whilst lost in thought.
How could I do such a stupid thing?
"I— I'm so sorry. Please, you have to let me go. I promise that it won't happen again," I stuttered as fear began to rise up my spine in form of a chilling sensation.
"An apology won't do, young lady but that something between your legs will fix everything," he concluded and my eyes went wide with shock when I realised what they were insinuating.
They wanted me to give myself to them for a mistake such as this.
"Over my dead body!" I yelled and in an instant, I turned on my heels and began to run with all of my might.
The men broke into laughter. "No matter how far you go, you cannot outrun us. We will always catch you."
My heart was hammering hard by now. My intake of breath became too heavy and I feared that if I kept running like this, I might have a crisis due to my weak health.
I began to pray hard to whatever god could be listening out there. I needed a savior, that was the only way out of this predicament.
"Please! Help me! Somebody!" I cried at the top of my lungs.
I was about to scream again when I burst out from an alley and landed into the warm arms of a stranger.
I froze and looked up only to be met with eyes so light brown they almost looked golden. And I could have sworn that they were glowing in the dimly lit alley.
"Are you lost, baby girl?" He whispered with a voice that seemed to blur every sense of reasoning within me.
And like a moth drawn to a flame, I found myself unable to tear my eyes away from his.
~SCARLETTI stared in horror at the Viktor standing before me. He looked terrifying. Everything about his aura had become dangerous and he looked as if he was capable of murder. Had he killed anyone before?"What is this nonsense? Leave the man alone! I'm just trying to take my daughter away!" I heard Mother yell. Viktor gritted his teeth as he looked down at the man whose head he had bashed. Blood was flowing in heaps. The guard was kissing too much blood and this wasn't even his fault. He was tricked into this. "So this is what you intend to use to take my woman away from me?" Viktor demanded. "No one, absolutely no one has the right to touch my woman." With that, he bashed his head onto the car again and the man gasped as he lost consciousness again. I gasped in horror.Did Viktor just kill this man?Maya screamed. My mother remained frozen. "On the ground! Now!" A new guard yelled after seeing what had happened to his colleague. Viktor shot him a terrifying glare and the ma
~SCARLETTI stood frozen as I stared at my mother and Maya. Maya was dressed as flashy as ever in a short dress which had glitters in the front and a pair of heels. Her hair was tied up in a bun and mother also wore a casual dress. They looked as healthy and well fed as they usually did.I knew I was going to run into my mother sometime in the future but I never expected that time to be now. Seeing that Maya was by her side, it meant that Marco never took her as his bride. Had the wedding arrangements between our families been cancelled or did mother work a perfect plan to go about it. "I never thought I would see you in such a place. Did you by any chance get a job here?" Mother asked. Maya suddenly broke into laughter. "Scarlett the janitor at the mall. She even stinks of one." "Have you finally come to your senses and are you ready to come home?" Mother asked. I swallowed hard as I stared at her. I missed home, only the positive parts but I was never going back home to her.
~SCARLETTI gasped awake with a start.The lingering pain of his bite burned my shoulders and I looked around me to see that it was already morning. Viktor was nowhere to be found while my heart hammered hard against my chest.I instantly jumped off the bed and ran to the mirror right opposite the bed. I checked my neck for bite marks but there was nothing.Did I imagine it?But I could feel the lingering pain. What did he do to me?That was when glitching images of a wolf snapped through my mind. A black wolf with golden eyes.I gasped and was about to drown in fear when the door came open and Viktor walked in with a tray of food."Sweet morning, my sweet," he whispered and jumped, startled by his sudden presence and at the fact that I was completely naked in his room.My hands instantly covered my chest and my private area as my face began to burn with embarrassment.Viktor only smiled in amusement. "What are you hiding, Scarlett?" He continued to walk toward me. "I saw all of you l
~SCARLETTMy body was on fire. Was this how making love felt like? Was this what I had been missing out on my entire life?I exhaled sharply as my body began to tremble. My core was on fire as a thousand emotions erupted at my core. His touch was electric as it scattered spidery sensations down my body. I could feel all of him inside me. He was hard and warm and full and so good. I could feel him stroking my folds deep inside of me. I was breathing heavily. I was already sweating and I wanted desperately to touch him as he fucked me. Every thrust was magical. It was different and it felt both sweet and painful. I felt tears exit my eyes as his speed suddenly accelerated more than before."Viktor!" I cried in a voice louder than before. "Yes, my baby. Scream my name. . ." He ordered as his free hand grabbed my breast roughly. I gasped but he swooped down and claimed my mouth, biting and sucking my lips as his kiss got more aggressive. I gasped again when he bit me so hard that h
~VIKTORI was surprised. I never thought she had it in her to make the move— to take the initiative. It satisfied me to know that my girl had finally grown. She was still naive and I liked that about her. I liked the feeling of being her sole protector.Her lips felt warm against mine. Her eyes were squeezed shut and her kissing skills showed how inexperienced she was. Her hand left my hardness and wrapped around my neck. While the other remained on my chest. I took this as my go ahead to take control. I was going to do things to her which she never thought possible.I suddenly deepened the kiss and grabbed her waist, pulling her even closer to me. She moaned and I moved my hands lower until I grabbed her butt and she gasped but I swallowed it with my mouth. I dug my tongue in and began to drink in the sweet taste of my mouth.All the while, my wolf was dancing like crazy. It kept melting with pleasure and coming back to dance within my core. My body was heating up with lust and
~SCARLETTI gasped at his unfiltered question and backed away immediately. My face flushed and I instantly started burning up. I looked away from him and began to question myself. What was I doing with him here? Why did I offer to clean him up?I had no bad intentions when I offered to clean him up. I genuinely wanted to do something for him after I saw that he had hurt himself for me. But it was by the time he started pulling off his clothes that I realised the situation that I had put myself in and the signs I was portraying. "I— I was—" "You don't need to be shy about it, Scarlett," he whispered. I noticed that the desperate and vulnerable man who had come to my room just minutes ago was gone. The man who made me feel compelled to help him and fix him up. Now, the man in control, the man was voice messed with my senses— was back. And I asked myself again. What was I doing?"I— it's not that. Y— you can leave. I'm done cleaning up the blood from your face." I tried not to l
~VIKTORI fucked up. I fucked up big time. I ran my fingers through my hair and pulled at them as I angrily paced the space. My wolf stirred with anger and I hated that I allowed Cassius to push me this far. I stupidly let my anger get the better of me and I hurt Scarlett. The voices in my head started coming back up. They started screaming in my head. There was chaos in my mind. I was kissing my senses. The only one who had brought peace to my world was pushing me away. She was rejecting me. She definitely hated me!I screwed up!I suddenly turned toward the stairs and raced down them before running outside the building. I ran into the trees as rage blinded my sense of reasoning. ‘You're worthless! You've always been worthless! It's no surprise that you can't keep a woman!’ The voice of my greatest tormentor screamed in my head. I released a frustrated roar and started slapping myself. "Shut up! You're lying!" I roared at the trees. My wolf started tumbling and churning insid
~SCARLETTHe kissed me possessively and for a moment my mind went blank. I was panicking. I was freaking out. What was happening to me? How did I get to this stage?And suddenly something snapped within me and I instantly backed away from him. "What do you think you're doing?" I shot breathlessly at him. Cassius only chuckled in response. "You even taste better than I imagined." I glared at him as if he had lost his mind. This man just kissed me without my permission!"Aren't you going to apologise?" He raised his brows at me. "But my brother didn't need to apologise to you when he kissed you." I gasped at how petty he was being. How old was this man? Nothing I said was going to help me prove my point so I just exhaled sharply. "I'll appreciate it if you respect my personal space and not make any moves like this again in the future." Cassius did not look remorseful as he lifted his hand in surrender. "You would actually like me more if you give me a chance." I gasped at his a
~SCARLETTA knock startled me out of sleep. My eyes flew open with a frown and I realised it was already so bright. How long had I slept? How tired had I been?I checked the clock on the bedside table and I realised that it was already ten in the morning. I gasped. I had never slept this long before. I usually woke up before the sun rose and I was always subjected to do all the chores in the house. My mother had never let me sleep in, not even once. The knock sounded again and I jolted out of bed. I grabbed the jacket that came with the pale pink night dress I had on and walked to the door. I pulled it open and was met with red roses presented in my face. I widened my eyes in surprise as I looked up to meet Viktor's golden eyes."I got these for you," he whispered. "A beautiful morning to you. I trust you had a good night's sleep." My mouth came open in shock as I stared from the flower back to him. Not a soul had ever given me flowers before. They looked fresh, like he had gott
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