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Rhett’s face contorts with anger, and a growl rips from him so loud it makes me jump and look up from the papers in time to see his hand. It connects with the side of my face, the force of the slap making me stumble back, only for him to grip my hair.
“Don’t you dare speak about your future, Luna, like that!” he snarls, shoving me backward.
I hold my stinging cheek, unable to comprehend the betrayal and cruelty from the man who’s supposed to be my mate.
“The wedding is off,” Rhett repeats, his tone icy. “You should be grateful I’m not locking you up.”
“Locking me up? But I did nothing wrong!” I scream at him before pointing a finger at Bianca; the conniving cow does nothing but smirk, and I know she is behind it, too smug for her own good.
“This is all her. Are you seriously that blind?” I reply. Rhett scoffs and folds his arms across his chest.
“The only thing I was blinded by was the mate bond. Biancal made me see the truth when we found your name on all the checks you wrote yourself!”
I shake my head; this can’t be happening. This is a nightmare, an absolute nightmare. Any minute, I will wake up and learn. that it’s all just a dream. I feel my future slipping away from me like sand in an hourglass.
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My vision blurs from the tears, but I can still see Bianca’s triumph. Rhett continues, his voice full of disdain, “The money you stole was owed to a very important business partner. But don’t worry. I’ve struck a deal. Tomorrow, you’ll be sold to the man you stole from for the next five years.”
“Excuse me?” I choke out, but Rhett just holds his hand up to silence me, his aura rushing out and crushing me. “If you behave, I might consider not banishing you once your debt is paid, considering you have nowhere else to go after turning your back on your old pack.”
My heart shatters at his words. “You sold me? I’m your mate! How could you sell me and believe that… that whore over me?” I scream, my voice raw with pain and anguish.
Rhett sneers, his eyes filled with contempt.
“The only person who will be a whore around here is you when King Soren picks you up tomorrow.” I gasp, remembering Soren and his son Max from earlier. I suddenly feel sick; the same man who bought me a coffee has bought me as his sex slave? Horror washes over me, but that explains the man’s aura, the control he had over it, and how everyone ran from
him.
“Tomorrow?” I gasp, trying to piece together my morning and how it has turned so horribly wrong.
“Yes, Tomorrow. You have no idea how humiliating it is knowing my own mate stole from me and the King!” Rhett sneers, and my eyes dart back to him, a cold, cruel smile spreads across his face. “Don’t worry, he assured me you would be punished, that you earn back your debt. Lucky you, Aubrey, you get to lay on your back for the next 5 years for
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the King and his men,” he laughs.
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“I bet you wish you fucked me now; maybe I might have kept you as my whore, but don’t worry, by the time the King is done with you, no one will want you.” His words feel like a death sentence, a cold, harsh reminder of the betrayal and cruelty that now defines our relationship.
Rhett’s face is stone–cold as he signals security to take me away. “Take her to the holding cells at the packhouse and keep her there until King Soren retrieves her tomorrow. I’ll deal with rejecting her tomorrow. I have a meeting in ten minutes with the King to discuss her punishment,” he orders, not even sparing me a glance.
It is as if I am looking at someone who is a master of disguise but whose true colors are now visible. The illusion of Rhett Miles shatters, proving that what I thought was love was just a mirage. To think I foolishly threw away my entire life for this man only for him to sell me like I’m property.
My eyes dart to the door to see it blocked by two huge, burly men, one of them being Nathan, from the first floor, and I know there will be no escaping. Rhett then picks up his phone. and dials a number while leaning against his desk. My heart beats like a drum in my chest at his next words. There is no fixing this, not after what he’s done. The mate bond means nothing to me… why would he even try to protect me?
“Phillips?” Rhett speaks, and his eyes move to me. A cruel smile is on his lips. “Tell him I have her. We’ll meet you at the drop–off site,” Rhett tells him. My eyes widen in horror at his words.
He truly sold me, sold his mate! My breath comes in sharp
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gasps as panic overwhelms me. Rhett, however, hangs up and moves closer.
“Let’s see how long you hang onto your precious Vcard once your new owner gets his paws on you,” he mocks. Tears burn my eyes, but anger fuels my next move, and before I realize what I’m doing, I slap him… hard… across the face.
The resounding clap of my hand hitting his cheek is loud in the quiet room as the guards behind me gasp. Rhett presses a hand to his cheek in utter shock, which lasts a second and then wears off. He moves before I can react, grabbing my hair and making me cry out.
Rhett’s grip on my hair tightens as he pins me down onto his desk, pressing my face into the smooth wood surface. I struggle against him, but his strength is too much for me to overpower. Tears spill from my eyes as I realize the truth of how little he cares for me.
“Or maybe I’ll take it, so you have something to remember me by,” he snarls, his voice filled with malice and contempt.
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