Chapter Twenty-Five
Wren
WAKING UP AGAIN, Ihear a conversation going on in the hallway outside the office door.My mind is fuzzy, the tingling has gotten worse, and I can’t move my neck at all.Each move sends jolts of pain through my body so bad I want to cry out.Instead, I hold it all in and try to push myself out of the chair so I can try to listen in on the conversation outside the door.The more information I have on what’s going on, the better I’ll be able to find a way out once that door opens.I have yet to look for weapons in the room since I only looked in the desk so far, but I’ll find something to beat the hell out of the assholes thinking they can kidnap me and sell me to the highest bidder.I might be small, but I trained to fight with Tristan and Zach because I was getting bullied at school and they wanted me to protect myself if they weren’t around.Every single day they taught me self-defense moves the school taught them.Plus, they were both in martial arts.Mrs.Smythe did everything she could to keep the boys busy.So, I know how to fight and everyone underestimates me because of my size.
“Where is she?I won’t be sendin’ the money to you until I see my new toy,” I hear a man say as I finally manage to get out of the chair on weak, shaking legs that don’t want to hold me up.
“She’s in here,” Karmen answers and I hear a key being inserted in the lock before it disengages.“She tried to get away and ended up falling when she was outside.The pregnancy is making her very clumsy.If there are any marks on her body, it’s from that and nothing else.”
Karmen is such a fucking liar.I don’t think she could tell the truth if her life depended on it.She’s lied so much over the course of her life that I think she actually believes all the lies she tells herself.The next time I get in a room with her after I have my babies, I’ll beat the shit out of her and make sure she suffers for every single thing she’s put me through since I met her.Then, I’ll send her to jail for all of her crimes.Karmen doesn’t deserve to be a free woman and live her life while destroying everyone around her.
“I told you I didn’t want a single mark on her body,” the man says, his voice hard and cold, sending a shiver through my body.
The door opens before anything else can be said and I stumble back when a man I haven’t seen yet walks in.Instantly, I can tell he’s a man who commands respect from everyone around him when he’s not instilling pure terror into them.There’s just an aura about him that makes me want to get to know him and see what makes him tick so I can channel that same energy.I take a look at him and notice all the finer details.He’s a tall man.Almost as tall as Judge.His suit is obviously tailored to his body and is impeccable.There isn’t a single wrinkle in the material as it stretches over the muscles of his body.His shoes shine as the light from the window hits them.Every strand of hair is in place and he’s clean-shaven.His blue eyes sparkle with mischief as well.He’s a very attractive man and if I weren’t being sold to him, I might approach him for a date.However, he thinks I’ll submit and bend to his will.Only a man who purchases another human would believe something like that.Fuck him!This monster will not have the chance to break me.
“Here she is,” Karmen says as I shift my attention to her.
She’s wearing an evil smirk on her face as she leans against the door frame.Her body language shows how ignorant and arrogant she truly is.This woman thinks she’s winning whatever game she’s playing, but that’s not the truth.I can tell because the second she spoke, the man before me tensed.I didn’t even have to be looking at him to see the move most would miss.
“You said she fell outside.Why is her face covered in blood?”the man questions Karmen and I watch her falter for a split second before she stands up straight and struts in the room as if she owns it.
“Well, um, when we went to pick her up, she had an accident.I had to subdue her somehow and hit her in the head with a pipe.Obviously the wound isn’t that bad if it’s no longer bleeding,” Karmen says, trying to justify her means of kidnapping me.
“You really think that’s the truth?”I ask the man, looking back at him as he has a slight smirk on his face that’s gone in a split second.“This skank is a manipulative bitch who will lie and sell out her own blood if it means she gets what she wants.My wrists are fucked, there’s something wrong with my neck, arms, and legs, and she’s been waiting for an opportunity to beat the hell out of me when I’m tied up and can’t fight back.She’s a pathetic waste who believes she’s some kind of goddess or something no man can resist.I bet the second she saw you, Karmen tried to fuck you.Yeah, she’s classy like that because she’s been fucking the scumbags helping her keep me here while we waited for you to show up.”
“Shut up!”Karmen screams, her voice echoing off the walls in the office.“You’re spreading nothing but lies because you’re jealous of me.You’ve always been a jealous little bitch.I can get any man I want while you’re so pathetic no one even looks in your direction.”
I can’t help but start laughing my ass off because I’m obviously pregnant and I didn’t do that to myself.
“Just because I’m selective with the men I choose to talk to doesn’t mean no one wants me.It simply means I’m not a slut like you.Wasn’t it you who was bragging about a massive orgy you had not that long ago where you were the only woman there?I mean all those men fucked you because you’re a willing hole who’s so desperate for male attention that you spread your legs in a split second.No man wants a woman like that which is why you’re always tossed aside in the blink of an eye.I prefer long-term and quality over quantity,” I state as the man before me smirks once again.
“I mean, she does have a point.Why do you think I never accepted the multiple advances you’ve thrown my way every single time we’re in the same room?”the man who bought me asks Karmen as I watch her face turn bright red and the vein in her neck stand out, pulsing rapidly.
“I’ve never hit on you,” Karmen lies once again and I laugh but it hurts so I stop immediately.The man’s eagle eyes don’t miss the move as he steps closer to me.
“We both know that’s a lie.I’m not sendin’ you the entire amount since this woman has been injured.Whatever I send you, feel lucky to receive because you shouldn’t get anythin’ since you couldn’t follow simple instructions,” the man states as he steps closer to me and I realize I have nowhere to go since I’m up against the desk.It’s the only reason I’m not on the floor in a heap.
“No!”Karmen screams out in anger as she tries to hold the man back but he shakes her touch off and grabs a handkerchief to wipe his clothing off.“If you don’t pay me the agreed upon price, you don’t get to take her with you.That’s not how this works.”
“Yeah, it is.See, you fucked up when you chose to sell this woman for a few different reasons.The first one is you’re too fuckin’ stupid to realize when you’re bein’ played.I’m not the person you believe I am.We’ve never officially met, but I’m a man you owe almost a million dollars to,” he says as I watch Karmen’s face pale and her entire body start to tremble in fear.“If you’re gonna play these kinds of games, learn how to properly investigate everyone and learn all the details you can.Somethin’ you clearly don’t know anythin’ about.Next, you really should have done your research into who this woman is connected to.You’ve pissed off several members of the Knight’s Rebellion MC.Includin’ the President and Vice President.That puts me in a very hard predicament, Karmen.Now they believe I’m workin’ against them and destroyin’ a relationship we’ve built over several years.”
I’m surprised at his words as I look at the man before me and wonder what his end game is.Are these just words he’s using to treat Karmen like shit, or does he really know Judge and Fury.What kind of relationship do they have?Is this man going to try and sell me to the club or someone else they all know?So many questions race through my mind and I don’t know which one to deal with first.
Before Karmen can respond, a group of men dressed in suits enter the room and it feels as if it’s shrinking even more than before.So many people surround me as Karmen is grabbed and the men helping her are marched in the room by more men dressed in suits.
“We got them all,” a man states from behind the monster who bought me.“What do you wanna do with them now?”
“Take all of them to the warehouse.Chain the men up and lock this skank in the closet on the first floor.Don’t let any of them get away.I’ll deal with Wren while you do that,” the man says as he looks at me and I watch all emotion drain from his eyes and face.He literally becomes a blank mask right in front of my eyes.
“You can’t do this!We had a deal!”Karmen shrieks, her voice almost enough to shatter the windows behind us.