The lady frowned. "Oh, dear, Alpha. After she disrespected me last night, she went home and packed her things. She said she's going to your mansion to marry you for your money. I tried to reason with her, but she said it was her chance to escape this poor life since she had effectively seduced you that night."
What the lady said made me uneasy. My mate was after my money? Is that why she didn't tell me her name last night?
CINDY'S POV
I woke up to the sound of an automobile engine going off the road. I blinked, trying to decipher where I was, and realized I was still in the storage room.
Even though my stomach growled loudly because I hadn't eaten, I mustered all my energy to pound my fist on the door and screamed, "Let me out!"
Were they trying to kill me?
I stopped when I heard footsteps near the room. The small cat-door at the bottom of the door opened, and a tray containing a plate of leftover food and brownish water was dropped inside.
"Eat up! Thank us for still letting you live," Aunt Jezel's voice said.
"Auntie, please, open the door. I won't ever rebel against you again."
But she just laughed and walked away.
I don't know how many days passed while I was imprisoned in the storage room. It felt like forever. I hadn't bathed or seen the sun. They really treated me like an animal.
One day, I was lying on the makeshift bed I'd made when the cat-door on the lower part of the main door opened. The person who left my food spoke. It was Henry.
I quickly scrambled to my feet and peeked through the cat-door to plead with Henry to let me out.
"I can't possibly do it."
"Why?" I asked, my eyes streaked with tears. I was surprised my eyes weren't dry from crying all the time.
"You were a bad girl, Cindy. It's right for you to be punished like this."
"I thought you loved me."
He laughed. "You think so? Let me tell you the truth, Cindy. It wasn't you I loved. It was Jenny. Don't be so delusional."
Suddenly, Jenny appeared beside him, caressing her small baby bump. She smirked as she looked at me.
"Pathetic. He was just using you to be close to me. Who would want to be with an abandoned daughter like you?"
No matter how many insults they threw at me, I was still affected. It hurt so much that I'd served them, yet I wasn't worthy of their acceptance as part of their family.