MARILYN~
Like a thunderbolt would rush through a flash of glass, Lord Lucian comes in and rushed to my sister.
He grabbed her hand and held her frozen in place.
Unlike the icy blue that I was addicted to, his eyes were glowing almost red with anger.
Doris froze in shock while I stood rooted, silently watching the drama unfold.
"What is happening here?" Madam Diana's voice asked with a tone that betrayed her relaxed aura.
I frowned and turned to leave the room since I was sure Lord Lucian would come to find me before leaving.
"Marilyn" I suddenly heard my name from the most graceful voice I don't imagine.
I turned around and the expression on his face was priceless, as he snapped Doris's hand away.
He comes to me and held my shoulder, "Marilyn, are you fine?"
At this moment, my dirty name that was used to be breathed out from horny men's lips when they're cumming suddenly sounds like the most graceful war song that I was dying to hear again.
"Mary?" Madam Diana tapped me jerking me back from my trance and nod silently even though I'm not fine, "Hun. I'm fine"
I tried leaving again but then Lord Lucian grabbed my hand, "Come with me Marilyn. I will give you anything you want"
His eyes screams honesty, but hers… Doris's eyes held nothing but hatred that reminds me of how they abandon me here. If she, who was my blood sister could throw me away, so could he. Maybe…. Worse.
I yanked my hand away adamantly, "No Lord Lucian, I won't come with you"
"Marilyn!" He took my hand again before I could walk off, "Lucifer is dangerous, he might come here again"
"Ohh did you mean your twin brother?" I smirked, "I would prefer him because he doesn't hide his teeth unlike you"
Immediately I breathed out all those words, knives of pain and regret stab my heart but I can't cry out.
I want Lucian. I want him so badly that it hurts.
But Doris? Her eyes pierced me like hole drillers. Full of repulsiveness.
The warning her eyes gave off made me understand that if she's a part of his world then I'll never be safe.
Maybe pushing him away was right. Lucifer maybe brutal and doesn't capture my heart like Lucifer but at least he doesn't pretend.
If Lucian breaks my heart, I'm sure I won't survive it. Better to run now than die later.
I walked out of the office. Without listening to anyone.
~
I was preparing to resume my business and forget about whatever mates I have when a whore comes in.
She threw a parcel on my bed, "The barrister lady dropped it for you before going"
I stopped my makeup and looked at the parcel, "Share it with the others I don't want"
"She said it's only for you to open. She's given us our own parcels" The lady urged and I felt I don't have a choice than to accede so I can have a breathing space.
I pretend to concentrate on my makeup untill she's left but immediately she exited the door, I dropped the mirror and stripped the parcel open.
Opening it, I met a document there. I was surprised at first and doubt if I should open it but then again, Rina howled, "Let's see first"
I concur and opened the file only to see a photocopy of the document that was titled: DORIS MCALLEN & LUCIAN AGRIPPA WILL BE MARRIED….
I dropped it immediately as my hand trembled in fear.
Doris is clearly threatening me. I shrieked in anger before leaving the room in anger to go and show the madam.
I got to Madam Diana's office and met her watching TV as usual and I angrily dropped the document on her table. "Is this the reason you're against me accepting Lord Lucian as my mate?"
She raised her eyebrows and took the document without a word. It's until she read the content did she paused her movie and looked at me with surprise, "Your sister is bethroded to Lord Lucian?"
"She's not my sister!!" I replied angrily. "Why can't they let me be happy, why!!!?"
"Sit down Mary" she urged, "This is a very critical matter"
I pulled the chair and sank into it reluctantly. "Madam why can't they let me have what I want for once?" I question with tears almost chocking my throat.
She dropped the document, "If Doris hadn't appear, are you going to follow Lucifer or Lucian?"
I blinked. The feeling with Lucifer is the same as I felt for Lucian but I prefer Lucian to him. On second thoughts, Lucian is a pretender. Lucifer isn't. But then again, of what use is following anyone of them only to get betrayed at the end?
Madam Diana is right. They could also abandon me later and say I'm just a prostitute.
"I won't have followed any of them Madam" I replied as a matter of fact, "I can't chose between the two of them because the pull is with the both of them. I'm carrying the most cruelest fate of having two mates Madam!"
"I'm not asking about two mates Mary!" She retorted, "Would you have followed anyone of them without Doris?"
"No"
"Then why are you so worked up about her then? Let her have Lucian and then reject him. Talk to Lucifer, he's more easier to approach"
I shot her a glance, "What did you mean? Easy to approach?" I asked bitterly. "Lucifer is not human!!! He marked me without permission and kills on a whim, and you want me to go with him?"
She laughed dryly, "You spent five years of your life selling your body to men here. So you can only get irritated by it now?"
I flinched at her words. How could I forget that Madam Diana is not that nice of a person who would smile at everything you do? Her responses are always very sharp enough to make someone feel like they'd been cut with a knife.
"But this isn't about my body or sex" I cried. "I'm in dilemma!! Lucian wants to take me away but he's a pretender and I don't know anything about him yet. Lucifer wants me too. But I haven't seen him since that day"
She bowed her head slightly, "Did I forget to tell you?"
"What?"
"Lucifer offered a billion dollar to give you up to him" She replied, "But I rejected the money. I thought about it and I realized you were right. Whores or not, I'm the mother here. What mother will give up her child for money?"
The words hit me harder than a slap.
A billion….. For me?
And she refused?
"Why?" I whispered. "Why would you do that for me? I'm not the only girl here"
Her expression softened. "Because I'm a mother!" Her voice turned grime, "When I became the Madam, the Madam that preceed me had done the same for us. All the Madam's that has ruled this place has done the same too and I would do like them and become a mother to my girls no matter how tough. I would have done the same, if it was another girl"
My chest ached. Since when did she realize this?
Maybe… maybe I should take Doris's offer. Become a doctor and get out of this hellish life.
'Will the pack accept you back?' My wolf spoke at the back of my head. 'A prostitute turned a doctor? Are you ready for the trauma?'
Perhaps she's right. Then maybe I should chase Lucian…. The one I truly want but a pretender. Or perhaps Lucifer, the open minded monster my soul wants but my heart declines.
Or just remain myself….. Myself as Marilyn Paltan a prostitute?
'No!!!' My wolf argued. 'Lord Lucifer and Lucian done nothing wrong and they're the first to want me you of this hell. Marilyn Paltan is now your name. A prostitute who have a mother like Madam Diana'
Slamming my hand on the table, I roared, "I have decided madam"
Her face lit up in glee, "Oh really?"
I nodded firmly, "I won't be fooled again at least not by her"
Madam Diana frowned, "Are you saying you're not leaving Lucian for Doris?"
"No. I won't reject either mate. Doris can go to hell for all I care!"
"So what?" She urged me on. "Won't you regret it?"
"Summon the two of them. I won't leave this place unless the both of them come for me" I replied. "Regret? How can I loose now when I've already won?"
Her jaw dropped "Wh… what are you planning?"
"I'm done hiding! I'm done trying to run from my fate. Fate pushed me here, u thought that was the end but still gave me you. That same fate has given me another hurdle — I'll face it!"
Madam Diana stared at me like I'd grown two heads. "Do you realize what you're saying and how dangerous it is right?"
I smirked, "I have nothing else to loose. I have you as my mother, The parlour as my home and the other prostitutes as my family, what else do I need to fear?"
"And…. Doris?"
"Just a thorn that wanted me to fall" I smirked. "But thanks to you, I've learnt how to step on it and leave unharmed"
She chuckled proudly. "Then go show them. Show the world and Ember Pack that being a prostitute is not the end of the world! — instead, it's a preparation to face the world"