Alpha Cassano

Chapter0003

Three years passed after the accident that left my mother in a coma until recently. I struggled alone to support her. My father had left me and my mother when I was three months old. My mom raised me without a father by working as kitchen staff in a star hotel. When I had just finished my college degree in marketing management, that’s when the unfortunate event happened.

Luckily, I graduated with honors and was accepted to work at Lucas Cassano’s multinational Queency Corporation. The company specializes in cosmetics and beauty and men’s and women’s skincare products.

“Natalia, it’s good to see you today.”

Doctor Daniel’s voice made me shift my gaze towards the door and smile at the handsome doctor.

“Nice to see you, too, Doctor, I’m here to pay the bill,” I admitted, and Doctor Daniel smiled.

“The team of doctors just had a meeting to discuss your mother’s condition, and if there is no improvement in her condition the hospital will stop her treatment. This is already the third year.”

Doctor Daniel’s words made me exhale loudly. It felt like I couldn’t let go of the only person who had always been in my life. I didn’t want my mother to leave without saying goodbye to me. I swallowed dryly and tried to drown out the pain in my heart at the moment.

I nodded and said, “I understand, Doctor.”

“I hope your mother can open her eyes again,” Doctor Daniel said, which made me smile in sadness. In a way, I knew that everything would end with me being alone. Doctor Daniel left after saying his goodbyes. I also left a few minutes after kissing the top of my mother’s head and saying goodbye.

I sat at the bus stop, waiting for the last bus. No one was with me here, and it wasn’t even late at night. But this is Manhattan, a city that’s not devoid of people. After waiting a few seconds, a car’s headlights dazzled my eyes from the right. The sedan stopped in front of me, and a man in a neat black suit got out of the driver’s seat and opened the passenger door for me.

“Please, My Lady, Mr. Cassano is waiting for you at his apartment,” said the man I assumed was Lucas’s confidant. I got up from my seat with a reluctant movement and got into the car. All the way, my mind was racing, but I was honestly feeling nervous.

Calm down, Nat; you’re just going to meet your boss, who, unluckily, is the man who managed to take your virginity after buying you for two million dollars.

I exhaled loudly. Instead of calming down, my nervousness seemed to want to crush me. After a few minutes of driving, I finally arrived at an apartment building that cost as much as a year’s salary per unit. When I exited the car, my legs were suddenly unsteady, but I could still balance my body so as not to fall.

“Come with me, My Lady.”

My heart pounded with an uncomfortable thumping until we reached the 50th floor. A spacious living room with a glass wall that gave me a bird’s eye view of Manhattan. There wasn’t much in the room, just a soft, dark gray sofa set with large, rectangular cushions. An aesthetic chandelier and an abstract painting that I don’t know whose work it is.

“Please take a seat, My Lady, Mr. Cassano will see you shortly,” said the man who had brought me to this place. I sat down slowly while still looking around, then pondered nervously. I bit my lower lip on the inside. My mind replayed the hot night I had with Lucas, and it embarrassed me, but on the other hand, it was my first experience with a man that I couldn’t put into words.

“Ms.Alexandra, welcome to my home. Thank you for fulfilling my request to see me.”

Lucas’s baritone voice, which I didn’t hear often, startled me and broke my trance of our hot night. I lifted my face to look at him and smiled at him, but my face was so stiff that even smiling was difficult. Hopefully, my smile doesn’t look weird.

Lucas sits on the single sofa opposite me. I gaze back at my hands, clutching my skirt above my thighs.

“Shall we get straight to the point?” asked Lucas, which made me look at him from behind my lashes. I noticed he was rubbing his chin slowly with his index finger and staring in the other direction, thinking, I guess.

“With all due respect, Mr. Cassano, I don’t want anything to do with you,” I said, because I couldn’t stand the silence, which only made me more nervous. However, instead of feeling better, I regretted saying that.

Was I going to get fired from the company? Oh, my God, please, not that one.

“You have two choices, Ms. Alexandra. First, you must become mine completely based on the waiver you signed at the auction and I will give you the rules as long as you are mine. Second, you will receive your one million dollars but you will be fired from my office and I will make sure that you will not be able to work in any corner of Manhattan or anywhere else. You are free to move on with your life.”

My heart was beating uncomfortably, a difficult choice. A million dollars was only enough for a few years without working, but my mother needed maintenance. If I didn’t work at a company, my life would end up being homeless.

Oh, my God, this man has no mercy.

I swallowed dryly and decided on the choice I was about to make.

“If I become your property, will I just be a lust object and be called upon when the need arises?” I asked, then looked back at Lucas from behind my eyes. Unfortunately, he was also looking at me; when our eyes met, my chest felt tight, as if I had to submit to his power. I quickly lowered my gaze again. A woman, who I guessed was a servant in this house, brought me a cup of tea. She placed the cup of tea on the table before me and left without saying anything.

“More or less, I see, Miss Alexandra, but I will be a little generous to you.”

My other self rolled her eyes and then spat at the side. I’m unlucky now; I never expected to be a cheap woman like this.

“Then, when you get tired of me you’ll dump me, is that it?” I asked again, this time my gaze falling on the tea that was billowing smoke in front of me. I stared at it without blinking.

“It’s more or less like that, but actually I have another goal besides just wanting to make love to you. I want you to bear a child for me and that child will be mine.”

Hearing that, I quickly stood up and poured hot tea on Lucas’ face. I stared at the man with a hateful gaze.

“Just give me my one million dollars, and you can find another woman besides me to play with, Mr. Cassano. Good night,” I snarled and left the apartment of that arrogant asshole.

I can’t live like that. Even if I have to end up a hobo later, so be it. I don’t want to feel guilty about my mother.