Chapter 1:Betrayal & Alcohol
MADISON
“Madison, you have to take responsibility for your actions! You’re stepping down from your role, and Vince is taking over!”
The words kept slicing through my heart over and over again. I would never have believed that my dad would do this to me. At this point, I hated him just as much as I hated my stepmother and her two conniving little imps. I never thought I'd end up here. Not like this. I've heard stories, of course. The tales of wicked stepmothers and conniving step siblings. I thought those kinds of things only happened in fairytales. You know, the Anastasia and Driella type of characters who make Cinderella’s life miserable, but at least she had a f*****g fairy godmother and a damn prince to rescue her in the end!
But here I was, nothing like Cinderella. I had no fairy godmother. No prince charming. And sure as hell, no magical ball to save me from the f*cking reality that was slowly crushing me.
"It's bad that you've made a public show of yourself in such a downgrading manner, you just need to let things cool off for a while." Rebecca had said, sounding so soothing, that for a moment any i***t would think my stepmother wasn't the devil that had set me up!
As I sat in the club, all I could feel was the sting of betrayal, raw and unbearable.
Rebecca had won.
"Another shot," I turned to the bartender, a woman in her late twenties, with a pixie cut and a smile that seemed permanently glued to her face. She was busy wiping down glasses, but she glanced up as soon as I requested another round. I pushed the glass towards her. She had a smirk tugging at her lips. Did she know who I was? Or perhaps she already watched my viral video? Well, wasn't it a small world?
"Another one?" She asked, her voice cool but teasing.
I didn't hesitate. "Yes. And fill it up. All the way up."
I belched noisily, caring less f***s about manners.
She raised an eyebrow at me, a playful grin on her lips. "A little eager, huh? What's the occasion? Or are you just trying to forget something?"
I leaned forward, dropping my voice low. "Trying to forget everything. What do you care?" I sneered.
She leaned in, her eyes holding an enthusiastic glint. "Sounds like a bad day."
I let out a bitter chuckle "You have no f*****g idea."
She filled my glass to the brim and slid it towards me. "Well, here's to forgetting." She said, and then disappeared to serve another customer.
I definitely wasn't here to make friends with any nosy bartender. As I rolled my eyes and lifted the beer mug to my lips, I suddenly felt a shift in the air beside me. A towering figure had come to sit beside me at the bar. My eyes had become slightly blurry, but I wasn't completely knocked out.
He looked like he’d stepped right out of a movie scene—taut muscles stretching beneath a clean white vest, every line of his body carved like sculpture. His face was a masterpiece of sharp angles: a chiseled jaw, high cheekbones, and when he smiled, it was with a set of teeth so perfect it almost felt unfair. His eyes flicked from my drink to me, slow and deliberate.
"You know," He said, his voice deep, "you're going to end up as one of those 'I drank too much and danced on the tables' stories if you keep drinking like that."
I chuckled. That wouldn't be worse than being drugged, filmed and having thousands of people making negative comments about you on some toxic social media platforms.
"Maybe that is exactly what I need tonight, to forget." I didn't spare him another analyzing glance, but I knew he had his eyes boring holes in me.
"You got a name, or should I just call you " the girl who needs to forget?" He asked.
"Whatever," I slurred, and he nodded with a teasing smile.
"Whatever your story is, it's probably not as interesting as mine."
I raised an eyebrow, "And what makes you think I've got a story?"
He chuckled, "You came here alone, right? That's a pretty good indication that something's off. I'm not judging, just stating the obvious."
I tilted my face at him. Damn, he looked strikingly handsome. "And what about you? What's your excuse for being here?" I asked, mimicking his playful tone.
He leaned towards me, his gaze hot and sensual, "I come here to watch people like you. The ones who want to forget something."
"Well, you could sit there and watch me drink," I muttered, taking another long drink from my glass.
He leaned in further, his voice hot and crazily seductive. "Want to do something else to forget?"
Okay, that was a bold move and I could swear it turned me on.
I glanced at him, a little surprised by the suggestion. There was a darkness to his eyes, an intensity I couldn’t quite place. His presence was commanding, but it wasn’t uncomfortable. It was f*cking inviting. I could feel my wetness and my p*ssy throbbing from the heat of his eyes on me.
I set my drink down, suddenly more aware of how close we were. “What do you have in mind?” I asked, my voice softer than I intended, the alcohol already blurring my judgment.
He smiled, and this time it was a knowing smile, as if he already knew the answer before I’d even asked. "How about a night you f*****g won’t remember?"
I hesitated for just a moment, the weight of my situation flashing through my mind. But then I looked at him again, his eyes, his smile, and I felt an overwhelming urge to do something reckless, something to shake the anger and betrayal from my bones.
“Fine,” I said, my voice barely a whisper. “Let’s make it a night I won’t remember.”
The next minute, I was in a dimly lit bedroom, pressed upon the wall, his hands gripping my wrists, his lips pressed heavily upon mine with such an urgency I didn't know I'd been craving. I kissed him back, my body responding to this stranger in ways I didn't expect. I felt so alive, my body craved him dangerously. His lips curved into a half smile. "You're a feisty one, aren't you?"
I didn't know what he meant, I didn't care what he meant. All I wanted right now was to get brutally laid.
"F*ck me." I couldn't believe how pleading my voice sounded. I was begging a total stranger to f*ck me! But still, I couldn't care less. The next few moments felt like a blur — raw, passionate and breathtaking. Right there, pressed upon the wall like a cheap sl*t, he trusted every bit of his meat inside me, filling my insides with his c*m. I met every thrust he gave with equal ferocity.
The next morning, I woke up alone in a room, wrapped in a blanket. As the rays of the sun hit my face, the memory of last night crawled into my head. It wasn't a dream. I had gotten brutally f*cked in this same room by a stranger and the crazy thing was that I had a happy smile on my face. I turned to my side. There was a pendant, a small jade pendant on the bed. Did he leave this on purpose? I picked it up. I definitely wasn't going to ever see him again.