Eternal Temptation: Awakening Sinful Desires

Chapter 52  You're Mine Now.

Maria began eating silently under the dim light from above when suddenly the door swung open and slammed against its frame, causing her to jump in fright, nearly dropping her utensils.

Then he came inside, staggering toward her unsteadily without even taking notice of what she was doing or saying anything at all.

Her husband, Mike, entered the house drunk off his ass without any regard for her feelings whatsoever.

She heard the sound of glass breaking somewhere behind her, followed by loud cursing and swearing from him as he stumbled around aimlessly in his drunken stupor.

She couldn't believe what was happening right now and wanted to cry out loud due to frustration building up inside of her. How could someone treat another person like this? Was she not worth more than being thrown away whenever he felt like it? Why was she never good enough for anyone, not even her own husband?!

Suddenly, she noticed a small piece of paper lying on top of their wooden table near her plate with some strange symbols on it. She picked up the item curiously, wondering what kind of language was used there. Then she read what was written below and immediately covered her mouth in shock.

This was an agreement certificate! It was a contract stating that if Mike couldn't pay back the money he owed, she would have to spend the night with them.

She stood up and stormed over to where her husband was currently leaning against the wall. "What is the meaning of this?"

Mike didn't answer. Instead, he continued to stare blankly at nothingness, his face emotionless and lifeless, as if he didn't care about anything anymore.

A few moments passed without anyone speaking, and eventually, she asked again, "Explain yourself now!"

His head slowly turned towards hers, and he grinned slightly before responding flatly, "I've got nothing left, Maria. All I had was you, but I messed up."

"And now those bastards are coming to collect what's theirs tonight. You should leave while you still can. If not... well, they'll rape you first, then probably sell you to some brothel where you'll be forced to work till death do us part," he added. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

She gasped at his words, shaking her head furiously in disbelief at what she just heard; she could hardly comprehend how anyone could think such horrible thoughts about someone else, let alone her!

But there was no denying it now; there was nothing left for her except misery and suffering ahead, all thanks to her useless husband, who kept losing every damn thing he owned in hopes of getting rich quick.

She closed her eyes tightly, fighting back tears threatening to escape from her eyelids, but it was too late; she felt them streaming down her cheeks before opening them again.

Seeing that, Mike smiled sadly at her before turning away from her completely to face the front door, which opened seconds later.

Their eyes met briefly before he nodded once in understanding, then hung his head in shame.

Lucas entered the room, wearing an arrogant expression on his face and holding something tightly in one fist.

He glanced around casually at all those present inside before focusing on Maria, who stood there frozen in place by fear, unable to move an inch from that spot no matter how hard she tried.

They stood staring at each other wordlessly, as if time itself had stopped flowing around them.

But after several moments had passed, Lucas finally spoke up, breaking the silence between them both. "So this is your wife, huh? She is really a beauty."

Maria was taken aback by his sudden remark. She wanted to say something back at him in defense but couldn't find any words suitable for such a situation at all, so she ended up keeping quiet instead, biting down hard on her bottom lip while trying desperately not to cry anymore than she was already doing right now.

She watched as Lucas stepped forward, approaching closer towards herself until finally stopping mere inches away from her face, making it difficult for her to breathe properly anymore due to how close they were standing against one another.

However, Maria still refused to look away from him, staring straight into those cold eyes that sent chills down her spine.

His gaze was filled with lust as it traveled up and down her body, making goosebumps form along every inch of exposed skin underneath her dress, causing her to tremble in fear.

She knew there was no point in fighting back against him either, because there was no way in hell that she could ever defeat someone as powerful as Lucas, even if she tried anyway.

However, Maria still refused to look away from him, staring straight into those cold eyes that sent chills down her spine.

That made Lucas smile wickedly, exposing his pearly whites.

Maria's breath caught in her throat, and her heart started pounding hard against her ribcage as Lucas leaned closer to whisper something in her ear.

"You're mine now, haha."

With those final words, he grabbed hold of her wrist tightly.

Maria immediately struggled against his grasp, but to no avail since there was simply no escaping from this situation anymore, even if she wanted to.

"Please don't do this to me. I will do anything else you ask of me! Anything!" She cried out as tears ran down her face uncontrollably. "Just please don't make me go through with this deal."

Lucas ignored her pleading cries and instead yanked hard at her arm again before dragging her along with him outside of her home into the cool night air, where his minions waited patiently with their heads bowed respectfully.

He handed Maria over to the nearest lackey without even bothering to glance at her terrified expression.

She screamed out in frustration, wanting nothing more than to run as far away as possible right this second, or perhaps even kill herself instead.

But there was nowhere to run or hide anymore now because her fate had been sealed by none other than her husband when he signed that agreement certificate himself willingly.

All of her chances of getting away seemed lost as strong arms tightly wrapped around her, stopping her from moving even an inch. There was no chance she would be able to break free any time soon.