Chapter 19
JOJO:
We left the club, the elevator remained quiet. But I could hear the sound of Zita’s ragged breathing. Her negative energy was contagious and succeeded in dampening the mood of everyone else. I waited for her to snap. I had waited for her to snap since the second the alpha called me by a strange nickname, Red. We stepped into our room and Ashley closed the door behind us.
Missile Zita launching in five… four… three… two… one…
“How dare you?”
Boom!
“Zee, don’t start,” Ashley called out, from her end of the room.
“Shut the fuck up!” Zita snapped. Her eyes were blazing with anger. She sent dangerous glares to anyone who dared speak to her. Ashley frowned and folded her arms in front of her chest, watching us keenly.
The time had come, for me to apologize for doing absolutely nothing.
“I’m sorry, I don’t know why he said that,” I muttered, it was all I could do.
She scoffed, and a bitter chuckle escaped her throat.
“For sure you didn’t. You came here and said you didn’t know him, you were not a special recruit, but all he did was look at your sorry ass! He called you Red! Who does that? You… you are one hell of a sneaky bitch!” She screamed at the top of her voice. I could liken her to a petrified bride that had just been dumped on the altar. Anger sprang up from my belly, but I bit my lip to keep silent.
“Oh, so you are doing that thing he likes to yeah? I bite my lip too! See!” She dug her teeth into the flesh of her lower lip continuously. It was a sad sight to see.
“Zita, I…” I was not given the chance to complete my statement. Her palms came in contact with my chest as she shoved me to the ground. I fell flat on my back; I did nothing to counter my fall.
Ashley screamed at the top of her voice.
“Zee! You could kill her!”
“I swear that I want to! Goddamnit!”
And another one bites the dust. Yet another person wanted me dead.
“This is why he’ll never want you, no one wants a girl who’s as toxic as you are. Not even the Alpha. Can’t you see?” Hadley’s voice filled the room.
“Shut up. You know nothing about what the Alpha wants!” Zita bit back.
She turned back to me, hovering above me as I fought to rise up from the ground.
“Don’t look at him. Make sure you are nonexistent in his fucking presence!”
I opened my mouth to speak, to agree, but Ashley cut in.
“Zee, she would not be doing any of that. If you want the Alpha so bad, work for him.”
“You would not speak to me like that,” Zita growled, charging towards Ashley, but Zelda blocked her path and pushed her backward. Zita staggered back, towards her bed. Zita’s breathing was heavy, without a regular pattern. She soon retired to her bed and buried herself underneath her sheets.
Later that night, out of curiosity, I turned to ask Ashley if she also thought the Alpha had some form of interest in me.
Yes, he might have kept his eyes on me, but I believed he did so to all new recruits. I was a nobody, even for Zita.
Everyone was asleep, so Ashley spoke in hushed tones.
” Alpha Lake… He’s the most respected wolf I’ve ever come across. He is a very successful man, too. He is every girl’s dream, if not for a relationship, at least one night with him. Every girl including me, JoJo, would faint if the Alpha even engages in a five seconds conversation with me and I guess that’s why she got angry because he was talking to you directly when he called you Red. Red does suit you well anyway.”
“How long has he been Alpha?” I asked. I couldn’t help my curiosity. I couldn’t quench the dire urge to want to know him.
“Since he turned twenty. He is very protective of our pack. When anyone dares to act like a threat, he makes the person an outcast immediately. He’s ruthless like that, not to be crossed.”
Outcast.
I was one too, all thanks to the man that called himself my father.
Seeing Zita almost morph into her wolf form reminded me of my wolf’s absence. It made me feel incomplete sometimes.
“How long has she been in love with him?” I inquired.
“Ever since she joined us, according to her. Zelda is the oldest stripper at the moment, then Zita Lowe, then me, Hadley, and Brandy. I’ve been working here for three years now, so she’s been in love with him for over three years.” Ashley answered.
“Do you think I should avoid him?” I asked, after everything. She threw me a warning glare.
“I would take out your eyes myself if you do that shit. Be yourself.”
I sighed, and I heard her yawn.
We bid each other goodnight and turned our heads to separate sides.
As I closed my eyes, in an attempt to sleep, the alpha’s face flashed through my mind. My eyes opened in that instant. I turned my head to the left and lay on my side. The thought of him refused to exit my mind, no matter how tight I squeezed my lids.
Zita’s furious glare snuck into my mind and I groaned.Copyright by Nôv/elDrama.Org.
“Please, help me, goddess.”
Neil accepted the receipt of the transaction from the man’s hand. The doctor had a broad smile on his face, the smile of a man who had just gotten almost 8 million dollars richer. He smiled like he was a nice person, but Neil would not be fooled. He knew all that this man had put Jojo and her sister through. Neil offered him a forced smile and drew his hand back. Now, the doctor would no longer have the right to mistreat Jojo, her sister, or her mother.
He stared at the woman, wondering how she had managed to survive for eight solid years, fighting all those times, without giving up. Her daughter, Jojo, inherited her strength, and that was a wonderful trait. Working five jobs a day to cater to her sister and her mother. It made Neil thoughtful. The girl was too pure for the world she had intertwined herself in.
The Alpha had taken interest in her, but he didn’t know what to make of that. Alpha Lake never kept women around long enough, he did not believe she would be the exception.
“Sir?” The little girl’s voice snapped him out of his thoughts.
“Thank you so much for helping us.” She said.
She had a bright smile on her face, one that caused him to nod curtly. He turned away from her and began his walk to the door.
“What’s your name?” She called out again.
He paused in front of the door, hesitant at first, but she was just a little girl. It wouldn’t be nice to keep her in the dark.
“Niel.” He answered, before disappearing from the room.
He got to the alpha’s office, and bowed, on seeing him.
“Greetings, Alpha. Mrs. Dorcas Wyatt has been moved to the best ward, as you requested and treatment has commenced.”
“Good. Keep me updated on the process.” The alpha instructed.
“Yes, Alpha Lake.”
“The strip dancers will train for the table dance tomorrow, is that right?” The alpha added, and Neil was visibly taken aback for a split second.
“Yes, Alpha. They will be having just one day for that this year since we have just one new addition.” He managed to reply.
“Who would be rewarding them with personal training this year?”
“That would be the Beta. He signed up some months ago.”
“I will be giving the best table dancer personal training myself, this year.”
Before Neil could speak, the alpha cut in again.
“Send me clips of today’s training.”
“Noted Alpha.”
He was dismissed by the wave of the alpha’s hand. Neil stepped out of the office with one question, and one question only; what was Alpha Lake up to?