“You fooled me!” Sarah spat out each word with all the bitterness overflowing inside her. Her blue eyes were drowning in anger, her chest was heaving up and down rapidly and her jaws were clenched down on her cheeks as she stared at the woman before her. “I trusted you!”
Sarah knew that Alexis wasn’t an easy one to provoke to guilt but she at least expected her to offer an apology… even if it wasn’t genuine. The funny thing was though, Alexis didn’t look the least bit guilty. Her hand was digging into her hips as she leaned her weight on her right foot while the other hand was holding a tray filled with fruits. With an unnerving smile on her lips, she outstretched it to Sarah and rose her brow when Sarah only stared down at it without making any move to take it.
An abrupt snort happened to leave Alexis’s mouth a few seconds later. It seemed to Sarah like she was trying to hold it back but failed to do so. “I was the one who trusted you, Sarah.” She countered. “How could you have done something like that? How long have you been working with rogues anyway? Was the sex-slave thing just a disguise?” Alexis threw a string of questions at her. Strangely, her voice was shaking with feigned emotions such as disappointment and despair but her face held pure mockery and triumph.
Sarah’s jaw ticked. What kind of trick was she playing at?
And then it occurred to her, Damon was in the house. She was making sure that she didn’t slip up her game by saying and doing the wrong things. That realization made Sarah’s stomach churn in disgust. She shouldn’t have expected anything better from Alexis of all persons. She was even the person who had framed her when she first came here… it’s a shame that she had allowed her to do so again. But Sarah was simply too gullible and kind to resist a desperate request. Those traits were what brought her to her doom half of the time.
But as she looked at Alexis’s cunning stare, Sarah made a silent promise not to trust her again. No matter what happened in the future and no matter how desperate she was, she would never trust her again… that was a promise she planned on keeping.
From her understanding, Alexis was nothing more than a greedy woman who wanted anything and everything to be under her control. She’d do whatever it takes to get what she wants, even if that means putting the blame unto someone else. Currently, that thing she craved for and wanted more than everything else was Damon Kalesto…
She could have him for all Sarah cared. She had no reason to fight over someone who didn’t want her from the get-go anyway. But that was just what she told herself… it wasn’t exactly how she really felt. She had set aside her true feelings on the matter though and she had even given herself the excuse that the mate bond was playing with her head.
Sarah had never lusted after a man before… not that she remembered. All the new experiences she had since coming to Damon’s home, was simply a trick of the mate bond. If she ignored it, then she’d get over it sooner or later… hopefully.
“If you want Damon so much, then you can have him… doesn’t matter to me anyway.” Sarah clicked her tongue, looking her up and down as if she was the door mat she was currently standing on. Then, she turned and began to walk back inside, however, she stopped just as she was about to close the door.
Damon was somewhere in the house right now and he more than likely couldn’t hear their conversation from wherever he was. So Sarah figured she could show just a little bit of insolence… just this once. She couldn’t possibly allow Alexis to walk away with a smile on her lips after doing her dirty… twice. The least she could do was to enlighten her on how much of a bitch she was.
With a deep breath, she spun on her heels and faced Alexis, looking her dead in the eye. “Before I go–” She took a step closer, one threatening step that managed to visibly break Alexis’s composure. But Sarah didn’t stop there. She reached her shackled hands upwards and grabbed her by the collar, pulling her down to her height so they were eye to eye. “–I’ll have you know that you’re a stupid woman who doesn’t know when to stop. I couldn’t have imagined that you’d do something like this over a man who isn’t even yours. If you had begged me a few times, I would’ve willingly allowed you to have him. But you’ve stooped so low? I swear, I feel disgusted to even look at you.” Alexis’s eyes widened, her body going rigid under her hold. She was obviously intimidated and that only boosted Sarah to dig deeper under her snake skin. “But I hope you keep in mind that you’re not his mate nor will you ever be. So don’t feel so high and mighty now that you have him to yourself, because you’ll soon be discarded…. don’t forget that.” Sarah took a satisfied look at her dumbfounded expression before she released her clothes, turned on her heels and walked back inside.
She slammed the door behind her and headed back over to her spot on the floor. She felt as if a huge weight had been lifted off her chest. Perhaps, she should do that more often…. when Damon’s not around.
She sat huddled up in the corner for a few minutes, her mind dwelling on Alexis’s satisfying facial expressions until Damon came back into the room. His eyes roamed around first before landing on her. He looked her up and down with a dark look on his face.
Sarah was immediately intimidated. She hugged her knees to her chest and lowered her eyes. Then unfortunately for her, Damon walked closer to her until his glistening black shoes was present in her line of vision. She tensed.
“I thought I told you to get ready?” He said, a hint of anger in his voice.
Sarah’s head jerked upwards, her eyes widening. She had totally forgotten about it! She cursed under her breath as she shuffled to her feet, fearing that Damon would punish her for being so forgetful. “I’ll go get ready now!” She rushed forward in the direction of the closet but was pulled to a sudden stop when Damon gripped her wrist.
Tingles that had long been forgotten about, started at her wrist then spread across her skin. The sensation was euphoric, one that she could only feel when in physical contact with Damon. It was still a mystery why his touch felt so extraordinarily good, but she still endorsed it and basked in its sweetness.
But the feeling only lasted for so long.
Damon ripped his hand from her wrist and took a step back, his eyes blinking as if he had just managed to get himself free from a daze. You could say Sarah’s expression was a lot similar to his.
Damon was the first to gather his sense of reasoning. His cold, angry stare came back at full force and he spoke with such dominance that Sarah couldn’t help but lower her head submissively. “You ignored my order so you’ll be wearing that which you have on. I’ll take it that you won’t let it happen again. Let’s go!” And then, he turned and walked away as if nothing had happened. But Sarah saw the way his shoulders tensed and his hands clenched at his sides.
He was affected by their connection… just as much as she was.