Sold to my crush

Lily’s POV

“Hey take is easy”. Alex whispered in my ear as he helped me steady myself. I nodded hastily as a response.

I straightened myself and was about to drag Alex to the opposite direction when a familiar voice halted my movement.

“Mr Dankworth”. He said with a grin.

“Hello Sir”. Alex turned around and I did the same but rather slowly.

I watched silently as they shook hands firmly.

“Won’t you give your daddy a hug, hmm?”. My father said with a chuckle as he moved closer to me and enveloped me in a hug.

For the first time in my entire existence, it felt weird being in my father’s presence and a hug felt like torture.

It felt like years had passed since I last saw him and distance between us had grown so much that it felt like we were just strangers.

“You will pay for your mother’s Sins. I promise you.” My father whispered in my ear. I shivered and I immediately pulled away.

I stared at him wide eyed trying to comprehend what he just said as he chuckled darkly.

“Are you okay?”. Alex asked worriedly as he held my hands tightly. I’m pretty sure I looked like I saw a ghost because literally I just did. The man in front of me was not my father. He was not the man I grew up to know.

“Ye.. yeah, I’m fine”. I breathed out. Alex looked at me skeptically. I’m sure he did not buy that but he just shrugged and turned towards my father.

“It was nice to see you but we need to find our seats now. It’s about to begin.” Alex said to me father.

“Of course. See you later Princess”. My father said to me as a flashed me a smile. Before now I would have classified that smile as a sweet smile but now I saw beyond that.

I saw a promise of his earlier words. A promise that would not bring good but it would be something that would bring pain, regret and suffering and I dreaded it.

I watched his retreating figure still shaking in fear before I felt Alex’s cold hands guiding me to a table.

He pulled out a chair for me like a true gentleman before taking a seat close to me.

“Darling, you look absolutely beautiful tonight”. I had been so lost in my pondering thoughts that I had failed to acknowledge the full table. Mr. Dankworth, Alex’s father had complimented me.

“Thank you sir. You don’t look bad yourself”. I said as I finally looked around the table. Alex’s father had a bright smile on his handsome face as he waved me off.

To his side, was his wife Susan dressed in a fully embroidered red mermaid dress with a deep neckline and off the shoulder sheer long sleeves. She had on a full beat make up. I’m talking about those dark feminine make up with the red lipstick on point. It was giving everything that it’s supposed to give.

It appears to me that she had on a brown short bob wig or perhaps it was her hair that was just styled that way. I wasn’t so sure about it but regardless she looked stunning.

But apparently all that was at a contrast to the state of her scrunched up face as she was staring at me with a hateful glare. I ignored her and swept my eyes away from her and unto the next person that was seated close to her.

Everyone stepped up their game tonight and Tiffany would be last person on earth to slack behind. She had on an emerald green dress that was entirely covered in glitters. The dress had a wide neck that allowed a generous amount of her tits to be on display and the sleeves were long and transparent .

The bodice of the dress was fitted with a cinched waist and it had some sort of wrapped around piece that moved from her left waist alone and flowed to the ground. It was spectacular.

She had on light makeup and her blonde hair was curled beautifully. She was really beautiful. If I was a man or a lesbian, I’d definitely fuck her.

I really liked Tiffany and I wished we would remain friends forever but day by day I could feel what we had slipping away. Everything felt like a fight with her nowadays and it sucks.

I do not also want to think about the fact the she’s wearing the same color as me just so she could obviously match with Alex. The whole situation was extremely frustrating.

But what got me the most was the fact that upon our unresolved differences, Sasha, Tiffany’s so called friend was seated on the same table with us.

She looked nice in a blue flowing gown. The dress had a sweetheart neck line but she definitely was not a sweetheart herself. He hair was styled a sleek pony tail and a few strands were curled to frame her face with her make up, nice and simple.

They were all glaring me as though I had seized their cargo on ship that was on sail and they wanted to kill me for it but they couldn’t.

The lights dimmed and a hush fell over the room. A man took the stage and tapped the microphone which squealed briefly before he began to speak.

“Distinguished Ladies and gentlemen, I welcome you all here today……”

“What’s going on?.” I asked Alex whispering.

“We’re here for auction. Every year wealthy businessmen gather and fight for the most valuable things. But to me it’s just a show off for who has the most money”. He replied in a whisper of his own.

I responded with a nod, signaling that I understood what he was talking about.Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

“So let’s begin. Firstly we have the Mangiyo piece. And for this magnificent piece we’ll be starting from 10, 000$.” The speaker continued.

“15, 000$”. A masculine voice came from behind.

“20, 000$.” Another voice came up

“30, 000$.” A female voice came up this time.”

There was a bit of silence after that until the speaker spoke up.

“30, 000$, going once, going twice. The mangiyo piece is sold out to the gorgeous lady at the beautiful.

I stared wide eyed in shock at how there were just throwing money around. That was literally the amount of money that I was sold for.

Alex was right. Indeed it was just a show off cause that mangiyo piece didn’t even look like it should cost a dollar. It looked terrible in my opinion.

“Now we have this beautiful neck piece made out of real diamonds.” At the sight of it, I stared in awe. I had been lost in my thoughts, completely neglecting all other things that were auctioned but the moment this necklace was wheeled out, I couldn’t help but bring myself back to the present that was right in front of me.

“For this exquisite piece, we will be stating at 2, 000, 000$”. As soon as I heard the price from the speakers mouth, I immediately composed myself. My earlier desires vanished almost immediately.

“5, 000, 000$”. A firm voice came from beside me. I turned around sharply and stared at Alex wide eyed. What the hell was he doing.

“8, 000, 000$”. Another voice came from behind.

“15, 000, 000$”. I gasped in shock as Alex said more confidently again.

“20, 000, 000$”. Another female voice said .

“25, 000, 000$”. Another firm voice said.

There was silence in the room after that. “25, 000, 000$, going once”. Te speaker said. The sheer silence continued.

“25, 000, 000$, going twice”. I sighed . I knew at this point that the man was going to have it.

“25, 000, 000$, going…”

“40, 000, 000$.” Alex’s deep voice boomed out. I looked at him wide eyed , gauging his cold expression as I wondered why on earth he was willing to spend so much on this necklace.

The hall was drop dead silent and everyone on our table keep staring at Alex. While Alex on the other hand had his usual cold expression on his face.

“40, 000, 000$, going once”. The speaker said with a huge grin.

“40, 000, 000$, going twice”. He said more loudly this time.

“40, 000, 000$, going thrice”. He said with a sigh. He looked sort of disappointed as though he expected someone else to go higher. What a greedy man!

“The beautiful neckpiece is sold to Mr. Alex Dankworth.” The speaker announced.

A few moments later, a case was brought to Alex by one of the men who were stood near the speaker.

I watched Alex as he opened the case to reveal the necklace. It was even more gorgeous up close.

I turned to look at Alex when I felt his hot gaze on me. He was looking at me intently and I felt shy.

“Dance with me”. Alex said as he stood up, stretching his hands towards to me.

“Huh?”. I asked dumfounded.

“Dance with me Princess”. He asked again with a small smile playing on his face.

I looked around the hall and realized that the Auction was over and people were scattered around drinking, chatting and dancing. I had been too lost staring at the necklace that I did not notice the happenings around me.

I took his hands and he helped me up gently as we walked to the dance floor.

“I don’t know how to dance”. I said shyly as we stood at the dance floor.

He put my hands on his shoulder and held my waist tightly. “Just follow me. I’ll guide you”. He said with a small smile.

It all felt so surreal and I almost collapsed there because of all the tingling things I was feeling.

I moved clumsily for a while until I got the hang of it. “See, you’re doing so well already”. He said to me.

“I have a great teacher”. I laughed lightly.

We slow danced for a while and it seemed we got closer and closer to each other and if I just moved wrongly, I would have his succulent lips in mine.

“Do you like it”. He asked. I could feel his hot breath fanning my face.

“Wh.. what?”. I asked still in a daze due to the close proximity.

“Do you like it princess?”. He asked again with a grin this time.

“What are you talking about?”. I asked.

“This”. He held the necklace up in the air and it dangled right in front of eyes, twinkling under the light. It was so beautiful.

“Yeah. It.. it’s beautiful “. I said as I continued staring at it in awe.

“Turn around princess”. He said in his deep baritone voice that never fails to melt my soul.

“What?”. I asked confused.

“You ask a lot of questions”. He sighed and turned me around so I had my back to him.

My breathe hitched as i felt his hands moving my hair away from my neck.

He planted feather like kisses and rubbed my neck softly.

I completely melted into his arms as I ignored everyone around us. To me I was home and nothing else mattered at this point.

I felt a cold sensation on my neck and my hands immediately went straight to check out what it was.

“I got it for you”. I gasped as I saw the gorgeous diamond necklace that I had been gawking at on my neck.

“Beautiful”. He whispered in my ear.

“But why?” I turned around as i asked him. I was very confused as to why he would spend so much to get this for me.

“I saw the expression on your face when you first saw it and I knew you wanted it”. He rubbed my cheek softly as he spoke. ” I would buy you countless other things if I get to see the expression you had on your face the moment you realized you were wearing that same necklace”.

My eyes stung with tears at his confession. Can he make me fall for him any more than this?.

I jumped on him enveloping him in a tight hug as words failed me.

“Thank you, Alex”. I said as I finally broke the hug.

“You’re welcome. wait here for me”. He walked me to a chair. “Let me get you a drink”. He said with a smile before walking away.

I couldn’t help the blush that stained my cheek. Why was Alex being so sweet to me. Was he finally in love me?. I smiled at the possibility of it.

I was already imagining beautiful moments with Alex when a voice broke me out of my thoughts.

“Lily. I’ve been waiting to get a moment with you alone. Please can we talk”. A seat was pulled close to me and Martin eyes stared at me with desperation.

“Martin, I..” I stared at him in shock. What was he doing here. I shouldn’t even be seen with him.

“I just want to apologize for ..”

“Martin you need to leave now. I shouldn’t be seen here with you”. I begged him to go.

“Lily please just listen to me. I know you’re upset about what happened, but I’m sorry”. He held my hand and continued apologizing to me for God knows what.

“Martin please just go now”. I pleaded with him as I struggled to get my hands free.

“Get away from her!!”. The both of us stilled as we heard Alex’s voice. In fact the whole hall stood still to enjoy the new show.

“Alex, I..” I was cut off by the sound of a bone breaking. I screamed as I watched Alex pounce on Martin.

“Alex please stop”. I begged. Alex’s father and some other men had come in to stop the fight. The reporters were not excluded as they scrambled to get pictures and videos of the incident.

“Stop this nonsense now!!”. Alex’s father screamed at both of them once they had been able to get them off each other.

Alex glared at Martin before moving to my side, ignoring everyone else around us. “we’re leaving. Let’s go”. He held my hand tightly as he walked hastily out of hall, with me trailing behind.