Sold To An Alpha

Ha-Yoon's body trembled nervously, and she slowly shook her head at Jenny. 

The middle-aged woman instantly went into a rage on seeing that and proceeded to grab her, but Jenny, however, slapped her hand away and stood up to stare viciously at her. "Don't you dare touch her!"

The middle-aged woman's brow arched in amusement, and she chuckled softly. "And who do you think you are to stop me? I am her guardian and she's coming with me." She scoffed and moved to grab Ha-Yoon, but Ha-Yoon unexpectedly broke into a cry, attracting the attention of the few surrounding people there.

From a bit of a distance, Nirmolak, who also heard Ha-Yoon's cry, turned to glance in the direction, and on seeing Jenny, his eyes blinked in curiosity. 

He shoved his hands into the pockets of his hoodie and strolled over to them. 

"I don't wanna go with her." Ha-Yoon sobbed, and Jenny lifted her into her arms, then gently patted her on the back to calm her down. 

"She's not going anywhere with you!" Jenny glared hatefully at her and caressed Ha-Yoon's hair. Although she knows she's being wrong here as the woman had the right over Ha-Yoon, she just can't find the heart to let her take Ha-Yoon away. For such a little girl to be crying this much in fear, the woman was definitely doing something horrible to her. 

"What's going on?" Someone's whisper flew into her ears, and she turned to see Nirmolak standing beside her with a raised brow.

"You-"

"Surprised?" Nirmolak chuckled softly and turned to gaze at the middle-aged woman. His eyes dwindled cruelly, and as though she felt intimidated by it, her body began to tremble, and she unexpectedly turned around and hurried away, abandoning Ha-Yoon with Jenny.

"Huh?" Jenny's brow furrowed deeply in confusion, and she turned to stare at Nirmolak. "Why did she-"

"I don't know." Nirmolak shrugged, and she turned to glance in the direction that the woman had left from.

"What do you plan on doing now?" He inquired, and a low breath fled Jenny's nose. "The police. I will file a complaint and make sure that they help her out." 

Nirmolak nodded in understanding, and they began to stroll out of the park with Ha-Yoon resting in Jenny's arms.

"You...what are you doing in the park?" Jenny asked, and Nirmolak raised his brow at her. "Don't think too much. It's just a coincidence that we met here after our last encounter." He shook his head at her, and Jenny slightly nodded in understanding.

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{12 am}

Leia's eyes flickered in pain, and she turned around to view the memories of how much Mr. Adolpho tortured her. Diminutive drops of tears fell from her eyes, and the moment her mother took her last breath flashed before her eyes like a movie. 

She glanced at all the memories swirling around her like a series, and she immediately felt her head aching badly. She clutched it in pain and fell to the floor on her knees. The curtains in the dark rooms fluttered vigorously, and her breathing became heavy and unsteady.

Claps began to resound in the room, followed by someone's mocking laughter, and she raised her head, then slowly turned around to see Mr. Adolpho standing with a wicked expression on his face.

"Tsk tsk, pathetic." Mr. Adolpho slightly shook his head in amusement, and Leia's face began to twitch in anger. Her hands balled into a tight fist and she stood up to pounce on him, but she however realized that her hands were chained and for that, she was unable to move close to him. "You!" Her body trembled uncontrollably in rage, and Mr. Adolpho arched his brow at her. 

"You are so naive. How could you underestimate me like that?" He scoffed in disdain, and Leia's balled fist clenched so tightly that her knuckles turned white.

"You really thought you could kill me!" He laughed mockingly and slowly walked towards a table in the room and grabbed the gun that was lying there.

He fixed the bullet with a leisurely look on his face and turned around to aim it at her forehead. "One last piece of advice that I will give you as your father is: the birds reside in the same tree together, but when the hunter shoots, they all fly away in different directions, flying helter-skelter for their lives-" He chuckled softly and shook his head. "-In your next life, don't trust anybody, no matter who." With that being said, crazy laughter erupted from his throat and he pulled the trigger, releasing the bullet which whisked through the air, aiming for Leia's forehead.

Leia's eyes dilated as wide as a saucer, and before the bullet could penetrate through her forehead, everywhere turned black, and her eyes sprang open.

She quickly glanced around and realized that she was lying down on the bed beside Adrik.

It was just a dream. Her heart thumped rapidly within her and she reached for the glass of water on the mini table beside their bed and gulped it down in one mouthful. She took deep breaths and got down from the bed, then walked to stand at the huge glass window and gazed out at the dark sky, which had not a single star on it but just a half-moon.

She swallowed and clutched her heart. It was just a dream. She repeated it in her mind but found her heart refusing to agree with her. The fear she felt in that dream felt so real that she could still feel it. 

She really can't fail! Impossible! There is no way she would fall into his trap. 

But... what was that dream about? Why did she suddenly have it now when her time of revenge was coming near?

'The birds reside in the same tree together, but when the hunter shoots, they all fly away in different directions, flying helter-skelter for their lives.' This sentence resounded in her mind, and her brow crinkled deeply as she couldn't seem to understand what it meant.

She rubbed her forehead and sipped from the glass of water. It's just a dream.. There was no way that her plan was going to fail.