>>Portia (Parisa)“Tell me something,” Jena asked, “Are you in debt?” I shook my head, “No,” We were walking to the club and today was going to be my day as a server.“So you’re just broke,” I nodded and she scoffed playfully, “So why come to work at this place?”“No other place would hire me because I have no ID.”“Ah~” She nodded, “Makes sense.” “But why though?” I asked, “Is it that big of an issue?”“It is,” She nodded, “Because you could be an illegal immigrant. You could be a spy, maybe even a criminal.” My chest tightened at her words.“Oh…” But it made sense, “I see,”“So you don’t even have a birth certificate with you?” The club was in view and we sped up our walking pace.“No,” I shook my head, “I’ve got nothing,”She chuckled, “Well then, there’s absolutely no chance any normal place would hire you.”Her words stung like lightning.“You’re a little too brutal with your words” I complained but she just chuckled in return.“Just telling you the truth.”Yea well, Jena does
>>Portia (Parisa)“Hey,” The bartender, Nial waved at me, alerting me that I had to come back to reality.“Hi,” I waved back at him.“The boss told me about you.” He winked at me playfully“Oh?” I blinked at him in confusion, “What did he say?” I began to panic all over again. “Just that you’ll be helping ‘behind’ the counter,” He smiled at me, “First time he’s giving any woman this much favor.” He gestured with his head for me to come inside.My heart sank but I felt gleeful at the same time.The feeling was so queer that it jumbled up my brain. I love that Derek is so tender to me but everyone would notice and even I know this is wrong. I know they’ll all think ill of me if this keeps going but I can’t stop, I want him to be more attentive to me.“Maybe he’s just being nice since I’m new,” I didn’t meet Nial’s eyes because I knew I was lying. “Hmm~” He hummed but didn’t say anything to me after that. I went to stand inside the bar and started helping him out while the club began t
>>Egon“What is it?” Ulric tugged my shoulder while we sat in the lounge of his penthouse, “Hello?” He waved his hand in front of my face since I was spacing out, “Egon?”“No,” I shook my head as I snapped back to reality, “I-” I shrugged it off, “It’s nothing,”“Are you sure?” He asked with a frown and I knew he was suspicious.“Uh,” I paused, “I think,” I scratched the back of my neck, “I’m just getting a bad feeling.”“About what?”“Portia,” I looked out of the window at the night view. It’s a common thing between mates, being able to tell something is wrong.“How bad?” Ulrich stood, “Should we go to her?”He immediately stood up and was ready to leave when I grabbed his hand, “No,” And sat him back down on the couch, “I already risked it enough by meeting her alone and acting on my impulses.” That was very dangerous and stupid of me.Far more than one can think but it was also inevitable. I mean, how could I stop myself when I saw her like that?Pole dancing!?! Where’s her pride a
>>Parisa (Portia)It was my first time drinking and I had no idea what to expect. I’ve seen many wolves drink in the pack and they all seemed fine so I have no idea why my head suddenly started getting a little dizzy.“It’s getting to your head.” Derek snickered and drank some fancy drink from his fancy glass while we both sat in his office on the two-seater couch. It was 3 am on a weekday so the club was now closed and almost everyone had gone home.“Why?” I looked at him and frowned.“Probably because it’s your first time drinking.” He finished the neon blue drink and placed it on the table and picked another glass with a pink drink from it.Another bartender was asked to make our drinks and Nial was given a short leave to recover. Derek asked me again if I had seen that man who attacked me anywhere before but I denied it because I truly hadn’t. I still have no clue why it all happened and I couldn’t really think about it either because my mind wasn’t working properly for some reaso
>>Portia (Parisa)The feeling was somehow very familiar. And the moment I saw and recognized Derek’s wife I knew I was going to go through hell again. Just seeing her made me feel bad, and so, what followed was obviously going to be worse.“Wait-” Derek raised his hands up in the air and glanced at me, “She-” He wasn’t sure what to say to her, “It’s not,” He kept stuttering, “It’s not what it looks like.” He looked at her and said firmly breaking my heart.I know full well, why he said those words, but it still hurt me.“Then what was that?” His wife stomped toward him with an angry disappointed look, “What was that!?” She slapped his chest in disgust, “I’m not blind!” She yelled, “I saw you kiss her!!”“That was a mistake-” He blurted it out immediately then paused at his own words yet he couldn’t bring himself to look at me. He stood there with his eyes wide and a troubled expression with his hands still in the air next to his chest while I stared at him in horror and agony.My hear
>>PortiaI wonder if there’s anyone as miserable as I am.To be rejected by two people who were meant to be mine, would anyone be able to handle that? Because I seem to be breaking with every step I take.The night was silent and lifeless.I brought my fingers to my lips and the kiss we shared came back to my mind. It was such a tender and warm feeling. Such an amazing and cozy sensation that I didn’t think about the consequences at all.I looked up at the sky. It was a full moon tonight and I stopped and stared at it with a broken heart.“Why?” I asked the moon goddess, “Why do you hate me?” I whispered the words while tears welled up in my eyes. I continued to stare at the brightly shining circle in the dark sky, “I didn’t do anything wrong…” I sniffled and the tears started streaming down my cheeks, “Why curse me?” I sniffled once again which was followed by endless silence, “In your eyes, am I a mistake too?”…Right.I scoffed at myself.She wouldn’t answer me.I looked down in d
>>Portia I stood there dumbfounded.I had no idea what answer to give him.Should I even be getting money from someone who tried to kill me because I smelled like Egon? It clearly means he’s after Egon and wanted to kill me because he thought I meant something to him. Right? Because I don’t see another possible explanation.“Nothing,” I shook my head at him, “I don’t want your money.”“Are you sure?” He smirked, looking at me in amusement.I frowned.Am I sure? He made me rethink.I scratched my head as I thought about it.If he’s Egon’s enemy should I be worried? Egon already abandoned me, so even if I take his money it shouldn’t be a problem. It’s not like he’ll find out what Egon is to me and to be fair, Egon isn’t anything to me and he won’t be anything to me in the future either. He left me and I don’t see him coming back.“Um,” I shook my head, “No,”“So?” He folded his arms, “How much do you want?”HmmmI knitted my eyebrows together.“How much is a lot?” I asked a pretty inno
>>PortiaI didn’t come out of my room the whole day and Jena didn’t come for me. She left for work on her own and I mostly slept to drown my sorrow. After midnight when she came back home somewhere around three in the morning, I was up.I couldn’t sleep anymore since that’s all I did the whole day but I didn’t go out to greet her and I wasn’t expecting her to come to me either. Deep down I was mortified that if I met her she might ask me to leave.So, when there was one on the bedroom door, it scared the living shit out of me.“Parisa,” She called my name, “Come out.” She demanded as if she knew I was up. I didn’t respond at first but then she knocked again, “Come out, I know you’re up.” I heard her step back, “I’m waiting in the kitchen.” And then I heard her walk away.…I sat up on the bed and ran my fingers through my hair to tone them down. Then I took a deep breath, stood up, and walked out the door. I went to the kitchen where I saw Jena sitting on the chair. I walked to the t