May’s POVEllen was right, I love this place, the way it was so bright and homely, the way it looked like it was carved out of a modern house magazine.Wow! I thought as I stared up at the house. As promised by Aniya, someone already left my suitcase by the door inside the cozy but nice and large living room. I was almost decorated the same way as the one I just left Ellen in, but there was something different.I grabbed my suitcase and I walked upstairs to check out the rooms, and by the time I was at the top of the stairs, I was already panting like I was dragging with me something dead and heavy.What exactly did Emily packed in this suitcase? I asked myself, then I shook my head. If there was anything that should be there in there, then I had myself to blame because I shouldn’t have trusted her enough to let her do the last packing.There were three rooms upstairs so I choose the one that had the nicest feel and then I unpacked, seeing a lot of lingeries, like I was here to spend

Asher’s POVAt dinner, all I could stare at was my wife, because she was still my wife anyway. She sat there beside my mother, and my cousin, Fletcher, and she kept laughing at something he was saying to her.That made me clench my teeth and hands into fists for the whole of the night when I wasn’t eating. I didn't even eat much, I couldn’t, because I couldn’t stop thinking at that long, elegant neck as she threw her head back to laugh.Now, I sat in my room and all I could do was think about her. She had left as soon as dinner was over and I didn’t even know where she went. I asked Mom where she was but she just looked right through me like I didn’t ask her a question.I would have asked the staff, but I didn’t want them knowing the situation surrounding our marriage. That wasn’t acceptable at all.“I just need to sleep to stop thinking about this.” I said to myself.Only, the sleep wasn’t coming. I just hoped that it would come soon, because honestly, I’ve got to do some stuff in th

May’s POVI looked over my shoulder as someone said, "Move out of the way!" and I saw a man rolling some dresses by in a hurry.If you haven’t guessed it yet, this was the night of the auction and I was in the dressing room Ellen had told me about.I could tell that this was a big social event, and Ellen had taken organizing it seriously. All these seemed pretty too much though, because it looked like I had just stepped into a scene from the movie. I guessed she needed us all dolled up to be bid on.After all, the more beautiful we looked, the more we were bidden on, and the more money generated for the charity."This woman's hair needs to be fixed," a man said from behind me as he grabbed my shoulders.“You’re the crown for tonight’s event, right?” he asked, and I nodded my head at him, even though I hadn't seen his face yet.The man started to move me around, then he stopped to turn me to face him. He wrapped my hair around a finger and his face scrunched up, though not terribly so.

May’s POVI was nervous, but I just couldn’t back out now.Behind me was Enrique and he whispered to me right before I walked onto the stage. “You’re beautiful, moi cherie. You’ve got this.” And with that, there was a found new courage within me, enough for me to walk onto the stage without tripping and as confidently as possible.But, the confidence was short-lived when I saw the people out here, sitting behind the tables with the bid paddles in hand, both men and women. Oh yeah, that was right. I had been told that some men too would be auctioned off to dinner with the women as well.I swallowed hard, my gaze moving slowly over the people seated, trying to find a face to focus on, a face that would give me the strength I needed through this.Maybe if Emily had followed me, she would be that face I chose and won’t have to worry or bother about it. I wondered what I would do without that woman, sometimes.She had been my rock through so many things and I just wished that I would also

May’s POV“I don’t understand why you’re back home today, May!” Emily said, handing me a cup of coffee. “Did something happened?” She asked, a small frown marring her face.Well, of course, I expected her to be surprised to see me on Sunday when I should have driven to work from there tomorrow, but I didn’t expect her badgering me with questions like this, queries actually.I would gist her about the event, I knew that, but I wasn’t even ready to have that conversation right now, only I knew she wouldn’t leave me alone if I didn’t tell her what she wanted to hear.I sighed and then I looked around, realizing that the house was silent. I had just came back from Love Castle estate, and I had came here straight up without even going home. I should have called her before coming because I remembered she had told me she was having a friend over, whoever that friend was.“Is your friend not here yet?” I asked her instead of asking her own question. I didn’t want any third party listening fro