Chapter 2

The surroundings were cold. Shivers radiated on Eleanor’s skin as she was guided to walk blindfolded somewhere by some guards who were nothing but strangers to her. She was only wearing thin satin clothes with a black two-piece underneath. She could hear loud cheers from her surroundings which caused her fear to increase.

She was still walking when one of the men that was guiding her stopped her hand on a cold metal bar behind her which she assumed to be a pole. She confirmed these the moment they pulled off the blindfold that was on her eyes. She roamed her eyes and realized that she was on a stage, tied on a dancing pole, and was being viewed by a crowd of an audience, mainly by men, who was full of lust in their eyes which was the only visible part of their face aside from their lips considering that all of them were wearing a mask.

Eleanor could not help but feel disgusted with herself as those men below her were eyeing her like prey while they were clapping their hands as they enjoyed viewing her from below the stage. There were even some who were licking their lips in desire as they roamed their eyes all over her body.

Earlier she saw the manager of the club smiling mischievously when she and her mother got inside his office.

"Wowww… this is a high price. I will give you what you want. I will not negotiate anymore because this will be bought at a high price. It's a win-win game.” The bald man with a huge stomach stood up and walked towards her before he circled her and played with her hair as he continued to undress her with his gaze. He had this sinister look and devilish smile which brought shivers down to Eleanor’s spine as she tried to squirm away from him.

The man came up behind her and suddenly spanked her hard in the ass, causing her to scream in anguish. She felt the pain because she was only wearing underwear, and she was well aware that his five fingers would mark her rear.

She stared at her mother with weeping eyes, but when she looked, she noticed that her mother only scoffed and chose to turn a blind eye to the situation. After the man had walked up in front of her and grasped her chin, she shifted away.

"Ohhh... don't cry, Sweety. Soon you will reach heaven."

She shivered when she thought about what the man had said because she was thinking that they were planning to slaughter her. Moreover, she was disgusted when the man grasped her chin and laughed out loud, filling the room with echoes of his sinister laughter. She felt deaf to his laughs as if she were possessed by his devilishness.

After he was done laughing, he went behind his desk and opened the vault before he turned back around with five bundles of bills in his hand.

Eleanor witnessed how her mother shakingly accepted it and hurriedly placed the money bills inside her bag. A smile formed on her lips as she looked at Eleanor with satisfaction evident on her face before she spoke, "Finally I earn from adopting you, this is an exchange of barely 17 years taking care of you."

After uttering those words which made Eleanor feel betrayed and heartbroken, her mother turned around without remorse and left without looking back at her.

Eleanor felt as if a bucket of ice water had been dumped into her while at the same time she felt her heart was stabbed a million times. She could not believe what she had heard which caused her to cry her heart out. For the most part, her thoughts were focused on her own family, remembering all the years she had spent with them; loving and caring for them. Now she was beginning to regret not believing what their neighbours were saying before. She was aware of the evidence that was in front of her back then but chose to turn a blind eye to it. Their treatment of her, particularly that of her so-called parents, who treat her as if she were a servant, was despicable.

Now she had understood why they treated her in such a way. She now understood why she was never been spoiled by her parents and was treated more like a servant than a daughter; it turned out that she was indeed nothing but an adopted child that they grab to serve them, and now that they need her no more, they were soldering her in some place she do not know. She mourned as she learned that the parents she grew up with were not her biological parents, but at the same time she thanked that it was the truth as maybe she would have the chance to meet who her parents were; a parents who may love and cherish her.

The only thing she appreciated about that family was the twins, Maria and Mario, who were so adorable that they treated her like she was their real big sister and even shared their lunch with her. Those twins were so sweet that they were taking back food for her when they were going out for parties or celebrations.

"Oh... sweety don't cry." The man that was beside her and the same man who had tied her hand on the pole told her as he held her chin and made her look up. She could not help but cry as the truth of her being sold on some illegal auction sunk even more into her.

She swallowed a lump in her throat as the man who was holding the microphone started to speak up.

"Attention here gentleman, the one who we would auction today is a virgin human being,” the man announced before he continued. "If you find out that she's not a virgin when you screw her, we will gladly give your money back.”

As soon as the man had stated that, cheers filled the room followed by a man from the middle of the room who had shouted the first bid for the night, “Half a million dollars!”

"1 Million…"

"1.5 Million…"

"2 Million…"

"2.5 Million…"

As the crowd continued shouting the rising bid on her, Eleanor’s disgust increased as she had now realised what her fate would be. Whoever would be her buyer, she would be nothing but a sex slave to him. She shivered in anger towards how inhuman all of those people were doing at that certain moment. Since she'd been a child, she never experienced being sincerely happy aside from her moments with her siblings… but right now she could not help but wish that she could die that very instant.

She did everything to please her parents who apparently were not her biological ones. They were the worst image of her parents, but she never thought in her wildest dreams that they were going to sell her here. She then remembered the situation her father was currently in… that was when she thought that accepting her fate was the best she could do to help them.

"One billion…" The domineering tone from the corner of the place startled everyone in the place which caused loud whispering due to the unbelievably large amount that had been bid.