Chapter 5 Make your choice

She almost fell on Marino but he moved making her fall down instead. Her hands brushed through his clothes and removed his first three buttons as she had hoped he would have caught her.

She hit the ground hardly and her knee got a gash.

"Ouch..." She groaned bitterly.

"What are you doing? You were supposed to get there before me, right?" He muttered.

"Can't you see I'm injured?" She asked and he turned back to look at her, with a mixed emotions of shock and surprise. This girl never ceases to surprise him. One moment she was scared and the other, she was questioning him.

"Did you forget you were not supposed to talk back at me?" He asked.

"I also didn't forget the rule that I was supposed to reply every of your words." She pointed out as she stood up carefully and smartly. Her goal was to get to the table before him while distracting him.

Marino chuckled, it was a chuckle that sent shivers down your spine and she wondered if she had gone too far.

She limped away immediately and sighed, looking at her.

"I...got here... before you...master." she said, keeping her gaze on the ground as she spoke. It was a very long table and they sat at opposite ends which gave them a long distance in between. Orchid was glad, she couldn't imagine herself eating beside Marino. She would choke cos of fear and she was badly hungry too.

She wasted no time as she started eating quickly, she didn't eat throughout yesterday and this was well into afternoon of today. She was very famished. She loved the scent of the flowers placed at every corner of the table and she smiled as she ate.

The door opened and someone walked in, Orchid looked up.

It was the person who had bid her for twenty million last night. Oh how she wished he was the one who bought her, she wouldn't have landed into this devil's palms. Marino smirked at her thoughts, before blocking it. He was tired of hearing people thoughts which seemed like noise to his ears, he wanted surprises and wanted to be shocked at every move of theirs. But this girl, this girl thoughts seemed more interesting than her actions. He blocked it anyway, maybe he would be surprised now.

"Oh, it's the girl who was bid yesterday..." He laughed, staring at Orchid with a playful smile on his face.

"You're here, Damon Wayans." Marino said casually as he picked up a slice of grilled pork chops and placed it in his mouth. That was the first and last spoon he was taking, vampires drank blood. Human food were nothing to them as the humans were their own food.

"Right!" Damon said, plopping on the chair. Damon was Marino's long distant cousin, he was also a vampire, though half. His father fell in love with a human. Stupid! Marino had always thought. Love made you feel and act stupid but a vampire in love with a human, that was disgraceful. Luckily, vampires couldn't pry into another's vampire's mind, so Damon had no idea what ran through Marino's mind. He was more shocked when Marino had bid a hundred million dollars for this little girl last night.

"What made you bid this girl, Marino?" He asked and Orchid gulped when she heard herself being spoken about.

"Don't know." Marino smirked.

"She just got my attention." He said and looked at Orchid, right in her eyes. She gulped fearfully as he had never maintained such eye contact with her before and she lowered her eyes.

"I want to buy her back. Let's say fifty million, since you had her first,.." Damon said, looking at Orchid with such her eyes that made her feel like a sl*t.

Had her first? What did he mean by that? Orchid blinked repeatedly.

"I haven't had her. So you have to bid someone more than what I paid." Marino replied absentmindedly.

Orchid gasped. Was he just going to sell her out like that? Didn't he say he wanted revenge? Why was he now giving her out?

"Since last night?" Damon gasped.

"Woah! You surely has perseverance in front of a woman like this." He added with a smirk.

Orchid knew now, she had not wanted to wear this cloth because it looked so open and was also see through, now see what it had caused. She hoped Damon was better than Marino but she guessed he was worse. Marino had not made any move on her yet and Damon was already reminiscing about a forgotten last night. She would prefer to stay here instead.

"I do. Do you still want to increase your bid? I think I need money" Marino asked, the look of fear on Orchid's face made him excited.

"Need money? The great Marino Martini Rochez would never need a single penny." Damon laughed.

"Well, I could increase my vault." Marino played smart.

Damon took his seat beside Orchid and placed a hand on her shoulder. She recoiled irritatingly.

"Let me see..." He muttered and dragged her back forcefully which made her whimper in fear. She looked at Marino in fear, hoping he would save her but he just gave her a blank look instead. Was he just going to watch this happen? She thought and the thought gave her chills.

"One hundred and ten." Damon said.

"She's mine. Do you agree? " He added. Orchid stared weakly at Marino and he smirked at her.

"Well, let's direct the question to her." He said, staring right at her.

"What do you say, girl. Do you want to leave with me?" Damon asked as he slowly caressed her shoulder, going slowly to her breasts. She blinked slowly as she tried to remove herself from his grip but he held her tightly.

"You have just five seconds to answer. I'll gladly give you out for ten million extra." Marino smiled. Hellcat watched from the staircase, she was also wondering who Orchid would choose. Damon, the open demon? Or Marino, creeping Lucifer himself?

Damon slowly dipped his fingers into her dress reaching out to touch her breasts.

"I'll stay!" She gasped without thinking.

"Beg!" He ordered.

"Please take me in. I'll stay with you....Master.." she cried and Marino smiled evilly. Just as Damon was about to cup her breasts, Marino threw a fork and it stabbed Damon in his hand, he retracted it quickly in pain. Orchid quickly stood up in fear that he would get hold of her again. Her eyes were red as she placed her hands protectively on her chest.

"She's mine!!" He growled.

"But you said you would sell.." Damon gasped.

"I changed my mind." Marino said and Damon scoffed, removing the fork without pain, the wound covered up immediately.

"Fvck you, b*tch!" He cursed and stood up, walking out. Hellcat scoffed angrily, how dare Orchid? She chose her creeping Lucifer. She should have just left when she had the chance too. Seems like hell was calling the young lady's name. She turned and walked away.

The tears couldn't stop welling as Orchid stared at Marino wondering if she made the right choice by choosing him. He stood up carefully and walked towards her with purposed steps.

He stopped at her front and she dared not move or stare at him as she kept her eyes on the ground.

"You .. do you get it now?" He asked and she gulped down nothing.

" You belong to me!" He growled angrily.

"What did I say?" He asked walking closer to her, that there was no space in between them.

"What did I say!!" He shouted and she gasped fearfully.

"I...I..belong to you." She stuttered.

" Repeat that."

"I belong to you...I belong to you." She cried.

He smiled and placed a hand on her hair, patting it slowly, he let it trail down from her hair to her cheeks, then to her chin and he raised her head up forcefully, forcing her emerald eyes to meet his blue's.

"Look at me and repeat that." He said and she gulped slowly.

"I belong to you." She said and he chuckled, kissing her forcefully. She groaned as she bit his lip hardly but he didn't stop, he bit hers back tightly and that made her open her gasp, paving way for his tongue to penetrate. The taste of blood filled their mouth and he groaned hungrily as his fangs came out. She gasped and retracted quickly when she felt it against her lips. She stared at him as he licked the blood of his lips and she saw the fangs, she gasped slowly. His own lips had healed and he was licking her blood with those teeth.

She screamed fearfully as she tried running up the stairs but he super sped towards her and dragged her to the wall, hooking her in-between his arms.

He smiled evilly revealing the fangs more and her eyes couldn't stop bulging out of their sockets.

"You signed a deal when you said you belong to me, with blood." He said and Orchid gasped, she had bit his lip too and tasted his blood. Now, they had a blood oath, was that what he was trying to say? The fangs retracted and his teeth became normal as he licked his red lip one more time.

"You made the wrong choice, Orchid. Because I'm more devilish than what you think." He said and removed his hands from her sides.

" And now you can't escape anymore." He said. She looked at him shockingly, yes, he was truly the wrong choice.

He walked into the main sitting room and motioned for her to come closer. She fearfully commanded her feet to move. She was scared, scared that he might suck her blood out of her, scared that he was more worse than she thought and she was right, because the next thing she heard made her froze.

"Strip!" He suddenly said and she blinked.

"You grew up in her bar right?" He asked.

"Strip and twerk ....for me."