Say My Name, Alexa

Chapter 1

"How much for a night?" Twenty-four-year old Alexa asked the tall handsome man sitting behind the counter and feeding his eyes as he relaxed with a glass of vodka while nodding his head to the buzzing music that filled the air.

It was a beautiful and fun-filled night at the rowdy clubhouse as usual.

"I don't mind doing it for free as long as you'll satisfy me well enough. If you can go for three rounds at least, then I'm game," His deep voice and flirty eyes made Alexa clasped her legs together as she felt a sharp exciting feeling between her legs.

"Why don't we get a room, hmm?" Alexa winked at him as she bit her bottom lip seductively. The thought of having this stranger on her bed made her so excited like she had never been before. She was too excited for someone that was just about to cheat on her soon-to-be husband.

"After you, princess," The young man uttered as he stood up, gulped down the last content in the glass, then dropped the glass on the counter and turned to Alexa.

"Ladies first," And with that, Alexa walked away elegantly, wiggling her sexy round butt that could make any man go crazy for her, while he trailed behind her.

Alexa couldn't wait to have this man inside her as she kept anticipating while they walked down the walkway, and as soon as they arrived at the front of one of the room, she didn't hesitate before she pushed the door open and walked inside.

"Not so fast, princess," The young man said flirtatiously when Alexa grabbed him and was going to kiss him.

"My name is Miguel... You may want to moan it later," The young man hushed as he pulled her and slammed her against the wall slightly.

"You smell so good that I want to tease you, but I don't have time for that... So..." He paused then turned her to face the wall while pinning her on it.

"Let's go straight to business," He hushed as he raised her short gown then ripped her pantie off and rubbed his fingers against her already dripping wet pussy.

"Are you that desperate, hmm? You are already wet," He hushed as he pushed two of his fingers inside her, and she groaned as she threw her head back, waves of pain mixed with pleasure spurred through her. She bit her bottom lip and breathed heavily.

"Come here..." Miguel turned her to face him. Even though he wasn't the type to play romance with strangers, he found himself going for her lips. As their lips touched, he felt this strange spark. Something he had never felt before, and he found himself wanting more of her. The kiss was intense, slow, and of course, sweet, giving him this feeling he'd never had with any woman before.

"What are you doing to me, stranger?" He hushed against her neck as he teased the nape of her neck, her moan came out as a music to his ears, a reward for a job well done, and a motivation for him to do more.

"Are you crying?" He pulled away and asked Alexa when he heard her sniffled, and looking into her eyes, they were glistening with tears, and the pain written in them was something he didn't also fail to notice.

"Are you ok? Don't you want this?" Miguel tried to wrap his head around why he was concerned about this stranger as he asked her worriedly, but nothing was adding up.

"Make me forget my pain, Miguel," Tears streamed down Alexa's cheeks as she stared into his brown eyes, calling his name perfectly and sweetly in a way no one had ever pronounced it before. Even though they were just meeting for the first time, she strangely felt comfortable around this stranger, she somehow felt safe with him, and whatever it was, making her feel like he could actually take her pain away, even though he wasn't sure, she believed it could work.

Getting a degree and being a professional and successful medical doctor was everything Alexa had ever wished for, but what was she supposed to do now that all her dreams has been shortened and destroyed by her own Dad?

'You are getting married to Mr. Xavier Williams, Alexa' Those were the words that had destroyed her big dream. She was going to become a legal wife to a stranger tomorrow. A stranger she had never met before. Someone her Dad wanted her to be married off to because of his selfish benefits. If only her Mom was still alive, maybe she would've at least protected her dream, her happiness, and her future.

"Take my pain away," She whispered again as she leaned forward and pecked Miguel's lips.

"As you wish," Miguel whispered then swept her off her feet and lowered her carefully on the neatly arranged bed.

It was a long night filled with pleasure for both Miguel and Alexa.

The sound of Alexa's phone pulled her out of her deep slumber the next morning, and she lazily reached for the phone which was on bed. She swiped the answer button without checking who the caller was.

"Do you want to die? How dare you keep me waiting?" Her eyes snapped open when she heard the unfamiliar angry voice. She checked her phone and saw that it was a strange number. Even though her Dad was strict, those were the words he would never say to her, and the voice didn't sound like her Dad's.

"I'm sorry, but who is..."

"I will speak to him, Sir," her heart sank into her stomach when she heard her Dad's voice in the background. Without anyone explaining to her, she already knew who the caller was.

"Alexa... Your husband is waiting for you. Why are you not here yet?" Her jaw dropped to the ground as soon as she heard her Dad's voice. The man scolded her and asked if she wanted to die in front of her Dad and he didn't say anything? What more was left for her in this hell of a marriage she was about to get herself into?

"She better not waste my time!" She heard the man's cold voice in the background.

"Come home quickly, Alexa," her Dad said before the call ended, and tears streamed down her cheeks, but she quickly wiped it off because it wasn't time to cry.

She was about to get off the bed when she realised she was naked under the duvet, and she recalled being there with a stranger yesterday. She looked to her side on the bed but didn't find him, so she went to the bathroom to check if he was there, but he was nowhere to be found.

"Where is he?" She mumbled as she walked back into the room, but found a note on the nightstand and a parcel of money.

'You were amazing last night. I have a flight to catch this morning. Let's have coffee together if we ever get to meet in the future. Take the money as a reward and not for the sex' she felt even more miserable after she read the note, but she just squeezed it and threw it on the floor. She glanced at the money, contemplating whether to take it or not, and after a brief thought, she grabbed it as she would need the money later.

Furthermore, she dashed out of the room after she was done getting dressed...

Chapter 2

"I told you to make breakfast that my brother is coming back home and you are still here?" Alexa's soul almost jumped out of her when she heard the thundering voice of her husband, Xavier as he barged into the kitchen. Two weeks into this hell of a marriage, but yet felt like years. Alexa didn't know which was more horrifying. The fact that she was going to spend the rest of her life with this monster that derived joy in causing her pain, or recalling she would never have freedom.

"I just finished cleaning the house, and..." A slap landed across Alexa's cheek. A slap that sent her staggering back and forth until she crashed against the counter, pressing her hand against the red hot plate, and a scream tore through her throat as it burnt her hand. This is what she went through every single day in the hands of this man that married her for no reason but to just abuse her.

"How dare you! I told you my brother is coming and you are lazing around doing nothing?" Mr. Xavier roared again as he towered over her, not giving a damn if her hand was hurting or not.

"Uhm..."

"Don't get me angry, Alexa. You won't want to see the other side of me," Alexa whimpered as she curled herself up on the ground, her cheeks wet with her hot tears as she stared into space. What other side could he possibly show to her than this? What was worse than being his punch bag every damn day? What was her offence.

"Are you still sitting there?" He thundered again, and this time, she quickly stood up, ignoring the excruciating pain all over her body.

"I'm going to the airport to pick up my brother. You better not let me come back and not meet everything done here," He threatened, and she quickly nodded her head.

"Make sure you bath and clean yourself up. I don't want you to look like crap in front of my brother. And cover those things up," He stated, referring to the bruises in her body.

Alexa breathed out in relief as soon as he was gone, and instead of whimpering, she got back to work.

Thankfully, she soon finished cooking, so she went to her room, had a quick bath, treated her injury and got dressed.

Alexa stood in front of the mirror minutes later, fully dressed in a long sleeve shirt and a long trouser. Thankfully, she was able to cover her bruises with make-up, and the ones on her hands and back were covered with her shirt. She felt her hand burning, but still had to cover it up with the sleeve of her dress, scared of what her husband would do to her.

Alexa's heart skipped a beat when she heard the car honking from outside as soon as she stepped into the living room. He heart pounded hard against her chest as she awaited her husband, praying hard not to do anything that would end up making him to beat her again.

She fondled with her fingers as she sat on the couch in the living room, waiting for them.

Seconds slowly ticked into minutes and when the door finally opened, her heart stopped beating. With her gaze held low, she quickly rose to her feet.

"You are home, hus..." Her voice trailed off and her jaw dropped to the ground when she raised her gaze and found a familiar face.

His face was something she could never forget so soon, his charming eyes, pointed nose, perfect height and everything were something she would always take notice of. It was Miguel. The man she had a nightstand with just two weeks ago.

"Mi...guel..." She whispered to herself as she locked eyes with the shocked Miguel who couldn't help himself but stare back at her. He could swear with his life that this was the same lady he was looking forward to seeing again.

"It's you..."

"Oh... Darling, is this your brother?" Alexa quickly spoke up as she went to stand beside Xavier and locked her arms with his.

"Hmm. Miguel... This is my wife, Alexa. Darling, meet Miguel, my kid brother. The one I told you about," Alexa's heart sank into her stomach when Xavier finally introduced them to each other.

"Yo...your wife?" Miguel finally found his voice as he glanced at Xavier and back to Alexa who has turned her face away.

"Yes. I got married the day you traveled. That was last two weeks. Sorry I didn't tell you, I wanted to surprise you when you get back," Xavier smiled at Miguel as he wrapped his arm around Alexa's shoulder, playing the perfect loving husband when he was nothing but an abusive bastard.

"Oh... That's...nice. it's nice to meet you, sister-in-law," Miguel extended his hand for a handshake as he smiled at Alexa.

"Hmm. Nice to meet you, Sir," She forced a smile as she briefly too his hand.

"Darling, why don't you take Miguel's bag to his room? I got a call at the company and I need to go now," Xavier placed his hands on her shoulders and smiled at her.

"You are leaving so soon, brother?"

"Yes. I'm sorry, it's very urgent and important. Let's have dinner together tonight when I get back," Xavier patted his shoulder, then kissed Alexa's forehead and finally left the house, leaving her with Miguel.

"Uhm... Come with me, Sir. I will help you with that," Alexa tried not to stutter as she reached for his suitcase, but he pulled it away before she could reach it.

"What is going on here, Alexa? Are you not going to explain to me?" He scoffed unbelievably, and she bit her bottom lip.

"Wh...what do you mean?" She shrugged, and he scoffed again.

"Are you really asking me that? You had sex with me that night knowing fully well that you were going to get married to my brother?" He almost raised his voice at her, but he tried to keep his voice cool.

"I...I didn't know you were his brother..."

"Even if you didn't, Alexa. Why would you do something like that when you knew you were going to get married the next day? Why would you cheat on your..."

"Can you pretend we never met and let this slide?" She cut him off, and his jaw dropped to the ground. For the next few seconds, Miguel stared at her in disbelief.

"What do you want me to forget? Is it the fact that we had sex that night or the fact that you cheated on my brother?" He scoffed and ran his fingers through his hair.

"This is crazy. How did you feel knowing you cheated? How did you feel whenever my brother smiles at you? Do you ever imagine the pain he would feel if he ever found out about it..."

"Just stop talking, Miguel! Fucking stop talking, ok? This is my life, and you have no right to judge me, so I'm begging you..." She paused, her lips quivered as she tried to hold back her tears.

"Just pretend we never met. Pretend that never happened and we would be cool," She said to him.

"I'm sure you must be familiar with this house since it's your brother's house. Please help yourself with lunch when you are ready to eat. Excuse me," Alexa stated and finally walked away, leaving Miguel stunned...

Chapter 3

Alexa stood in front of the mirror with only a towel wrapped around her chest. Her cheeks were wet with her tears as her horrible reflection looked her back from the mirror. Her once smooth and glowy skin was filled with bruised stripes. What had she done to deserve such maltreatment from her own Dad? She asked herself, but the only answer she could come up with was the fact that the man was greedy.

Her heart wrenched painfully, filled with regrets from that night. She shouldn't have done that. She should've at least kept herself and acted like the mannered girl she was. What would Miguel think of her now? That she was a loose girl that takes pleasure in sleeping with men?

Brushing all the thoughts to the back of her mind, she was about to go to the bathroom to freshen up when the door opened and she turned sharply to find Miguel.

Her heart missed a beat, so she quickly grabbed a towel and wrapped it around her naked body.

"Wh... what are you doing?" She stuttered as she tried to cover up her bruises, her heart pumping hard against her chest, but it was too late as Miguel already saw the bruises, leaving him shocked.

Miguel stared back at her wordlessly, not wanting to think that those bruises were inflicted on her by a human.

"Who did this to you?" His voice was filled with anger as he advanced toward her, covering the distance between them.

"It's none of your business. You can't barge into my room like that. It's not nice," She tried to avoid the question as she stepped away from him, but he held her hand and she yelped when his fingers brushed the place where she was burnt earlier.

"What!" Miguel's exclamation came out weakly and his jaw dropped to the ground as he turned her back to face him, revealing more bruises that left his heart wrenching painfully.

"I won't ask you again... Who did this to you?" He asked for the second time, his tone filled with anger, the other side of him that made Alexa frightened.

"Let me go," She yanked his hand off and stepped away from him.

"You need to leave, Miguel. This is not right. I'm your brother's wife... You can't..."

"Tell me, Alexa! Who the fuck did this to you? Is it my brother?" Miguel's impatient and angry voice made Alexa flinch.

"Miguel..."

"Tell me, Alexa... Who did this to you?" He asked for the umpteenth time, and Alexa swallowed nothing and blinked her eyes. Her eyes glistened with tears and fear written in them.

'I'm really going to kill you if you ever mention this to anyone' She didn't want to lose her life even though it wasn't worth living. She was scared of dying.

"It's... It's Xavier..." Her reply came out weakly as the tears she'd been fighting back finally found their way down her cheeks as she held on tightly to the tip of the towel she was wearing. Miguel's eyes darkened, and slowly, he clenched his fingers tightly as he stared back at her wordlessly. He didn't want to believe that his brother would be so heartless to do this to a woman, let alone the woman he married.

"My brother?" Miguel asked to be sure of what she said, and she nodded, his jaw dropped to the ground. He opened his mouth to say something, but his lips quivered and no words came out of him.

"I'm fine, Miguel... I'm really fine, I swear it... I'm not in pain," She shook her head as she quickly held his hand.

"Please... You can't confront your brother... You can't say a word about this to anyone either. I swear I'm fine," She pleaded with him as more tears streamed down her cheeks.

"Is that why...you had sex with me at the clubhouse? You never wanted to marry him, did you?" Miguel's eyes were filled with rage as he looked her in the eyes.

"That does not matter now, Miguel. I'm really fine, honestly..."

"You are not fine... You are in pain, Alexa. Look at your body... You have bruises all over your body. My brother has been abusing you, why are you still in this marriage?" He held her shoulders and asked calmly. Words alone were not enough to explain how pained he was, seeing her like this, and to think he was harsh on her earlier thinking she'd cheated on his brother. If only he knew why she did that, he wouldn't have been so harsh to her.

"I am not complaining, Miguel. I'm fine," She shook her head and forced a smile even though she was in pain deep inside her.

"I will help you... I promise I will get you out of..." His voice trailed off when he heard the thick footsteps from outside and Alexa's heart sank into her stomach.

"He is here... What do we do?" She shrieked fearfully and confusingly, and just then, an idea struck her mind, and without waiting to give it another thought, she dashed into the bathroom and slammed the door behind her. Just then, she heard the door outside open.

"Miguel? You are here?" She heard Xavier's surprised voice from outside.

"Hmm..." She heard Miguel hummed. Her heart hammered against her chest and fear gripped her at the thought of Miguel saying something about what happened to Xavier. She was sure Xavier would surely kill her this time.

"Are you ok? You look dull," Xavier's voice sounded from outside, and she swallowed nothing. Without thinking twice, she grabbed a robe from the bathroom, wore it and when she was sure that it covered her bruises, she arranged her hair, wiped her tears, and finally pulled the door open.

"Honey, you are home?" She forced a smile at Xavier as she walked over to him, and Miguel scoffed silently.

"Yes, I just got home," Xavier grinned at her as he wrapped his hand around her waist.

"Miguel... You are here? When did you get here?" Alexa smiled at Miguel.

"I was just taking a walk around and I came in here. I'll see you guys around," And with that, Miguel walked out of the room and closed the door behind him.

Xavier quickly stepped away from Alexa and a deep frown settled on his face.

"Is my bath water ready?" He asked in his usual cold voice that left Alexa flinching.

"No...no, Sir... I didn't know you would be home so..." A hot slap landed across her cheek that sent her crashing against the dressing mirror.

"You didn't know I was going to be home so early? Do you want to die? You were wishing I never come back home, right?" He walked over to her, grabbed her neck, and slammed her against the dressing mirror and it cracked immediately. He pinned her neck to the mirror, pressing it hard and choking the life out of her. Alexa was left gasping for air as she struggled to free herself from this man who was ready to kill her.

"You are lucky my brother is here..." He finally pulled away from her, and she coughed out as she held her neck while trying to catch her breath.

"Prepare my bath water right away, and make sure dinner is ready by the time I'm done bathing," Those were the only words Alexa needed from him before she crawled toward the bathroom as her legs were too weak to carry her.

For how long was she going to continue this toxic marriage? This was the same question she'd been asking herself for the past two weeks but still, it was left unanswered...