Chapter 126
The stench of blood had spread in the hall. The girl, who had been writhing in pain earlier, lost consciousness for the second time, just after being whipped five times.
The fall to the side probably messed with her head again.
“Wake her up,” The person with the whip said, and the leader, who was in charge of kidnapping and the efficient working of the team, nodded at one of the men, who brought the jug of water from the side and threw the water on Elara’s face.
“Make her sit,” the person said.
Elara, jolted awake from the water splash, her head swaying.
It was a good thing that she had fallen on the right side since her left side still ached from that bullet wound, and since she was tied to the chair, it took the major impact of the whippings. But it was painful nonetheless.
She looked at the person before her with seething eyes full of hatred, angst, and a fire of revenge.
The person looked at her observantly before smiling sinisterly.
“Don’t look at me like that. You are the one who drove me to this point of losing my sanity. I…who used to be one of the respected, now has no dignity left, and it’s all thanks to you,” the person said.
He walked to her and removed the duct tape from her mouth, making her wince in pain as a small trail of blood fell from the side of her lips.
“You are making a mistake, Sean,” Elara gritted out, spitting the blood in her mouth to the side.
Sean observed the girl and raised his hand as if to slap her, but stopped midway, smirking at the sight of her flinching.
“I am not making a mistake. Rather, I am teaching you a lesson and doing something I should’ve done long ago. What did you call me? A dog, no? You made me bark for the world,” Sean chuckled darkly, his tone laced with malice.
What was his fault? Did he ever target her specifically and make things hard for her? She destroyed his clubs, but was her family member suffering in it?
Even if they were, she could’ve just asked them to get released. It took them so long to build this empire, and now it was all in jeopardy.
His father didn’t even know what happened in the country because he was out there collaborating with a business partner in another country.
He couldn’t even imagine the shock his father would feel when he knew the primary source of income for their business, which funded and sanctioned most investments and campaigns, was gone.
He grabbed Elara’s chin, forcing her to look into his eyes. The more he thought about how much he lost because of her, the angrier he became.
“But do you know what a good dog does better than barking? It’s teaching bitches like you a good lesson,” he said before slapping her hard.
He looked around at all the men one by one, wondering who would be best fitted to teach this bitch a good lesson.
“So, I have an offer for you all. You see this bitch here,” Sean addressed all the men present before looking at Elara.
“She has a habit of running her mouth uselessly. I want one of you to teach her a lesson. Whoever is ready, I’ll give you an extra 100 thousand dollars,” Sean said.
“Sean! Don’t forget I am still your friend’s wife!” Elara raised her voice, despite the pain, and the man just arched his brows.
“Yeah, the same man’s wife who doesn’t give two fucks about what happens to you. Honestly, I think I am doing him a favor by removing you. So, who is ready?” Sean asked his men.
For people who always got small contracts, barely scraping by with hundreds of dollars to make ends meet, a lump sum of 100 thousand dollars was something they couldn’t even imagine.
Five men immediately raised their hands, followed by others, and soon, collective sounds of ’I’ll do it,’ ’I am ready,’ and ’I’ll make her pay’ echoed in the hall.
“You know what? Since you want to teach her a lesson, won’t it be better if everyone gets a chance with her? What would be better than humiliating her through and through?” The leader asked with a smirk, rubbing his bottom lip with his thumb, lust evident in his eyes.
“Don’t even think about it. You don’t know who I am. Not a single one of you will be left alive if anything happens to me,” Elara said.
Sean looked at the girl, whose confidence wasn’t diminishing even after so much, and clenched his fists.
“You know what? I should be the first one to go. Apart from the fact that I hate you, I think you are indeed a great sight to see,” Sean said before he nodded at the men to untie her hands and legs.
Elara watched the man nearing her, adrenaline rushing into her when she saw him untying her legs and hands.
As soon as the man untied her hands, she shot up, ready to fight back.
One of the men quickly held her hand to stop her before the others joined and held her hands.
However, if they thought putting her down would be so easy, they were mistaken.
Elara bent and kicked the back of the man who grabbed her from behind before twisting her body and throwing the man to her right away.
She headbumped the man on her left before grabbing the chair with her sore hands and slamming it on the leader, who neared her to stop her.
The chair broke into pieces.
Sean observed the scene unfolding with a calm expression. They weren’t on the first or second floor anymore, from where she would be able to run efficiently.
Elara fought back with whatever energy she had, but one of the men grabbed a stick and hit the back of her head.
The impact made her head swing to the side as she saw black spots in her vision.
The little delay gave everyone enough time to grab her hands and force her to her knees.
Elara looked defeated, still trying to wriggle free from their hold, but deep down, she could feel that she wouldn’t be able to break free like this.
She closed her eyes, taking a deep breath to think of a solution, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t come up with anything.
“Now that you have had your fun, I shall have mine too, no?” Sean said before he nodded at his men, who forced her flat on the ground.
Sean got on his knees before unzipping his pants.
He was about to lean to kiss Elara when Elara wriggled her legs free from the man’s grip and kicked Sean hard in the face, making him fall backwards.
Sean wiped his nose with the back of his hand, tracing blood.
“You are a bitch throughout.” Sean raised his hand and slapped Elara, making her head whip to the side.
“Hold her properly!” He ordered before unbuttoning his shirt.