CHAPTER 8

I woke up with a much lighter head. Looking towards the window, there is not yet a ray of sunshine between the curtains. It's probably still night, I sigh. The more my chest hurts, my coughing and vomiting is also getting more frequent. I've never felt this much pain because Dad and Madam often gave me sleeping pills, this made me weaker.

I looked the other way when I saw Gruvv curled up on the couch, his long legs hanging and not all covered in blankets. He looks like a giant.

I sat, slowly got out of bed and approached him. He slept with his eyebrows knitted together like he was thinking about something, his teeth were grinding and I could smell his pheromones in the room.

Sweet Tangerines. It smells so soothing.

I crouched beside the sofa, staring fixedly at his face. The faces I don't know will be very familiar because every day I saw it.

He said, he is the son of Dhurudatta family. Of course I know, that family is already famous as a big mafia. All I hear is that the entertainment district around capital is theirs. And also because dad took an awful lot of loans on them.

Why is he nice to me?

What's he up to?

I can do anything, but I can't do any work related to sexual intercourse, I can't selling my body to people who smell disgusting.

"Is it nice to watch me sleeping?"

I jumped up in surprise when I heard Gruvv speak, I fell down sitting at the carpet and the man opened his eyes. He smiled broadly showing his neat row of teeth.

"Seeing you've been able to walk from bed to sofa, I think you've gotten a lot better." He said, sitting on the couch. He looked at me and then patted the sofa next to him gently, hinting me to get up and sit next to him. Like a little dog I obeyed his command.

"Still hurt?" He asked again.

I shrugged, "Not anymore.." I answered slowly.

He nodded then picked up his phone which was on the table.

"Why are you sleeping here?" Now it's my turn to ask.

Actually I don't want to know what the answer is, it's just that the quiet atmosphere of the room makes me nervous for no reason. This room was filled with his sweet pheromone, I was afraid that my body would react with it even though the pheromone scent he emitted was not a seductive one.

"You're going to throw up again, if there's no one here, I'm sure you're going to have a hard time, Shiloh." He replied, he spoke without looking at me, his eyes were still busy staring at the phone and his fingers were busy typing.

"Gruvv.."

My call made his fingers stop typing, he turned to me with an expression I could already guess. I haven't even started talking yet but Gruvv seems to know what do I want to talk about.

"Let me speak." I told him, trying to keep him quiet and not interrupt me.

He sighed, put away his phone and now we both stick our backs on the sofa. We were not facing each other, sitting side by side with our faces to the wall in front of us.

"What's your plan again?" The same question kept coming out of my mouth.

Gruvv didn't answer right away, he sighed once more. I could feel the smell of his pheromones changing again, this man really couldn't control his own pheromones even though he was a Dominant Alpha.

"I don't know.." He said, making me turn my head.

"What?" I looked at him, confused. He never answer me correctly.

"I don't know what my plans are for you. Well, at first I had a lot of plans but for now I still don't think about it." He stroked his own neck.

"Why?"

He played with his lips, then turned to me, shrugged. I'm sure he has a lot to talk about with me, but my condition make him not want to discuss it. Maybe he thinks it's useless to talk to someone whose life will not last long.

I'll die soon anyway.

The silence was so heavy that he broke it with a question.

"Shiloh, did you know you were guarantor for your father's debts?"

That question was like a severe blow to my chest, I looked at him with a horror and confusion. I never heard of it.

"Guarantor?"

Gruvv took his phone, and then he showed me a loan contract for hundreds millions dollars, which, when combined with interest, is almost in the tens billions. In the column guarantor there is my name and signature.

"I...never...."

"I know, I only realized it after seeing you in person. Your father may have forged your signature or set you up to sign this. To be sure, now you're in charge of paying off your father's debt as long as he can't be found." Gruvv explained, he took his phone in my hand and put it again on the table.

I felt the blood boiling inside me. My hands clenched into fists and my body trembled. I was so angry that it felt like my breath was not able to come out, I know that I'm panic now.

I pressed my chest so hard and Gruvv calmed me down.

He called my name again and again.

"Shiloh, Shiloh, inhale your breath and slowly exhale... Shiloh.."

I grabbed his arm tightly, tears streaming down my cheeks. Our eyes met. Panic attacks again took over my body, I tried to hear Gruvv's voice trying to calm me down.

I took a deep breath, in tears I tried to control myself.

"You're all right, Shiloh..." Gruvv's voice echoed in my ears, he patted my back softly.

However, that anger still lingered in my chest.

I was the one who was responsible for my father's debts, now that he disappeared and took on all that was me.

Mom, I want to get out of here. I don't want to be here. I just want to die.