Chapter 10

After closing Damon's bedroom door, Aleina sprinted towards her room which was right next doors.

She hurriedly opened her room's door and closed it in a rush when her legs had finally given in.

Aleina's earlier bold and intimidating aura was nowhere to be found while she started sobbing sitting on the ground; right next to the door of her bedroom.

Her legs seemed to have turned into jelly after the horrible ordeal that she had to go through, and the person who was the culprit of her suffering was none other than her own cousin.

Aleina's bedroom was filled with the whimpers of the pitiful girl who seemed tired of facing such horrible situations again and again.

The worst part was; like most girls who could scream or complaint about being molested to their family members, Aleina was helpless in this predicament as well.

"Why! Why can't my family support me? Why can't my family love me like a family is supposed to? Just what did I ever do wrong! W-why won't they believe me."

With her head in between her knees, the beautiful girl was crying; devastatingly, while questioning her family's harsh behaviour.

She was frustrated and tired after trying her best but still being unable to receive even an ounce of love from her parents or siblings.

She had long ago decided that she would give up on this hopeless dream of hers but it still hurt. It still hurt whenever she is reminded of her horrible situation, the cruel reality of her life.

*Knock* *Knock*

Aleina got surprised at the sudden interruption while she was crying her heart out.

For a second, she thought that the intruder was Damon, who had come to settle the scores with her, but the voice of the maid sounded from outside her room, calming her nerves when her guess was proven wrong.

She wiped her pretty face, smeared with her tears and she cleared her hoarse throat before she finally answered the door.

"Yes?" Aleina asked the young maid standing at the entrance of her room.

"Young Miss, Master has called you in his study room." The maid answered with a soft and polite tone.

Aleina's face turned pale with terror at the maid's words. She seemed to have lost all the strength in her body and she started shivering with fear.

'Oh God! Did Damon complain to Father about what happened before?'

'No, no, no. He wouldn't do that because even if nobody would believe me, but they would certainly doubt him'

Aleina started preparing for the worst in her mind, while she mindlessly followed the maid to her father's study room, which the Kallis family and the maids recognised as the Punishment room for Aleina.

"Please enter, Young Miss"

The maid said with a pitiful look in her eyes as she knew what was to come next.

Aleina's body was drenched in cold sweat. She was shivering from head to toe just at the memory of what always went down in this study room.

She didn't dare to step inside but she helpless and soon she entered while closing the door behind her.

The study room was nothing special; it had a huge shelf for storing the numerous thick books, a sandalwood huge polished wooden desk in the centre of the room and a black leather chair on which Aleina's father, Dave Kallis was currently seated.

Aleina tried to calm herself when she couldn't find Damon in the room but only Dave and Rose were present, with Rose standing beside the desk, crossed-arms, glaring at Aleina.

*THUD*

"Care to explain what this is?"

Her father's cold and furious voice reverberated in the air followed by an envelope that he threw right at Aleina's feet.

Aleina got a small but painful cut on her leg due to the sharp edge of the envelope, but she ignored it and picked up the envelope only to get shocked at what she saw.

There were several photographs, shot from different angles, inside the envelope.

In the picture, there was a handsome man who was extremely close almost hugging, a gorgeous girl. The man was holding the girl's hand tightly while an enticing smirk painted on his handsome face. The expression of the girl was not clear but, the scene could easily be interpreted as a lover's quarrel.

The beautiful girl in the pictures was none other than Aleina and the handsome man was Felix. The picture seemed to be clicked just a few hours ago when Aleina had escaped by kicking him on his private part.

But there was not a single picture of Aleina's kick or struggle, making the whole scenario what should have been a case of harassment but turned into a lover's quarrel.

"This is not what happened! He was harassing me and I escaped by giving him a kick. You have to believe me fath-"

*SLAP*

Before Aleina could even complete pleading to her father, she was slapped with immense force, right across her face, making her drop on the ground.

Her face was fair and flawless, but after the hard slap, her lovely cheek had a hand imprint which was striking on her smooth and fair face, followed by the swelling of her cheek.

The slap came from her father who was infuriated and vented out his anger through that hard slap.

"Don't you fucking dare call me father with that dirty mouth of yours! I don't have such a slut for a daughter."

Aleina had her hand on her slapped cheek while she listened to the painful and vile words she was addressed as by her own father.

With wet eyes full of pain and sorrow, Aleina looked at her father before turning towards her mother, to see if at least she would save her from this horrible torment.

What she saw on her mother's face was an impassive look, as if the entire horrid situation had nothing to do with her, as if the one who was beaten and condemned as a slut was not her daughter.

Rose just scoffed at the whole situation and she seemed repelled when she looked at Aleina.

"Tsk... I told you, she is only good at seducing people with that slutty face of hers."

"I have better things to do. I'll leave it to you to handle this properly."

With a nonchalant attitude and impassive voice, Rose left the study being completely aware of the awful torment; Aleina will be going through after she left.

The little hope that Aleina had for her parents broke right then and there, when heard those awful words they said and called her by.

Her eyes turned blank and her entire body was cold due to the blow she had received from her parents yet again.

Her brown eyes which were filled with admiration earlier were now as dark as the abyss, which seemed to consume her entire being. She had completely given up.

She dropped her hands which she had placed on her cheek and her hands dropped down seeming to have lost all strength. Her face pale with a striking red hand imprint on her right cheek, her lips blue due to coldness; which had engulfed her entirely.

She looked straight ahead without even the slightest change in her expression, when suddenly; the study room was filled with sound of the unbuckling of a belt.

Dave was holding the unbuckled belt in his hands, all ready and prepared to vent out all his anger and frustration on his daughter who he had condemned as a whore.

He had a conservative mindset in the first place and now, he was furious and provoked when his elder daughter Sabrina, showed him the pictures.

"You are nothing like your mother and sister. Why couldn't you be an innocent reputed lady like your sister is? She has always obeyed me by staying far away from men and has never once done anything to bring shame to our family."

Dave Kallis had a great misconception about her elder daughter's character and always saw what was portrayed in front of his eyes.

Sabrina was very good at playing the part of the innocent and pure lady in front of her parents. They had no idea about the rendezvous Sabrina had with her friends behind their backs, with different men every time.

Aleina was aware of Sabrina's dual life, but she never once thought of disclosing this piece of information to their parents because Aleina knew nobody will ever believe her and somehow she would get dragged into this mess by her wicked sister.

Even after listening her father's accusation, Aleina still had a blank look on her face while she was in still on the ground.

Dave got more furious at her expressionless face and took it as she was ignoring his words.

He walked towards her, with his belt encircled a little on his right hand, and he stooped to Aleina's level while harshly grabbing her cheeks with his left hand.

He was crushing her cheeks with his heavy hands while he said the same horrid words that Aleina was used to whenever he violently punished her.

"Seems like I need to remind you by teaching you a lesson. I won't hold back this time."

With that the room was filled with the ear-piercing and earth-shattering screams of a young girl.