Devoured By A Beast Alpha

Chapter 4. The Rejection

"What do you say?" Damon interjected shockingly.

“Yes, I reject you to be my husband. I oppose this plan. I don’t want to get married now!" Lavender blurted out her statement of bravery against Damon. Damon was frowned at first. He glanced at Hilgers, who also showed his impatience.

“You cannot reject my proposal, Miss Ravens.”

Sandra quickly turned to Lavender and gritted her scold, “What are you doing? I told you that you are a lucky dog. Why do you reject him?" Lavender was still stunned and confused. She glanced at Sandra but then looked back at Damon. Damon still put a cold, suspicious expression on her.

Pretending to be excellent, Ethan interrupted Damon and said, "I beg your pardon." Unfortunately, Damon frowned instead. It was like he was looking at a peculiar person. Hence, Lavender did not enjoy seeing his arrogant attitude towards her brother.

"I think you should consider my sister's wish as well. You should not force someone to marry you!" Ethan boldly added. Damon's haughty look now shifted to him. Sandra got cold feet now. If Damon was angry, then he could kill them all. Now, she regrets that she had invited Ethan to dinner that night.

Damon tilted his head slightly while staring sharply at Ethan. He could feel the anxiety and fear mixed through the family, but he could not read Lavender’s mind. Something odd happened.

"Umm, Mr. Hummer. I’m begging you. Please forgive my nephew. He doesn’t know what he’s talking about. She’s ready for the wedding!” said Sandra, deciding right away. Ethan glared at her and Lavender.

“Aunty, what are you doing?” Ethan scolded Sandra. Sandra ignored him and still smiled friendly at Damon, who had a flat expression.

"Thank you for inviting us. I’m going to sign the agreement after the dinner. How about that?" she added confidently. Damon curved his smirk, then took his wine glass. He raised it as a deal with Sandra. Ethan puffs and irritably sees his aunt’s act. Moreover, Lavender only took a deep, heavy breath and then lowered her head. Ethan took Lavender’s hand and then clutched it. He shook his head as a sign for her to keep on her last decision to decline the wedding.

During dinner, Lavender did not want to touch the meal. Damon saw it, but he glanced coldly and ignored it. Only Sandra ate while Ethan and Lavender stayed in their seat, waiting for the end. After the excruciating time they had, Damon finally spoke.

“Come with me, Mrs. Lewis.” He commanded while walking out of the dining room. Hilgers came to escort Sandra while he ordered both Lavender and Ethan to stay on the table.

“Please stay for the desert, " he told them. Sandra was unsympathetic and only followed Hilgers to another room. Ethan snorted annoyingly and folded his arms on the chest. Two maids came to serve the delicious chocolate cake and ice cream in front of Lavender and Ethan. But Lavender only gloomily stared at the food. Ethan also did not talk. He had no idea to share.

After about 10 minutes, Sandra went back to see Lavender and Ethan. Only Hilgers came along with her. Damon was not around.

“Let’s go home.” She commanded. Ethan and Lavender glanced at each other with a frown. There’s nothing to say other than to follow Sandra to the main lobby. Lavender had no guts to ask anything. She only walked to the car along with Ethan. Hilgers escorted them all with a kindly smile. He made sure that Lavender was going home safely.

“Follow them. Make sure she’s going home well.” He ordered one of the guards. The guard nodded, then got to another car to silently guard Sandra’s car.

“What have you done, Aunty? Do you really sell your niece?” Ethan yelled at Sandra while driving home. Lavender was in the back seat and lowered her head, saying nothing.

“Don’t yell at me, Ethan! I’m doing this for our safety. He will kill all of us if I don’t sign it!” Sandra also yelled at Ethan.

“But you sold us!” Ethan, still in his mad tone at his aunt.

“I’m just doing what's best for us. There’s no way that we can survive this time unless we do what he said. It is not a bad thing. Lavender will have the wealthiest man in the state if she marries him,” Sandra insistently put her decision. Ethan would never revert to what she had in mind. He could not even coupe.

“This is insane!” he cursed.

“It’s up to you what to say, but Lavender has her future husband now,” Sandra kept repeating. She was committed to Damon and would never step back. There would no longer be an argument about it with Sandra. Lavender only silently cried on the back. Concurrently, Ethan could not do anything to protect his sister.

The night changed to the morning, but Lavender still could not heal her broken heart. How could she still work at the same place where Damon was the boss? She was dressed and ready to get to work, but she stayed on the table blankly and stared at her breakfast. Ethan came down from his room, watching his sister. He was thinking about the wedding agreement the whole night. He came closer and then touched Lavender’s arm. She turned to him with her sad eyes.

“Listen to me. You have to keep saying no and reject him. There’s no way that you could go with him.” Ethan empathized with the exact words as last night. Lavender frowned to see his consistency. He kept asking her to reject Damon.

“You don’t want to marry him, right?” he asked more. Lavender nodded.

“You have to persist.”

“What if he gets angry and fires me?” Lavender uttered her worry. Ethan sighed, then took her hand.

“I’m planning to take us away from here, but I still need more time.”

“To where? Are we going to run?” Lavender lowered her voice, and she turned more worried. If Sandra had heard about it, she would have been angry.

“Just trust me, okay?”

Lavender came to Hummer Enterprise with a distinct sense now. She was not as happy as yesterday. As if Damon would torture her to marry him, she could portray the bad things in her mind. Lavender put on a cross and then prayed to shield her from evilness once she stepped into her room. Things happened like normal for a few hours until her manager came to interrupt.

“Please come with me!”