When Michelle heard her name being called, she turned to them, a smile stretching on her lips.


    "Do you need anything, Julian?" She asked when she reached them, giving Anastasia a small re.


    "Anastasia here....is she up for the crimson hunt?" Julian asked, which made Anastasia flinch for a second.


    "Yes, she is. Do you wish to buy her?" Michelle asked.


    Julian nced at Anastasia for a brief second before he nodded. "Indeed. I will be participating in the crimson hunt to get her," he dered.


    Michele’s smile only stretched further on her lips when she heard his words.


    Meanwhile, Anastasia was quiet throughout the whole conversation as they discussed her purchase as if she were some object.


    "You’ve made a very good pick, Julian. I will inform Xander about it and you two can discuss further regarding the price," she said and Julian nodded once more before Michelle left to return to the other men she was attending to.


    "Is this how it’s always been?" Anastasia couldn’t stop herself from asking, loud enough for Julian to hear her. "I know the world is cruel but is it really this cruel?" She asked.


    "If you think this is the highest level of cruelty the world can be, then you’re mistaken. Besides, after what your husband has done to Xander in the past, he was only right to get revenge through you...." Julian paused when he realized something. "Oh, that’s right! You’ve lost your memories, so I don’t think you can remember the reason behind this betrayal. That’s if Xavier had told you anything before you lost your memories."


    Anastasia clenched her fist in anger with the urge to take one of the wine sses and stab it in the head of Julian. They saw her as an object to be used to atone for someone else’s sin. And although she hadn’t met her husband yet, she wished he was there so she could p some senses into him.


    ’Is this supposed husband of mine even looking for me?’ She couldn’t help but wonder.


    She’d been hidden for one week, and no one hade to save her. And now, she was going to be sold soon.


    "But you know what," Julian continued, his hand on herp now, caressing the tender skin there. "You don’t need to worry about anything. I’m a good man and I can take care of you. All you just need to do for me is spread your legs whenever I want you to and neverin. I’m a very easy going man, but if you do something that upsets me, I’ll make you pay for it!" He whispered-yelled in her ears, his grip on herp tightened with his nails digging into her skin as she muffled a pained whimper.


    ’I’ve got to get out of here before the crimson bullshit event,’ she thought to herself.


    After taking a few drinks, Julian intended to take Anastasia to bed. Surprisingly, Michelle stepped in and stopped him, reminding him it was against the rules to sleep with a sex ve before purchasing them.


    Anastasia was quite stunned by Michelle’s words since thetter had promised to make her life a living hell. However, Julian didn’t insist any longer.


    A few hourster, the party was over. Although Julian had alreadyid his im on Anastasia, that didn’t stop Michelle from advertising her. However, when the other men found out Julian was already interested in her, they immediately backed away. Which got Anastasia curious to know what kind of background Julian had for himself.


    But she wasn’t going to wait to find that out.


    Just like how Michelle had brought Anastasia blindfolded, she also took her back blindfolded so that she wouldn’t see.


    As they entered the hideout, a wave of heat greeted them, thick and stifling, as if the air itself had just been cranked up a few degrees. Xander sat sprawled in the living room, furious for an unknown reason. While the others paused, exchanging puzzled nces. Anastasia, however, didn’t even blink. Her eyes swept the room, knowing full well there was no air conditioning to exin the sudden change.


    Once Xander’s eyes settled on Anastasia, he walked towards her with his weak limbs and pulled her hair hard enough she could feel them ripping right out of her scalp.


    "That husband of yours is starting to piss me off, you know!!! All because he’s looking for you!!" With her hair still in his hands, he threw her on the ground, forcing her to nt her face on the ground.


    However, he didn’t stop there.


    Xander fisted her locked and forced her to face him, his gaze darting to the blood stain on her head before his gaze met her trembling blue ones.


    "He must love you so much for him to attempt to kill me today!!" He barked in her face,pletely forgetting he’d almost killed Xavier as well with the explosion.