AXEL

HOURS AGO…

On the way to the hotel, I couldn't stop thinking about her. How vulnerable she had seemed, how affections were new to her. I never liked Vera, but after seeing how she treated Rosette, I wanted to make her suffer.

When I got to the hotel, the valet was already there to take my keys, bowing like I was some sort of royalty.

“Take care of her,” I said as I headed inside.

“Sir Axel,” the receptionist shrieked when she saw me, immediately on her feet. And that was how she got the attention of the staff and some people who were booking rooms on me.

“Sir...