Renee’s P.O.V

I had no self-respect. 

The rain poured down in torrents, drenching everything around me alongside my shame, lack of dignity, and again, self-respect.

The tears that brimmed in my eyes streamed down my cheeks, mingling with the rain as my dampened hair clung to my face. Despite the tears that blurred my vision, I stared at the cash in my hands— The same cash that Alpha Raymond had hurled at me disrespectfully while dishing out threats to me. 

I had clung onto the money like my life depended on it as I was being dragged out of the hospital. I should have hurled it back at him, stood...