Chapter 21. Unimaginable Pain

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 Axel,” they said, once again bowing. I resisted the urge to groan, offering tight smiles.

So my father owned the hotel, big deal. My brothers and I had suites in the hotel, so the receptionist immediately gave me the keys to mine.

“No one is to come to my rooms until I call,” I said, walking away, not saying more than that.

When I got to the room, I rested against the d