Chapter 23
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“Where to?” he asks as he smirks at me.
“To hell!” I replied irritatedly while tugging his wrist directly upstairs.
“I bet you just want to be alone with me.” I rolled my eyes at him, which made him laugh.
As we reached the room, I immediately locked the door behind him.
“So what now?” I asked.
“what - what?” he asks back, raising his brows to me.
“Don’t act stupid, will you? You have planned all this. After compromising your freedom with this marriage and your help for the company, what will you get back in return?” I crossed my arms on my chest. Waiting for him to respond.
“Cat caught your tongue?” I asked again.
“I just wanted to help,” he finally responded as he headed to my bed to sit. He acted like they were close to each other.
“Will you not sit there?” I hissed.
“Why not? Sooner or later we will be sharing the same bed anyway.”
“What will you get out of this?” I was getting more and more irritated by the way he acted. What will he get out of this?
“I already answered that question. What else do you want?”
This bastard is getting on my nerves. I close my eyes to control my anger. I don't know what I can do to this man if I lose control. I can't believe his shamelessness.
“Will you stop fooling around?”
“Trust me, I'm not fooling around.”
“Are you in love with me?” I asked, trying to figure out through his reaction.
“You seemed to plan it through, tying me down through this marriage, and besides, you came here all by yourself just to lie and to get what you wanted.”
Hearing me say, he burst out into laughter. And it sounds sarcastic, but it didn't offend me though. I am just curious.
I wonder which part of the question is funny.
After he recovered, he looked up at me for a moment while his shoulders were still shaking as a result of suppressing his laughter.
It started to annoy me.
“Nah! Love? What will I get from love?” He asks sarcastically.
I shrug in response, I don't know either.
“Do you think love can benefit me? I’m a businessman. I won't invest in things that I won't get anything in return.”
“Right, so what are you getting from this?”
“If you are asking for the marriage, we can have an annulment in the near future, and for the benefits, I guess there will be a lot.”
“Fine, so we need an arrangement.” hearing me, he raised his eyebrows at me as he curled his lips.
“Do we need to bargain?” he paused, still smirking at me. He got up and walked toward me. He stopped at my back. He leans a little slightly, touching his lips on my earlobe, which sends electric waves into my body. I shiver.
“Let’s act simply as a normal couple do, sleep together and so on,” he whispers.
“What? Are you insane?” I hissed.
“Then what are you going to do? Let them know how you deceived them again this time?”
“You know what, I'm out of this,” I said while I distanced myself, But he caught me and imprisoned me with his embrace.
“Don't be so stubborn, sweetheart. We can play this card well,” he said meaningfully.
“DEal, but I want you to stay away from me after this.”
“How is that possible? Are you afraid of me?”
“Why should I?”
“I don’t know. That's why I asked.”
“I will stay with you under one roof, but sleep separately. You can do whatever you want as long as you don't mingle with my personal life. And there should be no string attached. It will be purely business, Mr. Dauis.”
“ Okay, anything else?”
“We will have our annulment after we settle these things.”
“Didn’t zi tell you that I’m a businessman? I don't invest just to lose. I want it a lifetime dear.”
Did I hear him right? Did he just say lifetime? I moved to face him, but I was tripped by his feet. I lost my balance and was supposed to fall, so originally, I would grab whatever was near me to prevent me from falling. He quickly pulls me, but we fall together instead. He sways me around, sending me to land on top of him.
“Nice trick baby.” He said in a hoarse voice.
“Trick yourself! Let me go this instant.” I hissed as I tried to pull myself up.
But they failed. He tightened his embrace.
“I said let me go.”
“Not yet, dear, I can assume that you’d want to start our journey as a couple instantly.”
“How dare you! You are shameless.”
“You know what, you’re beautiful. Only that, you always bark. What are you, an Amazona?”
I stayed quiet. However, I would argue with this man, I always end up being lost to his shamelessness.
“That's more like it.”
I supported myself to stand up, but was pulled harder before he turned me around. Me, now under him.
“I'm still enjoying the view, so stay still.”
I smirked at him and obediently stood still. There’s nothing I can do anyway. He will get away anytime soon, I suppose. I consoled myself. I don’t know why this man always makes fun of me. And it seemed to me that he would enjoy it more if I started to fight back against him.
That’s not going to happen now. I will give him a taste of his own medicine.
Encircling my arms to his neck, I pulled him closer and planted a kiss on his lips.
“So how was your view now?” I said sarcastically.
“Fantastic.”
“You want more?”
“Oh, don't play around, young lady. How would I want more from an inexperienced one? You don’t even know how to kiss.”
“Are you insulting me?” I asked, feeling triumphant seeing his reaction. This man knows how to get on my nerves. But I started to learn otherwise.
“You still have a lot of learning to do.” with that remark, he stood up and pulled me up with him.
“Thank you. I thought you wanted more.” I said, smirking. I wanted to laugh but suppressed it anyway.
“Save that for next time then. I’ll be going.” He said seriously before he turned his back from me and shut the door behind him. I was left amused by his sudden reaction.
So this is the way I should deal with a bastard then. I concluded.
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