Chapter Four
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[Theresa's POV]
For a second I thought he was going to kiss me and to be frank if he does, i swear I'd slap him hard.
"I don't want the to start asking stupid questions." He says and steps back
"But I love it.."
"I'll double your salary." He said as he took his seat
Who does he think I am?
Someone he can buy over with money?
"I'm sorry sir,but I can't."
He started at me with amusement. I know he'll probably be thinking who doesn't want an opportunity like this,
Work from home and be paid double
"Three times your salary with allowance." He looked into my eyes
"I'm sorry but I love the fact that I wake up every morning and get ready for work and will really appreciate it if you left that for me."
"Where did you come from?" He surprise me by asking
"Earth of course."
Wait is that a smile I see?
Maybe I was mistaking or imagining.
"Do I look like I'm from Krypton?"
He ask
Is he making a joke or is my mind playing tricks.
"Well maybe, just that Clark Kent was not as hard as you are if not he won't be able to save people."
I honestly don't know why I said that.
So he can smile? Even if it's small I'll call it a smile.
"So why were you late?" His expression and tone changes back to my boss
I can't possibly tell him why I was late
"It's personal." I state
"Well you can tell your fiance anything right why else would you say yes to his proposal?"he pouts
This man can't be serious. One moment he's smiling, making jokes, then down to being official and now he is pouting?
"I said it was personal." I stood my ground
"As personal as the kiss we shared yesterday?"
He can't be serious and I know he's doing this on purpose to annoy me and it's working but why?
"I had a long night." I explained the only way I could
"You mean you couldn't stop thinking about the kiss?"
"What do you want?" I'm trying my best to keep calm
"You to stop coming to work and move in with me."His tone goes back to being serious
"What?"
Okay, I'm definitely going to loose it.
"You heard me and don't act like you don't need a place to stay. The month ended today."
"How did you..."
"I told you I did some digging."
Digging?
How much did he find? Does he know? He can't know no one can.
He sense that I got scared when he mentioned digging
"It was just the surface but I won't hesitate to dig deeper if you keep acting stubborn."
"Fine." I sighed
"Fine what?"
"I'll move in with you but we'll stay in separate rooms."
"If you think I'll even share the same wing with you you're dreaming." He scoffed
"My driver will pick you by 6:00pm so I'll advise you left now to buy yourself time to pack up."
"That was your cue to get out from my office."
I nod and left
I am too tired to argue
He's too rude, and loves to exploit people's weakness
I was right, all rich people are brats.
I returned to my desk and arranged my things to leave
"What happened?" Jeremy held a worried look
"He didn't sack you did he?" Camille asked
"Since the news is out already, I don't think I want to stress her again. I think she can't win this time with her stubbornness."
I was shocked when I saw Mr. Lockwood behind
"Oh. So this was real?" Camille turned to me and I gave her an apologetic look
"I thought we were friends?" She asked clearly broken
" I think I should drive you home instead." I gave him a confused look but he was already holding my bag like some cute boyfriend sorry, fiance.
"It's okay. Your driver can pick me up, you don't have to stress yourself." I gave him a tight
Surprising me, he let out a hard laugh
"If anything gives me stress it's work and you know well that you're the one to take it away." He leaned in and kissed my cheeks
Gosh! He's good at this acting of a thing but I'm not okay with him making me lie in front of my friends.
By the time we got into his car, i faced him
"What was that about?"
"Get use to it."
"Get use to it? Get use to it!, You're unbelievable" I was definitely angry
"I'm very believable an incase you don't understand your job.."
I cut him
"Yeah! You mean the one I got myself into and being forced to do."
He ignored me an started driving
"Which way?"he asked and I huffed
"I can simply forget about your things and get you clothes from a store. Besides it's not as if you have anything of worth."
I started at him in disbelieve. Am I that cheap? I guess I am to him because I was the one who went in line with his lie.
"Take the first turn on your right." I said softly and I felt his eyes on me but I just stared out the window.
Moments later,we arrived at my apartment and we went in.
"This is were you live?" He asked
"Not.."I sighed
I want to tell him not everyone is as rich as he is but I'm not ready to have more insults thrown at me
"Not what?" He asked
I opened the door and walked in
"Nothing"
He pinned me against the door
"Don't make me ask again."
"Not everyone is as rich as you." I said
"Because you weren't hardworking." He spat
I freed myself from him and moved to the bedroom.
After packing, I came across our photo. They were happy but I just sat at a corner you'll have to take a closer look to know I was there but at least this was still my family photo.
You'll never be accepted..
The harsh words pierced my heart with vivid memories
"Are you okay?" His voice broke the moment
"Yeah." I shoved the photo into my things.
I held two luggages
"We can come back for the rest tomorrow." He said probably mocking my lack of property.
"Yeah,nice joke." I scoffed and walked pass him.
"You mean these are yours? Like everything you own?" He asked shocked
"What were you expecting? Things to fit into 8 lories?" My voice vane out calmer than I expected
"Well,yes. You're a girl which means extra load."
"Well,I'm not rich. Which means less load." I said imitating his tone
"Let's go." He commanded
"Yes boss." I replied sarcastically
We drove for what felt like hours until we arrived at his place. I'm talking about a mansion. Like a real mansion.
"Is this your mansion?" I asked
He scoffed "Don't you know the difference between a mansion and a castle?"
"Well,I don't." I have replied honestly
"Are you trying to insult me?" He sounded annoyed
"Geez, chill. I didn't just know that individuals that aren't royal can own castles."
"And now you do so shut up and never compare my house to something as low as a mansion."
"What are you? A trillionaire?"
"Listen I'm paying you to act as my fiancee for a year not be a nosey lunatic."
Ouch
He parked and people immediately came to the car to open the doors for us.
"Welcome home master." They greeted
They took my bags and he ordered them to take them to the east wing.
When we got to the door,and elderly man greeted him
"Alfred, organize every one I want to have a word with them.
"Yes sir."
Before I could greet the man, Mevrick pulled me away.
"Rose will take you to your wing."
Why in the world is he acting romantically?
"What are you doing?" I asked and he wrapped his arms around my waist
"What does it looks like?"
I removed his hands and stepped away. "Where is this Rose?" I asked looking round
"I have to speak with them first."
"But it'll take time before Mr. Alfred will be able to assemble them."
"Oh they'll be here in ten seconds. You see,they don't like to keep me waiting."
True to his words, they all came. We were at the top of the stairs while they were down
"As you all can see, the rumors are true. So henceforth, my fiancee will be living here with me and I expect you all to treat her with respect. She's not your class neither is she your mate. Treat her well cause she's your superior. And address her properly." "You may all return to your duty."
Wow, not my class?
There are people here who I'm not their class!
What kind of announcement is that?!
"Wait!" They all stood
"I mean I have something to say." I cleared my throat
"What are you doing?" He asked
"True to what Mevrick said but that was for him. First,I apologize for his rude behavior. Secondly, I don't want you to treat me with respect, I want us to respect each other. There shouldn't be a thing like class or mates, let's be equal. I'm not better than anyone here, wealth shouldn't be what define us," I looked at him then back to them "we just have different time and season. I'm not anyone's superior, and please call me Theresa."
I could see smiles on their faces but not Mevrick. He was fuming.
They all left and I could sense the anger coming from him
"Are you alright?" I asked him when we were alone
"You're stupid you know?"
"I'm stupid?"
"What more can you be?"
"Someone you'll never be!" I snapped
"Yeah, a failure." He scoffed
"Do you even have emotions?"
"Do you?"
"When it comes to you,the only thing I feel is..."
I felt his lips crashing on mine. I don't know why but I felt hot. I wanted to tell him to stop but it came out as a moan and he took the opportunity to deepen the kiss. I closed my eyes and I felt like I was on cloud nine.
Damn! He's good. My fingers were pulling lightly at his hair and I earned a grunt which made me moan again. My back were against the wall as his hands travelled my body. If he wasn't holding me, I swear I would've melted.
Yeah,a failure
I pushed him away.
"What was that for?" I asked
"To prove how stupid you are."
I immediately felt my heart dropped. I'm used to harsh words like this, I'm suppose to be used to words like his.
All the words got stuck.
"I'm sorry." I said and I saw he was taken aback.
"What?!"
"You heard me, I'm sorry." I said again surprising myself
"For?"
"Don't know but I won't do it again." I started moving even I don't know where I'm going
"I don't get." He said following me
"I don't either." I answered honestly
"Okay, you're strange." I ignored him
"Do you even know where you're going?"
"No."I answered
He walked ahead and led the way. We finally got there and he showed me around but my thoughts were all over the place that I couldn't pay attention to whatever he said or did.
"Hey,you okay?" I felt his hands on mine
I withdrew my hands and found that I'm sitting.
I just started out the window
"Are you okay?" He asked again
"I asked that same question before I was told I'm stupid and how much of a failure I am."
I felt his eyes on me.
"Is it bad if someone told you the truth?"
"I'm going to rest now." I stood up to take my leave and he held my hand stopping me.
"It's just afternoon."he stood and our faces were inches apart.
"So? I'd do what I want," he leaned in and I pressed my index finger on his lips and whispered " One more thing,the next time you kiss me or even try to, I won't hesitate to tell the paparazzi that you pay me to act as your fiancee."
"Is that a threat?"
"It's just me making a promise." I winked at him and left