chapter Thirteen

"And if I refuse?" she saw herself challenging him. "Me Maya, challenging Logan! I might have a little bit petite but am not one to be kicked around as football.

" Get up.. "he grabbed her wrist to raise her up forcefully. "Don't do that! " she warned him as she struggled to get his hands off her wrist.

"Well I thought you said you wouldn't touch me... well are you taking advantage of this situation? " she blurted out. He stopped for a second and stared at her in a way that if only looks could kill then she would have been dead already. He slowly let go of her wrist and took a step backward. He put his hands in his pockets. She rubbed her poor wrist and gently lay down.

" I wonder how your father would feel if he finds out tomorrow that his company would be mine... "

" Seriously Logan? Please don't play with my father's sweat... Okay let's do it this way.. Why don't I just lay here for some time till I'm sleepy then I will leave. It's lonely and boring in my room.. "No! I'm very busy and I don't need any distraction"Logan yelled at her..

" So you do admit that am attractive, I'm so attractive that you wouldn't be able to focus if am here".. " Maya keep going! " she said to herself.

" No!"....

"No? prove it... prove that am not attractive to you in anyway by letting me stay here." She told him without even being sure if the tactic will work. He was silent for a while giving her death glares. The annoying part was that he never left his cool zone. He suddenly took a step closer and bent a bit as he drew closer and closer.

"W- what are you doing? " she had to ask him.

" Have your fun now cause very soon... I'll be the one having fun in watching your family suffer." he replied her in a whisper that she could almost feel his hot breath in her face which sent strange shivers down her spine. He gently drew away before he turned back and walked back to his table. He took his seat and continued his work.

" I won? seriously I won! one point for me " she said to herself.

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Logan went through the documents on his table and went through a new formed transaction with a company. His eyes felt heavy so he rubbed them with his hands to release them a bit. He yawned before he stood up with some papers in his hands. He has to research more on them. He walked further to another shelf and picked out the book he wanted,he went through some pages, his neck felt stiff and uneasy so he had to straighten his neck. Unknowingly his eyes shifted to where Maya laid. She had already fallen asleep. He sighed irritatedly as he remembered her clear words that she will leave once she feels sleepy. All of a sudden she has forgotten her so confident words. He focused back on what he was reading. She suddenly started snoring and it sounded strange to him. He turned to her with furrowed eyebrows. " How can a lady snore so much " he asked irritatedly before he angrily shut the book then went to his table and picked up his book and his phone".. and she has the guts to talk about herself being attractive " he said in a murmur as he walked out of his office and shut the door behind him.

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Maya gently and slowly fluttered her eyes open even if the sudden bright light was too much. She tried to raise her head but she felt a sudden sharp pain in her neck. Anyways she still forced herself to get up as she rubbed her neck, she looked around and realised that she was still in Logan's office. She took a look at the time and it was past eight in the morning.

" Could it be that i had slept here the whole night and Logan didn't bothered to take me inside to a warmer room? now my neck aches and I feel cold. Now I know how much he really hates me." she stood up and sluggishly left the office.

She saw him from where he sat at the dining table having breakfast all alone as he read through a paper.

" Work right? Logan work! " she walked angrily up to him, brought out a seat and sat down. He took one look at her and pretended as if he never saw her. He went on with what he was doing, sipping his tea with one hand and with the other hand he held the document and was reading it.

" Now I know how much you hate me, how could you leave me there? do you know how much pain you have put me through? " she asked him but he just ignored her and continued with what he was doing and it was annoying.

" Are you listening to me at all? " she asked him but he just behaved like she wasn't there. He kept his cup on the saucer and stood up, picked up his phone from the table and walked out on her. She couldn't help but feel very annoyed. She knows she caused that at first by wanting to stay in his office but it's still his fault. She felt very bored and restless in the room. She weirdly needed company and all he needed to do was to wake her up and tell her to go to her room.

" I no believe say e no eat em food again." she heard Gloria complain as she came to clear the table.

" What do you mean by that? I just saw him having his breakfast. " Maya asked her honestly confused.

" See this... " Gloria said as she opened the lead of the serving dishes on the table and Maya almost opened her mouth in surprise. None of the food was touched. Everything was still steaming hot and untouched.

" All he dey do na to drink tea and go back to work. He did not eat anything last night and now nothing again. That poor man, nobody to talk to. " Gloria said sadly before she picked up the cup.

" No one to talk to? what about his family? father, mother, siblings, uncles, aunts, cousins, nieces and nephews? "

"They no dey around " Gloria said before she turned towards the kitchen. Maya suddenly became very curious. She immediately stood up and followed her.

"What do you mean by... they're not around?" she asked her as Glory dropped the cup and saucer on the table in the kitchen. She looked up to Maya.

" You no know anything? Master Logan no tell you anything upon say you be his wife? "

" Uhhh... um.. Yeah... of course he did. I think I just forgot... okay I'll go to my room." she told her with an unjust smile.

" I am doing it again. I'm lying to her and it's frustrating. I just hope my effect doesn't come very soon." Maya soliloquized.

" You dey hungry? " Gloria asked her before she could leave the kitchen. She turned to her with a smile.

" It's like you know me very well. " she told her as she happily walked up to her and took a seat. She set all Logan's untouched food in front of her and she immediately dug in. She admitted of having a large appetite, because she's always ready to eat.