Chapter Twenty-seven

They all laughed except Logan as they sat in one of the best restaurants there in New York.

" Hmm... everything is going as easier than I thought. The Chinese investors seemed very impressed with me. I never knew that me knowing how to speak Chinese would come in handy someday," Maya quietly said to herself.

" Mr Jack your wife is very funny... she's really cracking up some real jokes here. " Mr Han told Logan as Logan drank up some green tea. Maya smiled as she looked at him, he stared at her in a very strange manner before he looked away and back to Mr Han.

" I'm glad you're enjoying yourselves." he told them and Mr Han nodded with a smile before taking a sip of tea.

"Tell me Maya... what do you do or are you a housewife? " Mr Kim, another investor asked with a smile.

" Oh no! I do work definitely but.. my dear husband here... " he told them before she turned to Logan with a smile "... has refused to let me work... he says I do not need to work. Please tell me sir... do you think is wrong for me to be busy and have independence? "Maya asked them with a sudden sad face. If you never knew Maya, you will think she was the monster there. They all shook their head before Mr Han turned to Logan.

" Here we go! " she whispered quietly to herself.

" That shouldn't be done Mr jack... you should support your wife... Tell me Maya... whats your profession? " Mr Han asked her.

" I'm a furniture designer. " Maya told him with a soothing smile.

" Furniture designer? Okay... Mr Jack, I want your wife Maya to personally design all the furniture to be displayed at our new mall.

" What? " Maya's eyes widened in surprise as she stared at them before a slow but happy smile rose on her face. She couldn't believe this is happening.

" Don't say things you might regret later Mr Han... I don't think my wife is professional enough to handle such a big project. Dont worry, I have someone specially for this project.. " Logan said harshly to the chinese investors.

" Excuse me Mr husband... " she started as she turned to Logan with a fake smile.

" Remember? I have a masters degree in my profession and I have been working for four years already with my own small little company which you... recently closed down so don't say am not a professional. " she said the last part between gritted teeth and a fake smile before she turned back to Mr Han and the rest.

She faked a sad face as she bent her head then sniffed.

"You see Mr Han, this is what I've been going through tell me.. who will trust and believe in me if my own husband doesn't, who will support me if my own husband thinks am not worthy enough to be supported... who will I now run to for help? " Maya explained to them sadly as she bent her head sadly and sniffed. Logan couldn't help staring at her acting even as tears gathered her eyes to make everything look real.

" Don't... dont worry dear, Mr Jack here fully supports you... even if he really doesn't... we... will support you. " Mr Han said nicely to console her.

" Yes Maya...we will support you... we've been here for two days now and you're the only one that has shown us very good hospitality... Don't worry,it has been decided... You're the only one we want as our furniture designer.. "

" But Mr Kim..." Logan cuts in.

" We have made a decision... Mr Jack either Maya designs the furniture or the deal is off. " Mr Han said sternly with a straight face and he knew he meant it. A deal worth millions was on the line here.

It was frustrating and irritating to Logan. He took a look at Maya and he could see her staring at him with a sly smile at the corner of her lips.

" Fine, rejoice now... we'll see who wins at the end. " Logan murmured.

" Thank you very much again Maya. " Mr Han said with a wide smile as he shook her hands and she smiled with him. They stood outside the restaurant in front of the cars.

" You're welcome... remember, just give me a call anytime you visit again and Logan and I will make your stay one that you will never forget. " she told him while still smiling and he nodded with a smile.

" I will be sure to remember that." he said nicely.

"We look forward to seeing your work" Mr Kim told her in Chinese and she replied him with a warm smile before they stood and watched them enter their various cars then drove off.

Maya couldn't help but smile.

" Oh my goodness! I just got a job! I'm back baby! she turned happily only to meet Logan's icy face. He stood straight with daggers in his eyes and with his hands in his pockets. Maya slowly stopped smiling.

" Are you happy? " he suddenly asked her which she obviously felt was weird. She took in a deep breath as she finally decided to stand up to him.

" Yes... I am very happy. " she told him as she brought back her smile.

" Good. I hope you will keep that smile up because you're not going to work in my company. " Logan said before he turned and walked towards his car. Maya's smile slowly disappeared. " Wait what? " she exclaimed as the realisation dawned on her.

" Logan wait... " she called out to him as she followed him behind. He ignored her and got into the back seat of his car. She opened the order door and got in as well.

" Get off! " he ordered her with a straight face.

" Not until you clarify what you just said. Didn't you hear what Mr Han said.. he said that he would walk with only me and no one else... "

" Drive. " he ordered the driver as he cut her in between her sentence and before she knew it, the car was moving.

" Logan you need me... without me, you're going to loose a deal worth millions. " she told him as she still tried to persuade him.

" No I won't... dont worry, you will work. " he said while looking straight ahead. She sighed a sigh of relief as she properly relaxed on her seat.

"... only with your name. "

" What? " she asked him as she sat up and turned her head to him.

" You heard me... your name will be on the project but you won't work. "

" You can't do that... Mr Han will notice... "

" No he won't. He's all the way in China and we are here. I'm a business man Maya so next time you try to play your cards... shuffle it very well. " he told her the last part between gritted teeth.

Maya just felt like stabbing him right there.

" You can't do this to me Logan. " she told him as she stared at him loathly.Immediately the car came to a halt.

" Breaking news Maya... I can do anything I want to do with you because I own you.

" You don't own me" Maya replied him immediately.. Yes, I answer your surname, I stay in your house and the world knows you as my husband but that is it... that doesn't mean you own me at all. The only relationship between us is that little paper with our signature on... anyways,if you decide to be stubborn then I will have to play your game... I will have to haunt you. " she told him with her best serious face.

" Fine... If you want to play with fire then... be my guest. " he said in a very weird manner before he opened the car door and got down.

" Oh my goodness what am I going to do? Logan is playing tougher than I thought. He can't possibly have his way, No he just can't. I dont think this is the time for me to waver" she siloloquized..

" Get off! " she heard his voice order her and she turned only to see him in front of her after opening the seat door. She stared at him with thoughts still running through her mind. Before she knew it, he grabbed her arm and pulled her out of the car.

" Logan let go of my arm. " she told him almost in a whisper in order not attract people's attention. He dragged her towards the car he had ordered her to ride in with a driver. He opened the back-seat door.

" Make sure to take her directly home and nowhere else! Do you understand me? " Logan ordered the driver and the driver nodded in obedience.

" Now you go home and be a good wife that you're supposed to be. " he told her before pushing her into the car and without letting her say anything more, he shut the door. Maya glared angrily at him through the window.

" I obviously really hate this man, he can't just treat me like trash and demand whatsoever he wants of me anytime he feels like. What he needs is a real iron fist... someone to show him that he's not the only tough person in the world. Even I, am tough. It's time to show this man what the real Maya can do and even if I have to make his office and company too hot for him then so be it.

Stop the car! " she ordered the driver as they were already moving.

" But madam, Sir Logan said..."

" He's my husband isn't he? Just stop the car and take me back or else I will jump out and hurt myself severely and then I will say that it was all your fault so you better drive me back to the company's building. " she threatened him and after much hesitation, her plan worked and he turned the car. Five minutes later, she stood in front of the tall sky scrapper building after she got out of the car.

" Well Logan... get ready to eat your own words, from now on, am going to show you that you're not the only one who has a strong will... even I, am stubborn so get ready. " she said strongly before she took a deep breath then walked into the building.