Chapter 2 The Dread

3^rd person’s POV:

He left her chin but did not remove his arm from her waist.

Olivia rubbed her chin as if it had been burned by his touch and cast her eyes down. She could not help but think about the crazed look which she saw in his eyes. It scared the hell out of her. He was not like this when they were young. Yes, he used to get upset when she

would say no to his gifts or any other thing which he would tell her to do. But not like this. He never threatened to hurt her. This temper which she saw today scared her.

He on the other hand almost felt bad for saying this to her but according to him; what he did was for the best. I will definitely discipline her if she kept acting like an unruly child.

A queen was supposed to give respect to the King and he would make sure she did the same. She was his Queen after all.

 Her heart which would flutter due to him was thundering due to fear of him in her rib cage. He was not behaving like her Archer.

Before she knew tears of frustration and sadness drenched her eyelashes.

"Tulip ya know I hate ta see tears in your mesmerizing eyes. They become distasteful." He stated coldly whilst wiping her tears away.

What? Distasteful? You are the reason of these tears! She badly wanted to voice out her thoughts but ended up nodding.

''Jerk'' She muttered under her breath.

A growl escaped his lips sending chills down her spine. His eyes blazed with barely contained fury.

"Sorry" She said sheepishly and looked away. Her voice was shaky and high pitched.

He stared at her for few seconds before pressing (laying) her head on his broad shoulder. She hesitantly wrapped her arms around his neck.

His right hand was drawing lazy circles on her back and waist. She could not understand why his touch was making her feel tingles.

Damn! This body and its hormones! She groaned mentally.

 It was not her body's fault either; any normal female would feel the butterflies in her stomach when a handsome beast like him would touch her.

They stayed like this for a few moments.

Suddenly she remembered they were in the office!

Where is the dean?

She removed her head from his shoulder and attempted to get up from his lap.

"Tulip?" He frowned. He did not let her to get up.

"Archer we are in the office of the dean. Where is he? He might be coming back" She panicked and tried to remove his arms. His arms only tightened around her.

It would be so embarrassing to be caught sitting on someone's lap.

"Your lips are so beautiful baby. They are asking to be sucked." He said thumbing the softness of her lips. His voice was low and rough, sending the shivers down her spine. His stare made her cheeks to turn even redder.

Wh-hat? Did not he hear what I said to him?

"Archer!!" She whisper yelled.

He started laughing.

 Did I just tell him some joke? Weird man!

 His laugh was beautiful like him.

What is wrong with this man?

Just few minutes ago his eyes were popping fire balls and now he is laughing?

Bipolar jerk!

"Sweetheart he knows better than to disturb us." He answered. A small smile was still present on his lips that made him look even more handsome if that was possible.

The term of endearment which he used for her made her feel queasiness in her stomach. The sensory nerves sent the signals of pleasure back to her brain.

Silly Olivia! Concentrate! Her subconscious scolded her.

"Wh-hat? I don't understand."

Where was the dean? What did he mean by dean knows better than to disturb us?

"Tulip you don't need to worry your pretty little head over it." he said in no-nonsense voice.

What the hell?

"I think I do need to worry about it because it is about me." She said adamantly, looking back in his eyes. He rolled his eyes.

He can go to the hell for all I care! Domineering jerk.

"One, I have given enough funds to this university so in return I think I do deserve some respect from him. Two, No one is so stupid to question a mafia boss or someone who belongs to him." His eyes darkened once again and his voice was on the hard edge.

Before she could answer him he suddenly gripped her jaw tightly as his dark Steele like eyes blazed with anger.

"Last! You will need to choose your words carefully if you want your jaw intact Tulip." He whispered menacingly.

His aura was radiating darkness and dominance and his face was epitome of darkness. He looked deadly and she was scared of him.

"O_okay." She stuttered. She was shocked that she could form the word even though that single word was not coherent at all.

He loosened his grip on her jaw and smiled; a cruel smile which had the blood in her veins to freeze due to fear.

"Good!" He murmured placing a soft kiss against her jaw which he was holding in a death grip few seconds ago.

The pressure increased in her gut due to which the sensory nerves sent the signals of discomfort back to the brain.

The poor girl was left wondering that what happened to him that he turned into a monster. He used to be sweet and caring, at least with her.  

He never hurt me like this.

"Archer today I have a presentation to do. Can I go now?" She asked, after sometime as politely as she could; praying in her heart to God almighty that this crazy man would let her go.

"No." He growled.

Andddd my pray did not get fulfilled today.

Oh God!  She felt the anger bubbling inside her. Calm down Olivia! Calm down. You can't

lose your temper. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

"And may I know why?" She asked again, after calming down and opening her eyes.

She would have definitely shouted, if it was someone else but she could not provided it was Archer the mafia boss.

"Because I am going to give you a tour of your new home."

What? Her eyes widened with disbelief.

"New home?" She almost shouted.

"Yes new home. Come on get up now." He ordered.

She wasted no time in getting up from his lap and moving few feet away from him, which did not go unnoticed by him. She was in the state of panic. She could not go alone with him.

Who knows what he would do there if he ended up losing his temper.

He moved towards her and without looking away from her face, held her hand and picked up her bag and dragged her towards the door.

"Archer not now…m_maybe some other day.” She pleaded.

No! No! I cannot go with him.

She stopped walking and give a tug on his arm with her free hand.

He turned around and his eyes moved towards her hand which was placed on his arm. His jaws were clenched tightly.

He left her hand and in a swift movement gripped her hair harshly. When his fingers dig in her scalp she let forth a scream and her trembling hands went to claw at his hands, but it was all useless because his grip did not loosen a bit.

"Listen to me and listen to me carefully Olivia because I will not repeat myself." He said through gritted teeth.

His face was twisted with anger.

"If you dare to make a scene outside this room in front of my men I will break your pretty little jaw. And I can promise you that I will enjoy doing this. Clear?" He seethed.

She was trembling like a leaf with fear. Her eyes were burning with tears. How could she go with him? He was a monster.

"Well?" When she did not speak, he asked impatiently?

She chose to stay quite so that he would calm down but unfortunately he was wrong. His palm of left hand collided with her right cheek and slapped her hard making her scream again. Her cheek throbbed due to the pain and tears streamed down her cheeks. She would have fallen on the ground if it was not for his hand holding her hair tightly.

“When I ask you a fucking question then I expect an answer.”

"Y_yes." Her voice was racked with sobs.

He removed his hand from her hair and she fell on the wooden floor, her palms collided with it on time thus saving her face from touching it.

The sobs racked her body and she was sure that her sobs could be heard outside the office. But no one came to help her.

He crouched down to her level.

He brought his hand near her face to which she flinched as a reflex."It’s your own mistake. Isn't it Tulip?" His lips bore a sinister smirk.

Too scared to say something else she said;"Yes." 

He smiled after hearing this. A sadistic smile.

Oh God! What wrong I did to deserve all this? She asked herself. Yet she knew the answer to this question. She befriended a monster when she was a kid.

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