65. Futile!

Author's POV 

"He gave you approval?"

Ruby looked at the sign shocked, hard to believe that Egon agreed to keep her around him.

"Why do you look so disappointed?"

Emerald raised her eyebrows at her. 

"Disappointed because I don't want you to break your heart..."

Ruby sat back on her chair.

"What if things don't go as you want? What if___"

"What if he hurts me? What if he kills me? What if he takes advantage of me?"

She gasped dramatically.

"What if he breaks my heart?"

She rolled her eyes.

"You are such a scary cat... I know what I am doing, I know how to manage my feelings... If things didn't work then I'll quit. It's not that deep."

Ruby sighed, knowing Emerald doesn't know that things are deeper than she thinks. Her sister thinks it's just a random attraction but will fall deeper into it once she steps into it. 

She was just worried that they would hurt each other in the process. 

"Fine but don't test him too much..."

Emerald smirked.

"You leave that to me!"

Egon, on the other hand, was thinking about how to make her quit; she was so confident, and he was scared of her confidence. She was completely flattened on him and it was too obvious. 

What is more difficult for him is to act like he doesn't care and doesn't want her. 

His heart flutters whenever she is in front of him, and keeping a rude face at that time is difficult. 

"He is dead, what should I do with the body?"

Ron asked as he killed a man in the garden. 

Egon turned towards him.

"Hang it in the living room."

Ron frowned.

"Why?"

Egon smirked. 

"Someone is coming... Hopefully, she won't come again after watching this!"

Ron shrugged and hung the body in the living room as he was told.

"Acting too brave, aren't we Emerald?... Let's see how brave you are!"

He went to his study expecting her to come at any time and scream her heart out. 

He got busy at work and, after some time, realised that he hadn't heard about her arrival; she should be here by now. He got one more reason to fire her. 

He walked out to check on her and stopped when he saw her already sitting on the couch with her laptop on her lap, doing something with focus. 

He looked at the body hanging in front of her and then at her. She was sitting exactly in front of it still she was unfazed. 

He sighed and rubbed his face, frustrated, realising he should know that her heart doesn't race at violence. 

Emerald sensed his presence and looked up at him. Her eyes travelled on him, the rolled-up sleeves and open buttons of the shirt. He was looking sexy. 

She was silently mocking his futile attempt to scare her away. 

"Good morning!"

Egon watched her silently with his hands in his pockets as she got up and closed the distance between them. 

"We will start working today, room by room, as you don't want the peace of the house to get disturbed... You can continue working on your study while we make your house more beautiful."

Egon was staring at those beautiful lips, struggling to control himself. 

"Just make sure your extra stuff is not hanging around..."

She pointed at the body.

"I am immune to this... My team is not."

"Hmm!"

He called Ron and ordered him to dispose of the body because she wasn't scared anyway. 

"Don't disturb me and everyone should leave the house before sunset..."

"I will disturb you if I want to..."

She stated, staring into those deep orbs. 

"And I am changing the fragrance of this house.... The only thing which smells good in this house is you. Everything else is good for nothing."

Egon scratched his beard to hide his smile.

"Do anything you want!"

He turned around to leave. 

"By the way, so creative of you to think that dead body would scare me away."

She teased and he halted in his place. 

"You are delusional if you think that I am doing things for you and your presence anyhow affects me!"

He mocked.

"You can do better in your life!"

He walked away and locked himself in his office. 

Emerald smiled naughtily.

"I can do many things, including pissing you off."

She wants to test his grumpiness, how long he can go without lashing out. 

She got busy with her work, supervising the team that was working. She was occasionally thinking about Egon, well it was quite hard to focus on work when he was in the same house. 

She didn't know that Egon was in the same situation; in fact, he was watching her the whole time on his screen. 

Zooming in and admiring those glossy lips, diving into those deep Emerald orbs and those beautiful expressions of her delicate face, she had him hooked without even realising it. 

She wanted to see him so she went to his office. Egon switched off this screen as soon as he saw her coming towards his office. He acted like he was busy when she knocked and entered.

She stood in front of her table and leaned closer making him frown in disapproval. 

"Does my presence in any way affect you?"

She questioned. 

He shook his head.

"Not at all!"

"Do I distract you?"

She questioned again. 

He frowned but shook his head.

"No!"

She grinned.

"Good, then I'll sit here to finish my work... It's too noisy outside!"

Egon looked at her shocked, as she grabbed her laptop and climbed on the couch. 

"Excuse me!"

She blinked at him innocently. 

"Do I bother you, Mr Grumpy? It means you pay attention to me!"

Egon groaned, realising she had again tangled him in her words. He didn't say anything because she wanted him to say something. He just watched her take over his office. 

She was sitting in front of him like a deer in front of a wolf. He was holding himself back from pouncing on her, leashing his monster was too hard after so long. 

Emerald noticed him getting up from his couch and walking towards her. She looked up when he approached her, curious to know what he was thinking.