CHAPTER 1

It was snowing heavily and the road seemed like it was covered with a big white blanket. The sky was pitch black as if it is not gonna tolerate the earthlings. It was January, the coldest month in Lyon. 

A compact car was cruising the road slowly, the driver seemed not confident of her driving due to the bad weather. Out of the blue, the car seemed hiccuping and released heavy fumes from the front bonnet. The driver then drove the car to the roadside slowly. Right at the time, the car's engine stopped. The driver tried to make attempts to start the engine but it was to no avail. After some time, it was all silent and dark. 

“Why at this moment, my car breaks down, huh! God, spare me!” Jeanne Heard sighs hard. She then stared her eyes at the road emptily.

The countryside road was empty. Completely empty. And, dark. Despite the situation, she had no other option but to see what was damn wrong with the car even though she was having quite a fever at the moment. She reached for her jacket at the passenger seat and got out of the car.

The jacket felt too thin as it was not that cold in Paris. She also did not have any muffler to wrap around her neck, making everything worse. 

“Please, hang on. Let's just reach our destination, okay? Then you can sulk all you want. Then.. then I will bring you to the service centre. I will do full service to you. Just this one time, please...” Jeanne helplessly consoled her car in the cold while opening the front bonnet that was fuming at the time.

She tried to touch her and there and tried to start the car but she seemed to have no luck. She was just too tired from treatment from her boss at the office now she needed to face all these things. What a life...

She angrily stomped her feet and kicked the car's front tyre nonstop, letting out her anger. Argh!

After some time, Jeanne started to think sanely. She went back into her car, trying to reach for her phone. 

2%, that was the total battery left in her phone. Damn it!

She quickly dialed her mother's number but no one picked up. She tried again but it went straight to voicemail. The moment she tried to dial for the third time, her phone shut off. Oh god, what a joke.

Feeling suffocating and stuffy in that car with no running air conditioner and heater, she went out again. She tried to look around to see if there was anything she could do but it was nothing but the black of the night. Hm...

Tick, tock. Tick Tock.

Time passed and nothing changed. She sat beside the car with a sad expression, rewinding and imagining what will happen with her sad life events.

“What did I do wrong that my life is turned upside down like this?” She monologues with herself and tears start to flood on her cheeks. She hugged her knees and cried as much as she could. In no time, she started to sneeze frequently, thanks to her fever and this heavy snow.

Her mind then rewinded what happened to her in the afternoon.

“Get out, you are fired!” said Daniel, Jeanne's boss angrily, loud enough to shake the room. 

“How could you do this to me, Jeanne? I trusted you with all my heart, I believe in your skills. Now, I don’t even know where to put my face. All because of you!”

Daniel continued shouting. He was absolutely mad after he came back from the pitch. After that, it was known that the idea that he pitched turned out to be the same idea as their closest rival. It was such a humiliation for an established company like his to do that stupid mistakes.

Jeanne fidgeted at the side of the table. She tried hard not to cry that her whole body was shaking. A woman who sat in front of Danny stared coldly at Jeanne and a smirk was thrown at Jeanne. Jeanne caught the sight. Even though she is known for her innocence, she ultimately knew that the woman must have had her share in this. She felt so mad at the woman but decided to just keep it inside at that moment.

“I'm sorry for all the inconvenience caused. Thank you for all the kindness given throughout my stay. I'll pack my table now. Goodbye,” said Jeanne slowly with a shaky voice.

Without further ado, she quickly left the room with tears rolling heavily on her pinkish cheeks. Who would have thought that the boss who admired and cherished her all this while can just kick her out like that due to misunderstanding. 

She then quickly cleaned her table, wiping out all the things on the table into the box without arranging her things. Tears kept falling down, making her paperwork on the table wet, but she did not budge at all from cleaning the table. In her mind, she needed to leave the office as fast as she could not afford another extra second spent at the office. While cleaning the table, from afar she can hear the woman and Daniel laughing happily in the room. 

It does make her heartache even more. The woman who she trusts and relies on the most does not even bother to speak a word to defend her in front of the boss. In fact, she can laugh after Jeanne is fired? Huh, what a life.

Suddenly, she saw a car's light coming to her, so clear in the dark night. Jeanne could not hide her excitement that finally someone is here to rescue her and quickly stood up, wiping her last tears while waving to the car.

“Help, help! Please!” She shouted.

In the car, a man with a nice built body, miserable hair, and messy suit was sober in the passenger seat after dozens of drinks with his friends. He was sleeping, at times snoring and at times laughing in his sleep.

“Mr. Walters, there seems to be a girl outside. Seems like her car broke down,” said the driver cum butler, Harry in a worrying tone, waking him up at the back.

“Get her,” the man ordered with closed eyes and murmured the voice. Harry had worked long enough with him that only he could understand the words coming out from Mr. Walters' mouth at this moment.

The car seemed to be slowed down. Jeanne was so happy that finally a car passed by and helped her. The car then stopped, and Harry got out of the car with an umbrella.

“Hello, miss. Is there anything that I can do?” said the butler.

Jeanne felt safe after seeing a middle-aged man with a complete tuxedo greeted her in the rain as the man seemed decent.

“Thank you sir for helping me. My car suddenly broke down and I don't know what to do,” said Jeanne sadly.

Jeanne then explained in detail what had happened to her car to Harry.

“What took you so long, Harry? Hurry up!” the man seemed to be impatient and he got out of the car to get to them with anger. Seeing him come out, Harry quickly went to him and made sure the umbrella was on him.

“I'm sorry, Mr. Walters. I was discussing what we should do since this lady does not want to leave the car here,” Harry replied.

“I'm sorry Sir that I took your time. But.....” Jeanne apologized shakily due to the coldness. As she was about to finish her sentence, she suddenly fainted and luckily the man caught her body right on time.

“Let's get back to the car first. You call the mechanic to settle all this.” Order the man again while lifting Jeanne towards the car. 

Harry then quickly acted to what had been ordered by Mr. Walters. The man brought Jeanne into the car and placed Jeanne slowly in the passenger seat. Jeanne's body was still shaking and the man decided to check her temperature, with his little bit of sanity due to the drunk. It was scorching hot! 

This must be because she stayed in the snow for too long, Mr. Walters thought to himself. He then took his coat off and covered Jeanne's body. He also took the initiative to increase the heater's temperature, hoping that it can make Jeanne comfort

Harry was still outside, busy calling the nearby mechanics to fetch Jeanne's car. There were several calls made but not reachable. After some time, he came back to the car

“I have called the mechanic and made the arrangement, Sir. Is the lady better now?” said Harry.

Mr. Walters did not say anything while just trying his best to keep Jeanne warm by hugging her. His eyes suddenly felt attracted to Jeanne's face as they were too close until there were no gaps between them. His drunk, dirty mind checked in. Red warning!

His heart beats a little bit fast. “Hmmm, you are quite the beauty,” said the man while touching Jeanne's body slowly. The man keeps observing Jeanne's pale white skin, dark brows, thin and fuller lips. He then reached for Jeanne's black, shining hair. 

“And, you smell nice too,” the man continued even though Jeanne was wet due to the snow 

Suddenly, the man felt something inside. He started to explore Jeanne's body with his lips. His naughty mind started to take control over himself. His mouth landed on the palm, to the wrist, to the shoulder, to the neck, to the ears, and finally to the mouth. He started to get a boner. Ah, damn...

Unable to control his lust, the man pushed the passenger seat that Jeanne sat to a flat position. Then, he tapped the divider button between the driver and passenger seat, making sure that Harry did not see what he was about to do. Harry, sitting at the driver's seat, seemed to be unbothered and was in silence. 

Harry, knowing what his boss was going to do next, quickly pushed the button of the curtain for the window at the passenger seats, making sure that no one from the outside could catch a glimpse of what was happening inside, even though there was no one on the road except for them.

Before the divider was ultimately closed, Harry could see that Mr. Walters' hands were all over Jeanne's body and he was about to climb on top of the lady, ready to take the next step.

***

After some time...

Beep beep beep!!

Suddenly his phone rang.

“Ahhhh! Fuck it! Fuck it!“ The man swore in mad because he was about to reach his climax but there went the disturbance.

Damn it!

“Yes?” The man picked up the phone while panting and sat beside Jeanne. After that, he started to have some serious conversation. After some time passed, he turned off the phone and stared outside coldly. 

Only after some time, he came back to his sanity, remembered the extra passenger he had, and looked at the motionless body right beside him.

“Damn… What have I done,“ he said in frustration and madness. While handling the frustration in himself, he put Jeanne's bra and panty back on, buttoned her mini dress and long jacket, and then put her back to sit position. 

Fuck.. monologued the man while holding his head, disappointed with his drunk self.

Yet somehow, he cannot miss a look at this petite girl beside him. Her small size body seemed shouting that it needed protection from him. 

He then looked at Jeanne's face lovingly. 

This girl is so beautiful and perfect and tastes extraordinary… 

Suddenly, he put on a loving smile and he himself did not realize that it was on his lips. It surely was a grave mistake, but he cannot help himself to admit that it was pure satisfaction though for a short time.

Feeling pity for Jeanne who slept flatly, he then took her head, put it on his shoulder while stroking Jeanne's body slowly, like a baby.

Soon after that, he also fell asleep.

And before the whole world knew that he is now in love, the man can firmly confirm that he is now head over heels for the girl. 

While they both were sleeping, Harry continued driving to the man's mansion which is just another 45 minutes away. Knowing his boss, he slowly put on mellow music on the stereo for him to enjoy.

Deep inside Harry, even though he only got a few glances of the girl in the dark, he knew that this time it would be different from the rest of the girls…