“ I shouldn't have." Mason said slowly with his face down avoiding her eyes. He was waiting for her to respond but there was total silence. “ You don't have to apologize. I kissed you back so it's my fault as much as it's yours. " Beauty sighed. " Good night. “ She said and left him standing outside. “ Fuck!" Mason cursed. He shouldn't have done that. What if she decides to terminate the contract? What if she leaves? He can't bear the thought of that alone. Meanwhile Beauty paced about in the room. She wanted to deny having feelings for him. She had tried to suppress them times without number but they keep floating up to the surface. She could bet that a part of her wanted to end things quickly but another part wanted to feel his lips again and that part was speaking louder than ever before. “ Am I going crazy? I don't have feelings for him, do I?" She thought. “ No, it's just a fantasy. He can't possibly fall for me. But he kissed me. God, Beauty. What to do? What to do?" ....
“ Who's there?" Donald asked walking to the direction of the voice. He was shocked to see Shawn curled up in the corner nearly drunk to stupor. “ I hid the moment you both came in. I didn't want to interrupt you." Shawn hiccuped.“ You're the new famous kid right?" Donald asked and he nodded slowly. " If that's what you call it here. She's friends with Elsa right? “" Yes, she is. Why do you ask? “ Donald asked, sitting beside him. “ I messed up pretty bad. Worse than you even. " “ Is that why you're here drunk at school hours?"“ I can't stand seeing her. She hates me. " “ Who?" “ Elsa. " “ You know her?" “ Yeah. " “ Is that why you're here?"“ Don't you check the school's blog?"“ Please I have other better things to do. The school's blog is not my problem. " “ You're close with Elsa right?"“ Been friends the minute she arrived. " Donald said with a smug smile. “ You can help me talk to her...."“ About?" “ Never mind. It was nice talking to you." Shawn said and dusted
After they had lunch at the restaurant, Mason drove them to the outskirts of the town. He parked the car properly at the edge of road before coming down with Beauty. “ Why are we here?" Beauty asked as she looked around. There was nothing here apart from a small forest and the road to the next town. “ I want to show you something." Mason said and her eyes widened when she saw him heading towards the forest. " Are you going in there? " She asked. “ Yes. Come on, it's perfectly safe. " He said and she smiled weirdly. “ No way. I'm not going in there. What if there's something there? What if there's a scorpion?" She said and he grinned from ear to ear. “ Wait is there a scorpion in there?!" She said and Mason laughed at her cuteness.“ Trust me, Beauty. It's perfectly safe. " He said and she held his right hand firmly. “ Scaredy cat." Mason teased and she rolled her eyes. “ I'm not afraid of anything. " She scoffed. She heard rustling in the woods and she quickly clinged to Mason
The next morning, Mason didn't bother eating breakfast before leaving for Celeste's house. He knew she was the only one capable of posting his identity. “ Celeste!" He yelled immediately he came down from his car. “ Took you long enough to come to your rightful owner. " Celeste said with a huge smirk as she came out of the house. “ Come in. "“ How dare you!"“ How dare I? You causes all this for yourself. If you had only agreed to our marriage without a fight, that girl would have been safe from the public's eye. " Celeste chuckled. “ You little....."“ Oh come on, you knew your identity was going to be exposed one day. Why not sooner?" “ I swear to God, if anything happens to her, I'll kill you." He said and entered his car. He reversed roughly almost knocking her down and he sped madly out of the compound. “ You'll come begging for me soon. " Celeste smirked. ...Beauty was still in the room, she had been up since last after she saw the disturbing post. ' Hidden heir of M. A
“ I missed you Mason. Say something." She said again. “ Oh Beauty! I missed you more. " He said and pecked her forehead. “ Kiss me. " She whispered. “ What did you say?" He asked to be sure of what he heard. “ Kiss me!" She said loudly this time. Mason didn't hesitate any further before slamming his lips on hers. It was a slow kiss at first then it became rougher, more passionate. “ Ahem!" Ryan coughed behind them making them break the kiss. “ Sorry to interrupt, we have guests to welcome. " Ryan said and Mason glared at him. “ We'll be right there Ryan. " Beauty said and he nodded before leaving. “ What was that?" Mason asked Beauty who avoided his gaze as her cheeks reddened. “ I'm ready to make this real if you're willing. Let's date for real. " Beauty found herself saying. Mason couldn't believe what he was hearing so he held her face up to look at him directly. “ Say it again. "“ I want to be your girlfriend for real. I know we still have two months......" “ Why did it
CALIFORNIA.Elsa was coming back from class and as usual she took another route in order to avoid Shawn. He had been stalking her since he arrived so she changed her routes everyday. “ If it isn't the prostitute..." Clara said blocking her way. “ Excuse me?" Elsa said. “ Your sister's that girl all over the internet. I could tell easily from the resemblance and shock on your face the day you saw the news. The one who's fucking a big shot. Who knows if that's how you attend this school. Everyone knows Berkeley is not for poor folks like you. You can't even afford a decent dress. " Clara mocked. “ Are you high on cheap drugs? This is a state school, I don't see the need of your bullying. If you feel like I'm too poor for this school and you're too rich to mingle with me, we'll find a private university. I heard they accept cheap whores on benefits. " Elsa said and she gasped. " You dare talk back at me. I see you're feeling too big because Shawn is after you. I wonder he sees in yo
ITALY, 6PM. Mason came down from the limousine looking smart with a hardened face. He was here for business and business alone. “ Mason Alaric, my man. " A tall handsome blonde man with messy curls of same as Mason said with a wide smile as he walked to him. “ Alessio Lorenzo. “ Mason smirked. “ How have you been?" Alessio asked with a deep Italian accent. “ Not great. "“ I've heard. " Alessio laughed. “ Let's go in. " He said. They planned to meet at a restaurant in Italy. They were taken to one of the VIP rooms and a waitress came to take their orders. She kept stealing glances and winking seductively at Mason but he spare her a glance. “ You still got the ladies eh?" “ I wish."“ I saw the news. "“ Rumors. " “ I know. It was surprising to see you on the internet for the first time. Whosever took your picture must have been in very close contact with you. A family maybe?"“ Was a family friend. "“ Oh she's the finance. " Alessio laughed.“ She's not the fiancee. " “ You
“ She pushed me!" Celeste cried louder. “ No I didn't. You were the one who tried to push me. You're only on the ground coz I avoided you." Beauty said slowly. “ I was only trying to be reasonable with you. You took my fiancee away from me, now you want to kill me." Celeste feigned teras and everyone present gasped. “ She really is a prostitute. "“ Shameless whore. "“ Who knows what she did to the brother?" Celeste smiled wickedly when she heard the silent murmurs from the crowd. “ Who says you're my brother's fiancee? And who says she stole him from you?" Angela said in anger. She watching the whole scene secretly from where she stood. She knew Celeste would try something as childish as this. A guy helped Celeste up and she immediately rushed to Beauty. She tried to slap her again but Beauty held her hand.“ I wouldn't try that if I were you. I may not be as rich as you but I'm worthy of being his woman. No one would want to be with a raging woman. “ " You stole him from me