Start The Car

His eyes lit up, but in anger. "You're wearing it right now. That diamond earring, give it back. You stole it!"

"Stole it? Your wedding anniversary gift, you dare accuse her of stealing it?" Jade stepped forward.

"Y--yes." Alec flinched. He must have realized how stupid he sounded. "It's mine. I'd rather throw it away, or sell it even! It costed almost a million dollars for just a stupid silly pair of ear rings. You don't deserve that at all."

This made me laugh, Jade and Alec along with Adrian staring at me wondering what was funny. "You buy cufflinks of ten million, and you claim these pair of earrings are too expensive for me? For our anniversary gift?"

"What did you get me, huh? You're so poor I'm always the one taking care of you, your grandpa!" Alec said.

I felt disheartened. When will he change...could he ever change with the way he treated me like I was just below trash!

"Take them off," instantly, Adrian commanded.

"That's true." Jade sided. "Whatever he gives you is beneath you, he's not even worthy of handing over anything to you. Give it back to him."

I was forced to take it off, but as I was about to hand it over to him, Adrian snatched it from my hand and threw it to the floor. A soft gasp escaped my lips, I hadn't been expecting that.

"Here," Adrian brought out his phone and began to scroll through a page. "My aunt owns Rooks empire. Oh look, this limited edition earrings cost 16 million. And I've just ordered it for you."

My eyes widened in shock. He smiled, thinking he had impressed me. Before I could say anything again, he went on. "And don't worry about taking care of her again. She's in safe hands now, with her grandpa as well."

"Let's go," he added, clinging on to my hand. They looked small in his. I wanted to protest but the look on Alec face was too sweet for me to ignore.

Jade was saying something but I kept walking with Adrian out. "I'll call you," was what I could manage to say before we had walked far from their sight. I didn't like that I left Alec all alone with Jade, but I needed to speak to Adrian. And fast.

Once outside, he led me towards his car. I entered, not wanting to see Alec till he would disappear from the building. Plus, in his car was privacy enough.

"Alright, hit the brakes." He ordered the driver but that was when I stopped him.

"We need to talk, Adrian." My voice was firm."I didn't like the way you handled situations then. It kinda hurt that you threw away my anniversary gift like that. Besides, I didn't ask that you ordered another one, worth that much millions! I have diamond earrings, I love jewelries."

As much as I made my voice soft, something strange happened. He was frowning and the frown was so stern it sent chill down my spine. "Are you okay? I'm sorry if I've upset you in any way."

"He's useless. I'm better. I will be better to you. You need to forget about him."

"I'm not saying that I--"

"--and if there's anything I love the most, it's respect. Even your grandpa respects me so much than he's supposed to." He said in such a chilly way.

"Excuse me. I need to get back to work." I quickly tried to create an escape route but suddenly, he locked all the doors.

"No. We're going somewhere, I said so earlier before, didn't I??"

My chest was beating so fast now. "Wait...what--" before I could say anything, the quick start of the vehicle shut me up.