Chapter 4

"What is this?!", I glared at the man leaning calmly at his desk with a phone on his ear. He slowly raised his head to look at me but quickly turn his attention back at the papers he's holding.

The audacity of this man to ignore me!

I don't really know what he wants to do. I've been avoiding him for three days. Three whole days for me to find a way to save the company without having the need to merge with the Lords and worst, be his engagement partner but then, just this morning, I learned that he was buying shares from stockholders and those people I had talked with for the past few days to help me with the problem suddenly were pulling out their plan to do so. And my secretary, Joshua, informed that the cause of all of these?

Sebastian Lord.

'You are mine.'

I can still clearly hear his voice when he said those words. Firm with conviction. Not a promise but a threat. And now I can say he's clearly serious. But I am not the one to back down without a fight.

I was afraid even terrified by him but I’ve been strong on my own for so long. I have to be strong especially now.

I folded my arms as I watched him. Just then, I noticed him wearing a clean white button up long sleeves folded on his forearms making it possible to see his muscles move underneath his skin whenever his arms were on a task.

Two buttons undone emphasizing his throat and Adam's apple that looks sinfully sexy when he speaks.

He had his dark gray pants following the lines of his toned legs.

His hair, messy but in a stylish way, gave him a devil-may-care demeanor.

Dark, dangerously sexy and deliciously sinful. And I badly wanted to touch them just to test how soft would it be under my hands. Grab a fist of it as I pull him closer until my nose touched his inhaling his fresh manly scent.

I felt my throat went dry as I imagined how his tan skin would taste under my tongue. Tracing my way from his forehead, going down to his cheek, the side of his neck, suck his Adam's apple that will go up and down as he gulped in pleasure. Continuing the path down to his hard chest and I'll love the tickling sensation of his hair there. Play with it with my lips.

Down... To his stomach... To his navel..

Down...

Down...

Down...

Dow... Shit!

I felt hot all of the sudden and my knees wobbled a little of what I thought. I mentally slapped myself for thinking this way... Of Him!!!

I groaned and looked away embarrassed as he took his eyes back at me. I cleared my throat to compose myself and even faked a cough.

"What can I do for you, honey?", his voice was husky that sent shivers on my body. Tingling from the sensation that should be long forgotten.

I glared at him to mask the feeling he burnt inside of me.

" This", I walked towards him and pushed the folder on his chest with a force that should made him fall back but then, I was smaller compared to his well-built body.

He took the papers with a mocking grin and skimmed over the papers.

"And?", he put the papers on his desk and faced me with his arms folded on his chest. I did not like the sound of his words because it delivered his intention very vividly. He does not care.

I inhaled deeply controlling the anger building in me," What?", I laughed sarcastically.

"What?! Don't you dare 'what' me! Why are you buying shares from the stockholders with a double price?!"

"Because I can", his grin stayed on his face and I know that he did that to annoy me. And yes, it perfectly worked.

" What the hell are you planning you, devil!", I said.

"Well, first, I want to have a share on your company, but then I changed my mind. Then, I want to have the biggest share so I can have power over your company, then I've wanted to buy your company, completely and I'm going to throw all the junks out of 'my' company", he explained.

" Junks", confused, I took a step backwards when he stood straight.

"Yes, junks. Like, all the useless members of the board, and workers", I saw the meaning behind his eyes. " And if I buy your company, it'll mean, I'll buy you.

I gasped, "Y-You! You cannot do that! You cannot buy me!"

He chuckled," Yes, I can honey".

He was going to buy 'our' company and me?

"I am not a toy or whatever possession you can simply buy you mister!", I stood firm.

" That is one of the lies the world made you believe but then I am telling you that is not true. People can be bought. Everything can be bought by money, that is. Or we can just get married."

Where does that leave me and my father and all our beloved workers? On the side streets.

I fisted my hands on my side feeling powerless.

" I thought you wanted the merger? The engagement?", My chest hurt as I forcefully opened up the thing I've wanted to never happen.

"Oh 'that'? Well, you see, someone has been avoiding me for the past few days. How many days? Ahmmmmm, three days?", he mocked.

I averted my eyes from his accusing ones.

" What do you say, love?", I heard his steps on the marble floor.

"I-I a-am n-n-not....", I stuttered.

"Oh c'mon, love. I know you are avoiding me and I don't like that!," I flinched when his voice boomed around the room. I felt like a child who was caught doing something not nice and now being punished by her parent.

I was looking at the floor and saw his shoes just a step in front of mine. He held my chin with his finger and forced me to raised my head and meet his gaze. But instead of meeting his eyes, I looked at the painting hanging on his wall behind him.

He squeezed my chin hard enough to make me flinch. I closed my eyes but he pressed harder. When I decided to meet his eyes this time, I saw anger, desire, lust and something that kept me lost on his depth.

He moved forward, his body almost touching mine.

My breath labored and his warmth mixed with my own. His lips touched my forehead and stayed there longer than it should have been.

" Just give in, love", I almost laughed when a hint of pleading came out with his voice. "You can't hide from me. Wherever you run. I can ruin all of them or even you, just so I can have you. If I have to trap you I'll do it. I want you so bad that it makes me do bad things and I can't help it", his lips slid to my ear, his tongue tracing its outside line.

"It makes me bad... So bad..."