CHAPTER 10IRENE'S POVFear. Panic. Anxiety.Name it.I felt all at once, in one giant rush down my nerves.His warm hands around my neck made me…Absolutely inexpressive of my emotions.I didn't know how to react to any of the emotion's budding up in me like a flame, blooming into something passionate.The good thing about all of this was that something deep down in a part of me was screaming in whispers that I shouldn't react to him this way, but the crazy side of it all was that I wanted to think with this side— I wasn't thinking with my brains at this moment but another organ entirely.I was thinking about an organ with a pulse.Maybe I shouldn't have it with him?Yet I knew this was going to happen anyways…“No one-” The rest of his words came in rasps.Rasps breathed again my neck, down the nape.I looked into his eyes, fully aware that he could easily be as dangerous as he looked.He watched me with that same darkened look as he leaned against me, pulling me closer by my ne
CHAPTER 11.JAMES POVLooking at her, all I could think about was how I was going to deal with the whole situation of having he there right where I wanted.She was the most crude of all I had met and in a way, I felt the need to refine her.The hatred in her eyes was glaring, I had seen the intensity in them even before she caught me earlier in the day with Kathy.Deep down, I felt a kind of remorse that she might be feeling the pain — probably jealousy from seeing me with another woman, I wouldn't ignore the fact that she actually slapped me.It had come to me when I least expected it, and roused not only the demon from my past, but every dark emotion I had in myself at the moment.Her eyes widened as she saw the strap in my hands, the grin upon my face anticipating what was to come.In a way, I felt the need to devour her, there was a need to take her in many ways and any way I wanted.I was going to make love to his woman if she consented or not.She tried wriggling free as I reach
CHAPTER 12IRENE'S POVIt was pretty fastThe manner by which the change in attitude came, One moment he was all cool and well collected and the next he was like a demon ripping every layer out of me shred by shred, regardless I felt the need to stay away from him as much as I could.I could as well tell Marcus everything but reverted to doing that as I wanted to deal with him totally on my own.It was kind of comical the way he switched emotions pretty fast.One moment he didn't want to have anything to do with me as I was forced to another bedroom on his request,seconds later he is all jealous and tries to take advantage of me.At moments like this, I wondered to myself if I was dealing with the same person as it turned out to be, he was certainly someone with a dual personality.I thought back to that blissful night that came before the contract was signed— it was certainly the first time I had seen him smile or ever acted all kindly— Was that all a facade?Was this a fate I had s
CHAPTER 13IRENE'S POVI FELT dirty after everything, the fact that I climaxed to the memories of a man I claimed to hate was itself very complicated…I dragged myself out of bed and walked to the bathroom brushing and flossing quickly before heading under the faucet for a warm bath.Deep down in my soul I wished the warm water cold wash away his touch from my nerves and soul.I ran the comb through my hair as I rang the phone downstairs telling the maid what I wanted for breakfast.My plan for the day was easy—I was going to avoid anything to do with James.Soon, I heard on my my door and opened to find there-It was Seven o’clock in the morning as I sat on the couch in my room with only an oversized one as I ate a bowl of cereal while scrolling through my phone.My phone buzzed in my hands as a message popped in. I choked on my food …Apparently James must have been intending to send it to someone else because it was deleted not even ten seconds after I had seen it.My eyes widened
CHAPTER 14JAMES POV.She in her ways and any more ways I couldn't quite figure out never ceased to amuse me.Irene—The thought of that name alone leaves me guessing.There was something about her I couldn't quite get out of my mind despite my general rule when it came to women and I couldn't quite figure it out, the truth was dealing with her was freakishly overwhelming.It was like she had a hold over me, almost as if I was right there in her book.To make matters more complicated for myself, I couldn't quite stay away.Perhaps, this whole thing was a bad idea after all I couldn't help thinking.It was two ways when it came down to my mindset about her:In the instance, we were two people forced together by fate having conflict within ourselves and in the other instance, we were not trying to stay away from each other.Yet, there were these unexplainable situations that kept bringing us together just like this.I was right here standing in her room, looking so tenderly into her eye
CHAPTER 15IRENE'S POVWhat does he want?It was merely a question shadowing what I had in my mind to say.If there was anything I would blame, anything I found fault with among all of this, it certainly had to be his attractiveness.His attractiveness was the same reason why I was here at this moment, why most of the words was left buried deep in me unsaid.His attractiveness was why I had to deal with his bullshit.From the look in his eyes, I saw that glint of-uncertainty, despite the fact that what I felt for him was something absurd, something between hate and as a sense of attraction that I found humoring, his eyes still held me captive.His gaze was captivating and for a second I couldn't just look away, yet at the same time it was complicating, more complicating than the whole entanglement we were in.He closed his eyes, a smile crawling up the creek of his face.It was a question I was certain,he wouldn't be able answer, one that-His eyes opened and the gaze of his amble ey
CHAPTER 16JAMES POVDealing with her and its complications, and that was because she always finds a way of getting under my skin.Marcus once said to me recently that if I treated everyone the way I treated Irene or rather if I look at them the same way I look at Irene the world would be a safer place.It was the absolute truth, it got me wondering if I was that weak when it came to her, vulnerable to the extent that one could read every emotion out of my face.I should treat her the same way I treat the other women that have been in my life. I should treat her with disdain but no matter how much I tried there was something about her that kept getting to me.It was like an absurd situation and I was caught right there in the middle of it all.Slowly, I was starting to make bad ideas when it came down to her. I had been alone —all alone in my room after coming out of the shower when my phone buzzed.After ending the call and texting Marcus In a funny way I decided to tease her and so
CHAPTER 17IRENE'S POVI might not have had a good reason to dislike James in the beginning, rather than the fact that he was cocky and proud but after meeting with this morning, after he had knocked on my door to tell me how the contract had gone down the drain , I now had a substantial motive to immensely dislike him.He was the last person I expected to see that morning, and seeing at my door while I was just getting up from my bed was a turn off.James looked like he was running, as it turned out to be, it was something he does on a regular basis and as I have noticed, it was his way of getting thoughts out of his mind.All this had happened twenty minutes ago, it was then I had heard right from the horse's mouth that I was stuck with him and from what I learned he had not expected it to happen.I didn't know how to feel about the news, even more with the way he said it.Apparently, he had volunteered to be the one to tell me the news as I was certain that was what he and my co