Chapter 10
So I tap on the door, but I get no response.
I place my hand on the knob and surprisingly, it opens.
I step in only to see a printer working without anyone's intervention.
"Is anyone here?" I ask as I approach the printer.
Or is this home haunted?
I better tell mom.
But then as I approach the printer, I realize there are things printed on it and I'm of course curious.
So without another thought, I open the windows and pick one of it and it is then that I realize that asides from me being in this room, I am not intruding on anyone's privacy, because this has everything to do with me.
The Eden Myers contract exactly.
And it is information about the one behind the blackmail.
I'm genuinely curious, so I read on.
"Mr Arnold? Why does this name ring a bell?!" I find myself asking out aloud, but of course I get silence except from the sound of footsteps approaching.
But since I'm doing nothing wrong, I refuse to be startled.
Instead, I ponder upon the information I've digested and try not to be startled by the continuous clearing of throats by whoever the person is.
And that is when it clicks, as I read further.
He is the owner of unity publishing company and that explains why he wants to use underhanded means to get this big publishing rights, but that asides, mom.has mentioned him quite a number of times.
She mentions him often and he seems to be a part of almost every conversation, except she claims he is not worth her time everytjme she talks about it.
But now that I think about it, something is fishy.
Mom knows him on a personal level and he is the Bookgasm publishing company's top rival while she sent me here to partner with them.
Is this some sort of plot twist which I am caught in or what I'm the world is going on?!
I have to be calm, so I bring my thoughts back to the present.
What is the other person still doing and why are they taking so long to reach me?!
Or is it an intruder?!
Did someone break in?!
I'm about to enter panic mode when I notice my body's reaction!
Fuck! I'm being watched, in fact scrutinized and I feel like I recognize the gaze, it's that of the person I gave my virginity to last night.
There seems to be a sensation going underneath my skin and I feel a little bit and suffocated despite the the ventilation in the room.and how comfortable I feel.
I have to do something, else my body embarasses me.
"I'm.going with you." I tell even though I don't know if there will be a movement or not.
"Uhn?" He asked and I can te that he's a bit startled.
Does he think I'm.dumb and I wouldn't notice that he was there in the first place?
So funny.
"I said I'm going with you." I tell him as I turn, but I do not realise that he is so close to me so I almost bump into him.
Our faces are a few centimetres away that I can feel his breath on my face and I feel my own breathing heighten.
I take a few steps back and watch him.
"What is that in the crotch area of his trousers?!
I notice he has a bulge he is desperately trying to cover and it makes me feel relaxed instead because now I know that I'm.not the knlynone whose body react when we are together.
But damn it's this place is enclosed and…
I glance at the door and notice the key in the key hole.
… He locked it behind him.
My heart jumps in both anticipation and excitement, but I'm on my period, so I step back.
He notices this and closes in on me.
Damn it, I feel so dizzy already.
I try to take another step back to get some fresh hair when I realise that my back is pressed against the wall already and the only way is the way forward.
I'm about to do the most daring thing after taking up my career as an actress when his phone starts to ring.
He sighs and has irritation clearly written on his face and I can tell that he plans to ignore it, but the caller doesn't stop and he has no choice but to pick up.
"Yes?" He says in s gruggy voice, but I can tell that he doesn't recognise the number.
"What?!" He asks in shock and puts the call on speaker.
"Yes, I must commend you for being so sharp and smart to have found out who I am in less than twelve hours. So what do you say, let's meet." The caller said.
And it really doesn't require a calculator fronme to have calculated who the person.
It was Mr Arnold.
The cockiness in his voice was enough to give him away.
"What the f**k do you mean?!" Axel asks in annoyance and honestly, I can relate.
Because I angry as well, but we have our s*x tape in his hands and although it's not very clear, one can still make out who was in the clip if they watched it.
Which would not only ruin the business partnership, but also our personal lives.
And that is something I can't accept.
"Are you playing dumb or do you want your s*x tapes released for the world to see?" Mr Arnold raises his tone a pitch higher and axel the s to look at me.
I'm honestly surprised by his action, because he looks like he is asking for my approval.
We have to work together after all.
So I give him.a small smile and make an okay sign with my fingers.
He smiles back and schedules a meeting with Mr Arnold.
And the arrogant rival of ours wants us to meet at his own publishing company.
We need to do something fast and quick, else we'll lose more than we are bargaining for.
"I'm coming with you." I tell Axel and he sighs before proceeding to gather the files that fell on the ground.
I join him in silence and anticipate our meeting with Mr Arnold tomorrow