My Billionaire Bully

Men are sc**

Chapter 4

Axel's POV.

There is no way Natalie didn't realize that I had been watching her for a while now.

She didn't look lost in thought, but she did at the same time.

For the last three minutes thereabout, after I had gotten tired of trying to figure out a clue from the voice note and was on my way back downstairs to serve her tea and hope that she doesn't see through my poor acting skills as the perfect gentleman when I saw her.

She seemed to be calculating her moves as she closed her eyes shut and I can tell that she is about to open them and leave when Aaron's Boyce rings through the corridor.

She immediately appears alert, like she is in a flight or fight mood, but I can tell that she wants to flee.

*Good choice.* I mentally commend her when I realize that if she were to turn back, she would realize I had been staring at her since.

Which would be very awkward for me.

It would make her think that I was really simping for her after the one night stand.

But I can't let that happen and just when I'm thinking of a solution, one hits just when she bumps into me.

*Cute.* I want to commend her, but I do the exact opposite because it sounds like the only possible solution at the moment.

She turns suddenly like she is in a hurry and bumps into me in the process.

My mind goes back to one of the manuscripts I never got to publish and this is just like the cliche scenes from the movies and novels.

She seems stuck in the moment for some time, like she is trying to figure something out.

But no just then, she lets out a gasp.

She probably realised that she didn't just bump into a wall, but a person.

Someone who wasn't supposed to be there.

Aaron is still talking about how her boyfriend is calling and how he is scared that she might have gotten lost in the mansion, so there is no way she bumped into him.

"Ouch, I…" she raised her head up while she rubs on her forehead with her free hand.

I can see the redness on her cheeks and hear her uneven breathing because of how close we are together.

And what resurfaces in my mind is what we shared the last night, but I supress it with as much mental strength as I can which doesn't take up to a second.

"Was eavesdropping uhn?" I cut her short.

"Uhn?" She asks and scrunches her face together in a frown.

It looks so awkward and funny, but I leave my emotionless face.

"You heard me right, afterall, you were here for the past fifteen minutes eavesdropping on me and peeping on me while I was on the call, weren't you?"

I ask her and I watch as her face fell.

She knows she has been caught and has no way to go out.

I can tell that she is about to admit to it because of how she softens her facial expressio , but that is not what I want.

In fact, I don't care for that.

What I really want is to help her find a way and get her out of this situation.

I can't have her in bed in this, after all, her facials were blurred and nothing about the video pointed back to her.

No one would in fact suspect that it was the face of America in the video which is just right.

So even if I have to hurt her with my words now, I would do it to make sure that I save her from any future drama.

I just hopes she pretends like she didn't hear the threat and just let's it go.

I can be very spiteful with my words, I learnt that from my dad and I have literally won the award of the most unsatisfiable boss in this industry.

Even if it's all a misunderstanding.

Everything I do is for their own good, when I am being kind or mean to them, I do it for them.

But they see me as the selfless boss who is only concerned about the good names of the company and how to increase revenue.

And I think a misunderstanding is about to ensue between us both.

This is not the way I imagined getting to know the partner my dad sent me, and this is definitely not the way I imagined meeting a one night stand again, but then, not everything usually goes according to plan.

I can tell that she is the docile type, easy to tame and always ready to heed to instructions, so this should end pretty early.

NATALIE'S POV

Why does he look like he is planning something?!

I wonder what it is though, I am extremely curious infact, because at first he cut me short with my words.

But in a sense, I am grateful and this is because I really didn't know how to defend myself then.

But now that I do, he still wouldn't let me say what I want to say.

*Why is he taking it this far?! Can't he just be cool about it?*I ask myself, but I do not voice my thoughts because we share eye contact.

This is because his gaze is so strong and the only thing I want to do is admit all my sins and ask for forgiveness from him while I'm at it.

But just when I think all is well and good and the day was just about to get better, Axel raises his voice and our banter goes in a direction I never imagined.

"I'm…"

"Oh please, don't tell me you were about to tell me that you were sorry, because I know one thing for sure, you weren't." He says and closes in on me.

Uhn? How did he know that I was going to say that and what gives him the right to tell me my apology lacks sincerity.

A frown is forming on my face and I really do not want to have a full frown on my face, else there is no going back.

But Axel doesn't want to learn, or he pretends that he doesn't see my face and continues.

"Everything boils down to you being a bad mannered lady and for this reason I don't want to have you as my partner on this project. You can tell your mom something or just form a lie which you happen to be so good at." He says and I know that is I hear him say something else, tha simply be the last straw that'll break the camel's back in this situation.

I better leave else I take everything out on this moron.

I side step and try to walk towards Aaron's direction, but he does the same and blocks my path.

I guess my silence made him feel like he could go on.

Oh damn it. I am most sensitive on my period and none of the books ever said that people could get their periods after losing their virginity.

This stepbrother of mine better be ready for what I am cooking.

I take another side step and he does the same.

But that is not the only thing that happens. The fuse in my head blows as well and I know I'm working on overdrive with the next words that come out of my mouth.

But there is no going back.

I can only blame it on my period.

"Men are scum, men are scum, I keep hearing, but I never got the true definition until meeting you." I tell him and his shock is visible, I can tell.

From the way he stepped back and and has his mouth slightly open.

But then, it is my time to shine so I continue like I didn't notice.

"Why in the world wouldn't you let me apologize and just make me feel like I've committed a grave sin, when in fact, it's not. What is that that I hear about blackmailing uhn? And why does it have to do with the Eden Myers publishing rights, uhn?"

"You can't just…"

"Oh, here you are." His friend Aaron approaches us with my phone and axel knows better to shut up.

"Why is you face so red, miss Natalie?" He asks with visible concern, but I am not in the mood to appreciate it, so I don't.

He is smart and sensitive enough to notice, so he changes the topic.