by Anna Collins
Freya
"Okay, let me ensure I heard it properly, you fell for him because he could pronounce your surname in the very first time?" I asked rolling my eyes at Kate who was busy in mooning over the facebook profile picture of her latest boyfriend. She changed boyfriends more often than I changed my bed sheets.
"Yes, he is so handsome and he is a professor, how cool. I have never dated a professor before" Kate breathed, she was all starry eyed and acting like a total bimbo.
"And you were telling me, she was smart and uptight?" Danny hissed in my ears, mocking her.
I hit his belly with my elbow "shut up. Just endure it, don't forget that she has brought us to this expensive hotel and its her treat" I spoke.
Danny crooked his lips into a half smile "okay boss as you say". I smiled back and he went away to attend a call.
"Are you two having a thing?" Kate winked.
"What? No way, I'm not his type" I said.
"But he is your type, smart and handsome. I bet he will fall for your cuteness. Guys like innocence" Kate stated.
Ya right, and the earth is square in shape. Guys only liked girls who dared to show off their curves, the insides didn't matter to them. I sighed feeling a bit bad for my single status, everyone had someone with them, except for me.
Rick joined us with his date Lara, he had already introduced me to her a few days back, at the mall. And again she was all boobs and butt, fake attitude and filled with information about the latest fashion trends, in a word a blonde bimbo with the perfect curves but zero brains.
Oh great! I was trapped between these dick heads. I frowned staring at my reflection in the glass coffee table in front of me. Hey, my life wasn’t that pathetic, at least I was looking good. Thanks to the huge sale at the mega mall I could actually afford a sober dress. I was wearing a black and white graphic print bandage dress. The neckline was plunging but did not offer much view to my cleavage. And the dress managed to cover my knees as well. That explained why I was not getting much of male attention. My baggy eyes and worn out look only made it worse.
My black fedora curls were scattered over my shoulder.
"Hey Freya, don't worry you are looking nice," Kate said, maybe she noticed that I looked a bit out of place, but I was not worried about my looks I was worried about saving my life.
Rick excused himself from his girlfriend and sat beside me, he was smiling a lot which seemed fake. "Hey sis, you think Kate is jealous by seeing me happy?" he asked.
Ah, how could I forget that these two had a 'thing' earlier. I raised an eyebrow "she is busy in bragging about her boyfriend, I don't think she even noticed you" I turned him down.
"Bitch! She is so full of herself" Rick spoke with irritation.
"Why are you faking it for her? And what's with this expensive velvet blazer and eye-candy girlfriend?" I raised an eyebrow.
Rick chuckled "hey you are also wearing a new dress and I didn’t even mention that you are making an effort to impress someone," he said while stealing gazes from me.
"Please, don't play these games with me, I know everything" I pouted.
Rick frowned "you win but let's forget it for now. Tell me, do you have any updates on Mr. Monster?" he asked curiously.
Now it was my turn to frown "Nah, he doesn’t care about me. I guess he doesn’t want me anymore which is new for me, I have never been not wanted before. I mean hello" I said pointing towards my face, indicating how beautiful I was.
"Hmm, that could be a problem" Rick rubbed his chin.
"Freya! Quick come with me, I saw Robert outside the bar" Danny said in a barely audible voice and held out his hand for me. Without thinking anything I took his hand and headed out with him. I looked back at Kate, she winked at me and I shook my head, not again, she must have been thinking that Danny was doing something romantic for me. She and her one track mind.
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"He is walking on the dark side of the lawn, must have had a heavy dinner. Now, what can we do?" I asked in an uninterested voice. Actually, I was not at all confident about my plan of wooing him and there was a reason for that, it was not working. Yes he was very caring at that night but it has been 3 days after that and he even did not care to call me that and that somehow makes me sad and unwanted. I was angry with him for not wanting me.
But look at him move, his looks, his well-toned body and the personality of a prince charming. Who could ever tell that his heart was made of darkness?
Danny clicked his fingers in front of me "don't keep staring, go to him, he is yours" he encouraged.
"He is yours, you wish! I so want to make him dance like a puppet but he won't even look at me" I frowned leaning on Danny's shoulder.
Danny straightened me up and we saw Robert making way towards us and with that Danny just pushed me. I lost balance due to the high heeled pumps that I was wearing and was about to fall down but Robert was fast enough to support me by wrapping his arms around my waist. What a dumb move Danny! You almost made me fall on my face. Idiot!
Chapter 24
Freya
His strong hands had captured me, protecting me from falling down. But why did it feel so good to be in his embrace? I was feeling safe in the arms of my sworn enemy. My face flopped; I was unable to understand my own desires. Arghh Freya! You are impossible, I told myself.
His awesome face was glowing in the darkness, God he was so fair! Normally I would have got scared in the darkness but it seemed like all my fear ran away in his presence. I put my hand on his broad chest to create a barrier between us, as the too much closeness was producing a magnetic effect to my senses. But this was not the plan, I wanted him to want me but why did I desire him? Eeeks what the hell is wrong with me. No Freya you don't like him, just remember that its a mission. I closed my eyes and murmured "he is a monster"
"Ouch! Now who is he? And why is he planning to steal this adorable name of mine?" Robert asked.
Great! Now I said it out loud. People should receive newsletters about my stupid activities.
"You are awfully silent today, where did you lose your feistiness? Don't tell me you are not in a mood because that will give me a reason to worry about you" he asked again maintaining his mocking and cool tone. And his lips had formed that sexy smirk. Ufff he was a total torture to my innocent lady parts.
I needed to think of a witty yet insulting reply, and to think that I needed his hands off from any part of my body. His touch had the ability to freeze the sane part of my brain.
I quickly untangled myself from him. Ufff what a relief!
"Hey, what's wrong?" he furrowed his eyebrows. Yes! My getting away from his embrace had disturbed him.The heavy frown on his face was screaming that he was so into me. I so wanted to do a happy dance but somehow controlled myself.
So far my silent treatment was doing good, I decided to keep it up for some more time. I flipped my hair and turned to walk away from him, like a total classy but bad-assylady. I was so good at it.
"Hello! Freya, are you really ignoring and walking away from me?" there was a tone of shock in his voice.
I turned back "yes! Because I believe in equality" I crooked my eyes.
"Equality? But when did I ignore you? You are the one who was not responding to my messages so I thought you were busy" he stomped in his powerful voice.
Bloody liar!
"I didn’t get any messages" I squealed.
"How often do you check your emails Miss Lawrence?" he raised an eyebrow.
Like never. I never check my personal mail box but I never leave out any mails from my work inbox. Shit, he must be the kind of guy who liked to write rather than speak.
Not knowing what to say, I started biting my nails.
"Let me guess, you didn’t check your mail and got angry with me for no reason. Right?" he asked now wearing a cute and polite smile.
So hot!
I just nodded my head in yes.
He shook his head and walked near me. I looked up to him and before I could re
act he affectionately pulled out my index finger from my mouth, thus stopping me from biting my nail.
"You should not bite this," he said sexily.
"Then what should I bite? You?" I murmured thinking that I had spoken it in my mind; it took me a while to realize that I had actually spilled those words out. But it was very low, I bet he didn’t hear it.
"Well, I wouldn’t object to that" he whispered with a naughty grin on his face.
No! He heard it. Stupid Freya. I cursed myself. Then tried to smile shyly, well I still had to act that I was enchanted by him.
His intense look and the way he pulled out that finger from my mouth produced a tingling sensation in my belly. Then he did something which made me shiver, he took my finger and pressed in between his lips, all the time keeping his eyes fixed on me. God! I wanted to hide somewhere because I knew that my face had turned red. I sighed deeply and tried to wiggle away my defenseless finger but he wouldn’t let me.
"Freya, what's wrong? I thought we had sorted everything. Are you still mad at me?" he spoke softly.
"That's not the thing. Robert, actually I was sad. Because I somehow felt that you don't want me anymore. Like you ignored me totally after our first night, I thought your ego will not let you come near me" I confessed.
He brought down my hands to his and intertwined our fingers. "Things were different back then, now, I don't know how to say this but...I can't resist staying away from you" he breathed.
He was struggling with his words, and that declared me a winner. Now I could say it proudly that Robert Hudson had fallen for me. I managed to get inside his cruel heart and capture it. Freya, You Rock!
Robert
She was smiling; I guessed a million things ran through her mind while she was with me. I loved to see the change in her expressions but that also meant that she was not paying full attention to me. That somehow made me feel bitter.
And now she was pouting, this girl had no idea that these cute antics of her turned me on like nothing else. Even someone like me who had a lot of self-control was turning head over heels for her.
"Robert, I can't believe you are saying all this to me. But I like what you are saying" she smiled shyly licking her lips.
I smiled back and held her face in my hands; she was startled for few seconds but then became normal. I liked the way my touch affected her, every time it felt like I was touching her for the first time. "Freya, I don't know what spell you are casting on me, but let me tell you it's working quite well," I said gazing into her baby brown eyes which were shining from a reflection of a light that was standing far away from us.
She pursed her lips then spoke, "its the opposite, you are the one to trap me. I am innocent"
"Really? Then let me trap you some more" I hissed inching close to her. As my breath fell on her lips she closed her eyes. I swallowed urging my utmost desire to grab and take her right there.
"Freya! Are you there?" a loud voice disturbed our very private moment.
"It's Kate. I should go inside, they must be waiting for me" she said and tried to break free but I was too stubborn to cut her lose.
"Robert, leave me otherwise Kate will reach here looking for me and she is not very accommodating," she said while looking behind and tucking her hair.
"Nope," I demanded holding her firmly. I liked her restless look.
After a second, her fear came true. Kate reached us, followed by two other guys who always roamed around Freya.
Kate's eyes turned to the size of two huge marshmallows by catching us in one frame.
"Freya! What are you doing with him?" she asked in a loud tone.
I left Freya, understanding that the situation was quite hot. "Okay, Freya I will see you later. This time, I will call" I said putting a light kiss on her left cheek. She did not respond. Clearly, she was busy with something else. I got the hint and left the place ASAP. Friendship could be critical at times; glad I had not indulged myself into something like that. I sighed and walked to my car, wondering what was happening with Freya.
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What was the girl doing? It had been more than three hours since I left her alone with her angry overly dressed up friend who ruined a perfect moment between us. I loosened my tie and unbuttoned the top two buttons of my white shirt. The day had been stressful, now all I needed was Freya Lawrence sitting on my lap while I could sink my teeth into her milky white skin and rose bud lips.
Unable to take it anymore I drove to her to her apartment building; well, technically it was her friend's apartment because the girl was too proud to accept a gift from me. She and her self-respect issues; that girl was feisty, adamant, and was never ready to obey me but there was a certain kind of glow in her face that attracted me towards her. I let out a deep sigh and dialed her number.
"Why are you calling me at this hour?" a sleepy voice rebuked me.
"Because I can't sleep" I answered.
I could imagine her rolling her eyes to the phone "so take 4-5 sleeping pills and sleep. Don't eat my head" she replied hastily.
Oops looks like someone was mad because I ruined her sleep.
"I want to eat you" I demanded.
Now she was smiling and I guessed blushing too when she spoke "Mr. Hudson, go to sleep. You have already done a lot for today now give it a rest and I already know you are a monster, remember, I was the one to address you by that name"
I laughed "well for a change, I was not being monstrous. I was trying to be kinky. Now enough of this argument! Come downstairs I'm sitting in my car and waiting for you".
"You are here? What if...umm...ok I'm coming" and she cut the call.
Chapter 25
Freya
He was crazy! It was 2am in the morning and he was sitting in his black Porsche near the gate of the building where I lived. God! I wanted him to become weak for me, not to become so crazy that he would need to be admitted to a mental asylum. And the worst part was he was making me suffer as well. Ahhh, I was seeing such a nice dream where I was famous and everyone was asking for my autograph but this bad ass, bratty billionaire had to break that too. He had sworn to never let me live happily, not even in my dreams.
The security guard was sitting in his booth, enjoying his share of sleep. Lucky him, I stomped my feet on the ground feeling the urgent need to cry.
"There you are my precious angel" his honey dipped words ran a chill down to my spine and I blinked my eye twice to ensure that I was not dreaming.
"I can see I disturbed your sleep" he uttered taking me by the hand to an embrace near his chest. This guy loved to hug me, and I too kinda liked it, especially this time when I was almost shivering due to cold.
"Robert, is everything okay? Why did you want to see me at this hour?" I spoke on his chest. Suspecting that uncle Joe might have caused some trouble but then eliminated the thought concluding that I was over thinking.
"Everything is fine, just wanted to see you," he said bending down to look at me, so sweet, he came here just to see me.
I smiled "sorry, if I said something bad on the phone, I can be a bit cranky sometimes" then bit my lips.
"It was cute, not offensive. So don't be sorry. Come let us talk inside the car, it's too cold here" he suggested.
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"You are so mean! I can't believe that you tricked me into coming at your place for your own selfish needs. You didn’t care to think about me, my sleep, or the awkward conversation that I had with my friend because of our intimacy. You know what, you don't have a heart, you are a monster" I kept saying without a breath while he took his time in parking the car outside Hudson Mansion.
I was rebuking him and he had that irritating smile on his face which was making me angrier. What else could I expect? Robert Hudson and his I-am-the-superior-one attitude.If I was given a choice I would have never spent a single second of my life with this proud monster. God bless his would-be wife, if there was any.
"Are you done? Now can I speak?" he turned to me in a jolt, acting all seriou
s now. Jeez! Was I in trouble for my big mouth. Damn you Freya, why do you keep forgetting that you are here to impress him, not to go by your free will, I rebuked myself and immediately my annoyed face turned into a sad one.
"I know you are upset and I admit that I brought you here because of my selfish reasons. But I can't help it, I want you near me" he sighed looking down.