~ GENIE ~
I saw Leo from the corner of my eyes. He was getting up and moving his gun. That son of a bitch was going to fire it. I raised my leg immediately and thrust my heels right at his left thigh. He misfired instantly. Don Triax went down and so did his assistant. Well I think Don Triax was already down, I couldn't quite tell because I wasn't paying attention to him.
I dragged myself to my feet and wobbled a little towards Leo. He was still massaging his thigh, his face squeezed. I kicked his gun aside and I raised my heel. His eyes widened. He flared his hands immediately, trying to say something but I didn't get to hear it because of the sound of him scream when I drove the tip of my heel into his balls and twisted it.
"This is what you get for scaring my pretty neck, asshole." I spat out, turning around. Gently I rubbed my fingers around the handprints on my neck, heaving. My throat was so hoarse and my lungs ached. Being strangled actually hurts more than I thought it would. So much for trying to look weak. If I knew he would go this far I would have gone ahead and kicked him in the groin the instant he came close to me; Well doing it now isn't all that bad. He won't be standing on those legs for at least a week, so mission still accomplished.
A smile pulled up my lips, my eyes slowly trailing the room. That's when I noticed Don Triax again. He was on his feet, staring at me with a slight grin on his face. Something about that look told me he had figured that I didn't need saving at all.
He shook his head. "This is the third time you have surprised me Von. I have to congratulate you. It's rare for people to intrigue me this much."
I squinted my eyes a little so he could see from my face that I didn't care. "Mr. Triax, I don't know why you find my near-death experience amusing and I don't think I want to know. Thank you for coming to my rescue but I have to excuse myself because I need to call the police and get that lunatic locked up." I bowed my head a little, out of respect which I didn't have for him then I made for the door. He grabbed my arm immediately. I stopped right next to him.
I pursed my lips, hiding a smile that was threatening to break out of my lips. He fell for it, just like I thought. Don Triax would never ignore something he was starting to like and that was what I was banking on.
"Now, now, not to fast. You don't need to do that, Jonas can do that for you." He signaled his assistant who hurried out immediately. My gaze followed the assistant all the way till he vanished in the hallway. My eyes reverted back to Don. Our eyes locked the instant I looked. My heart skipped, he was staring at me this whole time.
"You want to play weak right? I can help with that. You still need everyone to believe you are a damsel who was just violently assaulted. What better way to do that than to faint in my arms and let me carry you out. You are an actress," he took a small step, closing the gap between us. "You ought to know better than anyone, how good an act that is."
I pursed my lips again but this time I didn't hide my smile too much. I shifted my eyes from his gaze, my expression telling him how much I liked the idea. He chuckled but it was deep, like a cartoon villain. Immediately he swept me off my feet and into his sturdy arms. A gasp escaped my lips; I didn't think he would do it now. He tilted his head a little, gesturing to me to do my part. I took a long look at him with my big doll eyes then I shut them, easing up and sinking into his arms. My heart beat slowed and I looked kinda dead.
I felt my body press against him then he began to move. There were voices coming from the distance. He was approaching them. Soon the voices got louder. It was the crew gasping in shock at the sight of me of me. Cameras were flashing, videos rolling. Don Triax took me straight to his limo and they drove off immediately. The instant I heard the wheels hit the road, I opened my eyes and sat up. He had set me down on the soft wooly couch chair in his limo. My eyes searched for him. They fell on his figure, at the end of the couch, leaning back a little and just staring at me, like I was art.
"What are you looking at?" I straightened my dress and pulled up the front, hiding my cleavage as much as I could. I crossed my legs, ignoring the thigh high slit that pulled up a little more. I glanced his way again. He was still staring at me with that look on his face. He lowered his head, his grin pulling up then he looked me right in the eyes.
"I can't, I just can't wrap my head around something usually I'm good at reading people but you are a total mystery to me. At first I thought... you want to fuck me, all girls to but you wouldn't go through all the trouble of messing with millions of dollars worth of equipment just for that. You wouldn't get into this limo alone and vulnerable just for that. So what is your deal exactly?"
I kept my eyes on him but I didn't say a word. He rose up, My gaze followed him. He stopped right in front of me and leaned in, his fingers lifting up my face. "Go ahead and say it. What do you want? If I can grant it, I will. But if you ask for something I don't like, or if you say what will make you boring, I will show you the definition of pain. I promise you that. Von you have caught my attention. You have no right to ruin the fun I'm having with you."
"Don't worry I know exactly what you can do." I said to his face. He slipped his fingers off my chin and straightened up, signaling me to say my request. "I want you to stay away from Leo Roberts. I have unfinished business with him and I don't need interference."
"Are you ordering me?" he sounded amused.
"I know you want to take out Leo so I'm telling you before hand so we won't clash. I hate to offend someone like you."
He stroked his chin. "Lets work together." He proposed.
"No."
"No?" he gave me a puzzled stare. "Did you just turn me down? Me?" He touched his chest. He looked and sounded like he genuinely couldn't believe I just said that.
"Yes I did. I don't want to share the glory of ending him. What's between him and I, is personal. You saw his reaction today. He tried to strangle me with his bare hands. That hatred he has for me, I bear ten times more of that for him and I will only be satisfied when I see the life leave his eyes while I squeeze every breath out of him with my own hands."
"You really do hate him. I wonder what he did to you." He took a few steps back, resting his bum in the chair behind him and spreading out his legs. I traced his body with my eyes, watching his abs press hard against his shirt and the thickness of his muscular body. My eyes kept going further and further down until they stopped right where he wanted them to go. The tongue rolled over my lips.
"Like what you see."
"Maybe."
He chuckled with his deep devil voice. "You really have no fear do you? I like that. I want to keep you but I feel if I don't grant your wish, I can't keep you so I will. I will grant your wish but you have to remember Von," he stood up again, drawing close to me again except this time his fingers didn't go to my chin. They rested on the red bruise on my neck and slid down slowly until they grazed my cleavage. He poked at my left nipple.
"You owe me now and I will come to collect sooner or later. If you don't have what I want, I won't take your body even if you give it to me. I will prefer to string you up and make you a puppet instead."
"I won't forget." I whispered. "I will always remember you. You and I have something that ties us together after all."