- Jemayas POV
“We are home, young miss.”
I was greeted by a maid the moment I got out of the car in the garage. She took my bag and walked into the house, even though I insisted on holding it.
“Thank you,” I finally let go of it to not make things difficult for her. “Please, what is your name?”
“Claire,” she said, and I nodded, realizing that she and Head Queen were namesakes. I yawned and stretched as I remembered all the stress that had happened.
“How was school today?”
I heard a voice I’d recognize even in my sleep, and I spun around, dragging down my top in the process to look into the eyes of the most handsome man I’d ever set my eyes on.
With the added information about his identity, I couldn’t help but feel a little different now. The aura he carried was even
more obvious.
More attractive, with his partly greying beard outlining his sharp jaw even more.
He looked so dashing and super handsome in his suit.
“Is there something on my face?”
His voice brought me out of my reverie, and I realized that he was now in front of me.
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I realized, though, that despite what I had heard, I didn’t feel any less attracted to him. If anything, I wanted to know more.
Jake Hardin was rumored to be involved with the mafia. I wanted all of the risk that came with him.
His sexiness and the strong hold he had for me. I still needed him to want me. To fulfil my naked fantasies and call me beautiful.
“You’re Jake Hardin… The Jake Hardin?”
I was almost drooling as the question came out in almost a slur.
“That’s right,” he nodded with a smile, then paused suddenly. “You didn’t know?” he asked, surprise evident in his wide grey eyes.
Oh God, that chiseled nose bridge of his.
“I just never thought…” There was no use hiding my ignorance, so I blurted it out.
“Girl, you need to be more aware of people around you. You said all that yesterday without even knowing who I was?” he asked, and I blushed but quickly recovered.
“Do you think I’m a gold digger?” I asked, staring daggers at him.
“No, dear. I meant no offense… but you’re the daughter of one, though,” he said and chuckled, his eyes looking at me like he was baiting me. And soon enough, I exploded.
“You!”
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But I didn’t know what else to say in my defense.
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“Don’t be too worked up, dear,” he said and held my hand that was pointed at him.
I didn’t know if it was the feeling of him holding me or the new nickname, but I shivered and backed away.
Not because I was scared of him, but because I was scared that I would be shameless and beg him to fuck me again.
I felt him press something into my palm.
“What’s that?” I asked as I opened my palm and saw a black card.
“Hey, I said I’m not a gold digger. I meant what I said the way I said it, but I don’t need any more from you.”
My stomach tightened as rage and embarrassment burned through me.
Did he think I was lying, desperate for—
“I’ll be away for a week.” Oh that was why
“Why? Why are you telling me this?”
“I’ll be away for a business trip, and I know you have your needs as a girl. This black card will cover all of your expenses and will never run out,” he said.
“Ohh.”
I finally relaxed as I flicked the card with my fingers.
“I will never look down on you for anything. We might have
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moved in together for less than a week, but I cherish you like I’ ve known you for longer,” he said, and I felt tears well up in my eyes.
Was he saying that he also felt the tension between us?
Because that’s how I feel too.
Like I’ve known him for longer, and I just want to know more about him, connect more with him.
Was he telling me that the reason he wasn’t getting any deeper with me was because of my age?
“Thank you,” I said.
“The pin is your birthday,” he said, and at that point, I didn’t even feel shocked anymore.
He remembered the simplest details about me, and I would have loved to tell him all about how today went if he wasn’t going out already.
This felt like we were having a moment… our moment, as we stared in silence and appreciated it.
At least until my mother appeared.
I was sure we would have some magical development from there, but the moment I heard her voice, I felt like I had been caught doing something wrong and got out of his embrace immediately.
I didn’t even hug him, yet there was guilt in my heart.
Because what we just shared was deeper than mere hugs.
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“Why are you delaying him? Can’t you see that he’s late?” she shouted.
‘How was I supposed to know that he was late?’ I wanted to ask, but I didn’t want to upset her yet because of the questions I had for her.
“Oh dear, I’ll miss you so much,” she said as she walked up to him.
“You must tell me all about how school went when I get back,” he turned to me before my mom turned him around and wrapped him in a hug, as if to put herself between us.
Her movement was subtle, and I was consoled by the fact that he had his eyes on mine when she kissed him, so I decided not to overthink her actions just now.
“Jemaya, come here,” he said as soon as they disengaged from the kiss. “Let’s have a family hug. I’ll miss you so much,” he said as he rubbed my back up and down and broke the hug right before I moaned out.
Knowing that I wouldn’t be able to hug or see him for the next week made me want to wrap his hands around me again.
“I’ll let you know when I’m back,” he said, and I squeezed my face into a frown as I couldn’t understand.
“I don’t want you to call unless it’s an absolute emergency. I might be in the middle of something important,” he explained kindly.
“Ohh.”.
“She’s not that dumb,” Mom added, but if only she knew I was,
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in fact, that dumb and already considering it.
We said our goodbyes soon before his golden Rolls-Royce rolled out of the gilded gates of the mansion.
“Ohh, I’m so going to have fun,” my mom said as she
stretched and was about to head in when I held her back by the elbow.
“Mom, you are engaged to Jake Hardin. How does the media not know?” I went in for direct confrontation, as I couldn’t be bothered to beat around the bush with her.
“Why do you sound like you just figured it out?” she asked, and my eyes almost fell out.
But my jaw did, and it took me a while to close my mouth and recover from the shock.
“Mom, when I asked if I knew him, you said yes…” I gave her an accusatory glare, but she seemed unfazed as she shrugged me off.
“Everyone knows Jake Hardin of The Hardin Corporations. I didn’t lie.”
“It’s not the same thing.” Was this woman fucking pulling my leg?
“How in the world did you even manage to pull him?” I was beyond shocked by my mother’s shameless acts and the way she spoke like she was describing the weather.
She hesitated for a moment… “With my charms, of course. Now stop bugging me and come inside.”
She flipped her hair and turned around.
