Chapter Three

Nikolai couldn't take his eyes away from her photo, he turned around in his office chair to the glass window and his eyes fell shut.

He remembered how her lips felt, how her touch felt. Nikolai sucked in a deep breath, every thing about her was turning him in to a possessive beast.

He had hired guards to follow her everywhere, and send him pictures of her. 

Damn she was turning him into a stalker, he was getting obsessed with her by just looked at her photos.

Nikolai had also looked in to her, and he found out that her main problem could be solved financially.

Nikolai decided to try and help her from the sidelines, he just wanted to protect her and make her his.

Nikolai opened his eyes again and took her photo in his arms, he vowed to give her flowers every day if they made her smile like this.

Her green eyes shone and her dimples were exposed, Nikolai realized he could die to see her like this every day.

He remembered she had no smile when they met last night.

It had been years since he ever found interest in any woman in fact it had been a long time since he had last touched a woman but with her, just one look, and he knew he wanted her not only for the night but for the rest of his life.

She had woken something in him, she ignited a fire in him. 

Nikolai received a message on his phone and opened it immediately, it was another picture of her.

Her back was to the camera as she walked in to a building.

Damn... The building. Nikolai stood up from his seat, and started pacing to and fro. What was she doing here?

Champagne had never felt this stupid in all her life, the receptionist had even turned away from her.

Now how will she meet this guy and smack his face with his money if she didn't know his name. How could she forget to ask Sam for a name.

Champagne stepped a side and pulled out her phone, as she searched for Sam's contact Champagne heard the reception's voice.

"Excuse me Miss, you're Champagne right? " 

"Yes that me " Champagne replied curiously.

"Ma' am please take that second elevator and it will lead you straight to Sir's office. ".

" Sir..."

"Yes Miss, the boss wants to see you " 

Champagne wandered who this boss is and why he wanted to see her. Did he by any chance know her.

Champagne turned to the receptionist and said a thank you, she walked towards the private elevator the receptionist had pointed to.

Champagne felt a bit nervous, did the owner of this company know her. 

Had she ever met him, if yes then where?.

Maybe it was at the restaurant she works at, he may have liked the way she attended to him.

The elevator arrived, its doors opened to a large extravagant office. Champagne slowly stepped out, she felt so out of place.

The whole room was painted black and gold colors, there was a glass window that overlooked the city.

A large shelf next to the wall near the window, a couch and then office desk and, the black carpet. This room was so larger than Champagne's apartment.

She arranged her hair and stared at her jeans. The door at the other side of the room opened and a man walked in.

His white shirt was untucked and it's sleeves folded to his elbows, bangs falling down his face from a mass of dark cocoa hair.

His head snapped up from the file in his hand and his wide set arctic blue eyes locked with hers.

Champagne felt like her insides were on fire as memories came rushing back to her. Heat rose up her cheeks and she lowered her eyes.

He was so rich, she should have known when she saw that money but could she blame him, she acted like a prostitute last night.

She shuddered, bitterness filling her mouth. Every bit of anger in her vanished into thin air and Champagne pondered if there's a way that could help her disappear.

Her lips curled in to a bitter smile, and she reached in to her bag pulling out the bundle of cash.

Champagne stared at it, then raised her eyes back to this man. She sucked in a deep breath when her eyes landed on his thin lips.

How could she forget how they taste.

Champagne focus... She mentally scolded her self, reminding herself why she was here in the first place.

"I... " She whispered, lowering her eyes. Her heart thudded loudly.

"Am here to return this Sir ..." 

"Nikolai " his deep voice made her eyes look up in confusion. 

" My name " He added, closing the file in his arms "and you need that money. "

Champagne stood still, it's like words had just disappeared deep in her throat.

She pulled her self back to reality and remembered the main reason she was doing this.

"Am not a prostitute... " 

"It was never my intention to make you feel that way " he had cut her off again

" Huh " She whispered surprised, then why did give her such a large amount of money.

"I respect what happened between us last night. And you need the money " 

"How did you know about this ?" She questioned but he didn't reply.

Silence roamed around them for a while as their eyes locked like the colors matched.

"I can give you more than that Champagne "

"Huh... " 

"Thomas and Lilly cheated you, they played you like a fool "

Champagne just stared, how did this man know so much about her. She wondered if all this was Sam's fault.

But the Sam she knew could control her mouth very well so how did he know all this.

"You want revenge right ?" He questioned as he walked over to his desk and sat down.

He pulled out a cigar from the packet in the ash tray on his desk, he could see that he hit a nerve with the way her eyes turned from sad to curiosity.

She was bothered that he knew so much about her.

She was affecting him wildly, yet he was so afraid to touch her, Nikolai lit his cigar and puffed out the smoke.

"I will help you " He whispered leaning back in his seat, and then he took the lit cigar back to his lips again.

"You will " She replied softly, her moss green eyes not living his body with a bit of hope.

Champagne wanted to know what he had planned in his mind and why he wanted to help her.

"Yes princess "

Heat curled down her spine, and she bit on her bottom lip. 

Champagne had hunch, she felt like hell would go lose any minute now.

"As long as you sell yourself to me " He added.

Her eyes widened for a minute, and she shook her head with disappointment.

She was right all along, Rage poisoned her veins and every muscle in her body tensed.

He had just proved that he saw her as a prostitute, Champagne wondered if he was just naturally stupid.

She had returned his money to prove her point, and he went a head to ask her to sell herself to him.

Champagne walked over to his desk and placed the money on it.

"Sorry but am not for sale " She whispered bitterly.

Champagne wagged her finger at his face and this caught Nikolai by surprise "I don't know how you know so much about me but let me make this clear. Money means nothing to me so please stick as much as you want up your ass "

Nikolai was told that she was fierce and hot-tempered but he didn't believe it until now. 

"And get this in to that thick skull of yours, what happened between us was nothing but a single night stand. I don't want to ever see your stupid face again ".

Champagne turned around, with her head held high she left. 

What an Idiot !!