CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 3

Blake grabbed her arm and pulled her behind him. He was always a reasonable man, always calm and fair. He loathed the Hastings for as long as he could remember. He especially hated Kendall's father Augustus. Which in turn made him hate his only daughter the spoilt, over indulged little brat. She was her father’s reflection. She acted like Augustus, always looking down at everybody else, never giving in to demands and always ruthless in order to get his way. He had studied her father, Blake was actually intrigued by Augustus Hasting, everybody called him the king, because of his hard all or nothing nature and sure enough his daughter was named the princess. 

Deep down Blake thought to give her the benefit of the doubt, maybe she wasn't what he imagined her to be, that maybe, just maybe the rumours were wrong, boy was he sadly mistaken, she was more than the rumours he'd heard about, she was everything he feared and more. Blake didn't want to be harsh with her but it seemed it was going to be the only way to tame this insolent being.

Kendall seemed appalled to see a four wheel drive as the car of choice. "I will not get in that." Of course she said that… Why was he even surprised?

"Kendall get in the goddamn car before I throw you in." He was serious… Did she honestly expect him to see to her every desire? At this point Blake was speaking quietly to his stupid bride through clenched teeth,

"Where is the limo?" Oh how he wanted to smack her.

"Kendall, for heaven’s sake, get in the car, top of the range... See?" He opened the door for her to inspect, she eyed it out clearly not happy. =

"No." For the third time today this little hothead was making him lose his cool. He wasn’t going to bother. Fuck it… Let the audience get their fill. Blake lifted her ass and all but threw her in. He did warn her. He slammed the door hard and went to say his goodbyes to Jade.

Poor Jade looking so broken hearted. He grabbed her around her waist and kissed her deeply. Not caring if the entire world watched. He loved her and everybody would just have to accept that fact. He could be doomed to be married to this princess but in no way would that mean that he would live without Jade. Not going to happen, even if he lost everything. His plan was to make his bride as miserable as he could and maybe she would file for divorce granting him everything. 

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Kendall had witnessed the kiss and felt humiliated, he was deliberately playing with her. She knew his type. He wanted her to know that he made the rules and that she would abide by them. Yeah right, he would have to wait for hell to freeze over first. It took Kendall everything she had not to go down and kiss some random guy just to give him a taste of his own medicine. 

After he finished stuffing his tongue down that slut’s mouth Blake entered the car and took off not even waving to anybody. Kendall quickly shrugged his jacket off.

"So where are we off to?" She asked out of nothingelsetosayitis.

"No idea" He was full of talk this one…

"Sounds nice." He was an idiot. "Is this no idea far from here?"

"I need to head down this way, in about an hour I will receive the address of the location. It was stated that we are to follow exact orders to keep this truce going. Michael was very specific in his demands." 

"Michael was and idiot… What are his other demands, I really thought the marriage thing was it... Please don't tell me there is more?'' Blake looked over at her squinting his eyes.

"Your mother didn't feel the need to enlighten you with the details?"

"Actually no, she might have thought I wouldn't have gone through with it. She would have been correct."

"Demands so far are we are to be wed, we are to consummate the marriage and sire a child. We are to go to this specific location where we will sleep in the same bed for two weeks. No interference with any members of either family and no friends. When the honeymoon is over we will return to my house where you will live in order to keep the truce going." 

Kendall was having a very hard time taking this in. Her mother was an absolute lying witch. She never mentioned any of the above, except of course the wedding and the baby. Kendall wanted to pull out and end this whole farce. No way would she be able to handle all of these demands. What was Michael playing at? Why did he want this to happen?

"And you’re willing to play by the rules? Wow you must be desperate to agree to this and what about your poor girlfriend? Kind of feel sorry for her."

"That’s none of your business Kendall, you'd do well to remember that."

"Oh I'm sorry did I strike a nerve? She must love you a lot to allow you to marry another. Does she know the terms of this deal? Have you discussed in detail how it is going to be? She really must be a little slow to accept this. Slow or desperate... Who knows right?"

Kendall noticed the way his jaw was clenched. This was payback bitch, she would teach him to ever ill-treat her again.

She was surprised when Blake pulled the car over to the side of the road and put it in park. He was looking straight ahead as if trying to calm himself down. Kendall felt a moment of fear, just a moment then she recalled the way he had manhandled her earlier on and she was once again ready to rub salt in the wound.

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Blake counted to twenty, hoping he could regain some control, he was so close to losing his shit and belting his pain in the ass bride. She was fucking exhausting, he could handle a lot of things but he didn't take to kindly to Jade being insulted. Jade was his true love and his bride here needed to learn some fucking respect. Blake turned and looked at the brunette bombshell sitting in the passenger’s seat with not a care in the world.

"Listen carefully Kendall, I'm doing my best to remain calm with you. Jade is not your concern, please refrain from talking about her or insulting her. That is one thing I will not tolerate. I don't want to cause anymore animosity between us, we should try and be civil with each other at least that will make this entire ordeal a little easier on the both of us."

"Civil? You’re kidding right? Do I need to remind you that you had how you threw my phone, or how you smacked my ass? Civil? How civil were you when you kissed your precious Jade? Fuck you! I will never be civil with you." 

Blake counted to ten before he started the car and continued on their journey. She was not going to make this easy, he could tell from the word go how difficult KENDALL was going to make this entire situation for him. This was not going to be an easy thing to control, he was a control freak and this situation was fast spiralling out of control. 

After what seemed like forever on the road, Kendall wanted a break. They hadn't said a word to each other the entire time that they were back on the road. "I need to use the toilet. Find a cafe or something and pull over."

"Ask me nicely, I don't take orders." Blake was going to fight fire with fire.

"Please pull over." Said so monotoned. Oh how he wanted to smack her gorgeous mouth. Bitch rolled her eyes at him.

"Good girl... Maybe there is hope for you yet." He smiled when he saw her eyes widen at his comment.

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