CHAPTER 4

Selene's POV.

Two hours later,

I ended up hissing at every turn. Because I have never met anyone who made my skin crawl like Jacob. What the hell did he even think he was? I wondered.

It isn't my fault that our parents decided to make us marry each other, but he wasn't going to treat me according to that mistake. I also had other people that were my perfect choice not him of all people.

"You must be kidding me. I have to permit you to start staying with me, not just jumping yourself, and I like vision simply because you can." He responded.

I decided to call my friend if you know what I would run out of my mind. This wasn't what I wanted from myself and I was going to get freedom no matter who tried to camp me down.

"Hi, babe," Lily spoke through the receiver, making me laugh. She was a crazy b**** who decided to live her life on the fast lane. I could almost imagine how she reacted at the time she knew that I was in a bondage called a marriage.

"Where are you?" She demanded but I didn't know how to start explaining where exactly I was because it could make her laugh at me to scorn. "Don't tell me that you are at a man's house." She said.

I rolled my eyes but decided to follow through with my act. "Maybe, maybe not," I said in a sing-song voice.

I realized that Jacob was still standing and staring at me so I decided to channel my inner actress to make him regret his entire existence.

"You're such a bad girl. You are at a man's house?"

I knew that I was probably digging a hole for myself because none of this was true, but no one would know, so I could wing it. I shrugged, "My man is the best person to ever walk on the face of the Earth, so I guess if I want to be with him every time of the day, it is worth it. I don't have any more to say to you." I said putting up a satisfied act.

Jakob groaned in the distance and I smiled. "You are not going to whore yourself around in my presence. I will not tolerate any form of stupidity no matter who it is coming from. If you are going to stay in my house then you are going to play by my rules. Everyone knows this."

My head rang with anger. This man had a way of always getting on my last just from his speech. "Who is that?" Lily asked over the phone, and I decided to end the conversation. I didn't want her to realize that something was going on between me and my supposed man.

"I'll call you back, Lily," I said and ended the call before glaring at him. "Pray tell what your rules might be," I asked him showing that I didn't care about any of his feelings. He could go to hell for all I cared.

"I want to have you talking about another man under this roof. I'm sure your greedy ass is so happy that you are finally having the life you have dreamed of, but you would Accord me the respect I need for giving you that. I don't want you to communicate with friends who are going to expose our arrangement."

I chuckled "Aha, Mr. Jakob... Who would have thought that you would want so much secrecy for a marriage? I believed that he would want to flaunt everything that you've got. I'm sure you are probably regretting the fact that I didn't accept your proposal that easily and now want to camp me down. I will not go in communicado with people simply because a man said so." I replied stubbornly.

He looked like he was about to throttle me, but sadly, that didn't work because he kept on clenching his fists. I wasn't going to make life easy for him because he had decided to come into my life and disrupt the balance; therefore, I was going to return the same energy and wait for him to deal with the consequences.

"I'm sure whoever suggested this was blind. You are the most horrible person that I ever come in contact with."

That stung. He had never met me and found an opinion about me. "Do you think I would beg for your opinion to be changed? Of course not, I don't need to please you or do anything that makes you see me in a good light. I am the most horrible person in the world and you would deal with me accordingly. I only have a few rules. We can coexist peacefully without talking to each other or acknowledging that the other exists. That would help matters a lot and I'm sure you can do that." I responded.

I saw him struggling to move his legs to no avail and I suddenly felt pity for him. "Can I help you?"

"No!" He barked, trying to prove a non-existent strength.

"Why don't you allow me to help you to move to wherever you want to be? I might not be a fan of this sham called a marriage, but it doesn't mean that I would want to see you crash to the ground because of your stupid ego." I retorted.

His nostrils flared in anger but he refused to answer me. "I would rather die than allow you to touch me. You finally have everything you want, so why don't you go ahead and enjoy it like the gold digger you are than trying to pretend to help out." He snapped.

I understood that people in his condition were always irritable but I guess this was his usual character.

Shrugging carelessly, I spoke. "I honestly do not care whatever you think about me. At least I can sleep with good conscience that you refused my help. I wonder what your father would say." I said in a singsong voice again.