Chapter 08

IRIS'S P.O.V

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The car stops in front of a company made with pure glass, my eyes goes round, and I stared at the building through the car's window. The skyscraper, gorgeous, but would never be a place for a girl like me, Never!.

The car's door opens again and I get out. My wandering eyes yet again goes back to stare at the skyscraper.

In front it was written "STEEL'S". Immediately I see that, I feel my heart becoming bitter, as only one person comes to my head, but still I manage to ignore it.

The woman's car stops as well and I see her step out. Her eyes moving to the side, she looks at me, before gesturing me to come along with her.

She wants me to come along with her to gods know where. What relates us to each other, what does she wants and how does she knows me...

So many zillion questions clouded my head at once. I feel, no...I WANT to run far away from here, but my legs, as if been controlled, walked along with this woman into the hundred feet building.

"Click, Clack" With every step we took, I hear her heels hitting the cold glass floor. Her bodyguards walking right at our back in complete silence, only the sound of her heels was heard.

My hands shivering, I swallowed hard.

Even if I wanted to, there was no where to run anymore. The bodybuild bodyguards were far too frightening, they were enough to terrify a spineless coward like me.

Suddenly her heels stop clicking and her legs stops. As if she read my mind, I watch her turn around to face her guards..

"Leave us alone now" Her voice echoing, she commanded and within seconds they vanished before I could even blink. She turns around and glance at me, her eyes told me to keep on moving forward.

I shivered again and nodded my head. She shifts her gaze away from me, before walking forward as well. I followed her footstep like a frightened hen. Only gods knows what the fuck was happening.

Going up to the highest floor with the elevator, I watch my useless eyes stare at her, as we keep on walking.

She's strange and not like the tales I have heard about how rich women behaves. She's like a mixture of warm and cold, strict and at the same time calm...

"Stop staring, it's not proper" She said without even looking at me, how did she noticed?, I questioned myself feeling my cheeks burn with embarrassment.

Her heels stopping again, we pause standing in front of a office door. My heart raced, but she made it more worst by giving me a questionable smile. I feel my legs shiver and I bite my lower lip to control the urge to go mad.

The door opens and my frightened heart stopped beating. In a distance I see the one that I vow to never show my face to ever again, the one who took my virginity and sent me away the next morning as if it was ever my fucking fault.

That one man was standing distance away from me.

A part slowly made sense to me: This was the fucking billionaire's mother, but why she needed me was where the puzzle laid.

Slowly his eyes mets mine and rage overcomes me, poisoning my blood. What the fuck is going on here!

"You!"... He looked at me, before glancing back at his mother, I see his fist clenching.

"You can go now mother, thank you" He whispered, giving a smile so fake anyone would notice, but she keeps her cool. My eyes goes back to her, she gives me a faint smile, before walking out, shutting the door behind her back.

As soon as she leaves, more anger floods through my blood. I turn back and I see him move closer to me, staring straight into my eyes. I look into his as well, but I don't feel intimidated in the slightest.

The world pausing, we stood inches away from each other in silence. He thinks he can make me weak again, but he's so darn wrong. Am not the same Iris that cried in front of him, trying to prove my innocence.

"God damnit!" The night we shared flashed back into my memory and I move a step away from him, he moves away from me as well.

"Looking at your damn face makes me sick" He whispered out doing nothing to hide his disgust, but I don't fucking care, not one bit.

"Why am I here" My arms crossing together, I look at his face, even though it makes my blood boil.

His eyes shifting back to me, I watch him nod his head.

"You're right, let's go straight to the point, shall we?" His voice echoing out, his legs walked close to me, his breath touching my skin, he paused.

The feeling I felt on our night together, the shameless desire comes back to me and I look at his face. Our eyes met again for a few minutes, but it felt like an entire lifetime. He finally walks pass me and my anger comes back again.

"I despise you Mr. Billionaire, I hope you know that" I whispered in the cold air, but I doubt he heard it.

I remained in the same spot, looking at him. He walks to the shelf, his hands dipping in, he searches for something, before finally finding it.

My eyes looking at his hand, he holds a file with it, it was more like a document. The memory comes back again and I remember how he scribbled down a cheque for me, before tossing it to my face, I bite my lip.

He takes a step forward, coming closer to me again.

"Sign it!" He commands, making me pissed off.

"What the fuck is this" I looked at him straight in the eyes, he let out a deep breath, I see his right fist clench again, he was trying to hold his anger, but I don't fucking care.

"What's...

"A contract, sign it" He cuts me off, looking away from me. My mind going blank, am lost again and I yelled.

"What?"...

"Are you deaf!" He yelled back at me, before taking another deep breath, trying to compose himself.

"One year..." His eyes pierced into mine.

"For one year, you'll live with me and become my wife" My eyes going round, I look at him in disbelief, but still he keeps on talking.

"Do you want the unborn child to be termed illegitimate" I hear his voice, it rings on my ears and I find my legs stagger back.

Finally everything fell into place, making sense. My mind completed the puzzle: He knows am pregnant, his mother does too, my inner self yelled out to me.

But audrey was the only person at the hospital with me, how did they find out. My head starts arching again and I found myself falling into another round of confusion, but I try not to show it in front of him

My eyes goes back to him, he wasn't doing this out of his own will....

"Where's your lover, Camille" The question comes as a shocker to him, his fist clenched again and I noticed.

I hit him where it hurts, but I still don't care.

"Is that what your damn mind told you to ask me" He yelled with grit teeth and silence filled in room, I feel like am going to suffocate.

"If I was still with her, I would never have told you to sign this" I hear him whisper out, before taking a step closer to me, our eyes locks again, I see his face squeeze.

"If you have any single sense, you'll sign the contract so the child won't be termed out of wedlock" His eyes deep into mine, he had no effect on me whatsoever, I looked away.

Now he's acting as if he cares, but am fucking tired of deceit all the damn time, my eyes find it way back to his.

"Why are you pretending you are a good man, when you clearly are not" I paused...

"Is it because your mother is here?" I asked arching my eyebrow. His lips curving, his eyes was boiling.

One step, he moves closer to me...

Another step, am standing with my back on the bare wall with nowhere to go.

His burning eyes on mine, he was trying to kill me with them, his breath touch my skin.

"You're right, I am not a good man" He placed his right hand on the wall.

"Sign the damn contract or get the fuck out of here" Whispering out, his voice was deadly.

He's one of those men capable of doing anything possible when he's angry.... but no, am not going to be his prey!

My eyes finds it way up again, meeting his light blue ones in an eye lock. It was intense.

"I told you Mr. Billionaire that am never going to show my face to you ever again, if not because of your mother, I would never be here"

I bended over his arm and walked away from the wall. His eyes shocked, this was what I wanted.

Am fucking tired of everyone playing with me, now it's was time for me to be the bad guy. I look at his shocked face, his lips are shut.

"You need to understand that I would never break my promise" I said, before turning around to leave, only to find myself stopping halfway. I looked back at him.

"As for the child, he is my unborn baby and I am capable of taking care of my own child on my own, I don't need you, or anyone else fucking help" I yelled, before taking a deep breath.

My legs moving closer, I stand few inches away from him.

His eyes on mine, speechless. My lips curved, it was time to part ways forever.

"Goodbye Mr Xavier Steel"

The last word leaving my lips, I turned around and stomped out.

Enough was enough!