CHAPTER FOUR

SCARLETT’s POV.

“Sorry” I muttered as I came to a halt behind him while rubbing on my forehead gently. He had a very broad back and I was lucky not to have really bumped into him.

Mr Fenrir turned to me, a small frown on his face.

“Are you okay?” He asked, his voice laced with enough concern towards me and I nodded.

“Yes, sir. I.,,.”

“You should watch where you are going” he cuts me off, “I don’t want you to get hurt”

I swallowed hard at his words. Was he concerned about me genuinely or he just felt obligated to do it?

“Sorry”

That was the only word I could say with his gaze lingering on me like that, somewhere inside of me, I was already feeling too conscious of myself with this way his gaze was settled on me.

“You can look at me as much as you want, love” Mr fenrir said after a while, “just don’t get hurt in the process”

With a small smile on his lips, he gently grabbed a hold of my hand again before leading me towards the in-house elevator. I tried as much as possible not to look at him again until we were out of the elevator and making our way towards his garage.

My mouth hung open when I saw his fleet of cars, they were so exquisite and I have genuinely not seen any of those cars on the road before.

“You get your own cars customized?” I asked him and he nodded.

“Wouldn't it be a shame if I can not have my own cars customized?” He inquired, his brows raising and I couldn’t help but notice the hint of pride in his voice. I wasn't trying to hide it and I could understand. I mean I would be worse if I was in this kind of a situation.

“Pick one” he said gesturing towards them, “we will ride in your choice”

I gulped, he was giving me an opportunity to pick one. I looked over the room and I genuinely didn’t know which one to choose. They were all so beautiful and so pretty, I didn’t know which to choose.

Making up my mind, I pointed towards one and someone immediately walked into the garage with the keys. My eyes opened wide for a moment, I didn’t see anyone on the way.

“The Porsche it is then” Mr Fenrir announced and in no time, the car accelerated out of the premises.

This was my first time being in a smooth ride such as this and the first time I was actually admiring the beauty of my city, it was really breathtaking.

Mr Fenrir and I didn’t have any conversation between us because he was busy on the phone the whole time until he finally brought the car to the halt and the huge myriad logo in front of me caught my attention.

This was myriad’s headquarters and it was bigger than I have seen in pictures.

The door of the car opened automatically and I alighted with Mr Fenrir by my side almost immediately.

“Good morning sir” another handsome looking man walked up to us with a slight bow.

“Has everything been put in place?” Mr Fenrir asked and he nodded.

“Good”

He then turned his focus to me, his gaze softening,

“Alexander here will take you to the race track where the car will be tested, you can wait for me yeah?”

“Yes, Mr Fenrir” I answered and he nodded.

“Take good care of her” he told Alexander, “she is under your care”

After he was done talking, he made his way into the building while Alex turned to me with a small smile on his face.

“Come with me, miss Scarlett”

“Not to worry” a voice said behind us and I turned to see another man coming at us.

For a moment, my mouth hung open at the sight of him. He was clad in a pair of black suit and his hair was left to fall in ringlets beside him, reminding me of Mr Fenrir for a split second. That cold and dangerous feeling enveloped me again, the one I felt anytime I was with Mr Fenrir, it was emitting from this man and I wondered how the two of them were related.

“I will take care of her”

“Mr Ash” I heard Alexander call out to him, “I don’t think you should worry about that, Mr Fenrir asked me to take care of her personally”

“You have some other things to take care of, Alex” he said, “and moreover he knows that I am here, just let me” with a gentle smile gracing his face, he returned his focus to me,

“Nice to meet you after so long, miss scarlett” he said and a huge frown appeared on my face. He knew me too? Just how many people know me? I couldn’t even have my head wrapped around it anymore.

“Do you know me?”

“Of course I do” he replied, “I know you like the back of my hand”

“Why? I mean how?”

“Come, I will take you to the race tracks” he said, “you can tell him that I have taken her with me”

Not bothering to wait for my response or even Alexander’s, he turned around and began to walk towards the rear of the building.

“You can go with him” Alex told me, “I will inform the boss”

Heaving a sigh, I turned on my heel and also followed him.

We didn’t stop until we got to the race tracks and my mouth hung open once again. Myriad had it all, everything one could think of. Haven’t seen a race track like this before.

“You look surprised” Mr Ash came to a halt in front of me and I had to stop myself from bumping into him.

“Who exactly are you and how do you know me?”

“I know you because Mr Fenrir knows you” he blurted.

“How? What…

“The race is starting soon” he cuts me off and I followed his gaze to see Mr Fenrir making his way towards the group of people gathered a few feet away from us.

He looked very serious and part of me admired him, how he looked in that outfit.

“Come”

Mr Ash began to walk away and I followed him without any questions asked.

We both found a suitable spot and sat down. After a while, we saw the new car being driven slowly out of its garage.

“Wow!” The word was out of my mouth before I could even stop myself. One word… It looked beautiful.

After a few minutes, I saw Mr Fenrir get into the car and got ready for testing it.

“We will be testing the entire system of the car now” a voice announced over the microphone.

After a while, the car accelerated out of the driveway and towards the race tracks.

This was my first time seeing a car being tested and I loved it.

“He used to be a professional racer” Mr Ash announced and once again I was mesmerized. It seems this man was a whole lot of things.

None of us said anything to each other again as we continued watching Mr Fenrir and his team test the car.

After about thirty minutes, he was finally done and seeing how everyone was clapping and cheering on, I was sure it was a success. But that was not what I was even concerned about, it was the fact that he was not walking towards me with an expressionless look on his face.

“You” he pointed at me, “come over here”

A slight scowl appeared on my face as he came to stand in front of me, his gaze darkening with each passing moment.

“I brought you here to watch me test the car and you are here chit chatting with him?”

“ I watched you” I tried defending myself, “i really did”

“She is just as we expected her to be” Ash chipped in making me more confused, “i am sure this will be a rollercoaster ride”

Not saying anything again, he turned around and walked away leaving the two of us. I didn’t even know how to place him, now I was concerned about the relationship they both shared.

“Stay away from him” he ordered.

“What? Why…

“That’s rule number two” Mr Fenrir said again, “stay away from Ashely”

Before I could bring myself to respond to him, he thrusted out his hand and grabbed mine before making his way towards the building again but I was observant enough to see the paparazzis clicking pictures of us. Was this man not worried about what the papers might say about him?

I knew he was aware of the paparazzis too but Mr Fenrir completely ignored them as we made our way towards the building with Alexander rushing towards us.