Taken By The Arrogant Billionaire

“Now this is a pleasant surprise” Damon took a seat beside Valerie.

“What is?” She asked dully.

“You never call me out on your initiative. I do that all the time”

“Oh, really” she took a sip of the beer.

“I’m sure there is a reason. Can I hear it?”

She sighed helplessly. “You are right. I’m frustrated and confused right now. You know I once asked you how to know if you are starting to like someone ”

Damon paused.

“And?”

“I realized I have really fallen in love. It would have been better if he was single but he has someone he is about to marry. It scares me that I fell in love with a taken man”

“Who is this man?”

“You don’t know him” Even an idiot would know she wasn’t willing to say who it was.

“What do you think I should do?”

“Forget him. He is already engaged and you have no future together, so it is pointless. Distance yourself from him”

She blinked twice to stop the tears. “Maybe you are right. Time will surely make me forget him, but…..”

“But?”

She was in a tight spot. There was no way she would be able to stay away from him unless she resigned and she wasn’t willing to.

“Is there a reason you don’t want to do what I suggested?” Damon pressed further.

She bit her lips and forced a smile. “Let’s drink and forget our sorrows”

Damon chuckled. “Your sorrows, you mean?”

One hour later, she was dead drunk and was screaming how men were idiots. Damon in embarrassment paid for the drinks and carried her out.

“Let go of me. I can walk”

“Stop talking”

“Let. Me. Go” She hit him as she said this. He sighed and put her down. She pointed at him as she staggered.

“You don’t believe me, right? Watch carefully. I’m going to walk in straight to your car and – wait, did you bring your car?

“Yes. It is over there” he pointed at the other side.

“Okay. Watch me”

She hiccupped as her eyes rolled. She had not walked three steps when her legs hit the other and she fell. Damon shook his head and picked her up ignoring her protest.

“Oh, you are quite fast” she said as she opened her eyes and realized they had reached the house. She scrambled to get the door opened. Damon got out and did the job and she almost fell out but he caught her in time throwing her over his shoulder.

He knocked.

“There is no one in the house”

“Where is your key?”

“Key? Hmmmmmm, I think it’s….” she hiccuped again. “In my purse”

He found it, opened the door and walked into a dark house. He found the switch and turned it on.

By the time her laid her on the bed, she was fast asleep.

“Good night” he muttered.

“Jared?” She called softly but it was a bit loud in the quiet atmosphere.

Was she awake? He turned to her. Her eyes were still closed? Then was she dreaming? His eyes went to her lips. It was so pink that he felt like kissing it. Then like moth to flame, he began to walk towards her till his face was a few inches away from hers. Her soft breaths fanned his face and didn’t help matters. His lips was about to touch hers when he stopped. He had his principles. He would not take advantage of a woman like this.

He repeated the good night and walked out before he lost complete control of his sanity.

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She woke up the next morning wondering how she ended up on her bed. It must have been Damon. Her head hurt like shit. She groaned and dragged herself off the bed to get ready for work, the thought of seeing Jared again weighing heavily on her.

“Are you mad at me?” He asked suddenly.

“No” she replied simply and turned to leave. He quickly got out of his seat and stood at the door, preventing her exit.

“Please stay out of my way sir”

“Something is definitely wrong. Is this because of what I said at the party? I was just -”

“You meant it, Jared”

He paused before nodding. “You are right. I meant it but that was only because I was mad”

“Why would you be? You want me to be caged to you? Hell no!”

She tried to push him aside but he didn’t budge an inch.

“Out of my way”

“I’m sorry. It won’t happen again”

“Of course it won’t because there will be no next time for you to try that shit with me” she tried to push him again but nothing happened. She had no choice but to make use of her last resort. She raised her knee and kicked him in the groin. It worked. He bent over gripping his dick in pain. She pushed him aside and ran out.

After the incident, he stopped trying to talk about them.

Her birthday was finally here but she woke up grouchy.

No one was around to wish her a happy birthday except Sandy who sent her a limited edition wristwatch and her favorite chocolate which cheered her up a little. No one knew about her birthday so it went quite ordinary.

Strangely enough, Jared never once called her into his office. She didn’t see him until when she got off work. He was about to get into his car. She greeted him and he responded with a nod before driving away. She thought she would be relieved he wasn’t talking about them anymore but reverse was the case. She felt a bit pained at his indifference.

“It’s for the best” she assured herself. She met a bouquet of flowers at her doorstep from Damon. She didn’t remember telling him her birthday.

Her phone rang immediately she entered.

“Did you like my gift?”

“Yes. How did you know it’s my birthday?”

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“I did?”

“Yes. Once, when you were drunk”

She nodded. That was possible.

“Thank you for the gift”

The doorbell rang and she had to end the call. She opened the door and oddly, there was no one outside.

She tilted her head to the side in confusion. She definitely heard the ring. After looking around some more, she went back in. She had only taken a few steps when the doorbell rang again. This time, he heartbeat sped up.

“Who is it?” . There was no response. She picked up a tennis racket holding it shakily with her two hands as walked towards the door. She raised it even higher when the door opened but there was no one outside. She looked around and found no one. The street was silent. She was about to turn to leave when she heard a loud bang.