Amanda's Pov

I furrowed my brows , neatly placed the folk on the table and wiped off my hands with the napkin as I prepared myself to question him in order to sort out the confusion which battled in my brain ,"Why is your blood not boiling with anger , I literally locked you in my room's bathroom "

He took a bite of his sandwich , eyed me without breaking any contacts even for once . I turned my attention away for a while and then settled it towards his direction .I raised my brows as an attempt to expect an answer but to my surprise he was silent, very silent.

"What ?", he chuckled.

"Answer me ", fine , I was growing impatient .

"The question is ?", he acted all holy . I wanted to stab him innumerable time. It was weird because he didn't shout or insult me even for once . He was acting all cool adding fumes to my anger . 

I fake smiled outstretching my lips a bit more than normal ,"Why are you not mad at me , I locked you in the bathroom , I scored a point against you . Where is the ass-hole in you ? Did it die ? Or I should wait for uglier consequences ?"

He chuckled gulping his bites with a sip of orange juice ,"Why would I be mad at you ? you turned me on , I got a chance to, you know, kiss you . I partly made love to you there , I don't regret anything , not even the consequences which you served me "

"Oh , and now you're talking dirty "

"You just initiated it , I'm just appreciating your actions with my words ", I turned my head away , I felt embarrassed , very embarrassed . He was stretching the topic on purpose, to bring out the shyness within me. 

"I should be rejoining office ", I glanced straight in his dark blue eyes . His expressions didn't look much satiating to my last sentence . He didn't answer me , considering my question irrelevant . "I can't just stay here doing nothing , take me with you . I'll die out of boredom here , please "

He kept a finger on my lips shutting me down ,"Don't you ever talk about  dying again . No one's gonna die , if death's gonna come than it has to encounter me before you ", I gasped , my heart raced at his unanticipated reaction . It was suppose to be a joke, why did he take it to another level? why did he acted like my life was very important to him.

"Okay ! ", I breathed in, I didn't  have anything else to say so....

"Mr Reynolds ", I paused "I mean Aaron ", I interrupted the silence .

"I like it when you call me by my first name, it sounds sexy ", he broke my words whilst continuing his sentence .

I pouted annoyingly ,"I'm calling you by your firs--"

"Yeah , because you don't respect me anymore . I've heard that story a while ago ", he cut my sentence and preceded his.

Poking him on his chest with my pointer finger , I warned him to shut the fuck up . Before, he didn't speak at all and now there was no off switch or maybe we seemed to take each other's place, let me minus my clumsy part first though .

After waiting for the atmosphere to calm down , I broke the silence ,"If I'm staying here , I'm paying you for the expenses which are being incurred for my good . I-uh can't just stay with you without paying a penny , what will people consider me ? A gold digger ? your mistress? "

He didn't seem pretty much convinced with my offer ,"Maybe you should leave the thinking part on me ", he looked at me with a poker face . I folded my hands firmly , making up my mind to not settle on anything rather than what I proposed for . Considering the fact that , whoever eats /drinks without paying for it , is supposedly a gold digger .

"I'll take money from a woman ? Really ?", he arched his brows "You're hitting straight on my manhood ego . I know you're not a gold digger , okay ? ", he pulled my chair closer interrupting the distance which kept us apart . I inhaled, my eyes widened in shock .

My side thighs almost touched his knees, there was clothing which came in between of course ,"I am not taking any money from you ", he propelled his decision.

I scoffed ,"Fine , I am not staying here without paying you . ", he nodded his head from left to right simply meaning a no . I was firm on my decision too so I picked myself up in order to leave his mansion but he had great grip over my arms . He yanked me closer to him which ended my ass on his thighs .

I pulled away at once but his grip was stronger. Maybe,  I should hit the gym.My cheeks touched his nose leaving me uncomfortable , my cheeks heated red and my heart raced. Was there an off switch over these happenings which took birth in my body on sensing his touch?

"So ? Mr Pervert ? ", I decided to skip straight to the topic without beating around the bush.

"I already took a decision , I am not taking a single money from you ", I felt a tickle in my stomach because of the warmth of his body , my brain cells ceased to function and so did my reflexes . Why was the most uncomfortable place blessing me with the comfort I desired for .

I tucked away my hair-lock behind my ear, gazed straight in his eyes and continued ,"You can't take money from me but you can atleast deduct it from my provident fund? You can, right? "

"I can but I won't ", he smiled .

"Please, the thought of some unknown paying for my expenses suffocates me, it hits straight on my self-respect "

"Unknown ?", he questioned in a low tone ,"Yeah, okay! ", he continued whilst settling me on the other chair again. He sauntered slowly towards the stairs, precisely his room . "Aaron ",I shouted his name , he turned around instinctively facing me .

I unseated myself and walked towards him, I halted when we weren't much away from each other ,"I have a presentation tomorrow, in college.  I can't miss it at any chance which means I have to leave this place in the morning. I can't afford to miss it, it'll reflect directly on my grades. I assure, I'll be safe "

After stating my decision , I took small steps towards my room . He neither replied nor answer me, he was back to being the old Aaron Reynolds who considered every statement of mine irrelevant. 

I straightened myself on the bed , covered my body with the sheets and closed my eyes to relax. Days weren't as hard as I expected here . 

I woke up the moment my alarm started ringing, sunshine beamed through the window spreading light everywhere . No matter how much I wanted to stay in bed, I couldn't. After encountering a parcel on the table which was closer to my bed , I pulled it towards my direction and opened it.

It had a note over it, it read 'To Miss Waters', I knew who was it from.There was only one person in this world who was hesitant to call me by my first name.  I don't know which century he belonged to.

Memories relating to parcels drifted across my mind , how he sent me the waitress uniform when he wanted to annoy me, how he sent me a classy dress when he doubted my fashion sense . A part of me didn't want to open the parcel and the other part was curious too.

I quickly unwrapped the parcel after taking possession of the box . It wasn't heavy but it wasn't light either. It was neatly wrapped with a professional brown paper . To my astonishment, there was a white shirt with black trousers within it . It also had a letter 'thought you had nothing formal to wear'

A small smile naturally took birth on my lips, I tightened my lips so as to prevent myself from blushing anymore. It had a 'A' inscribed at the bottom of the letter , I couldn't really figure out what it denoted, Aaron or Amanda ? The main question was, since when did he start to think about someone who wasn't him . 

Rushing towards the bathroom, I quickly showered , fixed my hairs after drying my body . I covered my body with the formals , it fitted me perfectly . I analyzed my reflection in the mirror , gathered my hair in a ponytail, applied some lip gloss and left the room . I wasn't really prepared for the presentation but I knew Gina would brush me up at the end moment. 

After strolling towards the exit of the big-long mansion, I eyed around to catch a glimpse of Mr Reynolds but to my content or maybe discontent, my eyes couldn't locate him. 

To my joy, after a long long time I was going to college all by myself without any bodyguard . I breathed in cheerfully whilst exiting the door . There's a very famous proverb in English ,'Speak of the devil and it arises'

"Oh, You ", I fake smiled . He observed me from eye to toe, I matched my eye-balls with his as an attempt to inspect that whether something was wrong with my clothing. 

"Good Morning ", his hands were dug in either side of his narrow-fit pants which were paired with a black coat . His shirt's white fabric could be seen through, a tie added cherry to his formal look .

"I doubt on that since you wished me", I took small steps completely avoiding him . I could hear the steps which followed me. On totally ignoring him , I removed my phone from my clutch to book an Uber . On succeeding on my booking, I tried getting in as the driver parked right next to his gate. 

I felt obstructed, I couldn't move further as I felt a grip of someone's hands on my right wrist. I was pulled aback when my body got locked in his direction. "Stop acting all violent for once", I stated annoyingly .

"We don't need your ride , I'm ready to pay though. Here's my card ", he propelled his card towards the driver, he redirected the card to him whilst pushing it in his direction again . He entered his pin, removed the card and nodded looking at the driver whilst bidding him farewell. 

"You're coming with me ", he commanded dragging me towards his car . He opened the door for me, I hopped in instinctively without debating further. I didn't want to spoil my mood and my day . 

I draped the seat-belt across my body, I looked towards the window and avoided his existence completely . He didn't interrupt a word either . The remaining ride was silent and boring. All I could hear was the sound caused due to the brakes and horns. 

Turning my head a bit around for a while , I had the most embarrassing eye-contact with him. Was he shamelessly staring at me ? Well, for an instance, I was too. On reaching my college, he pulled the brake . 

"How long will it take ?", he interrupted the silence . 

"I don't know ", I shrugged . Even if I did, I didn't intend to tell him because why would I want to give up on my freedom, even for a while. But to be honest, I didn't have an answer myself. 

I exited the car all by myself, he followed my actions after he carefully parked his Jaguar. I had no interests in cars, I just knew them by their brand names. "Its my college ", I pouted "You can't just follow me everywhere "

He smirked looking at me "I know , right ? What makes you think I am gonna enroll my name in the student's list ? As decided, I'm going to accompany you in your way in."

"I didn't agree, Oh wait , it isn't even a mutual decision .", I offended.

"I decided on both of our behalves . Come, show me your college now ", he crooked his elbows, I totally neglected his actions and straightened my hands . I wasn't going to catch him whilst walking anyways. 

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