chapter 8
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JUNO's POV
"Oh, my God! Where have you been? I thought something bad happened to you or you might have got kidnapped already because I couldn't find you anywhere!" I forced a smile at Maggie. Mr. Amouretti and I just came out of his study room and we came across Maggie at the hallway. She was obviously worried while searching for me. Behind her was Kyrus. He was cupping his head. He looked like he had a hangover as well.
"I'm fine. Mr. Amou---I mean Brey and I just discussed about something important." It was silly but I had the difficulty saying his first name. We've been in last name basis ever since we met and calling him by his first name felt weird.
Before we came out of his study, he already told me that we would begin pretending as a couple the moment we go out of the room. He also noted that we should start calling each other by our first names, even in front of Maggie and Kyrus.
"I told you, she's fine but you didn't believe me." Kyrus said to Maggie. She glared at him.
"Shut up, Kyrus! This is your fault! Why did you bring us here at Brey's house anyway? What if my husband came here?!" that surprised me. I didn't know that Maggie knew Mr. Amouretti as well.
"I brought you two here with me because I couldn't just leave you behind at the bar last night. I didn't have the energy to drive you home so I decided to bring you here. Besides, I think it's better if my best friend come here right now so that you two could fix your problem. Not like this that you're hiding from him." I heaved a sigh. My headache this early in the morning came back because of just watching the two of them.
"I think, Kyrus did the right thing. Your husband will be mad if he heard about you going to a bar. Even I doesn't like the idea that my girlfriend here went to that kind of place last night." My jaw dropped because of what Brey just said. He even put his arm over my shoulders and then pulled me closer to him.
My body stiffened like a statue.
Maggie and Kyrus had the same expression on their faces while looking at us in wonder.
"What? Did I hear it right, man? She's your girlfriend?" Kyrus questioned him as if he wasn't sure if he really heard him say that.
"Yes. She's my girlfriend." I couldn't move my body at all. I felt uneasy of the fact that we were lying to them. I swallowed hard as I tried to calm myself down. I needed to act naturally.
"How come? You just met her last night at the bar, right? You even treated her coldly. Even though I didn't hear everything that you told her, I knew that you weren't being nice to her back then." Kyrus answered, totally unconvinced.
"We just had a little bit of misunderstanding but we already sorted it out. We've been in a relationship for a month now. We met in Greece and fell in love. We had a fight before I left Greece that's why she came here to apologize to me because it was her fault why we had a tiff in the first place." I couldn't help but to feel irritated of what he said.
How dare he made me look like a bad girlfriend? He even said that I followed him here just to apologize! The nerve...There's a truth of what he said, right? You followed him here in the USA but not as a girlfriend. You followed him here to ask for his consideration about MMTC...
I groaned inwardly.
Kyrus and Maggie remained silent while staring at us suspiciously. Then Kyrus' face lit up.
"Really?! That's a good news then. I thought this guy had a plan of just staying single until he dies but I was wrong after all." He blurted and then laughed.
"Fùcker!" I heard Brey hiss but Kyrus' laugh became even louder.
I looked at Brey's face and I suddenly felt nervous when I saw how serious he was while glaring at Kyrus but that didn't even affect him.
"Hey, I'm just kidding, man. You don't have to be so serious." He said when his laughs died down.
"Anyway, I need to go home now. Want me to drive you home, ladies?" Kyrus offered after.
"You said that one of your men brought my car here, right, so we don't need you to drive us home. We can manage." Maggie answered. I was about to say something when one of the maids approached us.
"Sir, you have a visitor." She informed Brey. His eyebrows furrowed.
"Who is it?"
"It's Mr. Pearce, sir." I heard Brey tsk.
"Sh*t!" Maggie grunted. Panic was written all over her face. She was about to run towards the room where we slept last night when an unfamiliar face came into our view. He had two men wearing black suits behind him. He had a serious look on his face. He had a tousled black hair with ruggedly handsome face. His amber eyes were staring daggers at Brey. Just like Brey, he also looked intimidating but the one thing that caught my attention was the 2 thin slits on his right eyebrow.
"What is my wife doing in your house, Amouretti?" the air thickened around us. I looked at Brey. I thought he would get intimidated but he looked so calm. He shrugged his shoulders.
"Why don't you ask Kyrus here?" Kyrus made a peace sign at Maggie's husband.
"I brought her here, bud. Don't worry, she was with Ms. Morgan here." he didn't react but his eyes turned into slits as he shifted his gaze on Maggie who was biting her lower lip.
"Let's go home." The way he said those words were firm but instead of obliging, Maggie suddenly went to Brey's side and then wrapped her arm around Brey's arm.
"I don't want to go home with you, Marco! I'll stay here with Brey." She answered stubbornly. I could already picture her husband breathing fire because of the expression on his face. His jaw were flexing.
Before anyone could react, he suddenly scooped Maggie up onto his arms and then walked out of the house.
"Help! This man is kidnapping me!" I heard Maggie screaming. I was about to follow them when Brey stopped me by the hand. My eyes widened because of that sudden contact. I felt like an electric-like sensation crawled up my spine because of his touch.
He had a muscular body but his touch was gentle, contrast with his personality.
"Don't bother." He said.
"But---"
"---Don't worry. Marco is her husband. He would never hurt her in any way. He might look like a dangerous man but it's different when it comes to Maggie." Kyrus said with assurance but I still couldn't help but to get worried about Maggie.
"But he looked so mad at Maggie." I answered exasperatedly.
"We already told you. Marco might look dangerous but he would never hurt a girl, especially Maggie. I know because he's my friend." Brey said and then let go of my hand.
"Yes. Don't worry too much. So, I'll drop you home, I guess? Maggie already got kidnapped by her husband and I'm sure, he took her car as well." Kyrus said with amusement.
"Don't bother. I'll drive her home." That took me by surprise. I wasn't expecting for Brey to say that. I suddenly felt uneasy of the idea of him driving me home.
"I-It's okay. I'll just go with Kyrus."
"Yes, bud. I'll be going to the same direction anyway." Brey was about to answer when his phone rang.
"I'll just take this call." he then walked away.
"Are you sure my friend here didn't blackmail you or something?" Kyrus asked out of the blue. That caught me off guard but I managed to gather myself together and acted naturally.
"What do you mean?"
"Well, he said that you're his girlfriend but when he put his arm over your shoulders, you suddenly looked tensed. I don't know if I was just imagining things or what though." I gulped inaudibly.
"Maybe you were just seeing things because we're really together." I bit my lower lip upon saying that lie. He scratched the back of his head and then chuckled.
"Yeah, maybe I'm just thinking way too much or maybe because I have a hangover right now." I forced my smile.
"Why did Maggie's husband looked so mad a while ago?" I couldn't help but to voice out my curiosity.
"It's just a mild tiff between a husband and wife."
"I know that but he became angrier when Maggie approached Brey." That made Kyrus laugh.
"You noticed that, huh? Well, that's because Maggie used to have a huge crush on Brey." I didn't know why but I suddenly felt a weird feeling inside my chest upon hearing that. I quickly shoved that thought away. That's crazy! Impossible...
"Hey, don't think about that. That was a long time ago. Maggie already has Marco while Brey have you." he teased.
"It's okay. It was just a crush anyway." That made Kyrus chuckle.
"That's my girl." he even tapped me on my shoulder.
"Hey, don't ever call her your girl. She's mine, Kyrus. Hands off." my breath literally got trapped in my throat upon hearing that. Brey already came back and he looked like a jealous boyfriend. His tone was possessive and if I wasn't aware that we were just pretending as a couple, his acting would have already convinced me.
Kyrus raised his hands as if he was surrendering. He had a wide smile on his face.
"Chill, bud. I didn't mean anything of saying that." He explained.
"You know that I hate it when others touch what's mine, whatever it is." Kyrus rolled his eyes.
"I know. I was just teasing Ms. Morgan here. No need to be so serious. You're really like a grouchy spinster."
"You---!" before Brey could complete his sentence, Kyrus already ran away.
"I'll go on ahead. See you around, Juno." He said with a loud voice before he closed the door. I couldn't help but to get amused of him. He obviously loves pissing off Brey.
I looked at Brey and he was shaking his head.
"That guy" he muttered before he looked at the wall clock.
"It's already almost 9 am. Wait for me here. I'll just take a bath and then we'll go."
"You don't have to drive me home. I can manage. I'll just take the bus." I declined.
"No. Wait for me here."
"He's so persistent." I mumbled to myself.
"What did you say?" I gave him an exaggerated smile.
"Nothing. I said, you're handsome but unfortunately, deaf." Before he could answer, I turned my back on him and then went to the kitchen to drink water.
After that, I went to the living room and then waited for him there while fiddling on my phone. Then I remembered to call my mom.
"Hello, Juno. How's everything there?"
"Everything's fine, mom. Anyway, how are you?" I asked in return.
"I'm fine. Don't think about me here and just concentrate on what you have to do there." I nodded my head as if she's seeing me.
I suddenly remembered about her son. Now that Brey and I would pretend as a couple, I should use that as an opportunity to know him better and confirm if he was really the missing son of my step-mom.
"Yes, mom. I'll do everything to get what I came here for. Anyway, don't think about me too much. Just concentrate on your medications and I'll be the one to look for your son."
"Thank you, sweetheart. You don't know how important this is to me." she answered emotionally. We talked for a couple of minutes more before I ended the call.
"Let's go." I tilted my head from staring at my phone when I heard that baritone voice. I almost gasped loudly when I saw him. He looked so dashingly handsome. His hair was still wet and he looked so neat. I felt like I was caught in a spell while staring at him like crazy.
"Are you okay? I know that I'm handsome but you don't have to stare at me like that." that made me snap out of my trance-like state. There was a hint of amusement in his amethyst eyes and that made my cheeks heated in embracement.
"Excuse me! I wasn't staring at you! Besides, you're not even that handsome. Rocco is more handsome than you!" Such a liar. You know that he's way more handsome than Rocco! My head shouted but I ignored it. Of course,
"Really? Whatever floats your boat." He said sarcastically and then walked past me. He had a smirk on his face and it irritated me.
I followed him. We went out of his house and then went to his garage. I saw 5 different cars in there. He unlocked the red Chiron. I was about to get in when I suddenly remembered something.
"I forgot my bag in the room." I informed him and was about to go back when he spoke.
"Don't bother. You will be coming back here after you get your things anyway." My lips parted in surprise.
"What do you mean?"
"We've already talked about this, right? You will live here with me starting today. I'll drive you home so that you could get your things."
"That soon? I thought---"
"---Yes, that soon. My father told me that we will be having a family dinner three days from now so we should start practicing and get to know each other before that happens. I don't want us to make any mistake in front of my family so we should prepare now." I swallowed hard. I didn't know what to think of all this.
All I knew was, I need to comply in order to get what I want. If I need to play with his games, then so be it.
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