“What?” Amelia exclaimed the moment she heard what Ethan said.
“It’s shocking, isn’t it? So many women want to be with me but…..” Ethan trailed and then added, “I couldn’t believe it myself but it is what it is. I want you.” It was true… for some reason, he wasn’t afraid of her like the other women so he wanted her close.
Amelia raised her eyebrows wondering where Ethan’s confidence was coming from. ‘Is it because he’s filthy rich, handsome and sexy that he thinks every lady will fall at his feet when he wants?’
“You’re hot… but I’ll have to say no. sorry.”
“Yes, I’m hot and you’re sorry…. Wait.. what?!” Ethan narrowed his eyes when what Amelia said sank in.
He was very confident that after knowing who he was, she would happily jump into his arms but surprisingly, she said no. Ethan felt like a hand was squeezing his heart.
‘Why would she say no?’ He was confused. What was not to love about him?
“I see we have nothing else to talk about, I’m off. Please don’t call me again Mr CEO, what we had was just a one-night thing. We are not supposed to meet again,” Amelia said and stood up, walking towards the door when some sounds made her stop just before the door.
The sounds were voices of two people moaning and groaning erotically.
A tint of pink crept up Amelia’s face when she heard her own voice cursing and moaning loudly. But soon, the embarrassment turned to anger.
She turned around abruptly to face Ethan and shouted, “you recorded it?!”
“Yes.. and I am glad I did, otherwise I wouldn’t have anything to threaten you with,” Ethan said nonchalantly but he was praying she didn’t ask to see the video. He had only recorded the sound of her voice that night because it felt like music to his ears.
“Fuck you! You’re a pervert! Do your subordinates know you go around filming those you have sex with?” Amelia spat coldly, her cheeks were now puffed up due to anger and she looked like an angry kitten.
“I’ll gladly fuck you again my angel.. but not today since you don’t seem to want me. But I have one request for you, if you don’t agree I’ll release your video and make you debut as a porn-star,” Ethan said while chuckling internally at Amelia’s angry expression. ‘how cute.’ He thought.
“You’re such an asshole!! Fine, what do you want me to do.. anything apart from what you said earlier,” Amelia said begrudgingly.
“Be my date for a certain function. I need to attend it and I need you there.”
It was because Ethan intended to work with the Jones group that he wanted to attend the J&S company launch. But the owner was a woman and since he feared women, it would be difficult unless he went with Amelia. His gynophobia seemed to disappear when she was close to him.
Amelia sighed, “Ok…” she finally gave in, but only temporarily.
“Great.. let’s have lunch now,” Ethan said and when Amelia cocked a brow he added, “it’s just lunch, don’t tell me you’re not hungry.”
Ten minutes into the meal, Amelia felt irritated and glared at Ethan who kept staring at her.
“Why do you keep staring at me? It’s uncomfortable; can’t you concentrate on your food?” She scoffed.
Ethan chuckled and said, “I can’t help it. You’re so beautiful.”
Amelia’s heart skipped a beat as she internally cringed, ‘Oh no… he’s not just a pervert…. but a player too. Tsk tsk.’
If Ethan knew what she was thinking he would choke on his food. The poor man had not touched a woman in ten years!
….
“You should have told me it was the Jones group company launch. The owner is my best friend and I was beating myself up for not being able to attend her event,” Amelia complained as she got down from Ethan’s Bentley.
She had only known where they were going when the car arrived at the hotel.
“I’m sorry, I didn’t know you were also invited. Let’s go,” Ethan said as he grabbed Amelia’s arm and hooked it with his.
Suddenly, there was a commotion at the entrance and some girls screamed in excitement.
“It’s Amelia Scott!”
“Oh my God!! Amy.. we love you..”
“Amy, can I get an autograph?”
“She’s with Ethan, the CEO of the CT group. Oh my God!! Are they dating?? Big news!!”
Amelia walked into the ballroom with Ethan confidently with her head held high.
She was donned in a two-piece shimmer white suit. The top was a lace crop top reaching just above the navel with a sweetheart neckline and thin straps. While the bottom was a tight mermaid skirt with a thigh-high slit.
Her dark brown hair was cascading down her shoulders and she had a smoky eye look on her face.
Ethan wore a white tee tucked into a white fitted trousers and a white blazer. His military hair-cut made him look exceptionally hot.
The crowd was in an uproar as the two of them walked to the front. A few seconds later, the couple took their seats next to Rita Jones, the CEO of the Jones group and one of Amelia’s best friends.
Her other best friends, Glenda Anderson, a lawyer and Evelyn Sparks, a doctor by profession were also seated at the table.
Rita Jones turned to look at Amelia and cocked an eyebrow, giving her the ‘who’s the hunk?’ look.
Amelia rolled her eyes and leaned in to whisper into Rita’s ears.
“Don’t look at me like that. He forced me to come with him.”
“But I just saw you walk in with your own two feet, clinging to his arm,” Rita whispered back in amusement.
Amelia scoffed, and then leaned in once again, “we had sex and he recorded it. What a pervert! He threatened to release it and make me debut as a porn-star so I had to agree to be his date,” Amelia whispered, complaining while biting her bottom lip in frustration.
Rita’s lips shaped into an O as she nodded her head. She had always been worried about her friend preferring one-night stands to having a normal relationship. She hoped Ethan could change that.
….
It was later in the evening and the event had come to an end. Ethan did not go anywhere without Amelia. He would even escort her to the ladies’ room just so he couldn’t be left alone. It would be disastrous if he suddenly had a panic attack with the media around to capture the moment.
His actions didn’t go unnoticed by Amelia which made her wonder. Why was he avoiding other women and only being nice to her? Was it a tactic to make her believe he’s a good man? She couldn’t help but think he had ulterior motives after all, Rita Jones’ ex-boyfriend, Eric Thompson was the perfect boyfriend but he turned out to be a devil in disguise, everything about him was a lie. Amelia thought she had to be wary of this Ethan guy too.
They were on their way to drop Amelia at her apartment but she seemed to be in a bad mood. Ethan had no idea what he had done wrong. He shook his head thinking women were complicated creatures.
The good part was that he had managed to speak to Rita Jones and her husband for a possible collaboration and she happily agreed to set up something. Perhaps, being Amelia’s date might have sped up the process for him.
Not being able to take Amelia’s silence, Ethan asked her, “hey, what’s wrong?”
“Nothing.” Came Amelia’s curt reply.
“Are you sure? You don’t look ok-“
“I’m fine, okay?” Amelia cut off Ethan rudely and a tense silence followed after. He couldn’t understand what had happened for her mood to take such a drastic turn.
They were quiet for the rest of their short journey as the driver drove through the city towards Amelia’s apartment.
It was only after they arrived at Amelia’s place that she opened her mouth to speak.
“You know it’s funny that you followed me around the whole night during the event without giving me space to breathe. I can’t help but think you are up to something. This is the reason I don’t like being in relationships. I love my space. You even followed me to the toilet as if I would run away! It was so annoying.” She said outright, she had always been a straight-forward person and called a spade a spade.
Ethan felt a sting in his chest when he heard what Amelia said. He didn’t do it on purpose. It’s not like being afraid of some women was something to be proud about and go around telling people. It was his biggest weakness and he didn’t want Amelia to see him like that.
“I’m sorry. Tell me what you want me to do to make you feel better. I promise I’ll do it well,” he said, trying not to sound hurt.
“I just want one thing from you,” Amelia said.
“Tell me, I’ll do anything,” Ethan promised. He didn’t want to see Amelia upset, strangely it irritated him.
“I want you to stay away from me. Leave me alone, Ethan.”
Four months later… “I see you walking down the street- ahhhh!” Amelia groaned for the umpteenth time. She was trying to record her new song in the studio but she couldn’t bring herself to do it. It had been like that for the last four months. Feeling frustrated she took off her headphones and left the recording studio. Turning to Julian she shrieked, “I fucking give up!” “Amy.. what’s wrong? You’ve been like this for the past four months. Talk to me,” Julian said after running after Amelia. “I honestly don’t know what’s wrong with me,” Amelia said. For some unknown reason, she just couldn’t find the right inspiration to finish her new song. Amelia left the studio but cold water was suddenly splashed on her from nowhere. “Bitch! You’re dating my husband. Look everyone, your precious Amy is a homewrecker. She’s been dating my husband for a long time now. I hardly sleep because of the pain I go through!” A woman wailed dramatically after splashing a bucket of water on Amelia. A
Hello lovely readers. My pen name is Natie and this is my 4th book on this platform. It's a spin-off novel from Forced marriage: Dear wife you can't escape me. Although I mention some characters from that book, this one can be read as a stand-alone. Do check it out if you would be interested and let me know what you think on the main page by clicking on any part of the page and then you click on the 3 dots on the right. Click about this book, go to the bottom and leave a comment. It really helps the book and me the author. If you like werewolf stories, you can check out my other book, The Alpha's Rejection. Your comments and gems motivate me to improve and write better stories. Let me know what you think of this one. Love you all.
Ethan Carter had been miserable in the past four months. He couldn’t forget Amelia Scott at all and he thought it was funny since they just had one encounter for her to have such an effect on him. He thought everything was going well until after the company launch, Amelia asked him to leave her alone. When she pleaded with him to stay away from her, he couldn’t deny it, her words stung and the pain he felt showed on his usually expressionless face. ‘Does she hate me so much?’ He thought to himself. But knowing her bad mood was caused by himself, he just couldn’t bring himself to hold on to her, even if he needed her. For some unknown reason, he didn’t want to be the reason she was sad. He couldn’t be selfish, or so he thought. Ethan buried himself in work for four months, taking on more projects to keep him busy. He hoped he could work himself to exhaustion so that he didn’t have time to think about Amelia and mope around. Besides, he couldn’t continue to pester her as if he had a
The next day at the CT group, Ethan Carter was smiling to himself from ear to ear. He kept replaying the scene when Amelia snapped at him for adding the last condition to the contract. She was so upset that she immediately left and went to her room. Ethan thought she looked cute trying to be fierce. They had ended up signing the contract and he emphasized to her that he just wanted to marry her to make his mother happy and since Amelia needed someone to help her, she had no choice but to accept but added her own clauses to the contract to protect herself. Ethan had already helped her with the scandal after the contract was signed. The posts were taken down and he had reimbursed all the companies asking for refunds. Although he couldn’t do anything about the netizens who kept talking about the scandal online. “Sir.. sir?” Ethan’s train of thoughts were cut off by Josh who had been trying to get his attention for a while now. Upset at being interrupted, Ethan glared at his assista
Amelia watched in horror as Ethan’s face magnified in front of her agonizingly slow. She was about to push him away when he stopped just a few inches away from her face and then smirked. ‘He smirked! The nerve..’ Amelia thought before furrowing her brows. Her furious expression earned a chuckle from Ethan. He raised his hand and brushed his thumb along Amelia’s lips and raised it, acting to show her. “You had a smear of chocolate on your lips,” Ethan said and did something that completely threw Amelia off. He placed his thumb into his mouth and sucked on it. A pounding that had recently become familiar to Amelia was felt between her thighs; she squeezed her walls and thought, ‘Damn, is he seducing me?’ The chocolate on her lips was from the bars she was snacking on earlier when she felt hungry. Her situation made her depressed so she wasn’t in the mood to cook. Another chuckle made her look up at Ethan who had now stood up straight and after smirking again, he returned to cooking
“Seriously? Just kiss the girl!!” Amelia’s groan could be heard reverberating in the mansion. She was watching a romantic k-drama on the television in the sitting area. She was lying on a one-seat couch with her legs hanging over the armchair. “Oh gosh! So dumb! Why do you keep rejecting him when you like him?” Amelia complained when the female lead in the drama rejected the male lead. The way they kept fighting with each other frustrated Amelia but she was still hooked. Each ending of an episode made her want to know what would happen next so she wound up watching the series the whole day. It was a first for Amelia. Staying home with no worries and just binge watching dramas was a nice experience since she was always so busy with her demanding career. She munched on some snacks that Ethan had brought for her and looked at the clock on the wall. It was time for him to knock off from work. Days had passed since the gift incident but Ethan acted like nothing happened which Amelia was
“Ethan! Wait for me.” Amelia shouted after Ethan when she saw him walking away. “Julian, let's talk later, thank you for your help once more. I really appreciate it,” she said and ran after Ethan after cutting the call. The corner of Ethan’s lips curled into a cocky smirk and his heart tickled when Amelia cut the call to go after him. This small gesture calmed him down a little knowing Amelia put him into consideration. He believed his prey had already been caught in his trap. It was just a matter of time. It did not take long, however, for Amelia to burst Ethan’s bubble. Even though his stoic face showed no emotions, he was ecstatic that Amelia had shown a positive attitude towards him. If she didn’t have an ounce of care for him she wouldn’t have cut her friend’s call. Ethan’s mind had already gone far and envisioned how they would have a wedding when the scandal died down, how they would have mini versions of them running around the mansion in a few years. His mind had already
Ethan had a long night. No matter how much he tried, he just couldn’t fall asleep. He had messed up big time. He shouldn’t have tried to force Amelia to have sex with him, no matter how much he wanted it. Thinking his recklessness had hurt Amelia, he felt bad so before leaving for work when morning came, he prepared a surprise for her to make it up to her. A few hours after Ethan had left for work, Amelia awoke from her deep sleep. She remembered Ethan going to her room to tell her something although she was a bit groggy at that time. He had told her to not just sit in bed but take a tour around the mansion, especially the third floor. The way he said it made Amelia curious to find out what interesting things could be on the third floor. After freshening up and getting dressed in a pair of pink joggers and a white tank top, Amelia pulled her hair up into a messy bun and left the bedroom after checking herself out in the mirror. It seemed like Ethan thought all women loved pink,