‘’I want to know the minute you think you’ve found my sister or when you question someone,’’ I tell him. I had every right to know.
He laughed at hearing my words. It wasn’t one of those belly laughs you sometimes hear. It was as if I’d told him a crap joke, one that he thought he had to laugh at. To make the other person feel better in themselves. I didn’t think I’d said anything funny; I was dead serious, and I didn’t intend to stay here. He must realise that I needed to leave, at some point. That I couldn’t stay for much longer. I had no doubt in my mind that he had the means, the resources, to find me if he needed to. I was not that stupid to believe otherwise.
‘’As you’re going to be staying here, I don’t see there being a problem,’’ there was that arrogance I knew he had inside of him. As he told me what I was going to do. There was no asking, no please, just telling me what I was going to do. It was as if he knew I would defy him.
I shook my head at him, is he for real? I thought with a roll of my eyes Oh come on, surely, I must be imagining what he was saying, and he knew that I had to leave. I had a life outside of these walls. A life that I was happy with. Then there was my family. I needed to make sure they were alright and to show that I wasn’t harmed in anyway, and he’d agreed to help find Megan. ‘’I’m not staying here,’’ I told him with determination in my voice. The thought he would want me staying here hadn’t even entered my head. It’s a stupid idea, come on, I couldn’t stay here. I didn’t care what he thought the wisdom was to it. It was just completely stupid ‘’we have come to an agreement between us and that wasn’t part of it. I know for a fact that a man of your means wouldn’t have any trouble finding me if that need arose,’’
At hearing my words, the air seemed to stop around us. Even if I hadn’t been looking at him full on, I’d have known that my words pissed him off. He was a man who liked complete control and it was clear that he didn’t like to be disobeyed and needed things to go his way. Well, this time it wasn’t going to happen, no matter how much he tried to pressure me into staying.
I didn’t like the sound coming from his mouth, I couldn’t say it was a laughter of joy or happiness. It was too mocking to put it in that bracket ‘You’re not going anywhere,’ he told me with a twist to his lips, brushing down his suit jacket, as if flicking away a peace of fluff ‘’We have an agreement. One that you haven’t fulfilled yet, or did you forget?’ He questioned, with an arched brow meeting my gaze. No, I hadn’t forgotten, I had hoped he bloody well had. Wrong!! I inwardly groaned, how I could bloody forget, it was hanging over my head like a black cloud. I was still waiting to find out what his payment would be, it was obvious he was playing with me and getting off on it, the bastard, and he was making it blatantly obvious that he was.
I rolled my eyes at him ‘’No I didn’t forget, but I’m not going to sit here on my backside any longer, waiting around until you decided you want to tell me what’s going on. I have a life to live and a home to go to. Not only that, I need to see my family,’’ I paused watching his reaction. I didn’t want piss him off, though I must admit the thought was tempting. Not only that, I had to go back to work. I might work for myself, but I still had to work. His response surprised me and left me wondering what kind of game he was playing.
‘’You’re not leaving,’’ he replied, shaking his head, those black eyes flicking over me ‘’our agreement still stands and when I decide to call it in. I want you, near me and when I find out more information on your sister, it be so much easier telling you what’s going on with you here,’’
I knew I was coming across as a bastard, I didn’t give a shit. I had no intention of letting Scarlett leave. The selfish bastard that I was, wanted her as close to me as possible, and for more than one reason. I hated to admit to myself that I couldn’t trust Aria, she had been completely hysterical after I’d accompanied her out of the room. I didn’t think that I’d ever be able to calm her down. She was getting more and more unstable and more of my men were beginning to notice. I still had my own agenda for Scarlett. I wanted to sink myself balls deep in her and I had no doubt I would, it was just a matter of time. I didn’t know when I had started to feel slightly different towards her, but somewhere my feelings had started to change. My first thought, it was due to my demon. After all he was part of me. I didn’t want to analyse it too closely and now I knew that Aria definitely knew about Scarlett. I knew that Aria would do everything in her power to get to her. That wasn’t something I could let happen, if anyone were going to lay a hand on her, it was going to be me. Then there was my Demon, he wasn’t at all happy with the way Aria had acted. He had wanted to tear Aria apart limb from limb. It had taken all my strength to hold him down.
I wasn’t happy that Aria was hiding something, and I had to find out what it was. My gut told me I wasn’t going to be happy about it when I did eventually find out. Yes, I was a sick fucker and loved being that way and had no intentions of changing, but I still had boundaries ‘’You’re staying here,’’ I instructed her, not listening to any shit excuses she might want to bring up, ‘’You can get in contact with your family. I’ll even let them come and visit while you’re here. I have no problem with that. Of course, you could go home. I would need to know where you live and of course I can always pay you a visit,’’
I scoffed, thinking of their reaction on hearing that bit of news. Oh, they’d love that. So Lucien wanted to get all the witches in his clasp. This was all bullshit, he had something up his sleeve. He had to. He didn’t like witches full stop, so why let them visit, and I was going to be at his beck and call. I had this feeling that he’d try to get my family to agree to everything he said. I didn’t trust him, but we needed his help. We couldn’t let Megan down. I knew he wouldn’t have a lot of trouble in finding out where we lived. He had more resources than any of us. It would be effortless for him to do. I could do my work from here or any place I called home, it wasn’t a big problem, if I had my laptop with me. I was good to go. There wasn’t a real reason why I couldn’t stay here, except for the fact I didn’t trust him and his crazy ass girlfriend.
The mere thought of Aria caused me to shiver. The feeling wasn’t pleasant. If she tried anything, I’d have no choice, but to retaliate. If I did, our secret would be out or part of it. If I had to hurt Aria to protect myself, then I would have no choice, no matter the outcome. I had no intensions of my family visiting me while I was here. I didn’t want him turning up at my home either. It would freak everyone out, to have the most feared man who ruled this city and the surrounding area, turning up on our doorstep. It wasn’t a great idea. I realised the more I thought about it and with a sinking feeling developing deep within my stomach. That it was looking more and more likely that I had no choice, I’d have to take him up on his offer and stay here. Bloody hell my family where going to go mental when they heard.
‘’Fine. I’ll stay here,’’ I told him, gritting my teeth, there was no way I wanted my family here, I made sure that the tone in my voice told him I was anything, but pleased about his stupid demands or my decision. That I was doing so out of duress ‘’As long as you keep me up to date and you keep your girlfriend away from me,’’ I told him.