Chapter 24: My Jealous Girlfriend

Her tongue seductively swirled around her lips, a mischievous glint shining in her eyes, as she led them inside the dark and lone corner of the carnival. The group of boys followed her without any reasoning gaping at her with dazzled eyes. “Ok so, do we have any audience other than you guys?” she winked, her voice dripping honey with every syllable.

One of the boys, finally coming out of her enchantment, smirked at her, “Don’t worry mamacita, it’s just you and us here,” his hand brushed knowingly against her butt.

“Better,” she smiled, baring her teeth and walked with a slow gait. She picked up an empty bottle of brandy from nearby and smashed it against the wall with the blink of an eye, taking the boys by surprise. “What the fu___” the boy blinked his eyes again and again by her sudden action whereas his friends gaped at her with shock.

Before the boy could move from his place, Angela cornered him to the wall, trapping his body between her long, slender legs. She stretched the jagged end of the glass bottle across his neck, “No one will move an inch from their place, stay right where you are.” Her voice turned menacingly cold. As expected, the boys took her words as empty threat, ready to march towards her with brutal force but she pushed the bottle more, piercing his neck lightly with the pointed end. A drop of dark blood dripped down his neck and his widened with terror, “Are you insane? Crazy girl what are you doing? Let go of me” while his friends froze at their spot.

“Relax,” she smirked, “I made sure not to prick your vein, its just a scratch, nothing serious” her thumb wiped the drop of blood from his neck, “But__” she drawled sliding the bottle up his throat, “__ I won’t be so carful next time if you tired to ruin my or any other girl’s date again” her eyes stared directly at him, intimidating him in the best possible way, “Am I clear, darling?” the boy nodded his head discreetly.

Angela, then, released the boy out of her clutch and he ran away with his friends like a deer running for its life after getting free from the lion’s paw. She wiped any trace of blood from her hand or cloth, walking out of the corner towards the middle of the carnival where she found Max searching for her. As soon as their eyes met, he jogged towards her with lines of worries etched across his handsome features.

“Where were you? I searched for you everywhere?” his voice came out more concerned than expected.

Angela came with a quick excuse, “Uh, I was craving for some fairy floss suddenly so I went ahead to look for it” she chipped with an awkward giggle. If only Max knew that his sweetheart was actually having a little adventure of her own. But what she wasn’t expecting the least was a hug from him. “Max?”

Max held her tightly as she rubbed her palm against his back to soothe him. I’ve lost everything and everyone dear to me. I can’t afford to lose you. Her held her firmly to convince himself that she was standing safely in his arms, “Nothing, I just got worried all of the sudden, I don’t know why” he planted a peck at the top of her hair. “Please don’t disappear on me without telling me” he pleaded.

Oh Max, My Max. She let herself pamper under his affection for a little while, “I won’t” the promise came out of her mouth unconsciously. We are acting like a couple deep in love, she realized after a while. Oh my gosh…. This …. I don’t want to fall in love with him…..

“So, fairy floss, huh? Why didn’t you buy it if you craved for it that much?” he asked pulling apart from her.

Crap, I didn’t think about this. “I wanted to buy it but then I thought that why should I pay for it when I have Mr. Billionaire by my side?” her finger jabbed at his chest playfully, “It’s included in your punishment”

A chuckled escaped from his throat at her witty words, “Yeah right. I’d buy the whole shop on your single command” he played along with her and bought her lots of fairy floss as promised.

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After spending the entire day with Angela on their date aka his punishment, Max lead her to general store. “What are we doing here?” she enquired when they entered inside the shop.

“My phone ran out of power and I need to charge it in order to call Rick so I thought I can get some help from this store” he explained taking out his phone.

“You can take mine or better, I can call my bodyguard to take us home,” she suggested in an obvious tone, looking around the store.

I can’t afford to let my enemies track her number. I’ve created enough trouble for today and I’m sure Adam would kill me once I will reach home, he thought. “Because of some reasons, which I’m afraid I can’t tell you, I can’t make a call from your phone or go back in your car”

“Mm, okay” Angela nodded her head lightly. Something’s fishy here. Max handed her phone to the young girl standing at the counter of the shop. “Excuse me miss, I want to charge my phone and it’s very urgent. Can you do that for me? I’ll pay you for it if you want”

The girl at the counter squinted her eyes a little, watching him intensely, “Are you Maxwell Harrison?” her eyes popped out with realization.

“Uh, I__

“Oh my god, I’ve seen your photo in the times magazine. You look even more handsome up closely. Oh mi gosh, I can’t believe that Maxwell Harrison himself is standing in front of me” the girl let out a high-pitched squeal.

“Shshshsh….” Max signalled her to keep quiet. “Alright, you got me. But you have to understand that I’m hiding my identity from everyone. So please don’t let anyone know about me”

“Uh huh” the girl nodded her head enthusiastically, “But I’ve a condition” she demanded.

He raised his brow, “What?”

“I want you to let me click a pic of yours. Don’t worry I promise I won’t show it to someone else”

Watching the sincerity in the girl’s eyes, he nodded his head, smiling, “Alright. But just one”. The girl happily came forward to click a selfie with him but before she could do so, Angela pulled Max by his arm towards her. Hmm, flirting with my man in front of my eyes? This girl sure is very clever.

“Oh, Max doesn’t take any photo without me. So, you’ve to include me in your photo if you want to click Max’s pic.” She prodded.

The girl frowned in confusion, noticing Angela for the first time since they entered whereas Max smirked at her possessiveness, “Don’t mind her. My girlfriend here gets jealous every time she sees me with another girl” Max explained in a mischievous tone.

Yup. That’s right. Wait… what? Girlfriend? This man gets ahead of himself too much. Angela’s face turned red without even her realizing.