"What are you doing?" a questioning voice echoed in the small corridor.
Alice, who had been waiting at Sophia's house for half an hour after work, leaned on the sofa and applied a face mask. When she heard Sophia's voice outside the door, she thought that Sophia had forgotten to bring her keys. However, she didn't expect to see this scene when she opened the door.
This was too crazy!
They couldn't wait to embrace each other before even getting home!
"I probably shouldn't be in this place. You guys continue, I'll leave immediately." Alice cleared her throat and hurriedly rushed into the room to grab something and leave.
After hearing her words, Sophia blushed and hurriedly explained, "Don't say nonsense, we have nothing going on."
"Alright, Sophia, no need to explain, I already know," Alice said as she was about to take off the face mask on her face.
Sophia reminded her loudly, "This is my boss, Victor. Don't talk nonsense."
"Boss?" Alice was taken aback. Wasn't he Jessica's fiancé?
Damn it!
Alice felt admiration for Sophia. She actually managed to seduce Jessica's fiancé and bring him home. Impressive.
Alice raised her thumb and said, "No wonder you're my Sophia. Since it's like this, then I have even less reason to stay. I'll leave right away!" She picked up her bag and entered the elevator.
Sophia panicked and chased after her to explain, but the elevator door had already closed. She asked Victor unhappily, "Are you happy now?"
He raised an eyebrow and glanced at the closing door. Sophia's rented house was small, almost tiny compared to Victor's standards. He could almost see the entire room with just one glance. The room was clean and had very few belongings, mostly women's things. There didn't seem to be any trace of a man living there.
Victor didn't know why he was looking at all of this. Perhaps it was because he saw Sophia and Paul being intimate in public today, and he thought they might meet in private as well. But seeing everything here, Victor smiled sensually.
His large palm held her wrist, and the warm fingertips rubbed against the mark left by someone else's touch on Sophia's hand. He leaned down and whispered to her, "You better stay away from him."
Sophia felt puzzled and asked, "Who?"
"Do you know who I'm talking about?" He wiped Sophia's belly with a cloth, then pressed down hard, causing her to cry out in pain. Victor's emotions were not very clear in his eyes.
Sophia didn't know what she did wrong. If he was referring to Zach, she had already clearly refused him according to his instructions. Why was he still angry? Could it be...
"Are you talking about Paul? I really have nothing to do with him. It hurts so much." Her eyes turned red.
His expression was very cold.
Sophia explained, "I'm telling the truth. He came to see me today just to ask me to work at his company. Although he offered me a huge salary that made me tempted, I have already refused him. It hurts, please be gentle..."
She couldn't bear it anymore and begged for mercy, crying.
He sneered, "You still dared to be tempted?"
Sophia quickly shook her head and said, "I wasn't tempted. I misspoke. My hand..."
She raised her hand, which Victor had pinched and turned red. He frowned, not expecting her to be so unable to bear the pain, so he let go.
Sophia breathed a sigh of relief and leaned against the wall, rubbing her wrist, angrily saying, "Can you stop using violence?"
Victor looked over.
Sophia was scared and quickly took a step back, hastily saying, "There must be a reason for your actions. It's my own fault."
He chuckled softly. He was originally angry because of Paul's provocation, but suddenly his mood improved. His laughter was pleasant and charming.
His fingers lightly brushed her pouting lips due to dissatisfaction, and he said in a deep voice, "When you become my assistant, you are mine. Unless I die, you can never leave."
She trembled and said, "Didn't you say I can leave when the contract expires?"
"Do you want to leave?" he asked in a low voice, pressing her.
Sophia quickly shook her head in fear and said, "No, I don't want to leave." She wasn't foolish. If she resigned in front of Victor at this time, she would be tormented to death!
"Since you don't want to leave, then stay forever," Victor paused for a few seconds, seeing the changing expression on Sophia's face, he guessed what she was thinking and chuckled, "If you dare to escape without my permission, I will break your legs."
Sophia's legs trembled and she shook her head, saying, "I won't run, absolutely not."
"I have mysophobia. Since you have become my assistant, the basic thing you must do is to maintain your cleanliness. From today onwards, you are not allowed to have any intimate contact with any man." He disdainfully shook off Sophia's left hand that Paul had touched. His possessiveness was strong.
Sophia could understand why he wouldn't let her resign, but what did it have to do with her having contact with men?
Did he have to control that too?
"What kind of contact are you talking about?" she asked confusingly, finding it hard to understand.
Victor's expression became serious and he said, "Are you so eager to be intimate with men?"
"You're asking me not to interact with others, I can try to avoid it, but you have to give me a range, right?" Sophia didn't know the extent of Victor's cleanliness obsession. What if she accidentally touched someone's hand, and Victor thought she was dirty and wanted to cut off her hand? So she definitely needed to know the boundaries in order to take proper precautions.
She looked at Victor in confusion, seeking an answer.
Victor said, "Holding hands, kissing, and... as long as the other person is a man, you can't get close to them!"
Sophia was very puzzled.
She could promise not to interact with too many people, could compromise with Victor, as long as his demands weren't too harsh, she could accept them, but...
"Your request is a bit high," Sophia couldn't help but say.
Victor's voice suddenly became very threatening, "Say that again!"
Sophia shrank back in fear, but thinking about this unequal treaty, she gathered the courage to reach out and explain, "I am just your assistant. Normally, as long as I complete the tasks you assign on time, that should suffice. You have demands, and I should indeed try to meet them as much as possible, but this is not a request for a subordinate, it's a request for a girlfriend or wife. I'm not your girlfriend, so why can't I hold hands or kiss someone else? What if I fall in love?"
People had always had aspirations.
The reason Sophia had come there had been to find Liam's father. If she had found him and they had liked each other, they had been very likely to start a family. Even if they hadn't liked each other, Sophia would have had to find another man. After all, Liam had been almost at the age to start school, and for the sake of the child's physical and mental health, Sophia couldn't have remained single forever.
If she had really agreed to Victor's request, how would she have found a boyfriend in the future?