Chapter 27 Chapter 27
Selena
“So you mean you rejected it?” Halley yelled, and I covered my ears, rolling my eyes. Her dramatic ass was up again.
“How could you do that Selena? How could you reject the car, and even the credit card? Theodore is a fucking billionare so imagine how much would have been there,” Her mouth sprang open, her eyes looking at me like I made the worst decision ever to exist.
Halley was back from her vacation, and the first time she did was to come knocking at my door on a bright Saturday morning.
No cross that became it wasn’t bright, the sky was still dark when she came in, climbing into my bed to give me the biggest scare.
I genuinely thought it was an intruder climbing my bed, only to open my eyes to see my dear best friend smiling down on me like a creep.
She has asked Josh for our new apartment address, and the passcode to it.
She could have waited till the morning, but she had given her reason, crawling into bed with me after, her body wrapping mine.
“ I know right. But I just couldn’t stay still. and wait for the day. The last time we saw each other was about two months ago. How could I wait?”
We both slept in that position, and in the morning. I went jogging before making breakfast for us, till now.
I had thought about not telling her about my new boss, I wanted her to believe it was just a normal professional relationship an assistant would have with her boss.
But then, it was Halley I was talking about, the intelligent girl whom I had always admired from afar in high school.
“Now, I’m going to ask you the more important question, and I’ll know if you lie. For someone evil like him, your eyes are glittering as you speak about him. So tell me, what else do I need to know?”
I knew she wouldn't give up, so I spilled everything, everything apart from the whole six-month contract I had signed.
“Stop being money hungry. How could I accept it? It was already absurd that he had agreed to act as a boyfriend, without gaining anything in return. I can’t believe it.”
She moved closer to me, her face so close to mine, her hands holding her cheeks.
“ I understand you, but what if he was smitten by you? Think of it, Selena, you are beautiful, with a sinful body, every man would pay to worship your legs, You know this. I mean all your bosses had fallen for you, a huge reason you kept getting in trouble. So what makes you think Theodore Mateo is above that?”
I bit down on my lips in thought. I never thought of it this way.
That could be the reason he wanted to help me, and if it was, then it was more dangerous. It’ll never end well.
“Just think about it, Selena.” She suddenly clapped her hands, her eyes lighting up.
“I can’t believe that I’m finally witnessing a dark romance after being a lover of it forever. This’s just like in my collections of novels, where the cruel mafia is smitten by the poor girl, and then he had do anything to protect her.”
I rolled my eyes at the disgust of watching her daydream about her books again.
“Sorry to burst your bubbles, but I doubt he is that way. I’m sure there is a reason for his help or…. Now that I think about it, he made this decision after meeting with Noah, so it could mean he wanted to use me against Noah.”
I broke into a smile. Why didn’t I think of that? It has to be that.
“You just have to be an enemy.” She glared at me, and I smiled.
“But what if there is a change of story?”
There she goes again. I rolled my eyes, getting down from my bed.
“What if, during the process, he falls deeply for you?”
She was in my face again as I drank from the bottle of water. I dropped the bottle, cleaning my mouth.
“This is reality, Halley. People like him find it impossible to love another human.”
The mischievous lady was yet to reply to me. The count of deaths has increased by five, and I couldn’t stop thinking that he did it.
Everything pointed to him. Somehow, the cops couldn’t find anything like they were covering him.
“You should take down your walls this time, Selena. Immerse yourself in his wealth in the process, this is when you step on everyone’s head. Seduce him, make him even marry you?”
I don’t know why she kept buzzing in my ears. She was so unserious and crazy. I turned to her.
“What about the danger? You aren’t thinking that? He isn’t just a normal person like us. And, we are just using each other, so forget a—“
The doorbell rang loudly, interrupting my words.
“Are you expecting someone?” I asked Halley, and she shook her head.
“What about you?” She asked back, and I shook my head.
“Maybe it was Josh,” I walked out to the room, Halley followed me behind.
“But he didn’t say he was coming today.” She reminded me. I opened the door, and a deliveryman appeared. A single rose in hand with a box.
“Good day, an order was placed in your name. Please sign here.” He said to me, I looked at Halley.
“Did Ivan get you something without telling you?” I asked her. She shook her head.
“No. He won’t send a rose, he knows I’m cross with them lately.”
“It’s for you, Ms Selena.” He smiled, like he was sure of that.
I folded my arms on my chest. “What’s inside the box, who sent them?”
“I’m sorry, but I do not know the sender or the contents of the box. But you should find out after reading the envelope inside. Please sign here, I’ve orders to deliver.”
“Come on, Selena, sign. What could go wrong? I don’t think anyone sending a rose will be evil.”
I signed the book, and followed Halley who had already collected the box and flower inside. We moved to my room.
“Hmm,” Halley jumped excitedly.
“If there is going to be something harmful inside, and we both end up dying, you'd better not be my best friend in my next life.” I lamented, opening the boss.
“Your wish, sweetheart.”
I opened the box, and I froze at its contents. A red dress, on top of it, is a little red envelope.
“Wow. Oh my God. This’s exotic.” Halley brought out the dress, but all my focus shifted to the letter. I took it and it read.
“A red rose, a red dress, they both have something in common with what I love.
You are my muse, Selena.”
Shivers ran down my spine, as I looked at the written note.
“Oh my God! Even the note is fucking sexy. I knew it! I knew he was fucking into you! Look at the dress, Selena.” She spread out the dress on the bed.
A deep cut on the chest, down to the breast, and a slit is cut to my thigh.
“A muse? He sees you as a goddess, babe.” She shook her head, smiling.
“I’m hell sure he wants to eat you up after, because there is no way he wants you to wear this, only to worship you.”
I rolled my eyes, before taking the dress from her and putting it back inside the box.
“I won’t be wearing it. I don’t dress this way.”