Chapter 3
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In her entire existence, Jade had never felt this confused.
Is this the man she's probably going to spend the rest of her life with?
He drew away from her with a deadly smirk.
"I have more important things to take care of." He walked past her.
"Wait!" She ran after him, but he didn't stop. "Listen! I have a better proposition." She tapped him from behind.
"Better than the deal I already have with your father?" He stopped and turned to her, but she bumped into him.
"Ouch!" she breathed.
"You go to the gym?" He gave her a quick head-to-toe look.
"Um... can't see how that's relevant, but no. Well, sometimes." She shrugged.
"Good."
"So about the proposition... why don't I work for you? For free! That way, I can slowly pay off my parents' debt," she said.
He put his hands in his pockets.
"Unless you want to work for me forever." He turned and walked away.
"I can do more!" She chased after him, but he didn't stop until he kicked the front door to her house open.
"Hudson," he said to Jade's father, who immediately stood in fear.
"Xavier..."
"I don't want to hear it! This isn't what we agreed on," Xavier replied.
"I promise you she will go with you today," Hudson replied.
"What kind of father are you!?" Jade slammed the door and quickly walked to her parents. "You sold your daughter and can't wait to throw her out!" she angrily asked.
"Go upstairs and pack your things," her father calmly said.
"You want me out of the house? Carry me out!" She sat on the couch.
"Please, honey, listen to your father. You don't know what you are dealing with." Her mother sat beside her.
"Why don't you tell me, Mum? Why is all this happening? I tried to reason with him! The bastard doesn't understand a thing!" She threw her hands in the air.
Hudson quickly looked at Xavier, who didn't even flinch.
"Why can't you understand!? You are behaving like a child! You are going to put us all in trouble. Avery, talk to your daughter." Hudson was already frustrated.
"I'm behaving like a child!? You sold me, and I don't have the right to be angry?" Jade walked toward her father but suddenly turned to Xavier. "You ruined my life!" she angrily spat.
Xavier removed a pistol and fired it beside her.
The sound from the gun frightened her, and she turned pale.
Jade realized that she wasn't hit, but her parents could have been shot.
She slowly turned around with tears flowing down her cheeks, but both her parents were still alive.
She ran into her mother's arms.
"Honey, please stop acting up. This isn't the time to be stubborn. Listen." Avery cried but wiped her daughter's tears instead.
"The next bullet will go right between her eyes," Xavier stated.
"Did he threaten you? Tell me, Mum! We can tell the police. They'll handle this." She went to her father. "Please tell me."
"No, he didn't...."
The door flew open as various men and women dressed in black walked in.
"I am a very busy man. You made me leave work, Hudson. I came for what's mine." He looked at Jade. "Go get your things," he ordered.
Jade shook her head and hugged her mother.
"I don't wanna go, Mum," she cried.
"Don't worry, we will be fine. He will take care of you," Avery promised.
Jade heard the hammer c**k on his pistol, and she quickly pulled away from Avery. He pointed the gun at her mother.
"Fine! I'm going!" She wiped her tears and ran upstairs. Xavier placed the gun back behind him.
After a while, Jade dragged her bags and suitcases downstairs. She had also changed into a short dress.
One of his men made a move to help her, but Xavier stopped him with a finger.
Jade hugged her parents one last time.
"Please call me if you need anything. I'll visit you as much as I can." She went to Hudson. "Please take care of Mum and the company." She gave them both a weak smile. "I'll keep in touch, and don't worry about me. I'll take care of myself."
She hugged them again and started another round of tears.
"We love you." Avery kissed her forehead.
Jade waved at her parents as she walked to Xavier.
She gave him a dirty look, but he maintained his expressionless face.
She walked past him to his men.
"So who's gonna help me with my things?" she asked, but none of them answered her. "Y'all with an attitude, huh? I guess I'm helping myself."
She dragged her things outside.
She knew they were acting on Xavier's orders.
Jade took a long look at her mansion. She was born and raised in Brooklyn.
She'll miss her parents and friends.
How did her life change so drastically?
"Are you gonna get in or what?" His breathy voice knocked her out of her thoughts.
He opened the car door for her, but she angrily walked to the other side and let herself in.
Xavier smirked and got in.
She thoroughly wiped her face and picked up her phone as the car started moving. The last thing she wanted to do was have anything to do with him. Since he decided to ruin her life, she wouldn't give him the pleasure of having her or seeing her break either.
Xavier suddenly took her phone, wound down the window, and threw it out.
She looked at him in shock.
Jade took deep breaths and sat back against the leather seats but suddenly turned to him.
"Who exactly the hell do you think you are!?" she angrily asked.
"Thought you weren't talking to me?" He gave her a brief smile that told her he was satisfied with her reaction.
"You are a bastard! Good for nothing! What have I ever done to you!? You just go around randomly buying girls?" she blurted, only for him to shrug.
"God damn you! I won't give you the satisfaction." She turned away from him. "Asshole."
"Animal! Annoying piece of s**t," she said under her breath, but she didn't get a reaction from him.
She looked out the tinted window and tried to focus on something other than him.
How was life going to be without her parents and rich friends?
Even if they made the worst decision ever, she knew they loved her.
"Did you threaten my parents?" she sadly asked, turning to him.
"Yes, I did. And if you don't behave, I won't only take their company and every penny down to the last cent in their accounts, I'll kill them too," he warned. "That's a promise."
"Why the hell are you doing all this!? I don't even know you!" she grunted.
"But I know you," he simply replied.
"What do you want from me? Why me?"
He ignored her once again.
"You animal! Why me!?" she asked again. "I won't stop until you answer me! I'll make this little trip a living hell for you!" she threatened.
"And that's home for me." He smiled.
She went quiet for a little while but turned to him again.
"Why me!? What did I do?" She pushed him. "Why me?"
He suddenly turned and pinned her down against the seat by her chin.
"Because your pretty little face makes me want to f**k you," he stated.
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