Have you slept with my dad?
Anita’s POV.
This absolutely wasn’t happening it happened that I ordered for my things to be moved to Jordan’ place since I was a live in nanny , but I never expected to arrive so soon nor for him to change my clothes and accessories as soon as it barely arrived.
‘’Seriously , What were you thinking ?’’I almost yelled at Jordan who was standing beside me looking at me like a confused puppy who did wrong for the first time and was being reprimanded by its parents
A cute confused puppy at that come on Anita , Lets be real .
‘’I’m guessing that’s not a thank you’’ Jordan barely said as I rolled my eyes in disbelief.
‘’Does this look like I’m complimenting you? For Christ sake . You ransanked my things and changed it without my permission . Why would you even do that?’’ I yelled this time with my hands flying in all direction . I just couldn’t get him ,doesn’t he have the word ‘permission’in his dictionary .
‘’don’t be mistaken Anita , It’s not personal’’
‘’What do you mean its not personal….’’
‘’Your things were infmerior , so I only upgraded it.’’
There was a loud ringing in my head and I thought he said something or did he?
‘’What?” I croaked .
‘’In here , inferiority is not allowed .My workersdress the best , receive the best luxury speaks cause I cant allow any of them…’
‘’Ruining your reputation ‘’ I filled in.
He paused for a while, an unknown emotion lingering in his gaze before he replied coldly as usual.
‘’If you put it that way then’’
I gasped , how didn’t I notice this before? Because his beauty was clouding your sense of judgement. I chuckled hysterically muttering’’
So we’re just dolls you show off to your rich friends to the world?”
‘’I didn’t say so’’ he gritted taking hold of my shoulder and forcing his intense gaze on ine .His gaze was intimidating but I wasn’t ready to submit and never would.
‘’But youre doing so’’ I sneered hoping he was going to just give up already but the reverse was the case.
His grip on my shoulder loosened and instead became more soothing as he rubbed on my shoulder.
His huge calloused pal sent shivers down my spine as it rubbed constantly on my bare shoulders .
‘’Everything I’m doing is for your sake, why don’t you jus appreciate the luxury’’ he said with his gaze landing on my wardrobe filled to the brim with designer clothes, shoes and bags and so .
‘’No’’I said .’’Youre just showing off your riches.’’
‘’Anita?”
‘’And guess what? I don’t work with selfish jerks who thinks peple are decorative doll. Which is why I quit.’’
‘’Oh hell, Youre not’’
Hell I am’’ I stood my ground . I was wrong about him , So I’m going to save myself before I fall deeper into this quick sand.
‘’Our agreement was six months ‘’ he growled gripping my arm as I turned to get away from him and this time it was more tighter than before . I winced from his grip but he was too angry to notice it. Or rather he chose to ignore it.
‘’And I’m taking these months off , is that a problem?””
‘’You aint doing anything’’
‘’Says who?”
‘’Says me ‘’ He growled fiercely and I had this urge to submit that but I just couldn’t . He might be a man with money and authority but am a woman with rights and morals .
I smirked ‘’ you noe a dictator? Well guess what, I have rights too. So I give up , I quit , I cant and refuse to work with you.’’
With all the strength in me , I pulled his grip away and he arched a brow at my attitude but he straightened himself immediately saying .
‘’Remember the contract , Anita You’re treading on dangerous ground here , you know what happens when you dishonor the contract ‘’ . He reminded me and I froze for a moment , feeling nauseaous out of nowhere.
Shit. Why did I sigh those darmn documents.
‘’Are you threatening me ?’’
I’m just stating the fact . You know yure going to pay ten times the original amount for brasching the contact. Where in the damn world would you get such money?”
‘’Where I’ll get the money shouldn’t bother you, whwther I sleep arund for money or sell my kidney Isnt your business , your concern should ne your mo…’’
‘’You are doing no such thing’’ a low feral sound erupted from his throuat as I looked up to his gaze only to see his eyes were narrowed and darkened .He suddenly had this dangerous aura surrounding him and my heart skipped a bet , What have I just done?
I struggled against his grip but he was ten times stronger than usual ‘’
Seriously , let me go, What the heck is wrong with you…’’
Whatever I was about to say was lst forever as his lips settled on mine. My mind swarm as I was quickly surrounded by his scent , his taste and touch , Ther was nothing gentle
I was startled awake by a huge bang on my door . I groaned , dragging myself off the bed to answr whoever was trying to frag my door down.
‘’What the f**k’’I swore when the door missed my face with barely a few inches had it not being my quick reflexes.
Amanda stared at me with flushed cheeks and apprehension ‘’s..s..ahe’s go- gone ‘’ she stittered pointing at a door.
I raised a brow at her attitude’’
‘’woow woow slow down , who’s gone?
Amanda took a deep breath, this time her words making sense.’’ The lady of the house is gone.’’
She announced and once my brain figured out everything , I froze aand felt a terrible chill travel down my spine.
Oh no
I ran like crazy down the stairs leading to Izzy’s room and yanked the door open whwre I was treated to an empty bed . Her bed was laid neatlyas if nobody slept there at all and I felt my heart crumble into pieces .What have she gotten herself into this time?
‘’What about the security cameras?’’ I asked once I noticed Amanda beside me.
‘’No clues , She avoided all of the cameras perfectly’’
Great How did I forgrt I had such a agreadt genius under my care?
Something made sense at once and I turned to ask Amanda ‘’
Yesterday , did Izzy ask you any unusual question or was she behaving strangly ? I know you’ve not being around her enough to study her behavior but was she behaving weird? Like out of this world?’’
Amands nodded negatively but stopped midway entering thinking mode .After a while of intense concentration she exclaimed .
‘’Yes, You are quit right though.’’
‘’What do you remember?’’
‘’Yesterday, I thought it quite strage when she kept bugging me about showing her around the house . I mean normally , one would be sressed out from such a long jourey and demand sleep but unlike her,She kept pesturing me about the house, how the cameras work and how difficult it was to get in and out the house …Now I think about it , I’m quite naïve, how could I figure out hr plan?’’
I rubbed my hands on my temple where a vein where it was beating painfullullu.
‘’don’t heat yourself too hard its not your fault , It’s not like you knew she was going to try ssuch a thing’’
Neither could I believe I just lost a kid not even an adult , on the second day o my nanny ob . Could this get any worse?
Almost immediately , as if I jinxed my lck, my phone rang at once and I looked at tha caller ID and froze.
Jordan….
My heart beat so hard that I thought t would jump out of my chest pretty soon while my palms began to shake and sweat, I nervously picked up the phone and prayed to God to help me survivethis.
‘’H-Hello’’
‘’Hello’’ A deep husky voice hollered and I almost died from fright. I clutched my chest as if trying to steady the heart that have being pumping non stop.
Hey , what’s up? ‘’I called trying to sound normal bt God knows I’m trying to grab he concept of normal at the moment.
‘’Fine ,everything’s fine’’ he answered , a bit absentminded if I may say.
‘’Why did you call?’’ I asked hoping nothing but this conversation to be over cause I’m about having a panic artack.
‘’How is Isabelle? ‘’
Jordan asked out of nowhwre and I chocked on my saliva entering cough fit at once.
‘’Hey , you Ok?’’ The voice from the other end asked concerened but my muffled answer saved the day
‘’Choked on my drink.’’
‘’Oh’’
‘’Izzy’s fine , why do you suddenly ask about her?’’
‘’don’t I have the right to ask about my daughter?’’
Anita
‘’don’t I ?”
“Oh …N..n…Yes .. you do but its strange you asked out of nowhere .’’cae my pathetic excuse.
‘’Well I just saw a kid who looked almost like her being hurled into a police car and I suddenly thought about her, you know, to check up on her.
You do know how self destructive Isabella can…
‘’What?’’ I shrieked when my brain connected the dots . It surely wasn’t a coincidence that Izzy was missing and then a girl her age who looks lie her gets hurled into a police car. If anything, It sounded a whole like her . In conclusion , I’m deadmeat.
‘’Hey , you Ok?’’
‘’Ye..yeah …great..well Never been so good’’ I said giving out a fake and vervous chuckle .
‘’I’m absolutely good , why do you ask?”
‘’In case you haven’t noticed , You’ve been babbling for a while which is something you do when you’re nervous or scared . So whats wrong ?’’
I began to perspire , he’s getting suspicious , If he find out I’m dead.
‘’No, I;m just undee the weather you know…change of environment and all’’
I muttered while my mind scolded me about how fabby my lies were becoming. Claus was smart, so oe wrong comment and move . I’m over and then my name would eneter in the word book of recors of being the fist mult-million paid nanny to be fired after two days .How cool.
‘’Fine , If youre Ok then hand the phone over to Isabelle . I need to speak with her.’’
I almost spat blood at his request , Amanda must have figured out the situation cause she was about questioning who was on the phone but I signaled her to speak no mere and she obeyed thankfully.
‘’I’m afraid she’s down as well ,Shes been sleeping since yetsreday like a log of wood and wont stir even after I tried waking her up, She’s so sressed out’; I said yawning loudly putting my acting skills into action , There was no was Claus was going to doubt me after such a display.
‘’Fine then, tell her to be up in two hours cause I’ll be back to speak with her.’’
He said and hung up but I discovered a hint of mock in his tone making me shiver. Could he have discovered that Isabelle was missing ? I mean he owns this mansion , there was practically a high possibility someone must have given the news away . well whatever the case was , I need to find Izzy before he does.
‘’I’ll be back pretty soon. Just update me on her status regularly and ‘’
I turned to face her looking at her straight in the eye.
‘’This news stays between us , do not let it out’’
I warned and grabbed my jacket heading out at once not even muttering .
‘’I’ll be back with Izzy ‘’ How could I when I wsnt even sure I was going to find hr before the two hours deadline was over.
Thankfully, Jordan awarded me with a car on arrival to go about my errands but when I enetered the garage to get it. I froze in my tracks.
No way, a BMW X5 series….
I assembled around it tryi ng to confirm my eyes weren’t deceiving me but it was real . Last night , Whe Claus introduced the car to me , I didn’t give it much attention and just waved it off as a normal car since Claus wouldn’t spend so much on a car for me.
I mean why would he cause I’m nothing to him than his daughter’s nanny but now …God damn me . He gave me a freaking BMW
The BMW X5 Series is prices high and touted as the world’s most powerful, faster and most luxurious supersports car by the manufacturer. It is able to reach 200km/h in less that 6.5 seconds and hot 300km/h in about 7 seconds plus it has a top speed of 420km/h which s extremely fast.Its worth $2 million , hear that ?
Was Jordan trying to get me killed ? What if I get kidnapped cause of driving such an expensive car?
Knowing I had no choice , I ebtered and drove off in my new wordl most expensive car and I’m not lieing . It felt god.
I’m a ahuge lover of cars but I was never treated to such luxury as a child I only enjoyed a bit after I left home and became independent.
Independence sure comes with a lot of freedom cause I began extreme sports , bungee jumping , surfing , skydiving , You name it and most of all street racing. It was my own way of releasing my frustrations and stress.
Knowing Izzy was already sent to the plice station questioning . I raced through the roads to Crlifornia stopping and asking about Isabelle in every police station I could fid with no succss . I almost gave up hope when at last I found a chestnut haired girl casting her heated amber eyes on an officer who was already dying from frustration.
‘’Who the hell are your parents ?’’
The officer bellowed but izzy’s comment sent my mouth dropping open.
‘’I have the right to remain silent so keep wasting your braeth’’
Isabella retorted looking around nonchalantly , if anything , she looked bored s if waiting for drama to unfold.
‘’Fine , I hope you enjoy here’’
The officer gace up at onlce leaving her to her fate .
‘’Thank you officer, my father would be so honored,’’Izzy dropped and the officer almost spat blood. It was obvious he couldn’t believe what was coming out of the mout of a ten year old.
‘’No , he wouldn’t be honoured. He would be freaking md’’ I steped in and saw Izzy’s gaze widen and then frowned
‘’I wasn’t expecting you’’
‘’Yeah I know , Your dad but your plan failed so stop sulking . ‘’I retorted and saw her release a huff folding her arms stubbornly.
‘’And you are?’’The officer quizzes and I realized I hadnt introduced myself .
I’m Anita , her guardian ‘’ I said extending my hand for a handshake while beside me , Izzy snorted at the mention of ‘ guardian’.
‘’I’m Tony’’ The officer introduces ignoring my handshake so I carefully tucked my hands into the pocket of my jacket.
‘’She was caught shoplifting’’
Again.
I mentioned to the officer and we moved a few distance away from Isabella who jst snorted and looked away.
‘’Izzy is kid of a special child ,She has this personal vendetta against her father so she’s quite self destructive . She thinks by bringing shame and disgrace to her father that she accomplished her mission withoit knowing she harms herself in he process.’’
‘’Hmm’’ Was the only response Tony gave me as he seem to be deep in thought.
I’ll settle whatever damage she has caused and hope…’’
‘’She wont have a criminal record as far as you settle the stores and fines .’’
Tony said and walked out cooly while I kept muttering.
‘’Thank you, Thank you Thank you.
Out of the corner of my eyes , I saw Izzy trying to escape but I was quick to catch her this time .
‘’Going somewhere , young lady ?’’
Izzy froze and turned aroung slowly raising her hands in surrender.
‘’Good for you cause you have a lot of apologies to render’’ I said and dragged her around to apologize o Tony for her arrogance and to the store owner for shoplifting after I settled the fines and finally the whole police force for disturbing their peace.
As I forced her to the car , I saw her gritt her teeth . Atkeast , thanks for the disgrace she wont ever go shoplifting when she remembers this.
Yes , you might ask how I got her to apologize to everyone since she wasn’t quite afraid of her father.
Well I thereatened to tell Anabelle what she ‘s been up to if she doesn’t apologize to everyone . For a fact , I know Isabelle has a huge ego when it comes to Anabelle, She woildnt want her weakness to be revealed to her eney . So, that did the magic.
‘’Nice car’’ Izzy complimented as soon as she stepped in but I knew she had something up her sleeve. It wasn’t like Izzy to be nice.
‘’Thank you but I’ll have you knw if You’re cooking up anything eveil don’t bother , it wont work with me here’’
‘’I was just trying to be nice ‘’ Izzy murmured looking away and silence reigned for a while as I drove home.
The two hours deadline was long over . I was thirty minutes late but I hoped sincerely he was caught up in a meeting or something .Anything whatever that will give me an advantage over him.
‘’Have you slept with my Dad?’’
Izzy asked out od nowhere and I chocked .
‘’What?’’ I asked bewildered ‘’Why would I do that? Your dad has a girlfriend for heavens sake.’’
Ther was nothing gentle nor passionate about the kiss but demanding and possessive and short lived.
I jerked away from hm like someone jolted with electricity while he stood rooted to ths ground.
Moments later , a loud thud was heard as my fist connected with Jordan's face .I blinked , I wasn’t planning to punch him but I wasn’t going to let him get away with kissing me without permission.
Seriously, permission permission permission . Why cant this guy get the hang of it?
‘’You have quite a fist ‘’ Jordan mocked or complimented, I couldn’t tell but my eyes widened to the size of saucers when I saw a red liquid spilldown his nose .
‘’Oh God’’ I shrieed and rushed towards him , tugging his head backward to stop the bleeding.
‘’What are you doing?’’ Jordan asked startled and confused with his had still pushed backward while my eyes scanned my roof o atissue.paper.
‘’You’re bleeding , probably from my punch’’ I said as I took a piece of the tissue paper I found in my drawere thanks to his direction , folded it and stuffed it into his bleeding nose.
‘’Great , nose bleed . You should be a professional boxer’’ Jordan taunted as I watched him with hands akimbo, ready and prepared for the argument lingering in the air.
‘’What were you expecting after you kissed me ?I thank you? Worship your ass?
‘’I was expecting slap on the cheek, I never thought a punch was forthoming and damn it was hard’’
Even though I was angry to the core , I couldn’t help but laugh at his attempt to make a joke out of this situation.
‘’I’m sorry ‘’ I heard someone say
‘’What?” I frowned slightly ‘’Did you say something?’’
Jordan groaned ‘’ Don’t push it ‘’While I chuckled beside him . We were sitting on the floor leaning against my bed.
‘’Is sorry to hard for you to say ?’’ I questioned hoping he was going to do me the favour of answering.
Silence
‘’Fine , just pretend I never asked that’’ I said and was about to leave when heard a word that froze me midway
‘’I’m sorry ‘’ Jordan blurted ‘’I’m sorry for changing your things wihout your permission and also issing you without…’’
‘’My permission?’’
‘’Yeah ‘’he nodded
‘’Well , apology accepted and if it heals your ago, you’re such a damn good kisser’’
Suddenly , Jordan's face lit up like a Christmas treebgore he smugly said.’’ Since it feels so good , We should try again’’
‘’Do you need another punch ?’’
Jordan held back his grin until his muscular arvhed as he raised his hands in surrender. ‘’I’m good’’
Seeing he wasn’t going to try anything stupid again I stood up ‘’ You can leave now , Im nt going to quit. Once I make a promise , I keep to it and once I start something I finish it’’
Jordan stood up at once facing me as he brought out his hand for a handshake .
‘’Deal?’’
I stared at his hand cautiously before taking it.’’Deal then’’
Jordan smiled and a warm feeling stirred from my belly . What was happening?
Whatever this was . I can’t wait for theis six months to be over to put myself in perspective before someone does it for me.