CEO's Contract Bride

The Jerk called William Knight

Chapter 3

Amanda’s POV

It had been 3 hours since William Knight had left for his meeting, he had asked that his secretary show me to his office and that was it, I had been waiting here for him and I was slowly losing my patience, all through the car ride, he had conveniently ignored me and kept swiping away at his tablet and when I had tired talking to me, he had told me that he was busy with important things and that whatever I had to say was not definitely not important and could wait.

I had to bite my tongue to keep from lashing out at him, customer service rule one stated that the customer is always right, even they are behaving like arrogant jerks, they were still right but right now as I sat in his posh office decorated with black leather and mahogany wood, I was beginning to think that whoever made that rule was probably high on cheap wine when he said that trash.

I sat there on the sofa seething and waiting for the arrogant jerk to show up, I had a nasty temper and when I lost it, I totally lost it and William Bloody Knight was pushing me to my limits.

It took one more hour before the door opened and the arrogant bastard walked in along with another man, the man was tall and handsome just like William but he was a blonde, when William’s eyes fell on me, the same smile I was beginning to hate slowly spread across his face and that fuelled my anger once more but I remained quiet.

“I didn’t realize you were still here, I figured you would get tired and leave but you are still here” he said as he walked past me to sit behind the neat mahogany table,

My anger sparked, the bastard had left me here intentionally, he was truly the bastard the tabloids said he was, I was going to say something when the man who had come in with sat on the sofa opposite the one I was sitting,

“Hello Love, I am Richard Sanders and that jerk over there is my friend” he said with a charming smile,

I thought he had a nice smile unlike the jerk seated behind the table, he had twinkling green eyes and there was an air of recklessness that surrounded him, a smile crept into my face, I liked this man, he was nothing like his friend, the king of arrogant jerks.

“Hello Mr. Sanders, I am Amanda Collins and it’s a pleasure to meet you” I said and extended my hand for a handshake but he simply took my hand and turned the back before leaning down to place a soft kiss on it,

“Please call me Richard, Mr. Sanders is for my father” he said with a another charming smile before releasing my hand,

I couldn’t help the smile that spread across my face again, he was exactly my kind of guys, I like guys that loved a little flirting, it made things a whole lot more interesting “Okay then, it’s a pleasure to meet you Richard” I said,

He smiled and gave me a small wink, that sent butterflies dancing in my belly, the sound of a throat been cleared made me remember the third person in the room and how mad he made me, I turned to him and all my anger returned, he sat there watching me cool eyes,

“Well if you are done flirting with my friend, I want to let you know that I have no need for services, my mother has already told me everything and I want you stay away from me until the six months elapses and after that I will make sure you get your fees and then you can be on your merry way” he said,

There was nothing that could stop me from lashing out at the bastard, who the hell did he think he was? I didn’t care if he was a f*****g billionaire, I was a woman with pride and I wouldn’t let anyone speak to me disrespectfully, I stood up and walked over to the table very calmly,

He watched me as I approached with eyes that betrayed nothing “Who do think you are? Honestly I don’t care if you are the bloody president of the US, I was hired by your mother and only she can tell me what to do, I don’t care if you want to work with me or not, I will still do my job, I suggest you understand that I am not going anywhere anytime soon” I said and turned away from his angrily, I walked to the sofa and grabbed my bag,

Richard was grinning like a Cheshire cat, I gave him a smile and turned to leave, when I got to the door, I stopped and looked back at the jerk seated behind the table, he was still watching me with those eyes of his,

“I will be here by 11:00am tomorrow, I hope you will be here so that you don’t make things difficult for both of us” I said and without waiting to hear his reply, I walked out and slammed the door behind me.

As I walked towards the elevator, I could not believe I had just yelled at William Knight, billionaire extraordinaire, the tabloids would have killed to catch a glimpse of it, I could already see the headlines tomorrow, it would have been funny to read it all.

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William’s POV

I stared at the door the petite woman had just stormed through, I had tried by best to mask my emotions so I doubt she knew how surprised I was by her outburst, if I was going to be honest with myself, it was the last thing I had expected, I expected the usual bow and cave behavior I usually got from people and I loved it, it was the way things were supposed to be, they were supposed to bow and cave, I was the one with power so what the hell made that woman different, I felt like she needed to learn a few lessons about who was in charge and that was a lesson I will make sure she learnt as soon as possible.

I was pulled out of my malicious thoughts by the sound of Richard’s laughter, I turned my slowly towards him, he was laughing so hard I was beginning to find it annoying, I watched as his laughter died down and he was looking more composed before I said “Was it really that funny? The ice dripping off my every word,

“It was bloody funny, honestly that was just priceless, I wished I had gotten the whole show on camera but I believe I was too shocked to do anything, when was the last time someone put you in your place? It has been forever” he said, a smile that showed his mirth was way too prominent on his face.

I exhaled deeply, I wondered how it was that I was still friends with this jerk, we had been friends since high school, we had both been on the school football team, he had been the captain and I had been the assistant, it had been chaotic at first, two alpha males, fighting for dominance and then finally we called a truce and somehow it had lasted through the years and it could be because we were similar in many ways, both had to carry huge responsibilities from a young age and we both had demanding fathers, my father had passed away in a car crash 7 years ago but Richard and his father were still at logger heads till this very day, all his nasty behaviors were just to make his father angry and the man had no choice to put up with everything because Richard was his only child and every man with fortune needed an heir.

“I am glad you enjoyed the show” I said and turned my attention back to the computer on my desk,

“I like her, I really like her” Richard said,

“You like every woman Richard” I answered without looking at him,

I heard him chuckle before he said “I will not deny that I love the fairer s*x, they are God’s gift to the world and I will love them to the best of my ability but that woman, she is different, she is not like the other women we know, she’s got spirit and I, for all my love for women prefer the ones with spirit”

It was no lie that Richard was a hardcore ladies’ man, you could never spot the same woman on his arm twice, he played around and that was it, in all the years I had known Richard, I have known him to have a single girlfriend, he always had different girls and sometimes he hardly even remembered their names.

I am not claiming to be a saint, I have had my fair share of women but there had never need for anything serious, it was always casual and nothing more but now, mother had cooked up this scheme to find me a wife, I could not openly come out to tell her that I wanted no part in her marriage plot, my mother was my weakness and the one person in this world I will rather die than hurt, she was the reason why I was the man I was today, all those years struggling with a perfectionist father, she had been my light in a very dark tunnel, she had stood by me and believed in me all the time and so today, I owed her everything but there was no way I could agree to get married now, I was not ready to get married, I was still very young and I was enjoying my bachelorhood.

“I know you are not one to allow yourself be insulted, you will definitely get back at her, you are petty like that” Richard said and this time, I had to turn my head to look at him,

“Did you just call me petty” I said,

Richard simply shrugged and said “I have known you for years and if I say you are petty then you are definitely petty”

I decided to ignore him, sometimes that was the best option when dealing with Richard Sanders.

“But you are not going to let her be right” he said,

I could not help the smirk that plastered itself on my face “Miss Amanda Collins needs to learn some respect and I will be more than glad to teach her some” I said,

Richard simply shook his head and said “Here we go again”