Blame It On Pride

Y/n's POV:

It was rather dark by now, I was making some coffee whilst the only light from the counter lanterns illuminated the kitchen faintly and warmly,

I felt arms wrapping around my waist, tugging on my shirt and pulling me closer whilst his lips traced down my neck,

'Hello my love...' He whispers, his head beside mine, inspecting on what I am doing...

'Hey...' I whispered, pressing the button for coffee to be hoarded in the coffee machine,

I decided to go quite plain today, simply beige trousers that reached my waist, white blouse tucked in meekly, white-strapped heels and a pastel-beige blazer on top,

We were getting ready to go,

I was not entirely fond of Rafe enduring all this on them, yes, I despise them, but I cannot even imagine on what he will do to them now...

I agree that they are not bounteous, however either way, I won't exactly remark Rafe on that, there's no point really, the way his facial expressions looked when he saw me, compared to when he looked at them is vastly different,

He is furious for what has happened,

And he won't take 'no' for an answer...

We simply decided that meantime he's there, I will simply finish up the dissertation for my university, that my teacher inquired if I could participate in...

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'Alright, you stay here, if you need anything, ask them, they will do it, if you need anything from me, call me, I'll be here, alright?'

'Thank you Rafe, but I-'

'Don't make me, make you, okay?'

'Fine...' I uttered, he nodded and tipping my chin with his fingers, he planted a kiss on my lips,

'I'll be back soon.' He whispers, looking at the guards with his 'formal-look-that-terrified-me-a-lot-' as they nodded and Rafe went off, further away...

'Would you fancy anything Mrs. Cameron?' One of them asks as I shake my head,

'Oh no thank you, and please, call me Y/n...you can sit down, you don't have to stand the whole time, take a seat.' I suggest as the reluctantly shake their heads,

'Sorry we cannot ma'am, the demand has been stated that we only can-'

'Yeah, I know, but, if I'm the former participant and I am being looked after, I allegedly allow you three to sit down.' I respond, they look at each other, all confounded on what to do,

'Alright, it's your choice, just so you know, you are not restricted from sitting down.' I announce, walking towards the laptop on the counter next to the wispy-white sofa that stretched corner-wise,

The room was quite delicate, beige walls, wooden-polished floor tiles, a pristine counter, further away were multiple shelves of books and a television,

Detailed ornaments on the walls looked luxurious, painted neatly,

I opened the laptop and began writing,

Me and Rafe have already decided on the job, he demanded for me to have my own company that I will have a full control over,

I reassured him that it's not a necessity, however he insisted...of course...

As by now, he insisted to make it as the "perfect" job, everything arranged so that I wouldn't need to worry at all,

All the prospects controlled at my whims and the sordid work will not be required,

However, I wanted to grind a bit, to actually work and prosper in certain aspects that I feel passionate about, since otherwise there's no point, really,

I explained that to him, as he was rather reluctant about it, but we manage to cooperate together, as in,

I will own the company, but I will also plan it, scheme it, rather than have it all prepared for me already,

He struggled to agree with that, constantly trying to intervene and make it better for me, however we managed to negotiate...well, with a slight condition...

I brushed my fingers over my lips at the memory of what occurred later on...

After a long while, they finally agreed to sit down, it took them a while,

"You can all watch telly or something, it's not a prison." I reassure as they all nodded,

They say rather uncomfortably on that sofa, still trying to appear professional and intimidating,

It was quite entertaining...

As then, further away, after about hours, the door was heard being opened,

The guards sprung up back to their initial positions whilst they stood and awaited Rafe,

I looked at him from my laptop, there was blood stains all over his knuckles as he was wiping them clean with a towel whilst walking closer to me, keeping an eye contact,

I gulped as in spare seconds of these doors being opened, I heard distant-drained whimpers and whines...

Wincing at everything, I am not particularly fond about trying to discover on what happened to them...

Rafe then finished up and placed the towel aside,

He then looked at the guards as they nodded and all parted aside, leaving us all by ourselves,

He places both of his hands on my shoulders, leaning down, he looks at what I am writing,

"I like it." He says,

"You had only few seconds to read it,"

"I know that I like it." He justifies...

I chuckle and raise my head at him,

He bends down and holding his hand on my cheek, he kisses me softly...

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