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Chapter 9: Who could he be?

Next Day Wednesday

Anna stood in the balcony smiling and giggling all by herself while scanning through the beautiful view of the serene environment outside her mansion. Her hair was tied in a ponytail with her wet edges sticking on her pale skin as a result of the exercise she had just finished.

Her head rotated around a few more times before she headed back indoors to bathe, dress up and go meet with the rich man who saved her from a lot of trouble. The trilling adventure she had fully planned to embark on, was just something too exciting and irresistible for her thoughts.

She hopped into the luxurious round bathtub and sank her delicate skin deep into the fresh smelling bubbles. The view of her bathroom itself was something that made her feel trendy and chic. She took her time to bathe and cleanse every part of her body like Cleopatra; the beautiful ancient queen of Egypt. It took over an hour for her to walk out of the bathroom and of course, another hour to complete her make up routine.

At exactly 5:10pm, Anna wobbled her hips into one of her shiny black latest jeep which was tinted in a super dark tint. An eternal struggle with the seat belt prevailed before she successfully and carefully put it on to avoid smudging her newly painted nails. She adjusted the mirrors in such a way that she could glance at her pretty face anytime.

Eric and Lilian stood shoulder to shoulder watching each and every slow routine of the committed young woman who suddenly wished to drive all by herself.

“I feel nervous about this Eric, shouldn’t we do something to stop her?” Lily whispered.

“Like what? Do you have a death wish?”

“You know it’s too dangerous, and its your job to keep her safe”

“My first duty is to do as I am told, to escape the woes of being fired”

“Is that more important than Anna?”

“Yeah” Eric replied promptly and Lilian heaved a sigh and dropped her shoulders, wishing she had the gut to just yell out a “coward”.

“I think she glared just now” Eric whispered again

“You are exaggerating her eye movements”

“You never believe me”

“Because you tend to exaggerate on everything”

“You trust that Miko Jerk much more than you trust me. Even though I’ve been with you longer before he met you”

“Why are you suddenly bringing him up?”

“I am telling you to watch out and not fall for his ugly lies. He does not love you, he’s only interested in taking advantage of naive girls like you”

Lilian heaved another sigh again… much heavier than the last one as she watched Anna driving away from the Mansion.

Anna drove carefully on the highway, following the routes on her map which led her to her destination after more than thirty five minutes of driving. Her car came to a halt at a checkpoint. Some well armed security men thoroughly inspected her vehicle and asked her a few questions, followed by some wasted minutes of phone calls before they granted her a passage.

She drove through a tall gate and her eyes became glued on the exotic looking villa surrounded by seemingly smart security personnel. She parked over in the giant parking space, glanced at the environment for a few more minutes before she finally descended from the jeep. A female security officer approached the car.

“Miss Park Anna right?”

“Yeah...”

“Please follow me. You can handover your keys so I can adjust the parking for you” The female security officer collected the keys and swiftly moved her body while Anna catwalk and followed her behind.

On reaching the large entrance, Anna was subjected to a round of a quick pat-down before she was granted an entry into a spectacularly breathtaking interior. Her eyes did not stopped roaming around even for a second, almost drooling as she saw the insane riches engraved on the walls. It looked like a palace of an Arab monarch. Her eyes suddenly fell on the blonde guy skipping his legs across the stairs and descending down speedily as though someone was chasing after him. So it was him after all. The weirdo at that Party?

“DOVE. Welcome to my home” She felt herself in an embrace, her head started tunneling in 360 degrees while her high heels fell off from her legs.

“Urggghh…”She squirmed with her eyes close “Please put me down, I feel dizzy” She felt herself suddenly being carried like a baby and then put down on a soft and comfortable couch.

“I am so happy you came dove. You look gorgeous right now” His breathing invaded her, and his body was not moving away, he was almost pinning her down on the couch.

“Oh sorry” He moved his body away from her and dropped his ass against the adjacent couch.

Anna sat upright, her head still tunneling a bit when she set her eyes on him. She could see he was wearing an arm less top similar to the one he wore last time. He probably loves showing off his muscles, she thought. And by the way, the tattoo on his arm looked new. A skull like structure professionally drawn on his left arm, and something like a bird was drawn just below the skull.

“So we meet again” She said.

“Yup… and you’ll have to drink with me today dove. To make up for that time.” His hand motioned for a wine glass sitting on the beautiful rectangular center which Anna could not understand what material it was made of.

Pouring the already uncapped bottle of wine into the small glass, she heard him asked her “You drink well don’t ya?”

“Urrrr… Well how about we talk first before the drink?”

“Bout what?”

It seemed as though he had started drinking even before she’d arrived, she took a mental notice before replying “About the reason why you decided to interfere in my deal with the agencies.”

“Oh dove. I was hoping you didn’t come here to talk about that boring stuff… But sure, lets just say I put a knife on their throats to make them reconsider”

“Are you being serious?”

“No…That was a joke”

She observed him for a moment, unable to differentiate his facial expression. He was unpredictable… Like sweet, and a little bit creepy at the same time. He sounded like he really did put a knife on their throats though! But that would be the most ridiculous story ever. “I should come back some other time, maybe? It seems you already had a few of those glasses before I got here”

“No Dove. You’re not going anywhere” He rose up from his spot and swiftly moved into the couch with her, sitting with his lap too close enough to be touching hers. He gazed at her luscious red lipstick, and slowly moved his eyes downward like a stupid pervert.

“You are drunk” She drew in a quick breath as she shifted nervously. He grabbed her soft delicate hands into his big palms and began to caress them. “Look into my eyes Dove” his tone shifted into something much more aggressive and commanding.

Her heart pounded hard and by now, she could swear he was not the same person he was a minute ago. Terror struck her and she started debating whether to look into his eyes or not.

“Come on… Look into my eyes dove” he switched back to his normal, persuasive voice again, and when she summoned the courage to look into his eyes in the hopes of grabbing something out of the freakish situation, she heard the voice continued “You are a rare beauty. A woman of an esteemed caliber who deserves to be with a man who would secure the future of all your succeeding generation, and their upcoming generations… One thousand years to come…” The voice came out like a commanding whisper, forcing her to quiver while her soul almost jumped out of her flesh. Every strand of hair on her body surely gave him a standing ovation before they finally succumbed under his terrifyingly eerie voice.

She had never… ever seen someone like that in the whole twenty one years of her life. One man speaking inside her head with two different voices… And surely, she had not touched any alcohol beverage, not even water yet, so it means she is sane. But what is happening? Does he have a multiple personality disorder or something?

“I need you to grant me one wish”

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