"I will give you 5 seconds. I'm tired of waiting for your decision. I have waited for too long. 5.........4..........3"  -Enrique

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BLAKE's POV

I was surprised when I saw Taylor with her husband James in the shop the next day. The look on their faces told me that they had a bad news.

"What happened? I thought you're in Hawaii?" I asked them. They looked into each other before Taylor spoke.

"Blake, somebody offered me to be my business partner in order for the shop not go bankrupt. But he has one condition" She said while looking at me with guilty looking face. She bit her lip before continuing.

"What's his condition?"

"He wants me to fire you" I gasped in shock.

"Why is that? Who's this guy anyway?" I asked her exasperatedly.

"Mr. Enrique Dixon" Upon hearing the name, I stormed out of the shop and got in my car. I drove for at least 30 minutes to reach my destination. I parked my car in the parking space of the Dixon Enterprise. I didn't even have time to study the whole area because I was so mad, so mad that I could even kill someone.

To my surprise, the receptionist told me to go up after he talked to someone on the telephone. I was expecting him not to let me in just like that because I wasn't working there and I didn't even have an appointment. But of course, I didn't care about all that because I was itching to punch Enrique Dixon's face.

A middle aged woman ushered me to his office when I reached his floor. When she left, I let myself in without knocking because of anger. Then I saw Enrique's smug face. It looked like he was enjoying seeing me like this.

"How dare you do this to me?! What did I ever do to you to treat me this way?!" I asked furiously as tears were threatened to well down my eyes but blinked it back. I would never give him the satisfaction of seeing me cry in front of him.

"I won't answer that question right now baby but soon, you will know. Anyway, I knew you would come. Today is your deadline eh?" He said smirking like he's insulting me, like he already won.

"I want to know your decision now. Just tell me you agree to it already. You need money right? Remember, your mom needs to have a surgery today" I wanted to retaliate and fight him but he got me. I really need money ASAP and soon I will be jobless. But the most important of all was my mom. She needed a heart donor and large amount of money in order for her to live. I swallowed hard, still unable to produce any word. I wanted to hit his face and remove that smirk on his face.

"I will give you 5 seconds. I'm tired of waiting for your decision. I have waited for too long. 5.........4..........3" My eyes widened as he started to pack his things like he was about to go out while still counting. I panicked and because of that, I said the word that I probably regret saying. As much as I wanted to punch his face, he reminded me of my problems and that cornered me like a cat in front of a dog. I sighed.

"I accept" He smiled happily for a moment before he cleared his throat and turned emotionless.

"Good. Let's go" he said and tugged my hand. I scowled at him. I felt irritated and angry of his behavior but for some reason a delicious shiver ran down my spine when he touched me. He pulled me inside the elevator. When we reached down the ground floor and the elevator opened, the employees who were there stared at us curiously as we walked out of the building. When we reached the parking lot, I saw his private parking lot and his sleek and beautiful red sports car. I looked at him questioningly when he motioned me to get inside his car.

"Where the heck are you taking me?" I asked him while glaring at him. After I sat on the passenger's seat, he closed the door and went to the driver's seat. My eyes widened when he moved over me close enough that our faces almost touched. I almost forgot to breathe because of our position. I wanted to yell at him but I felt like if I moved, he would kiss me. I saw him smirked and before I could react, I felt him fastened my seat belt and sat back on his seat while still smirking.

I wanted to smack his face to rob off that smirk on his face but I suddenly didn't have the guts to. After he fixed his seat belt, he started the car and started driving to God knows where. We were driving for almost 10 minutes when I couldn't take it anymore and talked to him.

"Where are we going?"

"To your place" He said matter-of-factly. I frowned at him.

"Why would we go there?" I asked while trying to calm myself down.

"To get your things" He answered while concentrating on driving.

"What?! Why would I get my things?" He stopped the car because of the red light and looked at me with serious expression.

"You accepted my offer so now you must move in with me" My lips parted in shock of what he was telling me. He was making it sounded like it was an easy thing to do, like it was easy to just change my life style and all of a sudden.

"No! I just accepted your offer. You just want me to.....t-to bear you a c-child, isn't?" I asked as I tried to make it sounded casual as I could be but I failed miserably. Just thinking now that I agreed to his crazy offer made me shivered coldly.

"Yes. That's why I am telling you now to get your things because you will be living with me until you deliver the baby"

I swallowed hard. I suddenly had the urge to take back what I said and just forget about all this. But then, I remembered that all my problems could be sorted out by him with just a snap of his fingers. Then an idea flashed in my head. I clasped my fingers together and prayed that he would agree to it. I cleared my throat and stared at him intently.

"You are rich right? If you want a child then we can just do it artificially, I mean artificial insemination or-----"

"Whatever you want to tell me, stop it right now. The answer is no" I huffed in frustration. And I was hoping he would agree since he just wanted a child.

"You just want a child right? Then we can do that or maybe I can just donate some of my egg cells and then we can just find a surrogate mother. You know, people can almost do anything now with the help of science and technology" I said, trying to convince him the best I could. He just looked at me like he was bored with our topic but didn't say anything. I was about to say something again when the car came to a halt. I looked around us and to my surprise, we were in front of my apartment building.

"How did you know where I live?" I asked him exasperatedly. Instead of answering me, he went out of the car and opened the car door for me.

"Thanks...Anyway, answer me!" I demanded him which made him chuckle.

"You know what, you talk a lot. Anyway, let's go. It's getting late" He said and started walking inside the building. When we were inside the elevator, my brows creased when he was the one who pushed the 3rd floor button. I didn't question him how did he know so much about me. He was a rich and influential man and asking him would be just silly.

"Just get what you think you'll need. I will provide everything so basically you don't need almost everything inside this apartment. I just brought you here for you to get the things you want" I heaved a sigh and controlled myself from yelling at him. The way he was talking to me was irritating and I was beginning to feel like he was going to control my life. I just packed my clothes and some personal stuff. Soon after that, we were in his car again, driving to his place.

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The drive to his place was full of silence. He was concentrating on driving while I on the other hand was looking outside. It's getting dark and the night was getting chilly. I rubbed my arms when I felt cold. His convertible car was open. My peripheral vision caught him stared at me. When the car stopped in front of the red light, he pushed a button and to my surprise, the car started closing, covering the top part.

"Thanks" I mumbled. He started driving again when the stop light turned green.

"You get cold easily huh. I never knew about that" He said while smiling. I gasped inwardly when I noticed that he was smiling genuinely. Not the smug face he had when he smirks at me. He suddenly looked younger and handsomer to my sight.

"Do you like what you see?" He asked with his usual smirk and that made me rolled my eyes at him. No! He's not handsome at all! He is a devil! I heard him chuckle of my reaction and then I felt the car stopped.

"We're here" He said and went out of the car. Before I could open the door myself, he opened the car for me like a gentleman. I thanked him again even if I didn't want to because I don't want him to think that I don't have any manners. My mother always tells me to say 'thank you' when people do you a favor. When i got out of the car, I saw a tall building in front of us. I looked at him questioning but he wasn't paying attention to me. Instead, he opened that car trunk and got my things out.

"Where are we?" I asked him curiously but my voice sounded flat, like I wasn't interested on knowing about it. He chuckled at me and locked the car.

"This is building owned by my family. It's a condominium building and only the rich gets to live here. I live in the penthouse though" he said and then started walking inside the building. The two guards greeted us but gave me a curious look. We went inside the elevator and was about to close it when a beautiful girl with a long black hair called us to hold the elevator. When she got inside, he suddenly kissed Enrique on his cheeks that made my eyes widened.

"Oh my God! I missed you Enrique! Do you want to join me with dinner tonight?" She said seductively. She was wearing a skimpy blue dress and high heels. She looked so beautiful but for some reason, I don't like her. I felt irritated at her for some unknown reason. She even wrapped her hands around Enrique's neck. She didn't even bother to look at me.

"Stop it Nerissa. I am with someone" He said in a light tone which surprised me. I thought he was going to yell at her because he looked irritated but he didn't. I scowled at him as I felt a feeling I didn't expect to feel seeing them together. I sighed in irritation.

"Who is she?" Nerissa asked finally and unwrapped her arms around him. She was staring at me like I was a pest and I didn't like it. I was about to speak when he answered her.

"She is my girlfriend" He said and I gasped in surprise. I scowled at him but he just smirked.

"Really?" Nerissa said and inspected me from head to toe. Her actions infuriates me. I didn't like the way she stares at me.

"Why do you look at me like that?" I asked at her directly. I never was the type of a girl who just stands in one corner and do nothing. When I feel pissed, I always voice my thoughts out. She looked taken a back for a second before she smirked and answered.

"Nothing. I am just curious of the girl who captured Enrique. I was expecting to see someone worth competing but I guess I shouldn't be worried" She said confidently and got out of the elevator when she reached her floor. I gritted my teeth and hold pushed the hold button.

"What do you mean by that? I am not competing to anybody and if you want him, just take him. I don't care!" I spat at her. She looked surprise but didn't say anything. I pushed the close button and the elevator started moving up again. I looked at Enrique and he didn't look happy. I couldn't care less. When we reach the top floor, he tugged on my hand and pulled me inside his suite. I felt nervous all of a sudden. By the looks of it, we were alone in the suite and he looked angry at me. He threw my things on the couch and pulled me again to somewhere.

"Get your hands off me! You're hurting me!" I hissed but he didn't let go. Instead, his grip became tighter. My arm looked reddish now and no doubt it'll get bruised. He opened a door and before I could ask him whose room was it, he pushed me on the bed.

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