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Chapter 20

"Hello Emma." I heard the sleazy voice matching the sleazy face I was looking at right now.

"Colin." I said surprised pulling my hand back to myself. "I didn't know you were here." I said to him.

"Your father invited me." He said with a smug face.

"Really?" I asked him surprised feeling a bit uncomfortable in his presence. I always got a bad feeling when he was looking at me. It felt like he was staring at me like on some kind of prey. And I couldn't understand how it was possible that our father would invite him in. He has a bad reputation. Our father doesn't like to be connected to problematic people.

"Our father is one of the sponsors for the Olympics team." He added which now explained the whole situation. I haven't seen his father here. He probably send his children instead of him.

"How are you doing?" he asked me his intimidating eyes observing my body.

"Great thank you for asking." I replied politely hoping to get away from him as quickly as possible.

"You look fabulous tonight." He added coming to me closer. "I hope you will not decline my offer for a drink tonight like the last time." He said flirtatiously.

"I am sorry Colin but I have to go back to our guests." I told him and tried to pass around him but he grabbed my arm making me jump by surprise.

"I am also your guest." He said smiling at me and I break up from his hold.

"Come on Emma. You know there is chemistry between the two of us." He said leaving me speechless. What chemistry? He hit on me once when he was high on something. It wasn't very pleasant feeling. I was afraid of him since then. He came closer to me and I took step back as his closeness was making me nervous.

"I know you want me don't try to hide it." He said grabbing my arm again and my heart started to race with fear.

"I don't know what you are talking about Colin. I am sorry but I am not interested in you." I said to him directly hoping he will leave me alone.

"Ouch." He said pretending I hurt him leaning his face closer to me. His smelly breath of whisky touched my nose.

"Come on Emma. Let's go to your room to have some fun. You will not regret it. I promise I will get you to places you have never been before." He winked at me his pupils dilated making me nauseous. I was looking at him shocked and scared at the same time.

"Let me go Colin or I will scream." I told him my breathing accelerating preparing myself mentally to kick him into his crotch but he only laughed and pushed his body closer to mine making me stuck between him and the wall behind me. Where the hell is my security?

"Oh that's how I like it." He said with a smile on his face. Remembering my basic self-defence training from Tom I was preparing myself to punch him into his smugly face when I heard a familiar voice.

"Get your filthy hands off of her." I heard making me immediately calmer. Colin didn't even had a chance to properly look up when James pushed away his hand from my arm and punched him into his face so hard he stumbled and fell down. James was looking at him with a murderous look.

"Well, well, well." Colin said getting up on his feet wiping the small amount of blood that spread from his mouth. "Somebody is putting his hands into someone elses business." he hissed at James. James took a step closer to him looking at him face to face.

"You touch her one more time and I will beat you that hard you will forget what your name is." He said to him through his teeth.

"Be careful Phillips. I hate when somebody is blackmailing me." He hissed at him.

"Is there any problem here?" Tom finally showed up rom the corner of the hall.

"I think Ashworth is about to leave now." James said not taking his murderous look from Colin's smug face. Tom looked at my shocked and scared face and I guess he somehow understood what happened as his look changed into the same murderous one James had.

"Mr. Ashworth I will see you off of the property of palace." Tom said politely but I saw he was holding back and trying to be professional.

"We are not done yet." Colin said walking away giving me a smug smile.

"Oh you bet you are done. Don't show up near her or I will break all your bones." James yelled after him when they were already at the end of the hall.

"I hate that man." James hissed as he was watching them leave. "Are you okay?" he suddenly asked turning to me his murderous look now changed into worry.

"Yes I am fine." I said to him with shaky voice but I wasn't very persuasive. He took me into his arms and breathed out a heavy breath of relief.

"Don't worry. I will not allow him to get anywhere close to you anymore." He said kissing my forehead and I believed him. I hope that I will never have to meet with Colin again. I bet Tom is also pissed off at himself for coming late to the rescue.

"How did you know I was here?" I asked him thinking that the last time I saw him he was with Meghan.

"I saw you to leave and I wanted to be with you alone. To tell you how beautiful you look tonight." He said little smile spreading on his face making me smile too and forget about my jealousy seeing him with Meghan.

"Let's go somewhere private." He said looking around and took my hand as we walked quickly up the stairs to the wing with our private rooms. We were in the middle of the hallway when I realized he was taking me into my room and I immediately stopped.

"What is it?" he asked me confused.

"I..."I started but I wasn't sure what to tell him. "I am staying in a different room now." I said and turned around to our guest room and he followed me there.

"Is it something wrong with your room?" he asked me when we entered the guestroom I was staying at.

"No." I quickly replied wrapping my hands around his neck and putting a sweet kiss on his lips.

"Hmm. Why am I not convinced?" he said with his eyes narrowed with suspicion at me. "What is going on?" he asked me.

"Okay. Fine." I said. I walked to the bed and sat down. "I didn't wanted to bother you with this." I said. He looked at me confused.

"You know you can tell me anything." He said coming closer to me.

"But promise me you will not freak out." I said to him and he narrowed his eyes.

"I don't promise when I don't know what is going on." He replied.

"Okay then nothing is going on." I said quickly standing up trying to brush off the topic.

"No, no, no. You can't just start something and then not finish it. Tell me. Was Ashworth harassing you before? Is that it? If so I will kill him." He said pissed off.

"No. It's not about him. I mean it happened only once before but he was drank and high and it was nothing serious." I said and he clenched his teeth.

"That son of b*tch." He said angry.

"But really it's not about him. It's something else." I said to him.

"Why didn't you tell me before?" he asked me accusingly.

"I can take care of myself." I said proudly.

"Oh I saw that." He said ironically.

"I was about to punch him when you came to the rescue." I replied.

"Oh really? Well it didn't look like that." He said and I looked at him furious.

"Are you suggesting that I wanted to be molested by him?" I asked him outraged.

"I never said that." He hissed.

"Well you were having a good time talking with Meghan back there." I said folding my arms on the chest. Now two can play that game.

"Oh come on here we go again with her?" he said annoyed.

"You must admit I have a really good reason to be on alert when you are with her." I said to him implying on those on and off rumors for them to be together. And to that time he slept with her after he took my virginity.

"And here we come to the problem where you don't trust me." He said disappointed.

"I am trying to. But how can I trust you when you were changing women like clothes before? How can I trust you around Meghan when I know you two were on and off dating?" I replied and he closed his eyes looking like I hurt his feelings.

"No you are not trusting me and not even trying to. Because if you were trusting me you wouldn't be jealous of Meghan or any other woman I am talking to. You would just ask me directly if there was something between the two of us. I changed Emma. I changed for you either way the first time and the second time." He said coming to me closer.

"And if you were trusting me you would tell me what is going on. You are keeping things from me. I am trying for this to work." He said pointing at him and me.

"I just didn't wanted to bother you. I know you wouldn't be happy with what I would tell you." I tried to defend myself.

"I know we agreed to go slow and I guess we both forgot about it and went straight ahead. But what is the point to continue in this without your trust? Is it really that much to ask? To trust me?" he asked me.

"I am trying." I repeated.

"Oh really? I can't see it. You are not trying hard enough." He said.

There was a sudden and uncomfortable silence as we were just looking at each other. He took a deep breath.

"I was doing all I could but I guess I am done." He said and walked to the door. What? 

"What do you mean?" I asked him nervous. He stopped and turned to look at me.

"I am sorry you couldn't see that I love you so you could trust me." He said and my heart stopped at those words. Love me? Did he just say he loves me? I was standing there frozen to the spot.

"Good night Emma." He said opened the door and left leaving me standing there shocked.

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