Kal's POV

"You can't tell me that you had an affair with that lady!" My father spat out as he paced about the living room.

Sighing, I rub my forehead. "Father, I told you this last night. I thought you were aware?"

My father stops walking at stares at me full on. He's extremely furious that I hadn't used the opportunity to take advantage of Jemmah. It doesn't always work that way. Knowing my father, I know he would have grabbed onto that opportunity if he had been aware.

It's different for me. Last night, the news shocked me to the marrow. I was hurt that she had been lying to me the whole time even after the time we spent together.

I guess I don't matter that much.

Achilles is standing behind one of the couches and my mother seems to be walking around the house and my father follows her movement all the time. Now, she's picking up a candle holder from the middle of the room and somehow, my father has stopped pacing and begins to watch her.

"Cara, if you require my attention, you fucking speak! Stop moving around and distract the hell out of me!"

Achilles and I can't help but burst into laughter. My mother straightens and glares at my father. She's a dramatic one.

"I don't need your attention, okay?" She retorts. "You can continue with your meeting and stop watching me move. You seem to be the one in need of attention. Stop projecting your need for attention on me, okay?"

I know my father isn't going to let this one go. They're going to dive into a full-blown argument. Gesturing to Achilles who is watching both of my parents with amusement, I begin to walk towards the staircase that leads to the study.

Achilles gets the memo and follows me upstairs. Shutting the door behind him, Achilles flops into a leather recliner and heaves a sigh.

"Your parents..." He points towards the door chuckling fondly.

"I'm so used to their useless arguments, knowing how it's going to end with an intense make-out session," I gag in utter disgust.

Achilles bursts into laughter. "Acting like you don't do worse."

I shrug, taking a seat and playing with a pen I picked from the holder. "At least, they don't see me when I do my shit."

Achilles nods. "Let's get to work."

"How do we get Bells to sign this contract?" I wonder and before Achilles can correct me, I raise my hand, nodding. "I know, I know. I'm just really used to Bells that I forget all the time."

"Shit still has me surprised," Achilles muses. "Fuck, she did all these under your nose and you didn't realize?"

I shrug. "Man, it's not my fault. I had no idea. She never picked calls around me and she seemed to live a really private life. And honestly, I felt betrayed last night."

"She bade everyone goodnight, leaving you out," Achilles pointed out. "Did something happen between you both?"

Rolling my eyes, I raise my feet, placing them on my table. "Hell, yes. I was so mad at her and kind of ended the conversation quickly. She came to meet me on the balcony. Nikolai cut the conversation short so I had to leave. That blond dude infuriates the hell out of me,"

"He does it because he's interested in the CEO of BSL, yeah?"

"Hell, yeah!" I say and fling the pen to the other side of the room. It hits the wooden wall and clatters on the ground. "We really need to be awarded that contract, man."

"I know, right? This isn't right but why not reach out to her, and apologize for speaking ill of her company that way, you can earn back her trust and all. It'll be easier for her to award you a contract, I'm sure."

I see sense in what he's saying and nodding, I decide that I'm going to reach out to her later at night. She'll be free by then. Achilles already informed me of Susan's visit to her penthouse.

Before Achilles can reply, the door bursts open and my father barges into the room, shocking us both in the room.

He's glaring straight at me and this has me wondering if I did anything wrong.

"Some lady is waiting for you in my living room and I wonder why she's not Jemma St James,"

Standing from my seat, I try to calm my father down. "Dad, you should really calm down. I already told you that I have a plan."

"She's that lady that got fired by Jemmah," My mother speaks up from behind my father. She's really close to him so I know that they already settled and are back to being the most annoying set of people I've ever met.

Allegra.

What the hell is she doing here? How the hell did she locate my father's mansion? She's so infuriating.

"I'll be back in no time, guys," I say walking towards the door. Achilles nods.

"That lady doesn't seem like she wants to leave in a hurry. Dispose of her as quick as you can, we have a lot to talk about," My father commands.

I nod, giving Achilles a helpless look. He decides to follow after me. That way, we can give our parents the privacy they want.

"Why the hell is she here?" Achilles quizzes as we both walk through the corridor leading to the staircase.

"I'm equally confused. I have no idea. I just hope she's not here with some sort of stupid preposition. Allegra can be really crazy. I regret ever meeting her or giving her attention. I solely blame my horniness for all these,"

Achilles waits behind one of the pillars in the gallery. There's a seat there and that way, he can see and hear what's going on without being detected.

Allegra is seated on one of the leather seats, looking around. As I walk down the stairs, she twists in her seat and when she sees that it's me, she stands to her feet smiling.

Okay. It has been decided. Allegra is crazy.

Wasn't I the one who told her to leave me the fuck alone last night?

Why doesn't she ever listen?

It would have been cute if I was in love with her. But the reverse is the case and it's really annoying.

"Achilles," She says smiling.

Sighing, I close my eyes and drop into one of the seats far away from her.

"Thought I asked you to stay away from me, huh?" I ask, giving her a cold look. I notice her smile fade with immediate effect. "What do you want from me?"

Allegra swallows, wringing her fingers. She walks to me and slides on my thighs. I immediately retract my body but she's already on my thighs. I want to push her off but as crazy as Allegra is, she might tag it as an assault.

Her manicured fingers curl into my hair as she smoothes it. I've never felt so repulsive by someone's touch in my whole life and it takes a lot of willpower for me not to push her off me. "Remember when I used to do this to you?"

I shake my head. "I don't remember shit, Allegra, leave me the fuck alone," I grit out.

She pouts and I honestly want to wipe that off with a hurting statement. "Jemmah really did a good job at making you forget me, didn't she?"

"Fucking yes!" I exclaim, totally agreeing with her. I lift myself and she slides off my thighs. I'm standing and looking her square in the eyes. "She made me forget about you in just a second of watching her—"

"Strip?" Allegra completes the statement for me and laughs. Standing to her feet, she walks to where I am standing. Touching my arms, she says. "Don't worry, I'll make you forget about her in just a second. The same way she made you forget about me."

Scoffing, I shake my head. Allegra doesn't understand that she can never be mine. "And how the hell are you going to do that? Strip for me?"

I can see the desperation in her eyes as she speaks. "If that's what it takes for me to win you back, yes, I'll strip for you!"

"I'm sorry, but that's not possible," I say. "Jemmah is very different from you and no matter how good you strip, it's not going to change how I feel for her."

I pause. How the hell does Allegra know about Jemmah stripping?

"And how the hell do you know that Jemmah strips?"

Allegra laughs and walks away from me. She sashays her waist, hoping to get my attention but I pull my eyes from behind her, listening to what she has to say.

"Saw her one night with you, Kal."

"You better keep shut about it," I warn, moving close to her.

This is going to be a bad thing for Jemmah's new publicity.

Turning on her feet, she looks at me wildly. "I'll only do that on one condition."

"And what could it be?"

"Marry me, Karanos. Marry me!"