I came out and saw Callahan was sitting on his chair while his chin rested on his fist. The food was hot and vapor came out of the dishes as I neared the kitchen slab. I was still in my bathrobe.

"Earth to Callahan?" I said and managed to get his attention as his eyes moved toward me.

I raised my brow. "What happened?"

I tried to study his face but other than a blank face which had a chiseled jaw and a pointed nose and beautiful green eyes, I found nothing. Alright! I was bad at reading people's faces. But he seemed like something was bothering him.

"Nothing," he said with his usual tight-lipped smile. "C'mon, eat while it is hot."

One thing I knew from spending time with Callahan was that, even if he was troubled or planning some evil-ish plan, he would not spill anything. But there was a difference. When he was troubled, his posture would be a bit stiff and his fingers would be tapping the table or a surface and when he would be planning something, his palms would be clutched together. And as of now, while he rested his chin on his hand, the fingers of his other hand drummed the slab.

I narrowed my gaze at him. "Was me saying to you that 'I don't mind as long as you will be gentle' made you think like that? I was joking in case you didn't know."

I sat on my chair, looking at his most beautiful skill. He was an amazing cook.

Callahan smirked. "Of course, I knew that Carson McAllen would never go back on her ethics."

I nodded as I sipped on my juice. "I am impressed, Callahan. You are getting to know me."

And yes! I slapped him with his own dialogue which felt great.

A gap formed on his face parting his lips. "Is that my own words coming back to me?"

"Mmmhmm." I agreed and chuckled immediately and a grin plastered on my face not so after that. "Aren't I getting better day by day?"

He nodded. "Of course, you have to see how smart your mentor is."

"Don't joke in the morning." I said as we both laughed.

As we ate I asked again. "What happened? You seem a bit..." My eyes washed over him one more time, "...a bit stiff and distracted."

He chewed on his food as he said, "It's just some work in Hell which I need to complete."

"Oh." I didn't question further as I knew too many questions would annoy him.

We finished our food and I took both of our plates to the sink as I washed them and Callahan said, "Get ready honey, we will be late for our office."

My belly tickled as he called me honey but the next words made me halt my movements. I turned my head over my shoulders. "What did you say?"

"I said we will be late." He said with a straight face.

"No. No no! We can't go there together." I said as I placed the plates after wiping them.

"And why not?" He leaned on the slab as he crossed his arms above his chest. He looked damn hot in his white shirt and trousers. I was almost about to gawk at him but wait! When did he change?

"When did you change?"

"Just now."

I nodded as he asked with a raised brow, "Why can we not go together?"

"Because you are my boss now. I don't want people thinking that I am-"

Callahan cut me off. "Using my boss-ly powers. Yeah, I heard that before."

"Yes. That is why."

"And we had this talk before. So get ready and come with me." He said.

"That wasn't even a talk." I moved my hands dramatically in the air. "You didn't even hear me and I think I didn't agree with you."

Callahan put down his hands as a sigh left from his mouth. "Carson, will you get ready or you want me to change your clothes with my own hands?" He pressed his sentence and I stepped back defensively.

"I can do that without your hands, thank you very much." I said warily.

"Then get ready and come with me." He smiled. Ah! That was the smile which he gave when his mind brewed some evil plans.

"See? You don't even listen to me! That is pure blackmail!" I said as I felt my anger rising.

"That's what a devil is for." His gentle oh-so-me smile broadened as I finally gave in and went back to my room.

Honestly, he never listened to me and here I thought he was my devil who would obey my commands. Wasn't that the thing he said? If I asked something, he would do?

I wore my office suit and combed my hair tight. I looked at my watch and saw I still had some time left. I came back and saw Callahan was waiting as he looked at me. "Shall we?"

I narrowed my eyes at him as I wore my heels. He knew I was angry and he always did things intentionally to make me more angry.

I followed him to his car. It was another one. Today was a Rolls Royce Phantom.

As I sat on the leather seat I felt I could spend the whole day inside. It was just soaking up in luxury. There was richness in every small detail from beautiful carpets to the leather trim, and the soft leather seats with feather-filled headrests. It had a beautiful starlight roof. I need to work my ass off if I need to buy this car.

Which was in a millennium years later.

"How do you get these cars?" I asked.

He shrugged. "By giving human made money."

I tilted my head toward him. "And how do you get these 'human made money'?"

"Curious about my everyday wages?" He smirked as we crossed the main road but his eyes were on the road.

"You bought the whole Anderson building plus their estate. Of course, I'm curious!" I exclaimed. "And you get nice cars everyday."

"It's nothing much. Some twirls and twerks with the human bank and boom! I get the money." He grinned.

"You...you stole from the bank?" I asked with a shocked face.

He chuckled and his dimple appeared as he said, "Carson, I am a Devil. I don't need money to get these. I don't even need these or need money. If I want I can make Taj Mahal part 2 or colosseum part 3."

I looked at him with wide eyes. How easy for him to say when we had to work day to night just to feed ourselves.

"These are all human made and I see them as my toys. Even if I get a massive amount of money, nobody would notice." He asked as mischief danced in his eyes. "Do you want to be a billionaire?"

"No!" I said immediately even if that was tempting.

His grin broadened. "You can wish it if you want, I can give you anything."

I want you. Give me yourself! That my heart said which I blocked immediately because he was gonna hear it. My face flustered as I shook my head. "No thanks, do work to get money looks better."

"You still would go the hard way, won't you?"

The car stopped as I said, "Yes, the harder, the better."

He hummed. "Then we can check how hard I am."

I halted and slowly my head turned toward him. He gave me a mischievous grin and I unbuckled the seatbelt before going out immediately.

What was wrong with him?

What was wrong with me? My heart was pumping all the blood to my face and I couldn't help but keep rewinding his last words. He seriously said that yet I wasn't even angry. He clearly liked to tease me whenever he got the chance yet I am not mad.

I hurriedly entered the entrance as all of the workers glanced at me. They were also glancing at a person behind me and I knew who it was. As he entered everyone greeted him and the others eyed him while I went straight toward the lift.

I stopped before the lift doors and saw it said the lift was coming down. I wanted to get to my desk and start my today's works as I desperately needed to think of something else, otherwise I would start thinking weird things. And Callahan would make fun of me later if he found out what I was thinking.

My heart still thumped as I felt the intimidating aura behind me. I could sense him even if I didn't need to see him. I knew I was beginning to get attached to him and I was scared of it.

"Running away from me, are we?" Callahan's deep husky voice resonated from the left side of me.

"Wh-what do you mean?"

I felt Callahan's body shift to me as our bodies touched and I froze. It wasn't very close yet dangerously close that I couldn't stop my heart from beating loudly.

"You should know, Carson. You can run all you wish but you can't run away from me."