She chuckled in a confused manner as she stared at him, “what are you saying now? Are you sure you’ve not had alcohol?” She asked him as she stared at him. When he’d said he wanted a favor, she was thinking he wanted to apologize to her. She knew he must have been feeling bad after realizing that she’d gotten stabbed for him but asking her to be his girlfriend, that was way farther from what she had expected.
“I’m serious Kathryn, will you be my girlfriend?” He asked again and this time, she knew he was serious.
“You’re not joking ?” She asked as she stared at him.
“When I asked you to seduce me for hundred million dollars, did it sound like a joke? Was I joking when I gave you the money in cash?” He asked as he stared at her, looking as serious as a lecturer who’d just caught a student cheating during an exam.
“That’s not like this. Seducing you and….”
“Seducing me and being my girlfriend aren’t really different. If you want, I could pay” he told her and she stared at him.
“It’s not about the money you know” she said and for the first time since he’d asked her to be his girlfriend, he burst into laughter.
“Then what is it about?” He asked her. “Is there something else?” He asked again.
She shook her head, “like I said, it’s not about the money the time, I can’t take the job” she told him and he chuckled.
“If I remember correctly, you’d told me that when it came to money, you could do anything except get a person pregnant. As far as I know, becoming my girlfriend isn’t part of getting someone pregnant now is it?” He asked her.
“It’s not but I can’t still take it. I made my decision, I won’t be your girlfriend and that’s final” she told him and turned her face away from him.
“Two hundred million dollars… cash” he told her and she turned to him again which caused him to give a painful smile. He’d thought that in the time she was with him, she would let go of her live for money, even if it was just a little but he was wrong, she hadn’t and that was the only reason she’d turned at the mention of two hundred million dollars.
“I could continue as a seductress, trying to make you fall for me but as your girlfriend, I’m afraid not” she told him and some part of him was happy. Not because she had rejected his offer or left him stranded but because for the first time, she’d refused an offer that involved money.
“Why do you even want me to become your girlfriend if I may ask? I was cool with being your seductress because I thought you just wanted to toy with me but girlfriend… I just can’t bring myself to think of a good idea of why you’d want this suddenly ” she said and he inhaled deeply.
What was he supposed to tell her? He didn’t want her to think he was using her but the fact was that he only needed her his girlfriend to prove something.
“I’ve never pleaded with anyone before, I’ve only taken things by force but I’m pleading with you Kathryn, I’m requesting you, just accept ”
It was after his pleas that she realized that his only reason for having to do this was because he was in dire need of her help.
“Tell me, what’s your reason for wanting me as your girlfriend? I’d help you” she told him before putting his hand in hers and giving a little smile. “I promise ”
He inhaled deeply before explaining everything to her. He’d told her of the accusations and the reason he wanted her to be his girlfriend.
“I promise, it wouldn’t take time that’s why I wanted to become your boyfriend ” he told her “it would help clear my image ”
She chuckled, “since when did you start caring about your image? You’re a mafia, you deal in illegal stuff so why would you care when everyone already knows?” She asked
“I didn’t until I started a legal business. I have real investors and if they should find out about such a scandal going on, they would withdraw and it would affect my business badly ” he told her and she nodded her head.
“Take me downstairs, i would handle everything ” she told him with a smile.
“Are you sure? What would you do?” He asked her and she shook her head.
“Just let me do what I want to do ” she told him and took the IV drop that had been connected to her. As she tried to get off the bed, she staggered and Daniel held on to her, grabbing her by the waist to keep her from falling.
The moment they walked down the stairs, Kathryn gulped as she stared at the remaining reporters, they were so many and she could immediately tell that they had been sent by someone who really hated Daniel.
“He has brought her.. to take care of her?” A reporter asked and the rest of them rushed to her.
“Tell us madam, what has caused your boyfriend to attack you? Were you promiscuous?” The reporter asked and Kathryn chuckled.
“If I fell to the ground now and died do you know who would be responsible for my death?” She asked as she stared at the reporter.
“Who?”
“You would be” she said and the reporters stared at her, shocked. “You know, for every woman out there, her self respect is extremely important to her and you have just accused me of something as bad as promiscuous. It could attack me mentally and I could die ” she said before taking Daniel’s hands off her and then staggering.
“Madam be careful!” A reporter told her as he put his hand forward to stop her from falling but she shoved his hand aside.
“Please don’t act like you care because we all know you don’t.” She said and inhaled deeply
“Why do you say so madam? We all care about you and that’s why we’re doing our best to bring the truth about your attack to limelight”
“False. You only want someone or something to cover your stories. You just want spicy news but then there is someone who doesn’t want a thing like that” she said as she walked to Daniel..” my boss ” she said with a smile on her face.
“Your boss?”
“Yes, I’m his assistant and I’m sure you all believed he was my boyfriend because he’d filled that. Isn’t that simple? No one would attend to someone who wasn’t related to you so he had to fill that for faster response. He is a good person and that’s something you should all learn from” she said and the reporters had started to put down their cameras, most of them apologizing to him.
He smiled as he stared at her, it was such a smart way to change the tides to favor him.
“We’re sorry sir!” Most of the reporters said and Kathryn smiled to herself.
“My boss is very nice and that’s why I would be resuming work only when I recover, isn’t that the best boss ever?” She asked and the reporters nodded.
Meanwhile, in a huge bar, a man pushed a naked woman off him. “Kathryn Rivera huh? You’ve ruined my plans and I’ll make you pay for this…. I’ll not rest until you’re dead!” He said to himself in anger as he gulped an entire glass of alcohol in a go.