No One Leaves Without My Permission

Room 207. He found it.

He rapped lightly on the door for some time but got no response.

'Is she sleeping already?' he rolled his eyes.

How come she loved to sleep so much. He turned the door knob—the door was locked.

He looked around, making sure no one was watching, and expertly broke in.

Since he was so intelligent, it didn't take him a minute to destroy the doorknob.

He pushed open the door and stepped inside the studio apartment. On the left was a desk that had books neatly stacked on it and a chair.

A screen divided the room into two. Joel easily picked up that her bed was behind the screen. But then, there were no traces of the girl.

He sat on the chair and placed Little Pumpkin on his laps, gently patting his back. He removed their masks and placed them on the desk.

"You'll be fine kiddo." He smooched Little Pumpkin's forehead.

Emily skipped happily to her apartment as soon as she got off the elevator—she had just received her pay from one of her bosses. She took out her apartment key from her pocket and made to open the door when she noticed something was off.

Someone had broken into her apartment.

She quickly pushed open the door and the sight before her made her drop the nylon bag in her hand unconsciously.

The handsome god!!!

She wasn't expecting that man. Never in her wildest imagination did she expect to ever set her eyes on him again after she left five days ago.

But there he was, in his handsomeness, sitted on her chair, with Little Pumpkin in his hands. But then, he had his usual COLD AURA on.

"Ah-ah-annyeon-gha-se yo" she bowed.

As soon as Little Pumpkin heard the noona's voice he jumped down from his uncle's laps and scampered on his feet towards her. He hugged her laps tightly since that was where his height could reach.

Joel watched his little nephew in amusement. The boy was really burning up just now, and immediately he heard the girl's voice, his temperature returned back to normal.

Wow! Nice one.Joel clapped his hands mentally.

Emily smiled and squatted in front of the little darling. She ruffled his hair playfully and grinned. Hell, she missed his cute puppy face.

She carried him up and met the handsome god's burning gaze.

She fidgeted and bowed again.

"You left and didn't come back!" Joel's gaze was piercing through her skin.

'this guy! he told me never to go back and here he is saying...' Emily sneered.

"I'm sorry." She quickly covered up her sneer with a sober look.

"Whatever. Pack your things and let's go back. It's getting late." He ordered coldly.

'Eynn?..' Emily didn't believe her ears.

Who exactly did the guy think he was… ordering her the way he liked. Like WTF!? Pack your things and let's leave? Just like that?...

Emily stared at him in utmost shock.

Maybe she didn't hear him correctly.

"What?" Emily managed to say.

Since the CEO never repeated himself, he shot her a deadly glare, and instantly, she remembered what exactly he said and the way he said it—PACK YOUR THINGS AND LET'S GO BACK!

Goosebumps.

"I can't… I can't just leave. I have to work, I need money. I don't..." She stuttered.

Joel raised his right hand lazily, signaling for the girl to shut her trap-ish mouth.

"I'll pay you double of all the money you earn."

'wait, what? did he just say D O U B L E?!' she opened her mouth agape.

"No, I'll pay you triple." Joel added while Emily squinted her eyes, deep in thought.

'mwo?! T R I P L E?!!! Emily you are rich.' she high-fived herself mentally.

"I'm ready." Was her next reply.

As Joel drove back to the villa, Emily kept doing the additions in her head, calculating everything and mentally taking notes of the people she needed to pay back and the money she needed to send to her family.

She'd still be left with enough money. She'd buy herself some things with that and keep the rest.

She gently stroked Little Pumpkin's hair as he slept on her laps.

She looked up at the handsome god beside her. The man was really mysterious. One moment he was telling her to leave and never cross his path, the other, he was telling her to go live with him.

'Really mysterious.' she shook her head at him.

"Little Pumpkin wants you to live with us, not me." Joel blurted out coldly, as if reading her mind.

But deep down, like really deep down, he wanted the girl to live with them more than anyone else. He only used Little Pumpkin as cover up.

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"Your room is still the one next to Little Pumpkin's." Joel said to Emily, throwing his car key at one of the guards as he stepped out of the driver's side.

They had arrived at the villa.

Emily nodded her head obediently with Little Pumpkin sleeping peacefully in her arms. "Nde."

"You can't leave the house for anything. You stay right here." Hel instructed, his hands in his pockets as he strolled into the lounge.

"Nde." Emily bobbed her head, trailing right behind him.

"If you need anything, tell the maids, and they'll get it for you. If you need to get it yourself, tell me. No one leaves without my permission. No-One." Joel twitched up his lips.

Emily rolled her eyes but still replied respectfully. "Nde.."

"You only take proper care of Little Pumpkin. Understood?" He then took long strides towards the staircase.

"Nde." Emily replied, groaning innerly.

As soon as they got to the foot of the stairs, he turned around and faced her.

"Follow the rules." He stated calmly, but his words had fire with them.

"Nde." Emily bowed.

Joel nodded his head curtly and climbed up the stairway.

"Aishhh… Don't leave, don't stand, don't do this, don't do that... why don't you tell me not to poop too!?" She snickered.

Joel stopped when he got to the top of the stairway, and placed his hands on the banisters. "I heard that!"

He turned around and stared at Emily with a straight face.

"Ahhh… I… I… er…" She stuttered, biting on her lip.

She bowed her head uneasily and walked swiftly to Little Pumpkin's room.

Joel smirked and walked into his room.

After laying Little Pumpkin carefully on the bed, Emily switched off the light and walked out to her room.

Upstairs

...knock knock knock...

Joel dropped his phone on the bedside table and folded his arms. "Open."

He had just ended the call with Noah.

A maid bowed her head as she entered the CEO's room before talking. "Sir, this bag… it was in the car. Where should I put it?"

He stared at the bag. It belonged to the girl.

He flicked his hair with his middle finger and sat on his king-sized bed. "Give it to that girl."

The maid bobbed her head and turned to leave the room.

He frowned. "Wait."

The maid turned around instantly, her head to the floor. Had she done something wrong?...

"Sir?..." she asked, fidgeting with the bag in her hand as she broke into cold sweats.

"Drop the bag on the chair." Joel's cold voice resounded through the room.

"N-nd-nde?..." the maid stuttered.

Joel's face darkened and the room was soon freezing from his cold aura.

"Ah-ahh ye." The maid quickly walked towards the couch in the CEO's room and dropped the bag on it.

She bobbed her head and hastily walked out of the room. The atmosphere was so unbearable that she let out a sigh of relief immediately she stepped out.

Joel gazed at the bag for a while, he stood up and strolled over to the couch. He carried the bag and unzipped it to check it's content:

Ugly shirts

Stupid long skirts

Hideous gowns

Stupid earmuffs

Cheap perfume

Cheap and unpleasant undies

And a sort of paper.

"Fuck." He cursed under his breath.

He zipped up the bag and tossed it on the table, shaking his head.

"Those undies are so unpleasant to the eyes." He muttered in disapproval, grimacing.

He stood up on his feet and walked out of his room to his study. He needed to work.

After working on his computer for a while, he checked the time—12:32am.

He shut down the system, rose to feet, stepped out of his study, and took long strides to his room.

He had not taken more than five steps when he heard a silent bang downstairs.

He stopped in his tracks and listened again—BANG! This time, louder.

He furrowed his brows inquisitively, and walked silently down the stairs to where the bang was coming from—the kitchen.

The door to the kitchen was slightly opened and Joel watched, his eyes twinkling in amusement, as a girl gulped down soju.

He didn't see the face of the person, but he knew exactly who it was.No maid would ever do that, and there was just one girl who had an amusing appetite like that—Emily.

"Ahhhh..." Emily shook her head in satisfaction as she gulped down the soju.

"Mhhmmmn." She grinned.

She opened the fridge, took out another soju and gulped it down her throat.

She continued like that till she had five sojus down.

'PA PA PA' Joel clapped his hands after watching her drink the fifth soju.

Emily flinched, as she wasn't expecting to get caught. She thought everyone was asleep.

She gritted her teeth and turned around, slowly.

She widened her eyes at the sight before her. The snobbery handsome god was standing right there, by the door. She hiccuped uneasily. Her legs suddenly went limp and she had to hold the cabinet for support.