panic?

Devon frowned and took a step sideways. For some reasons the girl face looked familiar but he could not pinpoint where he had seen them before, so he just shook it out of his head.

"I'll take my leave" He made a slight bow and immediately turned and left.

The faces of Stacy and her daughter turned green from shame and embarrassment. Devon's indifference towards her was akin to slapping them a million times on their faces. He had even wordlessly distanced himself from her like she was some sort of plague. What a height of insult right in public eyes!

They did not need to look to know everyone was looking at them contemptuously. Anger and hatred surfaced in their heart but there was no one to venge it upon. The protagonist had gone away and was on his way to his matrimonial home.

At the same moment, Gisele Was being led into Easton Villa with a great entourage of bodyguards. She didn't seem to mind but instead strolled in with a languid Expressions. It was totally expected that they would catch her bring and her back to this place, if peradventure they had even failed at her, she had made up her mind to stroll back in like she was doing at the moment.

Once inside the house, nobody bothered with her again, only Aunty Lou and Butler Ken who couldn't help but smell the hanging gunpowder in the air.

"Aunty Lou stop worrying, everything would be fine" She assured the elderly lady whilst munching on the food before her. She had had only snacks at the party so she was quite hungry. She was not about to drive away her appetite by unnecessary worrying about her husband's temper.

Tachak! Tachak!

Sounds of premium rubber hurriedly hitting against the floor echoed in the building. Everyone turned to the entrance accept Gisele whose attention was solely placed on the plate of food before her.

"Boss!"

"Master!" The servants in the room bowed in greeting and stealthily separated themselves from the scene.

Devon stared at the young girl eating her food with no care for the world around her and the anger inside him only intensified. She seriously did not show any ounce of guilt or remorse.

"Do you need me to remind you the rules on the contract you signed?" He seethed.

"I don't think you do. I can recite them from heart" She dropped her spoon and turned to look at him. A harmless smile on her lips. Indeed she could recite his unreasonable rules by heart. The clauses were just too peculiar to forget.

"Then what on Earth do you think you're doing?!" He bellowed angrily. A picture of Alan leaning on her still lingering in his head. He didn't know which was more revolting, that scene or hearing Alan say he had found a girl he wanted to be in a romance with. Was that girl her?

"What am I doing? I can't even tell cause you seem to be angered by everything I do" She retorted.

He scoffed angrily "Don't play dumb with me. Was he the one who sneaked you out?"

Sneaked me out?

Gisele could finally understand were his line of though was coming from. He appeared to have misunderstood that Actor Gael had assisted her escape.

"You're at it again, blaming anyone just to satisfy your assumption. Don't drag innocent people into our squabble" Gisele replied with a rigid look.

Devon was at his wits end. She was defending Alan and he did not like it! If there was anyone that was innocent, that person was definitely not Alan! Alan was up to something and the most annoying part, she seemed to have something with him already.

He pulled his hair frustrated and effortfully swallowed up his anger. "All thanks to you, your band will remain till a very long time. This time don't think you would be ever able to escape, I won't give you the chance again" He turned to the guards behind him and ordered "Guard her twenty-four seven, As far as she is concerned, this whole premises is now on a lockdown till further notice" He said and began stumping away.

"You will retract your order" Gisele's languid voice echoed calmly. She was not shaken by his warning neither did she feel concerned because she knew he would retract it just like she wanted. This man might be stubborn but she was even more daring than he thinks.

Devon paused his steps, a frown appeared on his face, still he turned to say "and what makes you so confident?"

Gisele didn't answer verbally, she casually put her hands into the bag beside her and brought out a document. She leisurely dumped the documents on the table amd signalled for him to come pick it up.

Devon's didn't move an inch, he signalled another guard to bring the file. When the file was handed to him, he opened it and hurriedly skimmed through it.

A contract?

"What is this?"

"My terms"

"Your terms?" He repeated before letting out a few chuckles.

"Do you perhaps misunderstand something? You have no right to make terms and my word is final" He continued harshly.

Gisele rolled her eyes. Seriously this man's ego was were bigger than his body. What did he take her for? Someone who would listen to all he says without question? well sorry she just wasn't the kind to cower at a challenge.

"Well i do now" She said and at the same moment, the sound of Devon's phone ringing rang out.

He picked up the phone and glanced at the screen but then reluctantly put it down without picking the call. Gisele did not need to be told, this was a call from his girlfriend.

"You should pick it up, it's quite urgent" She informed pressingly causing Devon to frown even further. Reflexively, his finger slid across the screen and the call was connected.

On the other side of the phone. Chloe was standing in front of her door. Men in black like secret agent stood around her house at every entrance preventing her from leaving.

"Devon" her worried voice rang out.

"What is wrong?" The man's gentle tone came from the receiver.

Chloe shook her head uncertain "I don't know either but I've been band from leaving my house. Some men say they were hired to keep me in house arrest. I don't know what happened"

Devon's grip over the phone tightened and his eyes fiercely glared at Gisele. He didn't need to be told to know she had a hand in this.

"Don't panic. Stay in doors for now, I'll be there in a minute. Everything will be fine" he assured the girl on the phone before cutting the call.

Panic?

Chloe was really thanking god she didn't have a reason to be panicking. Thankfully she had not gone with her original plans for the night or else she would have been caught red handed by Devon when he comes later. Seeing the men guarding her house, her expression became unsightly. Things had been going on with Devon lately but he wasn't telling her any of it. It made her insecure, especially rumors of him and a mysterious lady keeps reaching her ears on a regular. The Vice President's wife party was yet to even end yet she had gotten news of her boyfriend almost fighting at the party because of a lady and then there was that lady who also tried to act close with him. Even though he had ignored her, she couldn't help but still be unsettled by the news.

It seemed like he was slipping out of her hands. She would not allow that. If it takes upping her game to get him back then she would.

What she wanted, she would get undeniably!

....

After cutting the call with Chloe. Devon marched towards Gisele and yanked her up from her seat. His grip was right enough to break her hand so Gisele hissed from the pain, yet the man was not affected. His soft spot had been touched so he had lost his sense of rationality. Not completely though cause he would have punched her in the face if she was guy.

"What did you do?!" His voice was very cold, it sent shivers through Gisele's body. The look in his eyes was no different than that of a grim reapers, of course she was momentarily frightened but she hid her fear and faced his cold look with one of her one.

"I told you already I would do want I want, when I want and you like we both agreed, would have no say in my affairs. I would be your wife in name and stay out of your life while you stay out of my life but you made your choice, you chose otherwise and forced me to move my hand. Now it's best if we come to a truce"

"You dare!"

"I'm a lot daring than you think. Agree to my terms or your girlfriend can suffer for what she doesn't know like you are making me suffer for what I don't know. It's your choice" She ordered back.

The air become cold, snow could really start falling from how low the temperature in the room has dropped. The man and woman stood staring at each other with terrifying expressions on their faces. If looks could kill, they would both be dead without burial places.

Devon really wished he could swallow the girl before him but his grandfather would also show at his front door looking for trouble and he didn't want that. He could not bear it anymore, he yelled at the guards "Take her away!"

The guards came and took Gisele away from his hands. They politely hauled her away to her room. Gisele didn't force it. There was no need to have a fight with him over it. Eventually he would have no choice but to sign her contract. Thanks to his grandfather his girlfriend would remain like that till he does.