(Editing) Sold to Be His

Chapter 20

Athena POV

We stop at a local park. Royce gets off the motorcycle and helps me stand. He suddenly brings me into his arms and kisses me.

His lips are familiar yet different. He is so rough. I don't like it.

"Stop!" I push him away. I wipe the saliva off my lips. "What the hell?"

"What? You didn't want to be with me?" Royce asks.

"No!"

"So why did you run off with me?"

I sigh and wipe my forehead with my arm. "Because I didn't want you to open your big mouth and start telling my husband lies."

Royce chuckles, "I'm not stupid or a liar."

"Then, why did you want to talk to him? Why work for him?" I ask.

"First, I didn't know he was your husband and the company's CEO. Second, I was a bit surprised of who you married," he answers.

"Then?"

"Then what Athena?"

"Why are you here? If you don't care about me anymore and didn't follow me, why are you here?" I ask. I cross my arms on my chest.

He gets closer to me and puts his hands inside his pant pockets. His hazel eyes sparkle against the light coming from the moon and light lamps in the streets. He is still handsome.

"I needed a job. I saw the article on a job finding website. I called and that Gabriel guy liked my resume and personality so he got me an interview. He was going to introduce me Shawn tonight."

"What happened to your other job?"

"I got fired. The restaurant was running out of business," he says. "My dad got sick so I needed more money. So I applied to be assistant to a millionaire."

I feel stupid now. I was over reacting. This is all just a big coincidence. I put my arms down. "Sorry."

"Me too.I was surprised about all of this. I'm also pissed off. So you just broke up with me to marry him?"

I shake my head, "No. I broke up with you because you weren't serious with me."

"I was!"

"No," I say, "you weren't. I thought that if I broke up with you, you would have be begging for my return. I thought you might even asked me to marry you."

Royce eyes widen. "Really?"

I nod with a stupid smile on my face. I chuckle, "guess that didn't work."

"Why didn't you tell me that after you broke up with me? You never told me how you felt bonita," Royce touches my cheek. I see he is still the same.

"I did. You ignored it. That's why my father didn't want-"

A lightbulb went off in my head. My father didn't wants to end up with Royce. He didn't want me to be happy with him. That's why he sold me away.

Even if our relationship wasn't the greatest, I loved Royce. I wanted to marry him. I wanted him to be my first.

"Athena," Royce breaks my thoughts, "you alright?" He cups my face. His hands still feel rough against my skin.

"I'm sorry," I whisper. "I swear, I never wanted to hurt you."

"I never wanted to hurt you. But you know how I am bonita. I am stubborn and an ass but I didn't want to cause you harm." He sounds so sincere. I look at him. "We were stupid."