Control The CEO

Chapter 1

Control The CEO

Chapter 1

❝I refuse to be a pet❞

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Confusion is the first that goes through my mind, and anger is the second thing. I put the paper down and pick up my phone to call my brother. When he doesn't pick up, I try him again. Annoyance is the third thing that I feel. I can't understand any of this. I sit down and stare at the paper again. Reading that single line over and over again. None of that makes any sense. I don't understand any of this. I need to get to the bottom of this while thing and understand all of this.

After some minutes have passed by, I stand up and walk towards the front door of the apartment and open it after I've taken my phone with me. As soon as I open the door, one of Leo's bodyguards stands there. I was about to go into the elevator when he steps in front of me. "What?" I ask him. He's the newest bodyguard because the last one had a baby and therefore wanted to quit to take care of the baby since he became a single father after his wife died in childbirth. He is a good man, and I've known him for years.

The man doesn't speak and I raise an eyebrow. Does he know how to speak? Because I know many aren't able to speak and some choose not to speak. I have never met anyone that doesn't speak. I take a step to the side towards the elevator but once again the man or rather bodyguard steps in front of me again. "I wouldn't do that" A voice speaks and I turn my head towards the staircase. I know that voice very much, and it is one of the people that I find I'm angry at.

I glare at him. "I see, you want an explanation" He says. I look at Ace as I cross my arms over my chest. The smirk that comes on his face makes my glare even more deadlier. I don't know how many times I've plotted his death, and I'm still working on it. Soon, I might just go through with it. Just need to get rid of the body and make the world believe that I had nothing to do with his death. That is mainly what I'm trying to figure out, because he's someone that the entire world would miss.

Unless that is me. "Miss Jackson, It would be better if you sit down" Ace says to me. I sigh. "If you as much as try anything, I will kill you" I say. He chuckles and his hands go up in the air in defense. Mocking me, I know. I glare at him even more. I think my glare isn't doing anything to help me. Why is he so annoying? "I suppose an orange jumpsuit will suit you just fine. Though, I'm afraid it won't do you justice" He says to me, that smirk on his face I wish I could wipe of.

"I would gladly take that orange jumpsuit if it meant that I would not have to be around your anymore, but I think that is what you want because you desperately want me to be in your 'care'. As if I'm nothing but a pet that needs someone to care of it" I tell him. My voice is a bit raised, I don't care about that. He raises an eyebrow at me. "Which is why you need that explanation, miss Jackson" Ace says to me. He's amused by that, the smirk says it.

Who even has a smirk on their face at all times? Doesn't it get exhausting? "I don't think so. I refuse to let you do this since I know you're just doing this to despite me" I tell him. I take one look at the bodyguard that is behind me, he doesn't look at me, just looks straight ahead and still has to say a word. "I'm doing this for you, miss Jackson. Please allow me to explain and you will get a better picture of the situation" He tells me. I don't seem convinced by that, and how can I?

He wants me to live with him and force me to be under his care when I'm perfectly fine being with my brother. "Look, I know that I need someone to supervise me, but I would pick anyone in the world but you. And that is saying something" I say to him. I walk past him and walks towards the stairs. If I'm not allowed to take the elevator, then I will use the stairs. The only problem is that we're pretty high and there will be a lot of stairs. Before I could even walk past him, his hand grips my wrist and makes me stop right in my tracks.

"Lils, I know this is stressful for you and perhaps a bit hard to understand, but I'm doing this for you. And you may hate me for the rest of your life, but you have no say in this. In a matter of weeks, you will be staying with me and I will be the one keeping an eye out for you" Ace says, the smirk that was on his face has fallen and being replaced by something that I don't even know what is. Worry? Anger? I can't tell.

I struggle against his grip on my wrist, it's not tight but it's tight enough for me to feel it and being unable to free my wrist. "I will hate you for the rest of my life" I say to him. I glare at him. His eyes which are some sort of gray, like a stormy gray, are looking at me and only me. As if there is nothing else in this world that matters. Do I even matter? I don't know. "You're not leaving here" He tells me. "You're coming with me" Ace then says to me. I shake my head. "No, I'm not going anywhere with you" I say to him. I take back my hand and continue to walk down the endless stairs. Away from him and his eyes that still haunt me somehow.