Control The CEO

Chapter 4

Control The CEO

Chapter 4

❝Newlyweds❞

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How I got myself sitting in his restaurant and holding the menu in my hands is something that I doubt I would ever know. I hold the menu high and in front of my face so that he doesn't look at me, but also maybe because I don't want to look at him. I hate him so much, but his eyes are something that I love looking into. I don't know why. I stare at the menu but I don't have a clue what it says. I'm not reading it, just looking at it. There is a single word that I stare at.

The word is just 'and' but it still more interesting than being in this restaurant. "Davina" His voice breaks me out of my thoughts as he takes the menu from my hands and sets it down on the table in front of me. "Have you decided what you want to have?" He asks me. I raise an eyebrow. "I got to look at it for less than a second and you're asking me if I've decided. Excuse you but some people do take longer to decide. Especially when I have to find the things that don't have poison in them" I say and take up the menu again.

He laughs, a genuine laugh. Why is it that no one hears that sound that often, because I enjoy listening to him laughing. I look over the menu again, not searching for what food I want, but rather to find that 'and' word once again. And I stare at that. It's interesting. Somehow these three letters are used so often when people speak. I think it's being taken for granted even. It deserves a break, it honestly does. "You've been staring at the menu for seven minutes now. If you must know, there is nothing poisoned. Do you know how ruined I would be if there would be wound toxic poison in people's food?" He asks me.

Slightly I lower the menu and look at him. "This isn't about people's food, it's about mine" I tell him. Besides, I'm sure if given the change, he would somehow poison me. He raises an eyebrow. "What if we get the same dish, share it. That way, if there is any poison, I would get sick as well. Sound like a deal?" He asks me. I think about it for a moment and then set the menu down.

"Only because I would love to watch you choke" I say. He chuckle and then winks at me. "I like it" He says to me. I glare at him. "Don't even go there, Mr. Horny" I say to him. He smirks. "But, Lils, don't you know? We all like the kinky stuff, secretly of course" He says. I gape at him. Then I close my mouth. "Don't call me that" I tell him. Not wanting to have this discussion, it's not even time for that. It will never be time for that.

We fall into silence and then a waiter comes. I don't pay attention, not until Ace speaks. "We would like the Cuddle Burger and make it Newlywed size" He says. My eyes meet his and I stare at him in pure shock. He goes on to list everything else, but all that I can focus on is that one sentence that he has spoken. I stare at him. Our eyes meet and he winks at me. The waiter leaves and we are left alone. I don't know what to say, so I don't say anything at all.

All that I do is stare at him in shock and maybe even confusion. I have no idea why he had ordered that. "We're not newlyweds. That's just disgusting and besides, I have already chosen that I'm never going to marry him. I don't even know why I would even think about marrying this man. Because he's just some evil Satan spawn that I hate and he hates me. "You like Fanta, right?" He asks me and takes my hand into his. Brining me out of my trance and I stare at him, into his eyes that make me feel... safe?

"Yes, I do. I don't like the normal one, I like the exotic" I tell him. Ace chuckles. "I know. I ordered it for you. I always keep a couple of bottles my fridge for you" He says to me. My eyebrows furrow in confusion. "Why?" I ask him. That single word had come out of my mouth before I even knew what was happening. His hand leaves mine and he runs it through his hair, but it falls right back over his eyes, at least a couple of stands. They are so wild and tangled and yet neat, just like him.

"We're going to be spending an awfully a lot of time together. Soon, I will be your caretaker, Miss Jackson and the things you like will be handed to you" He says to me. Though, that doesn't really give me the answer that I want and I'm not satisfied with that. Leo once told me that Ace carries a lot of secrets and I think I'm starting to see that now. I mean, I see his eyes and it's like there is a wall that is preventing him for speaking what he wants to say.

Am I even right? Leo has always told me that I'm paranoid, that I would often come up with things that aren't even there and I would think stuff that I don't need to worry about. I don't know why I do that, but there is no stopping my mind once I'm thinking about something. I'm sick. I know that. And my mind isn't normal. No one says it, but I know that I'm not normal. "What if I would like to be in the care of my brother?" I then ask him after some moments of silence, how long? I don't know. He was about to answer, but then the food comes.