The Billionaire's accomplice

The Will...

KELSEY

The Loft @ The Ranch
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My apprehension was driving me crazy, I couldn't believe that it was actually happening. There were a lot of things that happened in my life, but never in my wildest dreams that something  really unexpected could blow away my mind and change my life in an instant!

It has been days...and I have gone through a lot of moments of hesitation, of doubts,  and a lot of thinking...and even fear, while trying to dissuade myself over and over not to submit myself to another unrealistic situation again. Even Sarah had mixed feelings when I told her what was happening. She had warned me of  serious repercussions as many things had already  happened before against me, involving Gabriel's inner circle, and she didn't want me to face the same ordeal and carry the same burden again.  But at the end of the day,  it was true that the decision could only be mine to take.

I knew that I should get out fast and real quick and avoid being tangled up again with Gabriel. It was not even a question of how I felt about him, which I had been trying and struggling to resolve myself from, because I knew, I would just hurt myself in the process. What I felt for him was next to impossible. But rather, it was the rational way to not allow myself to be in a difficult situation and involving myself with him  once again. For I knew that we are world's apart and I had  just freed myself from our last deal, and entering into another arrangement with him would be like repeating the same predicament.

I took a deep breath and lifted my head, I was already staring far too long to the pile of documents in front of me, while contemplating on what to do. How I wished I could just cast a spell and make it  vanish like a thin smoke. I have read it a number of times, and until now, everything did not make  any sense to me.

But the promise I made to Jeremy while he was gasping for his last breath was like a piece of thorn that was burrowed deep inside me, as if it was just yesterday,  it was like a shadow behind that was looming over me and asking me to never forget.  As if his last words were scribbled in the same paper, I have to honor and sign it off with my name. Did Jeremy made his last will to make sure that I would keep that promise?

Gabriel was sitting quietly on a chair from the other side of the long conference table, six chairs away from me,  repeatedly tapping his fingers on the table.  I've always felt that even a big  room seemed to be too small if both of us were on it together.  His mere presence could affect  me to matter how hard I tried to ignore it.  I warily stole him a glance from where I was sitting. His growing impatience was apparent and barely concealed by his stern handsome face. His unshaven chiseled jaw was set in a grim line, it was obvious that he was trying to keep his temper in check perhaps to avoid another bout of heated argument with me. His domineering way could not sway me that easily, and he was trying so hard to  wait and be patient.

He looked tired but still, his dashing stance did not change a bit.  That Saturday morning, he was dressed casually, the designer coral white shirt he was wearing  which he paired with a blue denim  jeans was showing off as it hugged his toned muscles and well worked out body. His jet black hair was still damp and carelessly tumbled up in mounds as if he just hastily raked it with his fingers after taking a shower, while a few strands of the thick slightly wavy curls shifted out of place and nestled on his forehead.

His...I blinked and shook my head to erase my trail of thoughts which was  for a moment taking me on dangerous grounds.  I reprimanded myself and suddenly became self conscious... Gosh, why was I  shamelessly thinking and drooling myself over his great physique and momentarily forgetting  the predicament that I was currently facing?

Kelsey, get a grip, you bitch!

I  suddenly shivered, as if I could still feel his deep penetrating gaze boring through me as I entered the room awhile ago, keenly observing me with every move I made that quickly overwhelmed my conscious mind and started  to unnerve me. Even in silence and without effort, it felt like Gabriel could instantly affect me with just one glimpse. His eyes were glued at me and following me with his hawk like stare, despite my obvious uneasiness, he never made an attempt to hide what he was doing, I wondered what he was thinking.