Her Secrets

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Sean's POV

"You're so fu—" I cut myself off, sighing loudly as I stared at Athena who was dragging me to a fucking candy floss stall, "—infuriating. Did anyone ever tell you know that?"

"Yeah and you just did." She replied, her footsteps quickening as she led us to the stall. Just looking at it made my head hurt.

"Did I?" My question was not answered when we both stopped in front of her desired destination. She looked at the man who was wearing a pink hat and white apron with a smile.

Really?

So she'd smile at a complete fucking stranger but would behave like a bitch with me? Wow.

"Hello," the man who looked like he was around thirty greeted with a welcoming smile on his face.

"Hi," Athena returned a smile, "we would like two, please."

Please?

She never said ‘please’ to me.

"Pink, blue or green?" Questioned the man with his brows raised and his smile still on his lips. I wanted to punch that smile off his face—

"—Pink," Athena responded before looking at me, "we'll share because it's way too big for me." I only nodded at that, not in the mood to eat that anyway. She turned to the man who nodded and began making them with expertise.

I was so fucking glad that Alessio was not with us otherwise it would've been a lifetime of teasing for me. Remind me why I was doing that shit again?

"Thank you," she smiled widely at the man as she took her candy floss from him. She held it in her hand and faced me, nodding towards the man, "pay him. I forgot my money back at home."

"On purpose," I added, rolling my eyes although I would've paid nonetheless. She mirrored my action, "be a gentleman—"

"—It's okay," the candy floss guy cut in making both Athena and I look at him questioningly. He flashed us— no— her a smile again before starting to speak, "you can have it for free."

"What? No, no, no," Athena shook her head, pointing her candy floss to me as her finger was wrapped around the stick, "this guy here is a multi–billionaire and he is going to pay, of course. He's just being a brat..."

Athena's words were no longer being registered in my head when my eyes zeroed on a particular figure standing a good distance away from us but staring right at her. I narrowed my eyes at him— he was wearing a black hoodie with gold chains around his neck which was kind of glowing as the sun hit it.

Who the fuck was that and why was he staring at Athena like that?

That was when he glanced on his right making my eyes follow his and caught sight of yet another man who was also standing there, looking at Athena as well.

Well shit.

They were, without a doubt, spying on Athena and they were making it so damn obvious.

I removed my phone from my pocket and sent a message to Carter, informing him about the situation. I knew he would deal with him— at least I hoped so but one can never be too careful. And I didn't even know who the fuck these people were so I didn't know how dangerous they were.

"We have a problem," I whispered to Athena who was busy chatting with the stranger who flashed me a look of confusion, "is everything alright there? Can I help?"

"Yeah, no, it's literally none of your business." Saying that, I placed his money on his stall before grabbing her free hand and dragging her away towards the crowded areas.

"What's going on?" She questioned, furrowing her brows at me. Ignoring her question, my eyes scanned around the place, looking for the men earlier but I could no longer see them. 

‘Have they been taken care of?’ I texted Carter whose reply came within five seconds, ‘no, I can no longer see them. I swear they were here a minute ago.’ I typed a quick ‘find them’ and sent it to him before sliding my phone back in my pocket.

"Sean," Athena muttered which again, I ignored as I looked around for any other possible threats. "Sean!" She said a bit louder, gaining the attention of a few people around us. Flashing them a smile, she waved them off before looking at me pointedly, "you have three seconds to tell me what the fuck is going on before I shove this candy so far upto your—"

"—We are being followed." I cut her off, "I told Carter to deal with it but he's lost sight of them now."

"Can't we just get to the car and drive away?" She asked to which I shook my head, "it's safer if we stay among the crowds. Just give it a few minutes, my men are checking everywhere including the near buildings to see if there's any snipers or anything."

"Who are they?" She questioned to which I sighed, "I don't know."

"Okay..." she paused, frowning, "why are they following us?"

"I don't know."

She hummed in response, "how do they know that we are here?"

"I don't know," I replied, rolling my eyes which earned a loud huff from her, "then what do you know?"

"I know that you need to shut up."

"I can't shut up, I'm p—" she was cut off when I grabbed a large piece of her candy floss and stuffed it in her mouth. "Shut up."