The Touch of Sapphire

Chapter 11

Ashley's POV

I woke up to hearing Kaiba's voice booming through the room. He was on the phone. My head was comfortably on his chest, and his voice was a bit muffled. "I don't care...the attacker won't be the problem...oh bullshit...if you won't take care of Devlin, I fucking will...she's not. You know she's all mouth. I'll take care of her..whatever." He hung up and I focused on pretending to be asleep.

He shifted a bit, laying back down on the bed, keeping my head against him. I always pictured Kaiba being this machine that just worked all the time, and didn't have the need for unimportant things like sleep. Because on some days, he looked like he could use a few hours of rest. So it was weird for me to know that he's snuggled in bed, with me against his chest.

He turned to his side to face me, and my head fell on the pillow, but I kept my eyes shut. I felt his arms wrap around my sides, pulling me back into him. It was like this for a few until he decided to wake me up. "Get up. It's eleven thirty." I heard Kaiba's voice whisper in my ear, he gently shook me until I cracked open an eye. "I was hoping that last night was some awful dream." I sigh and sat up, finally getting a good view of Kaiba's bedroom.

"You're not going back to that apartment. I suggest you find a place and fast." Kaiba sat up next to me and I began to think about where the hell I can stay. Kaiba offered excellent pay, but I rather not blow my money all on some lavish place. That's why I ended up at that apartment. Now it was too fucking dangerous. Thanks Duke. "I'll probably ask Leon if I can crash with him for a few days. Then Ryou's gonna try to duel with me his ouija board deck." I shivered at the thought of that again. Ryou was fucking weird as hell, I don't know what the hell Leo sees in him. Kaiba's face gave a hard scowl and then he suddenly went into thought.

I didn't say anything but I laid back down and scooted over to him. "You should get an apartment much closer to Kaiba Corp. You won't have a 45 minute commute anymore." "I do not want to spend so much on a place to sleep. Every apartment next to Kaiba Corp is expensive." The scowl was now directed towards me. "You're really fucking cheap, I know I pay you enough to afford an apartment at Domino Heights." Domino Heights was a beautiful complex where a lot of Kaiba Corp leads lived at. It was ridiculously expensive, and all those snotty rich folks lived there.

"I'm a country girl from the Midwestern United States, fuck that." "Oh please, St. Louis is hardly country." I returned the scowl with one of my own. "Okay, maybe I did live in the urban areas of Missouri, but I was born and raised in my grandparents' home, the literal middle of nowhere." Kaiba got up from his bed, making his way to his bathroom. Before he closed the door, he turned to order me around.

"Go get dressed." "No." "Stop being difficult." His voice was firm, his expression also very much so. I sighed and got up from his very comfortable bed. I headed towards the guest room where I was supposed to be sleeping in. As I walked down the long winding hall, I ended up running into Mokuba, who gave me a monster hug, knocking me to floor.

"I'm so happy to see you, Ash!" "Really? I couldn't tell." Mokuba laughed and pulled me up to my feet, all before hugging me again. He started walking with me to the room. "Seto told me about last night. I'm just so glad you're in one piece." I opened the door and headed to the bathroom, Mokuba sat on the bed. I quickly showered, brushed my teeth and slipped on the blue polka dotted sundress that I picked out for Emma's party weeks ago. I tied my hair into a ponytail, and put a little blue butterfly clip that Amber made me to pin my bangs.

I grabbed my purse and met Mokuba, who made himself comfortable on the bed. He looked at me and smirked, "are you and my brother a thing now? Or do you always wear blue?" I rolled my eyes at him and sat right next to him on the bed. "Mokuba, he told Duke that I was his girlfriend, then told me that he just said that to make him angry. And for your info, blue is my favorite color."