ILLICIT #1 : New Moon

Chapter 26 - WAP

Phoenix Sterling

I've been with tons of women but no one could beat Lana. She's stubborn and I can't even predict her action. Other women will be flatter if I apologize to them and tell them to come home with me but not Lana.

"So you're going to be mad at me for the rest of this trip?" I asked her and she turned to me.

"What's your plan on Julie? Tell me, I could help." I said and she took off her seatbelt. She turned to me and she took out her iPad from her bag. She opened a file and gave it to me.

It was a CCTV footage of her going into the storage room to allegedly putting acid on Lana's product. Lana showed me another CCTV of her going to Lana's office trying to find something in there when Lana's not there. She's really hanging around with Lana's father who might be played by this woman too.

"She's not innocent and we got some footage of her but I want stronger evidence. I need something from Finn and I could use some help for that." She said as she took the iPad away from me.

"But you will promise me that you will come home after we get back to Paris." I said and she rolled her eyes.

"That's your home, not mine."

"It's ours, you're my wife." I said simply and she put her iPad back.

"I thought you're going to be the one who will deny the marriage to the end of the century since you were the one who suggested that we should keep it a secret." She hissed as she put her bag on the table in front of us.

"I will publicly say it if it's necessary."

"Let me remind you, Phoenix my darling." She smiled sweetly at me as she grabbed my hand. I looked at it confuse and turned to her.

"Our marriage is fake so I really don't like it when you act like a real husband. You're acting like one and I bet you will hate it if I act like a real wife to you right?" She asked and I found myself not wanting to answer that question.

"We have our own lives and I will understand you if you understand me back." She said as she caressed my hand.

"We should add some rules when we get back in Paris. You need to stop calling me when I'm not coming home in time, I'm a grown ass woman who can take care of herself very well. I can be with whoever I want, do whatever I want and just.. living my life. I'm your wife when I'm with your family only since my father already knew that we're only fooling around so you don't need to-"

"So this is why you're acting strange for the past 5 days?" I cut her and looked at her straight into her eyes.

"I'm just reminding you that you should not cross the line that we already make." She said in a nervous tone and I held her hand tightly.

"Did you hear my conversation on the phone that day?" I asked curiously because it seems like she did. The things that she said really line up with the things that I said on the phone. I started to put the pieces together and all the things that she said in her hotel room too.

"What? Uhmm.. no." She said and she avoided my eyes contact.

"Do you want to know who I called?" 

"I don't care!" She said as she tried to get up but I sat her down again.

"The leader of Illicit doesn't really like the idea of me marrying you. He thinks I'm an idiot." I said and she raised her eyebrows.

"You have a leader? What are you guys? A K-pop group?" She asked and I chuckled.

"It's more complex than that but sure.. if you think we're like the uhmmm backstreetboys that's fine." I said and she looked at me like I was growing another head.

"He hates the idea of me helping you about Julie. I was making things up so he would leave me alone."

"You're making things up so I won't.. I won't-"

"Be pissed at you?" I continued her sentence and she nodded.

"Do you see my eyebags?" I said pointing at my eyebags and she glared at me.

"I barely sleep because I was busy worrying about you and I have 3 PIs sitting in that Four Season hotel 24/7 to see if you're coming out from that hotel room or not?" Her eyes told me that she doesn't believe me. I took out my phone and showed her my text messages with all the PIs. She pouted looking at it and gave my phone back.

"You women always complain how men are difficult sometimes but here I am.. complaining how difficult you are when everything was so simple.." I hissed and she turned to me glaring.

"For your information, I never give a fuck about all the women I've been with. I never even bring them to my penthouse and I never even bother to care about their work but here I am.. leaving my work and an important exhibition tomorrow.. just to fucking drop products to Finn." I said and Lana's expression soften up.

"I'm asking you to drop all the investigation about Julie was because she's not an ordinary woman. She can outsmart people very easily and you will get hurt in the process. Me and my team have been investigating a lot of shit multiple times and we know who we're facing." She sighed and she looked down to her hands.

"Sorry." She said in a small tone.

"What?" I pretended not to hear.

"I'm sorry, I thought something was wrong with me. I did eaves dropping your call but none of your words were wrong. We had a deal and you didn't do anything wrong. I was the one who.. felt weird. I don't like it when you said it to someone else about how you're only using me when it's the fact." She said without looking at me. She was biting her lips and played with her nails.

"The answer is so easy."

"I know but I just don't want to admit it." She said and I chuckled.

"Very well, if you're not going to admit it then I won't too. Let us be like this until God knows when you will explode." I said knowing that I'm winning this game. She turned to me and she grabbed my collar.

"I liasdfghjklmzxvnt you." She said looking straight into my eyes.

"What the fuck is that? Alien language?" I asked and she looked like she wants to slap my face.

"I.. I.."

"Yes.. I..." I copied her tone.

"I hate you!" She hissed and glared at me because I'm teasing her.

"Very well, I shall stay away from you then." I took off my seatbelt.

"How dare you let a lady confess first!" She stopped me and I turned to her.

"This is a 21st century, my lady. It's fine.." I said and she took a really deep breath. I gestured her to let it out slowly.

"You better feel special because after living on this earth for 25 years, you're the first person that I.. that I.." She was pretty adorable when she tried to say the word.

"I'm listening, Lana." I teased her.

"That you're a big piece of.."

"If you say that ugly word, I will-"

"You're a big piece of fluff and I like you very much." She cut me as she rapped the sentence.

"I'm so happy to hear my wife is the Nicki Minaj of Paris." I said sarcasticly and she smacked my arm hard.

"I'm a Cardi B."

"I would be happy to see you dance to the WAP song." I smirked and she was ready to slap my face.

"I like you too." I said and I crashed my lips to hers.