Call it what you want

A prince in shining armour

It wasn't hard to work out which Calvin she was talking about. Calvin Harris was just as well known as he was and his mansion was in Totteridge.
He pulled up to his front gate and knocked on the door.
"Who are you?"
"I'm Joseph Alwyn. I'm just following up some concerns over the welfare of one of my employees."
"What?"
"Sorry I didn't mean to be so formal, I'm just here about my assistant.."
"And that would be?...."
Joe raised an eyebrow.
"Taylor... Taylor swift"
"What about her"
Now he was sounding pissed off.
"She came to work today with bruises-"
"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU TO BE ACCUSING ME OF HITTING MY GIRLFRIEND!!"
Joe was entirely unfazed.
"I'm not accusing you of anything."
"So what are you saying then!?"
Joe decided to drop the polite act.
"Look mate. I don't give a shit about what goes on with you, all I know is that my assistant comes into work with bruises and starves herself to the point where she's lighter that a 12 year old and she is no use to me if she collapses on the stair case." Joe did actually care deeply about her and felt like punching this guy in the face but he wouldn't be able to work out how bad he was if they were both throwing punches.
"Ok well first off, she's my girlfriend so I can decide what's good for her and frankly she could loose some weight. And for your information if she deserves a slap then that's what she'll get!"
That crossed the line, he swung a punch and his fist crashed into his jaw.
"Have you got any idea who I am?!"
Joe went over to his car, leaving Calvin on the floor.
"Calvin Harris."
"If you report me to the police I swear-"
"I don't mess with law enforcement but you should want to be careful or next time you won't be getting up."
He drove away.
He needed to make sure that Taylor would be as far away from him as possible.
"Taylor?"
"Hi Joe!"
"Are you at home?"
"Yeah why?"
"You need to leave, pack enough stuff for a few days and come to mine."
"WHAT! IM NOT-"
"Taylor if you don't your boyfriend will show up in maximum an hour and he'll probably try to beat the shit out of you."
"What? why would-"
"I'm not doing this right now Taylor but you need to trust me."
"Fine. I'll be there in half an hour."

She arrived at his doorstep after 40 minutes and he invited her in.
"Thanks for this."
"It's fine. You needed to stay away from him."
"I can't run forever Joe. I'll marry him soon if I don't fuck it up."
"Taylor you haven't done anything wrong!"
He lead her up to her room and they kept talking.
"Obviously I have or he would want to cheat."
"God what's so wrong with you that you blame yourself."
"I was raised to know my use." She meant it jokingly but he wasn't smiling.
"Use?! What the hell?"
"Well as my father put it I am to let him 'do what he wants with me'"
Joe looked angry now despite her attempt to lighten the mood.
"And what the fuck would that be?!"
"Oh I don't know. Sex? Beating? God knows." She replied with a sarcastic chuckle
"THATS NOT OK!!"
"Well funnily enough you don't actually have much of a say in the matter." She didn't need him to act like some prince in shining armour.
"That's illegal!! It's abuse!"
"It's also got nothing to do with you!"
They made eye contact with each other when she saw his eyes drifting towards her lips. What the hell is he doing? He took a few steps closer but she didn't back away. He pushed her up against the wall and pressed his lips into hers, they moved in sync as his hands held her waist and he softly bit her bottom lip causing her to let out a small moan.
"Fuck Taylor"

He started moving his hands down but she pushed him away.
"I'm sorry Joe just... not yet."
He smirked wiping the lipstick off his face.
"I'm fine with that. I can wait"
She laughed shyly before the realisation hit her.
"Calvin."
"Taylor your not seriously staying with him?"
"As I've explained multiple times I don't have a choice and i just cheated on him."
"I'm sure he cheats on you- ...sorry not trying to sound rude."
"No its fine your not wrong but that's my fault and this is my fault too."
"You can't go back!"
"WHAT ARE YOU GONNA TELL ME THAT I HAVE TO DO WHAT TOU SAY BECAUSE OF THE CONTRACT?!"
"No Taylor I'm not planning on manipulating you into leaving him."
"Well then stay out of it. This can't happen again, I'm going home"
"No no please Taylor he's angry and it's the middle of the night!"
"Fine I'll stay the night but I'll stay at mine tomorrow."
"Ok but we have a dinner party to attend."
"I'm your assistant not your date."
"I need you so that you can memorise who all the people are so i don't have to and you can tell me when someone walks up to me because I'm meant to care about them."
"Fine." She turned on her heels and went up the stairs to her bedroom.
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Joe woke up at 8 and started to get ready when he realised that Taylor had stayed the night. He went downstairs to see if she was up and she wasn't so he had to wake her up. He entered the spare bedroom to see her fast asleep, she looked so beautiful and it seemed almost cruel to wake her. As he walked over he watched the rhythmic rise and fall of her chest and saw the hand shaped bruises on her wrists aswell as a red mark on her face that was now exposed as her makeup had worn off.
"Taylor you need to wake up."
He gently shook her shoulder and her eyes fluttered open before widening.
"Oh my god did we- ... did I?"
He chuckled.
"No Taylor you slept in your own bed i swear I just came to wake you up for work."
"Oh I'm so sorry I just don't have my alarm with me."
"Only you would have a physical alarm clock."
He rolled his eyes playfully and left the room.
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