He let out a chuckle. "Lucy, what a pleasure it is to see you." He spoke in a soft and husky tone.
She crossed her arms over her chest, tapping her foot against the tiled floors impatiently. "You called me here, Mr. Dragneel. Now, what is the reason that you wanted to see me?"
"Now, now, let's be patient, shall we?" He played with the pen in his hands.
"I want to offer you a compromise," he finally said, "a deal, if you would."
This caught her full attention. "What kind of 'compromise' are we talking about?" She asked slowly, skeptical about his tone of voice. It was smooth, yet rough. Husky, yet deep. Loving, yet... Challenging. And Lucy being Lucy just isn't one to back down from a challenge.
"15 Days." He stated, as if there was more to say.
"15 Days?" She repeated, tilting her head in confusion.
"Precisely. We've known each other for how long, now?"
"6 years, sir."
"Then what harm is a measly 15 days? Date me for 15 days, after that, you'll never have to worry about me bothering you again." He said, shocking the girl dearly.
Right when she was about to deny, he spoke again, "unless... You're not up for the challenge, of course."
This angered her. She slammed both fists on his desk, leaning her face much closer to his, letting out a hot breath on his lips, making his quiver in impatience.
"15 Days with you," she whispered, as if pondering on the idea.
"I'll do it."
"You're unbearable!" He kicks her with utter contempt. "Please tell me where I'm wrong, causing you discomfort was not my intention," she said crying, causing him to hit her against the ground again. "Do you think you can live with good intentions? Didn't you have all the time you wanted to change and learn? You still dare to ask for more!" He yells at her with hatred, he blamed her for being the one will cause a woman to be beaten; He didn't want to be that kind of man. However, what he lived with her caused him to bring out what he hated the most about himself from within. -Forget it love- said a woman who was next to her- it's not worth it- this dog was supposed to be her friend, she was supposed to support her just like she did; however he managed so that he and she hated each other and thus be able to steal it. The woman on the floor does not know how much she was framed and harmed by her naivety, nor did she know that this was the beginning of her misfortunes. Because of that woman she did not stop suffering, wherever she went she suffered verbal or physical abuse and everything was orchestrated by this woman; she didn't know until she was about to faint. "Why?" She asked this unarmed woman without knowing why she hated him so much. She never did anything to hurt him. She just laughed viciously without answering him, she didn't have to waste her time with an insect; leaving La to die imprisoned in the house where she was kidnapped. "Answer me!" She got up from her bed screaming "Eh? This looks like my room; Did I reincarnate myself in the past?" She ran to the bathroom just to see that her assumption was correct. She thanked the heavens for this second chance by promising that she wouldn't be fooled a second time.