Female Novel
Chapter 133
He loves me and wants to marry me? At that moment, Selena felt her mind was all muddled up.
“I’ll assume that I have your consent if you won’t say anything.” Pierre placed a finger under herchin.
“Wait!” After holding both hands up against his chest, she quickly retracted a hand to clutch onto thelapels of her shirt. “What do you mean by that?”
“I mean it in the literal sense.”
Selena stared at him intently, knowing that she should in fact avoid taking it in that sense. Whoknows what this man has in mind? Tentatively, she asked, “What if I am unwilling to comply?”
Standing up, he sat back down on the sofa, looking all prim and proper. Although he wanted to gethimself a cigarette, he retracted his hand upon recalling something. “You will eventually comply.”
“Stop being such a pompous arse!” She cast him a glance.
Snorting, he continued, “I know you’re seeking revenge on them. You want to seek revenge againstMegan. What will she think if you get together with me? Won’t she feel frustrated that you end upfinding a better man despite the fact that she had snatched away your previous one? You also wantto seek revenge against your father. If he catches wind of our marriage, he will come to you whilewagging his tail, right?”
He got it all right! Selena had to admit that she could never let go of the hatred she felt. She was theonly one who knew how much she had to go through in order to get to where she was now.Although she thought of forgetting the past for Juniper’s sake, she couldn’t do that. There werenights when she would dream of those instances when Finneas was with Megan, as well as that
time when her own father chased her out of the house, delivering a fatal blow to her when she wasat her most vulnerable.
She never forgot about her life in exile. Ever since her return from Springvale, she had beenthinking of enacting her revenge, but she would pull back whenever she thought of Juniper. It wasn’tuntil Megan and Meredith tried to assault Juniper that she decided she would throw caution to thewind. She wanted to make sure that JNS Corporation flourished in Astoria, as it would ensure thatshe could trample over Megan, as well as make Finneas regret his actions. “You’re right on bothaccounts, but I don’t need your help. I can do it on my own.”
“Are you sure?” Pierre wore a meaningful smile.
If Pierre wasn’t in the picture, she could easily do it on her own, but things were different now thatthey crossed paths. If he was displeased by any measure, she wouldn’t even get a chance atrevenge, as JNS Corporation might be crushed by him. To him, the act of it would be as easy ascrushing an ant.
“Are you threatening me? Will you stop me from enacting revenge if I don’t comply with yourwishes? You might even go as far as undermining my company and hurting my daughter; is thatright?”
Arching his brow, he didn’t give a response, so she took it as a silent ‘yes’.
“So does this relation between us count as a transaction as well?” All of a sudden, she had a feelingthat she was just as miserable as Meredith.novelbin
“You can take it as that.”
“What do I have to gain if I agree to your terms?”
“You will get me.” He smiled in a self-conceited manner.
However, she didn’t think it was funny at all. “What do I need to do?”
“Anything that is required of my woman.” His answer was ambiguous at best, which made her worryall the more.
After spending a while in a stalemate, he stood from his seat abruptly. “I have matters to attend to,so you can take your time to think this through. By the way, we’ll have dinner together tonight.” Hewas ready to leave after that, but he stopped in his tracks halfway up the stairs. “There are phonesin the house, so you can call your family to reassure them of your safety.”
“Hold on! I need a month’s time before I can make a decision!” Selena tried her best to buy herselfsome time. Although knowing he might not give her that much time, she figured that she wouldn’tknow if she didn’t try.