Chapter 63


    Chapter 63:


    Agreement Jenna’s POV “Give it back to me, you asshole!” I yell at James, who has taken my phone


    away from me. “Fuck! You texted her? What did you say?” his thumb scrolls down my phone screen as


    quickly as possible. “The truth!” I bark “The truth she should have known a long time ago!! Now give it


    back you filthy, disgusting liar!”. I rush toward him trying to snatch my phone back, but he quickly dodges


    me again. Before I can reach him, he has found my text message to Natalia. “Oh, thank god you haven’t


    told her anything specific,” he heaves a long sigh, apparently relieved.


    I can’t believe how shameless he is.


    “You should be ashamed of yourselves! Both of you! Eason is a pure devil to plot against her like this and


    you are no less! How can you help her to hurt an innocent girl’s heart?! Are your hearts made of


    stones??” I roar, i


    An hour ago, when James was in the shower, I took his phone and checked his messages with Eason.


    I’ve always sensed that something is wrong with that dude. And their messages proved me right.


    Turns out that Eason was going to make Nat fall in love with him first and then before dumping her, and


    then humiliated her on her mom’s anniversary party in front of everyone. My stomach swirls thinking


    about those messages. Those scums deserve to burn in hell!


    “OK, I know you are angry. But hear me out first please?” James gestures me to calm down. “I won’t


    deny that Eason and I did some shitty things in the past. But he has changed. He loves Natalia and they


    are happy together now. Do you really want to tell her the truth and ruin their happiness?”


    “Their so-called happiness is entirely based on lies and maniption!” My mind is clouded by anger. “I


    won’t argue with you because a scumbag like you clearly can’t understand. Now give me my phone


    back!!”


    He takes a deep breath and shakes his head, “No. “What do you mean ‘no’?! You can’t stop me from


    giving her the full story—” Suddenly, he raises his hand and tosses my phone into a ss of water.


    Shocked, I scream and lunge at it, but it’s already toote. My phone is ruined already. “Are you crazy?!!


    Are you out of your fucking mind!” Igrab him by the cor and roar to his face. “You think this is going to


    stop me? I will go down there and tell her face to face!” His jaw tenses.


    “You can’t leave this apartment now,” he says in a low voice. “I’ve told Eason already and he ising


    down here. His bodyguards will track you down if you leave and it’ll be ugly.”


    I’m shocked beyond words.


    And besides shock, I am also a little afraid.


    Bodyguard? Are they really willing to go this far to keep poor Natalia in the dark? I take a deep breath,


    then suddenly turn to run. My fingers barely touch the door handle when James catches me from behind.


    He tackles me to the floor and wraps me in his arms.


    “Let go of me!” I scream, kicking my legs violently. “No!!”


    He pants roughly and his arms tightens, “Jenna, just y along for this one time, OK?! If Eason gets


    here-if he sees you like this –God knows how he will react?”


    What can he do? Have me killed?


    I take a hard bite on James’s ar?n. He cries out in pain but still doesn’t let go. This piece of shit must be a


    real supporter of Eason.


    While we are still wrestling, the door to the apartment suddenly flies open and a group of people pour in.


    Someone drags me up and tosses me into the sofa. I climb up breathing fast and find that it’s Eason and


    his bodyguards.


    That evil monster pulls over a chair and sits down in front of me. His face is calm, but somehow, I can


    sense the storming my way if I don’t cooperate. I swallow and ask him nervously, “…what do you


    want?”


    Eason gives me a faint smile, which is dazzlingly handsome I must admit. I can see why Natalia fell for


    this guy. But I also notice that his smile did not extend to his eyes, which remains cold and calcting.


    His eyes send shiver down my spine.


    And then he speaks up slowly, “The question is not what I want, but what you want Jenna. You are


    Natalia’s closest friend, and I take you as my friend as well. But do you want to take away our


    happiness? After so many things we’ve been through?” “Liar!” I say with a trembling voice. “Forget it. I’m


    telling her the moment I step out of this room.”


    He stares at me and then his face grows dark. He slowly rises up from his seat and sighs,” Then you will


    not be leaving this room, I guess.” My heart almost stops. I take a quick nce at those sturdy


    bodyguards and then back at him,” w-what do you mean I’m not leaving this room? You can’t stop me if I


    want to leave…you can’t hold me against my will!”


    “But that’s exactly what I’m going to do,” he announces nonchntly. “You are Nat’s friend, so I won’t


    hurt you. But you will have to stay here for a while I presume, no cell phone, no food and water, till you


    agree to board the next flight back to Miami and never speak of the matter to Nat ever again.”


    I clench my fist so tight that my nails are digging into my flesh. Deep down, I know he is telling the truth.


    And he is also fully capable of doing those shitty things to me. “But…but even if I agree to leave Boston, I


    can also text Nat about the truth.” .


    He turns to one of his bodyguards and gestures him toe forward. The man takes out a piece of


    paper from his suit and ces it in front of me.


    “This is a nondisclosure agreement,” Eason says. “Sign it and you are free to go. Of course, if you say


    another word about it to Natalia in the future, there will be legal consequences. You major in journalist as


    I’ve heard. You don’t want to get yourself into any legal and PR troubles before the starting of your


    career, right?” I’m beyond shock and furious at this point. I feel…absurd, mostly. “… This is how you rich


    shit buy people off?” I burst out. Eason doesn’t even blink. He simply shrugs and replies, “yeah pretty


    much. And it works perfectly well under most circumstances.”


    He is so cold, heartless and maniptive.


    And most importantly, he is filthy rich. The wealth he possesses basically gives him the right to do


    whatever he wants. There is no way I can fight against him. Nor Nat.


    We are like puppets to this rich brat.


    James breaks the silence hesitantly, “Eason there’s no need to be this tough. Surely she can eat


    –”


    “If she makes the decision now, of course she can eat. You can even take her out for a fancy dinner


    afterwards and that’s none of my business, ” Eason shrugs.


    James sighs andpses into silence again. I shot him a furious re. That’s it? He is so unbelievably


    weak. I can’t believe I slept with this dude. I feel tarnished.


    “OK I have to go. Nat is still expecting me at home,” Eason takes a look at his phone and says.” Jenna.


    Please think about it, OK?” He walks toward the door. I stare at his back as rage starts burning in my


    heart. Before he exits the room, I shout out to him, “You know you can’t keep her in the dark forever,


    right?”


    He pauses for a short moment.


    “Oh I can,” he says slowly. “And I will.”


    ***


    Natalia’s POV


    My curiosity is totally aroused by Jenna’s message. She texted me an all-caps message and then simply


    vanished. I tried texting back, calling her, “nothing. Where did she go?


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    And she said that she wanted to tell me something about Eason. Did she find out anything about him?


    I suddenly be very nervous. It’s hard to describe how I feel right now. I don’t want to hear anything


    bad about him since we have been so happytely; but this happiness also feels like a dream. I also


    don’t want to be kept in the dark I sit on the sofa, waiting for her reply for a long, long time. A few hours


    later, Eason is back ..


    and I still haven’t heard back from Jenna yet. “What are you doing there?” he ces the take-out on the


    table andes to kiss me. “I ordered Thai food.” I’m a bit distracted, “I can’t get in touch with Jenna. Is


    she with James?” “I don’t know. Probably,” he asks casually. “Why do you want to get in touch with Jenna


    suddenly?” I can’t let him know that Jenna was going to tell me something important about him. So I


    push my thoughts to the back of my mind and sit beside the table with him. He hands me the fork and


    suddenly his phone buzzes. He takes a quick look at the phone, then a mysterious smile appears on his


    lip. “What’s that?” I ask while gobbling down the Red Curry Chicken. I’m starving. “Oh nothing. It’s just an


    agreement that needs to be signed. I didn’t think that person would sign it but I just heard that she caved


    in anyway,” he smiles. “It’s a relief for me.” “Agreement? Something to do with thepany?” “Yeah


    something like that. Nothing to bother you with,” he reaches over across the table and holds my hand.


    “This is our first night in this apartment. And there will be so many nights like this toe. Do you know


    how happy I am?” “I don’t. But I can imagine,” I look into his eyes smiling. “I love you Eason.” “And I love


    you more, babe.” Hends a gentle kiss on the back of my hand.