**Amaya's P.O.V**
I opened my eyes to the warm embrace of the sun, a soft white surface beneath me and a skull-spliting headache.
I felt like my head was being hit with a thousand missiles.
I turned my head to see an unfamiliar place, the rooms decorations looked expensive, I was sure that if I broke something my whole existence won't be able to afford it.
Where the hell was I and what happened last night?
Little fragments of last night's incidents flashed through my mind.
A man holding me?
My mind immediately drifted off to the unthinkable and u shoved the thought away, I might have been drunk but I wouldn't be that shameless.
I had to get out of here, what if Aiden kidnapped me?
I tried remembering how I got here in the first place, that way it'll be easier to find my way out.
I remembered myself being in a car and holding that arms of...…..
'You can't be serious Amaya' I told myself as soon as the handsome man from Aiden's office flashed through my mind.
I was holding on to him so tightly, like a sacred little puppy, the thought of him alone beside me in the same car at that time made my face flush.
I'm such an idiot.
Why would he have been in the same car with me, and to top it up, he was in Aiden's office and i was sure someone was watching me yesterday.
"What if he's watching me for Aiden?" I said aloud.
No, they some what looked like they were having a dispute and why would someone like him lower his pride to work for that bastard?
I found my way to the bathroom and washed my face.
Upon returning I found him there, sitting In a night robe like he owned the place, with an elegant smile on his face.
"Where am I and what did you do to me last night?" I couldn't help but ask.
"You really aren't good at thanking people, are you?"
"And what did you exactly do for me than bringing to a strange place or forcing me into your car admist my refusal and request for you to let me down"
"So I really should've left you there and let those wild animals have fun with you, huh?" Immediately he said this, I remembered everything and realized that he helped out of there.
"Thanks" I said swallowing my pride.
"Too late, I don't need it"
"Can I go home now?"
"From your current situation, you have no home, or unless you plan to head back to Aiden, you're free to leave"
"My personal life doesn't concern you"
"But it seems you said otherwise last night, you wanted my help, I can offer you"
"And why would I trust a person that I met while my senses were blurred, do you really think that's lowly of me?"
"I wish I did, but I don't, we share the same goal, I think?"
"I want back what's mine and you want him to know his place, I can grant you that"
"You must be kidding, I'm not having this conversation with you" I said preparing to leave.
"I had a research on you, Amaya Wesley, the brutality your father had inflicted on you years ago, I felt pity, no child should ever experience that, but you survived, but what of Elithia, your little sister"
"Don't you think you are going too far?"
"I know I am, and I know that you might have fallen for Mr Marcelo but your hatred for him seems as great, you need my help and I need your intelligence and loyalty"
"What the fuck are you talking about?"
"I know you're really good at intelligence gathering and other special skills, I need them"
"I don't even know who the heck you are?"
"You really don't know who I am?"
"Why are you so surprised, is there something special about you or your identity that I didn't quite catch?"
"I'm Kieran Deveraux"
"So you're the rich typhoon my dad once said he wanted to use Marcelo to reach, whatever your offer is I refuse"
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"I don't see what you stand to gain from this, and if you wanted a hundred of people like me, you can have them, so why me?"
"Cause those people can be bought, you can't and we both know that you need me and I need this"
"Now you sound like him, telling me who I need and who I don't, the fuck is wrong with all of you?" i asked angrily.
Who was he to tell me that I needed him, why does everyone seem to force me into things?
Although in some way he was right, but he didn't have to put it like I had no choice.
"I decl..."
"This is a once in a lifetime opportunity, think about it carefully, if you decline I won't pester you again and you're free to leave"
"You can shower up and come down for breakfast, I bought new bath items specifically for you" he said and got up to leave.
"Wait, what did Aiden do to you?" I asked out of curiosity
"The whole Marcelo family stole from me, a huge inheritance my dad left for me" he said his face and tone suddenly turning serious.
"But why are you still in contact with them?"
"That's my only chance at retrieving what's mine, I have to endure it, you should know that feeling"
He was right, I was too familiar with the word 'endure'.
But either way, revenge on Aiden wasn't going to help me and Elly even though I wanted it so much.
Just then a group of maid entered the room.
"Ma'am we were asked to assist you" they said looking at me with admiration.
Under their gazes I felt a sense of unease, like there was something they badly wanted to say but they couldn't.
I guess this was what he meant by he'll be sending help.
"Oh no, I don't need help, I can get everything by myself" I said.
When I lived with Aiden, I rarely saw his maids, his mother had asked them not to tend to me, so whenever Aiden wasn't home they would automatically be on break and somethings even when he returned they wouldn't bother.
I was like a maid after all.
Although I said that still insisted even though it was to bring out an outfit for me.
What a pain in the ass.
I washed up and wore the dress they had brought out for me, then I headed downstairs with my mind already made up.
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