Chapter 4 Phone call

"Are you done staring?" Matteo's voice broke the silence in the quiet room.

Selene was jolted back to reality. She was so lost in thought that she didn't even realize that the man had turned around. Her cheeks turned as red as tomatoes at once.

Matteo didn't give a damn about her embarrassment. "Listen! Don't dare think I care about you being here, as far as you stay away from my issues then you can live peacefully here but if you don't then you will regret it" he warned standing directly in front of her as he spoke.

"Do I make myself clear?" He questioned.

Selene had no choice again than to nod her head in response. She wore a bitter smile as now she was given two contradicting orders. On one hand was Mr. Shedrach ordering her to restrain Matteo and on the other was Matteo, her new husband warning her to stay off his business.

"You will sleep on the couch" Matteo said pointing at the blue couch just by the wall, it was long enough for her.

Selene's eyebrows shot up in confusion. "The couch?"

"Well, do you want to sleep in the bed?" Matteo's eyes took on a dangerous light and he approached her slowly.

Selene was a little scared by his malicious smile. She couldn't help but take a step back. However, the bed was behind her and she had nowhere else to go. She immediately lost her balance and fell on the bed.

Matteo took this as an opportunity to climb on top of her, trapping her in place.

The sickly-sweet scent of red wine invaded her nostrils at once.

Matteo propped himself up on top of her and smiled evilly. "You can sleep in the bed on one condition."

"What is it?" She gulped nervously.

"Take off all your clothes," he whispered into Selene's ear, his hot breath tickling her. Selene couldn't help but shiver at his touch.

Her heart banged against her chest anxiously. She couldn't help but squeeze her eyes shut, trying to resist the temptation. Her eyelashes kept twitching.

"Well, what do you think?" He teased her.

Selene gritted her teeth in an effort to restrain herself. Then she opened her eyes and said firmly, "I'll sleep on the couch."

Matteo was satisfied with her answer, so he finally climbed off of her.

Selene hurriedly escaped from his clutches and ran to the couch like a scared mouse.

The two lay down in their respective places, but Selene could not fall asleep. So much had happened today and she didn't even know how she felt about it all.

She sighed heavily, thinking about the mission Mr. Shedrach had given her. How was she going to restrain a man who never cared about anything in the world but himself, Matteo was known as the black sheep of the family. He was even rumored that be the illegitimate child of the family, he was dangerous and loved getting into fight, his business was crumpling and he never cared about that.

He acted cold to every single person and now she was tasked to restrain him, worst of all she was married to him.

Selene was lost in thought when a phone suddenly started to ring. Dazed and confused, she looked around and found that the sound was coming from Matteo's jacket, which was slung over the couch.

The phone kept ringing, but Matteo didn't even stir. He seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep and showed no signs of waking up.

Selene knew that Matteo had just fallen asleep, and she didn't dare to wake him up, fearing that he might get mad at her. So she took the cell phone from his jacket, intending to tell the caller that Matteo was asleep.

As soon as the call connected, a man's voice came from the other end of the line. "Boss, the finance channel of the biggest local TV station wants to interview you. They keep calling us. Will you accept?"

Just as Selene was about to explain, she heard a deep growl from the other side of the room. "Who gave you permission to answer my phone?"