Chapter 6 I Do

“Hey, Care Bear,” said Sebastian as

he was closing the fridge. He did not see Caroline until he closed the fridge

and looked to his left. Caroline was just standing there holding a gun. “Care bear?

What are you doing? Put the gun down.” Caroline did not notice she was still

pointing the gun at Sebastian; she was thinking about the time she gave him the

key to her penthouse. Caroline instantly put the gun down and asked, “what’s up

Teddy? Why did you come here without letting me know beforehand? I was about to

shoot you.”

“I’m sorry, Care Bear. I wanted to check

up on you.”

“It’s okay. Come. Let’s sit on the

couch.” Sitting on the white upholstered sofa, Sebastian commented, “honestly,

I can’t get used to you having a gun around you.”

“It’s for my safety.”

“Yeah, but I’m worried something

bad could happen to you because of that.” Caroline assured Sebastian, “nothing

bad will happen, my uncle taught me how to use it when I was young. Remember, I

told you about my training. He is in the military and he just wanted me and my

cousin to know how defend ourselves. And also, to get us to follow into his

footsteps. Unfortunately for him, my cousin was the only one that followed his footrests.

Although the training was sort of forced, I am grateful for it.”

“Yes, I get it.” Sebastian’s faked

smile turned into a frown. “Teddy? Is everything okay? You seem a bit off,” she

spoke in a concerned tone. “Actually, Jennie and I had a fight. I came to ask

you if I could stay here for a while. That was actually the main reason why I

came here. Is it okay if I stay here for a bit? At least until she calms down.”

“Yes, you can stay here. Was your

fight with Jennie serious?”

“Not really. I just decided it was

best to give her some space.”

“Another kiss scene?” Sebastian

shook his head and responded, “No. A sex scene.” Caroline uttered, “tsk. Well,

I guess you are going to have to do more than Channel bag and some Louis Vuittons

to get her to forgive you.”

“But this is my job. I thought she

would be used to it by now.” Caroline placed her hand on his shoulder. “Teddy,

no woman will ever get used to her boyfriend or husband kissing another woman.”

“But it’s just acting.”

“Even if it’s just acting. How do

you think she feels?” Sebastian thought for a second. “Think about that,” Caroline

spoke as she stood up from the couch, “you know where the guest room is… I’m

super tired. I’m going to sleep. We’ll talk more tomorrow. Good night.”

“Sweet dreams, Care Bear.” Caroline

grabbed the gun she left on the kitchen counter and went to her room.

A week later, Sebastian got on good

terms with Jennifer and went back to their apartment. Caroline went to work

like usual. She was typing an email when Joseph knocked on the door. “Come in,”

said Caroline.

Joseph went inside her office and

said, “Miss King, there is a man here to see you.” Caroline was perplexed. “Do

I have a meeting scheduled with anyone?” Joseph responded, “no.” Caroline

wondered, “who would come see me without letting me know beforehand?”

 Liam casually walked in the office. Caroline

was confused seeing Liam there. “Thank you, Joseph, you may go back to work now,”

said Caroline with a bright smile. Joseph lightly bowed his head and left her

office, closing the door behind him.

Liam sat on one of the chairs in

front of Caroline’s desk and commanded, “Let’s have lunch together.”

“I can’t have lunch right now. I’m

working.”

“I wasn’t asking.” Caroline looked

away from her computer to face him. “I’m still refusing your offer. I don’t

want to have lunch with you.”

“You are so stubborn, Caroline.”

Caroline rolled her eyes and said, “I already told you I won’t have lunch with

you.” Caroline looked back at her computer and continued typing. She gave him a

quick glance before looking back at the computer screen in front of her. Without

taking her gaze from the computer, she asked, “where are we going to eat?”

Caroline looked at him waiting for

an answer, but he remained silent. She let out a sigh and looked back at the

computer screen in front of her. She sent the email she was typing and stoop up

from her chair. She grabbed her black designer handbag. She fetched her dark

designer sunglasses from her bag and put them on. She walked towards the door

then stopped and spoke, “what are you waiting for? Let’s go.” Liam stood up

from the chair and walked towards the door. He opened the door and said, “after

you.”

            “At

least he is a gentle man,” Caroline thought. Liam’s assistant drove them to

where Liam directed without letting Caroline know about the place.

When they arrived, Liam got out of

the car and went to open Caroline’s door for her. He extended out his hand and helped

her out of the car.

When Caroline stepped off the car,

Liam closed the door after telling his assistant to leave. “What are we doing

here?” Asked Caroline, “didn’t you say we were going to have lunch?” Caroline looked

at the building of the marriage bureau in front of her. She looked at Liam,

waiting for his answer. “We are going to get married,” Liam spoke, “pretend we

are a happy couple once we get inside and let’s just get this over with.”

Caroline scoffed. “Did you really

think I would marry you?” Liam raised his eyebrow and she crossed her arms.

“You can take over my father’s company for all I care. I will not marry you.” Liam

gripped her arm and moved her closer to him. On her ear he whispered, “remember

I still have your video. And you signed an agreement yesterday.”

Caroline remembered their agreement.

She pulled her arm way and started walking towards the entrance. “Asshole!

Hijo de puta,” she cursed him in her mind over and over. Liam placed his

hand on Caroline’s waist. Their looks caught the attention of many. It is not

every day a handsome young man and a beautiful young woman would walk together into

marriage bureau. In the eyes of bystanders, they seemed like a happy, loving couple.

As they stepped inside the building, Caroline took off her dark sunglasses, attracting

more attention towards them.

After getting their marriage

certificates, they walked out of the building and Liam’s assistant was waiting

for them. Marcus got off the black Rolls Royce and opened the door for them.

Caroline got in the car first then Liam went in after her. Marcus closed the

door once they were inside and got on the driver’s seat.

In the car, Caroline looked at him

in dead in the eye and said, “you better delete that video right now.” Liam decided

to tease her for a bit. “I don’t know what you are talking about.” Caroline’s

patience was running thin. “Liam, you better delete that video you took of me

in Cancun.”

“I don’t have a video of you, I

think you are going a little crazy.” Caroline snapped. “You ****! You promised

that you would delete that video once we got married.” Liam’s assistant was

shocked, there had not been anyone to dare raise their voice at Liam or even

dare to insult him like that.

 Liam became annoyed with her tone and insults.

“Iis this what you mean?” Liam showed Caroline a recording that was not even

hers. Caroline was furious, she wanted to insult him, she wanted to punch him.

But she decided to just calm down. She took a deep breath and remembered that

she would go to jail for committing murder. During the entire ride, Caroline

looked at her phone. She was reading the news and looking at the stocks. It has

not been an hour and she is already thinking of filling for divorce.

When they arrived at the luxurious restaurant,

Liam opened the door and got off the car. He was about to go inside of the

restaurant when he noticed Caroline was still inside the car. He stepped closer

to the car and asked, “you coming or not?” Caroline crossed her arms, she

refused to eat in the same table with him. Liam grew tired of waiting for a

response. “Suit yourself.” He closed the door and started to walk towards the entrance

of the restaurant again. Caroline opened the door and got off the car.  From the corner of his eye, he could see

Caroline approaching him.

When they entered the restaurant, Liam

was greeted by the manager of the empty restaurant. “Good to see you, Mr.

Sabbatini.” Caroline looked around the restaurant. It was as empty as her

stomach.

Sitting at the table, Caroline kept

looking around and wondering why the restaurant was so empty. “I like my

privacy, so I reserved the entire restaurant.” Caroline rolled her eyes without

him noticing. “Of course, he would reserve the entire restaurant.”

Caroline did not talk to Liam the

entire time; she did not even look at him. When they finished having lunch, Liam

directed his assistant to drive them to a luxurious jewelry store in fifth

avenue. She looked at the rose gold bracelet on her right wrist and remembered

when Persephone got it custom made at the same jewelry store. She recalled how

she got the matching one for Persephone.

They entered the store and were politely

greeted by the staff. They were the only customers in the store. “Choose any

ring you like,” said Liam. Caroline was still mad at him, so she just gave him

a death stare and looked around for a ring that she liked, but none caught her

attention.

While she looked around for a ring,

Liam sat on the sofa and looked at his phone. She kept looking around until she

saw a floral halo platinum ring with an oval shaped ruby and crystals

surrounding the ruby. Liam looked up from the phone screen and saw Caroline

take interest in a ring. He stood up from the sofa and walked over to her and

asked, “do you like this ring?” Caroline replied, “yes, I do.”

The staff manager walked up to them

and asked, “would you like to try it on?”

“Yes,” Caroline ecstatically replied.

“This is one of a kind,” spoke the staff manager. The ring fit Caroline

perfect. “We’ll take it,” said Liam. The other staff present started gossiping

about how much the ring cost.

The ring being a one of a kind, it

was worth four million and it was the most expensive ring the store has had so

far. While the staff members were gossiping about them, a couple stepped inside

the store. Sofia and Christopher were going to buy an engagement ring.

When they went inside, the staff

members didn’t notice them. They were too busy admiring the beautiful couple in

front of them. Then, the manager saw the entrance of the store and signaled the

staff members to greet them.

Caroline was admiring the beautiful

ring on her hand when Sofia went up to her and said, “that ring doesn’t suit

you.” Sofia has always been jealous of Caroline; her beauty, her wealth, her

intelligence. She could not let Caroline have something else she wanted. Caroline

just ignored her and told the manger, “we’ll take the ring.”

Sofia looked at the manager and

said, “she can’t take the ring. That ring is mine.” The manager looked

confused. “My fiancé and I have been planning on buying this ring for weeks

now. We’ll be getting married soon.” Sofia turned to Caroline and added, “Christopher

just loves me so much that he wants me to have the best items.” Caroline scoffed.

“Are you so jealous of me that you always want what I have?” Caroline’s comment

made Sofia’s blood boil. “Have you hit your head, dear? That ring is not yours,”

Sofia spoke.

“Not yet at least. And I wasn’t

talking about the ring.” Caroline looked at Christopher up and down. She turned

to the manager and said, “we’ll take the ring.” Sofia was getting angrier and

angrier. “Stop! Christopher, tell your ex that she can’t just get the ring that

I want just because she is jealous.” Christopher did not want to be involved in

their fight, but Sofia just dragged him into the conflict. Caroline laughed.

“What am I jealous of? A mediocre that did not even finish college and a CEO

wannabe that doesn’t even know how to manage a company?”

“That is not true, Christopher is fully

capable of managing a company!” Sofia was getting frustrated by Caroline’s

words. “Are you sure about that? Because last time I checked, Christopher’s

father was looking for a potential CEO for the company.” Caroline’s words hurt

Christopher.

“And you, Sofia, you dropped out of

school because you were so stupid to think that your family would maintain you.

But in reality, you have to marry Christopher because your father doesn’t want

to give you a single penny.” Sofia was furious. “Caroline King! You will pay

for the insults you’ve said!” Caroline just rolled her eyes at her and then

looked at Liam who was spectating the whole thing. “Babe, can you buy me this

ring?” Liam smirked. “Anything for you, princess.” Christopher and Sofia were dumbfounded. “Babe? Since when is she with him? How did they meet?” Christopher

wondered.

“You can’t take that ring!” Sofia

exclaimed “I’m sorry Miss, they were here first, so the ring is theirs,” the

manager explained. “We’ll pay double for the ring,” said Sofia in desperation,

she could not let Caroline win.  Christopher stepped closer to her and said,

“Sofia, we can’t afford it.”

“Yes, we can. We’ll find a way.” Liam

told the manager, “we’ll take the matching set too.” Caroline looked at Liam in

shock, Christopher and Sofia were also in shock. Liam handed his black card to

the manager like it was nothing, the staff started to gossip again.

The manager placed the jewelry in

its box and then he placed it in a bag and gave it to Liam as well as his card.

“Let’s go, princess. They’ve already wasted too much of our time.” Caroline

grabbed Liam’s hand. She got closer to him and gave him a kiss on the cheek. “Thank

you, babe.”

While they were walking towards the

entrance, Liam overheard one of the employees murmur to another employee, “couple

goals? Am I right?” The other employee agreed. They were admired by the staff

and Christopher and Sofia just looked at them with anger and jealousy.

When Caroline and Liam were about

to leave the store, Sofia spoke, “I see that it didn’t take long to find a

replacement for Christopher.” Caroline stopped walking and said, “at least I

didn’t take a man that was already in a relationship.” Caroline turned around

and walked away while holding Liam’s hand.

 They got in the car and Liam’s assistant drove

to Caroline’s company. Because Liam followed Caroline’s lead, she was not as mad with him anymore. “So, ‘babe,’ what was that about?” Liam asked out of

curiosity and to tease her. Caroline roller her eyes and explained, “that was

my ex and his girlfriend. They did something to me that they shouldn’t have done

and now they will pay the price.”

“What did they do?”

“That is not important. What’s

important is what I have planned for them.” Caroline arrived at her office and

resumed her work. She got a text from Liam, “I will pick you up at five

o’clock. This time, be on time.” Caroline rolled her eyes and left him on seen.

She continued working until I was four fifty. She got a call from Liam, “I’m

almost there.” Caroline replied, “I’m sorry, Liam, but you took most of my time

today and I have work to do.”

“I don’t want any excuses. We’re

going to Dante’s place and you have to get ready.” After he spoke, he hung up. Again,

he hung up on her, next time they talk, she will hang up on him. Five minutes

later Caroline gathered all her stuff and left her office.

Right when she got out of the

building, a black Rolls Royce parked in front of her. Liam’s assistant went to

open the door for Caroline and then they left. They arrived at Liam’s penthouse.

The stylist had been waiting for them for four minutes. Mrs. Spence, Liam’s maid

let him in.

When Caroline saw the stylist, she

was surprised. “Ricardo! What are you doing here? I thought you would be staying

in Mexico.” They greeted each other with a kiss on the cheek. “I arrived yesterday,

and I got a call from Mr. Sabbatini this morning. I did not know I would be

styling you, reina.”

Liam looked at how close they seemed,

he wondered for how long they have known each other. Ricardo clapped his hands

and said, “enough of the chit chat, you have to start getting ready.” Ricardo

grabbed Caroline’s hand and looked at Liam. “I’m taking her away, don’t miss

her too much.” Liam looked away as he raised his hand.

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