Chapter 9 I’d Rather Eat You

When Caroline was in high school, she learned how to hack,

it was a continuation of her training, after all. However, she thought of it as

fun rather than training forced upon her. She has always been ambitious, always

wanted to grow and succeed. She understands her ambition will probably be her downfall

someday, but that still will not stop her from growing and succeeding.

            Her

ambition started when she and her cousin were being trained by her uncle. Guess

being raised by a warrant officer at the time has its perks. Because of his

training, Caroline felt powerful and undefeatable. Her confidence boosted her

ambition.

            When Caroline

was dating Christopher, she was always told by her aunt and her mother to not

trust him too much. From them she learned to not trust men because, “all they

do lie and cheat.” She knew that learning how to hack would come in handy one

day. Over the years, she continued to learn and improve her skills.

            During her

relationship with Christopher, she figured out a way to hack into his family’s company

system. She hacked into the system to prove if her theory was right. She

compared two files company’s, she was right, they were doing money laundering. She

happily grinned knowing she could ruin him and his family with the information

she found. She also figured that Sofia’s family was doing the same since they were

trying to do business together and the whole Sofia and Christopher getting

married thing. “Don’t worry Sofia, I will not do anything to you, just yet,” she thought.

            Caroline

kept looking at the files when Persephone sent her a message and a link. The

message read, “have you seen this?” Caroline clicked on the link. A post on

social media headlined with the news that Christopher would become the next CEO

of the company. Caroline smirked. “Now it is the perfect time to ruin him, drive

his name through the mud,” Caroline thought.

            Caroline

was plotting her revenge when she got a message from Charles, “I sent you the

files to your email.” Caroline stopped what she was doing and opened her email.

Her cousin is quite efficient, indeed. She opened the file and started reading

it.

            Liam was in

his office dealing with some work. He took out his phone and decided to see

what Caroline was doing in his study thought the hidden camera in his study

with the perfect angle which allows him to see everything in the study,

including the computer screen. Liam saw when Caroline was hacking. “This

woman doesn’t fail to impress me. What else is she able to do?” He

wondered.

            Liam did

not know what she was hacking into until he saw the logo and the name of the

company, he figured she was plotting her revenge like she said. He went back to

his work but was intrigued again to know what she was up to.

            After some time, Liam checked the

camera again and saw that she was still in his study looking through her email.

He saw that she clicked on a file. When the file opened, the first thing he saw

was his picture. “How cute. She really thinks she will be able find anything

on me,” he thought while smirking.

            Caroline

kept reading at the file and she found new information that was not in the

first file she read about him. After Caroline read the file, she closed

everything and made sure that there were no traces of what she did. She stood

up from the desk and looked around the room. She noticed something weird on the

bookshelf behind the desk. She grabbed the chair and stood on it. She stood

close to the camera and shook her head. She figured Liam had been spying on

what she was doing. She got down from the chair and went to her room. She was

bored and she did not know what else to do.

            Caroline

went to the closet and started to look at all the clothes Liam had arranged. “Weird.

How does he know my exact size?” She wondered, “How does he now my

style?” Caroline finished looking around in her closet and she decided to

go look around the penthouse.

            When she

reached the third floor, she walked over to the white grand piano in the corner

of the living room. She sat in front of the piano and began to play. She was

playing the famous piece by Beethoven, Für Elise.

            When Liam arrived at the penthouse,

he stepped off the elevator and found Caroline concentrated on the song she was

playing. When she finished playing the piece, she turned around to face the man

clapping while walking towards her. “Do you play?” Caroline asked. “Yes, I do,”

Liam answered. Caroline moved aside to make space for Liam. He sat next to her

and began to play. Caroline recognized the piece right away. It is one of her

favorite pieces.

            When Liam

finished playing, Caroline hummed, “Nocturne Op.9 No.2. One of my

favorites.” Liam smiled, taking Caroline by surprise. “Wow. You can actually

show some emotion. I never thought I’d get to see the day you smiled,” Caroline

jested, “I will cherish the day when the cold and arrogant Liam Sabbatini

showed some emotion.” Liam’s expression completely changed when she started

making fun of him.

            “Don’t look

at me like that. I was just kidding,” she spoke with a smile. He kept silent.

Caroline turned her gaze from his beautiful green eyes. “I shouldn’t have

made fun of him,” she thought. She made eye contact again and said, “Liam, how

come all the clothes in my closet are my style and size?”

            “That’s

because I know everything.”

            “So

arrogant,” Caroline voiced to herself. “I’m serious. How did you know my

size and style?” Liam leaned closer to her face and spoke, “that’s because of

that night. I have an incredible memory and I remembered your body shape.”

Caroline’s face turned red in an instant. “You rascal! How could you say such

thing?” Liam chuckled as he pinched her cheek. “You are so easy to tease. Such

an easy target,” Liam spoke, “remember I ran a background check on you.”

            “Right… the

background check.”

            After that,

the room became silent. To fill the awkward silence, Caroline decided to play

the piano, again. She pressed a few keys before Liam stopped her. He leaned

closer and closer while placing his hand on her cheek. He was about to kiss her

soft lips when he received a call. He answered the call, “speak!” Marcus, his

assistant, on the other end of the line became scared to tell him the news.

             “Boss, we have a problem with the exports made

today.” Liam stood up from the stool and went up the stairs. Caroline was just

sitting there in front of the piano when she received a message from Joseph, it

was an invitation to a jewelry exhibition tomorrow. Caroline replied to

Joseph’s message, “do I really need to go to that? And who in their right mind

plans a jewelry exhibition on a Monday?” Joseph laughed and texted back, “to

answer your question, yes, Miss king. You must attend this event to meet new

people and make business deals.” Caroline agreed, “fine, get me a dress and be

ready by seven.” Joseph replied, “yes Miss. Have a good evening.”

            Few moments

after Caroline finished texting Joseph, Liam finished his call. He went down

the stairs. He walked to the piano and sat next to Caroline again. “So, where

were we?” Liam asked as he moved closer to Caroline. He caressed Caroline’s cheek

as he got closer and closer. Their faces were only a few inches away when Mrs.

Spence walked in the room, “I am sorry to interrupt, but dinner is served.” Caroline

got up from the stool and said, “thank you Mrs. spence.”

            When

Caroline started walking towards the stairs, Liam grabbed her wrist while

pulling her towards him, making her sit on his lap. Liam put his left arm

around her and with his right hand, he placed his thumb on her chin and his index

under her chin, making her look at him. He placed his thumb on her bottom lip

before kissing her soft lips. Caroline separated from the kiss refusing to continue

to be tempted by this man. “I’m hungry. Let’s go eat,” Caroline spoke trying to

sound as emotionless as possible. Liam smirked and said, “I’d rather eat you.”

            “Your so

cheeky,” she commented. “Only with you,” he responded. “You promised you

wouldn’t touch me without my consent.” Liam asked, “you didn’t want me to kiss

you?” Caroline paused for a second then answered, “no.” He grabbed her chin

again, making her face him. “Your mouth says one thing, but your body says

another thing.” Caroline rolled her eyes before standing up from his lap and

walking away.

            In the dining

room, Mrs. Spence had prepared ground pot roast pasta. Caroline and Liam

quietly sat in their chair enjoying dinner. After they had dinner, Mrs. spence

did the dishes and left. Caroline went to her room to take a shower.

            When she

finished, she stepped out of the shower with a towel wrapped around her body. She

opened the door of the bathroom and flinched when she saw a man lazily lying on

the bed. “Don’t you know how to knock?” Caroline asked.

            Liam got up

from the bed and walked up to her. Water drops were dripping from her hair onto

her chest. “My eyes are up here,” Caroline teasingly spoke. “I know.” Liam leaned

in for a kiss, but Caroline moved her head to the side. Liam smirked. He just

wanted to kiss her goodnight but since she refused his kiss, he wanted to have

some fun with her. He wanted to tease her. He began to kiss her neck. Then, he

started to make his way down from her neck to her shoulder. He kissed the spot he

had bit yesterday. A breathy moan escaped her lips as he kissed and sucked on

her skin. Then he kissed her lips and said, “sweet dreams.” He walked to the

door and left.

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