Chapter 11 Him or Me

“Are you sure you can afford that necklace?” Caroline asked.

“What do you mean?” Sofia was confused. “Mr. Davis, this necklace is worth forty

million dollars,” the manager explained. Christopher could not believe what

just happened, first his fraud was revealed and then he got into this mess

because of Sofia. He did not even want to appear in front of Caroline’s sight, but

Sofia started going for Caroline, so he just followed her lead. “The payment

must be done within a month,” the managers spoke, before walking away. “I hope

you have that kind of money,” Caroline uttered with a hint of sarcasm in her

tone.

            Caroline

turned around and walked away. “This is all your fault!” Christopher shouted, getting

more attention from onlookers. He has definitely lost it, maybe this could

serve as a lesson to not **** with Caroline King. Caroline just ignored him and

kept walking; she did not want to be more embarrassed by him anymore. Christopher

grabbed Sofia’s arm and dragged her out of the exhibition. He was furious.

            Liam, who

just witnesses the whole thing, chuckled at the sight of the stunt his little

woman pulled. Liam’s small smile disappeared when he saw that Harry was still by

Caroline’s side. Caroline kept walking around until she spotted a necklace that

caught her interest. She found a better necklace than the one Sofia took. She

found a platinum necklace, in the front it had shape of branches, flowers, and

leaves. The sizes of the crystals varied along the necklace. The necklace also

had some round emerald jewels along the branches.

 Caroline asked to try the necklace on. This

time, Harry offered to help Caroline put the necklace on, and she agreed. As

Liam saw this, his eyes filled with jealousy. “How could she just let another

man get so close to her like that?” He wondered. Caroline looked in the

mirror she had close by and liked the way the necklace looked on her. She asked

to manager to come over to her. “Yes, Miss King?”

“I’d like to purchase this necklace,

please.”

 “That necklace costs fifty million dollars,”

said the manager trying to avoid what just happened with Christopher. Caroline

did have that kind of money. The exact amount was the sum of what Victor and

Elizabeth had given her for her birthday. “I’ll take it.” Caroline spoke as it

were nothing. She signed the contract and paperwork. Caroline continued walking

around and talking to Harry. Abruptly, Harry got a phone call. “Please excuse me.

I must take this.”

“Of course, go ahead.” Harry

stepped away as he answered his phone call. Caroline stood in front of a

beautiful crystal jewelry set when Joseph walked to her side. “All done?”

Joseph responded, “yes, no one will suspect a thing.”

“Good.” Then, a man started approaching

them. “The man coming this way is Mr. Li Fonti. He is the owner of one of the

best book publishing companies. He also has other companies. Mostly does

business in Italian.” Caroline nodded. She has always wanted to expand into

book publishing, talking to Mr. Li Fonti was a great opportunity. “Ciao signor

Li Fonti,” Caroline greeted as she extended out her hand as she introduced

herself. Mr. Li Fonti shook her hand. She spoke with him for a few minutes.

Liam had been listening to their

whole conversation. “Her Italian is not so bad,” he praised. Caroline was

being friendly and wore her signature smile while talking to the man, making

Liam jealous. He did not like the idea of her being so friendly. Liam

interrupted Caroline’s conversation with Mr. Li Fonti. Liam started to make

conversation with Mr. Li Fonti, completely excluding Caroline. She gave him a

glare.

Then he started to walk around the

exhibition with Mr. Li Fonti while leaving Caroline just standing there. This

made Caroline furious. He did not only interrupt her conversation; he also took

her best chance of getting into book publishing. “What an asshole he is!” She cursed.

Harry walked back and stood in

front of Caroline with two champagne glasses in his hands. He gave one glass to

Caroline. “To new friends.” Caroline replied, “to new friends.” Caroline made

the toast with Harry, but she did not drink the champagne. She remembered the

time Christopher drugged her. “Is something wrong? Is the champagne not to your

licking?” Harry asked. “No, not at all.  It’s just that I’ve drank enough for one night,” Caroline explained.

At the end of the exhibition,

Caroline left with Joseph and left him off at his place. The chauffeur was

driving to Liam’s penthouse when Caroline remembered she had no way of getting

in. She called Liam but he did not answer. She called Liam four times but her

never answered. She decided to just go to her penthouse.

When she arrived, it was already midnight.

Caroline got ready for bed and went to sleep. That morning, Caroline and got

ready for work. She went to the kitchen to have breakfast before leaving. As

she ate, she looked at the stock market on her phone. She put her phone down

and sipped her raspberry tea. She looked at the diamond watch on her wrist and

did the dishes. She called her chauffeur right after and left for work.

Caroline’s office located in the

forty fourth and last floor of the building. She was in her office, revising

some documents when she found a mistake on one of the reports. She grabbed the

phone from her desk and called Joseph inside her office. “Yes, Miss King?”

“Who submitted this report?” Joseph

looked at the report Caroline held in her hand and responded, “that is the

report submitted this morning by the branch in Miami.”

“I want to know who is responsible

for this.”

“Is there a problem?”

“There is a typo on page six. Get

them to fix it before noon. If not, they are fired.”

“Yes, Miss King.” Joseph grabbed

the report and left her office. He immediately contacted the people responsible

for the mistake. Caroline had every right to be angry. After all, why would

they send a report with a mistake on it? If incompetent like that were going to

work at her company, she would rather fire them and find someone who can do the

job right. It might sound cruel, but that is just the world works. Instead of

having good for nothings work for you, you can have good employees that do

their job right.

By noon, Joseph stepped inside her

office with the revised report. Caroline looked at the page with the mistake and

found the report was fixed. “The manager of the logistics department is flying

from Miami to apologize in person.”

“Tell him that it will not be necessary,”

Caroline spoke, “it is enough with him learning to never submit documents that

need my signature with mistakes on it.” Joseph nodded. Before he left her

office, Caroline asked him for a cup of oolong tea. Joseph stepped inside her

office again and placed the cup of tea on her desk. He slightly bowed his head

and left. Caroline took the cup of tea and took a sip. She praised Joseph’s tea

brewing skills as she sipped the perfectly brewed tea.

When she finished her tea, Joseph

walked back into her office for the empty teacup. Caroline decided to take a

break from looking at the computer screen and documents almost all morning. She

stood up from her chair and walked to the floor to ceiling window. Caroline stood

in front of the floor to ceiling window overlooking the city when Joseph

knocked on the door. “Miss King, there is a man here that wants to speak to

you, his name is Liam Sabbatini.”

“Send him in, please.” Liam went inside

Caroline’s office, closed the door, and locked it. “Liam, what are you doing here?”

Caroline asked as she made her way to him. “Why didn’t you come home last

night?” Liam asked in a cold tone. “I called you, but you didn’t pick up, so I

just went to my penthouse,” Caroline answered. “What were you doing flirting

with Harry Williams yesterday? Is that why you aren’t wearing your ring?” Liam asked

as he stepped closer to Caroline and she took back away. “I wasn’t. And what do

you care? It is not like we married for love. You have no right to be asking

why I was talking to him.”

“So, you didn’t come home last

night to sleep with him?” Caroline first looked at him with a confused look,

then she wondered what would happen if she provoked him, she licked her lips

and said, “so what if I did?” Liam became furious. He continued to get closer

to her, but she just backed away. Caroline kept up backing away. She went up

the two steps and continued backing away until she reached her desk. She had no

way of scaping now. “Are you mad? What do you care if I was with him?”

“Do you usually sleep with

strangers?” Caroline gave him a nasty stare and repeated the question, “what do

you care if I was with him?”

“Because he wants what’s mine.”

Caroline placed her hand on his cheek and chuckled. “Oh, you must be delusional.

I’m not yours and I will never be.” Liam grabbed her wrist and placed it down

on the table as he spun her around. Caroline tried freeing her herself from her

wrist but failed. While he held her wrist in place, with his free hand, he

pinched her chin with his thumb and index finger. He leaned in and kissed her

soft lips. He bit her bottom lip as he became more furious when he thought of Caroline

having sex with another man. He stopped kissing her and undid his dark blue tie.

He grabbed her wrists and tied them together behind her back.

Liam rolled up Caroline’s dress, up

to her waist and bent her over the table. He took off his dark blue blazer and dark

blue waistcoat and placed them on top of the armchair nearby. He unbuttoned four

buttons from his white shirt and rolled up the cuffs from his shirt. He unbuckled

his belt and unzipped his pants. He pulled down Caroline’s black lace panties

and thrusted into her, he was so rough. He gripped the back of her hair into a

fist and pulled it. “You’re mine. Alright, princess?” He whispered on her ear.

When they finished, he untied her wrists

and he fixed his pants and his shirt while Caroline pulled up her panties and

rolled down her dress. “Help me with my tie, please,” said Liam with a smirk. Caroline

rolled her eyes and did as he said.

Caroline knew how to tie ties since

she started working at her father’s company. Victor taught her how to tie his

tie. Afterwards, when mason started working in the company, she would help

Mason with his tie. “How are you so good at this?”

“What do you care?”

“Seems you need more disciplining.”

Caroline just gave him a glare. Liam put on his waistcoat and picked up his suit

jacket and reached out a ring box out. “Here is your ring. If you take it off

one more time, I will punish you.”

Before leaving, Liam leaned close

to her ear and whispered, “who fucks you better? Him or me?” Caroline just

turned redder with his question. “He is such a beast. How am I supposed to

last a year with him?” Caroline wondered. Liam opened the door and

left. Caroline staggered to her chair and then resumed her work. Maybe she should

not have provoked him.

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