Chapter 17 Own Me

Caroline tricked Marcus so she could get away. Marcus

instantly called Liam. “Boss, Miss King ran away with the car.” Marcus was

afraid of his boss. His hands were trembling as he took out his phone to call

Liam. Liam put down his pen and said, “find out where she is going. If you fail,

you are fired.” He ended the call and leaded back on the chair, exhaling

heavily. He wondered whether he got a wife or a daughter.

            Caroline

was mature most of the time, but there were times where she just acted like a

rebellious teenager or like a four-year-old. Caroline began to speed on the

streets of New York. Good thing she knows her way around the city. She knew that

Liam would probably track her location through the car, so she sped up and got

on the Brooklyn bridge she was going over the speed limit and she kept

accelerating. Many drivers kept their distance from the speeding luxurious car.

            Caroline

spotted a police car and accelerated more. She was going faster and faster and

paying no attention to the police cars following her with the loud sound of the

sirens. When Caroline got of the Brooklyn bridge there were now four police

cars behind her. Caroline was a skilled driver; she did not drive as much

anymore but she was still skilled enough to drive at such a high speed without crashing.

            In the

spacious CEO office, Liam grabbed the control remote on his desk and turned on

the TV to watch the news. In the news, he saw his Rolls Royce being chased by

four police cars. “Just what exactly is she doing? Rebelling? She sure is

different than any other woman. Quite brave and stubborn a bit hot tempered,

too,” Liam thought.

            Caroline was

about to drive past the red light when she saw two police cars going towards her.

She turned left at the intersection, making two police cars crash into each

other. There were two police cars still going after her. She continued to speed

up and eventually managed to lose them. She knew that they will still be going

after her and to her good luck, she spotted an eight-floor parking lot. Caroline

entered the parking lot and went up to the fourth floor. She parked the car

there.

            On that

same floor, were only eight other cars. She grabbed her designer handbag and

her blazer and went to the elevator. She put on her blazer once she went inside

the elevator. When she arrived at the first floor and got out of the parking

lot, she spotted some taxis passing by. She hailed a taxi and went back to Manhattan.

            Marcus was tracking

the car through his phone when he saw that the car stopped. He saw the location

and instantly called Liam. “Boss, I have the location.” Liam spoke in a cold

voice making Marcus more anxious, “send me the address.” Liam hung up the phone

and called his chauffeur.

            In the

taxi, Caroline told the driver to go to the Blue Diamond club. Caroline searched

for her phone inside her bag, but she was unable to find it. She was about to

call Sebastian to tell him to meet her at the club. She then remembered she

left it in Liam’s office. “I’m so stupid. How could I leave my phone?” Caroline thought. She still could not go back to the penthouse. She knew that

if Liam saw her, he would burn her alive for creating such a mess, again. She

wanted to wait for a while. “Maybe if I wait long enough, his anger would

suppress,” Caroline thought, “he probably occupied with work, minding

his own business.” She never could have imagined that he was actually searching

for her.

Liam arrived at the location sent

by Marcus and found Marcus walking around near the black Rolls Royce. When

Marcus saw Liam, his anxiety came back. He was so scared of how his boss would

react once he told him the news. “Where’s Caroline?” Liam’s angry tone made

Marcus panic. “She is not here. When I arrived, I only found the car,” said

Marcus as he whipped the sweat drop running down his face without letting Liam

notice.

 Liam looked around but saw nothing out of the

ordinary. Liam’s Chauffeur drove Marcus back to Manhattan and Liam stayed in

Brooklyn driving around trying to find his rebellious wife. He was stopped by

the police. “Caroline you are so dead.” Liam found a way to get rid of

the police without any charges. He just paid a fine for some of the damages

Caroline caused.

When Caroline arrived at the

destination, she paid the taxi driver and got out of the car. Marcus was just

passing by when he saw her getting out of the taxi and going into the club. Marcus

immediately called Liam. “Boss, I found her. She is at the Blue Diamond club.

Do I go get her?” Liam sighed, “no, leave her.” Liam ended the call and drove

to the club.

In the club, Caroline was just

drinking and thinking of going to Persephone’s place and asking her if she

could spend the night there. She knew that it would be bad if she went back to

Liam’s penthouse and it would be worse if she went to her own penthouse. Caroline

drank the shot she had in her hand and wondered, “why do I even care what he

might think or do? This is what he signed up for when he agreed to the arranged

marriage. If he doesn’t like it, he can just sign the divorce papers.”

Caroline was lost in thought when a

familiar voice interrupted her thoughts. “Hello, Caroline. Such a coincidence

seeing you here,” said Harry when he sat next to her. She looked to her right

and said with a smile, “hey Harry, what brings you here?” Harry replied, “I

came to drink with some friends, but it appears I am bit early.”

“I still owe you for the tie.” Harry

refused, “you don’t owe me anything.” Caroline still insisted but Harry kept

refusing. When Liam arrived, he saw Caroline and Harry talking, making his blood

boil. Caroline made eye contact with Liam. She looked at Harry and got an idea.

“Harry, want to dance with me?” This is an offer he could not refuse. “Yes, of

course.”

They stood up from the tall chairs

and walked towards the dance floor. Caroline made sure that Liam was still

looking at her. She wrapped her arms around Harry’s neck, and he placed his

hands on her waist. Caroline swayed her hips from side to side along with the

music.

Caroline moved her right hand to

caress Harry’s cheek. Liam went over to them and separated them. “Caroline.

Let’s go home.” Liam held and tightly gripped onto her arm. Harry gripped

Liam’s wrist and ordered, “let go of her.” Liam hesitantly let go of Caroline.

She stepped in between the two men before they broke into a fight.

“Get out of the way, Caroline,”

said Liam. He wanted to kill Harry. Liam was not going to let Harry order him

like that. Caroline tried to make Liam calm down, she placed her hands on his

shoulders and said, “Liam, calm down.” She then then turned to Harry and told

him to leave. When Harry reluctantly left Caroline said to Liam, “how did you

know I was here?” Liam responded, “Marcus notified me of your location. Now

let’s go home.”

Liam grabbed her wrist and started

dragging her out of the dance floor. Caroline refused, “No! You don’t own me! I

am not your toy.” Caroline added, “you keep treating me like I’m your doll. I refuse

to do everything you say. And you don’t have to keep a close watch on me. I am

not a child. Hell, you don’t need to send your assistant to babysit me. I am old

enough to take care of myself.” Liam sighed. “You might not be a child but you

sure as hell are acting like one.”  Caroline

pursed her lips and crossed her arms. “Let’s go.” Caroline shook her head.

Liam’s patience was running out.

“Caroline. Let’s go.” Caroline still refused. “If you don’t come with me, I’ll carry

you to the car.” Caroline took Liam’s words as a challenge. “You wouldn’t.”

Liam was about to pick her up and carry her when she stopped him and said, “fine

I’ll go with you. But I still haven’t paid for my drink.” Liam responded as he

grabbed her purse and handed it to her, “it’s on the house. Now let’s go.”

Caroline grabbed her purse and

asked, “you own this club?”

“One of many.” Caroline rolled her

eyes. “So arrogant,” She thought. Liam placed his hand on Caroline’s waist

to guide her out of the club. They walked towards the car. When Liam went to

the driver’s seat, Caroline saw an opening to get away. Liam chased after her,

again. He picked her up and took her to the car. He opened the back door and

threw her on the seat. Before closing the door, he put the child safety lock

on. Then he closed the door and went to the driver’s seat.

Liam was driving to his penthouse

when Caroline started hitting him and insulting him. “You asshole! I don’t want

to stay with you!” Liam stopped at the side of the road, there were not many

cars going by at this time. They were in a place where on one side they had the

city and on the other they had the river.

Liam got off the luxurious car and

got on the back seat with Caroline who was confused because he suddenly stopped

the car and got off. “You’ve made too much trouble for me tonight.” He was

right, Caroline did run away with his car and left it in Brooklyn and then went

to drink and to top it all off, she was dancing with Harry.

            “You

deserved it for being an ***,” said Caroline with courage. “I was going to

forget about all the mess you made tonight, but it seems that you just want me

to punish you.” Liam’s words made Caroline shiver. Maybe she should not have

insulted him. Liam leaned over to kiss her, but she turned her head away. Liam

smirked, he gripped her neck and made her face him. He forcefully kissed her

lips. Caroline bit his lower lip until she tasted blood.

            Liam

smirked. He began to kiss her neck as he undid the buttons of her blouse, he

took off her blazer and her shirt. He made his way down to her breasts leaving

a trail of kisses from her neck down to her cleavage. He started sucking on her

skin leaving bruises on her chest. He took off his shirt and undid her pants. He

pulled her pants and her panties down to her knees. He unbuckled his belt and

undid his pants. He pinned her wrists above her head as he thrusted into her.

            When they

finished, Liam fixed his pants and put his shirt back on, Caroline did the

same. Liam got off the car through the door with no safety lock and went to the

driver’s seat with a satisfied look on his face. The drive towards the

penthouse was silent. Caroline didn’t even want to look at him. She was even

irritated by his strong scent. To her bad luck, his scent had already rubbed

off on her.

            In Liam’s

penthouse Caroline walked to her room, went to the bathroom, and took a shower.

Forty-four minutes later, Caroline got out of the shower, dried her hair, and got

ready for bed. She went to her closet and put on her black silk nightgown. She

tucked herself into bed and fell asleep right away.

            In the

middle of the night, Liam went inside her room, placed her phone to charge on

the nightstand and then laid next to her. He caressed her right cheek then he

cuddled her to sleep. At eight forty-four in the morning, Caroline got up from

her bed. She put on her black fur slippers and a black silk robe and walked to

the door of the room. When she opened the door of her room, the door of the

elevator opened as well. Caroline was looking at her phone and she did not

notice Liam and bumped into him. “I’m sorry.”

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