A WARM HEART
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CHAPTER 10
Misaki entered her room and went to laid on her bed. She couldn't help the tears falling from her eyes. She knew she hated him so much that she wishes she could leave this house. But she had no money.
She quickly dried her humiliated tears and thought again. She was to receive $2,000 a month from the late Mr. Walker, she remembered. She quickly wiped her tears and stood up to pack her things. She would receive her money and leave this house and him and never return. She'll only return when she turned twenty-four and Mr. Jaglick would have no choice but to give her her father's paper to her and read whatever Mr. Yuu Walker left her in the damn Will.
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Takumi looked at the check in his hand. It was written to Miss Misaki Ayuzawa and had a sum of $2,000. He was in his desk in the library and he wondered if he should give her the check. He knew she didn't deserve the check when she was nothing to the family. He sighed angrily.
He had kissed her. Of all the girls he could have kissed, he had kissed her. And more surprisingly, she had not liked it. He should have been the one hating the kiss, but instead he spent the whole time wondering why she had slapped him and hated a kiss he thought she would like. He haven't even kissed Kaon on the lips. But he had kissed her.
Disgusted with himself, he placed the check neatly in an enveloped and pondered on whether to give her the check or not.
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Takumi avoided her for awhile. He had his private dinner in the library and went straight to bed. He didn't ask for her or dare to look for her. He kept Licht to his side whenever he could, for he didn't want his dog to find her then he would have to find her.
The car company was busy with their annual opening of their brand new cars, and Takumi was only too glad to be busy and away from the house. He knew she would be there. And he knew she couldn't go anywhere for if he didn't give her the check, she would have no spending money to leave the house with.
In fact, he wanted her to be in the house and not leave it at all. For some odd reason, he wanted her to stay in the house.
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It had already been almost two months that Misaki went and stayed in that house, and she wondered when her check was coming. She checked with the maids every day when they brought in the mails, but there was no check for her.
Worried, she contacted Mr. Jaglick.
"All the checks go to Mr. Walker, Miss Ayuzawa. He must have your check, for I sent them out two weeks ago."
Angry that Takumi might have been keeping her check away from her she asked Mr. Jaglick if he could send them out to her directly.
"I would if I could, Miss Ayuzawa. But he is in charge of all the finances that goes through the family. The check will need to go through him first," Mr. Jaglick replied almost carefreely.
Misaki hanged up the phone after a moment and forced herself to face him that day.
She knew she didn't want to see him again after what happened two weeks ago, but if she wanted her freedom then she would have to face him just this once.
She didn't care about the other checks coming. She knew $2000 would get her a home and she could find a job to continue paying for her house. Her plans were so clear that nothing seem like it could go wrong. So she anxiously waited for him to return from work.
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She waited and waited that day, but still he didn't return. It was 10pm and she had fallen asleep on the sofa when the car drove up and parked in front of the house.
He came in wearily and stopped at seeing her asleep on the sofa in the family room. Slowly, he walked over to where she was and wonder why she was sleeping there. She couldn't possibly be waiting for him, he thought rather strangely but he grinned at the thought.
Slowly he knelt down and looked at her. She looked so young and vulnerable when she was sleeping. He could kiss her here and she wouldn't be able to do anything. He frowned at the thought. He was not that desperate of a person, nor did he desire to kiss someone he despised.
Angry at his thoughts, he roughly nudged her. She opened her eyes in surprise and eyed him. Surprise to see him so closed to her, she quickly sat up and moved away from him. Her arms came out to shield her chest as if her pajamas were unbuttoned.
"Why are you sleeping here?" He asked her unemotionally.
She looked around. "I-I was...waiting for you," she finally said, as she looked at him hostilely.
His eyebrow lifted in surprised. But with the hostile look on her face, he knew she didn't mean well.
His hand unexpectedly reached out and touched her chin, before he stood up and said mockingly, "Did you miss me?"
Her eyes narrowed disliking. He laughed and moved to go. She quickly stood up and followed him to his library.
"I was waiting for you so that I could ask you about my check," she retorted bravely.
He turned and looked at her.
"Your check? Why would you ask me about your check?" He asked innocently, and continued into the library.
"I know I am to receive some money from your father, Mr. Walker. Though you may not believe it, but I only want this one check so that I may find myself a new home to move into."
He stopped and looked at her curiously.
"I won't take anymore of your generosity, Mr. Walker. And I promise that I will pay you back if you would only give me this check that your father has given me," she said out of breathe. "I won't bother your family anymore. In fact, I don't want to see this place anymore."
His eyes narrowed.
"And the debt that you owe this family? What of it?" He asked rather impatiently.
"I will pay all the money your father has given to my father and I, Mr. Walker. I will even sign a contract for you saying that I will not take any more of your father's money, if you would but give me just this one check to help me start out my life here," she replied, hoping to have him see that she was sincere.
He took his suit jacket off and laid it on his desk, then he turned and looked at her straight in the eyes.
"But I believe that if I give you this one check, you will run away and never return to pay your debts."
She looked at him in horror.
"How can you say that?"
He grinned sarcastically.
"I know what is on your mind, Miss Ayuzawa. You have a lover out there you know will hide you, only you need some money for you two to live on," he said unkindly as he watched horror crossed her face.
She was so angry at his unreasonable answer that she replied angrily, "And what good would it do for you to keep me here anyway, Mr. Walker, without allowing Cedric to drive me to find a job so that I can start paying some of your damn money back!"
There was disgust written all over her face.
"I can't even take a taxi and you cruelly disconnected me from Dr. Kenji's offered. You won't even help me find a job, and yet you want me to repay you these debts? Are you crazy? What do you want me to do to pay you these debts? Sell myself to make some money? After all it is the only thing I can do with all the other options gone!"
He looked at her strangely and reply in a whispered, "You would make a lot of money if you do that. I'm sure my brother would be one of your number one client."
With much anger in her heart, she walked up to him and slapped him on the face.
This time, he didn't let her go. He grabbed her hand, the one that hit him, and forcefully pulled her to him.
"If you want to start paying your debt, Miss Ayuzawa, I will be your first client."
He pulled her to him and kissed her lip roughly. She cried out and pushed him away but he held her tightly, until she stopped struggling and tears fell from her eyes. He stopped then, and looked at her in horror.
She had her face turned away in humiliation, but faced him when he slowly pulled away from her. Without another thought, her hand came up and slapped him again. This time he grabbed her hand and only pulled her to him gently.
"You know I can make you sleep with me if I want to," he said coldly.
She looked at him in disgust.
"That would be rape. Even you know how wrong that would be. Even $7 million could not make up for a woman's mind when she is raped."
His eyes narrowed.
"But in your case, it would be different, for you will come willingly, for you owe my family too much," he remarked with a cynical grin. "The next time you raised this hand of yours to me again, I'll make sure you'll be in my bed, even if it won't pay off your debt."
She pulled away from him hard in horror and backed away.
"I would rather sell myself to others than be in your bed, Mr. Walker. Even your brother would be a better candidate." She knew she shouldn't have said that, for at the mention of his brother his eyes turned deadly to her.
"If you dare seduce my brother, I will see that you will be put in jail for what you owe my family," he replied coldly. "I promise I'll make your life miserable if you do not stay away from my brother or do as my bidding. But I have a heart, I don't bed a woman who has already been soiled."
She controlled her anger well and smiled, "I am glad, Mr. Walker, for I won't need to worry about waking up to find you beside me in bed."
She wiped her lips and cheeks before turning away to leave the room. He only glared at her in tense anger.