The fallen Women
Chapter 58 The subtle art of manipulation
It looked the same as it had when he left, nothing had changed and Sho was not sure how he felt about that. He walked up to the door and entered his childhood home only to be greeted by a young but beautiful girl
"how may I help you" she asked
"oh, I'm here to see Kyoko"
"is she expecting you?"
"well yes but we hadn't really set a firm time"
"oh well she's doing a tea at the moment, but she'll probably be finished soon"
"alright, I'll go have a look" sho started to move when the girl moved in front of him to stop him progressing any further inside
"I'm sorry sir but I can't just let you wander around like that"
Sho laughed "honey trust me I'm allowed to go wherever I want here"
The looked at him confused and Sho flashed his best pant dropper smile "look I'm the owner son ,I'm just going to pop in and see what parental are doing while I wait unless you'd like me to keep you company?"
The girl blush" oh sorry I didn't know who you were please feel free to do as you like"
"what a tempting offer" he looked the girl up and down but her breast were too small and even he knew better than to mess around with his mother's staff "well it was lovely meeting you ,I'll catch you later" Sho winked at her and then headed towards the family quarters he was just rounding the garden when he spotted Kyoko walking from the tea house with three men following her , Sho stopped and took in the picture of a classic Japanese beauty that was before him, she had gone back to her black hair and the kimono she wear was deceptively simple but the closer you looked the more detail you could see and he felt a sudden surge of lust take hold of him , when had she become this or was it just that she here doing what she was always meant to do. Well almost what she was meant to be doing but that would soon be fixed yes he would ride her and once he was done he would keep her nearby to service him whenever he wanted or better yet he could parade her around to any event that Tsuruga Ren would be at yes he would show them all who was in control, all those fans that had abandon him, his company ,everyone would see that he had been the one wronged and once they admitted he may be inclined to be nice and lend Kyoko out to Tsuruga if he begged. The image of Tsuruga begging pleased him but that was a matter for later right now it was time to hear Kyoko beg for forgiveness for her recent behaviour"
He followed her slowly and watched her formally bow to the men and showed them the door, when she was finally by herself, he called out to her
"So, Kyoko you are you finally free, I mean do you really think I have enough free time to wait around for you"
Kyoko jumped slightly before she turned around, she took a breath and balled her hand into a fist and opened her mouth to say something before she snapped it shut and shook her head. She paused for another minute and then walked toward Shoutaro.
"I'm sorry if I kept you waiting Shoutaro that was rude of me I know you are a very busy man, after all you are the most talented man in japan."
Kyoko hoped that Sho couldn't hear the sarcasm in her tone as she said that but if his puffed up chest was anything to go by, she was probably safe, even if she did feel like her skin was crawling.
"thank you for coming here Sho, if you would follow me, I can get you some to eat, you must be tried after you long journey to get here"
"Alright, but I want all my favourites" he demanded.
"Of course, only the best for you" Kyoko said sweetly she took him to the tea house and once he was seated, she left the room as quickly as she could
"I can do this, I can do this, I can do this, I will be not kill him"
"Well that good to hear ,I don't know if I would be that helpful to you if you were put on trial for murder am more of a contract lawyer ,that said I do know quite a few good criminal attorneys if you break and kill whoever this person is"
"oh Tomas-san, I'm sorry I completely forgot you were due, you have the contracts with you?"
"yes, I was hoping to go over it with you and then with Fuwa before you signed it but I'm guessing now may not be the best time"
Kyoko nodded and then thought for a minute "Yes, it's not the best time but it's not unconnected, I left out a requirement when I called you"
"Kyoko why did you do that" he held up his bag "this will be completely invalid if anything is missing"
"no this won't make it invalid all those terms are for the long term, but this request was a on a limited time and if I don't do it none of the others will go ahead"
Tomas looked at the girl confused "what is it?"
"I have to get Shoutaro Fuwa to agree to end the engagement before the end of next week or his parents won't sign off"
"oh, I see and I'm guessing the man you are not killing is said Shoutaro Fuwa"
"Yes, I'm hoping that by the end of my meeting with him I'll have his agreement but if I get it and then he changes his mind will that undo all my work"
"only if you can't prove he agreed , a vocal agreement is valid but easily denied ,the best way is to get it in writing or to record it , and if your tricking someone" he paused and looked at her knowingly "you need to time it perfectly and only record their agreement and nothing else"
Kyoko smiled "thank you for the advice Tomas-san"
Tomas grabbed her arm and made a wait symbol he opened his briefcase and pulled out a small voice recorder "this is my spare ,it's already loaded so all you need to do is at the right time press this button" he pointed "and it will begin recording, I can also if you give me a minute write up a very simply informal contract"
"I'm going to order him food if you can have it finished by the time it's ready just put it on the platter the kitchen sends and I'll try and get him to sign it."
Tomas followed her to the kitchen and sat himself at a table and started working.
Kyoko smiled at Tomas and headed back to Sho.
She took a deep breath before she entered and then sat across from Shoutaro.
"that took a while" Sho said in an annoyed tune.
"I had to take care of some things, I wanted to be able to talk to you uninterrupted"
Sho smirked of course she wanted to be with him, no matter what she had said the other day, but he was going to make her work for it.
"so, what did you want, did you get tired of destroying my career with your stupid actor whore of a whatever he is"
Kyoko swallowed the angry retort that was on the tip of her tongue.
"I just wanted to say I'm sorry for everything that has happen lately, you were right of course I belong to you and I shouldn't have forgotten that."
Kyoko forced a tear into her eye "you are right about everything ,Tsuruga Ren is nothing compared to you , I thought he was but he only wanted one thing from me " she made her voice crack a little
Sho felt his lust from earlier turn to disgust, as he took in the full meaning of her word, the image of her and Tsuruga wrapped around each other played in his mind and rage filled him.
"you let him touch you ,you stupid slut," he moved forward and dragged her forcefully against his chest "how dare you give yourself to anyone but me" he pushed then pushed her back and raised his hand when they heard a knock at the door . He stepped back further and heard Kyoko call whoever was at the door, the young girl from before came in and place a tray full of food onto the table
Kyoko bowed and thanked the girl who nodded promptly and left the room.
Kyoko turned around and bowed deeply to him "your right I'm sorry I should never have given away what was yours. You have to take me back please Shoutaro, I'll do anything to be your woman"
Sho looked down at her and instead of joy or victory he felt disappointment
"why should I do that Kyoko, your nothing but a boring, ugly, useless woman and I bet you're a bad fuck too"
Kyoko stepped up the tears " you don't have any choice Shoutaro ,I'm your Fiancée and I need a husband now" she move a hand down her body and lay in on top of her stomach and gave him a pointed look "you know all those times you said I belonged to you well your right Shoutaro I do our mothers arranged it and now that Tsuruga-san has left his little gift in me and abandon me I intend to make good on their contract"
"What the hell are you talking about, I'm not engaged to you" Shoutaro yelled at her.
"oh but you are ,I was going to have you sign these" she grabbed the papers Tomas had placed on the platter for her " but that was before I learned about my condition and Ren left me so now I'm going to destroy them and marry you as soon as I finish school"
Shoutaro snatched the papers from her a read the contract that would dissolve there arranged marriage. Kyoko moved to try and take them back with one hand and she used the other to quickly press the record button.
"give those back, I won't let you sign them you are engaged to me and you can't get out of it." Sho pushed her hard and she fell to the ground.
"you can't stop me , there is nothing in the world that would make me marry a whore like you" he grabbed a pen and signed the papers "see ,there now it's legal I will not ever marry you Mogami Kyoko you will not trap me " he threw the papers the Kyoko as she sat crying on the floor she gathered them to her and checked that ever space was signed and then sighed in relief and looked up at Shoutaro and beamed at him "Thank you Shoutaro" she reached into her pocket and pushed the stop button as Shoutaro looked at her in confusion.
"what are you thanking me for you crazy bitch, your pregnant and alone and I won't marry you"
Kyoko laughed "no I'm not , I'm not pregnant not that it any of your business but I've had an implanon in since I arrived in Tokyo I did think I was in love with you after all ,it was just you and me in that house and I got it just in case something happened , I really didn't want children and because deep down I didn't trust you to protect me and I guess I was right if I had slept with you who knows what I would have picked up"
"implanon?"
Kyoko shook her head "it a type of contraceptive implant it last for years"
"so, you're not pregnant"
"no and even if I was Tsuruga would definitely not leave me because I was if anything he would probably became crazy overprotective, you see I wasn't lying before there is only one thing Ren wants from me, it wasn't sex like you thought it is love that all"
Sho glared at her "you tricked me"
Kyoko smiled "yes I did"
Shoutaro moved toward her a quickly slapped her across the face and grabbed her hair dragging her from where she sat.
"you think I'll let you get away with tricking me like that, no one knows I've signed this yet, no one is ever going to."
Kyoko kicked out at him and managed to get him to briefly let her go, she stood and held the papers close to her and ran as fast as she could in the direction she had last seen Tomas-san. She could hear Shoutaro running after her, but she had always been faster than him, she made it to the kitchen and looked around but couldn't see Tomas there
"where did the man go who was in here earlier" she practical yelled at the person standing in the kitchen as she moved towards the door.
"he is in the dining room waiting for the Fuwa's"
Kyoko yelled thanks and ran to the dining room and spotted Tomas sitting across from Kenji Fuwa and hurried over to them, she slapped the papers onto the table breathing quickly and her heart pumping rapidly "Shoutaro Fuwa formal agreement to end the engagement " she looked over her shoulder and saw Sho enter the room . She placed the recorder in front of Tomas-san and then sat beside him.
Kenji stood up and looked at his son.
"son you came home, why didn't you tell me you were back , I wanted to talk to you about something but it looks like you've already been informed" he said in annoyance he had been hoping that Kyoko would fail at getting his son to agree but by the looks of it not only had she done it ,she had gotten undeniable proof as well .
Shoutaro glared at Kyoko with rage but completely unable to do anything about it "yes Kyoko has informed me of recent event's I signed those papers by mistake, and I wish to take it back"
Kyoko pressed the play button on the recorder
"give those back, I won't let you sign them you are engaged to me and you can't get out of it"
"you can't stop me, there is nothing in the world that would make me marry a whore like you"
"see, there now it's legal I will not ever marry you. Mogami Kyoko you will not trap me"
"Well that doesn't sound like a mistake to me , you made your wish to not marry my client clear and you signed the papers" he turned towards the man across from him "and now that we have got your son's agreement I require you to sign this contract , it has all the details of the agreement and the few additions to protect my client.
"yes fine pass it over" Tomas passed to pile over to the man who quickly read and signed " I'll take this to my wife now for her to sign" he stood up and left Kyoko alone with Tomas and Shoutaro
"you won't get away with this Kyoko, I tell everyone about our engagement and then we'll see how your fans will feel about you and your cheating ways"
"you will not or we will sue you and take this lovely ryokan from your family you see it's in the agreement your father just signed ,Kyoko agreed to never disclose anything about the arrangement and your family has also agreed to do the same, that includes you Mr Fuwa."
"this isn't over Kyoko; you'll regret doing this"
Kyoko looked at him "no Sho I will never regret doing this , I am now completely free of you and that is worth anything you could throw at me but please Sho if you ever cared for me even a little bit I ask that you let me go , that you stop now before you take away every good memory of you I ever had and I do still have some , please Sho I'm sorry for how things have turned out ,I know now that am also at fault for some of it , I forced you into the role of my prince ,I forced my foolish idea of what I assumed was love onto you and it was completely unfair of me. We were so young, and I wanted someone to love me so bad but that was not ever going to be you. We have both wronged each other can't we call it even and move on with our lives"
"Fine I'll do as you ask and let you go but if you come running back to me, I won't help you"
"That's Fair, thank you Shoutaro" Sho stood up "I'm going to go talk to my parents"
Kyoko gave him a sad smile and nodded "I'm sure they would love to see you"
"Goodbye Kyoko"
"goodbye Sho
