6th of May
The gates to his drive way are open. She walks up to his house in violent angry strides. His stupid, ridiculously large mansion that she wants to throw eggs at right now.
But she would need a whole lot of eggs to cover it and she happens to like eggs. Too much to waste them on his stupid house.
Fine, mansion.
She clenches her fist to pound loudly on the door, but before she can, it already opens.
She's being welcomed by Victor Creed, smirking like the cat who caught the kanarie.
As soon as their eyes meet, Rae's shield barriers pop up around her.
"I knew you would come" is all he says when he opens the door.
Rae wants nothing more than to wipe that arrogant fucking grin right off his face.
She says nothing, gives him an angry glare and pushes right passed him into the hallway. She looks around, straight ahead is the living room. She crosses the hallway, pushes through the door into the living room and sits down in one of his chairs.
A few seconds later he appears also and takes a seat across from her.
She eyes him angrily, her fingers slowly tapping on the arm rest.
He smirks at her. Her presence puts him in a particularly good mood.
"This is very rude of you miss Winter, barging in like this".
"Wanna hear a funny story mister Creed?" she ignores him as she leans forward, her arms resting on her knees, her eyes narrowed and piercing into his "I got fired this morning from the coffee place I've been working at for over four years now".
"I'm sorry to hear that" his husky voice replies.
"Are you?" she cocks a brow "Because you see, I never got fired from any job I ever had. Wanna know why?" her voice is soft but intimidating, her entire posture is "Because I work really fucking hard. I work my ass off so to speak. No matter what job I hold, I will make sure that I become the best at it. So I asked them why I was fired. They had no answer".
A small smile plays around his lips "Maybe they don't like over-achievers".
"Or maybe someone bribed my boss. Someone with a lot of money. Someone who lives in a house like this and someone who got turned down yesterday, by me. Does that ring a bell?".
Victor flashes her a wicked grin "No, it does not".
She takes a deep breath. There is no arguing with this man. He is relentless. He takes what he wants, no matter the consequences.
If she was completely honest with herself, she hadn't even been that upset about losing this job. Not that she enjoyed the fact that she got fired without a reason, but the job itself just wasn't for her. Being nice to everyone all the time, even when they are rude to you, was not her thing. But she needed the job financially.
And now she has no choice but to accept his offer. There is no surviving in New York with the little money she has.
"If you tell me the truth, I will consider your offer once more" she finally breaks the silence.
He smirks "What is the question?".
"Are you behind me getting fired?" she asks through gritted teeth.
"Yes" he admits without any sign of shame.
She struggles to stay calm "How?".
"Like you said. I bribed your boss".
For a moment she wonders if she should tell him about her second job. Her part-time job as an animator for children's books. Which is not only putting her through art school, it's also giving her a good start in the world of art and books and a few of the right connections.
"Tried the same at your other job" he casually adds, almost as if he can guess her mind "But they wouldn't take the bribe. They valued you too much".
She takes in a deep breath "Mister Creed" she slowly replies as she tries to calm down "I need and love my second job. And I can do it from home, so don't try to bribe them again, please" she adds the last word through gritted teeth.
He cocks a brow "What are you saying?".
She closes her eyes for a few second, hardly believing she is actually doing this "I think that I will accept your job offer. I'll help you raise your daughter and take care of her".
His grinning annoys her. He shouldn't be getting what he wants from her.
She gets up and turns around to walk away from him, but suddenly turns around again in anger.
She moves in on his huge physique, pricks her finger into his chest and looks up at him with furious eyes "Let me make one thing perfectly clear to you. I'm not doing this because you made me or because you got me fired. I'm doing this for your daughter. I simply do not wish you as a father upon anyone" she violently hisses up at him "So I'm doing this for her. And never, ever, think that I'm doing it for you or for money".