Chapter 15 of I Work for You:
Summary: Draco hires Hermione to be his 'wife' so his boss will approve of their deal. Only, Draco didn't expect to fall in love with Hermione. DM/HG.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything regarding Harry Potter. This fanfiction is based on the movie Borrowed Hearts.
Recap from previous chapter:
"How dare that idiot punch me!" stormed Chris.
"Oh, but I'm not giving up. I'll have Hermione back. She'll be mine, and nobody can say anything about it."
"Chris!" yelled his boss, "Are you talking to yourself again? Once you set foot into this restaurant, you are to work. Now quit embarrassing yourself and get to work!"
Chris smirked, "Revenge will be mine."
Chapter 15 of I Work for You:
Hermione smiled at Draco.
"Good morning," she said.
Draco smiled a lazy grin at her and looked at the clock.
"Wow, is it morning already?" he asked.
Hermione nodded, "Yeah … Listen … about yesterday…"
"Just forget about it. I can't believe that sicko is after you."
"I just wanted to say … well … thank you," she said, raising her eyes to look into Draco's gray ones.
Draco smiled, "Well, I have to protect my wife of course. And besides, who knows what he's going to do if he has you alone?"
Hermione nodded, "So … do you have anything planned for today?" she asked.
Draco shook his head, "Nope, you can do whatever you want, as long as it doesn't involve killing me, ruining the house, or destroying my wonderfully good looks," he said, smirking.
Hermione threw back her head and laughed, "Oh yeah, I'd never want to hurt your pale skin, your golden-blonde hair, your beautiful gray eyes, and your delicious looking body."
"Wow, that's what you think of me?" he asked, licking his lips.
Hermione smacked him and rolled her eyes.
"Well, since you don't have anything planned, I wanted to wander around the house and look at things … if you don't mind of course," she said.
Draco shook his head.
Hermione nodded and said, "Well, I'm off."
Draco waved bye at her, and she left the room.
Hermione thought to herself as she walked through the house.
"Where should I go?" she asked.
"I've been to the kitchen, the garden, the pool, living room, family room, my room, Draco's room…"
She paused as she walked down a hall.
She saw a picture of a man that looked like Draco.
"Drake Lucius Malfoy – 1589," she read.
"Wow, there was a lot of history for the Malfoy's," she thought.
As she wandered down the halls, she couldn't help but think of Draco.
"I don't love him!" she thought to herself.
"Oh, but you do," said another part of her brain.
"You love him so much, that you're in denial."
Hermione was pretty scared. All this time with Draco was starting to get to her. She began to like the way he talked, the way he smoothed his hair, the way he walked, the way he did everything.
She looked out the window and smiled as she saw the sun and the clouds. It was a beautiful day, and she breathed in a breath of air.
"Oops," she said to herself, "You're not outside," she said, giggling.
The Malfoy Manor was beautiful, and she couldn't help but feel a little twinge of disappointment that she would be leaving it in a couple of weeks.
She continued on her 'journey,' but all of a sudden, she did a double take.
There was somebody outside of the Manor dressed in nothing but black!
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