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Chapter 4
By the time she stepped out of the lift into the reception area the two bright wings of colour in her cheeks seemed to be permanent fixture. How she was going to get through the next few months she had no idea.
Relena quickly ran to her desk and dialled Hilde in a sort of trance.
"Hi Rel what's up?" said a bright voice form the other end.
"i-er- I seem to have got myself engaged literally thanks to you" said Relena.
There was silence from the other end and she could almost feel Hilde's eyes go round with shock.
"What do you mean literally?"
Relena gave out a long breadth which she hadn't realized that she had been holding fro sometime and began replaying the events of the day.
She also mentioned about the brief kiss which had passed between them, she did know that she had felt a strange floating sensation at the touch of Heero Yuy's lips on her own. And also, to her shame, she had responded! Only momentarily, but it had been a definite response. But she blamed that solely on the suddenness of it, nothing else. She didn't even like the man now, let alone imagine herself in love with him.
"Excuse me, I am looking for Mr Yuy's office" interrupted a husky female voice while she was bristling away on the phone with her friend. Relena before looking at the intruder advised Hilde to hold on and looked at the woman, her nostrils twitched sensitively with the deep heavy perfume she wore. This woman was beautiful, absolutely beautiful. She was very tall, honey blonde hair shoulder length and waving provocatively about her face, her eyes a glowing green, her tiny nose up tilted, her pouting mouth painted an inviting scarlet.
To Relena she looked exquisite and she wondered who she could be. Obviously one of Heero Yuy's women, of that's he felt sure. She looked the type he would go for, about late twenties and very sophisticated.
"Mr. Yuy's office is on the tenth floor" she answered politely. "If you would like to ask the private lift up, I'll telephone them of your arrival, and could I have your name please so Mr Yuy's assistant could inform him"
"The woman nodded coolly. "Thank you, my name is Selina Warback, and you Miss Relena Peacecraft" Her green eyes narrowed as they looked at the gold lettering on the name plate.
"Your Relena Peacecraft?"
Relena frowned Yes."
The woman silently observed her for a minute and seemed to have regained her composure. "well, well, well, clever Heero. She murmured to herself.
"I beg your pardon?"
The woman gave her a dazzling smile "It isn't important. So nice to have met you, Relena, you have helped to explain a lot."
"But I didn't do anything." She needn't have bothered to speak; the woman had already walked away from the desk to enter the lift. How rude of her!
"Hey Hil sorry for the holdup but I just had one of the most bizarre encounters of my life"
"Well Rel as far as I can see nothing about today is normal to you"
"Tell me about it, hey by the way do you know anything about someone by the name of Selina Warback?" asked Relena.
"Why?" asked Hilde sounding all the more interested than she did before.
"Well she just walked in and asked to Visit Heero Yuy and she was rather surprised to hear my name and all"
"She is the engaged to the multibillionaire Trowa Barton, and well let's just say she is seen with Yuy a lot"
"Oh I get the point, and I still don't know why this man wants to carry on with this blasted engagement."
Relena looked up sharply as the woman came back down half an hour later. She must have been Heero Yuy's important appointment, a very beautiful appointment, and it certainly wasn't a business appointment, of that's he was sure. Selina Warback gave her a cool smile before she left the building.
By the time Heero Yuy came down in the lift at twelve thirty Relena had managed to stir herself up into a very nervous and annoyed state. But perhaps he just intended for them to look as if they were leaving to go to lunch together, perhaps they would part when they got outside. She hoped so.
She grabbed her leather jacket and her bag from the cloakroom before he came over. Heero's eyes narrowed as she reached his side, but he said nothing about her rather gloomy and distressed impression, merely taking hold of her elbow to guide her out of the building.
Once outside the building his hands dropped away and he turned left towards the shopping centre, leaving Relena who thought that her earlier assumption was correct and started walking in the opposite direction when a hand came and pulled her in his direction.
"Could you slow down a little: she asked breathlessly as he continued to drag her.
Heero turned to look at her as if suddenly becoming aware of her, his pace slackening slightly but still much too fast for her.
"Where are we going" she looked up at him.
His mouth turned back in a sneer "I would have thought it obvious"
"But I thought we were going to get lunch, and its mainly shops here"
He sighed "one shop in particular."
"What shop is that, the butchers" she added sarcastically.
"A jewellers. There is a very good one not far from here" he stated ignoring her previous comment.
Again Relena panic rising with her "A jewellers, whatever for?"
"My dear girl, if we are going to be engaged you're going to need a ring. That's where we are going now, to buy you an engagement ring."
Relena stopped in her tracks, unconcerned when he turned to scowl his impatience. "I don't want a damn engagement ring," she declared in a hiss.
Heero walked back the short distance between them, grasping her arm roughly and pulling her to one side of the pavement. "Don't shout like that in the street!" he snapped.
She shook off his hand. "What else did you expect me to do? You were miles away from me."
"Only because you deliberately hung back, behaving hysterically. What on earth is the matter with you? Surely you realize we can't get engaged without a ring? People will be looking for that, specially this evening."
"I don't want a ring and I don't want to go out with you this evening. I don't mind keeping this stinking act at work, but I will not keep this up so all your high class friends could have a laugh."
His well shaped mouth tightened angrily. "You say the most absurd things, do the most screwed things. You act far too spontaneously, but that I guess has a lot to do with you being immature. And my friends will not laugh at you, but they will find it odd you are not wearing my ring. This isn't something open for discussion. I have already telephoned the jewellers and requested him to get together a selection of rings for you to look at." He looked at his wrist watch. "He's expecting us now."
"I'm sure he'll wait a couple more minutes for the valued customer you are surely. I suppose it's the place you buy all your jewellery for your women." Relena said bitchily, not giving a damn that she had stepped out of line at that precise moment. Anyhow she has gone far beyond the red line when it was concerned with the arrogant cold blooded man and she was sure nothing she said or did could make anything far worse, really how worse could it get than what she has herself into at that very precise moment.
"And if I do? What does that have to do with you?".
The fight went out of her at his coolness. "Nothing I suppose".
"You suppose correct. Now let's go."
"Please!" Relena held on to his arm, liking the feel of the expensive material of his suit beneath her fingers. "Don't make me do this."
Heero's dark head was held at a haughty angle, his Prussian blue eyes unyielding.. There was no doubt that he was a hard man when crossed. He must terrify his business opponents into retreat; he certainly terrified her, not that she was ever going to tell him that.
"Must I keep reminding you that it was you friend who started this and she could pay for it?" he drawled.
"But do you have to take advantage of it?" her eyes pleaded with him, all fight gone from her.
"Yes. Now that's the last time we are going to discuss this specific area. From now on you'll just do as you're told. And there will be no repeat of your behaviour this morning." He added warningly.
They were walking along side by side now, Heero at last seeming to realize she had shorter legs than he did.
She looked up at him innocently. "Did I do something wrong?"
"I will not tolerate rash behaviour in front of people I know, so it would do you some good if you keep your rash comments to yourself."
"Hey I didn't act like that, I was just shocked, and any normal human being would act just as I did in such a situation." Heero simply ignored her; he stopped outside an expensive-looking jewellers. "Just a little natural affection for a new fiancé should do."
"I hate you Heero Yuy!" she said furiously.
He looked down at her with enigmatic eyes, making her aware of just how attractive he was-so tall and commanding, really majestically male, and very, very handsome- whoa she has to stop that train of thought and stick to the more comfortable persona of he is fucking bastard.
"Let's just keep it that way, shall we?" he said softly.
"I must admit feeling slightly curious about your motivation for this announcement of our engagement this morning. AT first I imagined it to be a not very subtle form of blackmail, then after reading your file, your age and so forth, I wondered if it might not be infatuation."
Relena nearly snorted like a pig, at the size of this man's ego. "Mr. Yuy let me get a few things clarified, one, is that it was my crazy assed friend who got me into this and it was definitely not of my doing. Secondly, I may be young and god knows whatever that file may have, but I have gone through enough to know that life is meant to be lived cynically as much as possible and believe me infatuations don't fall into that category, so please spare me your I-am-so-tempting-a-man speech."
"Why so vehement?" he asked. "It wouldn't be the first time a young girl has imagined herself in love with an older man. Some of these girls have known been known to take the initiative when they don't think they are achieving their aims fast enough."
She looked at him for some time and smirked "please Mr. Yuy, I am sure as you have read my file, you already know about my family, so what makes you think I need to stick to some rich guy to get my ends when I am born from a family who can get me more than one of my ends completed on a regular monthly basis. Besides you aren't all that old yourself Mr. Yuy."
"No your correct, but I bet your loving this, the whole mix of revenge, isn't it little ice queen?"
Relena knew he was deliberately baiting her and she obstinately refused to let him ruffle her. "Can we get this over with? I have to be back in forty minutes."
His eyes snapped with anger. "I thought I told you to get an extended lunch break."
Relena pretended an interest in the jewellery window. "You did, "she confirmed disinterestedly.
"Then why the hell didn't you?"
She flung back her head, her hair gleaming gold and silver in the sunlight. "I didn't because I am not the owner of the firm. I can't just take two-hour lunch breaks when I feel in the mood."
"You're engaged to the owner that amounts to the same thing."
"'I would have thought that was all the more reason for me not to take advantage of the situation. By the way, there's a little man bobbing bout inside the jewellers. I think he's looking at us."
"No doubt. Well, if you only have forty minutes left I suppose we'd better get inside."
The jeweller had obviously seen Heero Yuy numerous times before and Relena wondered if she had been right in her assumption about this place. That he was a valued customer there could be no doubt, it was there in the exaggerated respect he was receiving.
"so nice to see you again" the jeweller gushed. "and to meet your fiancé". He smiled at Relena. "I am so glad you chose our establishment to buy your ring Miss. Peacecraft".
Heero gave what Relena considered to be his first natural smile of the day, at least, in her company. "You know you're the best in town, Green."
"So kind of you to say so, sir. And may I say I agree with your decision to include sapphires in your choice. Miss Peacecraft are very much the shade to sapphires."
"Could we see the rings?" Heero requested tersely.
"We don't have a lot of time." This last comment was obviously meant for Relena.
She waited until the jeweller had left them alone before making a comment. "I didn't know realise you'd even notice the colour of my eyes".
"I didn't." He replied curtly. "It was in your file."
"Didn't you secretary think it odd for you to want to read my file?"
"I don't pay her to think about my personal life."
Relena frowned. "I'm sure it didn't say anywhere in my file that my eyes were sapphire shade."
"Maybe not, but they are, so let's not argue about it. He straitened as the tray of rings were presented for their inspection."
They were beautiful rings- diamond clusters, solitaires, emeralds and rubies surrounded by sparkling diamonds. And all of them looking as if they would cost a fortune! She felt sure they all would. This was one of those exclusive expensive jewellers that only the very rich frequented. And Heero Yuy was very very rich.
Her eyes glowed as she picked first one ring and then another, almost afraid to touch them but tempted by their beauty. As she had very long slender hands some of the smaller stones just didn't look right on her finger, but she chose these rings to try on because she knew they would be the least expensive. Finally she looked up at Heero for help. "Which one do you like?" she asked helplessly.
Without hesitation he shoes a large diamond set on thin gold band, sliding it into her figure before she had time to protest. "that's the one," he nodded his approval.
She could tell by the satisfied smile on the jewellers face that Heero had chosen the most expensive ring on the tray. She tried to pull it off her finger, but Heero's strong brown hand came out to stop her movements.
"You may as well leave it on." He told her "It fits perfectly."
"Oh, but I-"
Mr Green had already picked up the tray containing the other rings and was in the process of locking them away again.
"No arguments in here, please, Relena" Heero warned her out of earshot of the other man.
"But this ring is much too expensive," she protested.
"Leave that to me. That's the ring I want you to wear."
"But I'll be frightened of losing it." She looked down at it wide-eyed.
"It will be insured." He said uncaringly.
"yes but-"
"Leave it Relena," he ordered as Mr. Green came back.
Relena felt natural curiosity to know just how this rock on her fingers was going to cost, but she knew it wasn't expected of her to stay and listen to the money side of the sale, so wandered over to look in some of the other cabinets, looking at glittering necklace inside.
Once outside Heero handed her a large square box, ignoring her questioning look. "open it," he ordered.
She did so with trembling fingers, crying out her surprise as she saw the contents. Nestling in blue velvet was a large tear drop diamond set on the most delicate chain she had ever seen, and lying within its circle were a part of matching earrings. They were really lovely.
She thrust them back at him "I don't want these."
She remembered too well how he treats women and what the jewellery really meant. "The ring I will wear until I can be free of you, but I don't have to accept anything else form you."
"They're for you to wear tonight." He ignored the proffered box. " I want you to look the part."
"And a little nobody like me isn't likely to have this sort of jewellery hidden away." She sneered.
He raised an eyebrow and looked at her "do you?" he asked slowly.
Relena was fuming at his arrogance, of course she doesn't, she once used to but no longer and she made that choice to be devoid of whatever luxury and damn happy about it.
"No" she said in resignation because she knew he had won this round.
"Exactly" he agreed cruelly.
"You're and arrogant swine Heero Yuy. But I'll wear your diamonds for you- as long as I can return them to you as soon as we've left the party."
"Don't be so immature."
"Then I won't wear them. You can't force me to," she declared obstinately.
"What an obstructive little female you are! All right, I'll keep the locked up for you. Now let's go on to a shop where we can buy you a dress."
Relena stiffened "I have my own cloths, thank you."
"I am sure you have, but I want you to have something new."
Relena held up hand in frustration to shut him up. "let me tell you little bit about my past Heero, something that might help you understand who I am so that we can both play our parts in this whole mess. I once use to be like all those young ladies you seem to be well acquainted with, with designer cloths and everything on a silver tray, but the difference with me was I never chose to be that by my own choice and so I gave it all up when I could get the first glimpse of independence but the cloths unfortunately I still have because it won't fit no one and so believe me when I say I do have cloths to match the situation, may it be Visachi (A/N: don't know how to spell so please ignore) Chanel, Gabana name it I'll wear it."
Heero looked at her for sometime "Do you have to argue about everything?" he snapped.
"if it means I hold onto to my identity against you- yes!" she answered defiantly.
"God, you're impossible!" he hailed a passing taxi bundling her inside before sitting beside her "before you start a full scale argument in the street," he explained.
"You're too dominant, that you trouble!" she snapped.
He began to smile, and finally smile turned into a genuine laugh. It changed his whole face, not making him appear quite so grim and also making him look younger. Relena felt her senses at the real humour in his deep blue eyes.
"I am dominant?" he chuckled. "you seem to be the one organising my life for me at the moment." He got out and opened the door for her as they reached the building he owned. "I'll pick you at eight-thirty this evening."
"But you don't know where I-oh yes my file."
"Mm, it has your address in it. Not much else, but it does have that. I'll see you later." He got back into the taxi.
Too late Relena realised she still had the necklace and earrings in her hand. She would have to keep them with her now, something she hadn't wanted to do.
Hopefully this was a worthwhile chapter, for all the deprived months, i put no fillers, all my chapters are part of the main plot, i mean hey if had time for fillers i should have mostly time for the main story but as it is clear i have no time for either i will stick to the main plot and promise to update wheni do have to for a breather... i am dedicated so i will spare time for this purpose alone even if my social life going down the drain presently...lol.