Hello beautiful people. This is by far the longest chapter I have ever done, it is precisely 7293 words in Microsoft Windows 7 word. And all my other chapters were like 4000 odd…. So yes I have worked hard on this chapter bringing about the much awaited chemistry to get this hot Tamalie train steaming (as Mary Murphey would say, lol). But this is still the sparks….. I can promise you there will be some ignition next chapter.
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Relena was back at her apartment, tired to the core, she felt like her bones were drained of all its energy. She lazily flipped off her sandals and simply flopped onto the couch. She knew she didn't have much time to sulk around, because Heero was going to pick her up in another couple of hours, she sighed and got up and walked to the room she shared with her friend to find Hilde already in bed reading a book with headphones on, she looked up and removed the earpieces and sat up.
"So what gives"
Relen sighed again, lately that's all she has been doing "I have some high billionaire freak union dinner to attend with a freak billionaire"
"Oh, listen Rel, I did some thinking and I want to apologies, and I am ready to meet up with Heero Yuy and face the consequences of my stupidity, you shouldn't have to pay for it and he is an ass to take it out on you as well, when he knows clearly that you were not in on it"
Relena smiled at her friend, she wasn't angry at Hilde, yes she was pissed at the beginning but she knows Hilde and she knew whatever crazy thing, she did it with her best interest at heart, this situation it self if you take the basics is her standing up for her friend who was insulted by some rich guy and lets face it no one expected Yuy to be twisted in the head to convert the entire situation to a melodrama.
"Hil I am cool, you don't have to feel guilty, ill get through this, its not that bad hanging round the towns hottest bachelor, and besides I think Yuy thinks that I am involved in it too, he has this sick idea that I wanted revenge for his comments about me being an ice queen, so really nothing you or the queen of England for that matter would say would change his opinion."
Hilde stared at her friend "are you sure Rel, I mean I am practically strangling myself with guilt, I didn't think things would be this screwed up"
"Hil, its ok, its not like I am really gonna marry the guy, and besides who knows, I might meet someone in these parties that I will be visiting and things could be back on the sunny side up."
"Wow your all positive about this and I am usually the optimist that means the situation really sucks, well the least I could do is get you dressed like the bombshell I know you can be."
"Right Hil, this entire guilty thing don't work for you, your currently annoying and lying through your teeth"
Hilde stood up and placed her hands on her hips shook her head as if she was really exasperated with Relena.
"You really don't get it do you Rel, you're a head turner with no effort done and i know the hurricane you can be if you are dressed up, your one lucky babe hun."
"Yeah, Yeah, whatever miss nuthouse, now go through my closet and get me something to wear while I have a shower."
Yes lucky old her. She wasn't thinking that way later that night as she nervously got herself ready to go to Quatre Rebarba's party. If Selina Warback was an example of Heero Yuy's friends then there would be some really sophisticated people at this party tonight.
Her dress (Which was Hlde's pick and Relena obviously didn't approve of it, but was forced into wearing it) was a nude coloured dress which was a shade lighter from her golden complexion (thanks to some Greek ancestry in her family) bringing out the golden highlights of her fare hair. Her creamy smooth breasts were cupped in a misty soft silk held in place by two flimsy straps which held on to her shoulders and went around her arm, and the back was wide open and bare until her lower spine exposing the entire back except for her butt. The rest of the dress moulded every curving shape of her figure, the dress was long covering her long legs like liquid. Her hair was let loose, her choice to cover most of the exposed skin. And she wore minimum possible make up, with a bit of eye liner to emphasis the blue in them and pink lip gloss and some blush.
Hilde admired her handy work from afar. "you look like a movie star Rel, beyond words, you'll knock everyones socks off"
"Thanks Hil, I owe you"
"Are you kidding after the shit I got you in this doesn't even count."
Relena almost forgot but remembered the earrings and the necklace given to her by Heero which oddly looked as if they were meant to be worn for this dress itself.
Heero Yuy's blue eyes simply stared at her for what seemed like ever when in reality it was only a minute and later she saw a gleam of approval in them as she let him in to her tiny apartment. (Hilde opted to stay in the room to reduce any more possible mishaps). He was looking particularly, attractive tonight wearing black trousers and white silk shirt and black jacket. He carried a large white box under one arm, and Relena had to admit to feeling curious about its contents.
He stood back to survey her. "just like the ice queen- Relena opened her mouth to retort but her continued - dangerously beautiful". Relena didn't know what to say but she was a little shocked at the compliment, it felt very intimate at some level.
He placed the intriguing box on the table. Relena resorted to a formal thank you. "I am assuming there isn't going to be anybody I know tonight at the party, what do you think I should take with me to kill time, a book or my I pod."
"You'll know Quatra" he said once again ignoring her jib.
"I don't know Quatra, I've only seen him a couple of times when he'd come to see you, I know about him as I know about you, I don't actually know him."
"You soon will" he said dryly. "I have no doubt that Quatra will waste little time introducing himself to you." He said looking at her again from head to toe then he added warningly "But dont ever forget that your supposed to be engaged to me."
"I can hardly forget it, with this huge rock weighing my finger down" she retorted hotly, resenting his implication that she was stupid enough to flirt with his friends.
Relena looked at his profile for little longer before adding "Your enjoying this, Mr Yuy. Enjoying the fact that I stupidly got myself engaged to you."
"I am not enjoying this at all Relena," he contradicted grimly. "Nevertheless, the jewellery you now have in your possession will bring you a sizeable sum when you decide to sell it. That should make it all the easier for you to bear being engaged to a man you say you hate. For some reason women seem to find jewellery a great comfort."
Relena wanted to smash her head against a solid brick wall "I should have stayed with my bloody family if I knew this was what I had to end up with, as far as I can see their both arrogant rich asses and I don't know which is positively worse…" she was so annoyed that she didn't realize that she had actually thought out loud.
"what do you mean Relena?" he prompted.
She looked up surprised by his presence as of she forgot he was in the room with her. "What do I mean by what?"
"well you said you should have stayed with your family and well called both me and them arrogant rich asses" he summed up drily.
"oh I said that out loud did i?" she asked feeling a little queasy.
He stared at her curiously taking in her expression.
"Never mind ignore me, I tend to make imaginary family members who are very rich when I get annoyed" she said but realized that it was the stupidest excuse she has ever made in her entire life, now the guy is gonna add lunatic to the list of things that's wrong with her.
He looked at her for a while longer and sighed. "Before we go to the party tonight I think we have a few things that needs to be sorted." he said calmly, too calmly for her liking.
"Really like what?"
"Well lets start with who you really are Relena?"
"What do you mean?"
"I ask the questions you answer and I want the truth" he ordered.
Relena looked at him and realized with cold dread that he must have spoken to Milliardo after all they were acquainted. This day or in fact this life could not get any worse.
"okay shoot"
"Who are you really"
"I am Relena Peacraft really" she said sarcastically.
"And you are the heiress to a unthinkable amount of wealth of the Peacecraft family and also to half the company now run by your own brother Milliardo Peacecraft?"
"I am his sister", she said ignoring the wealth bit.
"How come you lied to me?"
"I didn't"
"When I asked you about Milliardo you said you had no connections?"
"Oh please you already assumed I was a little nobody distance cousin related to the peacercafts, and I have no connection so I didn't think it was relevant to reveal my relationship."
"It damn well is, what else are you hiding Relena?"
"I am not hiding and my family has got nothing to do with this arrangement, look all I need to do is act like your loving fiancé for about a month and then we are sorted, you meet your end and I am done with my debt, and shouldn't we be leaving now? Its getting late."
"I suppose so." Heero picked up the box he had carried in, handing it to her. "I realize this should be mink or ermine, but I don't happen to believe in killing animals to provide a woman something beautiful to wear."
She gave him a puzzled look, ripping off the lid to the box to stare at its contents. Lying amongst the tissue paper was a snowy white velvet cape. She picked it up, smoothing its softness lovingly. "its beautiful" she said breathlessly.
"Good." He took it out of her hand and draped it casually about her shoulders. "We'd better be going now."
His car was fast and sleek, moving with a speed that was completely effortless. It was the latest black Ferrari model out this year, and he drove it with a skill that was purely habitual. It seemed incredible to Relena that she was actually sitting here at his side on her way out with him for the evening.
Quantra Rebarba's house was about ten miles out of the centre city, a house set back off the road and reached by the long gravel driveway leading right up to the oak front door. Cars adorned the driveway and the whole house was bathed in light. Soft music sounded from the inside, and Relena followed Heero Yuy up to the front door. She had a feeling of déjà vus as she passed columns of white marble and draperies, a life she once belonged to, and it was not one bit comfortable knowing that she was re-entering that world.
They were admitted by the manservant, and Relena left her cape in his capable hands. Heero turned to look at her. "I suppose you want to powder your nose or whatever it is that women do when they disappear hours on end?"
"Yes please," said Relena fluttering her eyelashes in a fake gesture, she leaned towards Heero who was looking at her with narrowed eyes and whispered "and I'll let you on the secret what they do hours on in there…..its simply that their fucking the waiters, so see you after a quickie."
As she walked away she could feel Heero glaring and burning holes right thorough her head, but it was all the more satisfying to know that she got to him at some level.
As Relena entered the powder room there were several other women in here and she moved through them awkwardly to the large mirror along one wall, trying to see if nothing has slipped out of place, because it was a long time since she had actually dressed up.
"I noticed Heero hasn't arrived yet," remarked a tall blond girl with another girl standing a few feet away.
"He'll be here. Quatra said he invited him," the other girl replied.
"I can hardly wait!" the blond applied her lipstick.
Relena remained rooted to the spot at the first mention of Yuy's name, curious to find out what was going to be said next. Both these girls were beautiful, perhaps they had been some of the girls Yuy was reputed to have escorted in the last few years.
"Have you seen his girl?" the second girl asked.
"Never, no one seems to have heard of her much until today. He really kept quiet about this one. But she's no miss nobody, it seems she's Milliardo's sister."
"Your joking, he has a sister how come no one knew?"
"Well she was a bit of a rebel apparently, ditched the family and wealth, apparently lives on day jobs, crazy if you ask me"
"I agree, to leave all that behind, she must be a looker if she's related to Milliardo, I am crazy over him, too bad he's taken."
The blond laughed "Who isn't, but no one actually has seen her, no media coverage as well, because she hasn't been in the spotlight for like ever"
"isn't it odd though Heero hooks up with a girl who seems to despise all what he stands for, and I bet Selena wont be happy about it." The other girl laughed bitchily. "she really thought she had him where she wanted him."
The blond arched one thinly plucked eyebrow. "I'm sure she has had him there, several times."
"You think it actually went that far?"
"Trowa is such a simpleton where Selena is concerned. He has no control over her at all. And she wanted Heero, we all know that."
"But I wouldn't have thought Heero-"
"He's a man, Tracy, and Selina is a very beautiful woman." The blond frowned. "This engagement of Heero's is all a bit sudden, a bit too convenient if you ask me."
The girl called Tracy looked puzzled. "What do you mean?"
"Well its just like you said, isn't it, what is a girl who despises social lives like ours doing with Heero, a man who is the epitome of this life style. I think that Heero persuaded this girl into some sort of scheme or trap, by probably telling her he loves her so that Trowa would never suspect anything between Selena and Heero with him a newly engaged man."
"I suppose so. There was quite a lot of gossip going about. I'm sure Trowa must have heard some of it "
"You see what I mean? I bet this girl of Heero's knows nothing of this, seeing as to she's definitely missed out on the rich people gossip while she was away playing refugee."
That last comment for her was enough to snap Relena out of her stunned silence, but before she could actually say anything someone else came into the room and the other girls wandered back out to the party still gossiping.
So that was Heero's little game! Furious colour flooded her cheeks. Heero Yuy was using her to cover up his own affair with a married woman. It all made sense now the absurdity of why he wanted to keep the engagement going on. How dared he! Of all the despicable things to do! All the time he had been making out he was the wronged person in all this, when really it suited him to be an engaged man right now.
No wonder Selena Warback had rushed over to see him this morning! But she had soon been reassured when she had seen Relena, knowing she had absolutevly no competition in her. And Heero must have re-assured her even more when she was up in his office with him.
How dared he! How dared he use her in this way! He was disgusting, covering up his own behavior by taking advantage of this situation. He was having an affair with Selena Warback and using her to shield it from the woman's husband. This was so typical of people with wealth and power she realized with a grim laugh, the exact same way her family broke down, her parents and why should she be surprised, these disgusting swine were all the same.
But what could she do about it? There was no way she could get herself out of this engagement without putting Hilde in trouble and she wasn't prepared to do that and besides Yuy had made it perfectly clear he had no intention of releasing her. His obstinacy became transparently clear.
But she wouldn't let him think that he had got away with fooling her. Oh no, she would make sure she would let him know his sordid little affair was known to her. And she wouldn't feel guilty anymore. Why should she?
It didn't take her long to find Yuy among the crowd, his height and distinguished appearance making him conspicuous. She moved swiftly through to be at his side. What she didn't realize was that as she made her way heads turned, the men gaping and the women curious.
Heero turned to see what all the commotion was and spotted Relena walking towards him, flushed face and gleaming eyes but other than that she seemed almost unreal, as if she was floating on a cloud. He also noticed with narrowed eyes that he wasn't the only hot blooded male who seemed to have spotted her, he sighed, of course she was bound to attract attention, he actually knew the second he glimpsed at her, at the apartment, she was beautiful, of course he knew that from the first time they met but in that dress with her hair loose and showing more skin than he would have liked, soft golden creamy skin, she looked like a freaking sex goddess here to tease the entire male population that was straight.
She stood in front of him and gave him an icy look, raising one eyebrow Heero gave a questioning look. "I thought you'd got lost."
She took the glass of bubbly liquid he held out to her, flicking back her head haughtily , which made her hair catch the light giving it more shimmer, and ignoring the curious stares of the other people. "You don't seem to be particularly bothered even if I had, and might I add it is a big house the possibility of little me getting lost is high." She replied coolly, sipping the chilled Champaign.
He frowned. "Whats the matter with you?"
Relena looked up at him challengingly. "Why should there be anything wrong with me? I've merely been flushing the toilet."
"for fifteen minutes?"
She shrugged "I had a lot of shit."
"Now look Relena-"
His angry words were cut off by the appearance of their host at his side. "She's turned up, then. Heero," Quatra Rebarba grinned good naturedly, putting his hand out to Relena politely at first but as he took in her appearance from head to toe his eyes gleamed with attraction and appreciation "I am very pleased to meet you, and now I see for myself what all the fuss is about that's been going around tonight."
She smiled her mega watt smile, shaking his hand in return. "Thank you, and sorry but what fuss?"
He looked at his friends ice cold face and then back at her "well there has been a rumor going around that a woman so beautiful she looked like a goddess has been sighted in this party and I see they are no myth for myself" he paused and looked at Heero who looked even more forbidding and said "she's amazing Heero. You'll have to keep your eye on her amongst this pack of wolves, and you know I am not just being charming, if I had myself met you earlier my dear I would have asked you to marry me with a blink of an eye. However you should be safe with Heero by your side."
"that's providing he remains there," she gave her fiancé a sly look.
Heero's fingers dug painfully into her soft flesh as he put his arm about her shoulders. "where else would I go?" he teased, but his eyes told her a different story, warning her to behave.
"I have no idea she returned softly."
"This isn't a line" laughed Quatra, seemingly unaware of the tension between them, "but haven't I seen you somewhere before?"
"Possibly, I work for Heero." That grip on her shoulders tightened even more and she winced with the pain from it.
Quatra looked astounded. "You do?"
"Mm'" she nodded taking no notice of the looks she was receiving from Heero. "I am one of his project analysts."
"So you are!" his amazement was obvious. "You sly devil Heero, didn't I ask her number when I came to your office, and you kept her hidden saying you didn't know it, so technically I should be engaged to her as I made the first move" he said jokingly.
"Heero likes to keep secrets," Relena put in softly.
He gave her a sharp look. "Not from you darling," he drawled.
She gave him a cold angry look. "Even from me."
Quatra laughed. "I'm sure not. He's a reformed person, engaged to be married and all that. It was the shock of my life this morning when I saw your engagement in the news paper."
"No more of a shock than it was to Heero." she smiled tightly.
"Mm, he seemed rather bowled over when I spoke to him this morning."
"No doubt he was," she agreed.
"Only because it wasn't supposed to be announced just yet," Heero put in calmly. "but you know how the press gets hold of these things."
Quatra grimaced. "oh, I know the press all right." His attention was caught and held by a woman on the other side of the room and he excused himself before going over to her.
Relena sipped the Champaign, pointedly ignoring the man at her side as she looked about her interestedly.
"what the hell is the matter with you?" Heero demanded tautly.
She gave him a chilling look, "I'm perfectly all right, thank you."
"I wasn't asking you if you were all right, I asked you what was the matter with you! You're- You're different, more-"
"More self confident, you mean. But then why shouldn't I be? You're not such a great person yourself after all, are you? I think you are disgusting!" she spat the words at him, glaring her dislike at him "and I actually felt guilty about my friend putting you through this. You deserve all that you get- and more!"
Heero's mouth tightened and he retained his temper with effort. "what the hell are you talking about?"
"You know very well what I am talking about, so don't try to act the innocent with me. I never would have believed you could stoop so low. To-"
"Heero!"
Relena didn't need to turn to know who that voice belonged to. Selena Warback! And she was smiling in an intimate way with Heero, her arm through his. But of course they didn't need to worry about gossip now, not now that Heero was engaged to her! Oh it was so humiliating to be used this way and she wanted to barf on the nearest ice bucket with Champaign looking at the sappy drama now taking place right in front of her.
She watched the two of them, watched the way Selena Warback made Heero bend his head so that she could whisper in his ear, the way he laughed throatily at whatever she had said to him.
It was several minutes before either of them seemed to become aware of her still standing there. Finally it was Selena Warback who turned to include her in the conversation.
"We meet again, Relena," she said softly, her green eyes assessing as they took in Relena's figure hugging dress. "I'm sure you didn't expect it to be so soon."
"I didn't expect it at all, Mrs Warback including a lot of other things." Relena replied politely.
The small woman gave a tinkling laugh, but the humour didn't reach her hard pebble-green eyes. "Please call me Selena," she invited graciously.
"Being Heero's fiancé you are sure to see a lot of me in future."
Relena smiled mildly "well I hope not I usually don't do threesomes" the silence that followed this comment was too charged so Relena thought to reduce it a notch down "I mean you know three people dining isn't good luck, it should be even numbers, so bring your husband along as well."
Selena laughed "Well Heero and I are such good friends id be dropping by, and Trowa is in Europe at the moment."
"Oh how devastating." Said Relena, and the sarcasm was not lost.
Those green eyes narrowed dangerously. "Yes it is." Selena glowed up at Heero. "But friends always help to heal to ease the loneliness, Heero has been so good to me during Trowa's absence."
"I am sure he has. But he could be rather pre occupied in the future, arranging the wedding, things like that." Relena smiled glowingly at Heero, uncaring of the scowl on his face. "there is always such a lot to organize, you must realize that being married yourself."
A faint flush coloured the other woman's pale cheeks.
"When is the wedding to be?"
"we-"
"oh quite soon'" Relena interrupted Heero. "We have no reason to wait. Heero is very anxious that the wedding should take place soon, aren't you darling?"
He looked thunderous, and she knew that once they were alone he would let her feel the full force of his anger. But she didn't care about that now. He wasn't going to get away with making a fool out of her!
Selena looked less sure of herself now, looking uncertainly from Heero to Relena. "I didn't realize you'd already set a date. You've only just been engaged."
Relena looked deliberately shy "The engagement is only formality, as far as Heero and I are concerned. The marriage will take place next month."
Heero looked visibly startled, his expression becoming grimmer as she calmly met his furious gaze. "I thought we'd agreed not to disclose that," he said tautly.
She smiled at him. "As Mrs. Warback is such a friend of yours it cant possibly matter if we tell her. Besides we will be sending out the invitations quite soon, and we wouldn't want her to be too shocked when she receives hers, now would we?"
Selena Warback's head flicked back haughtily. "I'll call you tomorrow, Heero. Goodbye Relena."
"Oh surely not goodbye" she returned sweetly. "As you said we'll be seeing a lot of each other."
Another cool look was directed at her before Selena Warback swept away from them, leaving behind a cloud of perfume. That perfume seemed exclusively to belong to her, and Relena wouldn't be at all surprised if that wasn't the case. Trowa Barton Warback was rich enough to buy a thousand perfumes exclusively for the use of his wife if he wanted everyday.
Relena looked innocently up at Heero, sipping her Champaign with cool deliberation. "she is very beautiful."
Heero grasped her arm, his fingers pressing painfully onto her flesh. "Selena Wrack's looks don't seem important right at this moment," he muttered between gritted teeth.
"Really, they seemed very important to you this morning."
He frowned darkly "This morning?"
"Your important appointment."
"oh-oh, yes. Forget that for a moment," he dismissed. "why did you tell her that we were getting married next month? What game are you playing now?"
"No game Mr. Yuy, I just don't like to be used."
He shook his head dazedly. "You're being used? I thought that was my fate."
"So did I, I even felt sorry for you on behalf of my friend- but not any more you disgust me."
"That's the second time you've said that," he said curiously. "You were like this when you came back from the powder room. What happened in there?"
"How clever of you to guess," she smiled at him brightly. " just a couple of your so called friends having a cosy little chat about you. Quite enlightening really."
Right at that moment someone tapped on Heero shoulder, Relena and he looked at the new visitor to find a handsome man, just about the same age as Heero looking at them, or more precisely looking at Relena.
"Charlse" Heero nodded grimly. The man nodded in return. "I was wondering if I could have this gorgeous lady for a dance, and besides Heero shouldn't you be with your fiancé right now, instead of trying to catch the eye of the most talked about beautiful woman in the party huh?" he said looking at Relena with an all over look and then extending his hand "Charlse Bash, and you are?"
Relena smiled and accepted his hand "Relena Peacecraft" when he caught her by surprise as he kissed the base of her hand.
"Peaceraft.. are you related to Milliardo Peacaeraft by any chance."
Before Relena could answer Heero took her hand which was still being held by Charlse "Yes, she is his sister and also my fiancé Charlse, you would know better to leave now, we were just on our way home." Heero said coldly.
Charlse blinked several seconds and swore "oh damn Yuy, where in the universe did you find this beautiful creature, do you have sister by any chance?" he asked impishly ignoring the death look Heero was giving him.
"No sister, just my brother, but he is already taken." She laughed.
He smiled again "Ah nice sense of humour too, damn she is perfect, I congratulate you Yuy, even though I do have to add that I envy you at the same time, see you around Relena, I am off to pass the message that will disappoint the male population of this party who have all been dying to get a hold of you, that you are already taken" he waved and disappeared into the crowd.
"Let's leave," Heero said abruptly. "we can talk about this better alone, wait here while I make our excuse."
"I would prefer to wait outside."
"I said wait here."
"I'll be outside," she declared stubbornly, moving away before he could stop her. She could imagine what construction his friends would put on their early departure.
Let them think what they liked! She didn't care as long as she in her mind knew that it wasn't true.
At least she had got him back for using her, stirring things a little up between him and his mistress. Not that she thought he would have much difficulty explaining his way out of that, but no doubt Selena Warback would give him a difficult time for a while. Good, she thought spitefully.
"Why are you always damned stubborn?" Heero demanded on the way home.
"I am not stubborn I just don't like to be bullied."
"What did these so called friends of mine have to say. I take it that's the reason for your attitude."
"Oh, they just told me of your sordid little affair with Mrs Warback. Well I wouldn't exactly say they told me . They were discussing it between themselves, I just happen to be there at the same time." She made a determined effort not to look at him.
"My affair with Selena?" he repeatedly softly.
"Yes."
"And that's why you told her we were getting married next month?"
"Yes. She looked quite worried when I told her that," she said with satisfaction.
"So did I," he admitted grimly. "I never met anyone as impetuous as you are. I'm only surprised you haven't got yourself into more trouble than you have. Do you realize that by the end of this evening the fact that our wedding is to be next month will be all over the city?"
Now she did look at him, her mouth dropping open "Surely Mrs. Warback wouldn't-"
"No, she wouldn't. But you said it loud enough for several other people to hear. Believe me by tomorrow everyone will be expecting their invitation for our wedding."
Relena's hand flew up to her pale cheek. "Oh no!"
"Oh, yes," he nodded curtly.
"Surely they wouldn't-"
"I tell you they will."
"oh God!" now what has she done! Things seem to go from bad to worse as far as she and Heero Yuy were concerned. And now it was all her doing!
Heero sighed. "I thought an engagement was bad enough, but this is something else completely. Marriages aren't so easy to get out of."
"I am not marrying you!"
"You may damn well have to," he told her shortly.
Relena wrenched the ring from her finger and threw it onto the dashboard of the car. "I wont do anything I don't want to! You were using me to cover up your affair with Selena Warback, but I wont be a party to that any more. No doubt she will soon get over her anger with you at my saying we were getting married and you can carry on as you have been doing."
"SO you've already decided that what you heard was the truth?"
"Oh yes. She was your important appointment, remember? I suppose you told her then that our engagement was phoney. It really gave her a shock when I said we were getting married. So you can keep your ring and explain to your, mistress that it was all a mistake, that I was just being bitchy."
Heero sat forward and picked up the ring, watching as it glittered and shone. He thrust it at her. "Put it back on, the engagement still stands. Nothing has changed since this morning."
"It has as far as I'm concerned," she said calmly. "I've found out about your mistress and I wont help you fool Trowa Barton Warback, it goes strongly against my personal beliefs!"
"You will do as you're told. My threat about your friend still stands. Put the ring on," he ordered.
"I don't want to. you still even haven't asked me if I like it," she added resentfully, pushing it back on her finger when he seemed adamant that she should.
"DO you?"
"Well , yes, but I- That's isn't the point! You didn't bother to ask me earlier."
"I've asked you now. Be satisfied with that."
"Mr Yuy, I-"
"For God's sake call me Heero!"
"Do you have to be so angry all the time?" Relena quavered. "It isn't easy to suddenly be thrust into this intimacy with you when for all the time I have known you I have thought of you as nothing but my boss. It doesn't seem right for me to be calling you Heero."
"DO you know Relena, until this morning I believed myself to be quiet a patient man. Since meeting you that's changed. Everything about you angers me, your stubbornness, your impetuosity, just about everything. But until a few minutes ago I thought I was handling this situation with moderate calm." He ignored her snort of disbelief. "That was until your tongue ran away with you just once too often, as it did just now. I hope you have more forbearance over the weekend."
Relena's eyes widened. "Over the weekend?"
"Mm, something else I'm sure you hadn't thought of," he gave a wry smile. "My mother and father have invited us down to their country place for the weekend."
Her heart sank. "I didn't know you had any family."
"Oh yes, besides my parents I have a brother of twenty two and a sister of eighteen. I need hardly say that they are all anxious to meet you."
His taunting voice angered her. "Did you have to tell them? Surely we didn't have to involve your family in all this?"
Heero stopped the car outside the building that contained her flat, turning to face her in the confines of the car. "I didn't tell them- you did"
"I didn't-"
"They found out the same way I did, Relena. The only difference being that they were pleased about it."
She suddenly felt breathless by his closeness. He might be arrogant and cynical, but he was still the handsomest man she had ever seen. Tonight at the party he had easily stood out as the most attractive man there, a certain aloofness about him making him a challenge to any woman.
She looked away from the warmth in his blue eyes. "Your family wants you to get married?"
"My brother and sister consider me quite ancient not to have settled down, as they put it, with a family of my own. I'm sure you think the same way, you're about their age," he said almost thoughtfully.
"You could hardly marry when the woman in your life is already married," she put in bitchily, still reeling under his potent attraction- and resenting every moment of it.
"That's true," he agreed mildly. "i think my family are going to like you. You have my mother's way of thinking, black is black and white is white and grey is just another lighter shade of black."
"I wouldn't consider you grey, Mr Yuy. You're definitely black."
"As the Devil, Hmm?" he mocked.
"Himself," she nodded in agreement.
"My mother is going to love you," he smiled. "she considers my behaviour reprehensible."
"I think I am going to like your mother too."
Heero watched her closely, that smile still on his lips. "You're not at all as i imagined you to be."
"As you- as you imagined me to be?" she sounded her surprise. "I didn't think you even knew i existed." This conversation was proving interesting.
"Oh yes." He settled back more comfortably in his seat, stretching his long legs out before him. "Can you see me missing a beautiful woman?" he taunted but at the same time his eyes made an all over look at her. "you always looked a cool little thing, sitting there behind that huge desk, always neat and always tidy and indifferent."
"I am not little," she said crossly. "You keep calling me that."
"You seem little to me, you must be at least a foot shorter than me."
"I should think so, your at least six foot two."
"Six four actually."
"Well then. At Five foot three I consider myself medium height for a woman."
"You see what i mean, your appearance is deceptive. You're a fiery little thing. Quite surprising really."
"I have a temper like anyone else, but I am not fiery," Relena denied.
"Oh yes, you are. I never would have thought it with those cool blue eyes of yours." He sat up suddenly, his look cool again. "Isnt it time you disappeared like Cinderella?"
Relena stiffened. "I don't consider myself to be in the least like Cinderella. But i musnt keep you from your- your friends. Its only eleven thirty, i am sure you have no intention of going to bed yet-at least, not on your own."
"You see, another surprise." He didn't appear to be angered by her words, more amused. "I wouldn't have thought the sweet little thing i considered you to be capable of such terrible thoughts. Trowa Barton Warback maybe away from home , but i have no intention of sharing his wife's bed in his absence."
Relena turned to open the car door. "Then maybe it will be your own bed you occupy, but not alone."
"I never sleep alone," he told her softly. "i have a rather large cat called Gem who insists on sleeping at the foot of my bed." He laughed openly at her indignation. "You shouldn't jump to conclusions, little girl."
"Will you stop calling me that!"
Heero shook his head slowly. "I think perhaps i should keep reminding myself thats what you are. You can be quite attractive when your angry. But i don't play with little girls," he added hardly.
She thrust the door open far enough for her to get out. "goodnight Mr Yuyu!"
"Relena!" he stopped her just as she was about to slam the door shut behind her.
"Yes?" she asked tautly, deliberately averting her head.
"I'll pick you up at two thirty tomorrow, that way we'll arrive in time for tea," he informed her.
"how nice," she retorted sarcastically. "are you sure that when it comes to dinner i'll know which knives and fork to use?"
With a slam of his own car door he came quickly around to her side, wrenching her startled face round to meet his look. "You can dislike me all you want Relena, but leave my family out of this vendetta you have against me.. i wont have you being sarcastic about any member of my family. Don't you think its about time you snapped out of this persecution complex of yours, stop thinking everyone is putting you down all the time?"
"Why you-" her hand flew up, but it never made contact with his arrogant face, his fingers passing round her wrist squeezing so tightly she felt sure he had cut off her circulation. "You bast-"
"Dont say it, Relena." He threatened. "that's the foulest word in the English language."
Her eyes were darker in shade with feeling. "then it suits you perfectly!"
"You little hellcat!" he said fiercely. "If you have to hate me i might as well give you a damn good reason for it!"
He pulled her roughly against him, bending his head to loom over her for several long seconds. Relena watched him as if in a dream, watching as he lowered his head, his lips claiming hers in a kiss that was totally savage. He forced her lips apart, his arms like steel bands as she struggled to be free.
He persisted in that kiss until all the fight went out of her, her whole body feeling bruised. Against her will she found herself responding, her mouth moving beneath him as the kiss became gentler, Heero's mouth caressing now rather than demanding.
Her arms moved up about his neck, his hand moving searchingly across her bare back caressing as much skin as possible, it seemed as he was trying to mould her with his hands as they stretched along her spine sending tiny shots of electricity. This was incredible! Heeero Yuy was kissing her and she liked it, loved it even. His mouth and body had taken possession of her in away that was totally masterful.
He put her away from him as quickly as he had pulled her into his arms. "Get inside!" he ordered harshly. "i'll see you tomorrow."
Relena made her way slowly up to her flat, still dazed from his unexpected kiss. That he was a master of the art she had no doubt, and her burning anger soon turned to something different. Instead of making her hate him he had just confirmed that she was attracted to him!
Well there you have it! Hope you guys enjoyed it and just to keep you on your toes I am gonna sort of reveal a little of my next chapter, its gonna have a little lime….. and a little competition with whom I am not gonna tell you, that's for you to figure out and some carzy crazy moments…. gv
Plus I have given Heero Yuy a family, something he usually never haves in any of the fics I've read and including the anime, but I thought we'll have his characteristics but we'll make him a new person here, so hopefully you guys like it. Believe me the family will play a major role in the few chapter to come.
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P.S. oh and my exams finished on the 1st of August so I will have some time to write more chapters..