Small Note
Sakura: I'm not dead yet, but I'm happy with the reviews I got for this story. I was really surprised at how many people would want to read more, so here is another chapter!
Oh and I did mention at the end of the last chapter we would learn about Yuugi and Atemu's past together, well I decided instead of one long chapter I would drag it out a little into each chapter. I'm going to let my readers think over each piece of information and see what they can come up with.
Chapter 2: Nobody's Fool
"Just four days ago in this very mansion behind us owned by the Sennen Family, Atemu Sennen youngest child of Aknamkanon and Amara Sennen dumped his fiancée Rebecca Hawkins for a new fiancée. This new fiancée has not been seen and there have been rumors of who she is, but no one has confirmed anything. For four days we have been sitting outside this mansion giving the people live coverage so the truth can be bought forth." A news reporter for a popular celebrity TV show stood outside the gates of the mansion talking into a camera held by the camera man.
There were other reporters camped outside the gates from popular magazines and shows hoping to catch a glance or more of Atemu's supposed new fiancée.
Atemu's new fiancée stood inside her new bedroom looking out the window in her room by peeking around the curtains so she wasn't seen. She could see the view of the front yard perfectly and she could see all the reporters camped out. A sigh escaped her lips as she turned to the only other company she had in her prison of a bedroom.
Yuugi placed her hands on her hips. "How long will it take before those stupid reporters leave? I have been locked in this house for four freaking days!" She jumped up onto her bed and lay down on her stomach.
The other person in the room chuckled and lazily flipped through a magazine resting on their lap. "It could take weeks or until they see your face." The person said with a shrug not once taking their eyes away from the magazine.
Yuugi rolled over onto her back and glared at the person's back. "Amun this is getting ridiculous! Nothing this family does is private one bit!"
Amun Sennen age 28 was the oldest child of the Sennen family. He was currently the singer and guitarist of his own rock band going by the name Gods of Egypt and under the label of his father's music company. If there was one thing going for Amun besides his career it was his hard core bad boy look he had about him. The 28 year old had bright red hair that was normally spiked up by hair gel, but that day it was laid down short and framed his face along with black bangs. His eyes were crimson like Atemu's which they get from their father and the same sun kissed tan as everyone in the family. His clothes that day were more lay back than his normal leather, he wore ripped blue jeans and a black mesh shirt with a white tank on underneath.
The rocker had to laugh at Yuugi's comment. "You are just now figuring that out. I think they even record when we use the toilet."
The two both busted out laughing, before hushing up when someone knocked on the door. Yuugi sat up and calmed herself down before letting the person know they could come in.
The door opened to reveal a petite maid with a tray of snack and two teas in cute china cups. She walked into the room before setting the tray down on the nightstand beside Yuugi's king size bed. After that she bowed to the two. "Lord Atemu wanted to thank his brother Lord Amun again for keeping Lady Yuugi company while they deal with the happenings downstairs. Lady Amara also wanted me to bring up some fresh snacks." She said then straightened and made her leave out of the room.
Amun rolled his eyes after the maid closed the door. "My brother is so weird. He always thinks he needs to thank everyone for every little thing we do to help him out."
"At least he thanks you and appreciates your help instead of taking it for granted." Yuugi informed him before taking her cup of tea to drink.
Amun ruffled Yuugi's hair. "I guess you have a point there," He agreed. "Atemu is a lucky man to have someone like you. He really missed you when you left."
A glare was sent Amun's way from the hair ruffle, before a smile lit her face. "Well I missed Atemu too and I was not about to let him married some idiot who only wants his money when he promised me eight years ago that I was going to be his wife."
Amun grinned at that and put an arm around Yuugi. "I always told him he had one hell of a lady in his life when you two were little."
Yuugi grin right back up at him. "I'll take that as a compliment."
They sat in silence for a few minutes, before an idea came to Amun. He stood up and held out his hand to Yuugi. "Let's go check out the new studio dad built in the basement."
"That sounds like a plan," Yuugi agreed as she took his hand and let him lead her out of her room and sneak through the house to get to the basement on the first floor.
Atemu was bored out of his mind. Both he and his father were sitting on the couch getting chewed out by his father's publicist because he broke up with his fake fiancée. The woman arrived but a few minutes ago and the only thing she could do when she got there was yell at them. Well she was mostly getting angry at Atemu for a stupid move like that, but honestly Atemu didn't care.
Aknamkanon Sennen sat with a blank look on his face while listening to the annoying woman. As the two sat together it was easy to tell where Atemu got all his looks. Aknamkanon was a handsome man for someone going into his early fifties. He had short spikey black hair like his son and blond bangs that framed his tan face. There was some gray in his hair, but it wasn't over the top to make him look really old. His eyes were a darker crimson than his son's but they were almost the same.
The both of them were dressed in business attire which was a black suit with white shirt and a crimson tie. Atemu had long taken off his jacket already getting sick of the suit, but had to look good for the publicist or she would chew him out for that.
The woman in front of them was Lily Toto from Toto's publicist company. Her family owned the company that produced the best publicists around to help the wealthy with their image and any damage control needed done. Maya Toto, Lily's older sister, used to work for the Sennen family until she got married and ended up pregnant. Maya passed Lily onto the Sennen family after she graduated from college so she could get a feel of the work environment for publicists and Maya knew the Sennen family would treat her right. However no one knew within the few years Lily had worked for the Sennen family that she would become trouble.
Things had been fine with the woman until she started to pick on Atemu and trying to get this face out there as the new face for the Sennen Company once his father retired. The only bad thing was Lily could not take a hint that Atemu didn't need a lady beside him to get his image up.
Lily put her hands on her hips. "Well what do you have to say for yourself?"
Atemu crossed his arms and stared at her. "I don't have anything to say."
"Atemu if you keep breaking it off with any woman I put you with it will not help your image one bit."
"My image this…! My image that…!" Atemu complained to her. "That is all you care about is my image! I have told you millions of times I don't need some stupid bitch on my arm to make myself look good. I also don't need my name plastered all over magazines and newspapers. The public knows I'm the son of two very wealthy individuals, so I don't see the point in trying to get my name out there more than it already is. My father isn't going to kick the bucket anytime soon so I won't be taking the company over for a while."
Aknamkanon had to bite his lip to keep from laughing. Atemu had a temper when he got mad and it wasn't good to get on his bad side. That is also why he wasn't worry about Atemu when he would take over the company. Atemu was a strong willed man who will speak his mind and tell people what he thinks about them.
However someone didn't keep their mouth shut, because all three looked toward the door way when they heard a small giggle from a supposed to be hidden fiancée. Yuugi stood there with a smile on her face looking as cute as ever.
Lily glared at the girl as she skipped over to Atemu and wrapped her arms around his neck from behind.
"That's my Atemu for you. Never scared to speak his mind," Yuugi said before kissing his cheek.
Atemu rolled his eyes before turning and kissing Yuugi's nose. "I thought I told you to stay upstairs."
Yuugi pouted and let go of Atemu to cross her arms. "It was so boring up there! Amun was going to lead me down to the basement when I heard you talking in here. I thought I would stop for a moment and listen to see what you were doing."
Aknamkanon looked back to the doorway to see his oldest son rubbing the back of his head in embarrassment, before he turned and left whistling like he hadn't done anything. The CEO sighed and looked to Yuugi. "Eavesdropping again I see Yuugi. Do you ever change?"
Yuugi shook her head. "Nope!" She made sure to pop the p when she spoke to make it sound cuter.
Lily took a good look at how Yuugi interacted with Atemu. She could see the looks and the way they touched and kissed each other. It didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that this was Atemu's new fiancée. "So you are the mysterious fiancée everyone wants to know about?"
"And who wants to know?" Yuugi questioned not liking the way the woman looked at her.
"I'm Lily Toto and the publicist for this family," was the simple reply from Lily.
Yuugi looked at her for a minute. "Oh so you're the bitch who paired my Atemu will all those other idiots."
Lily looked shocked for a moment before she growled. "How dare you!" She turned to Atemu not in the least bit happy with his choice. "This is the kind of girl you want beside you. She would ruin you before you even got the chance to become CEO. I mean look at the way she dresses!"
Yuugi looked down at her clothes confused. She was in a simple pair of black shorts, white tank top and some white knee socks. "There is nothing wrong with my clothes!" She yelled back at the lady.
Atemu rubbed his forehead feeling a headache coming on. "Yuugi please go find Amun and let me handle this."
Yuugi was not in the least bit happy about leaving Atemu, but she could see how tired and frustrated he was. "Alright sweet heart, but come find me after you are done." She gave him a kiss, before leaving the room to find Amun.
Amun was hanging around the stair case when Yuugi found him and he could tell she wasn't happy. "That bad..?"
Yuugi sighed. "You don't know the half of it. That woman is crazy! She basely told me I dressed badly."
Amun chuckled. "You do not dress bad, you dressed better than most women I know. Lily just likes the upper class people of life. Anyone of lower class is seen as beneath her."
"Oh so when have I been lower class?"
"She doesn't know who your parents are Yuugi. Plus she thinks everyone of upper class should dress as professionals and never look comfortable in their clothes." Amun pointed to his own attire. "I won't tell you how many times I have dressed like this and gotten a rotten look from her. She keeps trying to tell me these clothes will ruin me."
Yuugi giggled at that. "No I think it makes the ladies love you more."
Amun ruffled her hair. "At least you agree with me. I'm hoping one day dad just decides to fire her and let us handle our own image. We don't need some publicist trying to tell us how to look or who to date." He sighed and put his hands in his pockets. "She was great at first and has helped the company a few times when it looked like dad was cheating on mom, which he wasn't might I add. But as Atemu got older she started to turn on him and all she cares about is how he looks for the company as the future CEO."
"If she knows what is good for her she will back off my man. I know what is best for him and she ain't good for him. I can see the way she stresses him out." Yuugi looked up at Amun worry clear in her eyes. "Atemu is strong, but I have seen him at his worst and it isn't pretty. I think all of this pushing him to have a girl on his arm has really hurt him."
Amun agreed. "I talked to him a few times when I was on the road and every phone call he sounded more tired. I think he almost believed that he had no control of his life."
Yuugi looked down at the ring on her hand. "I truly love Atemu for who he is and even after what happened eight years ago I never stopped. Atemu and I have been through so much it's amazing we have gotten back together." She looked back up at Amun with a new found fire in her eyes. "I promise no matter what and no matter how hard it gets that I will not leave Atemu alone again. I have to be strong for him so he knows that he can make his own choices in life."
Amun wrapped his future sister-in-law in a hug. "I think the best choice so far was getting engaged to you."
Yuugi smiled and hugged him back. "Thank you…"
Aknamkanon smirked at the look his ex-publicist gave him. Atemu even looked stunned at the move he just made. If there was one thing Aknamkanon couldn't stand it was seeing any of his children unhappy. He was truly sorry that he let things get so out of hand for Atemu.
"I'll have your last pay check mailed to you within the week, but this is the last time I will let you hurt my son anymore." Aknamkanon fixed Lily with a glare. "My son has decided the right woman to stand beside him and she is more of a woman than you will ever be."
Lily's face grew red in anger. "How dare you fire me? I'm the best thing for his company!"
Aknamkanon stood and straighten out his suit. "No Lily you used to be the best thing, until you tried to rule my son's life." He looked down at Atemu with sorry filled eyes. "I'm sorry I let things go so far, but this is the final straw and I will not let you hurt this family anymore."
"I can't believe you." Lily started to pack her briefcase, before slamming it shut. She stood up from her seat and turned to leave. "You will regret ever firing me Mr. Sennen. Don't come crawling to me when your company goes downhill from bad publicity." She stuck her nose in the air and left.
Atemu relaxed in his seat and loosen his tie. "This day cannot get any better…"
Aknamkanon chuckled at his son and patted his shoulder. "I'm sorry for all she put your through son. I should have stopped her sooner, but I guess I was hoping she could help you find someone to be happy with."
Atemu smiled at his father. "I can't say she helped me at all by forcing me to go out with those women, but if it wasn't for her Yuugi might not have come home to rescue me."
"You have one fine lady looking out for you."
Atemu agreed. "Yuugi is a blessing to me and I promise I will do nothing to force her away from me again. I'm not about to ruin my second chance at love."
Sakura: So we have met some of the Sennen family and also got rid of the evil publicist. Don't worry she will not be return to make Atemu's life a living hell anymore.
Next time we will meet more new faces and hopefully I will soon get to the part that will let everyone know what happened eight years ago that force Yuugi and Atemu apart. I decided to draw it out and let things build up if no one read the top.
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