Jacob widened his eyes. The most beautiful eyes he has ever seen now are under his face. Yes, Angela's height is only as high as the man's shoulder. When the black iris and the blue ones meet, they only staring at each other without doing anything.
"Why did you hide it? Is it dangerous?" Said Jacob again.
"Oh, I almost forgot. My name is Jacob William. You can call me Jacob. And, what is your name?" Jacob asked Angela like a policeman interrogating a suspect.
"Huh, why should I introduce myself? I never give my name to a stranger. " Angela looks at the other side.
Jacob walked with leisurely steps but gave off a killing aura.
"Then, you won't mind if I give the photos to the polices?" Angela knows that she would never win against this man.
"Angela, Angela Richi. Look, just tell me how much does it cost I should pay to fix the car?" Angela asked.
"Not much, only one hundred thousands dollar," Jacob says it in a calm tone.
"WHAT? Are you going to blackmail me?" Said Angela furiously.
"My car is a luxurious one. It is not an ordinary car so the maintenance costs are more expensive than ordinary cars." Jacob stands and puts both hands into his trouser pockets.
Toktoktok ... someone outside knocking on the door.
"Come in!" Said Jacob.
"Excuse me, young master. Here it is." A middle-aged man comes with a paper in his hand.
"Ok, you may go out." The man instructed him. The man just came was going out and closed the door.
"Sign this, if you want to go home now!" Jacob hands over a sheet of paper. Angela doesn't understand what he meant. She receives the paper and reads it thoroughly.
"WHAT? ARE YOU INSANE? How could you ...?" Angela was shocked to read the contents of the letter she was just holding. "The compensation cost is one hundred thousand dollars and you ask me to pay it with money or body. I think you need to go to a doctor and check your brain well." Jacob laughs out loud.
"So, which way do you want to pay? Just sign it and I will not take you to the police officer." Jacob said it again.
"Wait, what do you mean by 'body'? You don't explain it well here." Angela thinks she needs to make sure the payment worth it.
"Work with me, of course. What do you think exactly? Don't tell me that you want to sleep with me in order to pay?" Jacob said it vulgarly without any embarrassment at all.
"YOU!" Her whole face and ears flushed with shame. "What kind of work?" She asked more to avoid awkward situations.
"I am looking for a private assistant to help me doing some business. And, I think you are quite capable to do that. Your salary will be one thousand per month. And, the maintenance cost will be taken from your salary." Said Jacob.
Angela thinks hard about all of this. She is counting on her fingers. The maintenance cost is one hundred thousands dollar. Her salary will be one thousand per month. So, she will have to work for free or without a salary for a hundred months or around 8 years. "WHAT! This is ridiculous! I won't accept it!" Angela gives back the paper to Jacob right above his chest.
Jacob furrows his brows. What the f*** this girl is, he thought.
"Did you just reject it??" Jacob asked in a deep and husky voice.
"I-I just, I just can't accept it! How could you not pay me for 8 years working?? Do you want to torture me?" Angela said while taking a deep breath.
"I only take from your salary. However, you still can earn money from doing other things."
"Oh really? Like what?" Asked Angela.
"You can do some business trips to get more extra money. The more trip you do, the more money you get." Jacob tries to change her mind so she can agree with what mentions in the contract paper. There is something in Angela that Jacob wants to know badly. It starts from an incident at the grocery store. He wouldn't let go of Angela just like that.
"It means I have to work very very hard to get more money for my own needs." Angela mumbles.
"Your own needs? What kind of needs? Ahh, you mean transportation, daily needs, and others? That's your business." Jacob smiled with a demonic aura.
"Well, I will sign the contract IF you can give me an actual maintenance cost which stated a hundred thousand dollars." Angela walks out of Jacob's bedroom and sits in the living room. Jacob didn't hold Angela to stay. Jacob follows Angela into the living room.
"You may go home now. My driver will take you home. Soon after I get the bill from the car service, I will call you right away." Jacob calls one of his men and tells him to drive Angela on her way back home.
"I want my motorcycle and the groceries I've bought back." Angela stares at Jacob sharply. She still remembers them. How can I go home without a motorcycle? No groceries to take home are fine. However, no motorcycle will arouse very big suspicion from her parents.
Jacob takes a deep breath, "Your motor is outside, along with your groceries. Come to this house tomorrow morning or else my people will pick you up at your parent's house. Let's see what they will think about seeing their daughter is forcibly picked up by strangers." Jacob ends the conversation and wants to leave Angela who sits alone in the living room. However, her saying could stop Jacob's move.
"I don't have anything to say with you. All these conversations were pointless. I'll come again tomorrow morning around 8 a.m." Angela goes outside and she looks at her motor is safely parked, with the groceries on it. Angela puts on her helmet and starts the engine leaving a luxurious house but filled with an eerie aura. She rides the bike at full speed to her home.
"Young master, should you give us any orders?" the middle-aged man comes and stands beside Jacob.
"Watch her carefully. She has amazing power but she has no idea that we have known it. We will need that in the future." Jacob smiles smirky.
"Yes, young master." Said the middle-aged man, Alan.
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"MOM DAD!" Finally, Angela arrives at home safely. She is very worried that the man follows her back home. Thus, she was deliberately looking for a roundabout path so if anyone followed her, they could be confused.
"Yes, honey, what took you so long? Are you okay?" Sally comes out with an apron attached to her body.
"I met one of my old friends in the street and we talked about many things. I am sorry I make you worried." Angela hugs Sally tightly.
"Wait a minute! You look weird. You never hugged me unless something was troubling you." A mother's instinct tells her that something is wrong with her only one child.
"Mom, I will be a slave to someone for 8 years, huhuhuhu. I will repay that man one day surely." Said Angela to herself.
"Nothing mom, I just missed you. My friend that I met just now, lost her mom several days ago. She is very sad and crying badly." Said Angela full of lies.
"Oh, what a pity! Okay, invite her to our house sometime. She needs your support as a good friend. I will make a lot of cakes." Sally smiles and rubs her daughter's hair gently.
"Oh okay, I will tell her later. Now, I have to unload the groceries." Angela releases the hug and lifts groceries one by one to the kitchen.
"Mom, I will go to my friend's house tomorrow morning. She asked me to go there." Angela talks to her mom while they are in the kitchen. Sally is baking her friend's order. She is always baking every day because she is a famous baker for a long time.
"Okay, just take care of yourself and don't come home late." Sally finished making one order and continued to the next ones.
"Mom, in case I'm getting a job and I will rarely come home, is it okay for you?" Angela walks closer to her mom.
"Why shouldn't I be okay? You have to know and feel the experience while you are still young. Do not waste your 24 hours running online selling! You should also interact with real people in a real situation. You can run your online shop in your breaking time." Mom gives suggestions.
Angela takes a deep breath and smiles brightly. Her mom is the best mom in the world, Angela said it deep inside her heart. After putting all the things in the right place, Angela goes to her bedroom. She is lying on her bed and thinking about what happened hours ago. It's just because she accidentally made a small scratch on that man's car, she will be working without being paid a salary for 8 years ahead.