"Oh? And how are you going to do that? Do tell me."
Raphkiel became bolder now that Alisa was blatantly teasing him and suddenly wrapped his arm around her waste while twisting their bodies to reverse their position. Now, it was Alisa's turn to be pinned on the wall and their faces were just a few inches away. She could feel his intoxicating breath slightly above her face as the two were locked into each other's gazes.
Alisa's mind panicked and she blushed furiously.
'Did I just awaken a horrible beast from its slumber? Isn't this how things would usually go wrong?!'
She tried pushing him away but his grip on her waist was so strong while his other hand was on the wall.
"Let go of me!"
"I won't let go unless you tell me exactly what you're planning to do." His lips curved into a mischievous smile. This was the first time she had seen him like that. She thought that he too could produce such a handsome and devilish grin like a normal human.
"Alright, I get it already! I don't have any plans on cheating anyway and I plan to be a good wife to you and pamper you for your whole life. Happy now?" She glared at him begrudgingly while still trying to get away from his hold.
His face drew closer and their lips could touch anytime soon. He put a finger towards her lips and traced it gently. She closed her eyes out of embarrassment and wished she could just beat this guy to a pulp for his vulgar actions, but it seemed that her strength left her body for a while now.
"That settles it. We have a deal now." He whispered in her ear and then gave her a slight kiss on the forehead instead of her lips before exiting the apartment.
Alisa was left stunned and speechless. It took a while for the shocking information to register in her head. She realized it too late that Raphkiel easily broke through her barriers. He was dangerous— dangerous for her heart. She could clearly hear her own heartbeat beating so loud like drums. Alisa decided to avoid him at all costs or her poor heart won't be able to escape from his charms. It was way too early to fall for him, and she didn't want to be the one to fall in love first.
The two arrived on Golden Pavilion Gardens later that night and unpacked their things. Two of the three housekeepers helped them, but Raphkiel insisted he would carry her own things. Alisa briefly remembered that the guy was somehow a misogynistic man who wouldn't allow other women to touch him. Looks like it was true, after all.
She felt a sudden headache about having to rearrange their jobs and order them to stay away from him lest he suddenly hurt them.
Alisa noticed that Celine wasn't there with them, so she approached Maria and asked her.
"Where is Celine?"
"Miss Hayworth, today is Celine's enrolment to the nearby university so she took time off to finish her registration."
She had been away for days which was why she wasn't informed about it. The poor girl wanted to attend a better university but she couldn't afford it. In order to not let her job hindered by her studies, she only chose a nearby local university. No doubt about it that she would also hide her side job to her peers once the class started. Alisa felt guilty for her. She should make it up to her staffs soon.
"Okay. You two can take a rest now. Just let this man do his thing and stay away from him. You don't have to prepare our meals so you can relax more."
"Thank you, Miss Hayworth." The matured woman's eyes glistened with happiness upon hearing it.
Raphkiel heard what she said about him and came over with a frown.
"Why are you trying to scare them away from me? It's not like I'm going to eat them."
"Aren't you allergic to women? I heard Timothy talk about it back in the military camp. So, you get sick every time you touch a woman, huh?"
His face darkened. His loyal subordinate had been gossiping things about him. Well, it's not like he was wrong either but it also wasn't the full truth. He didn't have problems with staffs. What he disliked the most was being touched with vixens and opportunists who only wanted nothing more but his wealth. Maybe if they would see each other again someday, he would have to beat the crap out of Timothy as punishment. But then, he was no longer the marshal of the Infernal Monarch Army so he had no right to punish him.
He let out a deep sigh in exasperation and ignored her sarcastic remark.
"Just remember our deal. No entering my room."
"Who would ever want to have a look at your room? Anyway, I'm tired for the day. I have to go to work tomorrow so I'm going to sleep now."
Alisa yawned and turned to leave, but Raphkiel stopped her in her tracks by grabbing her hand.
"What?"
He let go of her. It looked like he had something he wanted to say but didn't do so. After a few seconds of silence, he opened his mouth to speak. "Goodnight."
"O-Oh... Goodnight."
She was confused. Surely, it wasn't what he wanted to say. The guy turned around and entered his room without looking back. She wondered what that was all about. Alisa then shrugged her shoulders and went back to her own room. There was no point in thinking about it. Her beauty sleep was more important in order to give her unborn baby a good life.
On the next day, Alisa woke up quite late. As she got out of the room, she noticed that the room beside her was locked. Raphkiel must have gone out already to work. It didn't matter to her though, as the two of them decided they would separate work from personal life and they wouldn't intervene in each other's business. She still had some time before going to work so she went to kitchen to whip up a quick breakfast with an egg sandwich with bacon filled with mayonnaise.
The food looked very tasty. She immediately stuffed it inside her mouth and savored the taste.
"Mmm, this is so delicious! I can't believe how amazing it tastes! Did my cooking improve?"
Alisa was overwhelmed by the powerful and vibrant taste of the simple egg sandwich. She was busy enjoying her food that she didn't realize that Raphkiel was standing behind her. The moment he sat on the table, she got a frightening shock that she choked on the food. She violently coughed while patting her chest to spit out the food.
"Here, drink this. I didn't know you're so clumsy." Raphkiel handed her a glass of water with an amused smile. She quickly grabbed it from his hands and drank all of the water in one gulp.
"Pahhh! Geez, you gave me a scare. Whose fault do you think it is that I choked?! Didn't you already leave the house so early?"
She glared at him angrily but seemed that he wasn't bothered by it. Alisa saw the two food packs he was carrying on his hands. She misunderstood him. He just went outside to buy breakfast for the both of them.
Raphkiel silently handed out the packed food, which she shyly received with her face turning red. "T-Thanks..."
Her reaction was so cute that he couldn't help but tease her once in a while. Raphkiel was having a good time just seeing his wife flustered.
"Finish your meal fast and I'll drop you off to your company. You can't just casually ride that thing outside, right?"
Knowing that he was hinting at the fancy McLaren, Alisa nodded obediently. She also didn't want to expose her identity for now.
Later on, Alisa entered the company while dressed as a man and went directly to the studio. The actors were diligent with the new sets of daily routines she had arranged for the. She was briefly satisfied with the outcome. However, there was always this one troublemaker who didn't want to have anything to do with her. As she was busy thinking of what to do about the situation with Gong Xuyun, a female assistant of Xuyun barged in all of a sudden while panting hard. She had been running so hard as she was in a hurry.
"What's wrong, Priscilla?" She asked the flustered and out-of-breath assistant.
"It's Gong Xuyun, Mr. Alex! He's done another viral scandal again."
She took out her phone and showed Alisa what was in the screen. Her lips twitched violently as she saw the series of posts on Gong Xuyun's social media account. There was a girl badly drawn that a child could have done it better. The caption also stated that he fell in love and that he was looking for the beautiful fairy who gave her the jar of gummies last night. Wasn't this what happened when she was buying sweets and a hotdog bun on a stall? There was even a picture of her attached. However, what she was angry at was his audacity to compare her picture to that ugly drawing.
'Gong Xuyun! I think you're looking for a beat-up.' Alisa thought in her head while plastering a dark smile. She was cracking her knuckles violently, her eyes burning with rage that scared the poor assistant.
"Where is he right now?"
'U-Um... I think he is on his dressing room, sir..."
Alisa marched faster towards the private dressing room he was occupying.
The people inside who worked for Zane didn't know what to do about the current situation. Before Gong Xuyun transferred to Moontear Entertainment, he was already prohibited from posting anything on his social media account due to the recent scandal when he broke up with a famous female artist from Stardust Entertainment. It hadn't even been a month since that happened and now there was another chaos erupting online.
Zane was currently away for important matters so there was no one left to control the artist's outrageous behaviors. The internet people was already cursing the guy out loud and filled with threats for breaking the heart of their goddess actress. What's worse was that he wasn't even remorseful and actively clashing with the people in comment section. If Sylvia found out about this, they would probably be terminated from the industry to the point they would be asked to pay for compensation for destroying the company's image.
While the situation was getting hopeless, the door exploded violently as Alisa kicked it hard enough, scaring the people inside. Seeing a devil entering the fray made their bodies turned pale and cold. Gong Xuyun, who was still holding his phone, also had a bad premonition as he watched the smiling Alisa, who was not radiating any warmth at all.
"The devil is here! Better call Zane or a fight might break out." One of the young master's people said softly and everyone of them took action immediately to inform Zane about what happened.
"Gong Xuyun, prepare yourself." Alisa stated darkly, with the tension inside the room increasing with every step she took towards the scared artist.