TAMING MR JERKFACE: Own By An Overbearing CEO

Debby's

pov

I plead quietly with Anna to take Lucas to a hospital as Andre walks out of the arena.. with me hanging upside down on his shoulder.

He walks very fast and I can feel how tensed his body is... he stops walking and I hear him open a door.

He dumps me inside his car and enters after me.

"Drive!" He commands.

"W-here sir..."

"To my fucking penthouse!!" He growled.

I flinched back and I also imagine the poor driver flinching back.

I can hear his heavy breaths and his teeth grinding against each other... I involuntarily move away from him.

There's a tight silence.. the silence is sending shivers down my spine.. unpleasant shivers.

Recalling what just happened... I think I'm responsible... I shouldn't have lied to Andre and come to this fashion cup.

But it's not my fault that Lucas kissed me... I mean, I was shocked too at his action.... had I have the power to read minds, I'd have stopped him from making that mistake.

Had I known Andre would be on the show, I wouldn't have come... my initial plan was doing the contest and returning home without Andre finding out.

I never pictured any of this happening.

The car jerks and stops... I hear Andre hissed and I raised my head, then I knew why.

Reporters... they're already here... surrounding Andre's penthouse.

"Damn that bastard!" He cursed.

The driver made a call and soon some security men rushed to the scene... pushing the reporters away from our car.

The driver opens the door and Andre steps out, giving his hand to me. I took it and he leads me towards the penthouse... but the reporters runs along trying to get something out of Andre. *Mr knight, why did you have to beat up Mr Craig?*

*We heard he's a worker in your company back in New York... has he done something to offend you before?*

*You ruined the show, does this mean you won't be signing the contract?*

*What's your relationship with the female upcoming model?*

*Are you having an affair with her? What about your girlfriend?*

I'm his girlfriend.. I almost screamed but Andre's blank expression tells me otherwise... I simply followed him in silence.

*Mr Knight.. say something!*

*Mr Knight....*

We enter the building and shut the door on them.... the elevator ride seems to be too slow.. maybe it's because of Andre's mood. Ding!

We finally arrived at a floor... Andre opens a door a pulled me in. He throws his phone on the table and ran his fingers through his hair. "Fuck!" He swears.

I quietly finds a sofa and sat down... it's best if I don't say nothing now.

Soon, his phone starts ringing but he ignores it.. I peeped and saw it's Phoebe calling.

He reaches for the remote control and turn on the TV.... Olivia Thompson's face is what appeared.

She's surrounded by reporters... she wore a polite smile but I know that smile is far from polite.

But I can't blame her.. this is the results of my lies.

*Miss Thompson, what can you say about what happened at the show?* A reporter asked her.

She smiled.

*Well, Andre was only saving a damsel in distress.. kissing wasn't part of the program and if we look at it clearly, the female model was struggling under the male model's grip.... Andre saw this and went to save her, my fiance was just being a Knight*

*Your fiance? Andre Knight rejected you publicly yesterday... what was that about?*

She laughs rhetorically.

*It's normal for couples to fight... we were just having a little quarrel and he said that in a fit of anger... Andre loves me so much*

Olivia is taking advantage of the situation.

"Ridiculous!" Andre growls... he picked the remote and throws it at the tv.

Breaking its screen.

"Andre, I'm..."

"Shut up!" He cuts me off.

I quickly shut my mouth. Just then Phoebe comes in... she looks at me, silently asking if Andre is alright... I shake my head.

He's in a bad state.. he's furious and I can feel the heat of his anger from where I'm sitting.

Phoebe takes a deep breath and made the sign of the cross.

"M-mr.. Mr Knight... some our investors are angry and demanding an explanation, they......"

"Bloody hell!" He curse. "Fucking find any excuse for them!"

Phoebe gulps. "Mr Zhou wants to withdraw his investment unless you give him a very reasonable explanation"

He angrily flips the glass table and it breaks into tiny pieces... I hissed as a piece lands on my leg and pierce it. His head turns towards me and he rushed to take a look.... he gently pulls out the glass.

"Get me the first aid kit!" He orders Phoebe.

"Yes, Mr Knight!" Phoebe goes to bring it.

He do troubled yet he's concerned about my minor injury.... I know he's angry about a lot of things right now.

Me lying to him... Lucas kissing me... the way the public sees him now... and his investors withdrawing their investment. Then an idea pops in my head... I clears my throat.

"Andre, I...."

"Don't say a word!" He cuts me off.

"No, listen to me... I have an idea, how to make it right"

He didn't say a word but I know he's listening.

"Hold a press conference and tell them the truth of what happened today.... you can blame it all on me, I'll take it!" Phoebe comes back with the first aid kit and drops it in front of Andre.... He opens it and begin to clean the wound.

"Tell Mr Zhou and the others, I have everything under control... Arrange for a press conference tonight!" He tells Phoebe. "Yes, Mr Knight, right away!" Then she heads out.

I hope this will calm the uproar.

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Writer's POV

Olivia smirks after having that interview with the reporters.

"Miss Thompson, don't you think it's inappropriate to say that? What will Mr Knight do when he watches that interview?" Her secretary asked. She scoffs.

"He won't do a thing, after all I helped him... He wouldn't mind if I take a little advantage of the situation!" She replies.

"But....

"Shhh! I can't let this opportunity pass by!" She flips her hair and enters her car and drives off.

*******

Meanwhile, Anna and Sean has taken Lucas to a nearby hospital... They're in the waiting room, waiting for the doctor's report.

Anna sits a little away from Sean creating a space between them... She glares at him.

"This is what you want, right?"

"What I want?" Sean asked feeling confused.

"Why did you lie to us? You told us Andre isn't coming to the show, why? To watch this happen?"

Sean sighs and moved closer to Anna, but she glares at him icly and moves away.

"Baby, I swear I didn't expect this would happen... I only wanted to surprise you guys"

Anna stares at him unbelievably.

"You know your friend's temperament.. how exactly did you think this would surprise him?" She scoffs. "You wanted to surprise us... wow! How surprising!" She said in a mock excitement. "I'm sorry, but I know Andre, he wouldn't have act that way if Lucas didn't kiss Debby..." "Yeah, I know... Kissing wasn't part of our plan but beating him up in public like that?"

"It doesn't seem right... But if I was in Andre's shoes, I'd do the same thing!" "Oh? Really?"

He nods.

"Letting someone else kiss my girl in front of the whole world... It's an indirect way of claiming her in front of everyone.. telling the whole world that Debby is his... I'm not in support of that!" Anna thought about it and found some sense in it... but it's her career on the line, she just lost a great opportunity.

"But had it been you told me he's gonna attend the show, I'd have find a way to avoid this... now I'll be the one to pay for Lucas's medical bills... what about the money I spent on those designs... gone!" "Baby I...."

The doctor came and interrupted whatever he has to say.

"Who's responsible for Mr Craig?"

"I am!" I replied.

"Ok.... so, we managed to stabilize him but his face was seriously wounded... due to the hard impact we found some blood clots around his brain and we removed them.... but we'll have to wait for his CT scan before we'll make further comments!"

Anna sighed in relief.

"Thank God he's ok!"

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"If you'll excuse me... I have other things to do" the doctor said... Anna makes way for him and thanks him.

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Debby's pov

I stare at Andre's phone on the table as it rings endlessly.... it's his mother calling but he's ignoring it.

He has been ignoring different calls... maybe it's better that way to avoid offending other people.

"Do something to stop that phone from bloody ringing!!" He growled lowly.

I reached for the phone and answered it.

"Hello, Mrs Knight"

"Debby?" She asked.

"Yes...."

"Debby are you alright?" She cuts me off in a worried tone.

"I'm fine"

"Andre... he didn't lash out on you, right?"

I shake my head, then I remembered she won't see me.

"No" I replied.

Well, he hasn't lash out on me yet... I know very well that he'll scold me but maybe he's waiting to resolve the issue with the media first.

"I saw the news... and I was worried he'll mistakenly hurt out of anger" she said.

"I'm fine, don't worry!" I assured her.

"Please try not to provoke him too much... Just stay calm even if he's scolding you, ok?"

"I will"

"Take care!"

"You too" she hangs up.

She doesn't sound like she's mad at me.. right?

Just then, Phoebe comes in.

"Mr Knight, it's time for the conference" she reports.

Andre got up and adjust his suit, he turns his head towards me.

"You're coming with me!" He said... more like command, but I dared not complain.

I got up and followed him.

Click... click... click..

The reporters starts taking pictures as we step in the conference room.

Andre turns to me and pulled me closer..... then he crashed his lips on mine.

My eyes grew wide.... ok, I don't know why he's kissing me now.

Is it because of jealousy? Or to pass a message to everyone?