Olivia Sparks

Rockaway Tower

Olivia's stomach boiled in anger and fury as she stood rooted in her place. Maxen just returned his generic phone to Jack and her eyes wandered around the room, looking for the nearest thing to hurl his way.

"If you're thinking of throwing that vase on me, think again. I will dodge that and I will buy you another one until all the stuff in your apartment belongs to me. Including you." He cracked his neck whilst buttoning his suit jacket.

Maxen's clear blue eyes pierced through Olivia and the coldness in his voice matched the color of his orbs yet she didn't budge nor cower.

Why would she be scared when he was clearly in the wrong for overstepping his boundaries?

Amus.e.m.e.nt flickered in Maxen's eyes as he witnessed Olivia flip her hair over her shoulders and fold her arms across her c.h.e.s.t looking like a lioness holding her ground.

"When are you going to start listening to me, Maxen?" she asked, rolling her shoulders. She looked adorable even when her nose flared and imaginary steam shot out from her ears in anger.

So instead of answering her question, he replied with a question of his own, mirroring her stance, "What's wrong with going with you to your doctor's appointment?"

"Didn't you hear what I just said? I said…"

"I heard you the first time, okay?" Maxen cut her mid-sentence. "Why can't you just accept my company? What's so wrong about going out of my way so you can have someone beside you as your doctor does his thing?"

"That's the problem, Maxen. You didn't even ask me first. You can't just do as you please. This is my life and you don't call the shots in it."

"Okaaaay. I'll ask next time. Jesus! Why do you have to be so worked up on this? Why do we have to fight over a doctor's appointment? Aren't you supposed to be all giddy that I am coming with you?"

"You don't get it, do you? Okay, but just so you know, there won't be a next time." Olivia's voice cracked, a lump stuck in her throat that she had to force down.

It's not that she didn't want him to tag along, it's because she's not used to having someone beside her during those times. It was uncomfortable for her to say the least. But how could she tell him that without sounding like a damsel in distress? That's the last thing she ever wanted to look like.

She slung the strap of her bag on her shoulders and sauntered out of her apartment. She knew if she stayed another second, things would go flying in her apartment and the last thing she wanted was him carrying out his threat of replacing everything that she would break.

By the time they reached the elevator, their entourage, consisting of MIB2, Shadow, Jack, and Secretary Gail, stood quietly and waited in bated breath, silently praying that the brewing war masked by the white noise silence would soon die down.

Secretary Gail pressed the button and stepped back right away to give more wiggle room for her boss. She glanced at Jack who had his eyes closed whilst blowing small puffs of air.

She shrugged when Jack communicated to her through his eyes as if telling her to talk her boss into raising the white flag and let Maxen come along with Olivia in peace.

But what exactly could she do to help anyway? She's a secretary and her job description was to follow orders from her boss. Besides, it was obvious that Maxen and Olivia were two alphas who would b.u.t.t heads as long as they are together. She'd rather keep mum and let the two figure things out. After all, there could only be one person behind the driver's seat.

The sound of the elevator doors opening broke the white noise silence in the hallway. Maxen and Olivia entered first, shadowed by the rest of their entourage.

With the elevator switch key that Jack got from the building's security office, he manually operated the elevator so that nobody could access it during their descent to the bas.e.m.e.nt parking.

After the incident with Fiona, the last thing that Jack wanted was bumping into one of Maxen's old flames. However, that's at the bottom of his list of concerns.

What bothers him the most was the accounting. He shook his head when the numbers of Maxen's last stunt flashed in his mind. It cost the Sui Family millions to fly him back to the country just so he could appease Olivia.

On top of that, the scandal of the missed engagement that took years of planning would forever haunt Jack's clean record.

Behind the sea of assistants and body guards, Maxen happily tapped his foot on the steel floor. He felt victorious after winning their argument earlier that he felt like hugging his trophy. So he wrapped his hand on Olivia's waist and started peppering the length of her neck with soft and hot kisses. He made sure to kiss her s.e.n.s.i.t.i.v.e spot, the skin behind her earlobe first, just to weaken her defenses.

However, instead of turning into jelly, Olivia fought back, digging the heel of her stiletto on his leather shoe and the seething glare that she gave him was a promise that she would get back at him with another round of vengeance.

Her nostrils flared as she held onto her anger because she didn't want to make a scene in the enclosed space that they were in, but he would for sure get what he wished for.

Olivia's mute defiance energized Maxen more. He had a field day pushing her buttons, smiling amidst all the stomping and elbowing she did to him while he tightened his hug and made loud smacking kisses on her neck and her face. Little did he know of the ramifications of his action once they step outside.

Upon reaching the bas.e.m.e.nt parking, the group walked towards the standing cars by the curb.

There were two identical cars which belonged to Maxen and Olivia's car which Uncle Jin alighted to hold the car door open for Olivia.

Everything fell back to business.

The group split to their respective cars.

Jack, Secretary Gail and MIB2 marched towards one of Maxen's car to share one car and left the other identical car empty as a decoy for security measure.

The other half of the group—Olivia, Maxen and Shadow made their way towards Uncle Jin. They can only use Olivia's car to enter the Lin mansion and the rest of the envoy could only wait outside to avoid Henry Lin's detection.

All of a sudden, Olivia called Secretary Gail's attention. "Gail, please cancel the moving services for my apartment and the lease contract for East Hangar too."

Maxen halted his steps. He scratched the skin above his eyebrow as he thought carefully of his next words. Was this her pay back?

Last night they agreed to move into his penthouse and keep her apartment as an office and today she pulled the rug under him in one swoop motion with what she said.

Olivia advanced to the car, every thud of her stiletto gave fright to Maxen who tightened his grip on the car door's frame. It was her warning that she didn't care for his title – there are hundreds of princes around the world… just like him. And she, Olivia Lin, would not bend to the whims of a prince.

Maxen tipped his head to Uncle Jin, prompting the the old man to let him hold the door for Olivia. "Seriously? Let's stop annoying each other, Olivia."

"More like, stop annoying me, Maxen." She raised a single brow at him before she entered the car to seek shelter from the heat of the bas.e.m.e.nt parking.

"Don't listen to her." Maxen barked at Secretary Gail.

He drew his gaze to Olivia inside the car and saw for himself as she sat inside with her legs crossed, disregarding him by looking at her reflection on the car window on the other side.

After taking a sharp breath, Maxen dragged his glare from Olivia to Secretary Gail who stood unperturbed outside. He sneered in his thoughts as he came to a conclusion: The boss is imperious, of course it rubbed off on her assistant too.

"Enjoy the rest of your day, Your Highness." Secretary Gail held a blank as a canvass look on her face, bowing before she retreated to the other waiting car.

"Oliviaaa," Maxen pleaded, tickling Olivia's ears. She loved how he crooned her name, dragging the last syllable: O-li-viaaa.

She uncrossed her legs and scooted towards the open door. Out from the shadows revealed a sinister cunning smile that painted her beautiful face, a blast of cold air sent shivers to Maxen's spine.

Subconsciously, he scratched the skin above his eyebrows again. He may have gotten what he wanted now but she made sure that she would shatter his dream: Her in his bed tucked in his arms every night.

"Maxen baby," she purred as she played with his tie, "Aren't you coming with me to my doctor's appointment?"