"I am not kidding either. At least not with a lucky meat like you!"
Jordan uttered as Hattiea's eyes widened at his indirect use of humour.

There was something he tried to imply by that 'lucky meat' but Hattiea was too distracted to give it a thought.

Her entire attention was directed on how Jordan held her captured.

Seemingly wearing a pair of high heels with a long revealing gown tonight was a huge mistake.

She fount it difficult to handle her own weight at this situation, while struggling to strengthen herself.

But soon she felt Jordan wrapping his arms around her more tightly making her unable to move...

Hattiea landed upon Jordan's warm embrace while trying to balance herself, although the amount of rude force he applied was a messy move indeed.

Jordan pulled her forward towards him with a deep sigh. That gave Hattiea clear chills down her spine.

Her heart raced million times faster and her pupils dilated in clear fear at this point. He was not at all using force on her like earlier.

He was in fact being very gentle while holding her with more respect and delicacy.

But still all of his attempts failed convinced her that he had any pure intentions for her.

She was still terrified of him touching her because he was still a stranger to her.

"What do you mean?"
Hattiea questioned, dread was clearly visible in her eyes for him.

It also made her wonder for another minute whether hitting him triggered him or he was like this the entire the time?

His eyes were dark.

Hattiea was cursing herself in her head to come here alone. She should have just stick up with Jayson's side the entire time, at least that way she wouldn't have to deal with the stranger all alone...

Why did she have to be the one to run away from him?' The washroom's excuse backfired her. She thought as a hint of glossiness clouded her vision.

Hattiea then felt Jordan coming closer to her face making her eyes widen at his audacity, his minty uneven breaths caressed her face.

What is he up to?' She flinched at the thought.

Sweat beads on her forehead and neck formed in tension as she was not able to break herself free from his embrace.

He was more intimidating now than he was before... his eyes were now angry which was scaring her guts more.

She felt him getting more and more closer to her face to the point where she even felt her nose barely touching something soft as his skin.

His lips approached her ear.

Just as much she wanted to push him away from her but the way he held her on his hold was a total mess to get away from, one wrong move and her gown might be torn in two.

Facing such a wardrobe malfunction was difficult at a social gathering like this. She would not want to make headlines wearing a torn gown while exiting the event.

That would be humiliating as well, hence acknowledging the helpless situation of her own she could not move a single muscle at this rate.

Even if she does try to be a little brave then she was only going to hurt her ankle pretty badly and also have to face the consequences of being half naked in front of this pervert stranger.

He was so smart to tangle her like that, his right hand had the whole control over her attire, his one pull was needed to rip her gown in pieces.

Hattiea was not feeling any good vibes from him to begin with but then something unexpected happened taking her by one huge surprise.

She felt heat near her right ear, what she assumed the stranger spoke next...
"You are one bold woman to land your hand on me!"

"And lucky too because you are still breathing."
Jordan's voice made her flinch.
His words were not easy as she got startled.

It took her by surprise to hear him, he was threatening her life?

Who could he be to threaten her life like that?' Hattiea shivered at the thought of his words.

She still had questions about his identity, he dared to speak such words as if killing and hurting people has always been a normal thing for him but was it so?

"Also talking about testing your fists on me, it can do no damage to me. So instead of wasting time on trying to fight me off, let's get everything straight. Get used to see me more often..."
Suddenly Hattiea felt nothing around her, letting go off by her waist after being down speaking Jordan seemingly distanced himself from her.

Feeling him backing off from her made her stumble back to the wall in order to avoid collapsing down on the floor...

Her legs were wobbly that she could take enough notice at that minute. She was stunned as she looked at him still being dead serious.

He was not joking.

Obviously he was.

Not even a hint of tease showcased over his features.

"Get used to see me more often and the quicker the better, prepare yourself because I will be everything you are seeing very now and then. Quit fearing me because I intend no harm to you, not when you are all I need so desperately and I mean every word I say..."
He spoke while nodding his head at some sort of understanding, she assumed.

"Today you don't want to come with me, that is fine but soon you will. You will find your own way to me, searching me, reaching me, wanting me."
Jordan uttered seriously eyeing the diamond ring on her ring finger for one last time before moving his eyes up to her face again.

"And I will be waiting for that day to come, I will be waiting for you to seek my service yourself. I will be waiting for you."
Stating that Jordan turned his shoe and walked away like nothing even happened between him and her a while ago.

Like he did not even followed her.

Like he did not even get slapped.

Like the last 10 minutes never even happened.

Hattiea's lips trembled at the entire realisation.

As much as the words of that stranger didn't make sense to her at all, she still knew better that he was not joking with her.

Absolutely not.

The fact that he claimed, she would search for him and seek for his service soon was one huge commitment to make.

And as much as he sounded pretty serious earlier, he also did seem quite predictive about his words. Like she will eventually come to him finding him one day.

Her frown deepened upon that very thought, thinking about what he just said seemed more like a assurance than a challenge based on the matter of his ego.

He disappeared in the thin air from her sight in seconds after leaving her still in a huge shock to recover any faster.

Hattiea started breathing heavily as her hand worked in erasing the sweat beats on her forehead.

Taking a minute to fix herself, Hattiea finally dared to return back.

The charity event was about to start any minute, the hall filled with the guests were still busy talking to mind her absence yet.

Her chocolate eyes momentarily scanned the hall in caution landing again on where the VIP guests of tonight were sitting.

Not quite sure why she did that, guess she just wanted to make sure Jordan would not cause any disturbance again.

Hattiea's thought processes certainly got jammed after that creepy little encounter with him, and that explains why she was being extremely cautious now about being alone again.

Strict goosebumps crawled her entire back as she found Jordan already being seated on his seat where the other VIPs were seated while he had his eyes on her.

He was watching her. Closely, as she walked in crowd of people.

Strangely among the other few VIPs of tonight, Jordan was the youngest. Along with a man by his man who too seemed nearly late 20s like Jordan did.

Sebastian. His friend.

Hattiea assumed they were together here tonight which seemed quite valid immediately when she saw Sebastian frowning and whispering something to Jordan as soon as he came back.

Jordan still not looking away from Hattiea, said something back. Unfazed, he looked like he cared for none but only her.

Hattiea fisted her gown on her sides breaking the contact almost immediately as she stalked towards where she left Jayson before.

The entire time, never once she wished to stick by Jayson's side like she'd been wanting now.

She so wanted to not think about the stranger or his words ever again.

Certainly Jayson was still busy with one of his business partner when Hattiea approached him, his eyes immediately fell on her as he reached for her waist to hold her.

"What took you so long?"
Frowning a bit he came closer to her right ear, the same manner how Jordan did earlier and whispered slowly.

That made Hattiea's posture strengthen up almost immediately as she gulped hardly.

Though the manner of approach of both the men were alike but the effect Jordan had over Hattiea was incomparable to what Jayson has on her at the moment.

Jordan was still a mystery to Hattiea.

That freaking stranger did so many things without even doing much in the span of only 10 freaking minutes.

It was strange, still so strange to imagine how Jordan was holding her back in the hallways just minutes ago.

Hattiea blinked hard and long just in an intention to forget about Jordan. His face and his words also the way he held her...

She faced Jayson again as she nodded once while replying.
"Took a while to find the restroom!"