Christy's POV
Evans immediately took action and the sound of bone breaking and the muffled groans of the Bodyguard filled the air.
"Kendrick, let me explain" Celeste said as she quickly walked towards him arrogantly.
"And you are?" He asked her coldly.
She immediately stopped in her tracks, her arrogant expression immediately vanished.
"I am Celeste, Raina's best friend" she said with a smile while staring at him with so much infatuation.
"Miss Martinez?" He asked with a raised brow and she nodded happily.
"It's been three years since we last met, so it is understandable that you couldn't recognize me at first," she said with a shy expression.
I couldn't believe she was the same person that was threatening to tear me apart a few minutes ago.
She seems like a totally different person in front of Kendrick.
"Let's go," Kendrick said to me, completely ignoring her.
"Are you going back to the capital? I am also going, so can I come with you?" She asked quickly when she saw us getting into the car.
"No, I don't like strangers in my space" he said coldly before slamming the door shut.
On hearing his reply, her expression immediately turned sour and she looked at me with hatred but I just got into the car with a smile.
I sat in the back seat with him while Evans drove. I could feel her eyes on me and I didn't even bother to look in her direction.
She can go kiss a transformer for all I care, I thought and smiled.
"You look good" Kendrick suddenly said while staring at his phone.
I stared at him in surprise and smiled again.
"Thanks" I said as I have gotten used to his habit of not saying much.
"We are going directly to the airport, something urgent came up in the capital" he informed me without bothering to look at me.
I didn't have anything keeping me here in the first place, so I didn't have any objections.
"You don't want to?" His voice pulled me out of my thoughts and I turned to see him staring at me.
"It's fine, I was just lost in thought" I replied quickly and we fell into another awkward silence.
Before I knew it, we were in a plane going to the capital.I looked out the window and whispered a good bye to my past.
I felt someone's gaze on me but I didn't bother checking, as I already knew who was staring at me.
Kendrick has this weird habit of staring at me, at first I was uncomfortable but now I have gotten used to it.
"Come here" he said with an emotionless tone.
I turned around to see him focused on me, his eyes were roaming over my body and I immediately felt hot.
"Come here" he repeated again and I slowly walked to him.
I slowly sat down on the seat opposite him and stared back at him without any fear.
He suddenly touched my face with his fingers, then he slowly moved it down to my collar bone.
"When we get to the capital, we will have to live and act like a real couple. That includes getting intimate in front of others, sleeping in the same room and attending events together" he paused to observe my expression.
"But in private, there won't be anything between us, no emotional attachment and no games, it is purely a transaction and you will get paid at the end" he concluded with a serious expression.
"I understand and won't cross the line" I said before moving his fingers away from me.
He seemed to have forgotten that he was touching me and cleared his throat awkwardly.
The rest of the trip was relatively quiet and when we finally arrived, we were surrounded by reporters at the exit.
"Stay back" Evans barked angrily at the clamoring reporters.
But they seemed to not hear him as they kept pushing and shoving their mics in Kendrick's face.
He was extremely quiet and just stared expressionlessly at them.
"Please stand back" he finally spoke up and the reporters immediately quieted down but they kept pushing their mic forward.
I just realized that Kendrick might be more influential and wealthy than I had earlier thought.
"Mr Black, you have been gone for three years. Where have you been?
"There was a rumor circulating before you left, did you go into hiding because it was true?
"Is it true that you don't like women but men?
The reporters just kept throwing questions at him while he just stood and stared emotionlessly at them.
I was tired from the flight and the voices of the reporters were starting to give me a headache, so I decided to help out.
I moved forward and wrapped my arms around Kendrick's waist, his body immediately tensed up but he quickly relaxed.
"As you all can see, my girlfriend is tired and needs to rest," he said to the reporters who had different expressions on their faces.
From how some reacted, I figured that they might have been paid by someone to make Kendrick trend for all the wrong reasons.
"How are we sure she isn't just someone you randomly picked up to combat the rumors?" A female reporter asked with a smile.
I took a deep breath and grabbed Kendrick's collar before slowly kissing him.
I don't know what came over me and wanted to pull away after I came back to my senses but he held my head and deepened the kiss, sucking out all my breath.
By the time he finally let me go, my lips were already swollen and I was out of breath.
"Any other question?" He asked the reporters but they just stared at us like they had seen something extraordinary.
"Let's go" he said to me and Evans immediately cleared a path for us to easily walk through.
I didn't want to face him after what just happened, so I walked behind him.
"The new driver just called, he said he is outside" Evans informed him and led us to the direction of the car.
On getting to the car, the driver door opened and a man dressed in blue drivers uniform stepped out.
Mark?
I stared at him in shock, as he greeted Kendrick with a bow and swiftly opened the back door for him to get in.
I couldn't believe that the job which he bragged about was to work as a driver and unfortunately for him, his new Boss turned out to be Kendrick.
"What are you doing here?!" Mark asked angrily when he finally noticed me.
"Are you following me around?"
I just stared at him as he blasted me with several questions, without waiting for me to say anything.
I ignored him and cat walked to get into the car but he blocked me when I wanted to open it.
"This isn't the place for someone like you, so leave before you are thrown out" he warned me angrily but I just ignored him and got into the back seat.
He stared at me in shock as I got into the backseat.