“Goddamit Scarlett, pick up the damn phone!” Adrian groaned, pressing his phone against his ear. The phone finished ringing and yet Scarlett did not pick up. He let out another loud groan and then sent her a text message which simply piled up along with the ones he had previously sent.
Since she angrily left his apartment after he refused to touch her any further, she had refused to answer his calls. Adrian was afraid that she would go ahead and give her virginity to Ethan, that is if she hadn't done it already. He didn't like the attitude she was giving him, it made him restless.
Ever since he discovered that Scarlett was the girl who saved him when he couldn't defend himself, his perspective of her changed. Maybe it was because of the attachment and respect he had towards her back then but he wasn't sure why he was suddenly so protective and concerned about her.
He decided to call her one more time but she still didn't take his call. He was sure that she was close to her phone, as she always was. That meant that she was ignoring him on purpose.
After being unsuccessful in reaching Scarlett, Adrian left for the office in his car. He decided to distract himself with work but occasionally, Scarlett would come to his mind and he would wonder if she was okay.
He was checking the invoices when Joey walked in. They exchanged greetings and Joey sat in front of him, noticing how disturbed he was.
“What about those items that we paid for? Have they been delivered?” Adrian questioned after some moments of silence between them.
“Yes, just early this morning,” Joey answered and Adrian simply nodded. Joey could tell that something was bothering his friend so he decided to ask.
“Is everything okay? You're kinda withdrawn this morning.”
“I'm fine.” Adrian nodded without looking up from the computer.
“Alright then.” Joey decided to go along with it because he knew that Adrian would tell him what the problem was when he was ready.
“So what about that friend of yours? Did he manage to get rid of the obsessive girl?” He asked, starting up a new conversation. Adrian raised his head instantly but tried to mask his anxiety.
He cleared his throat and nodded his head. “Yes, but my friend isn't pleased with that idea anymore. He doesn't like that the girl has stopped disturbing him.”
“Then maybe your friend is in love with her.” Joey grinned and Adrian's eyes widened at his words.
“What do you mean you in love with her?” He asked doubtfully and Joey shrugged.
“Well, that's the only possible explanation for what you just said.”
“Anyway, before I forget, Scarlett's Haven Foundation sent us an invite for their fundraising as usual.”
“Oh... give them donations and make sure to represent me that day,” Adrian answered, focusing on his work again.
“How long will you keep working at the club?” Joey asked again and Adrian was annoyed that he was asking so many questions.
“When I get what I desire, then I will stop.” He answered nonetheless.
“And when will that be? You don't even pay attention to that woman anymore. And since when do you have another friend that I don't know of? What exactly is going on?” Joey stared at Adrian who seemed to be getting uncomfortable.
Adrian cleared his throat as his brain searched for words to reply to Joey with.
“Tell me Adrian, who's the girl you're in love with? I'm surprised that a woman has you worked up like this.” Joey shook his head.
“Um..” Adrian cleared his throat again, getting even more uncomfortable. He got to his feet after closing his laptop.
“I have to go somewhere, I'll be back soon.” He hurried out before Joey got the chance to ask him any further questions. He got into his car and drove to Scarlett's school, hoping to find her in her penthouse.
He got to the penthouse but her car wasn't parked and wasn't at the park where she usually parked it so he drove off to her department, believing that she would be done with her classes for the day since it was already past six in the evening. He noticed how scanty her department was and wondered why she would still be in school. He searched around for her car and finally sighted it where she parked it.
He came down from his car and headed over to the car hoping to find her around the area but to his surprise, he saw her standing beside the car with a middle-aged man who had his eyes pinned to her boobs. He was almost drooling and Scarlett was intentionally pushing her chest forwards while speaking to him. Adrian got pissed off, he couldn't believe what he was seeing. He was angry at Scarlett and even more disgusted at the man.
“Scarlett!” He yelled, walking over to them. They both turned to look at him with Scarlett grinning. Adrian glared at the man, took Scarlett's wrist, and started dragging her away.
“See you later Professor William!” Scarlett yelled before Adrian took her away. He dragged her over to his car before letting go of her hand.
“Get into the car and let's go.” He ordered. Scarlett didn't say a word to him. Instead, she went over to her car, got in, and drove off. Adrian followed her immediately and they arrived at her penthouse at the same time. Adrian was visibly pissed, Scarlett could see it clearly but she acted dumb to it and entered the house.
Adrian followed her all the way to the living room and watched her settle on the couch with rage still burning in him.
“What do you think you're doing?” He fired at her with a frown.
“What connection do you have with that professor and why was he looking at you like that?”
Scarlett simply smiled and crossed her legs. “I'm just using him.” Her response came simply.
“Using him? What do you mean by that? Using him by sleeping with him?” Adrian shouted, he was already losing it.
“Isn't that what men want? Turns out that the professor can't resist me either.” She giggled and Adrian smirked.
“What the fuck is wrong with you Scarlett!? Must you sleep with everyone? How many dicks do you want inside that pussy of yours!? Why are you fucking around like some slut?” He snapped, staring at her with pure rage.
Scarlett couldn't bear that he was yelling so much at her, she stared back at him with red eyes, almost on the brink of tears. “My mom told me once, that one has to sleep their way to the top. It's not my fault that I'm like this. Besides, I can handle the professor. Trust me.”
“Oh.. so you want to turn out like your mother? Fucking different dicks all the time, sleeping around and breaking people's families?” Adrian inquired with his fingers flying in the air.
“My mom never breaks any family, those men come to her willingly.” She defended.
“Oh really? And yet look what happened to your father because of her slut life. Sleep your way to the top indeed!” He fired, and she stared back at him with hot tears threatening to fall from her eyes.
“Just when I thought you were different from your mom, you proved me wrong. An apple doesn't fall too far from the tree anyway, you're both birds of the same feather.”
Scarlett had heard enough already and sprung to her feet, raising her hand to slap him but he caught her wrist and held it in the air, watching tears roll down her cheeks.
“I'm not my mom. I can never be my mom.” She yelled out and Adrian let go of her hand before walking out in annoyance.
“Darn it!!” He groaned, hitting the steering wheel as he drove like it was the cause of his problems. He drove to the club and told Victoria to meet him in his office immediately.
She entered the office and smiled at him, seductively walking over to him.
“Hi there my buffalo.” She said but Adrian wasn't in the mood for any of that.
“Strip and bend over.” He ordered.
“Why do you sound that way?” Victoria questions, fueling Adrian's anger.
“Bend over like the slut you are and stop asking me useless questions!” He growled and she quickly obeyed, feeling less of herself.
Adrian couldn't care less about her feelings. He went to stand behind her and took off his pants, he thrust mercilessly into her and fucked her like a whore, inflicting pain on her which made her cry out. He didn't stop, he continued to pound her like she was an object, his head filled with thoughts of Scarlett.
He blamed himself. He was pissed with himself, blaming himself for making Scarlett cry.
“How am I going to fix this?” he muttered to himself.