Valerie slept nervously. She kept forcing herself to fall asleep and close her eyes. But Arthur's image kept appearing in Valerie's mind, those cold eyes kept haunting Valerie.

"What should I do tomorrow? Should I pretend to forget everything that happened?" Valerie opened her eyes and looked up at the ceiling of her room. But Valerie was still wondering where Arthur had gone after that incident.

Flashback.

Valerie took a hesitant step, stepping out of the wooden door that separated her and Arthur- Arthur had managed to make her mood a mess.

With her head down, she tried to walk with courage. Although her shoulders were heavy with the embarrassment of looking up at Arthur. Valerie walked quickly to his desk, immediately wanting to hide his face behind the stack of files on the desk.

She chose to act casual, and started to finish all the pending files without even glancing at the desk not far from her- the incident just now put Valerie in a bad mood.

"Focus Valerie, don't look ahead anymore!" Valerie's mind continued to hold her eyes were still curious to see Arthur's face.

Valerie kept looking at Arthur as he pretended to look the other way when in fact, his current goal was to see Arthur.

"Where is he?" Valerie immediately got up from his chair, when he saw that Arthur had not been at his desk for a long time and Valerie stupidly did not realize it.

"When did he leave? Why didn't he leave me a message?" Valerie also wondered how quickly Arthur had left. Valerie's feet walked closer to Arthur's desk, hoping to find some information on where the man had gone. That's right! A note was posted on the wooden desk.

"I'm leaving! Don't wait for me to come back, cancel all meetings today." That was all Valerie could read from the message Arthur left.

"Did you think I would wait for you? Who are you?" Valerie shrugged his shoulders and returned with a calmer feeling knowing Arthur would not be back in the office. At least Valerie was much more relaxed about finishing the work that had almost made him sick.

"Shitt!" Valerie cursed as she unintentionally remembered the naughty thing that had just happened between her and Arthur and her hand accidentally touched his lips.

"Do I look like someone who is crazy about rich men now?" Valerie seemed to be laughing at herself for the strange thoughts that appeared in her little brain.

Time went by so fast that the file Valerie was working on was now finished. He had also printed it in the form of a file which he now kept in a black folder, before he stood up and tidied up his equipment Valerie also prayed that he would not make any more mistakes.

"God may this time Arthur receive this file without asking to recreate it again, I have received enough bad luck today. I will accept it as a lesson for myself." Valerie placed the black folder on the table next to Arthur's stack of files. For a moment Valerie was silent as he continued to think about what Arthur's words meant which was still unsolved for him.

Valerie gazed at the view from the large window beside Arthur's desk. The afternoon sky was beautiful despite the view of the building in front of her, but for Valerie, this was a very beautiful view she was like being in the clouds considering she was on the 27th floor of a very tall building that Valerie had ever felt.

"Miss, are you finished?" Suddenly there was a knock on the door, and Depson's voice immediately greeted Valerie's hearing. Stopping Valerie from enjoying the view in front of her.

"Yeah, I'm done." Valerie immediately followed Depson's footsteps and closed Arthur's room.

In the past week, Valerie had become accustomed to receiving sidelong glances from other workers who looked strangely at Valerie. Some of them did not even hesitate to whisper to each other when Valerie and Depson passed by.

Valerie knew that they would think the same as she did. That she looked more privileged, what's more since the incident this morning made Valerie feel scared to work the next day because she was afraid that she would be in the spotlight and the center of attention.

"Depson, can I ask you a question?" Valerie ventured to ask Depson even though they had only known each other for a week.

"I'll answer all your questions Miss as long as it's something I can say." Valerie nodded as she received approval from Depson.

"How long have you been working with Arthur?" Valerie just wanted to make sure that she could get more information about Arthur if she found the right person to know.

"I've been working with Mr. Arthur since 10 years ago...More precisely when Mr. Arthur had just taken the helm of the company, what is it, Miss?" Valerie was also surprised to hear how long Depson had been working with Arthur, it was not impossible that Depson did not know all of Arthur's mysterious traits

"Nothing, I'm just asking that." Valerie held many questions that she still wanted to say, but she chose to stop her words.

Flashback off

While she was thinking about things, the doorbell of her apartment suddenly rang again. Suddenly Valerie, who had now moved to sit at the dining table, felt frightened considering that it was already 10 p.m.

"It can't be a guest coming to visit, and it can't be Depson." Valerie was still talking in her heart, she also felt confused whether to open the door or not. she remembered that there was no one she knew in this French country besides Depson.

Valerie chose not to care and did not move her body to check who was coming. It was better not to be curious, so it wouldn't be a problem for her but suddenly the door to her apartment clicked open.

Valerie's eyes immediately lit up the face of the man who appeared in the dim light of the lamp in the living room.

"Arthur!" Valerie accidentally called Arthur's name without formality. He was still in shock that the man was now standing in front of him.

"Why don't you open the door for hmm..." Arthur casually kissed the top of Valerie's head, he also immediately pulled one of the dining table chairs and sat in front of Valerie. who was still unaware of what was happening.

"Why are you here? Ah I mean how do you know the accent code of this apartment door?" Valerie swallowed her saliva with difficulty, Arthur was much scarier than the psychopath in the movie Valerie had seen. Arthur was far more frightening than that and dangerous.

"Are you forgetting that I own this apartment? And another thing you need to know is that the access code for this door is my birthday... so, it's pretty easy for me to get in and out." Arthur crossed his arms in front of his body, his eyes looked at Valerie with a cold face but a faint smile still graced his thin lips.

"Ah, I forgot that you are the owner, how stupid of me." Valerie laughed to alleviate the nervousness that always arose when Arthur was in such proximity to her.

"What brings you here at this time of night, sir?" Valerie glanced at the brown envelope lying on the table.

"To make an appointment," Arthur answered briefly because he felt this was the right time to make Valerie his own.

"A deal? What do you mean?" Valerie did not understand what kind of agreement Arthur was referring to.

Arthur pulled a white sheet of paper from the brown envelope and placed it in front of Valerie.

"A treaty that you must agree to to be mine." Arthur casually said that which made Valerie, who was still transfixed, read the contents of the agreement.

"What do you mean you're buying me as your lust-satisfying slave? Your knitting warmer?" Valerie only briefly summarized the core meaning contained in the letter of intent.

"You can say and think that...because that's exactly what I mean, but you need to understand that you are different from the other bitches out there. All I can say is that I own you and no one else can touch you, and I will make sure that everything you need and want will always be fulfilled." Valerie was only looking for what he could find in Arthur's eyes but was now looking deeply into his.

"But why should I, I mean...there are plenty of women out there who can go along with your strange whims." For a moment Valerie forgot the formal relationship between the two of them, Valerie just couldn't believe that there was a freak like Arthur with this ridiculous agreement.

"I only want you! Not anyone else!" Arthur instantly raised his tone, taking Valerie by surprise for a few moments before he regained his composure.

"What if I refuse." Valerie looked Arthur squarely in the eye as well, he shook off his fear for a moment to face Arthur and strongly reject this ridiculous deal.

"I'll make sure you get thrown in a worse place. Either you, working as a lustful old man or you become one of my rotating collection of women. I'll be sure to keep my word if you refuse me" Arthur looked at Valerie's frightened face, he could be sure that Valerie would bow and agree to his wishes. Because Arthur could no longer hold back any longer to make Valerie his favorite doll.

Valerie closed her eyes hoping that what she was seeing and hearing was just a dream. Valerie also wished that when he woke up from his dream he was still in Chicago lying on his old bed in his small rental flat.

It wasn't wealth that Valerie wanted here, he wanted freedom right now instead of choosing to be trapped in Arthur's hell. No one will care whether Valerie dies or lives but, he still has himself. He may be a widower but he can never give up on taking action.

"How long?" Valerie opened her eyes and looked again into Arthur's eyes which were the thing she hated the most right now.

"What do you mean by how long?" Now it was Arthur who felt confused when he got an answer from Valerie.

"How long do I have to be your doll? How long do I have to satisfy your lust? I need to know how long that limit is before I make a choice." Valerie raised his tone of voice in frustration, if he cried now would Arthur pay him any attention? Would Arthur ever forget this, unfortunately, Valerie didn't deserve to shed tears for a demon like Arthur.

"Without limits! Until I get bored." Arthur answered that casually.

"One year, I will agree to this contract if it is valid for only one year. After that, let me go." Valerie made an offer that Arthur immediately agreed to without a second thought.

"I agree." Arthur handed Valerie a pen and she hesitated at first, but eventually pressed the scribbled ink on the border of her name.

Arthur also signed the agreement with a sense of happiness, because for him it was quite easy to make Valerie melt into his doll.

Arthur put down the pen in his hand, his hand now moved to touch one of Valerie's thighs, and rubbed it with abstract movements. Arthur brought his face closer to Valerie's.

"You have to remember baby... You can't fall in love with me, and secondly, you can't get pregnant with my child." Arthur's other hand touched Valerie's chin and brought those lips back to him to crush them sensuously.

Valerie's lips made Arthur feel addicted, he loved his puppet this time.

"Don't try to argue with me, baby! Or you'll feel the punishment every time you break it." Arthur's hand had now moved to squeeze one of Valerie's buttocks, making Valerie just close his eyes against the painful sensation of Arthur's rough treatment.

Valerie's eyes slowly opened. She could not sleep how she could sleep peacefully, in the arms of a strange man who was currently fast asleep next to her body. Until this moment Valerie hated herself, more precisely she felt disgusted with her own body. She looked like a bitch right now, if only things weren't like this. Then Valerie would feel happier and calmer if they did it out of mutual love.

Valerie let go of Arthur's embrace on her body, she quickly walked to the bathroom and skipped all her clothes that were now lying on the floor of the room. Valerie's only thought at the moment was to lose track of Arthur on her body, taking a shower in the morning was never in Valerie's dictionary. But all that he would do often from this moment on, he would remove all the perfume from Arthur's body that clung to his body.

"I hate you, Arthur!!! Damn why I met you that day and now I regret it." Valerie could only curse Arthur in his heart as he turned on the shower and soaked his entire body.

Why did she look so miserable right now? Valerie had never imagined that he would be in such a sad position as in the story of his sad novel. And now that everything was happening for real, Valerie didn't know what to do, it was too late for regrets.

Valerie took a good amount of liquid soap, she rubbed roughly all over her body which left reddish marks due to Arthur's savage actions.

"God, can I cry just once? I promise after this I won't cry over the same thing." Valerie whispered as her body collapsed on the cold floor, Valerie cried as she bent her knees.

The flash of romance that happened a few

The flash of romance that happened a few hours ago haunted Valerie's mind.