The Obstacles of Love

Chapter Five

Josephine POV

As soon as the words leave my mouth I don't hold any regret for what I have said to this horrible man standing in front of me. I have never been this mean to anyone in my entire life the way I am to him. I wait for his reaction expecting him to either walk away or simply nod his head but of course like the rude person he is he just smiles and steps closer to me if that is even possible.

His hands fly up to my hair and tuck behind my ear. My eyes take in the way his hands twirl with a piece of my damped hair. That alone sends a small shiver down my spine. Why do I feel this way around him? Why can't I stop it? He lets off my hair and my eyes meet his beautiful green ones.

"I know that's not true. I can feel the way I make you feel even when I'm hardly touching you." He says his voice gone an octave deeper. Anger starts to bubble up deep inside of me. I won't yell or scream at him to leave me alone. Instead, I take a deep breath and try to compose myself for a moment. "Just because you have gotten every girl you wanted doesn't mean you can have me," I say as I'm crossing my arms.

He raises a brow at me and he once again starts to twirl with a piece of my hair. I try to seem unaffected by his touch but my insides feel like jelly. "Maybe not right now." He says cockily. Why is he being so persistent? Why can't he just accept the fact that he got rejected? I can tell he doesn't take rejection good if not he wouldn't still be here.

"What makes you so sure about that?" I say raising a brow at him. He chuckles "Because I always get what I want and I want you." He says tucking a piece of my hair behind my ear. He eyes me up and down once again. He then looks at my chest and licks his lips. I know I should probably say something as well but I can't I am frozen in place. I am to catch up on the way he is looking at me and the way I am feeling right now.

"Too bad you can't have me," I say finding my voice. But my voice comes out much deeper and not as demanding as I wanted it to be. "If you say so." He says and shrugs. I just want to slap his perfect smile right now. He brings out the worst in me. I have never been a violent person ever.

But the question that I can't seem to get out of my head is why does he want me? The simple and boring orphan girl? He could have any girl he wants but he wants me? That doesn't make any sense there has to be something behind all of this and he probably wants me to sleep with him as he does with every other girl. Then he'll throw me away and forget about me.

I sigh "I'm not going to waste any more time with you. I'm tired and have already told you that I don't want you." I say my voice sounding exhausted. I am exhausted but I am mostly tired of talking to him. He is an exhausting person to be around with. His eyes soften a little bit the mischief behind him gone at hearing my voice. "How about I make you a deal?" He tells me.

I contemplate this on my head I don't want anything to do with Hero and this deal could mean that I would have to be near him and right now that's the last thing that I want. But somehow I find myself agreeing to hear his deal out before I could even make a list of pros. That alone shows how much power he was within me and that scares me. I've had a lot of self-control and restraint in my life but somehow with him, I feel like I'm slowly losing it.

"What is this deal about?" I ask him if it has anything to do with sex I will most certainly turn it on but I am very curious as to what he is offering me. He smirks like he already knew I couldn't resist he knew my curiosity would get the best of me. How is he already reading my head? Maybe I'm just that easy to read. After all, in the orphanage, the sisters always knew what I was up to so I guess that could explain Hero's attitude.