Olivia was with her friend Heira and they were about to enter the venue of the event. Her friend was a famous singer while she was a beauty queen. She won the Miss Star of the World so she went to Singapore months ago for the international competition where she ended up as the second runner up. Her ending up as the second-runner up wasn’t not enough for her mother Carolina Montreal Castillo, Miss Star of the World 1996 which was held in the USA. She almost but her bottom lip when she was reminded again that she would always be just a shadow of her beautiful mother.

"I don't know if I fit in this event Heira. Only popular and famous celebs are here just like you, " she said with a sad voice.

"And why not? Have you forgotten that six months ago, you won..."

"I didn't win. I was just a runner-up,” she bitterly cut in.

They were now inside the building. It was the anniversary of All For Comfort clothing line and the owner’s birthday, Denny Ignacio who was married to a former actress and beauty queen too.

"Gosh Liv! Will you just stop that?! Where’s your confidence?”

“We better get inside before it gets too crowded!” she said ignoring her question.

She wasn’t into this kind of events but she had to go. She didn’t even wanted to join the pageant but her mom forced her too. She shook her head and just sported a smile as they roamed their eyes inside the grand room.

***

Brandon arrived more than twenty minutes ago and he felt that he had too much of the attention he is getting from the hosts and the other guests. He couldn’t blame them since he was after all well-known. He was a total package. Hot-looking, a celeb and filthy rich. Surprisingly, his bad boy image make women swoon.

He excused himself to say that he needed to smoke. He decided to go to the garden a little far from the hall where the party was and where there was no one. He lighted a Dunhill cigarette with his gold lighter.

"Want some company?" a female voice asked.

He didn't even straighten when he heard the voice because he knew who it was.

"Stalking me again Paula?" he asked dryly without even throwing the woman a glance. She was a lingerie model.

"Come on Brandon! Will you stop playing games? Admit it! We both know you miss me," she said huskily before she kissed his neck.

"You flatter yourself too much Paula,"

He won’t deny the fact that the woman was really good in bed but he had never missed a woman. There was no room for that bull shit for a man like him. He could have any female he wanted with no strings attached.

"I know you are bored. Do you want me to make you happy sweetheart?" She asked huskily as she grabbed his member.

"What do you have in mind?" he asked before throwing the cigarette in his hand.

His lips twitched when the woman's expert hand unzipped his trousers then she let out his considerable shaft.

"I will suck you dry sweetheart,” she whispered and went on down on her knees.

***

Olivia was getting annoyed. Her ex, Xander had been pestering her. She still couldn’t get over the fact that he only wooed her because her mother dared him to. Her mother told her on the face that he was just playing with her. She thought before that her mother was deliberately seducing her admirers since she was lovelier than her. Her mom looked young though she was 39. She was petite unlike her. She needed to diet and exercise because she could gain weight easily as her mom always said. She had to forget the past. All she had to do now was to avoid her ex. She went out of the entrance and saw a beautiful garden. Then she heard a male grunt.

"I'm coming!" the man groaned which made her gape. She slowly turned her head to the direction of the voice.

She could clearly see what was happening. A very tall man in a tux was leaning on the wall while a female was on her knees and was giving him a head. She wanted to go before they saw her but her feet seem to be stuck like her eyes were glued on them. She couldn't remove her hazel brown eyes from what was happening.

“F*ck!” Brandon uttered.

Paula moaned when he let out a sound of satisfaction and his seed spurted and went straight to her mouth. While breathing raggedly, he pushed his still hard stick inside the woman’s mouth.

Paula was really good in sucking his c*ck dry.

"Swallow everything! " he ordered and turned his head to the left.

He constricted his eyes when he saw a female standing a few feet from them. Her eyes were on the lower part of his body. When she felt his stare, she raised her eyes. Then their eyes locked.

After several seconds, she hurriedly went back inside. He cursed quietly.

***

"Hey are you okay?” Heira asked.

She just nodded but she was feeling a little lightheaded. She needed a drink. She was hoping that she won’t see that disgusting man again. She couldn't deny the fact that the man she saw was the most ruggedly handsome male specie she had ever seen though what he was doing in a public place with that woman was revolting. He was hot but frankly, she abhorred his kind. She better calmed down. She wished that the man wasn’t Denny’s guest. She had to cross her finger because deep inside her she knew it wasn’t possible. She had been wanting to leave but Denny’s wife had something important to tell her. She signed a contract for All for Comfort or AFC. Besides, she didn’t want to spoil the night since this party was also important to Heira. Her friend could talk to people who could help her singing career. Just then, the volume of the music was turned low. The emcee greeted the guests and introduced the power couple. Denny and Graciella. She roamed her eyes. All the attendees were filthy rich and belonged to the high society. She didn’t feel comfortable but she had to bear being here. She felt her mother would never had missed this event if not for the fact that she was in Italy with her friends from high places. She had to be thankful that she wasn’t here with her because she would feel more uncomfortable with her mother around.

“Thank you so much for coming tonight. Enjoy the food and drinks. My staff will give all of you some complimentary gifts. Enjoy them. And now my lovely wife Graciella has some announcements," Denny Ignacio said and the people clapped.

"Good evening friends! My husband and I are really elated that you were all able to come to share this wonderful evening with us. This is not only my husband's birthday party. As all of you may already know, we also support some charities. Tonight, I will ask some of my friends to support charities which my family's organizations are helping,” said Graciella.

***

Brandon finally saw the female. She was several feet from him. He cursed under his breath when she turned her head and he was able to see her face clearly. She was gorgeous.

He was used to beautiful women but this woman had something that he couldn’t explain. His eyes went down her body. He could her her right profile. And though she was a bit far , from an expert's point of view, he could see that she had an hour-glass body. He felt his shaft throbbed while he ran his eyes on her. This female was really hot. Super hot. His bed would definitely be on fire with this woman under or on top of him. He uttered a bad word when he felt his briefs tightened.

Olivia did a stupid mistake of turning her head. She should haven’t taken her eyes off the stage. She shouldn’t have looked around though she felt like she was being watched. But unfortunately, she did turn her head to her left and now she had to suffer the consequences. She felt all the breath in her body was knocked out off her. He was staring at her. He was not even pretending to be doing anything else. If looks could melt, the room would be flooded with her liquid form. She looked away from him. She had to get out of the room to hide from him. She said a silent thank you when the guests became excited because Denny's staff started giving paper bags to everyone. She didn’t have to move because all of a sudden the man somehow disappeared. She heaved a sigh of relief. She moved to the farther side of the room while Heira was busy talking to another singer. Besides she remembered that she couldn’t leave since Graciella would talk to her. The only consolation she has was, it might take a while before their talk. The couple was surrounded with guests who want to congratulate them. She had time to calm her nerves. She saw a waiter with a tray of wine glasses. She needed more drink. Maybe one more would be enough because he had a low tolerance to alcohol. She only wanted to calm her nerves not to pass out from too much booze. But before the waiter came near her, someone called her name.

***

She sometimes felt that she was really jinxed. Bad things started to happen tonight. At first she saw Xander at this party. And now she was in one corner of the function hall with the wife of All for Comfort’s owner. And who was with them? It was the man she didn’t want to see again much more mingle with. Brandon Lopez, the king of perverts. She didn’t know how he looked like until tonight because she wasn’t into watching UFC matches. But his name was very familiar because her friend Heira talked about him most of the time. And who would ever think that the man who looked really hot in a tux was doing something disgusting with was woman a while ago was the former UFC champion who Heira had the biggest crush on? From what she heard from her, the former UFC star had a hunky body with a lot of tattoos and was sinfully good-looking. Her friend even said that he was a sl*t in bed according to one of her friends who had a one-night stand with him. Well Heira’s description fit the man to a T because of what she had witnessed minutes ago. And the most important thing was, this man was definitely bad news however hot he was. Brandon Lopez was sizzling so for sure her friend would be star-struck if she saw him this close. And she wass betting her life that this hot male looked good on tv but he looked way much better in person. No wonder Heira was crazy about him. She knew that sooner or later, her friend would find out that he was also in the venue. She sighed. She was not affected by him. She should not be affected.. He was a manwhore! Not her cup of tea.

"Hello Olivia." drawled Brandon before getting her hand and kissed it. She felt his tongue on her skin. She just nodded while almost gritting her teeth then got her hand from him.

Pervert! She angrily thought .

Why did that surprise her? He didn’t care if he was seen while a woman was giving him a head. His eyes turned into half slits so she was sure that he wasn’t pleased. Seemed like no one had shown any dislike to Mr. Pervert until now.

How sad! She thought.

"I hope that you will say yes to my proposal,” Graciella asked him.

The woman was very pleased since the former UFC champion liked Olivia. Olivia looked like a Barbie doll and Brandon was a very very hot millionaire who loved beautiful women. If things would go well and Brandon said yes to what she requested him, it would be a big help to their charity. Olivia wouldn’t be a problem since she was their new model.

Olivia’s brows creased. Brandon’s presence was confusing her. She couldn’t fathom why he was here with them. She didn’t like the way he was sort of stripping her with his eyes.

"I want to get to know Olivia more before I give you my answer. I hope that’s fine?" Brandon asked Graciella.

"Sure! I will leave you guys alone! Take good care of Liv, Brandon." The woman said before going.

"Hey!" she complained when he pulled her outside. "Last time I slapped a man was two years ago. Do you want to be next?"

When they were away from the others. he turned to her. He leaned her back against the hall’s white wall. He was looking at her as if he wanted to devour her whole.

"Do that baby and see what I will do to you. Last time I really f*cked a woman hard was two nights ago. What you saw awhile ago was mouth f*cking. With your loveliness and hot body, I will definitely not want to do the latter. I want to eat your sweet p*ssy and swallow all your juice before I repeatedly thrust my massive stick inside your delicious core," he said throatily.

Her hand went up to slap him but he caught it in mid-air.

"Don't tell me that I didn't warn you," he said before claiming her mouth for a savage kiss.

Olivia tried to free herself but she couldn’t do anything. He had her arms pinned on her sides as he assaulted her mouth. She felt so humiliated and dirty. She had to stop him.

Brandon had proven that he was right. Olivia was so f*cking sweet. She had a soft body and her scent was driving him insane. He had to have her.

"Liv?!" called a male voice.

She felt Brandon stiffened then tore his lips from hers before turning his head to look at the other man. She appreciated her ex's presence. Brandon was breathing raggedly as he faced her ex.

He asked in an arctic voice, "And who the f*ck are you?!"

Brandon was taller by a few inches and obviously had more muscles under his tux.

"I am her..."

"He is my boyfriend!" she interrupted.

She was hoping that this pervert would finally leave her alone after what she said. He turned to her and his eyes were burning. He looked really pissed. He then released her arm and all of a sudden hit Xander on the face.

"Oh my god!" Olivia shrieked. Her feet brought her to the wall behind her due to shock.

Xander cursed when Brandon’s fist landed on his jaw. And now the latter took hold of his collar.

"You f*cking jerk!!" Brandon hissed.

" Stop that!" she uttered without moving from where she was. She hated to admit it but was scared of Brandon’s anger.

Xander had his arms on his face to protect himself. Brandon angrily looked at her.

“Is this *sshole your boyfriend? I saw him kissing another woman! So this trash is your kind of man?!” he asked through clenched teeth.

That left her speechless. She lowered her eyes. She placed her hand on her chest. She could feel her heart throbbing. She raised her head eyes again when Brandon smacked her ex on the stomach this time before he shoved him to the ground. Before she could move or react, he grabbed her arm and dragged her outside.

"W-Where are you taking me?” she asked sounding panicky. She couldn’t hide the fear in her voice.

She didn’t get easily scared but this time was different. A former UFC champion was dragging her. He was very tall and all muscles so she couldn’t fight him physically. But as she expected, Brandon ignored her question and just continued walking tagging her along with him. Her eyes widened when she saw that they were heading to the garden.

"NO!!" she protested.

Many images formed inside her head. Vivid images of what he and the woman he was with did entered her mind. She was afraid of what this pervert might do to her. Then he pulled her to him so her soft body crashed against his hard one. All her breath seemed to have gone out of her. She was tall and had high heels but she had raised her head a little to look at his face. It’s so unfair that he was even hot-looking this close. He had beautiful dark brown eyes. His stubble added to his sex appeal. He was hotter than a Greek god. She had no choice but to touch his chiseled chest because she wanted to push him from her. She felt her mouth went dry. He smelled of cigarette , a musky cologne and his natural manly sweat but strangely, she didn't find his scent appaling at all. Instead it was seem to be turning her on. She felt her most private part down there reacted. She scolded herself. She couldn’t believe that she felt physically attracted to this maniac. The man was a male version of Eve. He was a walking sin and she would put herself in such a big trouble if she became sexually attracted to him. She can’t be having this feeling. Xander said that she was frigid, boring and an amateur in making out. In other words, she didn’t have sexual passion in her bones. Her ex even told her bluntly that he didn’t have the desire to teach a virgin like her about sex. Though what he said hurt her years ago, now she was relieved that she didn’t give her virginity to such a jerk like him.

***

Brandon knew that he was in trouble. He hadn’t even touched nor kissed Olivia but he already felt horny. She was lovelier upclose. Her features were perfect. She deserved to be a beauty queen. Her face was really enchanting but he noticed that her eyes had a certain coldness in them though that didn’t affect her attractiveness. He wanted to utter an obscene word. This woman was like a magnet and what was surprising was, she probably didn't even know what effect she had on him. His pants felt tight. His manhood was throbbing.

This can't be happening to me! He angrily thought.

" Release me!" Olivia demanded.

He clucked and narrowed his eyes. He wasn’t aware that his pissed feature made him seemed hotter.

Olivia swallowed as she tried to appeared to be unaffected by this man’s good-looks. She hated her body from reacting to him. She knew that she wasn’t capable of feeling any desire for men but it was so unbelievable that this good-for-nothing pervert had a strong effect on her. She was probably going insane. She would stop skipping meals even if her mother would throw insults at her about her body every day. Dieting had a bad effect on her brain and all the system in her body.

"Leave that f*cking jerk! I will treat you better. I will make sure that you will have multiple orgasm every day," Brandon said like he was just talking about the weather.

She felt her cheeks turned crimson.

"You psychopath! You really are so uncivilized! How dare you say such...such...vulgar words!!" she was gritting her teeth in annoyance.

He grinned which made her want to spit on his face. She had the strong desire to do that but she was terrified of what he would do to her.

"I am known to always speak what's on my mind and what my buddy down there wants…” he chuckled.

He pulled her to him so their bodies would be closer. She almost closed her eyes. She could feel something hard between them. She was a virgin but not naïve. She knew that the perv’s buddy which he mentioned was that thing.

"You have soft boobs. I am f*cking sure they are real. They look so big under your gown. I wonder what your nipples look and taste like. I am sure they are rosy and sweet..." he said while sounding breathy. His dark eyes were on her lighter ones.

"You are the most disgusting man I’ve ever had the misfortune to meet!" she said furiously on his face.

His actions and words are both appalling. He let out a chuckle which lightened his face and her cl*t reacted again. Unfortunately her kitty was also starting to sweat since her underwear felt damp. His closeness and the scent of his body were sending waves in her body and mind. Strange enough, she liked the combination of cigarette and mint scent on his breath. They make her body react involuntarily. She scolder herself again for having this sexual feelings for this man she hated.

"I haven't imagined that a gorgeous woman and a beauty queen like you can curse like but you really turn me on big time. I like everything about you, baby. I want to hear how you scream and what words will come out of your sweet mouth when I eat you and f*ck you repeatedly, ” Brandon said in a husky voice.

He released her hands but he wrapped his arms around her. His hands were almost touching her butt.

"I will scratch your face if your hands will go lower," she threatened as she looked at him with eyes like daggers but he just grinned.

"Shit baby! We will be so f*cking good together and I can hardly wait…" he raised one of his hands to cradle her chin.

She knew that he was going to kiss her so with all her force, she pushed his muscled chest and turned her head the other way.

"NO!" she said through clenched teeth.

His hand which was near her bottom tightened. They were so close together. His arousal between them was making things worst. He held her chin firmly. He turned her face to him.

"I hate that word and I don’t want to hear you say that!" he said before kissing her on the lips. She did everything to keep her lips clumped together. She didn’t want his tongue inside her mouth again but her body was betraying her. When he squeezed her bottom she gaped and he took the chance to invade the sweet recess of her mouth. His tongue started to explore. She tried to turned her face but his other hand held the back of her head to steady her.

NO! He can't do this to me! She told herself as she made sounds of protests.

"Brandon!" a female voice squeaked.

He was taken aback and Olivia pushed his chest with her arms. He didn’t want to release her but the woman behind her spoke again.

"How dare you!" the woman pulled her hair.

"Ouch" she cried out.

Brandon had no choice but to release her.

"LET GO PAULA!" he demanded angrily while taking the woman's hands off her hair.

When Brandon freed her, she hit the woman with her elbow.

"BITCH!!" Paula screamed before letting go of her hair.

Angrily, Olivia faced them. Paula’s face was red from anger while Brandon was holding her arms from her behind.

"You turned me down for this bitch?! You are really a womanizer” The woman accused Brandon.

He freed Paula’s arm and took Olivia’s

" If you don't let go of my arm this instant, I will kick your balls so hard that you will have male infertility problems!” Olivia threatened.

She knew damn well that she won’t be able to fight him physically. He was a UFC champion and a mixed martial arts expert but she was really pissed and wanted to hurt him badly. He cursed under his breath but eventually released her. Then he raked his fingers through his hair while his eyes were on her angry face.

"Look baby..." he began to tell her which made Paula let out an ugly sound.

"Baby? Pft! Baby my *ss! Talk to your whore and don’t get me involved in your mess!" she furiously told him then turned to Paula.

" Listen to me you sl*t! Don't ever call me bitch because you are the bitch not me! You suck cocks better than a vacuum cleaner! " she rasped then with a raised chin, she quickly walked away from them.

She heard Brandon calling her but she ignored him. With all the anger in her, she would fight him like hell if he attempted to stop her.

***

It was her first project for All For Comfort. She was looking at her face in the mirror. The make-up artist did the finishing touches before she went out of the small dressing room to check it the set was ready. She stood up and checked how she looked like in the big mirror behind her. She had her hair loose on her shoulders and had minimal make-up on. Graciella instructed that she would be doing the pictorial for sports wear first . She was in a black sports bra with matching spandex gym shorts. Her boobs appeared to be bigger. What she had on, showed her curvaceous body and her flawless skin. She didn’t feel nervous and uneasy wearing such skimpy wear because she knew the photographer. He was her cousin’s friend. Then the door opened.

"Lei? Is the set ready?” she asked the make-up artist.

When she didn’t answer, her brows creased. She turned her head to where the door is.

"Lei..." she stopped when she saw a bare-chested Brandon who was looking at her appreciatively.

"Damn..." he murmured as his eyes ran on her body.

As usual, he was stripping her with his eyes. She let out a quiet sound of disbelief and disgust at the same time.

Her mouth was slightly opened as she stared at him. Hi muscled chest and arms were full of tattoos. He looked sizzling.

"You are sexier than I imagined," he murmured but she heard him.

"W-what are y-you doing h-here?" she stammered as she realized she wasn’t just seeing things.

The man she abhorred was in front of her. He was really here. He raised his eyes to meet hers. She saw them glint before he gave a sneering smile.

"We are doing pictorials together baby. And I am sure as f*ck that this is going to be a lot of fun..." he said as his eyes darkened and narrowed before they went down to her breasts.

(Flashback: At Denny Ignacio's birthday party)

"Where did she go?" Brandon asked Graciella.

"I guess she went home. She seems to be in a hurry. She said she has a headache," the woman said.

He almost cursed. Paula stalled him. His former bed warmer wanted more in their relationship but of course the feeling was not mutual. If he didn’t fall on her trap of delaying him. He could have stopped Olivia from leaving. After what happened tonight, he would tick off Paula from his list of f*ck buddies.

"So are you going to say yes? Will you do some pictorials for the new sets of wear of AFC? I know you are too busy but I’m sure you can squeeze the pictorials," Denny’s wife said with a smile.

She wanted Brandon to be their endorser. He could attract more clients and customers because of his sex appeal. Women would surely buy their products for their husbands or boyfriends. They would want their partners to look even just a little like the Brandon Lopez who was a dream for women.

Brandon was now looking at Graciella with a serious expression.

"I might even do it for free,” he said and the woman almost gaped.

"That's a joke right?" she asked with her eyes wide.

He knew that she didn't expect him to say something like that. His talent fee cost a fortune and just now he just said that he wouldn’t charge them anything. He smirked at her so she will understand why he was willing to do something like that. Graciella Ignacio nodded after a few seconds. A wider smile broke her lips.

"!Now I get it! You are willing to do the pictorials with no talent fee because of Olivia!”

He cocked his left brow. "Yes and more..." he said.

(End of Flashback)

At The Moment…

"W-What do you mean?" Olivia asked Brandon.

"Exactly what I said baby…" he replied throatily.

"Will you stop calling me baby!"

He released a sexy grin which made him look yummier.

"You have to get used to it baby. Like it or not, that will be our endearment,” he said conceitedly .

She clenched her teeth.

Calm down Olivia! You can’t be stressed by him! She reminded herself.

She wanted to kick his shin and smack his face but she wouldn’t. She was a beauty queen. She was supposed to always act properly. She won’t let her anger towards this hateful man ruin her reputation. She heaved a sigh and lok at her reflection in the mirror again. Besides she had to take hold of her wayward feelings towards this man. She might hate his ways, words and behavior but she couldn’t deny the fact that he was sinfully hot.

"Are you ready baby?" she heard him ask.

Rolling her eyes, she turned to the door. She totally ignored him. Her eyes roamed the set as she searched for Lander. Her cousin’s friend who would take the photos. She bit the inside of her cheek when she couldn’t find him in the room. The crew she saw when she arrived was missing too. Instead, there was a man maybe in his fifties who was checking the camera. And two females were arranging the props and lights. Then Lei entered the room. The make-up artist gaped when she looked behind Olivia. The latter couldn’t help rolling her eyes. She knew Lei gaped because of Mr. Pervert. She stiffened when she felt his hand on her back.

"Let's meet the photographer and his crew baby," he told her.

She didn’t say or do anything. She just let his hand on her back. She didn’t want to cause a scene.

***

"Okay Brandon, now I want your arms around Olivia while she leans her back against you, " Tony, the photographer instructed.

Brandon did what he was instructed to do and she almost was gritting her teeth. The former UFC champion of course was taking advantage. She had realized that he probably chose the photographer so they would be asked to do very sexy poses while their body touched each other. She stopped complaining because Tony would always patiently and kindly explain why they had to do those poses. And unfortunately for her, he makes sense all the time. Later after the photo shoot, she would call Lander and asked him why he wasn’t doing the pictorials. If he were the photographer, she was sure that there won’t be any scenarios like this.

"Yes! That’s it! Hold that pose!” Tony said before turning to one of his assistants, “" Sam! I want more lights there..." he pointed at the right side of the set.

"You are giving me a boner baby, " Brandon whispered in her ear while his arms were still around her.

She had goosebumps and she felt that hard thing again on her back. He was definitely right! The pervert was having a hard on!

"F*ck you!" she whispered back through gritted teeth while pasting a fake smile on her face. She made sure that he heard her though her back was on him.

She heard him chuckle then he whispered on her ear again, " Yes baby! Do fu*ck with me! I want it hard and rough..."

Her eyes narrowed with his lasciviousness but before she can retort Tony’s voice vibrated in the room again.

"Okay! Let’s start again!”

They did some more poses before they were asked to change clothes. They were given a ten-minute break. She heaved a sigh of relief because she cold at least breath without Brandon. When she was about to go down the stage, he was about to help her but she shoved his hand.

" I can do it myself! Don’t touch me because the camera is not on us! Pervert!" she angrily uttered but she made sure only he could hear her. He chuckled which made her grit her teeth.

"See you again in ten minutes baby..." he told her.

This time she turned her head to glare at him. She gave him the dirty finger when she knew no one was watching. As expected, he chuckled again then winked at her.

***

"Goodness Miss Liv! You and Mr. Lopez looked great together! I didn’t think it was possible but he looks even hotter in the flesh! His body with all those tattoos is magnificent!” Lei commented giddily as she helped her with her hair.

"Sorry Lei. He’s not my type. Excuse me, I have to make a call,” She said with a smile before standing up.

She has three minutes to spare. She had to call Lander. After two rings, he answered.

"Liv?" came his deep voice.

"Lander! Weren’t you supposed to be our photographer today?! she asked and he sighed.

"I was! I don’t know what happened! I even called Miss Graciella’s assistant. She said I should go to studio 6 because there was a mix-up. Anyway are you done? I will be done in less than half an hour.”

" We have some more shots but I’m almost done too.”

"Good! Can I come over the studio? I would like you to join me for lunch. We'll talk about the pictorial. I hope you haven’t forgotten your promise. he said with a smile in his voice.

She smiled too. He asked her if she would be his model for one of the exhibit he would be joining. Because of her cousin Andrew, she said yes.

“Don’t worry. I haven’t forgotten.”

" Thank you. I will come over right after we finished. See you Liv!” he said sounding happy.

"See you Lander." she replied before hanging up.

She gasped when she turned and saw Brandon behind her. His eyes were burning and his lips were clamped.

"Do you want to give me a heart attack? Why are you so sneaky for Pete’s sake!” she accused him in a little shaky voice.

She closed her mouth and swallowed when she saw how he was looking at her. He was staring at her and he certainly looked pissed.

"The set is ready,” he informed her in a very cold voice before turning his back at her.

***

She was glad since finally Brandon acted like a professional during the last shots. He still had to put his hands and arms around her and their bodies had to be really close but she felt that his touches didn’t have any malice. He behaved like a professional model, not a pervert. He didn’t whisper any disgusting comments in her ear too. She almost uttered a prayer of thanks. She hurriedly walked to the dressing room. She would take off her make-up and change clothes.

She was now in black jeans with dark gray top. She had black flat sandals on. She would be meeting Xander for lunch so she had to hurry. She didn’t want him to wait for her at the studio for a long time in case he was already there.

When she opened the door, instinctively her foot moved two steps back. Brandon was sitting on the couch across from the dressing room. He was in a leather jacket and dark jeans. He had a brooding expression. He raised his head when he felt her presence. When their eyes locked, he stood up.

"Let's go." he said seriously. His face was also serious.

She frowned. " What do you mean by let’s go?" she asked.

" You are going to have lunch with me. We can go together to the AFC office later.”

He was talking about the briefing with Graciella and the designer. The latter would discuss with them the formal and casual clothes they would wear and model.

"That will be much later. I can go there by myself." she said before walking passed him. She almost gaped when she felt his hand on her right arm. She looked daggers at him.

"Will you let me go?! You are so annoying! " she complained.

"You will eat lunch with me baby." he said firmly.

"I can’t! I have other plans!” she muttered sounding irritated.

But she felt her heart skipped a beat when she saw him grit his teeth and his eyes became like slits. His hand on her arm tightened.

"Haven’t you heard about what happened to your ex? " he asked coldly.

She chewed her bottom lip. Obviously he already discovered her lie.

She was about to say something but he said," I guess you are really angry at that *sshole because you introduced him as your boyfriend to me. Well he was probably afraid that I will finish him off because he confessed that he was after all is your ex. But sorry to say , he passed out after that because I had beaten him up." he said with a sneer.

Her eyes widened. "Y-You w-what?" her voice sounded weak. Brandon pulled her closer to him.

"You heard me baby. I knocked the daylight out of that trash! I don’t know if he was already discharged from the hospital,” he said nonchalantly.

She uttered a sound of disbelief and fear.

"Do you want to know why?" he asked.

She shook her head while her eyes were wide as she looked at him. He appeared to be holding his breath as he stared at her eyes then her nose. His stare went down her lips too and after a few second, they came back to her eyes. His hand on her back tightened.

"Because I think you don't get it baby. I've told you what I want to do to you and your beautiful body. If words aren't enough, maybe actions will do the trick. I can easily beat up trash who will come near you. Listen baby, I want you! I badly want you and you'll be mine ! I'm the only man who can come close to you! Am I making myself clear?!" he asked in a voice as cold as ice.

She couldn’t help swallowing. She didn’t know what to say to him. She was shocked and felt a bit afraid of him. He didn’t even give a damn about what he did with Xander. He seemed to be used to knocking other men around.

"I even brought the photographer who I trust and his female crew because I don’t want any *ssholes looking at your body while we have the photo shoot! But unless you want me to beat up the trash you were talking to on the phone, you would go with me now” he added as his eyes were on her.

"Miss Liv! Sir Lander is looking for you, " Lei announced with a smile but her smile disappeared upon seeing Brandon,"...err…he is in the studio, " she added in a small voice while her eyes were on Brandon.

She felt Brandon's fingers almost dug on her arm before he abruptly released her and walked furiously towards the corridor to go to the main studio.

"Brandon no!" she said and went after him.

The anger she saw on his face and the way his body stiffened before he turned to walk away, she knew that he would do what he said about beating up Lander. She cannot let him hurt her cousin’s bestfriend.