Mr. President’s

Chapter 24

The early morning sun rays glared through the white curtains draped around the windows. Mercedes woke up on a different texture of bed than

she was used to.

Soft, silky and white lining soothed her body, making her want to continue her sweet adventure of sleep. The room was five times larger than her small apartment in New York. Her body felt refreshed but ached slightly. She recalled everything that happened since she flew with Nathan yesterday. One thing remained in her mind, her mother’s smile which she hadn’t seen since her brother was admitted

Even her brother tried to smile in his condition. She owed him her brother’s life and her family’s happiness. She also recalled the sunset and wished she had taken pictures but since Nathan had warned her against calls, she had long switched off her phone to stop the temptation of disobeying him.

A thin smile stretched her lips when she recalled him fulfilling her every wish and creating new memories with her but where was he? The room. was still galed with his scent. She realized she was naked under a thin sheet, but a robe laid neatly beside her on the bed.

She quickly draped it on and patted the curtains, the sun rays blaring her, one will think it was midday but it was just 6 am. Summer got better with bathing in the sun. But she was yet to know what Nathan had in store for her today. She survived her first day, knowing that for the remaining five days, her body was no longer hers.

She opened the white door to a corridor and was met with the aroma of pancakes. She took the stairs and followed the aroma crashing her nose to the kitchen, where Nathan had his back turned, in his boxers and busy making breakfast. Mercedes watched in admiration, wondering the number of hours he spent in the gym to get such a perfect brawny body. His tousled charcoal black hair gave him a wild sexy appeal that made Mercedes gulp. It was as if he was ripped out of a fashion magazine.

“Like what you see?” Nathan’s charming early morning voice made her cheeks heat up. He knew she was there. But her movements were light and graceful so how did he know? She smiled awkwardly, “Coodmorning,” she said while striding closer to him but Nathan hadn’t spared her a glance.

“How can I help?” She asked, intently observing his grim expression with the pancakes he was working on like they were stones of diamond. Even in the kitchen, he didn’t lose his attractive stance.

“You can get the table ready, he turned to her. His voice was deep and alluring. His face was close to her, while he observed her under the early morning ray of sunlight basketing its way through the kitchen window. She just woke up from bed, her hair was messed up but she still looked gorgeous. For a moment, their eyes locked like a prison cell. Mercedes felt awkward, subtly lowering her gaze. She took a step back and turned to do his bidding.

As soon as it happened, she felt his strong grip on her hand, which unintentionally pressed her forefinger, causing a sharp pain due to her knife wound. “Ouch,” she shrieked, instantly drawing her hand away.

Nathan was disturbed. He didn’t grip too hard and worried that he must have hurt her. “What’s wrong“” His tone carried genuine care,

Mercedes forced a smile, “don’t worry. It’s just a knife wound. Not healed completely.”

Nathan took her hand more gently and stared grimly at the thin redlining in the forefinger of her palm. “When did it happen?”

“When I wa

I was cooking on Friday, nothing serious. It just hurt a little when you tugged on it, she turned to leave.

“I teach you how to use

to use the knife without hurting yourself next time,” Nathan said after her. She stopped in her tracks

“You cook much!” She wasn’t surprised to see Nathan cooking because Griffin did and so did her dad before his accident which has sent him into a coma for four years. What she didn’t expect was for Nathan to be exceptional at it.

“I cook everything I eat if I’m not in the office and yes, I do grocery shopping sometimes too.” Nathan cast an entrancing gaze on her which made her walls wet, she stuttered, “I go set the table and scurried away.

At first, Mercedes thought about having breakfast close to the sea but it was quite warm outside. She might just reserve that idea for much later. She picked some blankets, laying them close to the large aluminium windows where she could have a great view of the waves that reminded her of surfing when she was little. She was never good at it and lost to Griffin all the time. If this was purely her idea, she would have tried riding the waves to perfect her skills.

Nathan came out of the kitchen, he was surprised to see the dining table empty and Mercedes sitting on a blanket on the floor.

“mmm, moun,” he cleared his throat to alert his presence. All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.

“Here,” Mercedes tapped on her side of the blanket on the floor. Nathan frowned and went closer, the tray in his hand.

“Here?” he asked for confirmation..

“Yes” She stood up and took the tray y from him, settled it on the blanket and sat down. Nathan lowered himself to her level, not used to her weird

style. Mercedes smiled weakly.

Tm sorry. This is how Angie, Griff and 1 used to cat back in the days.” Something flickered in her eyes when she said that, which made

Mathan quickly understand and didn’t ask any further questions. When Mercedes took the first bite of the hot pancake and maple syrup, a moan escaped her, which turned Nathan hard.

“If you keep doing that, you might need a wheelchair to move around,” he mumbled in his alluring velvety tone.

When Mercedes understood his words, she turned red like tomatoes and tried to hold herself from letting out any sounds. “This is the best pancake I’ve ever tasted,” she genuinely said with her mouth full

Nathan smiled, Tm flattered”

“What else can you cook?” She asked while she sipped on the glass of milk he added to the pancakes.

“Anything. Whatever I can’t cook but want to eat, I youtube and try. That’s how I kept teaching myself since I was nine when I began feeling uncomfortable around people.” he recalled. He was speaking casually, which made Mercedes feel comfortable around him.

“Why do you hate being people around you?” She casually asked, anxiously waiting for his response. Nathan took his time, his eyes glued to her cleavage and slender legs, which made him want to caress them and her rosy lips that made him want to devour hier.

“I don’t know. I guess I was made like that, he honestly said. It was true. He had been to psychologists, psychiatrists and every specialist recommended by his parents but they all came with the same report – Normal, With time, he grew to understand that he was just different from everyone else. But this gentle revelation made Mercedes wonder.

“So why don’t I disgust you?” She asked suspiciously. She was beginning to fear that what Angie said was true that if she was the only one Nathan felt attracted to, then he was obsessed with her and would never let her go. It shattered her hopes a little, when even Nathan couldn’t give her a tangible explanation

“you tell me,” he said. Mercedes chuckled so Nathan continued. “We have a board meeting in Spain in seven hours so we’ll spend the night there. Whatever we discuss over there isn’t related to Legend incorporated but purely mine”

The revelation startled her. Globally, Nathan was only tagged with Legend incorporated so if there was another business unlisted under it, it only meant there was a problem. “You have other companies which aren’t under legend incorporated”

“Yes.

“why?”

As always, Nathan doesn’t give in freely to peculiar things in his life so he said, “I’ll tell you what? You agree to give me another week for that information

Mercedes wasn’t expecting him to ask for an extension when they still had five days. The reality was setting in and it made her uncomfortable. Nathan had made it clear that he loved no one and hated weddings so if he wanted her with him, she was going to be his mistress, which Mercedes would never agree to but being alone with him in his beach house, she didn’t want to offend him and rather chose silence. Nathan forced a smile, “I thought so, he casually said but Mercedes noticed that he had turned cold.

The rest of the meal was in silence. Nathan had an agreement with his father, the chairman of Legend Incorporated which he didn’t intend to keep. In that sense, he ensured to set up the most successful jewellery companies around the world, to have great wealth even after he faces his father’s wrath, where he might be on the verge of being kicked out of Legend incorporated.

By the time that happened, he would have secured enough minerals from the Legend mines in Nevada, Alaska, Colorado, Arizona and California. He wasn’t one to be manipulated by anyone, not even the fearful, Alexander Legend.

Nathan was a chip off the old block but he tried to outsmart everyone including his father. Mercedes didn’t ask any more questions so their meal was in silence.

She became breathless when Nathan’s lips found hers after the meal, where he gently pushed the tray aside changed my mind about the wheelchair thing,” he said huskily, losing the ropes of her robe a bit roughly.

e to give them enough room. Im sorry. I

As he wanted, she was stacked naked under the robe, which made it all easier for him. Mercedes was stunned, not knowing what changed his mood all of a sudden. He wasn’t ready to touch her till after the meeting but unawares, he pounced on her, pounding her so hard, she felt her walls were going to tear. Nathan was obsessed with her. When she gave no response concerning his request, he feared losing her, and suddenly wanted to possess her but unknowingly, he was hurting her,