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I entered the ballroom with Mrs. Rodriguez and saw Mr. Mickelson coming down from the stage of the ballroom, everyone was clapping in agreement but we didn't know what was going on so both of us went to Mr. Rodriguez as we spotted him first in the huge crowd.

I nodded in greeting towards Mr. Rodriguez, Mrs. Rodriguez leaned to him and whispered but I heard it.

"What's happening honey?"

Yeah What's happening!? My inner voice asked in frustration.

Oh hey! You're finally back!

Don't sass me girl! Now what is it!?

I was intently trying to find someone of my acquaintance in the huge sea of people, where is Xavier? I looked once around the ballroom but I wasn't able

to see even a glance of him anywhere.

I was just looking around when the announcer announced....

"We're all really grateful that Mr. King was able to attend the ball, it's not everyday we see Mr. King around...." the announcer chuckled, on hearing Xavier's name ladies giggled in agreement, poor things were here to trap a eligible bachelor.

"Pity them." Mrs. Rodriguez whispered in my ear, I turned to her to see her smirking causing me to blush at her reference.

"........it will be a great end of the ball if someone like Mr. King would spread some influencing words. I think the ladies agree. Right?" A wave of cheer rounded through the ballroom.

Everyone was looking in every direction for Xavier to show up at the stage and I was one of them. Suddenly the sound of clapping erupted through one end of the ballroom, soon the dangerous aura erupting Xavier Damon King came into everyone's sight. Females at the other end were looking like they were going to faint.

I rolled my eyes at them and stared at front...

Xavier stepped onto the stage causing everyone to go dead silent. All of them were waiting for Xavier's speech.

Announcer left the place and Xavier swiftly handled the mic in his hand. Turning to the crowd he started..

"I Don't think I need to introduce myself but anyways I'm Xavier Damon King, CEO to KING INC. we all have gathered here to maintain the friendly business relationships between ourselves.. I hope that the anonymous targeted goal of this annual ball will actually help someone. So I am glad that I was part of a greater cause. Thanks for being patient with me. I won't waste your precious time in some longer business speech. At last I would like to appreciate Mickelsons for such a good arrangement." He ended his speech swiftly with raising his glass of whiskey to the guests who reciprocated his gesture in acknowledgement. He is looking a little drunk at this point. I was so proud of him when he told me that the anonymous cause was actually that all the guests were donating millions and billions for the less unfortunate and for the scholarships of deserving.

He was about to descend from the stairs when sudden flashes started going off, soon the cheering of people turned to questions bouncing from every direction, actually the paparazzi and media somehow got into the ballroom, it was a total chaos, everyone was howling like hyena at Xavier for answers. The guests backed off from getting in middle of the chaos, my nerves tensed and I panicked at the reflexive action of my job, my feet started working on their own, hurriedly passing through the guests I reached the other end, I tried to look over the paparazzis but there were literally too many.

Deciding to go through the crowd from the middle I prepared myself to get between the heavy cameras and hyenas to approach Xavier but before I could even take a step a hand grabbed my wrist harshly, frowning at the sudden interaction I turned to see none other than Angelina grabbing my wrist in a death grip. What is her problem!

I flinged my hand resulting in her hand to slip my wrist, she glared at me with such intensity that if I could die from her gaze I would be six feet under the ground. Ignoring her death glare I turned around to continue what I was about to do. I stepped ahead.

"Last warning. Leave." I heard her say from behind me, a scoff automatically slipped through my lips, the roles should be interchanged, isn't I supposed to say that?

Turning to her I smirked only to provoke her, and replied savagely

"F*ck off." She looked taken aback by my reply, what does she think she is? If she think I will leave just by this then she is f*cking wrong. soon her shocked expression changed into a grim one.

"You really think that this all is just a coincidence. Don't you?" She smirked manipulately. I looked at her confused not understanding what she was saying.

She leaned to my ear and slowly whispered "Zachary being drunk, this media and a drunk Xavier. Do you think it's all just happened coincidently? Nope. It's all my doing. I planned it with the Mickelson." She leaned back smirking at me as my eyes went wide, I thought Xavier was only a little tipsy but he's drunk! I turned back to Xavier and saw him swearing and stumbling around in the middle of the paparazzis.

"What do you think how long till Xavier creates a huge scene, I'm sure it'll be the scandal of the year, don't you? 'Xavier damon king, biggest conglomerate billionaire attacked journalists and paparazzis while he was dead drunk at the Annual ball.' " her slow voice reached me from behind, I didn't thought twice to do something, cause I was already shoving the crowd of paparazzis aside to reach Xavier.

Finally I reached at the front of the crowd, I rushed to Xavier in hurry and balanced his weight on myself, he had literally started swaying on the spot. Thousands of questions were flying over...

"Mr. King are you dating Ms. Ruth?"

"Are you cheating on Ms. Ruth with this women Mr. King?"

"What are you planning on doing with the petition on Mr. William??"

I didn't know how to handle such a situation instead I was just trying to keep Xavier from tripping, the mics were literally shoved into our faces for answers. I was about to collapse in the small space when a much firmer hand gripped my other hand, I turned to see Aiden standing there looking at me worriedly, he nodded at me, I was so relieved to see him, smiling gratefully at him I finally turned my full attention to Xavier, suddenly the crowd started to back off, apparently Aiden had arrived with his and Xavier's bodyguards combined, they were all trying to shove people aside to create some way for both of us.

"Xavier?" I whispered slowly so that he can hear me, he turned to me with his drunkly eyes. He grinned on seeing me. How the f*ck he gave that speech without landing face first!? I tried to carry all of his weight on me with these killer heels on, gosh!

"Baby." He whispered grabbing my attention from my glaring competition with my saint Laurents. I looked up to see him staring at me with a permanent smirk on his face.

"Yes I'm here Xavier." I said reassuring him, the later just smirking at me, he'll be hella embarrassed tomorrow. "Don't worry we'll be out of here in no time. Alright? You just try to walk slowly. Okay?" I said assuringly and turned up to see the bodyguards clearing a way for us, we slowly slowly reached nearer to the main entrance, Aiden was right in front of us and was trying to calm down the crowd by answering some of their questions which were business related.

"Baby I missed you." My eyebrows furrowed at the sudden whisper, looking at Xavier's face at the crook of my neck I asked Dumbly..

"Huh?" But the answer was somewhat different from verbal.

He

Freaking

Kissed me!!

He kissed me passionately like there was no tomorrow infront of everyone, my eyes went wide as the size of saucers at his action, thousands of gasps and flashes erupted around us, panicked I tried to break through but this dumbass wasn't ready to just end the kiss just like that. He forcefully deepened the kiss by shoving his tongue into my mouth, I tried to shout into the kiss but it turned gibberish or came out as a moan. I grabbed his shoulder and tried to push him away but he gripped my nape of neck and forced me to stay still.

I saw Aiden staring at us flabbergasted, I turned back to Xavier and felt his tongue exploring my mouth infront of thousands of cameras and the whole world. I grabbed his shoulder again to break through and this time I was fortunate enough to get separated. I stumbled back a little. Hurriedly separating fully from Xavier I turned around in shock giving him no support at all, I touched my lips in shock and then I felt camera flashes going off in wildfire at me and the scene unfolding. thousands of questions were flying from here and there.

I was too shocked to even think about what was happening behind me, a stumbling sound caught my attention, I hesitantly turned around only to see Aiden gripping Xavier upright with all his strength and preventing him from falling over.

Keeping my panicked and shocking feelings aside I hurriedly went to Xavier's other side. We both gripped him and rushed through the space created by the bodyguards..

We were just able to leave the media of ballroom behind when the paparazzis outside started the same questioning as the one's inside. With very difficulty we started going through the sea of media, I was trying to cover my face as much as possible but I knew it was of no use now.

I saw Mr. Gibbs standing there with the door of the limousine open for us, he had a worried expression on his face, stumbling here and there we finally reached the limousine, with the help of Aiden and Mr. Gibbs I literally shoved Xavier inside, turning to Aiden I mouthed a 'thank you' before entering into the limousine with Xavier as the heavy door shut behind us, soon Mr. Gibbs got into the driver's seat and pulled the divider between us up separating us. The paparazzis were blocking the road too badly.

Finally after ten minutes of struggle we were finally able to hit the road properly without any chaos following us around.

Sighing I turned to Xavier and glared at him. Asshole! Huffing I focused on scenery outside the window to ignore him snoring. But then I heard a groan, I saw him sleeping in a bad posture. I wanted to turn back around but my hands lifted his head on their own, fixing his position I placed his head on my shoulder but he altered himself to my lap and snored lightly.

A smile automatically came to my lips, shaking my head I kept a straight face and placed a hand on his head just so that he won't trip.

I saw the unknown posh area outside, we wasn't headed to my apartment or Xavier penthouse, neither we were on the route to king's mansion. Frowning I settled on my seat comfortably with confusion.

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I didn't even realized I had fallen asleep, I slowly opened my eyes when I felt a little nudge on my shoulder, rubbing my eyes to get my eyes to focus I turned to see the door of the limousine open with Mr. Gibbs standing there smiling. Xavier was still sleeping in my lap with his face towards my stomach, his hot breath was tickling my stomach a little, diverting my attention to the area around Mr. Gibbs I frowned, it was a little deserted.

"Where are we Mr. Gibbs?" I asked, my voice coming out hoarse.

"There is paparazzi all around both of your apartment and penthouse. That's why I brought you to Mr. King's mansion. I hope you don't have any problem Ms. Rajput." He explained. It was pretty obvious that there will be a great chaos afterwards. I saw two heavy metal gates behind Mr. Gibbs. Maybe it was the entrance for the mansion but why didn't we entered yet, in confusion I stared at Mr. Gibbs who understood my concern.

"Ms. Rajput I just wanted to ask if you were okay with staying over here?" Mr. Gibbs asked me.

"Of course why wouldn't I be?" I asked snickering, but then I realized that Mr. Gibbs didn't know. But he will. After all that happened today everyone will know.

"I'll be fine." I said smiling at him.

he looked satisfied enough and went back to the driver's seat, soon the limousine started again, slowly the metal gates open letting us enter, I stared at the mansion, it was of a modern type with a huge pool infront of it. We entered into the driveway and soon enough the limousine came to a halt infront of the entrance.

I opened the door on my own but Mr. Gibbs was already standing there for my assistance, I looked at Xavier in my lap totally blacked out.

Sighing I lifted his head and got out of the limousine, everything was absolutely still with no sounds coming at all, I was a little hesitant to go in when there wasn't a single soul around. Excuse me but Xavier don't get counted as a soul right now. I turned to Xavier who was sleeping peacefully then back at Mr. Gibbs.

"Isn't there anyone else here?" I asked hesitantly pointing at the mansion which was absolutely dark.

"Don't worry Ms. Rajput. This place is guarded by heavy security, it's just you can't see them and as for the mansion, it has everything which you would need. Mr. King just don't come here very often but Mrs. Clinton takes care of the mansion on the daily basis." Thank God it wasn't just some creepy mansion. Huffing I turned to the 6'3" giant and prepared myself for the upcoming struggle.

"Let's do it!" I said to myself and Mr. Gibbs.

With the help of Mr. Gibbs I managed to get Xavier out of the limousine, he was groaning in resistance but we ignored him, I balanced his weight on me before Mr. Gibbs supported him from other side.

We managed to climbed the porch anyhow and Mr. Gibbs inserted his card into the security print, it scanned the card and the front door opened with a sound. We entered and the lights glowed on their own, I looked around mesmerized at the modern decor crowning the mansion. It had been good if the circumstances were different. I resisted the gasp to escape from my lips and looked around mesmerized. It was so......modern.

I was just looking around when we made a turn and entered what seemed like living room, more like living hall..

One thing I noticed is that Xavier loves black colour, and all I can say is that it suits him. We passed the living hall and once again we stood infront of stairs. I slightly groaned after looking at the stairs, Mr. Gibbs noticed me and assured me that his room was nearer after ascending the stairs.

With difficulty we ascended the stairs step by step, making sure we don't trip, I don't want an additional issue tomorrow, there's already enough.

Mr. Gibbs was right, Xavier room was just a little away from the stairs with many others behind it that were closed. I don't have enough energy to even think about exploring. We stood infront of Xavier's room as I turned the door open, and with the door my jaw hanged open as well..

The floor to ceiling windows were open showing the beautiful scenery outside, with little blue light reflecting inside due to pool and huge green grounds trailing infront, King size bed placed in the middle with walk in closet and bathroom on the left and balcony on the right. I was shooketh from the size of the bedroom, I didn't even realized when we reached the bed, I was much more interested in gawking, I am not even going to talk about the colour anymore.

With the help of Mr. Gibbs I gently laid Xavier down on the bed, huffing I turned to Mr. Gibbs and politely thanked him for helping me, he waved me off saying that it was his job.

Smiling at him I offered to see him out and assured him that I will manage everything on my own from here, he needs to rest as well, we both went outside and he passed me his security card just in case I needed it. I gratefully took it.

I saw him off as he drove the limousine back through the drive way, the metal gates weren't visible from the front porch, just how much land this mansion acquires? When he was finally out of my sight I returned inside and made sure that the front gate was locked firmly and securely.

Walking into the living room I sighed and massaged my forehead a little while looking for my clutch which I threw somewhere here, I saw it lying beside the couch on the floor, picking it up I took out my phone and unlocked it to see that it was already 2:30 am in the morning.

Now the tireness of the whole day was starting to catch up, my arms were sore from carrying Xavier around and my legs were killing me, I sat on the couch and gently took off my heels, sighing in relief I rubbed my feet a bit before deciding to head upstairs.

Ascending the stairs, I went inside Xavier's room, he was sleeping in an uncomfortable position with his feet dangling down, I slowly approached him and shook him a little in hope of waking him up but he was groaning in annoyance.

Sighing I sat at the edge of bed and started removing his shoes and socks, next was his tie and jacket which were crumbled due to his stunts. I removed his watch and placed it on the bed side table.

Even after all this he was still looking uncomfortable with his eyebrows furrowed together so I started opening his shirt as well, I opened the first button soon followed by other, there were only two of them left when I heard a sleepy husky voice.

"What are you doing?" It was just a mere whisper but was enough to grab my attention, I looked up towards Xavier who was already looking at me, lust prominent in his eyes.