IN THE CAGE

31. HAVING FUN?

...FAWN...

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"The trick to making Ace bored is..." Margot approached my ear and was about to whisper, but her actions came to a halt as Jem cleared his throat loudly.

"Hhhmm!!!" That bastard, why did he suddenly make a sound-oh!

"Ace, you're dataaang." Jem greeted Ace who had just entered the room. His smile broadened in awkwardness and contrived familiarity. "Margot and I were just looking for you."

Is Jem beating hard to warn Miss Margot about Ace's whereabouts?

Damn it, but a little more I will know the secret of how to make Ace bored. Now, I need to delay my curiosity and involve myself in their unimportant conversation.

"What are you doing in my room?" Ace questioned Jem and occasionally threw a glance at me. I looked at him with a stifled irritation. I'm still mad at Ace's actions that night. I can't believe he forced me to hook up with him most nights. He didn't even give me time to rest. That perverted bastard! I hope he chokes and dies!

"I'm waiting for you. I heard from Jerome you're doing an inspection to the warehouse and will be back this morning."

"Huh, so..., you decided to wait for me in my room?" Ace doesn't seem to like Jem's actions. Well, that makes sense. I myself would not feel comfortable if there are people who enter my room as they please. This includes privacy violations. Plus, I don't like to see Jem come in here. The man was emitting an ominous mysterious energy.

"I'm with Margot" Jem replied, as if innocent.

"Don't bring it, I brought Jem here because I didn't want him waiting for you in the discussion room alone. Besides, it's more exciting here, right? We can chat with Fawn who seems tired of playing monopoly with Haru." Margot saves Jem from Ace. I wonder if there is a connection behind their closeness? Hmmm, this is more interesting.

Ace loosened his tie and sat on the shoulder of the sofa. A pair of dark netra swept the table that is still messy by games and snacks. A thin grin was engraved on his face when he looked at me. I don't know what's in his perverted brain.

"So Ace..." Jem drew Ace's attention from me while tilting his sitting posture towards Ace. "I have a fun idea."

"What's that?"

Jem put his hands together on his chest and made a wide smile that gave me sore eyes. The man was handsome, but for some reason, everything about him felt like a fake. I find it hard to see her in a positive lens considering what she's been trying to do to Miss Indira.

"How about we go to the mall today? Aren't you tired of working? Let's play, yeah, yeah, yeah?" Jem begged Ace like a boy begging his mother. I stared at their interaction with puzzled frowns. Are the heads of Hearts not ashamed of being childish?

"I'm not interested. Play is just wasting my time."

"Oh, ayolaaaah.., once in a while you also need rest."

"I did come home to rest, Jem. If I hadn't served you now, I'd have taken a shower and slept."

Ace's words are correct. Sometimes, when Ace had to work late and go home early in the morning, the man would take a shower and go to sleep. The only reason he didn't do it now was Jem's whereabouts here. I've lived here long enough to understand Ace's habits, it's scary.

"Fawn.." said Jem again, bringing up my name. "What about Fawn...?"

"What's wrong with her?" said Ace.

I don't understand why I was brought into their conversation. Is this one of the tricks that Jem made for Ace to obey? What a moron, I'm not important at all to Ace. He won't care about anything you say when it comes to me!

"Fawn is bored, you know."

"Then?"

I told you, right?

Jem took a breath. It seemed that he was also somewhat frustrated at Ace's apathy. Feel it, it's your friend!

"Fawn is bored, Ace. Don't you understand. Your beloved pet needs refreshing, otherwise he will die of boredom here." miss Margot replied while selling my name. But I don't know why I agree. I'm also very bored now. If there was a way for me to get out of this cage for a while, I would sell my kidney for it.

"So you want me to take him out? Didn't you take into account the danger of taking him out there?" Ace almost laughed as he spoke.

"She's not going to do anything, you know Fawn has been a very obedient girl to you all this time." Miss Margot assures. He even pulled my neck in his arms. "Yes, isn't Fawn? You're definitely not gonna act, are you?"

I can't promise. No matter how much control they had over me, there was a time when I wanted to escape and get out of control. But of course, because of this for the sake of being able to get out, I held back my true heart and boasted with a smile.

The bracelet on my leg is a sign of my weakness. Proof that Ace has power over my life right now. Damn it, because of the bracelet he put up, I've been living like an animal. I hate to admit this, but every time I see a bracelet placed on my leg, I feel like I've lost my identity. I have no control over my own life.

"Are you that way you want to get out?" Ace-ignoring Margot who was spaced between us, grabbed my cheek within range of her fingers. He rubbed my cheek with a gentle gesture that gave me goosebumps. He's acting sweet and it's not really him. I think Ace must be double-personality.

"I.., uh.." Ace's fingers swept across the surface of my lips. Our eyes met, but that gentleness made me instantly avoid his gaze. "I'm bored here" said I ventured.

My heart raced fast.

"Alright, then...." Ace responded to Jem's invitation after removing his hand from my cheek. He returned a flat expression and got up from the shoulder of the sofa. His eyes looked at Jem with a stern rendition. "I'll take a shower and before that, Margot, I want you to prepare Fawn with more decent clothes to take out."

"That's an easy task." Miss Margot was very happy. I wasn't.

I don't want refreshing while wearing all-black clothes! Oi! At least lend me Haru's bodyguard suit, then that's enough. Goddamnit!

"Haru, call Vera and tell her to bring me my grocery bag yesterday."

"All right, boss Margot." Haru complied with Miss Margot's request and rushed out.

"Then, I seem to be waiting in the discussion room." Jem got up from the couch and threw a smile at me and Miss Margot. "See you later."

"Hmmm, later." miss Margot responded to Jem with a grin before finally turning to face me. Miss Margot's grin was still very wide. I don't know why he was so enthusiastic. "It's going to be exciting, I've always wanted to decorate other women."

"Huh, is that it?" I responded with a forced smile. Has Miss Margot never played dolls before? His enthusiastic attitude towards this kind of insignificant thing was very foreign to me.

"Boss Margot?" Vera came up with a large red paperbag. The name of the famous brand is engraved on the front of the bag. "I brought this."

"Good," replied Miss Margot, she grabbed the rough bag Vera had brought and took the contents aggressively. Me and Vera exchanged lyrics but didn't say anything.

A light blue midi summer dress with a daisy flower motif meets the background, Miss Margot removed from the bag. "Wear this," she told me like an order.

"This?"

No. gabe. I don't want to! The dress? I never wear a dress! Especially the dress with pieces that show off my body. I am, to be honest, extremely insecure about my own body! I am a girl who feels beautiful when wearing a bodyguard outfit, not a fancy dress with a wide cleavage from her groin to her calves. What good is a long skirt if in the end my legs will be exposed every time I step?

"Uh, is there nothing else? I thought I'd be comfortable with a t-shirt and jeans, Miss Margot."

"You're going to hang out with Hunter and Emery's family, Fawn. You're supposed to look decent in this simple outfit."

"But I'm not..."

"Fawn," Vera mediated my grievances and moved forward to whisper me something. "You better think before he forces you to wear the clothes in his closet, Fawn. Believe me it's more extreme than it is in your hands now."

"You're serious?" I responded to Vera with a low whisper.

"He's got very absurd tastes, trust me."

"What do you two whisper?" Margot spoke in a very loud voice. His hands were folded on his chest, extremely annoyed.

"It's nothing, boss Margot. I'm just saying that the dress that Margot's boss picked was a very pretty dress. Fawn must be a great fit to wear it." Vera lied smoothly, I was amazed.

"uh? I hope you don't insult me." Miss Margot showed suspicion.

"Where possible, boss Margot. Ahahahaha, I can't possibly do that senista thing. Right, Fawn?"

"Y-yes." Why am I being forced to lie too?

"Then, wear that dress right now. Don't delay time, Ace's gonna be out in a minute and you haven't done it at all."

Oh, what makeup is necessary too?

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