Love Hate Relationship

Sasha watched as the attendants fill her trunk with bags of different sizes, each packed to the full with different types of clothes and shoes, she still can't believe how her simple shopping turned luxurious and it's not helping with the fact of this magic card that Michael gave her which pays for everything in the blink of an eye. She had been scared that the attendant might return again that there is no more fund in the card but that never happened, whenever it was slotted on the machine, it pays, it just works like magic.

"It's all packed now ma'am, please come visit us again" the attendant all said shyly, including the one that had abandoned her for Kira. Bella has also tried sucking up to her, she just don't understand why they were all acting like that, treating her like a princess or maybe a Queen. She smiled at them and got into the car before turning on the ignition. She let out a deep breath before driving out for her home.

Sasha pulled over in front of her lonely mansion or so she called it. She got out and opened her trunk, carrying out all the bags that have been stuffed there. She managed to carry all of them at once and walked into the house, she closed the door behind her and turned only to froze when she saw the man sitting on the sofa, typing away on his laptop. He looked up at her and his gaze strayed to the big bags she was struggling to carry, looking at her face again, his eyes were full of mockery as the corner of his lips arched upward in a faint smile.

"Next time you think of damaging my reputation, do be sure to think again please" he saved the file he was working on and shutdown the laptop before standing up to face her "need a hand?"

Sasha wanted to say yes but when she noticed the mockery in his eyes, she swallowed the word and slowly shook her head, just where is the loving man that came to her rescue today? Please bring him back to me, she thought "I can manage."

Michael chuckled faintly "can I have my credit card back please? You know you almost deafened me with all the debit alerts that kept bouncing in my phone."

Sasha bit her lower lip, just why didn't she think of that? Well it's not her fault, it's all Bella's fault, she will think she is done shopping and will pay only for Bella to return again with new stocks, asking her to try them on, the thing happened for like five times and if not because she insisted she is not shopping anymore, it would have still been going on by now. She let go of her thought and dropped the bags, freeing her hands at last, she reached to her back pocket and pulled out the card before walking closer to him to hand it over.

Michael watched the way she was acting like a bullied girl and almost wanted to let her of the hook, but, no, where is the fun there? "You know if you really wanted to prove yourself to me, you shouldn't have used my card because there is no difference here, literally, I bought the clothes and shoes for you" he raised his eyebrows with a faint smile hanging on his lips.

Sasha sighed, she knew this was coming "I planned on paying for them myself but you have to show up and offered your credit card yourself, I didn't ask for it. I had everything under control."

"Really? So if I hadn't showed up, you would have escaped from the clutches of Kira? I don't think so. You see Kira is not the type who easily let go of her prey and if I hadn't showed up, you would have become a laughing stock by midnight when the news will be released by a well known reporter, not that I care but just that you will be dragging me down with you and I don't want that."

"So what are you saying?" Sasha asked.

"What I'm saying is that, what ever that happened today should not mean anything to you, I was saving my face and again, we are going to do some calculation, we will add up all the debit alerts and know the final sum, you are going to pay me back baby."

Sasha looked at him when she heard that and he smiled "what!"

"You heard me. You rejected the clothes my mom bought for you because you wanted to prove yourself to me, so if I allow you to wear these clothes just like that means that I bought them for you, so you are not proving anything. Unless you have actually been looking for a way to get me to buy clothes for you and that's why you went to one of my shops because you know I will be alerted if anything happens" Michael commented with a faint smile.

"But I did, because you had to go exchange words with Kira and I have to save my face, look around you. Search on google, I don't have any scandalous past and I won't have you come into my life just to bring that. Just imagine, it's not yet up to a week of our marriage and your name will already run in the papers, don't you know it will be embarrassing to me, to have you come just to wreak my peaceful life within a week of being married? Everybody knows my name but only a few knows how I look and then because of my darling wife, reporters will go digging into my life and maybe lucky enough for them, dig up one of our wedding photos and that will be the start of my nightmare. I can't let you do that."

Sasha heaved a long sigh, so now she is the wife that will bring scandalous news to her husband? Oh, Sasha you are in hot soup "fine, I will pay up."

"Good" Michael smiled and turned to pick up his phone "the first one was two million dollars, the second one was three million. The third, fourth and fifth are five million dollars each" he looked at her surprised "did you pack all the clothes there? Are you that in need?" He sighed and did the sum up "that will give you twenty million dollars, wow" he looked up at her "you are owning me a huge amount of money, when are you going to start paying?"

Sasha already felt like dying, how did it turn out to be such amount? She looked at the bags on the floor and couldn't believe this, how can this little bags get to such amount? She looked at her husband and he was looking at her with his arms folded on his chest and his eyebrow raised "I...I will start saving up then."

"No, no, no, you are going to start today, you have to give me something. You can't tell me you haven't made any saving since you have been working?"

Sasha bit her lower lip, all she has in her account as her savings is fifteen million dollars, if she should give him all her savings, it still won't be enough, her mind ran wild as she thought of what to do "I might be able to pay up in time if you allow me to continue working, I can't be making savings at home."

Michael offered a rare smile "fine then, you will resume work tomorrow, oh that reminds me, you have tea party to attend with mom tomorrow, so I guess next tomorrow then?"

Sasha couldn't believe that her little  gamble worked, finally, no more staying at home, she couldn't contain the happiness that flushed on her face as she looked at him with sparkling eyes wanting to say thank you and to really mean it but only to hear him say "but first you have to give me some money tonight" and she swallowed her words. 

She reached for her jean pocket and got out her phone, to her surprise, he called out his account number for her and her hands punched the numbers into her phone angrily as she transfered five million dollars to him, it's the least she can do for now. She looked at him with an angry face and he pretended not to see it, just what will he be doing with twenty million with all the money he has? She can't help but wonder.

The sound of a message tune was heard and he smiled while he opened the message "five million? That's something, at least three more pays with the same amount and you will be done, free from debt. That's good, nice doing business with you" he smiled to her, picked up his laptop and walked up the stairs. Sasha watched him go and cursed him every step he took, here she was thinking he actually saved her not knowing he only wanted to lure her in to a bigger mess.