Chapter 13 - 13. Contacts.

"I can walk on my own you know" Jessie said wriggling in Jason's arms.

"Stop shaking" he ordered. "Or you'll fall."​​

Jessie couldn't be in his arms a second longer, he was making her blush because she couldn't stop thinking about what happened earlier. 'What was I thinking' she thought 'how could I hold him like that in only my underwear, worse in a tub'.

"Let me down." She said again.

"Are you really going to be stubborn?" Jason asked, holding on to her tighter. His grip on her hips and back got tighter and he held her closer to him.

"Yes, let me down!"

"Can you two please stop this until you get into your apartment? Come on I'm here too." Paul said. "Just sleep together already" he muttered.

Jessie's face turned a bright shade of pink, and Jason chuckled at how flustered Paul's comment made her.

"Ignore him, he jokes like that all the time" He whispered in her ear.

" Oh? I wasn't joking." Paul said.

"What the hell is taking this elevator so long?" Jessie asked fanning herself with her palm, why she was this affected she couldn't understand. She had been in this position with many men she was an actress for crying out loud! Why was Jason any different? Perhaps was she starting to develop Stockholme syndrome?

She couldn't be more joyous when the elevator dinged open and they walked off. Jason still very insistent on carrying her took her in. Setting her down only when it was on the couch.

Jessie sat up and pushed her frizzy hair away from her shoulders, her hair was thick and full and framed her slim face perfectly. Thanks to the week she hadn't been able to straightened it, now it lost it's slick and polish, ending up in large curls on her head. She grabbed a pen from the side of the table and rolled it up and stuck the pen in to hold it up.

"I'll get you some tea" Jason said walking to the kitchen.

"Where's Paul?" Jessie asked since she didn't see him walk in.

"Right here doll, you need something?" He asked.

"Uh... no not really I was just curious." She shrugged.

Paul smirked at her and tilted his head, "and here I was feeling flattered our nations goddess knew my name."

Jessie smiled, who didn't know Paul Song, playboy casanova. The only non-medical person in his family the black sheep, she had heard countless stories of him, his money, his looks and relentless charm.

"How wouldn't I know you, we've met." Jessie said.

Paul's eyebrow went up "We have?"

Jessie nodded, that was not a night she was proud of, she almost made a mortal mistake. She was drunk, young and naive. But at least she could look back now and say at least she learnt a lesson.

"Yeah, seven years ago, I was just debuting and was practically a nobody. You ofcourse didn't notice me, but we met." Jessie said with a bittersweet smile.

"No way!" Paul said. "How would I be in the presence of such beauty and not remember."

"Don't try to make me feel better, and plus I did not look at polished as I do now." Jessie shook her head.

Paul eyes widened in fake surprise, then he smile and nugged his head for her to continue.

"Well for one my hair wasn't this colour, and plus I had brown eyes, with a mole right above my lips." Jessie said.

"You had brown eyes?" Paul said.

"I guess I still have them" she said. " You know, what the hell" she opened her eyes wider with her index and middle finger and took off the contacts that gave her green eyes and set them down, blinking at Paul.

"You had that the whole time?" he asked.

"Yeah, I barely take it off. My fans loved it, besides it added to my exotic look so I didn't take it of as often as I should have."

"What are you two talking about" Jason asked as he walked in with two cups of tea on a tray.

"She has brown eyes" Paul said.

"No way, Jessie had the most alluring green eyes I've ever see-" Jason set the tray down and stared at the woman sitting in front of him.

"When the hell did your eyes get so big?" He asked in shock.

"Oh" she said rubbing the back of her neck. "Another reason I wear the contact they help create the illusion my eyes are smaller. I have big brown eyes, deal with it. You guys are making me feel like a freak." She frowned.

"Oh far from it, but forgive our shock, you look entirely different." Paul said.

Jessie looked to Jason for confirmation.

"Drink you tea, it'll help." He said walking away from them.

Jessie pouted, feeling a little disappointed and a little insecure.

"Do I really look that bad?" She asked Paul "I never should have taken them off." She said as she reached for the contacts she placed on the table.

"Don't put it on" Jason said from the stairs.

They both turned to look at him.

"Put them in here" he said.

"But that's a trashcan." Jessie said.

"I know."

"I don't understand you, Jason."

"How hard was my statement? Throw them away."

"No."

"No?"

"No." Jessie affirmed "I will not toss away the only things that make me feel normal because you asked me too. Besides you're not the boss of me."

"Are you sure about that?" Paul said, Jessie shot him a glare. "Hey" he rose his hands in surrender "I'm just saying if I paid twenty million dollars for someone I'll will own them."

"What? Twenty million dollars?" Jessie gasped.

"You bought me for twenty million dollars?!"

Jason gave her a nonchalant stare gesturing to the trash bin he held in his hands.

"And you're just letting me go?"

"Would you rather I keep you here?" He asked.

"Well, it doesn't matter, I'm worth a lot more than twenty million dollars. You can't put a price on life." She said coughing slightly. That was almost 75% of her networth, Jeez.

"Jess?"

"Hmmm?"

"Contacts."

"No. When I'm better which will be by tomorrow I'll need it for my shoot." she whined.

"Why do you wear those things?" Jason asked setting down the trash bin and squatting down to look her in the eye.

"What do you mean? You yourself said it, I have captivating green eyes." She said.

Jason got up and sat on the couch beside her, she was laying across it. He sat beside her hips, moving closer her covered the distance between them and held her face in his hands.

Jessie could feel her heart pounding against her ribs. She hated it when he was this close, somehow his scent made her dizzy and no matter how she didn't want to she couldn't help imagining his thin lips on hers. And his eyes that held so much intensity and now currently bore into hers.

He smirked and she gulped.

"I like your eyes the way they are right now, I never really took notice of the green." Jessie snorted. "Truly, with the green eyes you looked like you were out of this world you're looks were unnatural. But now like this, you look like you belong to earth."

"You know it seems like you're trying to compliment my big brown eyes but you suck at it. Try again." She sassed.

"You're misunderstanding me. What I mean is that with the contacts you look dangerous and seductive. Now your this innocent beauty, you look sweet and delicate. Like a beautiful flower that I want to protect." He said.

Jessie looked into his eyes trying to find the lie, but all she saw was sincerity. She found herself slowly trusting this man that had stolen her from her life. Slowly falling for his brutal honestly and his enticing looks.

"Okay... this is my cue to go. See you dude" Paul said ruining the entire moment as they both moved away from each other.

Jason shot Paul a subtle glare and Paul responded with a wink. With a wave he walked out of the penthouse.

"I should go wash up" Jessie said quickly getting up. She ran upstairs before Jason would try to pick her up. Not trusting herself around him anymore.

Jason walked into the kitchen wondering why he just said what he just did. He couldn't possibly start having feelings for Jessie right? His attraction to her was purely physical. But with everything that had happened today, he wasn't sure anymore. Finding out who she really was, seeing her sick and helpless like that and the fact that he placed his future and the safety of paradise on the line to safe her. Now, seeing her big brown doe eyes, it was just too much. She was like this princess in a castle just looking at her brought out a sense of responsibility in him. He felt like he should shield her from everything that could potentially hurt her. He wanted to hold her and keep her shielded forever. How was it possible for one woman to awaken so many emotions in such a little time? Who exactly was Jessie Marin?