Chapter 628 LET HIM KNOW

Chapter 628 LET HIM KNOW

"You don't want me there because you're with Apple? What are you doing with her? Are you interested in that girl?" Rachel was suddenly annoyed that Ivan wouldn't allow her to come to his work location, because he wasn't usually like this.

Ivan always allowed her to come visit him when he was at the location and never once did he mind Rachel visiting him.

Therefore, Ivan's response and reaction now annoyed Rachel a bit and coupled with the stress she felt from seeing how Derek was grumpy all day which made it seem like she was walking on a bed of eggshells, she couldn't take it anymore and lashed out.

"What do you mean? I'm here working with her. After all, how could Apple be interested in me when she has someone like Jayden Tordoff by her side?" Ivan's answer sounded a little irritated on the other end of the phone, because he had no idea where Rachel's thoughts had come from.

"I'm just asking, why are you angry?" Rachel huffed. She took a deep breath and grumbled something incoherent, before finally hanging up on Ivan, to show that she wasn't happy being treated this way by the man.

But then, a small smile tugged at the corners of her lips when she saw an incoming call from Ivan.

"You should be taught a little lesson," Rachel muttered, when she saw Ivan's name flashing on her phone screen, but she didn't answer the call immediately.

She felt victorious because she could make Ivan feel bad about his behavior toward her just then. She did have to put him in his place once in a while and not make him think he could just treat herself as he wanted.

After four unanswered phone calls by Rachel, there was an apology message from Ivan saying that he would come to Rachel's apartment as soon as he was done working.

Rachel's brows furrowed when she saw the message, because there was no way she would let Ivan come to her apartment while Derek was around. There was no way she would let the two of them meet each other.

Therefore, there was only one way to make sure the inevitable didn't happen, which was to go directly to the location of Ivan's photo shoot, ignoring his disagreement.

After all, Ivan might get annoyed, but he wouldn't be mad at her all the time, would he? Looking at the content of the message Ivan had sent and how he felt sorry and apologized for his earlier behavior.

Assuming she had the situation under control, Rachel immediately got out of bed and freshened up. She also got changed and put on the dress Ivan liked the most, because she knew her arrival would piss him off.

But, as soon as Rachel came out of her room, she found Derek staring at her angrily. The look in his eyes made her shudder in horror because this man had never been so hostile toward her.

Derek always obeyed whatever she said, therefore, to find Derek looking at her with hatred and anger, made Rachel feel a little scared. She wanted to run out of her own apartment immediately.

However, Derek's deep voice stopped her in her tracks.

"Where are you going?" he asked in a deep voice. He looked a little messy because he was still wearing the same clothes he wore last night. Even his hair looked all disheveled.

Meanwhile, the room was filled with the smell of cigarettes. There was even an empty bottle of alcohol that had been finished by him on the carpet. Did he think the expensive alcohol was water?

However, Rachel didn't have the courage to scold him now, because he looked absolutely terrifying and she knew it was better not to provoke him any further than this.

"I'm going out for a bit," Rachel said, trying to quicken her pace toward the door, but Derek grabbed her hand hard enough to make her flinch in pain. "What do you think you are doing?! You are hurting me!" Rachel cried, trying to free her hand from Derek's grip, but to no avail.

He maintained his grip on her hard enough and refused to let go.

At this close distance, Rachel could smell the stench of cigarettes and alcohol wafting from his body and she felt disgusted.

"I asked, where are you going?" Derek's voice sounded deeper and more dangerous, he even tightened his grip on Rachel's arm, frightening the woman.

He knew that what he was doing right now was very out of character from him, but he couldn't deny that seeing Rachel having fun with Ivan and even going to meet him while he was here and feeling like trash, really made his anger overpower his common sense.

Not to mention the fact that Gladys still hadn't replied to any of his messages and hadn't picked up her phone, making Derek feel very annoyed and angry at the girl.

He had a feeling that none of this would have happened if Rachel hadn't thrown a tantrum and his relationship with Gladys would have been fine.

Now, Derek felt more like he was angry that his relationship with Gladys wasn't working than because Rachel wanted to go see Ivan.

"I'm going to see Ivan," Rachel said aloud and she was now trying to guilt trip Derek with her excuses. "You look really messed up and I feel like you need some time alone, so I'm leaving, because I can't help you any more than this. Of course I care about you…"

Rachel tried to soften her voice, in hopes she could melt Derek's heart.

Instead, the man started laughing like a maniac, as if he had lost his mind.

"Why? Why are you laughing like that?" Rachel asked, squinting in disbelief.

"You really care about me?" asked Derek and his voice was very sarcastic. "You're really doing this because you care about me?"

Rachel was used to lying, but this time, she found herself tongue-tied and couldn't find the words to lie to Derek. She couldn't find a good reason for it.

"Yes, of course I care about you, I love you Derek, have you forgotten about that?" Rachel said the same words she told this man more than a dozen times to keep him going with their open relationship commitment.

But, at this moment, even she herself knew that those words did not reach Derek at all. He was seen snorting when he heard what Rachel said and then pushed her against the wall, pinning her in place.

"You care about me, that's why you were running into another man's arms?" Derek hissed when he said that.

Rachel found herself shaking with fear at the drastic change in Derek's demeanor.

"I wanted to leave because I know that you want to be alone and there's nothing I can do, I'm helping you after all." Rachel tried not to look straight into Derek's angry eyes, but it was hard to do. His gaze was fixed on her and she couldn't break free. "Ivan said that he would come here after he finished work, but you need this place more. So I wanted to help you by keeping him from coming here."

Hearing that reason, Derek laughed maniacally, he literally threw his head back when he started laughing like a madman all of a sudden and this scared Rachel even more.

"You want to help me by going to another man?" he asked between laughs. Where did Rachel get that kind of logic from? That was very amusing to hear.

"Derek…" Rachel struggled to help him regain his sanity.

However, Derek suddenly stopped laughing and glared at Rachel. "No, I don't want you to leave, I want you to be here and I don't care if he comes and sees us both, I want him to see how I fuck you."

Rachel gasped loudly when Derek tore off the dress she was wearing and just as she was about to scream, Derek silenced her by kissing her deeply.

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Apple squinted when she saw the heart emoji Jayden had sent after the words 'Take care. I love you.'

She didn't realize since when this man had become increasingly cheesy and seemed like he couldn't be helped anymore.

But, Apple wasn't complaining though, she liked this side of Jayden and was always looking forward to the ridiculousness of what he was about to do.

"Everything is ready," Ivan said as he walked over to Apple and saw her smiling. "Jayden?" he asked because he thought nothing would ever make this girl smile like that if it weren't for Jayden Tordoff.

Apple lifted her head and immediately turned off the screen so Ivan couldn't see the conversation between herself and Jayden.

"Okay, let's go now," said Apple as she stood up from her chair. She was done with her make up and also made sure everything was fine with the white dress she was wearing.

"Oh, I forgot to inform you about something," said Ivan again. "You're going to take a photo with a male model and there's another indoor shoot."

Apple raised her eyebrows when she heard that. "I was never told that I was going to do a photo shoot with a guy."

"Well, I forgot to tell you about that…" Ivan scratched his non-itchy head and looked guilty.

"And may I know what kind of indoor shoot it is?" asked Apple suspiciously. This was the moment Apple had been waiting for.

"Indoor shooting in a house, this will be the end of our series of shoots," said Ivan, but he looked nervous.