I groan slightly, opening my eyes, as I feel the heat on my face from the sun light.

Did I close the curtains?

I turn around in bed, to see Damon's arm wrapped around me, a small smile on his face, his eyes closed, his mouth slightly open. He looks so innocent. Well to me he is.

"Done staring Ella? Can I open my eyes now?" He asks, his voice husky.

He opens his eyes, smiling at me slightly.

"Morning" he says

"Morning. What are you doing in my bed?" He closes his eyes, again.

"There was thunder" he murmurs, his cheeks turning pink slightly.

"Are you scared of thunder, Damon?" He nods opening one eye to look at me.

"Yeah. A lot. I came in here, so I could get my mind off it. And I just fell asleep. Sorry" I shake my head, sitting up in bed.

"Its okay." I look down at myself, to see I'm still in a black dress.

"I didn't want to change you because I thought you might get angry, and think I was taking advantage of you,when you were drunk" he sits up as well, yawning.

"Did I do anything wrong? I don't have a headache, but I don't remember anything" he nods handing me two pills and a glass of water.

"No. I think you were okay. You cried. I heard you sang, as well" he smiles getting out of bed.

He's wearing some shorts and a thin white top.

"Why did I cry?" He smirks

"I have no idea. I'm going to go and make us some breakfast okay? You won't have to come to work. Kristen and Hannah aren't coming as well" he walks towards the door but I call his name quickly, stopping him.

He turns around.

"Is there something wrong Ella?" I nod

"Why are you being so sweet? This isn't the type of relationship between an employee and an employer. And we aren't supposed to live together as well. Is there something I don't know about?" I ask

"What if I want more than a business relationship?" He walks out of the room.

What? A relationship with me? Does he know that I don't do well with relationships.

I take a deep breath and stand up.

I walk to the bathroom, and brush my teeth, and do my business. I wash my hands, and tie my hair in a bun, on top of my head. It's really warm today.

I walk out of the bathroom, and downstairs.

I feel like royalty walking down the steps.

"Hello" I wave slowly like the queen.

The doors opens and a guy walks inside with blonde hair.

He smirks at me.

"Hello" I wave walking down the couple of steps left.

"Hi. I'm Austin. Damon's best friend"

"Oh. I wondered why he always was alone. Where were you?" He raises his eyebrow shocked at my question.

"I was in Italy. I had to go over some work. I've been back for a week now" I nod

Damon walks out of the kitchen, and looks at us.

"Austin." He nods at him.

"That's it? All he gets is a nod? You're best friends guys! Do that manly hug thing you guys do!" Austin chuckles

"Come here baby!" Austin sings, his arms opened, as he walks towards Damon.

"No" Damon stands behind me.

Austin shurgs, and walks towards me.

He pulls me closer, his arms tightening around Damon as well.

I was stuck. Between two hot guys. One extremely hot.

"Austin. Fuck. Let go. You're hurting her" Damon pushes Austin away from me.

He places his arms around my waist, turning me around, in a blink of an eye.

"Woah" I whisper, placing my hand on his chest, to calm my spinning head.

"Are you okay?" I nod

"Just dizzy" he chuckles

"You'll have to practice spinning. We have a ball coming up" I look up at him, to see a small smile on his face.

I can feel his touch on my bare back. It's so warm, leaving little tingles behind, as he moves his fingers up and down, slowly.

"A ball? Like cinderella?" He furrows his eyebrows and then nods slowly.

"Yeah. But you won't find your prince charming there" I frown

"Why not?"

"Because you have him right here. In front of you." I blush

"When did you fall in love?" I hear Austin's voice behind us. I step back, breaking contact with Damon.

"Ever since Ella came into my life. Austin, let's go, because we have to send cards to the guests. Ella, your breakfast is in the kitchen." They both walk away.

Didn't nobody catch what he said? 'Ever since Ella came into my life'

What does that mean? Does he love me? Oh. He loves me.

Is he like those fairytale, Prince charmings, and falls in love in the first sight?

It's impossible to fall in love within a week. Right?

But then it doesn't matter how long you've been together, the feelings are still there. But we're not together.

Oh Fudging biscuit, this is so complicated.

*

*

"So she's a princess now?" Damon asks and I nod.

"Her grandma- the one she never met- is the queen. Her dad is a prince- but he's dead. So yes she's a princess. You know what part I like in all of this movie? The part where they give her a makeover. She looks so much more better" I explain and he nods.

"Ella? Can I talk to you?" I nod, putting the movie, the Princess Diaries on pause.

"Shoot" I turn around sitting cross legged in front of him. He copies my actions.

"Did you understand what I was trying to tell you when Austin was here?" He asks, looking at me for answers.

Austin had already left an hour ago. I thought that maybe Damon was going to work, but he said he wanted to stay home with me.

I definitely remember what he said.

I nod and he sighs.

"I want to he with you" I laugh nervously

"You are with me Damon. We're sat in the same room, you're holding my hand, which is sweaty" I pull it back, wiping it on my jeans. He takes it back, playing with my fingers.

"Okay. I meant that I want you to be my wife." He looks me in the eyes.

"Woah. I thought it was girlfriend first, but you just take it up a notch don't you?" I smile nervously.

"Will you be my girlfriend Ella?" He smiles at me

"I-I no." He frowns and then smiles a small smile.

He let's go of my hand, and nods his head, rubbing the back of his head.

"Well this is awkward" he mumbles under his breath.

"I'm sorry Damon. But I've only known you a week. And everything--its just going too fast. I can't" he nods getting off the sofa, and standing up, wearing his slippers.

"It's okay Ella. I'm going to my office. I'll be doing some work" he walks out of the room, but I grab his hand, stopping him.

"Are you going to be like those cliche guys, and be cold to me now?" He turns around, his eyes softening.

"Ella, I could never be cold to you. Let's just imagine these 5 minutes never happened okay?" I nod, as he push my hair behind my ear slowly.

"Okay" I say and he smiles.

He kisses my forehead, and walks out of the room.

Did I do wrong? I don't think so?

I need to call Aubrey.

I pick my phone and call her. She picks up after a couple of rings.

"Why aren't you at work?" She asks

"Just. Aubrey if someone asks you that they want you to be their girlfriend, but you've known them only for a week, are they only joking? Are they only playing with your feelings?" I ask

"Why are you asking that?"

"For my friend" she sighs

"It depends on the guy. Is he nice to you? Does he make you happy? What do other think about him? It's not always about what you think about that guy." I nod

"I'll talk to you later" I hang up.

So does that mean Damon is only playing with my feelings?

What do others think about him? He's mean. He's heartless. He's cold.

But then with me, he's smiling, he laughs.

He's playing with my feelings.

But why?

I walk out of the room and look around confused. Where's his office?

I call him.

"Ella? Why are you calling me? We're in the same house?" He answers the call

"Damon where are you? Can you come here? Please?" I say

"Okay?" He hangs up.

I hear a door open on the second floor, and Damon walks downstairs.

"Is something wrong?" He sits on the bottom step.

"You're playing with my feelings right?" He looks at me confused.

"Ella, if this is about, what I said. It's okay. We'll just forget about it." I shake my head

"No. We can't Damon. There must be a reason why you want me to be your girlfriend. It's impossible for you to like me. Look at you and then look at me. It's understandable. You're playing with my feelings. You think you can get into my pants. I unde-" he stands up

"Understand what? Tell me Ella! You won't understand because no one has told you! Your dad never told you!" He shouts

I look at him confused

"My dad?" He sighs

"Let's forget this now Ella" he starts walking upstairs.

"Don't Ella me Damon. I want fudging answers!" I exclaim.

He turns around a small smile on his face.

"Fudging?" I sigh

"Tell me. Please?" I ask softly

He sits down on the step, and pats the seat next to him slowly.

"Come here" I walk towards him, and sit down.

"We're supposed to be married by now." I look up at him confused

"When my dad was alive, I was 18. And you must have known how your parents were in rivalry against my parents because there was a misunderstanding in the products that we make. And I saw my mom crying once, because in the news she was labeled as a thief, because people thought she copied the final designs of your families products. I was only 18 then, and I went to your company, and burnt it." I gasp

"That was you?" He nods

When I was 16, my dad lost a lot of business, because of a unknown fire. After a couple of months dad found out who it was, but he never told us.

"My dad hid the fact that it was me from the media. Your father wanted the money back. At that time my dad wasn't as rich as I am now. Your father had the biggest company in California. So my dad said he couldn't pay. Your father, said that I had to get married to one of his daughters"

What the fuck? No my dad wouldn't do that?

"And when your father's business bought a new company ground, he th-"

"He through a party, inviting you. You chose me over Aubrey." I whisper and he nods

"At that time Aubrey had a boyfriend. And when I saw you, I-I-" he blushes slightly.

"You what?" I look at him

"I fell in love" I look at him.

What's their to fall in love with me?

"I loved that you were dancing freely while your mother was glaring at you. I loved that even though so many boys were pushed towards you, you didn't care. I loved that you took extra food in the party, knowing your mom was staring at you. I loved that you threw champagne on you mom by 'accident'" he smiles lost in thought

"Woah" I whisper

He looks at me.

"I chose you Ella. You're the icing to my plain vanilla cake" I smile slightly.

"I do like vanilla ice cream with icing" he chuckles.

"We were supposed to get married when you turned 20. But I said no. I knew you were still young to get married. I was only 22 myself. I didn't want to bring you into a life, where all I do is work. So we waited for a while. My parents died. Your father wanted me to get married as soon as possible. That's why I bought you here. I thought that instead of it being a one sided love, I thought that you'll love me too" he explains.

"Do we have to get married?" He nods

"If we don't, then your dad will tell the media about what I did. I don't really mind, because I can shut the media up with a lot of money. But it was dad's promise to your father. And my dad died, while making that promise. And I promised that I'll do it. For my dad" I nod slowly.

"Oh." There's a knock on the door.

Damon stands up and walks towards it.

He opens it and I see Evan with flowers.

"Evan?" Damon says confused again.

"Hey. Is Gabi here?" Damon stands in front of the door, blocking his view.

"No. She's not here. She's not your girlfriend Evan. Just leave. You don't cheat on princesses"

Fudge him and his words. I smile slightly.

"Look Damon, this isn't your business. You don't have any right to stick in. This is between Gabi and I. Now go call her"

"You're fired" Damon stated

"Okay." Evan said.

I stand up and walk towards the door.

"Gabi" Evan smiles

"He has a right Evan. Damon is going to be my husband. You're invited to the wedding" I smile and close the door on his face.

Fudging applehole.

I take a deep breath turning to Damon, who has a small smile on his face.

"So you'll marry me?" I roll my eyes

"I want a proper proposal. I may not love you, but I know this means a lot to you and your dad. My dad- I just give up. Now about that proposal. It should definitely include cake. And I want a really simple ring. A cheap o-" he covers my mouth.

"You don't deserve a cheap ring Ella. You deserve the world. And I'm going to try my best to give you the world." He removes his hand.

"Before marrying me think about it Damon. I don't really know how to cook. I like to wake up late. I'm really lazy. Sometimes I might just not get out of bed, and just want to watch Netflix. And you don't want to know how I am on my periods. So I'm giving you a chance to back out. I just want to say again, that I am a very lazy person" he smiles.

"I'll be there with you till the day I die" I frown.

"Okay, just don't die on me before we even get married. You're not drunk right? You do know what I said? I am really lazy. Like I don't really like to work as well. And I love shopping. I'm a shopaholic " he chuckles

"Ella, don't worry. I'm not drunk. I'll take all the mood swings on your girl problems. I know that chocolate helps sometimes right? I'll bring lots. And I want to marry you. We can have those random lazy days, where we don't even leave the house. Okay?" I smile

"Perfect." I say

He leans down, and kisses my cheek.

"Get ready to become Mrs Knight" he whispers into my ear

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Hey guys!

Can you believe where this book is standing in ChickLit? #69! Wow!

I seriously am so happy with this book?

Do you guys like it? Because I know I do, and I love writing it.

What do you think of this chapter? Damon just revealed it.

It's like the arranged marriages.

Do you believe in those? Do you think it's good or bad?

Leave a comment and a vote letting me know what you think.

Byee!