Chapter 19

Giselle's stubbornness was a well-known fact in her circle. You could talk to her for days, months, or years and she wouldn't still change her mind. She would just look at you with an amicable smile or a neutral face and keep refusing you. The only people who could ever get her to compromise were her parents.

Amelia could see her father already starting to lose his temper. Her father was the most strong-willed person she knew but Giselle was seriously beating the man at his game.

"Miss Cheadle, won't you just agree to date my son just once? He's a good boy"

"First off, Mr. Denver, I can see you are already getting annoyed. This argument is getting nowhere. Seriously, drop it. Secondly, I have a serious condition of ASPD and your son has OCD. We are a horrible combination. As a psychologist, I wouldn't recommend it"

"Miss Cheadle...…" Samuel drawled with the last vestiges of self control he had. Amelia knew she had to step in.

"Father, that's quite enough. Miss Cheadle, I'll call a maid to send you to where Adam is so he can take you home while I talk to my father"

"Thank you Miss Amelia"

"No, it's nothing"

The two Denvers watched Giselle go off with a sense of accomplishment floating around her.

"She…..she's insane" Samuel exclaimed.

"She's a professional psychologist, a genius at that. You're not beating that"

"She's just 28. How is she that good?"

"I heard she outwitted her kidnappers when she was 15, escaped after stabbing someone to death"

"Wait, she's killed someone before? How is she walking free right now, even with a doctorate degree?"

"It was closed as a case of self-defense and severe mental breakdown. She was in the hospital for quite a while before she was cleared as safe to return to society. She was fine for a while before she was kidnapped again at the age of 18. No one knows the details but she walked out of it with trauma so strong, it incited her ASPD. For most of her university days, she ignored everyone and only got better when she graduated. She is a genius through and through and let's say, she has experienced things that make her even better than you father"

"As always Amelia, your information gathering skills are impeccable"

"There is one more thing you should know, father. Those kidnappers, they are part of Ignition, well, the old ignition"

"Does she know? Is that why she rejects Adam so fiercely?"

"I'm not sure. Remember what she said about her dad hating our kind? Mr. Cheadle might know"

"Ah, this just got frustrating. Perhaps she is right. Maybe Adam should give up on her. It's not going to work"

"I don't know father. Adam may be mild most times but he seems pretty persistent. Is this going to turn into a huge problem?"

"Let's hope not"

The maid took Giselle to where Adam was. It was an indoor patio turned into an art room. Lots of art pieces were scattered around, most of them belonging to Adam. Some of them were oil paintings but the modern ones were all acrylic paintings with different and unique paintings on them. Sometimes they were humans, or abstract or still life.

Right now, he was concentrating hard on an acrylic painting. It was still smudges of paint but it was coming together to form something solid. Giselle thanked the maid and wheeled in to watch Adam painting. He looked so concentrated, she couldn't help but want to mess with him.

"So, what are you painting?"

"It's Giselle. The first time I really noticed how beautiful she was"

An amused smile flitted across her face. He was really absentminded and oh so cheesy.

"Oh? When was that?"

"History class, first semester. Her eyes were so listless but she was still so attractive. I still never can tell what attracted me to her. It must've been those eyes. They reminded me so much of mum's"

"So you see your mother in her?"

"No. My mother is a sweet angel. Giselle is a nifty little succubus. Those hazel eyes would be the death of me, I swear"

"You sound pretty obsessed"

"Haha, really? She's so beautiful, I can't help it. She thinks I'm sick though"

"You don't?"

"Maybe I am. Can you keep quiet for a moment? I need to capture the expression in her eyes"