Ethan Black.Location: Short Hills in New York's wealthiest suburbs. One hour, fifty minutes drive from Manhattan.Time: 10:05 am, Sunday.I sat quietly across from my mother Sylvia Black, in the formal sitting room of our family's five-acre estate. The sunlight streamed in through the large windows, casting a warm glow over the antique furniture and ornate wallpaper. Despite the pleasant surroundings, I could not shake the overwhelming pressure that weighed on my shoulders to find a wife, and Carla's bleak stunning face was not helping in the matter.Why did I fill so drawn to her?My mother-in-law brought in another woman because I was unable to conceive in my five-year marriage… Carla's faint voice repeatedly echoed in the back of my mind.Her face was ordinary, yet captivating.Her voice was sweet and innocent.Her body, curvy and sexy for a Petite Latina woman.Her personality, demanding and yet understanding.Her love language, was perfect because she saw hope in a lost cause lik
Carla Rodriguez Hall.After quitting my non-paying pathetic job at the vet clinic, I immediately went back home but could not bring myself to enter my cursed home.So I sat on the curb, second-guessing my decision to walk away from Richard, because where was Ethan Black now?Maybe I should call Ethan and ask for accommodation. I scrutinized the business card he had given me earlier and sighed heavily.No, Carla, you can't do that. Ethan Black will soon be your boss starting tomorrow, so you need to put up boundaries of mutual respect now. I shoved the business card back into my purse and glanced at the ever-so-busy street in my neighborhood.Everyone passing by me was so preoccupied with their thoughts like I was… maybe this was how life was supposed to be. Go through some challenges but don't give up on life itself… I glanced at my house and my heart sank into my guts because just comprehending that another woman was in my home, doing all the things I was supposed to do for my ungrat
Ethan Black.Location: Black Eiffel Tower.Time: 08:35 am, Monday morning.With a newfound sense of hatred for all women, I sat at my desk, going through some paperwork that needed my attention when suddenly, Miller and Gracia rudely barged into my office unannounced. I looked up and frowned slightly."Gentlemen, to what do I owe this rude interruption to my office this early?" I raised a question while leaning back into my office chair."Ethan, we've been waiting for you to activate your father's shares for too long now. Your time has run out." Mr. Miller said in a hushed tone, and Gracia nodded along to his friend's futile declaration.How dare they? I clenched my jaws with a stern emotionless pose."But if I'm not mistaken, I still have four more days to find a wife," I smirked triumphantly as I glared straight into their eyes.One man was potbellied as swine, and the other was skinny as a toothpick... Both men had some grey hairs on their heads which appeared they attempted to dye
Carla Rodriguez.Time: 10:15 am.Location: Hall's vet clinic downtown in Hudson.Life's hasty decisions have a way of humbling each and every one of us and this moment was that point in my life.I'm getting divorced today and married again in two days! Fuck Carla why are you doing this to yourself? I glanced at the divorce papers that I had already signed at Ethan's office and sighed heavily with quivering hands.Was marrying Ethan Black the right decision??? I bit the nail on my index finger while I mulled deeply.Ten million cheddars or divorced and broke?Ah, fuck it Carla, three hundred and sixty-five days for ten million cheddars is nothing compared to working for peanuts in ten years for the government system.I glanced at Ethan and he was preoccupied with his phone... Umh, What an adoring future husband indeed, I rolled my eyes and looked back at the clinic building and for some reason, my legs were paralyzed in one spot. My mind surged with doubt but I really needed to deliv
Carla Rodriguez.Time: 9:00 pm. Eleven hours to yet another dreadful marriage.Location: Hudson Square, by Alice's house.I'm divorced at last!!! But only for a few hours. I guess having billions like Ethan Black had its peaks to it. I exhaled softly on the window and fog formed… then I drew a face with an upside-down smile because that was how I felt.Not so long ago was I being honored with words of praise by my ex-husband did he accept to divorce me and accept to marry his skink gold-digging pregnant bitch… I heaved a sigh with droopy shoulders.Richard Hall was my everything before the divorce and naturally, I was going to be miserable for a while because there is no ordinary human being who could just move on from a previous relationship like a robot without any emotions.And now, I thank God I never got pregnant for his ass, because I could have been entangled in a loveless marriage with hundreds of children from other women Richard intended to sow his seed in."So let me get th
Carla Rodriguez Black.Time: 08:05 am.Location: New York's City Hall, between Broadway and Park Row, Manhattan.A wedding day for any woman was supposed to be the happiest but today felt like I was going into yet another hell hole after the experience I had with Richard.What if Ethan Black doesn't pay me?What if he cheats on me as Richard did?What if his family I know nothing about cursed me for marrying their beloved son without notice?What happens when they find out I was once a divorcee?All these questions ran in my mind as I second-guessed my hasty decision to get married again."You look beautiful dear." Alice pushed back tiny bits of loose hair strings that kept misbehaving even though I had spent over an hour just fixing my unresponsive hair. My armpits, sweating profusely."Are you sure" I stammered while pacing back and forth at the huge wooden double doors to the private room Ethan had hired for the private service we were holding.Wealthy people with their endless sol
Carla Rodriguez Black.Time: 11:45 am.Location: Nearing Black's Effie Tower at Ethan's residence.I'm officially Mrs. Black now! Who thought I would nab New York's most eligible bachelor?I exhaled slowly whilst looking at the tall buildings of Manhattan.Why did he pick me over his long-time girlfriend?The awkward silent drive to Ethan's penthouse pushed me to recall Crystal's bleak face from one of the top tabloid magazines I had once read about her extravagant lash lifestyle with Ethan… and they looked so damn good together if you asked me.I wondered why he did not marry her instead.I darted at Ethan in the corner of my eye and could see him lost in thought. Could it be he was still in love with her?I swallowed hard while my heart thumped wildly.Carla, get your shit together. This marriage is contractual, remember that.I sneered silently with pouted lips and then the driver came to a stop at Ethan's penthouse building... New home at last.I sighed silently."I have urgent m
Ethan Black.Time: 11:59 am.Location: Black Business Eiffel Tower.Finally, I had fulfilled Dad's last wish by tying the knot even though it was not out of love, hence now it was time to save the company and not for honeymooning like Mother and Carla insisted.Carla was no doubt breathtakingly beautiful today but I was done with anything with a pussy in-between its legs because all women are just cheating glutton swine who don't deserve love, especially if it was coming from me.Still in my wedding suit, I sat stiffly in my chair at the head of the long, polished mahogany table in the boardroom. My mother, Sylvia, sat to my left, her expression set in a mask of stoicism. To my right sat the two shareholders, Miller and Gracia, both looking equally tense.We were all waiting for the attorney to arrive, the man who would finally activate my father's shares in the Black Industry, and then I will be the sole boss of the empire. The silent tension in the room was palpable as if the very a