All Ariella needed was money to pay for her dying mother's surgery. In the guise of sleeping with a man to make money for the surgery, she is sent to her friend's boyfriend's bed. When she realized that it was a set-up by her friend, she felt disgusted. A month later, Ariella discovers that she was pregnant and the man she slept with; her friend's boyfriend suddenly appears with a proposal of one year contract marriage for the sake of the child “We will be together for the duration of a year, until you have given birth to my child. I don't want my child to be born out of wedlock,” That's only what he told her before proceeding to throw the documents he was holding on the table. Namely NDA. He was a rich and well known man, she was a poor and unknown model. Of course, he wouldn't want that world to know about them.
View More“You are coming with me?” Ariella could not leave the surprise out of her voice and eyes as she stared up at Kelvin.“Yes. You did not think that I was going to leave you all alone for today's check-up, did you?” he asked as he looked down at her with furrowed brows.As a model, Ariella considered herself tall but Kelvin towered over her with a good few inches. He had to bend his head slightly to meet her eyes while she had to crane her neck to stare up at him.Ariella shook her head with her mouth still hanging open, “I just… I just thought that you will be busy so I will have to come alone and…”“Well, you thought wrong.” Kelvin said, interrupting her. He walked around her to lead the way, “Come on. The doctor is waiting for you and I have not gotten all day.”Ariella turned around and followed him inside where she was given another surprise. Kelvin was with her all through the check-up and test and it was almost as if they were a couple.When the doctor asked if she had any compla
Ariella's contract with the agency that signed her expired a month ago, and she had been contemplating on whether she should renew it or not. She had her answer now.Ariella walked into the company, ignoring a few stares from other models, and moved to her manager's office directly. She did not meet him there, but his assistant was there to direct her to where he was.Ariella thanked him and moved to where he was. Mr. Krigan was sitting with the top supermodels that were under him, and he was having a discussion with them. They were all laughing while one was rubbing and throwing herself all over him as they talked.Most of these models were also new when she started but they were willing to do what the company wanted so they climbed the ranks faster while she remained as a small model. Her manager despised her, and she knew that he did not want her to renew her contract. He would surely be ecstatic with the news she brought today.Ariella cleared her throat and stood at the threshold
Three million dollars. He would be letting her leave their marriage with three million dollars after they eventually get divorced.Three million dollars could do a lot for her and help her get her life back on track. It was a huge amount of money, one she doubts she would be able to get for free again.Well, technically, it wasn't for free but whatever. Whether she accepts the money or not, she would still have to give birth to his baby because she's signed her agreement already. There was no going back, so it was better to be wiser and collect the money too.Ariella would have to stop modeling and sit at home in hiding until she gives birth, while he would be a free man moving around. He would just become a daddy nine months later. Yeah, she was definitely collecting the money as her payment.By the time Ariella got to her mother's room at the hospital yesterday, her mother was fast asleep and was still like that when she decided to return home, and it was a good thing for Ariella.H
If Ariella thought that it would take Kelvin and his lawyer time to make the changes that she suggested then she was wrong. The next day, a knock sounded on her door by nine in the morning and the man who knocked introduced himself as Mr. Allan, Kelvin's assistant after glancing at her from top to bottom. He was dressed in a well tailored suit that made him look handsome and sharp.Ariella ushered him inside her house, not even bothering to ask how he knew where she lived.If his boss could find out that she was pregnant just a few hours after she did, then it wouldn't be hard for him to find where she lived. He must already know everything about her. Ariella wouldn't even be surprised if he knew her bra size. After all, he touched her breast that night and…A deep blush stained her check at her thought as she settled on the old and worn out couch with Mr. Allan. Ariella couldn't bring herself to be ashamed of her house and she was grateful that Mr. Allan did not care too. He did no
Ariella opened her mouth but nothing came out. His face was still without any expression so she could not read him or catch a glimpse of what was going on in his mind. Rich people were all the same world wide. Greedy piece of shits who only cared about themselves and their gains. They did not care who they stepped on in the process. Had being with Hannah and seeing some things she did, even when she tried to hide it, not enough for her? Hannah sending her to her boyfriend's bed, not caring about the fact that she knew so well how much Ariella was keeping her virginity for the right person, had it not been enough for her?Then the way rich people used small time models because they were from poor backgrounds and disposed of them the way they wanted, was it not enough to teach her about how rich people's minds worked?Was the Kelvin in front of her not the same man who called her cheap and a whore that night? Was it not him who threw money at her and humiliated her? Was it not him tha
This time, Kelvin took her to his penthouse where they both settled on a sofa in the living room area. They sat facing each other with the contract laid out on the table between them.“There,” he jerked his chin at the contract, “You can read it and tell me the part you do not like so that I can have my lawyer rule it out.”His lawyer was involved, Ariella thought as she reached over, with a shaky hand, to snag the contract from the table.She flipped through it, slowly reading so that she wouldn't miss anything. She picked out the clauses she did not like. Ariella only raised her head when she was done.“First, Hannah is your girlfriend and the reason we got into this situation in the first place. I want to know if she is aware that I'm pregnant. I also need to know what her role will be in all of this if we were to get married.”After that night she slept with Kelvin and called Hannah to tell her about it, Ariella has not heard anything from her. Hannah only sent her the promised am
Ariella thought he would take her back to his penthouse but he didn't and she was a little grateful for it. He took her to a small restaurant. The cozy ambience of the place made it the perfect spot for a romantic date but there was nothing romantic about the contract they were about to sign nor were they on a date. They were not a couple. They were only here because the situation of life threw them together. Because Hannah wanted to play some dirty games with her boyfriend and got her involved. Now, she was pregnant with his baby and they were about to negotiate some foolish contract on how they will move forward from here.It was late already but the place was not crowded.Ariella tried not to squirm as Kelvin placed his hand at the small of her back as he led her inside. She could feel the warmth of his palm against her flesh even with the thin material of her clothing between them.Like a perfect gentleman, he held out a chair for her and only circled the table to sit it down aft
She had to think again. One thing Ariella hated more than her current situation was thinking because once she got lost in her thoughts, she would begin to remember things she wanted to forget. Things like how her life continues to crumble before her eyes and there was nothing she could do to stop it.After paying for her mother's surgery, she thought that her mother would be well, but her mother remained sick. Doctor Mitchell already told her that her mother may never recover, but Ariella refused to believe it. After selling her body for the surgery's money, she would be more than devastated if her mother were to die.When Ariella first found out that she was pregnant, her first thought had been to remove the baby. She was in no position — financially or emotionally — to take care of a baby, and she would be damned before she allowed her child to be brought into this world to suffer.The fact that her mother might not survive, and she would be left alone in this world was one of the
Ariella panicked when she got to her mother's room in the hospital and found it was empty. She rushed to doctor Mitchell's office to ask where her mother was and was able to finally calm down when she was told that her mother was still alive and in the hospital but had been moved to another room.“Another room? I did not apply for her to be moved.” Ariella was confused.“She was moved to the VIPs room,” "VIP? But how?” Ariella was shocked at this revelation. "Well, a man who claims to be your fiancé and the father of your child had her transferred to another room.” Doctor Mitchell was happy that Ariella's baby daddy was going to be helping the young woman. Maybe some burdens would be lifted off the young woman's shoulders, and she won't have a difficult time during her pregnancy. She won't have to raise her child alone. Doctor Mitchell was beyond relieved. Ariella was like a zombie as she left doctor Mitchell's room to locate the VIPs room that her mother had been moved to. S
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