(Jack's POV)
I rested my spines on the headboard of my master bedroom as I quaffed down an alcoholic drink, watching my male Personal Assistant run some programs on my new software.
I had ordered him to follow me to my mansion after our normal working hours and he had no choice but to heed because he knew what I could do to him if he defied my order.
"Drrz drrz…!" his phone kept ringing. He surreptitiously keeked at me and I gave him a withering stare. He shut his mouth instantly when I saw he was about to talk.
I gulped the alcohol but I decided not to swallow it. I wanted to teach him a lesson so dropped the bottle of alcohol on its designated gray and dawdled toward him.
"I apologize, sir, it was my wife, sir," he shivered and fear outlined on his face as he jolted upright. That was what I loved to see on people's faces. Fear!
I spat a portion of the alcohol on his face and drizzled the rest all over his body. "Aaaouch!" he yelled when the alcohol penetrated his eyes and I smirked.
His screams almost blocked my eardrums but I was not satisfied. I wanted to do something that is much more painful to him because I had warned him to switch off the phone when the phone rang thirty minutes ago.
I collected his Android phone and smashed it on my tiled floor and he was still writhing in pain when Jane, my cute twin sister barged into my room. "What is going on here, Jack?"
"The last time I checked, my room was not a showplace you can just barge into anyhow?!" I snapped at her and gave her a 'what are you doing here?' look and she grabbed it.
"I was passing by your room when I heard a shout. I thought it was from you so out of adrenaline, I just had to enter. Didn't know it was from your stubborn P.A," she analyzed, smiling at me
I ignored her and climbed on my bed as I lay supine. "Clean that place, you idiot and get out of here before the count of three."
"Yy-yes sir," he cried as he tried to open his eyeballs which had turned red and swollen and he instantly hurried out of the room.
Jane sat at the edge of my bed, she tilted her body forward and began to tickle my feet. "Stop it, sis!" I chuckled as my body vibrated.
Whenever she did that, she always made me feel like a baby. Our mum used to do that to me and when she died, my sweet sister took her place. She was the only person I could confide in.
Whenever she did me wrong like the way she barged into my room earlier, the anger I felt for her would flicker away after seconds because I could see our mum inside her and she knew how to appease me.
In fact, I allowed my sister to make choices for me and one of the choices she recently made for me was to sign a contract of marriage with David's daughter since his loan repayment date had elapsed because I needed an heir.
She was the only one who could make me laugh or smile and every other person was just a toy to me and I do not care about them unless they brought me a deal that involved a lot of money and would profit me.
"I have wanted to ask you since yesterday what you and David had concluded on the contract agreement," she uttered as lines of concern etched on her face.
"That idiot has not signed yet nor has he replied since that time," I spoke in fumes and I paused as I adjusted myself.
"I have been lenient enough with that bastard and in two days, I will mercilessly take over his cheap company and send him and his daughter packing out of that scrappy house if he fails to pay back tomorrow or sign the contract."
"Chillax bro, do not get fussed up. Do not let David get into you. He is not worth it and I know he would have no other option than to marry his daughter off to you," she said as she comforted me with her words.
"You know the worst part? That ugly bitch with a pointed nose is not even beautiful. She is not my spec. Why would you even choose her?"
Jane had the ability to make me sound like a baby sometimes. She was like our mother, the only difference was that she did not win her love before she died and they were reasons.
The last time I had a formal meeting with David and our lawyers, one of his files fell on the floor and Jane had picked up the photo of his daughter which flew off between the pages of the documents.
She was sweet enough to request some time and reminded me that I could marry the lady and get an heir from her since it was obvious that David might not pay back. It was a brilliant idea I thought so I flowed with it.
"You can not tell from a picture alone. However, you do not need to love her, bro. All we want from her is an heir and after that, you're done with her!"
I ignored her last statement and got out of bed. I started to feel the desire to make out surging inside me and I knew it was the effect of the alcohol I took. I didn't even drink much.
"What is wrong with you, Jack?" she inquired as she raised her eyebrows.
"I have to be somewhere, right now!" I fired at her and she quite knew where I wanted to be at this late hour.
I quickly changed into a black hoodie and black pants. I requested her to help me with a pair of black sneakers from my footwear shelves and she got confused. "You have thousands of sneakers here, which one do you want?"
"If you had a man, do you need to ask him which one he wanted before you choose one for him?"
"Ohhh!" she exclaimed and picked one of my favorite sneakers and when she brought it to me, I slipped it on immediately.
I grabbed my car keys, my phone, and my mask and I sprinted to the door. I turned to wink and revealed my pearly whites to her. "Do not forget to tell that idiot to clean up that mess.!" I pointed to the floor and dashed out of the mansion.
***
My driver drove me to my usual spot at the speed of lightning and one of my men who had come with another car rushed to open the door for me and I stepped out of it. My body was blazing with fire.
"Get 'em outta here," I ordered the bartender to make everybody leave when I tilted my mask to the side to reveal my face and he did in no minute.
Fire! Fire!" the bartender screamed as he turned on the fire alarm and my men in their masks also helped him to usher everybody out.
I hated noise and I hated people that were not up to my caliber to be enjoying where I was. "Get me a hot package for tonight!"
"Yy-yes ssuh," he stuttered in fear, and after a while, he came back with a sexy slut in her bikini. She was wet all over and I could tell she had just finished swimming, most importantly, she was my spec!
She kissed my hand and a jolt of electricity sparked in me. I collected the key to my usual room from the bartender and carried her in my arms as she chuckled.
When we got to the room, I locked the door and removed my mask. On seeing who I really was, her mouth went agape just like every other previous sluts and she stood transfixed as she removed her hands from my broad chest.
She screeched and took a race to the door on her high heels but I halted her in her tracks. "Where did you think you were going?!"
"I didn't know it was you when he told me I have a client, sir?" she was referring to the bartender.
"Please, let me go, sir," she pleaded as she knelt in tears and her plea fell on my deaf ears.
"I do not want foreplay, what I need is to drill down your hole and you can get the fuck out in the morning!"
I dragged her to the bed and I showed her why I was called the ruthless billionaire that did not give a damn about others but his sister!
(Lily's POV)Throughout midnight at the railway station, my heart capsized like the Titanic ship and I wept profusely. How could my biological father do this to me without thinking about my feelings? Did I not mean anything to him?I wished Mum was alive, she would not have accepted that her daughter was traded just because of her husband's company. The thought of how she and my siblings died clouded me again and my tears rekindled.My phone vibrated in my pocket and this was going to be the third time my phone would be ringing. I shove my hands into my pocket with the intention to pull it out and fling it to God knows where. I just wanted to be alone.Not until I saw that it was not thrice that I had received the call but it was the eighteenth time and the calls were from the same unknown number. I was skeptical to pick at first but then, I remembered when mum used to tell me not to pick unknown numbers but you could if the caller called many times. It meant that something one did n
(Jack’s Pov)If not that I want an heir, I wouldn’t have had anything to do with a poor brat like her, “Lily? Horrible name”. Jane should have done better with her choice of a wife for me, even if it was a contract marriage, I deserve better.She better gives me beautiful children because I wouldn’t take ugly children from her, I can’t let go of what her father owes me and she pays me back with ugly-looking children.I don’t know why but my face began to turn red thinking about the whole thing, I never wanted to have anything to do with people below my standard but on second thought, I decided to see it as a beneficial kind of marriage that it is, she gives me an heir and I throw her out to the street where she belongs. Poor thing.All these poor people, I said as I emptied the half-full bottle of whiskey in front of me into a glass cup. As if the rage was too much to handle sitting down, I stood up and moved around my room, I wasn’t seeing everything in my room the same way again.Wh
(Lily’s Pov)I can’t believe I’m about to get married to a total stranger and to think that it was the ruthless Jack. I saw my world crumbling before me and I couldn’t do anything to help myself. I sat in my father’s study room, face-palmed myself, and cried to myself.I know how much I despise Austin but at this point in my life, I would prefer to get married to ten Austins to getting married to one Jack.“What does he take me for”?“do I look like a toilet roll he can purchase and discard after making use of it”If not for my dad, I wouldn’t be doing this, I should probably be on my way to the monastery where I would be trained to become a nun.I stood up and dragged myself sluggishly around the house, each place I got to the house reminded me of the precious moments I shared with my dad, the walls were decorated with pictures of us, the ones we had taken from when I was a child until now that I’m grown.My father has been a wonderful dad, he never let me lack anything, and my happi
(Lily’s Pov)I stepped out of the house feeling all refreshed. Just in front of our building, I was lucky enough to see a taxi that just dropped off a passenger.I know I’m beautiful but the way the taxi driver looked at me in admiration made me feel embarrassed even when I was supposed to be happy.“Hello pretty, at your service” the dark skinned and well looking young man who sat on a driver’s seat in the taxi said to me.Not all of these taxi drivers were kind enough to compliment their passengers, some would insult you or charge you more than what you’re supposed to pay if they had the chance., so I was a bit surprised when the young man complimented me.“I’m going to City Hospital’ I said not looking at his face and pointing to the direction that led to the City Hospital.“Hop in ma’am” He opened the door for me and gave me a “go ahead and enter” gesture with his head. That was quite strange.I couldn’t remember the last time I boarded a taxi, it has been ages, Mum drove me to sc
Lily’s Pov)As I walked gently and quietly down the hospital’s building and heading to the ward where my dad was, my heartbeat increased, it dawned on me that my life was about to change forever, even though it wasn’t a good one but I didn’t care that much since it was for my father, I can do anything to get him on his feet again.As I approached the staircase I held the bag I used in loading the food very tight and was extra careful on how I walked on the slippery well tiled floor. City Hospital is one of the best in town and it’s beautiful environment speaks for it, and when it comes to life supporting machines, they have everything any good Hospital should have. In our family, City Hospital does it for us.Soon, I got to my father’s room and as I opened the door I saw a fair, slim and lanky nurse attending to him, I stayed aside and watched them until she was done getting every information and doing every checkup she needed to do.“I’m done ma’am” the nurse said putting her record
(Lily’s Pov)It’s already 5am in the morning and all I had in my mind was signing the contract and paying for the hospital bills, I can’t remember sleeping in the night, I was filled with so much anxiety, it was like the longest night of my life, I watched my Dad sleep so peacefully, each time I looked at him, I went close to him and put a finger close to his nose just to make sure he was still breathing since I didn’t hear him snore as usual. My dad is such a chronic snorer that one would hear him snore even in the next room, so it gave me great concern when I didn’t hear him snore all through the night.The day was getting brighter and the hospital was filled with sounds of patients and guardians greeting each other and praying, the cry of children wasn’t exempted, there was a particular kid who didn’t allow the whole ward rest in the night, he kept on crying out of pain and I wished he could get well that night but wishes aren’t horses.I got prepared and woke my dad up to tell him
(Jack’s Pov)After Lily signed the contract, I felt a little bit of happy, not happy that she was my wife, contract wife, I was happy that I was going to have an heir, someone who would replace me and who will inherit all my properties since Karen didn’t give me any.In our society where money has so much influence, it was hard to find a woman who truly loved me for me, all the women who once surrounded my life was because of what they stand to gain off me. I loved Karen, we met in a night club and I loved her energy, we got to know each other and I found myself falling in love, “stupid me” I gave a heavy sigh“thank God for my life” she almost ripped me of everything I had after we got married, she made me believe she had some health issues as to why she wasn’t able to conceive and the doctors are asking for a huge amount of money to treat her.Each time I remember my story with Karen, it makes me bitter, and that’s why I will never attach myself to any woman, sometimes I see Karen e
(Lily’s Pov)After the horrible experience I had with Jack, signing the contract, I rushed back to the hospital to deposit the hospital bill so that the doctor can proceed with the surgery. I got to the hospital and I went straight to the accountant to make my payment.“here’s your receipt ma’am” the receptionist who doesn’t have a smiling face handed me my receipt of payment and I headed to the doctor’s office to give it to him so he can start the surgery immediately.“here you go” I stretched my hand out giving the doctor the receipt“what’s that Miss. Hailey?” the doctor asked looking all surprised“the receipt, I’ve paid all, please can you do it now?” I teared up as I dropped the receipt on his table. The doctor picked receipt and saw that I’ve paid everything and asked that I sit down.“you see, Miss. Hailey your father needs to calm his nerves before we can proceed, go and get him ready, the operation room will be ready in the next 10 minutes” that was exactly what I wanted to