Stacy felt her heart hurt further, knowing she must sign the contract marriage when Dan Hawk came the following day.
Her body trembled with small sobs filling up the room's atmosphere.{ *If you don't want the contract or if you feel you are not ready for it then I won't force you, Stacy Hills** Fair enough. Take some time and think about this proposal. You have from now till two days time to agree to it. I'm not forcing you though. It's fine if you can't do it. I'll find someone else. Maybe a nanny will be fine* }Stacy’s whimpering cries stopped once she recalled her Boss’s words from the previous day at work in his office.Stacy raised her head from her knee with determination in her amber eyes.`What's the need for you to get a nanny, Mr. Yates? I can be the nanny and substitute mother of your child. That would be a far better option than for me to remain here as a slave or to get married to the wild beast in sheep's clothing’"I won't stand by and watch how they ruin my life for me. I can't get married to Dan Hawk, he is a monster! A big bully right from college who only wanted to get me for his sexual pleasure and I'll only become a plaything of his if I end up signing the contract. He won't mind doing whatever he pleases once he owns me. I can't sit back and watch as my own father ruins the rest of my life by getting me married to him,” Stacy muttered out loud, her determination to stand up for her rights persevering."You need to buckle up your shoes Stacy! Take a stand for yourself even if it's going to be once in your entire years of living! You can't let that monster become your spouse! Never!” Stacy yelled at herself, her eyes bloodshot.Her gaze swept across the room in search of her phone.She quickly crawled towards her bed and grabbed her phone, dialed a number and it didn't take long for the line to connect.With her chest heaving up and down heavily, Stacy with decisiveness in her voice said, "This is Stacy Hills here, Sir. I've made up my mind to agree with your proposal. If possible, then I do not mind you coming over this evening with the marriage contract papers,” Stacy said in a rush."Um, that's some good news,” Bruce said genuinely with a little doubt at the edge of his voice."But what made you take this decision in a short span of time?” Bruce Yates asked, knowing there must be a reason for Stacy to have made such a decision in a hurry and was even urging him to bring the contract documents.Bruce Yates wasn't a fool so he was able to detect that something must be wrong somewhere."Nothing. There's no reason, I've just made up my mind to be the substitute mother of your daughter,” Stacy smiled a little even when she knew Bruce Yates wasn't there to look at her little smile."Hmm,” Bruce sighed thoughtfully. "Fine then. I'll be at your place first thing tomorrow morning!”"B..but why not today?” Stacy asked desperately.She needed to get married to someone else before Dan Hawk got to her house with the marriage papers and she knew Dan Hawk would waste no time in making sure she became his wife before the sun went down the next day."Why do you want me to come over today? Is there something you're hiding that I might need to know?” Bruce asked with actual concern for Stacy’s safety."I-im fine. You can’t come today right? Then no problem . You can come tomorrow and I’ll be waiting for your arrival,” Stacy stuttered trying to hide the urgency in her voice."Okay, good but are you sure you’re okay? You are suddenly sounding diffeent. Is something going on?” Bruce asked, still feeling that there was something Stacy was hiding."No..there’s nothing. Bye,” Stacy hung up the call and dropped flat on her bed.She just hoped for Bruce to make it over to her place before Dan could come or stop her from signing the contract marriage with Bruce Yates.Stacy was lost in deep thoughts and tears that she didn’t realize when she fell asleep and the morning sun shone at her innocently sleeping face.Stacy let out a yawn, turning to the other side of the bed away from the rising sunlight and hovering her pillow on her face.Stacy turned and fell off the bed at the sudden banging on her room door like it was about to be pulled down."Oww,” She whined, feeling her body ache from the fall."Get your ass up! Dan Hawk is waiting for you in the living room!” Ethan's voice boomed from outside the door.Stacy looking sleepy and tattered quickly became conscious when the thoughts of Dan Hawk arriving at her place registered in her mind."Stacy! You this dozer, are you still asleep? Is this how you'll perform your wifey duties by sleeping all day? Come out of your room in the next five minutes all dressed up! Dan is waiting for you in the sitting room. Don’t make him waste his precious time waiting for you, you hear me!?” Stacy heard her dad instruct her.Stacy was at a loss for words to respond to her dad. Stacy knew Dan Hawk was going to come over to her house early but she never expected it to be that early."Goodness,” Stacy gasped, her hand hovering over her lips. "He really needs to come quickly. goddamit! I need to contact him and know where he is,” Stacy quivers as she searches for her phone on the bed.Once she found it under her pillow she contacted Bruce Yates to know where he was and if he was on his way so she could find a way to pull up a drama so the process could take up some time till he arrived.To her disappointment, Bruce Yates's line wasn’t connecting.Anxiety rose within Stacy. "What am I going to do now?” Stacy thought nervously."I’ll send him a text message asking where he is and tell him to come quickly,” Stacy thought outwardly in a meek voice and immediately started typing the text to him.Once done, Stacy’s gaze darted to the mirror at the bedside of her room and saw how messed up her reflection was.She had dried-up drool on the side of her lips, black mascara running down her cheeks, and pink lipstick gloss all over her face. Her hair was like a bird's nest and her amber eyes were bulging out of their sockets with a dark bag under her eyes."I look so disorganized and unrecognizably horrible, what would Mr. Yates think of me?” Stacy remarked, not able to recognize herself in the reflection before her. She quickly undressed and went into the bathroom to have a quick shower before her dad returned to her room and forcefully pulled down the door cause she knew he was capable of doing it without feeling bad. It didn’t take long before Stacy became all dressed up and like she had expected, her dad had started banging at her door impatiently. "Do you have some sort of disease on you that’s making you waste so much time in there?“ Ethan yelled outside Stacy’s room as he continued to bang on the wooden door. Stacy opened the door swiftly and saw her dads hand frozen in the air, about to land another bang on the door. "I’m done, Dad,” Stacy whispered, staring at her feet as she fiddled with the hem of her dress. Ethan’s dark gaze scanned Stacy’s dress. He let out a scoff. "Lame as always,” He snickered, not impressed by he
Dan Hawk walked over back to the couch and sat on it, crossing a leg over the other. "Then you and your father have no choice but to pay me back for everything I've done for you guys” He pushed the center table out of place effortlessly with his feet and gazed darkly back at them with a pointed finger at Ethan. "Including all the money I gave to your godforsaken dad which he spends on alcohol and women!” Dan said decisively. Stacy felt her heart drop into the pit of her stomach. Where would she get so much amount of money from? "I thought you gave those stacks of money to my dad out of your own will? Why are you then requesting it back?” Stacy asked with a trembling lip. "Out of my own will?” Dan repeated in a questioning tone. "Yes, I did that out of my own will. I did all that thinking you would end up becoming mine but now, you're being ungrateful to the almighty Dan Hawk who managed to get an interest in a naive countryside girl like you,” He spat venomously."You're not read
Beside her was Daisy, the little furry pomeranian puppy. "Cherry! Mr. Yates!” Stacy cried out with tears streaming down her cheeks from her amber eyes She managed to break free from her father's grip on her while he was lost in thoughts about the stranger who just barged into his home. She ran and hid behind Mr. Yates's overbearing silhouette."Who the hell are you? Who do you think you are to get yourself into my residence to intervene in my matters and still threaten me on what to do and what not with my own daughter?” Ethan thundered angrily. He didn't know who was the wealthy and formidable man before him but he would stop at nothing to make sure Stacy got married to Dan Hawk by any means possible! Bruce Yates stared expressionlessly at Ethan, his anger boiling beneath the surface of his composure as his jaw gnashed together in irritation about the kind of abusive father Stacy had. How dare he force Stacy against her will and still raise his hand against her? Damn! "Stacy g
Moving her grey eyes to Stacy who was still hiding behind her daddy, she instructed, "Substitute Mummy, don't listen to him. He is a bad guy. Daisy is a detective and she told me he is an evil guy including this oldie here,” Cherry pointed at Ethan with an innocent pout at the side of her lips but Ethan threw a deathly glare at her. A smile curled up on Stacy’s lips. "They are indeed very bad guys. Daniel is a bully and my Dad…sigh. Should I call him a domestically abusive man?” Stacy felt sad as she thought inwardly. Ethan frowned at Cherry’s pointed little finger to his face. He would have hit her for that but his hand was still useful to him and he wasn't ready to wave it goodbye yet. Dan glared at Cherry like he was very ready to glue her nasty lips with a superglue or tape but he knew he couldn't do that in front of her influential Daddy if he had a love for his life. Chuckling, Dan tried to change the topic as he approached Bruce. "Mr. Yates, you're yet to let me know t
Dan was in slight disbelief that Bruce didn't make it hard for him. He stuttered a little, "Y-yes. That's all. Once you do that then you can have her,” He managed to continue with his act without being shocked as he snickered with a sly smile on his lips. "No problem. Come to my company tomorrow with the papers for a meeting with the board of directors and then I will sign them once we all have come to a conclusion,” Bruce instructed. "But..” "No buts. Come over if you need it. And stay back if you don't.” Turning to Stacy who stood timidly with her head bowed beside him. "Here is a pen. Sign it then you and Cherry will be driven home by Charles,” Bruce smiled and Stacy managed to raise her head, returning the smile with lots of thoughts running through her mind. How could she ever thank her Boss enough for his help? What would have happened if he hadn't been there to save her from the traumatizing future her dad was pushing her into? Was Bruce Yates making a wrong decision b
"Yes, Daddy! I'm going to be a good girl!” Cherry felt happy to finally have Aunt Stacy as her new Mummy. Bruce smiled, pinching Cherry on her cheeks and she let out a giggle. "Naughty Daddy,” She laughed, and Mr. Yates chuckled. "Daddy is a naughty lad when he is sweet right?” "Yes, he is,” Cherry giggled even louder, "He is a naughty sweet boy,” Cherry muttered, playing with Daisy’s fur with one hand as Daisy rested on her lap. Daisy barked at Bruce happily. "You see? Daisy agrees with me, haha,” She laughed. "Yeah yeah. You both have such a weird relationship. I wonder how you know what she says sometimes,” Bruce chortled as he shook his head. "By the way, I'm off to work and I'll be back very early today for my princess's sake. Remember your promise. Don't disturb mummy, okay?” "I won't disturb mummy. You don't have to repeat it to me. I have perfectly functioning ears,” Cherry rolled her eyes. Her Dad could be so bothersome at times. Always repeating instructions
Daisy ran after them, barking with her little pink tongue out as chased them from behind. She seemed to also be thrilled. Cherry pressed a button on the side of the door and pressed her fingerprint on the sensor then a beeped sound was heard from the door as it slid open. Stacy was left feeling overwhelmed by the interior’s beauty. "Mr. Yates is very capable of owning this and it shouldn't be shocking to me but why am I feeling awestruck and stunned about it? Is it perhaps because it's beyond my expectations? Damn Stacy! You need not be surprised,” "Come let me show you to your room and then the kitchen,” Cherry didn't give Stacy a chance to breathe and pulled her up the glass stairs but suddenly halted. A slender figure leaned effortlessly on the wall at the top of the staircase. His eyelids closed, his dark long dreadlocks were damp over his forehead and his hands crossed over his chest. "Where are you heading to with that thing, little brat?” He drawled tiredly wit
"Granny! Stop pulling my mummy’s hair! Stop it, granny!” Cherry pleaded as she tried hard to pull her granny’s hand from Stacy’s hair but her granny was way too strong for her little hand. "Edward,” She called through gritted teeth. " Take Cherry into her room and lock her up in there,” Cherry’s granny instructed. Edward with a satisfactory smile grabbed Cherry’s little form and threw her over his shoulder effortlessly as he walked away. Daisy stood her ground in the center of the sitting room, barking fiercely at Edward to release her beloved friend, Cherry. Anxious for Cherry's safety, Daisy's concern was evident, yet she hesitated to approach the menacing Edward, fearing the consequences of crossing paths with such an individual. She knew all too well that getting too close to him could result in becoming his next meal and dinner for the night. She wasn't willing to take that risk when Cherry wasn't around to save her. "And you,” She pointed at Stacy’s delicate face