Gabriel walked out of the apartment building. He let out a long sigh he had been holding in. He got into the car and asked the chauffeur to take him home.
When he got home, he took a good look at his mansion and realized that Nicole was right, he ought to be married under normal circumstances. But unfortunately, the circumstances weren’t normal, so he has to do anything to get his mom off his back.
He went into his bedroom, took off his clothes and went straight to the bathroom to shower.
After he freshened up, he laid on his bed and started having second thoughts, if this was the right thing to do.
Things weren’t supposed to go this way. He thought to himself.
He should learn to get Ashley out of his mind and move on, but it’s easier said than done. He prays that Nicole would give his proposal a thought because, she was now his only hope.
He decided to try to get some sleep and stop his thoughts from running wild because it was already 2:00 am and he is supposed to be at the office early tomorrow morning.
That was the only place he could concentrate and be at peace with himself.
#
Nicole couldn’t sleep that night. She kept thinking about the event that took place earlier in her living room.
She has always dreamt about being rich, living the good life. A life of luxury and pure bliss. Now the opportunity has come knocking on her door, but yet, she is conflicted.
She doesn’t know if accepting such an offer was the right thing to do.
What if something goes wrong along the way?
What if his girlfriend shows up and she ends up getting caught?
But, he never said anything about having a girlfriend and if she ends up getting caught, he should be able to defend her, right?
Nicole was so confused.
She was supposed to be having a blissful sleep, but here she is, messed up in her own thoughts.
The amount of money in question was really tempting. Anyone would accept his proposal in a heartbeat.
But she could tell he was desperate, even though he tried to hide it with his stern face.
She felt like he really needed her to say yes right away. But, why was he still single, anyways?
It’s not like it was any business of hers, but she needed to know the kind of person she would be dealing with.
Besides, she hasn’t been with a man for quite some time now.
Gosh! Why was she thinking towards that direction.
It’s not like anything was going to happen between them or.. was something going to happen?
Nicole was already starting to have a headache from all those thoughts. She decided to try and get some sleep because that’s what she really needed at this point.
#
Gabriel was in his office, looking through some documents when he heard his phone ring. He looked at the caller ID to know who was calling, but it was an unknown number.
“Hello?”
“Hello… it’s me, Nicole.”
Gabriel straightened himself on his office chair the moment he heard her name. He didn’t know why, but he was internally excited to hear her voice.
“Um.. I called so we could talk about your proposal.”
Her voice was soft and relaxing to the ears.
Gabriel didn’t say anything yet, he just let Nicole speak so it wouldn’t seem like he pressured her into accepting to do this against her own will. That is, if she actually called to accept his proposal.
“I thought about it all night and I accept. I’ll do it.”
Gabriel internally let out a sigh of relief. He was internally grateful that she accepted his proposal.
“I’ll send my chauffeur to come pick you up at your apartment. He’ll drive you to my place. That is where we will be signing the contract.”
“Okay. I better get ready then… oh wait! When do I, um.. start?”
“Today, you’ll be moving in today. So, I suggest you grab whatever it is you’ll be needing before he arrives.”
“Really? Today? That’s so.. soon.”
Nicole replied sounding quite nervous.
Gabriel could understand why she was nervous. Anyone in her place would be nervous to move into a total stranger’s house.
“You can pack some of your things today and grab the rest later.” He suggested, making Nicole relax a bit.
“Oh, okay. Goodbye then.”
“Bye.” And the line went dead.
Gabriel then called his chauffeur to get his car ready, so he would take him home.
He called his PA to cancel whatever appointment he will be having for the rest of the day. He needed to be home before Nicole’s arrival, so he would inform his employees about their new lady boss.
He also wanted to give Nicole some time to get her things.
He picked up the contract paper he had personally printed earlier that day and left the office.
#
Nicole had been extremely nervous before making the call, but after the call, she felt a sudden relief. She couldn’t believe it would be that easy.
She screamed in excitement and went to her closet to pack some of her clothes.
Soon, she was going to be a millionaire.
Nicole made sure she packed her best underwear. It wasn’t like he was going to see her in her underwear, but a girl needs to feel confident on the inside before she can feel beautiful on the outside. She thanked her lucky stars that she had gone shopping the previous day and had acquired more clothes, undies and shoes to her old collection.When she was done packing, she took a shower to feel refreshed. After coming out of the bathroom, she stood in front of her vanity table and stared at her reflection in the mirror, then she thought to herself , 'if I'm going to act like the fiancée of a billionaire, why not start behaving like one'.So, she dropped her towel on the floor and applied some moisturizer on her body. Don’t get her wrong, she applies moisturizers but not all the time since she didn’t have a boyfriend, she never really gave a damn about her body or looks, it’s not like she dressed like wack,
Gabriel took Nicole into his mansion, so he would introduce her to his employees. He had ordered them to assemble in the living room.He couldn’t believe he was doing this, after so many years of being alone. But, that isn’t the issue at the moment.What got him worried is the consciousness that all this is fake. He wasn’t the type to do pretend. He hopes he doesn’t blow their cover.He just wished he was strong enough to forget Ashley and move on with his life, rather than deceive himself and the people around him. Nicole couldn’t believe her eyes, as she entered the mansion. It was more beautiful on the inside, with all it’s expensive interiors, which she was certain was much more worth than her entire life’s expenses.She was greeted by quite a number of employees. They were seventeen in number
Nicole couldn’t help but stare at Gabriel, why was he doing this? She wondered. Could it be that he was impotent or something? Yeah, that could be reason enough for a guy his age to still remain single or wait, maybe he was gay and didn’t want anyone finding out about it, but he doesn’t really look gay. Why was she even thinking too much about it? Anyone can choose to remain a bachelor at his age, it’s a free world after all, but with all the money he has, he can’t be alone all his life or could it be that all the women that had come into his life were just after money? If that were the case, he wouldn’t be offering her twenty five million dollars for an act of just six months.‘Okay Nicole, you need to stop assuming things inside your head. Concentrate on what is before you.' she internally warned herself. Gabriel on the other hand was busy on his laptop transferrin
Nicole stood in front of Gabriel’s room. Is this a good idea? She internally asked herself.It won’t hurt knowing what his room looks like, or will it?She shook off her doubts and took the bold step of knocking on the door.After a few seconds, she heard his voice.“Come in.” he instructed.Taking a deep breath, she slowly reached for the knob. Opening the door, she saw Gabriel buttoning his shirt. It looked like he just had a shower.He was casual this time, wearing a white long sleeve button down shirt with denim pants.“Hey.” she greeted, taking Gabriel by surprise.He wasn’t expecting to see Nicole here in his room. He thought his administrator had been the one knocking, probably to inform him about something.“How did you know this was m
Nicole followed Gabriel into the dinning room. After settling themselves comfortably on the dinning chair, Gabriel noticed that Nicole was wearing a sad face.The maids began serving their meal and Nicole kept asking them to serve her a piece of each of the different meals on the table.Is she seriously going to eat all of it?“That would be enough.” Gabriel said, stopping the maid from adding any other thing on Nicole’s plate.Nicole pouted her lips in annoyance.“I don’t want you gaining weight. I'd prefer you remain this way.” he told Nicole.His statement brought a smile to her face.“If that’s a compliment then, thank you.” she began.“But just so you'll know, no matter how much I eat, I don’t get fatter than this.” she e
Gabriel sat in his office, wondering why Nicole had told him that she loved him.Was it because she was excited? Or, was that her own way of saying thank you?Maybe someone was present at the time. But even if a maid was there, she needed not to worry because his workers were discreet.Well, he was the only one aware of that fact, Nicole didn’t.He was glad the issue with shopping had been dealt with. Now, he can get back to work.# Nicole asked the maid to tell the chauffeur to get a car ready. She also asked the maid to take off her working uniform and dress in something more casual because she would be accompanying her.The girl’s face lit up at that information. She hurriedly left the room to do as she was told while Nicole got dressed.She straightened her hair and applied
“What are you doing here?!” Gabriel whisper yelled once they were in his office.Before Nicole could reply, he cut her off.“How did you get here in the first place?”“Isn’t it obvious that your chauffeur brought me here? And oh, your chauffeur is really good looking. You have quite a good taste when employing.”Nicole’s response infuriated Gabriel even more. She was complimenting his employee while he was being serious.“Why are you here?” he said through gritted teeth.“I only came to thank you for the credit card and also to show you this new dress I got. I wanted to know if you like it.” she explained with happiness in her voice, ignoring Gabriel’s anger.“And you thought it was best to come to my office?” he asked, trying really ha
“Hey Rick.” Nicole nervously greeted as she picked the call.“Nicole, why did it take you so long to pick up?” Rick questioned the moment he heard Nicole’s voice.“I, um… I wasn’t close to my phone. Uh.. how are you doing?”“Are you okay? You sound nervous.”“Yeah, yeah. I’m fine.” Nicole replied, internally cursing herself for not being able to hide her nervousness.“Vanessa and I are worried about you. You didn’t show up at work. We went to your apartment to check up on you, but your place was locked… where are you?”“I’m sorry I didn’t tell you guys because everything happened so sudden… Something came up, so I had to leave New York in a hurry.”“What’s wrong. Did somethi