Jack's POV
"You heard me right. Marry me!” I retorted.
The young lady kept staring at me. She was utterly speechless.
"Sir,I don’t think that’s right. I don’t even know you and this is our first meeting.” She said avoiding my gaze.
"Yeah, that is the only way you can pay back for this. The item you just broke costs about three million dollars. I bet you can never afford that.”
“Three million dollars?!” She exclaimed.
I nod my head.
“I bet you can not afford that even if you work for two years.” I smirked.
She clutched the tip of her gown tightly. She looked very nervous.
“Is there no other option? I can’t marry you. I mean this is marriage, not a joke.” She lifted her head.
I stared at her for a while. She was very determined not to accept my proposal but I knew something else that would work perfectly on her. Staring at her, I saw that everything she wore looked very cheap.
"You don’t want to marry me, right?” I smirked.
"Yes!” she replied in a cold voice.
“Okay then, you can’t afford three million dollars and you also don’t want to marry me. What if I pay you for acting as my wife. Our marriage won’t last long, just three months, then we’ll get divorced.”
"How much will you pay me then?!” She asked eagerly.
I stared at her. I was quite confused by the change of her attitude. She’s just like everyone else. They’re all after the money.
“Have you changed your mind?”
“I didn’t change my mind. I just want to know and also think about it. I have no inten-”
“I see. You have no intention to accept my offer right?” I interrupted.
She heaved a deep sigh.
“Nevermind. I did not accept your offer. Do I look cheap to you? I’m not the type of lady you can easily charm with your money.” She scoffed as she folded her arms.
"How about I pay you thirty million dollars per month?”
“Thirty million dollars? I can easily pay off my family debt with such an amount. I-”
I chuckled gently. This interrupted her statement.
"I see for sure that you are not the type of lady who is after my money. You said you have no intention of getting married to me right?”
"I didn’t mean it that way. You said the marriage would last for two months and then we’ll get a divorce right? I mean it isn't a real marriage and you’ll also pay me for acting as your wife. So, I have no problem with that.” She shrugged.
I stared at her from her head to her toe. I knew that my mother and the shareholders at the company wouldn't accept her. They’ve always wanted me to get married to someone who is as wealthy as us but I have no intention of doing so. Someone from a low-class would be better for me.
“Hello, you aren’t saying anything.” She waved her hands around my face.
I cleared my throat.
“I heard you right but I think you don’t deserve me.”
"Huh? What do you mean by that? You are the one asking me to marry you on our first meeting and now you’ve turned to say-
“Goodnight miss. You can keep the wedding ring and wrist-watch with you!” I slammed the door at her.
I didn’t want to act nice to her. I’m not nice anyway. Our marriage won’t be an actual marriage and I won’t also fall for her. As long as I keep the company to myself, I don’t care about any other thing that happens after our marriage.
I walked into the room and picked up my phone. I dialled Clinton’s number immediately.
"Boss, why do you call me at this time of the night? It is getting too late.” Clinton yawned.
"A young lady dressed in a delivery jacket just left my villa right now. Make sure you find her and give at least a sum of ten million dollars to her.”
“Ten million dollars?!” Clinton exclaimed.
"Yeah, you heard me right. Also prepare some gifts that would be given to her parents tomorrow. Time is running out on us. I have to make her my wife as soon as possible.”
"Your wife? A delivery lady?!” Clinton asked eagerly.
“Yeah, you heard me right. Goodnight anyway and don’t tell Patricia about this.” I ended the call.
Patricia wouldn’t like the idea of me getting married to the young lady. I have to keep it from her and also use it as a form of surprise to her.
I heaved a deep sigh. Our marriage would be in a few days time and I know very well that her parents would never say no to that. She talked about her parents being in debt earlier. The marriage would also be for her own benefit.
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I prepared for work the next day. Clinton had already found more details about the young lady.
I walked into my garage. Clinton was already waiting for me in the car.
"What are the details you’ve gotten about her?” I asked Clinton immediately as I entered the car.
Clinton brought out a file. He handed it to me. The file contains her photo and other information about her.
She comes from a very poor family. She’s half-American. I stared at the photo for a few seconds. She looks beautiful. I admired her curly hair the most.
“Did she accept the money?” I turned to Clinton.
"Yeah, of course. At first, she was mad at me for the way you treated her but she can’t resist such an amount of money. Her parents are suffering from a huge debt. This is quite an opportunity for her to save her parents from such debt. You don’t expect her to resist such an amount of money.” Clinton replied.
I nodded my head.
"You’re right anyway. I’m glad you got the location of her parents. We should be heading there now. You need to get a lot of things ready. We also need to draft out a contract for our marriage.”
"A contract marriage?” Clinton exclaimed.
"Yeah, I will tell you what to write in it. As long as we abide by the rules, I think we’re both fine.”
“Can you tell me everything that is contained in the marriage contract?” It was Clinton's voice.
Jack's POV I picked up my pen to draft out a few things that the marriage contract would contain.They include not interfering in each other’s personal life and also the “No sex rule,” and many other essential things.“Are you done now?” Clinton asked.“Yeah, make sure you get it ready before tomorrow. The wedding will be held tomorrow.”“Tomorrow?!” Clinton exclaimed.“Yeah, tomorrow.” I replied.I noticed that Clinton didn’t like the idea at all but I don’t care what he thinks as long as he keeps the process of my marriage a secret.We arrived at the place where Eve lives. The house was quite an old one. The ceilings and surroundings looked quite old.I stepped down from the car. Clinton led me into the house. Clinton had the gifts we bought for them in his hands.Clinton knocked on the door for a few seconds. An elderly man who happened to be Eve’s father opened the door.“Who are you?” Mr. Jameson asked."Uhm, this is Jason. The CEO of JASON TECH. We’re he
EVE’s P.O.VI felt my heartbeat increase as he held me in his arms. I quickly released myself from his grip and ran out of the bathroom. I headed to my room, quickly laying on the bed and covering my head in shame. I remembered the rules in our contract. We shouldn't have any physical contact, but we had already broken that rule on the first day. This was a bad sign. I shouldn't get close to him at all.A few minutes later, I heard a knock on the door. "Who could that be?" I wondered. I stood up from the bed and headed to the living room. Jameson had already opened the door for his grandmother, Grandma Nini. Our eyes met, and he had a furious look on his face as he glared at me. I hated it every time he stared at me that way."Ohh, who do we have here?" Grandma Nini smiled excitedly, giving me a hug."Grandma, you're welcome," I smiled as she hugged me tightly."Eve, go and make some food for her. You should have done that a long time ago!" Jameson glared at me."Is that how you talk
I sat down in the hall way as I thought about what had transpired in the last few days. I had gotten married to the man of people's dreams but not mine.Growing up, I've always pictured myself as someone like Merida from Brave. She stood up to her mother even if she had to turn her into a bear to prove her point on not getting married to a man she barely knew or even marriage in general. But ofcourse, I have nothing against my parents and definitely don't want to turn them into a bear or anything close to animals but I simply wished life wasn't this way.Unfair and painstakingly hard to the poor, growing up I never really pictured myself as Cinderella who gets saved by prince charming from her wicked step mother, I always wanted to be the savior, you know bringing us to bring us out of this sad and impoverished lifestyle and I did through Jason.I became Cinderella but I didn't find prince charming and now I still have to be a maid in my own home. I got up from the floor where I sat
We soon got to the hotel and checked into our room. It was a very big suite with about two rooms and the chandelier in the living room was very pretty but standing under it made me feel like it was going to fall so I made a mental note to avoid going through it and just go about it.As soon as we got to our suite, Jason changed into a black three piece suit and left. He didn't say anything to me, he just left without a word which was very rude but it's not like I expect anything from him. I just wish he could be a little polite and not act like a stuck up teenager all the time.Ding dong...I was admiring the living room when I heard the doorbell. I went up to the door and looked into the peek hole expecting to see an hotelier waiting to tell me about room service but I was surprised to see Jade at the door.I opened the door and stared at him in confusion."I bet you're wondering why I'm here." Jade began to explain."Well, yeah." I said quietly."Uhmm, so I'm actually an intern at J
Jason's POV.I groaned for the nth time as I tried to get my mind off Eve and her grand declaration of her love for me.She couldn't possibly be in love with me, could she?Or was this simply just pay back because I yelled at her earlier.All day long, my thoughts had been about her, seeing her stare at the window during the flight and how weird I felt when I heard the man's voice earlier from her phone call.And then seeing her in that white dress that made her look like an angel and then her grand declaration while holding my hands tight.I have never stand up to old geezers in the office ever since I became a CEO in my father's company but Eve just got here and she's able to wow everyone with her little speech even Mr Tom greeted me for picking the right one and although Mr Holland didn't congratulate me or anything close, he didn't say anything rude about wanting me to marry his daughter and Alison shook my hands and gave him a smile. Alot of other shareholders came to congratulat
Eve's POV.I sighed heavily as I looked round the suite room. I wasn't sure if I was supposed to be doing this but I just had to. I know it broke one of the clauses that said I shouldn't tell anyone about what's going on between me and Jason but Jason already had someone who knew and I couldn't bear to keep a secret from Max anymore especially as my face is plastered on every part of the world as the wife of Jason Coleman, a rich business tycoon. And my parents didn't even make it any more better instead they call to ask me silly questions that are starting to get on my nerves.This contract marriage has only been a week long. I haven't even set my eyes on the so called husband and whenever I had the chance to see him, he always came home smelling like women's perfume. Not that I cared if he was having an affair but even if this was a pretend marriage, it wasn't fair if he was seeing someone else because I couldn't do that. Not just because it was in the contract but because it was w
At the movies, we got a large cup of soda and a large cup of popcorn which we ate to our fill while watching a Korean movie called 'The dude in me'.We laughed like we were long time friends and I enjoyed every bit of it.At intervals, she looked at me laughing and I couldn't help but smile bad.One time in the movie, the male lead called an older woman by her name and Jason's mom told me her real name was 'Mia' and I could call her that if calling her mom was awkward.After that, we went for a second round but the genre was different. Instead of a comedy, we watched a tragic movie where the female lead died and we cried like kids. It felt like I was spending time with Max but Max wasn't a female and Mia's older so it was different.It was kinda overwhelming but cool. I loved it. I enjoyed it.And soon the movie was over and we stood outside while she called her driver over. We hadn't realized that rain was falling while we were watching the movie so it was kinda shocking when we cam
Eve's POV.The next day, I called Max so we could work on my glow up but I had to tell about the stuff with Jason too because he had been bugging me about my so called husband but since Jason doesn't regard me as his wife even if it's fake. I would regard him as one and Max wouldn't tell a soul so I don't have to worry about keeping it a secret.We were going to meet at the Subway fast food joint. So I dressed up in a yellow dress with black polka dots and a black ribbon on my curly hair and black boots. I hurried out of the suite because I just saw a text from Max that he was already outside the place waiting for me and Max doesn't like to wait.It wasn't really far from the hotel so I didn't have to take a cab because that would have taken much time and Max would have swollen up like a burrito. I smiled at my own thoughts until I saw Max standing outside the place waiting for me."If the shrimp sandwich finishes before we get there, I'll skin you alive." Max said in a stern voice an