Chapter 4
I let out a gasp as he gripped my wrist, turning me around to meet his gaze.
“What are you trying to do to me?” I stared right into his eyes with my bloodshot on
He raised one eyebrow, and then a devious smile spread across his lips, nothing about this was amusing in any way.
I stared down at his grip on got here?”
grip on mine and he immediately let go, raising his hands in defeat, “you’re interesting, miss Harrison, leaving when you just
1 frowned, “how do you know my name?”
Instead of responding he pointed at the chair across from his desk. “please, have your seat.”
“How can I trust-”
He cut me off by sliding a small butter knife across his desk, “you can use this as a defensive tool if it will make you feel better, but it won’t be needed,” he took his seat, rolling his sleeves up and crossing one leg over the other, swirling in his office chair. “I’m waiting for you”
hesitated, a frown etched on my face, “what is this about?” I asked him.
He pulled a file from beside him and slid it to where he expected me to take my seat
Reluctantly I pulled the chair and sat on it, reading the document aloud, ‘contract marriage between Karl Lever, and Ellen Harrison: I turned to him with a frown, “I’m still very confused.”
“I thought it was pretty self explanatory, it’s a contract, you can go through it.”
“I can see that,” I retorted, “my question is why, why would you want me to get married to you?”
“I need a marriage. Miss Harrison,” he drummed his fingers against the table as if that was some type of sensible response.
“Okay, you still haven’t answered how you knew my name?”
“It was easy to find, this is a personal deal, and so before you ask any more questions, you have to sign an NDA, he nodded.
“Okay, I’m out of here, I got to my feet but he immediately caught my wrist in his grip. I looked down at his hand holding mine before looking up
at hum.
“There will be compensation, and you get to choose your price, name it, anything”
That caught my attention. I had basically just lost everything, I wanted to make those bastards pay and I was willing to drag them to court and make them ase all they had, but I needed money even for that.
Slowly, I took my seat back, “how can I trust you?”
“You would just have to, he slipped the NDA next to the contract, “what do you say?”
I glanced over the document multiple times before finally signing it, “okay, talk,” I tried my best to sound as stern as I could. I didn’t want him seeing my vulnerability at all
“I need someone to stand in as my wife, only for a year, let’s just say it has a lot to do with arranged marriages,” he frowned, picking a pen from beside him and spinning it between his fingers, “if I do not get married now, I won’t stand another day a bachelor, my mom will fix a woman by my
side
“Umn, I still can‘) get the point?” This strikingly handsome man was doing nothing but confusing me with each passing second.
“III present my own wife, I can easily get divorced after a year and move on my mom would think I was too heartbroken, and it would give me the time I need, no more talks of marriage, nothing of the such”
“So you want to get into a fake marriage with a stranger just to avoid being with a woman?” This made absolute no sense, it felt like the lies I’d read in a book or watch in a movie.
“Yes,” he nodded like it was nothing.
“Why? Are you– 1 trailed off, realizing it wasn’t my place to ask him such questions.
“Oh his lips tugged into a smirk as if he knew what I was about to say, “I like women,” he leaned forward, raking
king his eye
eyes all over me, in fact, I
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women, very much.”
I swallowed hard, trying to act like that didn’t send a shiver down my spine, “okay, so what am I supposed to do? Act like we’re married and get paid?”
“Now you’re talking. Exactly. Name your price, my assistant will get right on it, we need to finalise things by tonight, all you need to do is sign the
dio contract and my lawyers will take care of the rest,”
I knew it was stupid, I knew it but yet I couldn’t stop myself. “250,000 dollars” Even as I said the words. I hated myself. It made me feel like a selfish bitch that was trusting a random stranger for money
I held my breath. He must have thought I was insane.
“Well, you can’t blame me, you can’t –”
“I was expecting a couple more zeroes,” he chuckled, “let’s make it two million dollars instead.”
“What?” I gasped in shock.
That is more than enough to get you to abide to my rules, once the contract is signed, my lawyer will run things down with you, but I need you to Įmake up your mind, time is ticking.”
Without wasting any more time, I nodded. A rich guy was asking me to be his fake wife, in what other world would I get a chance like this?
I signed it with shaky hands and he smiled at me.
Very well then, get ready we are going to
I cut him off, fiddling with my shirt behind the desk, “before we go anywhere,” I cleared my throat, “can I stop by my house to g
get my things?
If I was going to move out, I wanted to take everything that truly belonged to me in that house.
He stared at me with doubt before nodding, “alright. He turned to look at the door, “Kent, prepare the car.
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I couldn’t believe I was riding to my place in a rich car until we stopped in front of my old apartment. Karl sat beside me in the back seat as I gave his driver the address.
Memories of my long day flooded my head as I stepped out of the vehicle.
The rain that had started out as drizzles on our way here, intensified.
I opened the car door and raced to the door, knocking as hard as
as I could.
Darren came out and immediately greeted me with a frown, “oh my God, won’t you learn to bug off?!” He snapped at me.
Tm not here to fight you,” I frowned, “I just want to get what’s left of my things,” I attempted to make my way in but he showed me backwards, causing me to stumble.
“I already gave you your things, stay away or you’ll get what’s coming for you!” He raised his voice.
“What’s happening honey?” I heard Layla’s voice call from inside.
“You didn’t pack my jewelries, my documents, I need them you bastard,” I raised my voice and attempted to go in a second time when he shoved me so hard, I fell to the wet floor
I gasped, wincing from the pain, and when I attempted to get up, he kicked my sides, “you still don’t listen, huh? You fucking
He didn’t get to furth his words, it happened too fast. All I saw when I looked up was Darren pinned to the wall, Karl’s hands wrapped around his
“What the fuck do you think you’re doing?” Karl’s angry voice came through.
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