Contract Marriage; Fated Love

Her hands which were massaging his shoulders noticed the change. His body stiffened at her question. He continued reading his document completely ignoring her question. She was determined to get an answer, and an explicit one too. She wasn’t leaving without getting one. She continued massaging his shoulders for two minutes, yet no response. She tried another method. She turned his face gently and kissed him. The kiss was very brief. Something was off. The kiss felt empty too. No emotions, no love, no connection, nothing. He picked his pen and went back to his writing.

Did he ignore a romantic moment with her because of that girl?

“Baby, that was too brief,” she complained, leaning in for another kiss. He rejected her totally. That sent warning signals to her brain.

“Baby, it’s because of her right? Who’s she? What’s my position in your life then? Who is Grace Shields?”

Noah’s pen fell from his hand and he stood up in anger.

“Get out!”

“Babe?”

“I said get out of my study! In fact, get out of the house. Out!”

Benny stood still in shock. Was he really asking her to leave?

“Get out or I will get the security to throw you out! Be gone this instant.”

Benny left the room trying hard to prevent the tears from falling. They welled up in her eyes threatening to fall at any time. She would stay still and cry a river once she got to her car.

Noah on his own part was burning with rage. Benny has broken the first law in his life.

“No mention of Grace Shields.”

He couldn’t stand her name. He sat down and tried to concentrate but he couldn’t. He took off his shirt, revealing a broad chest and arbs. He went into his bathroom.

For the next thirty minutes, nothing was heard but the sound of water in the shower. Shivering and naked, Noah let the cold water drip on his body. The shower water hit his body in the right ways, steady, calm and soothing. He felt his pulse rise as the water dripped from his hair to other parts of his body. He ran his hand over the beautiful tatoo on his shoulder. He wished he could spend more time in the shower, enjoying the comfort it offered but the day awaits and his work was undone. He was still working to set up a new business, probably the first of its kind in the country. It was going to generate higher revenue for Blackwood Towers.

Ten more minutes passed before he turned off the shower. He wrapped himself in his big towel and came out of the bathroom. His dripping wet hair helped to accentuate his beauty making him look more handsome than ever. Still wrapped in his towel, he laid on the bed and drifted off to sleep.

The house was thrown into a wild excitement. Emily organised a mini house party for the three of them to celebrate her success. She was a very rich high class lady now. She could afford anything she wanted. She was twenty five million Yuan richer than she was a week ago! The loud blaring music didn’t prevent her from hearing her phone beep. She took the phone and checked the notification.

“Is there a problem, mummy?” Liam asked attracting Gu Yanxi’s attention to Emily.

“Not at all.”

“You sure, Emily?”

“Very,” she answered and dropped her phone.

They danced, laughed, played and ate all evening. Soon, Liam fell asleep on the sofa. Emily took him inside and laid him on the bed.

“I still can’t believe I have come this far.”

“You better believe it. It’s reality.”

“I mean, flashback to five years ago. With my pregnancy, in a strange land, not knowing my way around and all that. I even started as a mere cleaner, but look at me today…”

“You deserve it, Emily. I’m happy for you. It’s quite unbelievable though. Someone would think you had high backgrounds and high connections. To be honest Emily, you are amazing. It’s really surprising how you did it but girl, you did it.”

“Thank you. Yanxi, thank you for everything. Taking me in, helping me rediscover myself, encouraging me, ahh! Just thank you…” She broke down in tears and Gu Yanxi held her close, consoling her.

“You don’t have to thank me. You did more for me too. You and I know I can’t even begin to list the things you have done for me. Remember, how we first met, my job was all thanks to you and my position at the office today, it’s still you. Should I talk about the…. Let’s not talk about all that. I’m indebted to you, Emily.”

They held each other closely and warmly, each person’s heart, whispering words of thanks, gratitude and appreciation to the other with every heartbeat.

“Sir, she declined the offer.”

“Double the amount. We can’t lose her.”

“Okay sir.”

Twenty minutes later, the man returned to the office again.

“Sir, she turned us down again.”

“Make it fifteen million dollars.”

“Alright sir.”

Donmack designers were doing their best to get Emily to work with them. They offered fifteen million dollars and she rejected the offer. It wasn’t because the money was too small. It was simply because it was the USA! That was the last place she wanted to step foot in.

She was showing some designs to Gu Yanxi on her phone when an email came in. She opened it and her expression changed.Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.

“What’s that?”

She took a deep breath and answered,

“It’s nothing important. Let’s continue.”

“No, tell me. I don’t like the way your face changed. What happened?”

Emily gave the phone to her and she read the mail.

“Oh my goodness! This is great news. Twenty million dollars! Wow.”

Emily looked at her like she was a lunatic. Realising she was the only one celebrating, she was forced to ask questions.

“Why? Why aren’t you happy? This is a lifetime offer. Do you think the money is too small? You could negotiate prices with them.”

“It’s not about the price. It’s high enough. Yanxi, it’s the USA!”