MARRIED TO HER DOUBLE

Chapter 3: THE CONTRACT

Boss, is time for the meeting,

Okay, let’s go then, Casper answered putting on his suit,

Yes boss, the car is ready

Hmm, he nod, I can’t wait to meet her again, I honestly don’t know but I just want her and I will do anything to get her

Arriving at the lounge, he walk in majestically with his Logan and few of his men behind him

He sit down and motion to Logan

Yes boss

Why is she not here, didn’t you tell her the time

I did sir

Really and she had the gut to keep me waiting, after ruining my shirt the other day, she’s suppose to run here at my call and properly apologize

She will be here soon boos, are you sure you want her, I mean she’s a spoilt brat has have heard through my findings sir, which is why she have the gut to keep you waiting in the first place

Casper laughed, if she is a spoilt brat, have you forgotten who I am, I am a playboy, a ruthless one at that, I will bend her to my will.

If I want her, I want her, he said smiling mischievously

She’s here boss

A lady in a wine flayed gown, step in, in her black heels and a matching purse, she looks extremely beautiful with her makeup and jewelries

I see you are the legendary Casper Bancroft, I am Arianna Edward, what can I do for you, she ask taking her sit seductively

You are exactly who exactly they say you are, you have got nothing to do for me, I have everything have ever wanted, he replied

Then why do you seek my presence, do I seem pleasing to you, she ask resting her hand on the table looking into his eyes

I guess you are really spoilt since you did not bother apologizing for your mistake, the other day

What mistake if I may ask, Arianna replied, Have we met before,

I see you are playing ignorant here, it okay I forgive you

Am sure I didn’t keep you waiting that long, you should understand women by now, had to look good, don’t you agree, she ask

Hmm I see, you kept me waiting for exactly 2minutes and 45 seconds, time is money you see, but is okay, let me tell you why we are here

Marry me, he declare

Arianna burst into laughter, you seem to be delusional, I also go for what I want and I don’t want you, she replied standing on her feet to leave

How about your father’s company going bankrupt overnight, Casper said

What?,

In your dreams, my father will never allow that to happen, she answered looking so confident

Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow, and by that time, I might not listen to your pleas, he said striding out of the restaurant with his guys behind him.

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He sure has a lot of ego, Bianca, Arianna’s friend said after she narrates her meeting with Casper to her two besties, Audrey and Bianca

I don’t mind, it such a man that fits a lady like me, I am beautiful, rich and classy I can’t just go for any man

You are right girl, but what are you going to do about Jason, Audrey ask

Why would you bring up someone like that in this kind of conversation, Jason is my past and besides he doesn’t fit my standard, Arianna replied

Jason is your past, since when is he your past, Audrey ask

Since I decided to make Casper mine, she replied

And when did that start, I thought you love Jason, Audrey ask

No, don’t get it wrong, Jason is the one that loves me, and have had my eyes on Casper since he started making the headlines, a young and handsome business tycoon

But don’t you think it weird that he just call for you and ask you to marry him, Audrey ask again

What do you mean, Arianna ask, that am not good enough for him, do you think he would go for just any woman to be his wife, come off it Audrey

I was just wondering

You don’t need to wonder about anything, he must have seen Arianna in one of those dinner meetings she attended with her father and love her at first sight, Bianca explained excited that Arianna and Jason are over

So I guess we should be planning your wedding, she said further

Already? Audrey exclaimed

Why are you such a joy killer hmm, she answered

Am just asking since you flatly rejected his proposal

It just me playing hard to get a little bit, you don’t want me saying yes happily and show him that have always wanted him, do you, she ask

I rest my case, Audrey said giving up

what should we start with, Arianna ask smiling from ear to ear facing Bianca

Your wedding gown of course, am going to introduce you to my mom’s designer, he’s top notch

Oh really, thanks darling,……..

The girls chatted away planning for Arianna’s wedding

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Good evening Dad, am hom……..

What going on here, Arianna rushed in to see a doctor checking her father blood pressure with her mom by his side and Assistant Roy on the phone pacing up and down

Dad, are you okay, mom, what happened

The company’s stock price suddenly starts dropping and all your father’s business partner all withdraws their investment and now the share holders are panicking, all of them are calling your father, her mother explained

Assistant Roy, what is the problem, didn’t you foresee this, she ask

No Arianna everything just happen all of a sudden, the company is going bankrupt as we speak

“ How about your father’s company going bankrupt overnight”

She remembered Casper’s threat

I thought he is joking, so he would go to any length to marry me, she smiled inwardly

She pick up her phone and dial Casper’s line from the card Logan gave her before he leaves

Hello, she heard his voice

How dare you, she ask

Excuse me?!, Who are you , he ask

This is Arianna, we met this afternoon

Oh it you, I was expecting your call but not this quick, is everything okay, he ask

You threatened to make my father’s company go bankrupt, is this your doing

I see, my guys must have get to work already, those guys I told them to do it over night, there hands must be itching them to have start work so quick

What do you want, she ask

I told you earlier, marry me, he said

Arianna smiled to herself

Okay, she answered, I will

Good, meet me at the same place we met in the afternoon right now he said

Okay, she replied dropping the call

I will be right back Dad, Assistant Roy, please do everything you can to persuade the shareholders, she explained rushing out of the house

Arianna where are you going, it late in the night, her mom called after her but she’s already gone

Wow, you came rushing here , I thought you will keep me waiting again, Casper said immediately she enter the lounge

She take her sit

Reverse what you did, I agree to marry you, I can’t risk my father’s company and health for this

I will after you signed the contract

What contract, she ask

That you would be my wife for just three months

“ What is he talking about, a contract?, three months marriage”

Are you kidding me, a contract marriage?

Yes, why do you look so surprised, he ask

I thought you ……..

Don’t be delusional, Casper cut her short, I needed a wife and you happen to be there so why not

Delusional?, She ask

Yes, your word not mine, he said smiling, you said that to me remember

Arianna scoff, I don’t know you are the type to get back at everything done to you, why me, I mean there are many girls out there

Which you are among, but it you I want

Are you saying I stand out and you love me, she ask

Love, whatever that is I don’t know, all I know is you piss me off and the punishment is you being my wife for three months

“ This guy must be crazy” I do not understand a thing you are saying but am not interested, if I will ever get married then it will be a real marriage not some shitty contract marriage, she answered

The ball is in your court, a three months marriage or you being one of those sales girls that has multiple job a day, he said pointing to a girl pouring drinks at the counter

And why would I be one of them, that will never happen

Well it will when I reduce your father’s company to absolutely nothing, he threatened

Arianna look up, her hands shaking under the table with his threat, “ this man is capable of doing exactly what he says, what should I …..

Arianna was thinking when her phone rang, it Assistant Roy, she pick it up dreading what he has to say looking into Casper’s eyes

Hello, she said

Arianna, did you perhaps meet with President Casper today as we discussed

Yes I did

Good, what does he want

Nothing, we just discuss things, you know I told you that I know him

Good, can you put a call through to him, I mean if he can call you for discussion, you guys must be friends right,

Ye….a…h, she stammered maintaining her cool

Can you speak to him, he’s the only one that can help us out of this situation, if he can just buy some shares, am sure the stock price will shot back up and everything will be back to normal

But …….

Arianna please, we have tried all our best here and nothing is working, if there’s a way out, I will not be asking you this, think of your father, his blood pressure is already high, do you think he will survive his company going bankrupt, think about it, I have to get back to work

Okay, she dropped the call

She took a long breadth, I will do it on one condition

Which is?, he ask

Extend the contract duration to one year “ and I promise you that within that time I will you mine, she determined, you can’t just mess with me”

I do not have any obligation to listen to your condition, it either you are in or out, he answered

Please, because of my parent, they will never get over it that their only daughter will be divorced after three months of marriage, she said pleadingly

Casper closed his eyes tapping away on the table with his finger

Okay, for your parents, six months, take it or leave it

Okay, I agree

Good, now sign the contract

Do I need to sign, she ask

Everything about me is confidential, have you forgotten, am a business man

Without reading the content and under the tension of the fear of her father’s company, she signed the contract

Give me your hand, he said

Confused Arianna stretch forth her hand

Casper took it in his and slide a diamond ring on her finger, as of this moment, we are engaged, he said kissing her hand

And my father’s company, she ask

Will be back to normal and better than before by tomorrow morning as if all these never happened.

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