A TYCOON'S PROPOSAL

Wedding!

CHAPTER TWO:

Mitchell's standing in front of the company, her designs clutched tightly on her stomach. She's wearing a black mini flay gown with thin hands and black sneakers on. There's a white sling bag dangling by her left hand side. She's not the make up type so expect the lipgloss on her lips, there's nothing else. Her hair is packed in a messy bun with few strands covering her face which she's brushing off with her hands repeatedly.

She's nervous as it is right now. You don't just go to Moore's Villa and ask to see the president especially when you don't have an appointment with him. But Ryker knows her anyways. Not personally though, but she's encountered him a few times when she dropped by the company to give Yuri food. He knows her as the sister to the company's event planner. Yuri is the one in charge of planning any event taking place at Moore's Villa.

Closing her eyes and sighing out, she took a deep breath, getting ready to go in. But the moment she took a step forward, water was splashed on her.

"Oh my!"Mitchell gasped, covering herself with her arms as cold air hit her. She looked down at herself to see she was almost soaked up but that's not even the problem, the drawing book in her hand is soaked up.

"No,no,no"tears left her eyes immediately.

She folded her eyes, turning to her side to see where the water came from.

"Ooops! Did you get drenched so bad?"Clara asked with a smile on her face.

Immediately Mitchell saw Clara's face, her anger burned out immediately. She was ready to yell at whoever splashed her water but seeing Clara Kings, it's impossible to do that. You don't get to yell at Clara Kings and live freely. Clara's the daughter of the third richest man in New York City and she, she's just a poor girl who got abandoned by her father in an orphanage.

She's not a match for Clara.

"You were standing in front of the company, how do you expect that I drive in with you in front of the company? But then again, it's not my fault, right?"Clara asked still smiling.

Mitchell said nothing.

"Don't be mad" Clara looked at her still clenched fists. "It's because it rained yesterday, that's why there's water on the ground"she continued

"You've not said anything since I started talking. You must be dumb. But you're not deaf are you? So move away"Clara snapped, getting back into her car.

Mitchell moved away and the car drove past her and into the building.

Mitchell unclenched her fists as she looked at herself again. This dress was the last gift her mom gave to her and she wore it because her mom said back then that it was a goodluck dress. But what just happened to her right now is no goodluck.

The dress is soaked and she looks like s**t right now and not to mention her drawing book. It's badly soaked and even if she tries to dry it out, it wouldn't be of much use to her. But she's going to dry it out anyways.

Turning around, she began walking away.

Clara arrived at Ryker's office and even though she was told by Ryker's PA that he had company, Clara walked in anyways.

"Clara Kings?"one of the men in the office with Ryker called, looking surprised.

"Don't be surprised, my dad's friends with chairman Moore, it's only natural that I'm close with Ryker."Clara said with a smile. She walked towards Ryker and planted a kiss on his left cheek.

"What's the meeting about?"she faced the two men in the office.

"Well..."the second man began talking

"Why are you here? Weren't you told I was busy?"Ryker asked, interrupting the man.

"Busy? I was told of course but you rushed out early this morning and I was worried you didn't eat. If you don't eat well, how do you intend to fit into your wedding suit?"Clara knowingly asked

"Wedding suit?"the two men in the office chorused as they looked at themselves.

Actually, they're shareholders of Moore's Villa and they came to inform Ryker of their decision to withdraw their shares.

"You haven't told them yet?"Clara faced Ryker.

"Told us?"the first man asked

"That we're getting married. Ryker and I have decided to get married to get Moore's Villa back on its feet. Imagine the good it'll do the company"Clara smiled

"Really? You should have told us that when we walked in here"the second man said smiling

"Were you gonna let us take our shares back when you've found a way to bring back Moore's Villa on it's feet?"the first man asked, smiling widely.

Ryker said nothing while Clara faked a blush.

"He's shy."she said "He's usually so shy about these things. That's why he rushed off this morning after our steaming night last night"Clara added

"Clara! That's enough"Ryker stood up.

"We'll leave you guys to your thing. We'll inform other shareholders who have pulled out their shares that Moore's Villa is getting back on its feet"the second man said and they stood up, walking out of the office.

Ryker immediately faced Clara.

"What?"she raised her brows

"What was that? Who said anything about marrying you?"Ryker yelled

"I did that to prove a point. Did you see how they didn't pull out their shares after hearing we're getting married? They're even going to inform other shareholders about it and tell them to not pull out their shares. We haven't gotten married yet and things are getting better already. Imagine when we get married? Investors will flood this company, begging you. Moore's Villa will climb higher, that's how much power a marriage alliance with me can wield. My father wields such power and you know it"Clara said.

Ryker clenched his fists, his veins popping out.

"You know I'm right, Ryker Moore," Clara continued. "You'll not regret this marriage"

"Read my lips Clara, there's never going to be a marriage between us. I assure you that"Ryker said

"Really? We'll see about that."she smirked

Ryker's phone began ringing and Clara smirked when she saw the caller. Ryker's dad.

"Pick up. I'm sure news already reached chairman Moore that shareholders are no longer withdrawing their shares. I'll text you when my tailor's done with your suit"Clara smiled and walked out of the office.

Immediately she left, Ryker's PA entered.

"Sir, good news. All our shareholders are not pulling out their shares again. Those who pulled out theirs already are calling to meet with you to apologise. This is great, president"the PA smiled

"Jay?"Ryker called

"Yes, sir"Jay looked up

"Tell the shareholders that I'm not meeting with them because there's no marriage with Clara Kings and I"Ryker said and grabbed his coat, walking out.

"Of course, sir,"Jay smiled. "Wait... What?" The smile left his face immediately as his eyes widened.

******

"Really? You stood face to face with the almighty Clara Kings? Gosh! I haven't even seen her in person. Is she as beautiful as she appears in pictures?"Yuri asked sitting beside Mitchell.

Mitchell just finished narrating her encounter with Clara.

"Is that all you heard? I told you she splashed water on me intentionally, didn't say sorry and was extremely rude. She had this "you can do nothing" smile on her plastic face"Mitchell snapped

"What were you expecting, Mitch? A sorry, or an apology letter, maybe a compensation fee?"Yuri rolled her eyes. "It's the infamous Clara Kings we're talking about. Everyone in New York City knows how much of a witch she is and how vile she can get. You truly didn't expect an apology from her, did ya?"

"Whatever. Does it matter anymore? I wore my favorite dress out for the first time and it's already ruined. And my designs? They're ruined too"Mitchell muttered sadly

"I'm truly sorry about that. But I told you not to go to Moore's Villa remember?"

"Of course. Once again, you're right and I'm always wrong."

"Do you need a hug?" Yuri smiled and opened her arms

"Don't even think about it"Mitchell snapped, trying to stand up but Yuri dragged her towards herself, hugging her tightly.

Mitchell immediately wrapped her arms around Yuri as tears left her eyes. She began crying seriously.

"There, it's okay. Let it all out, it's been awhile you cried" Yuri hugged her more, patting her hair.

"You should learn to cry when you feel like it, you're only 22 and still a baby. My big, long baby."

"I'm so tired, I'm so tired. I just want to... to..."Mitchell stuttered

"Shhh... It's okay"Yuri continued patting her. Her eyes moved towards the drawing book and she sighed when she saw the condition of the book. "It's really ruined" she murmured.

******

By now, it's no news that Clara and Ryker are getting married. No one knows how the paparazzi got to know of what happened in Ryker's office but it's all over the news that Clara Kings and Ryker Moore are getting married. Some says it's to save Moore's Villa but others thinks Ryker and Clara are madly in love. Especially when Clara mentioned "A steaming night."

Right now, both Ryker's and Clara's parents are chatting happily in the Kings massive living room, drinking wine.

"I've always dreamt of this day, I didn't think it'll actually happen"Sophia (Mrs Kings) said happily.

"Me too. I was a bit hurt when you gave me Ryker's wedding card with that lady back then. But I'm glad that episode is all over"Mr Kings laughed

"Of course. Thinking about it now, we were wrong. That lady didn't deserve my son. I do not mean to say this in a wrong way but I'm glad there's nothing tying them together anymore. When they began having all those problems and I felt like they would get a divorce, I was worried Rafael would be the thing that draws them back to each other. But I'm glad it didn't happen and like you said, that episode is all over."Mr Moore said and they laughed.

"Let's not say that about Rafael. My poor boy! May his soul rest in peace"Rosa (Mrs Moore) said, doing a cross sign. The rest followed her, bowing their heads too.

"We should start making wedding preparations."Sophia said

"We need to plan their engagement first"Mr Kings faced his wife. "Your company has this extremely good planner right? Place a call to her and invite her over"the man continued.

"Wait... What's, what's... the rush? I mean Ryker hasn't even agreed to the marriage yet. We have to get his consent first." Rosa asked

"Is that true?"Mr Kings faced his friend. "You said Ryker agreed to the marriage"

"No, no. I never said that. It was your daughter who talked about it like Ryker agreed to it"Mr Moore replied

"But you didn't deny it either. You called to thank me"Mr Kings said

"I'm sorry about that okay? But what's the problem? Ryker is going to marry Clara. It has been decided. I'm going to persuade him into agreeing. Ryker is obsessed with the company and I'm going to make use of that obsession. He'll do anything to save Moore's Villa"Mr Moore smiled.

Mr Kings raised up his glass.

"Then cheers to their forthcoming wedding"Mr Kings raised up his glass and the rest joined him.