Chapter one
Sign the papers," a masculine voice boomed in the air as the papers were placed on the desk where Nyssa was sitting.
She looked at the papers and widened her eyes in disbelief at the rules on them. She looked up and glanced at Caleb, who was seated on the sofa in the refined luxury and magnificence office.
"Do I need to sign this?" She whispered almost inaudibly turning her gaze to the papers.
Caleb signals his assistant to leave, who leaves immediately. "Your grandmother's recovery or your freedom, the ball is in your court" he replied casually his gaze lingering on her
" s**t" she muttered as her mind reeled off. How the f**k did she get entangled with the infamous Caleb Blackwood, a multi-billionaire who reeks of power, influence, and respect?
He is the most feared business tycoon in the whole of California after he swallowed his rival, causing his rival to commit suicide. Now entangled with him, she has to sign a marriage contract to save her Grandma. The life and death of her grandma now lie in her hands.
She picked up the papers, held them in her hands, and started reading.
"But why are the rules so rigid, ..I am not to meet with other men, I have to be by your side always, and my movements are going to be monitored," she read aloud as her eyes widened in disbelief.
"You have to do everything stated in the contract," Caleb said, shrugging his shoulders.
"Then I have to make my rules also, since we are in a contract marriage," she rattled as her gaze lingered on the paper. She dropped it and pushed it away from her.
The rules are so bizarre that she felt like he was more of caging her than a proposal.
"You don't get to dictate Bambi.... Moreover, you need a favour which I exchange for marriage, I guess you don't have a choice but to sign it," he replied her with a raised brow.
"You only proposed marriage to me, you never told me there are so many rules guiding it," she fumed as she glared at Caleb. "How do you expect me to sign this?" she asked with a raised voice.
"I hate being questioned, Bambi, and you have no other choice but to sign the damn paper," Caleb thundered, making her flinch in fear in her seat.
She swallowed hard as she felt her heart hammering against her ribs, a frantic drumbeat. What the f**k got into her, raising her voice against Caleb, who held the life and death of her and her grandmother? It seems she needed to control her fiery temper.
"Can....can we do something else?" She stuttered as she asked.
Caleb smirked as he stood up from the sofa and strode towards her, his menacing steps sending shivers down her spine. He moved closer to her, sat on the desk in front of her, pushed the paper in front of her, and tapped it.
"Sign, no alternative," he replied, picking his words as Nyssa gulped down an emptiness.
"If I decide to marry you, I will only be after your money, so why do I have to marry you, and..... You have a girlfriend...."
Caleb chuckled interrupting her, his dimple glaring as he found her amusing. "Girlfriend?" He asked locking his gaze with her " Why didn't I remember having a girlfriend"
"B...but...the news" she stuttered as a cold sweat broke on her back.
Caleb closed the distance between them, lowering to her level, lifting her chin, sending a shiver down her spine. " I have never had any girlfriend and you will be the first woman in my life.. Bambi" he retorted as Nyssa felt her heart thumping, her face red in blush. She couldn't believe it, but she felt a wave of heat rush through her body, sending a current as her body yearned for him.
"Sign the papers, Bambi," he whispered into her ear, as all her hair stood. She picked up the pen and signed in the right places, and Caleb smirked.
"Wait....what?" She shrieked in horror, coming to her senses, she couldn't believe she had signed the papers as if programmed.
"You are mine, Bambi," Caleb said, tickling a strand of her hair on her face behind her ears. He pulled her closer placing his hand at the back of her neck. " Your soul, mind, body, and especially your heart are mine," he whispered, grazing his lips on her earlobe, sending a current into her body.
Nyssa opened her mouth to say something but choked up as the words couldn't form. She couldn't believe she was now in the hands of Caleb, the rumored devil who everyone feared and respected at the same time.
"Ahh," she shrieked, jolting out of her thought. She glanced at her exposed upper body and realized Caleb just tore her dress his gaze lingering on her bare chest. Her face flushed red in embarrassment. He leaned in and kissed her bare chest as she moaned, giving in to him.
"f**k" she muttered. Her life and death now lie in the hands of Caleb Blackwood, and to her greatest astonishment, she has gotten into his laid-out trap without realizing.
