Contract Marriage With The Billionaire

Miya’s POV The silence in the dining room was deafening and the tension grew even stronger than it was when my father had told me they had some news for me. I’d thought of every possible thing he might want to say to me but none of them seem to make any sense and now, he’d just drop the bomb. “I’m getting you married off.” I heard my father’s husky voice say even after he’d cleared his throat before speaking, his voice still seemed like it would break if he dared say another word. It sounded more like a statement and as if he’d made up his mind about it already. “What?” I snapped, my eyes widened and even though what he’d just said was self explanatory, I still thought I needed to ask him what he meant, “what are you talking about?” I added in a lighter voice and also let out a slight, unbelievable chuckle. “Listen to me, Miya, I had no other choice. We have to do this.” My father spoke. Was he in any kind of trouble I don’t know about? I only knew about one of the troubles and that is our construction building being on the verge of folding up. That couldn’t possibly be the reason my father wants to get me married off. “He’s a nice guy and he’s my best friend's son. Trust me, Miya, you’re in good hands.” He said as he picked up his fork and slightly cut in his rib. “What? Lucas Wright's son?” I asked, Mr. Wright is the only best friend I know with my dad and asking again was just me being rhetorical. I silently prayed, I was wrong but the universe seemed to be against me as my father nodded his head positively. Of course it was his son. “You can’t be serious.” I laughed as I searched his eyes for answers I desperately needed, my father’s stare was strict. He was serious. I barely even know him, I don’t know what he looked like and the last time I saw him was—- Probably never. I’m sure we’ve never met before. “I don’t even know this guy, we’ve never met and—“ “I know and we’ve arranged for you both to meet, he’s such a great guy and trust me you’ll love him.” My father cut in and I almost snapped at him. Love? There was only one person I love at the moment and that’s Finn. Even if I tried, I knew I could never love him. “Baby girl,” his voice cutting through the silence as he spoke, I knew what he was going to say next, “Do this please, for me. For your mother, the company, for us.” He pleaded. My father sure knew how to get his way with me especially with him bringing up my mother. He knew I’d do anything for her and with each passing day, I miss her. “Why should I even do this? Why do I have to get married to someone I don’t know, someone I don’t even know. That’s just very absurd.” I spoke after swallowing hard and biting my tongue for a long time. My father stretched his hand forth and his palm was covering mine on the table, I looked up to meet his gaze and I saw a broken man that is too afraid to admit he is breaking. The bankruptcy and the folding up of Torres construction company is taking its toll on him and my heart sank. “We have to do this for a relationship with the Wrights, they’re the only one that can help the company we’ve built up for years from breaking down completely.” I heard the vulnerability in his voice and I felt for him, I’d do as he said but there was a clause. “I have a boyfriend.” I let out as I stared into my father’s eyes, he let out a heavy sigh as he straightened his back, removing his palm from mine, he gripped both his palm together. “Miya please,” He started saying, “you can break up with him.” He added and I almost lost it. How was I going to let a four years relationship go? My father is definitely out of his mind. Getting up from my chair, “Are you insane?” I asked and even he was taken aback, that was the first time I’ll ever say something like that to him, “How can you even suggest that?” I added as I stomped to my room and slammed the door hard behind me. Break up with Finn? There is no way in hell that I’ll do that, there’s no way I’ll let Finn go, I love him and he’d always loved me in return, he was always there when no one else was, how could I bring myself to let such a person go? I sat on the edge of my bed as I buried my face in my palm and took a handful of my hair as I ran my fingers through it. The creaking sound of the door jolted me out of my deep thought, I didn’t need to ask, I knew who it was already as there’s only two of us in the house. “Get out, dad.” I hissed as I stood to go into the bathroom, it was my comfort place and I could stay in there for as long as I wanted. “I’m sorry baby girl but we have no other choice.” “What do you mean we have no other choice, you want me to let go of Finn for someone I don’t even know? Make it make sense, Dad!” “That’s the only way we could get what we want, it’s either this or the company crumbles to the ground and if that happens we would be unable to pay for a lot of things, we could lose our house in the process too.” I listened to my father explain frankly the consequences of my actions would be if I keep being hellbent on not getting married to Finn. He was right, we had a lot of mortgage to pay off and the bills kept piling up but is it really worth losing Finn over. “I can’t do this, dad, I just can’t.” My voice breaking as I spoke and a streak of tears streamed down my eyes, I didn’t even know when it escaped my eye. “I know. baby girl, trust me, I do. But, this is what needs to be done, if not for anything or anyone else, do it for your mother please.” My father pleaded with me and he’d also gone ahead to play the emotional blackmail card on me, I stared at him for what seemed like hours, he really needed the help. Cleaning my eyes and bracing myself up, I decided I was going to give it a try but God help me if the man I’m supposed to be married to is someone I’ll eventually hate. “Okay,” I said as I sniffed, “we’ll do this.” I added as I cleaned my eyes with the sleeve of my cloth. “Really, oh my God, thank you.” “Stop, I’m doing this for mother and the company, not you.” I clarified as I rolled my eyes and watched as my father nodded in happiness before leaving my room, leaving me alone with my thoughts. After much pondering and thinking about my decision, I thought it would be better to get it over with as soon as possible. ‘Hey. We need to talk.’ I sent the text and even an i***t would be able to decipher the message. I've always known Finn to be an over-thinker and he would be unable to think properly until we finally talked. Just as I thought, my phone rang and I picked up. Hearing my boyfriend's voice made me joyous but the thought of him being my ex soon broke my heart. I picked up and I told him where to meet me, our favorite restaurant, where he’d first asked me to be his girlfriend. I know I’m going to hurt him but what can I do? I picked up my phone and slightly dab my lipgloss and mascara on and soon I left my house. I drove to the restaurant as bittersweet memories kept playing in my head, we had the most beautiful of our memories here, bracing myself properly, I got out of my car and into the restaurant. Finn’s smile got to me and I wished I could run into his arms and just tell him everything. “Hey baby.” He said with a smile as soon as I got to the table. “Hey, Finn.” I replied gloomily as I proceeded to have my seat, the waitress who recognized us had come for our usual order but I dismissed her. “What wrong, baby? You don’t seem in the best mood.” He pointed out and had even tried to make some funny faces to help me cheer up and as hard as I wanted to laugh my lungs out, it didn’t work. “I’m sorry, it’s just, I need to talk to you.” “Well I’m here, what do you wanna talk about?” I thought about it for a while as I stared at the man I am about to lose, his fingers brushing the back of my hand jolted me out of my thoughts and I slightly removed my hand from his. My gesture was surprising to him but knowing Finn, he wouldn’t find fault in my reaction. He usually blames himself for my bad mood and I try to stop him from doing that. Yes, he was that sweet. “I’m breaking up with you Finn. I’m done.” I couldn’t bear to even face him any longer, I grabbed my purse and sprinted over to my car. Finn had begged tirelessly in a bid for me to just let him know what his offense might be and how he could make an amendment, but I’d just ignored him while my heart broke into a million pieces. He is better off not knowing the reason I’m breaking up with him. It's better that I keep him in the dark. I got home to meet my father watching the TV and if I ignored him when he greeted me, I just needed to be alone. I groaned and I suppressed the burning tears that were threatening to leave my eyes as I made my way to my room. I reluctantly walked to my bed and took the picture I usually keep by my bedside, I held it tightly to my chest as I closed my eyes. “I miss you, mum.” I sniffed as I held onto the picture as I drifted off to sleep.