Chapter 5.
1790 Words
The Wedding...
I pretended not to see the car, but it didn't work because The car was parked right in front of our taxi.
I thought she wouldn't notice me, I thought she might have forgotten my face since she was old.
She asked her driver to get umbrellas from the booth of the car. Which he brought for us.
"My Madam has sent me with these umbrellas for you and she asked me to direct the taxi driver to take you and your family to one of her free buildings. She said I'll drive her and your taxi will follow behind us." Said the driver to Mrs. Magret Hamilton.
"What!" I said shivering like a wet chicken under the rain.
And then he wanted to repeat what he has said but I cut him short because I heard clearly what he said, I was just surprised.
I just told my dad to gather the rest people in the taxi while I continued with the packing.
We all entered the taxi and then when we finally got to the house, I couldn't get down from the car because I was still surprised at how she managed to know where I was.
I told my dad and my older brothers to start offloading our things from the taxi while I remained in the taxi, thinking of what I'm going to say to her when I get down.
Just then, the taxi man shouted at me to get out of his cab.
He said it was already too late and he needed to go home.
I obeyed and I got down. I started counting the steps I took while I walked into the house.
At that moment, I was gripped by fear. When I finally entered, I saw my dad laughing with her.
I thought they knew each other, but I thought wrong. My dad was just thanking her for helping us get out of the rain.
I quickly ran as fast as I could into one of the rooms in the house. Then, I phoned my brother to bring my clothes into the room I was in. Which he did.
Immediately I was done changing, I heard a knock at my door and when I went closer to the door hole, I found out that it was my Dad.
He wanted me to come out and say thank you to the old lady who brought us here.
He also said that the lady gave him the house for us to be living in for free.
I was happy and at the same time confused. Because, how would someone I just met earlier today be this good to me?
It took me time to come out. It got to the point that my Dad had to force me out of the room.
When I finally came out, I met my brothers putting our wet clothes on top of different things in the living room, for them to get dried.
So, I avoided eye contact with her by joining my brothers in the drying of clothes.
My father was confused about my behavior that night. Since I didn't want to be suspicious, I walked straight to her and I was like.
"Thank you ma, Thanks." I stammered out of fear.
"You're welcome my dear. I'm doing this for a reason you know". She said.
"A reason? Umm ma'am I'm sorry, I didn't understand what you meant by a reason". I replied still confused about what she meant by a reason.
"Okay wait I'll explain," she said.
"Mr. Rush, please can I speak to your daughter in private? I mean can you all go inside?" She said facing my Dad.
"Okay, ma. Common! let's all leave this place." My dad said while ushering my brothers and my nephews into their various rooms.
I was left alone with Mrs. Magret. I thought she was going to yell at me. But that didn't happen, instead, she made me sign another contract but this time around, with her.
She started by saying.
"Is this your family? is Bella your real name? And how did you end with my Grandson?"
"First of all, Yes it's my family and also, Bella is my real name. But I ended up with your Grandson in a very weird way." I answered.
"I knew it! you know what, I need you to explain in detail how you met my Grandson" she said.
"There's nothing much to explain," I replied.
Then I explained from how he organized the audition show to how we lied and how we are where we are now.
"Of course! I know my Grandson, he does not believe in marriage! hmm.." she said being in a sad mood.
"You know what, I'm in the twilight of my years and I really want to see my Grandson start believing in love and maybe one day get married. So, I want you to take on another contract for me... I will pay you to double the amount of what he said he's going to pay you. And I assure you that your family will never suffer again." She added.
"Okay. So my main goal on this contract is to make your Grandson start believing in love. Right?" I asked.
"Right! I want him to start believing in forever because right now, all he thinks of is just money and nothing else." She said while holding both of my hands.
"Okay. but I have one question for you. Is the wedding that's about to go on, going to be real?" I asked.
"Nah, I just said that to convince Jayson that it's going to be a real wedding. Everything would be planned, you just do what I asked you to do."
"Okay ma," I said with a smile on my face as she let go of my hands.
"So, I'm good to go now. You don't need to worry about your Dad, I told him that I was a philanthropist who arrived in this town yesterday to check on the houses I was building. So, he believed." She said as she was about to take her to leave.
"Your job starts tomorrow." She added.
"Okay, ma'am. I'll see you tomorrow then. Bye!, Good night and Take care!" I said as I walked her out of the house.
The next day finally came and I was ready for the job.
'Hmm..this job sounds a lot easier than the one Jayson gave to me.' I said to myself as I left the house.
I went to her mansion. When I got there, I met Jayson there and he was surprised to see me.
"What are you doing here? I thought the deal was over?" he asked.
"No. it's not, I came to continue because I need the money." I replied.
"Okay. This is how it's going to be, I'll be paying you for Getting married to me even though the wedding is going to be real. Immediately after I get the whole seventy million, we will get divorced. Is that clear?"
He said he was going to be paying me because I told him the other day that I'm not ready to get married.
"Yes. But for how long are we going to stay married?" I asked.
"We will stay married until the full payment is made." He said.
"Okay. So here's what is going to happen, I came over to discuss with your Grandmother about the wedding." I said.
"Okay, just wait here I'll call her down." He said as he left the living room.
"Oh Hey!. Bella right?" Said his grandmother as she walks down the stairs.
"Yes, I'm Bella. Good morning ma'am!". I Replied.
"You know what, as from now on, I want you to call me Lala." She said looking so happy.
"Okay ma'am, I mean Lala," I said as I joined her in the happy mood.
We acted as if we had only met the day Jayson lied. Everything was falling into place. But, I was taking a very big risk because I was now working for the two of them.
His Grandmother is organizing a fake wedding, but Jayson on the other hand is thinking that it's going to be a real wedding.
"So, how's the preparation?" I asked.
"Ohh, I have already contacted a very good wedding planner and he's already on it." She replied.
"But since it's going to be a simple wedding, I only invited a few of my friends." She added.
"Lala, I too don't want a crowd. I'm only going to invite my best friend." I said.
"Okay. As for your wedding dress, You and Jayson will have to go to the Boutique." She said.
"Okay, Lala. I will do just that. We can even go now. Let's go." Jayson said.
So we left for the dress and as usual, I selected the best for myself. And I also have to select a nice suit for Jayson.
At first, I brought a very beautiful White suit and I said " Hey Jayson come over here, I got something for you to try ok". Then he answered and said "Okay I'm coming"
" Okay i...got this for you and I know it's going to fit you perfectly, take and go and try it on".I said giving him the suit and he just stood there staring at me and I asked
"Why are you staring come on take the suit and try it on". and he replied by saying
"Don't you know I'm not a fan of White dress I hate any dress that's white okay so pick another one and it shouldn't be Sky Blue, Red, or Cream in color okay".
"Okay, I will". I said with a look that says "whatever".
I finally saw the perfect dress for him. I picked a black suit because, he doesn't like white, red or blue so I suggested black will be the best for him.
He accepted it and he went to try it on. As he walked out to show me how it looks on him, he was looking so handsome.
I was lost in thought because of his beauty. I didn't even know when he got close to me.
He only said to me. "Snap out of it, I a never going to fall in love with you. Got it".
"Yeah! I know." I said as I smiled weirdly.
The fake wedding finally came and here we are!.
That was how we got married and he was shy to kiss me in front of the crowd, but I managed to pull him to myself and I gave him a good kiss.
And then, His friends started shouting, "Good one Bella! Good one!".
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