MARRIED TO MY DEVIL BILLIONAIRE BOSS

MarryMe

CHAPTER 5 : marry me

The next day was work. I wanted to call in sick or something like that but I had no choice, I had to pick myself up and go to work pretending like I wasn’t going through a life crisis.

I sat in my office completely spaced out, I was staring at my monitor but my mind was somewhere else.

My phone rang and when I looked down on the screen it was Alex calling me.

I answered, he told me to report to his office immediately.

I walked in and stood in front of his table.

“ Have your seat," he said to me.

I sat immediately. I didn’t even care to know what was going on. I was still lost in my thoughts.

After what seemed like 3 minutes of silence, I asked,“ What is this about?

He handed me a contract, I opened it with curiosity.

“ I want you to marry me," he said.

My heart was racing, and my head was spinning with confusion.

“What?” I said with a confused expression on my face.

“ I want you to marry me," he said.

He stood up from his seat, taking his suit off. His muscles were visibly seen from his shirt. His flexing and extending movements made his muscles strained against his shirt.

“Why ?”, I asked.

“My grandfather is dying, and it is his dying wish to see me married," he said looking directly at me.

“ Why me, isn’t there someone else who can do this ?” I said.

“ You seemed like the right candidate for the role," he said walking closer to me.

“Well, you better find someone else I am not interested in," I said standing up.

“ Why ?” he asked with a soft smirk.

“ I hate you Alex, is that enough?” I said, ready to leave.

“ I also don’t like you and this is why you are perfect for the role. I advise you take this into consideration. The pay is very high," he said.

I left his office immediately.

I hated Alex. I couldn’t imagine being married to him. Even if it was fake. I couldn’t stand him.

This was the craziest thing to happen to me today.

I got back to my office and tried so hard to forget what happened just a few minutes back.

Just when I managed to calm myself down, I received a text message from Rowan.

Gosh, everything just seemed to be crashing down today.

“The court is giving you 10 days to pay the sum of 10 million dollars," I read Rowan’s text to myself.

Well, this was odd timing.

I managed to get through work, such a difficult day. After work, I decided to pay Catherine a visit and just tell her what was going on and ask for her opinion on things because right now I was going through a lot.

I called her first because the last thing I wanted was to walk in on her having s*x with her boyfriend or any guy for that matter.

Not having a car was really annoying because the prices of Uber drivers were getting scandalous.

I arrived at her apartment her house was just so welcoming, Catherine was more of an earthy girl.

She was so excited to see me, it had been a while since I visited about 2 weeks ago.

“So what is the matter?” Catherine asked.

“Alex asked me to marry him," I said quickly, taking a sip of the ginger tea she offered to me.

“What? Why?” she asked, smiling.

“It is a contract marriage, his grandfather is dying and his grandfather’s dying wish is to see him get married, and somehow I fit the role, his words not mine," I said, taking another sip.

“So what did you say?” she asked, looking at me with worry.

“I said no," I replied.

“Catherine, the court has ordered me to pay 10 million dollars in 10 days following the clearing of the debt," I told her in a calm tone.

“What? I am so sorry, Lilith," she said, hugging me deeply.

“What are you going to do ?”

“ Honestly, I have no idea," I could feel my eyes tearing up.

“If you want my opinion, Lilith, I would say think about the marriage, just think about it ok”.

The exact thing Alex told me: “Think about it.” I was really considering marrying my worst enemy basically.

I hate Alex. I can’t stand him talking less about marrying him, Gosh.

I went home and took a warm shower. I was just wondering what had become of my life.

My parents died trying to clear this debt, and I was probably almost in the same situation.

I got out of the shower and changed into my PJs. I had cereal for dinner.

After a whole day of avoiding the contract, I decided to read it.

As expected, Alex also sent me a side copy of it.

I took a shot of vodka, there was no way I was reading this contract sober.

The contract stated that we would be married for a year and that I was going to get a pay out of 600 million dollars out of this marriage.

I had to clean my eyes to reread the amount I was making from this.

I hated Alex, but this contract was definitely going to set my life straight. If I had 600 million dollars I would be able to pay off the debt and have enough to start my business just like I always wanted to.

I was about to do what I was going to regret, but not for long because this money was just what would save me.

I slept on the matter and I still arrived at the same conclusion: I was going to marry Alex.