Falling In Love With My Contact Husband

Chapter 4

I can’t believe that I messed up my opportunity with Lillian, my sister has always complained about how arrogant and proud I could be and I usually brushed it off as just her normal complaints. Now I realized that she was right, I was arrogant and proud .

I kept replaying the conversation I had with Lillian over and over again, I wished I could go back in time to change the way I spoke to her . I could have been more gentle, less overbearing and definitely less arrogant.

“ Back to earth Callum , what are you thinking about so deeply ? “

I turned around from my window to see my sister Ashley seated at my desk , so deep in thought was I that I didn’t even hear her come in .

“ Hey Ashley , sorry I didn’t hear you come in. Do you need anything ? “

Ashley was my younger sister and the last child, she worked as head of accounting in the company and was doing a very good at it .

We ran a construction company but had recently diversified into building materials which was why we were interested in buying the paint factory. Marc Constructions was founded by my late father and was now run by my siblings and I .

“ I wanted to let you know that the payment for the Stone’s resort just came in , so everything can go as planned “

“ That’s good , I’ll let Adams know that so work can begin immediately “

“ Good , so what’s going on with you ? “

“ Nothing, why do you ask “

“ Well you were lost in thought with a worried look on your face which means it’s something “

My sister was quite persistent and dogged especially when she wanted something, I knew she wasn’t going to leave me alone until she had so there was no reason to delay my response.

“ Well … there’s a lady I’m trying to win over and I think I’ve ruined things before I even got started “ , I said solemnly.

There was silence for a few seconds before she burst into loud laughter , I immediately regretted telling her what the issue was .

“ At least one of us finds things funny , thank you for having fun at my expense. You may leave my office now “ , I said gruffly.

“ I’m sorry I didn’t mean to laugh , it’s just that you never seemed to have issues with getting women so this is a bit surprising “ ,she replied apologetically

“ It’s fine , I don’t know what to do to get on her good side and she doesn’t seem easily impressed “

“ I can help you with a few ideas but it’ll cost you a little “ she said rubbing her hands together with a smile on her face . I knew my credit card will be short a few dollars but if it would get things with Lillian back on track then it was well worth it .

“ No problem at all, I’ll pay whatever you ask “ I said with a smile .

It’s been a week since Ashley and I started our mission, yes, our mission to send Lillian roses everyday for a week then I call her to apologize. I was supposed to have made the call but I was a bit jittery, I didn’t want to say the wrong thing then have all our efforts go to waste .

“ Have you called her yet ? “ , Ashley said from the doorway.

“ Don’t you know how to knock ? You seem to like barging in on me young lady “

“ Well , it’s past office hours so I didn’t see the need to knock . So have you ? “

“ No , I haven’t . I’ll do it when I get home “

“ Alright, good night and thank you for the gifts “ , she said sticking out her tongue and laughing.

Gifts indeed, after buying two Chanel bags with my credit card when she could very well afford it by herself but I wasn’t complaining since she had helped me .

My dog , Brute, jumped on me immediately I opened the door of my penthouse, he tried to lick my face which I tried to dodge by turning my face. For a supposed guard dog , Brute was very affectionate.

“ Down boy ! How was your day ? Missed me ? I missed you too “ , I spoke to him while rubbing his back .

I immediately went to change so I could take Brute out for a jog in the park, I usually took him out for a run in the park after work because he was cooped up inside while I went to work .

After we came back , I went to take shower while I reheated the food that my housekeeper has prepared for me .

I took a sip of my beer while I dialled Lillian’s number , I really hope she picks up . It rang for a few seconds and then went to her voicemail . I tried dialing again and she finally picked up .

“ Hello “ , her voice sounded breathy like she had hurried to answer the phone .

“ Hi , it’s Callum Marc. Please don’t hang up , I’m sorry for how I spoke to you the last time “ , I hurriedly replied.

There was a long pause, I looked at my phone to see if she hung up on me but she hadn’t .

“ Hello, you still there ? “ I asked.

“ I am , why have you been sending me flowers and how did you get my house address ? “ she asked.

“ I sent you flowers to apologize for my behavior and I hired someone to get me your house address “

“ I see , the perks of being rich . You think that because you can buy it then you can have it right ? “

She was obviously getting upset at me , I haven’t said anything to trigger such reaction so why was she getting angry .

“ I’m sorry but I didn’t mean to imply that , I just didn’t know how else to get your address” ,

There was another pause before she spoke again.

“ Apology accepted, now can you stop sending me roses ? I’m allergic to flowers “

“ Oh no ! I’m so sorry, I didn’t mean to cause you distress . Hope you are fine ? “

“ I’ll be better once you stop sending me flowers, good night “ , she said hanging up .

I smiled at the phone , she was a feisty one that I did admire . I honestly didn’t know that so she was allergic to flowers, she even hung up before I could ask her to dinner.

I guess I would have to wait for the right time so that I don’t push my luck and ruin my hard work .

I had a meeting with my brother in a few minutes where I am supposed to give a progress report on the acquisition of the paint factory which I don’t have anything of importance to say . I thought that we were slowly winning the General over , but everything seemed to have come to a standstill with no further communication from them.

Every time I put a call across to him , his secretary always made up excuses of why he couldn’t speak to me right now. I was so confident that I could handle this , I couldn’t tell my brother that everything was at a standstill because I knew he would swoop in to try to save the day and I really needed to do this to assure my brother that I was capable of handling things by myself.

The sound of my intercom buzzing jarred me back to the present,

“ Yes Sandra , is there a problem? “ , I asked my secretary.

“ There’s a man named Christopher Domino here to see you sir but he doesn’t have an appointment. He insists on seeing you sir” , she said.

“ Let him in , I can spare a few minutes to see him “ , I replied.

Christopher Domino here to see me ? I wonder what this visit is for since I’ve never had any personal dealings with him and the last time we saw , he looked at me with disdain.