Love By Contract

Love by Contract- Chapter 3

Engagement Day

Here comes the day of my engagement. I get ready with the help of my maids and best friend, Rain. I wear a red gown and comb my hair into a bun. And I come to the venue. A large hall was rented, seeing this much people got me nervous. The hall was spacious enough to accommodate thousands of our guests. Since the engagement was part of a deal, many business persons came. I only knew few of the guests who were my friends and relatives, who were countable in my fingers. Attending to other guests, were my my dad and Mr Nicholas Ford.

My fiancé was standing beside me on my right side, with a glass of drink on his hand and the other hand in his pocket, looking stunning in his grey tuxedo with other company's presidents, obviously having business talks. I had Rain, standing on my left side.

"You are seriously getting married to him?" Rain asks me as she furiously looks at my fiancé.

Suddenly, a lady pops in front of us, getting super excited seeing me. She suddenly hugs me with all her might as you would to your best friend, seeing her after a very long time. I look at her confusedly.

"umm, I'm sorry but I do not recognise you.." was all I could say.

She just pulls my fiancé by his hand taking him away from the person he was talking to another billionaire who I was introduced to a while ago, and whose name I obviously don't remember. My fiancé gave her a death glare, but she ignores him and piunting him she smiles widely and says,

"I'm the mother of this i***t here, dear!" She exclaims happily.

My so-called fiancé shrugs off from his mother's grip,

"Done?" He says raising his brow and goes back to apologise to the billionaire standing shocked there.

This lady, my would-be-mother-in-law was stunningly gorgeous, she emits the aura of a queen, and her eyes sparkles youth. No one would say that she is the mother of a 28 year-old man, now I know where Nathaniel got his looks from.

After a while, my father makes an announcement and everybody gathers to witness the deal between two companies being signed. Oops! I mean my 'engagement' ceremony.

As he slips the ring on my ring finger, I again remember the contract that I signed with him and think yes now I can't escape my fate, even if I want to.

"Don't worry! I will have the car ready outside your wedding venue if you ever have a change of mind on this!" My best friend whispers to me, showing me her thumbs up, as if reading my mind.

What would I do without her? I smile at her lovingly.

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Sigh. I sigh for like 100th time now, and the reason- 'after the engagement, my fiancé and I are standing next to each other for like 30 minutes and it's so awkward that I don't know what to talk to him about, and how to begin with...

"Are you enjoying the party? I ask him.

He just nods.

Oh, wow! Maya! What a nice question to ask, I roll my eyes.

"Umm, so many business associates, aren't they?" My mouth utters another stupid question, well 'duh!'

"Yes. You see there, the man in the grey suit, he is the president of Takao Enterprises."

And bla bla bla, he goes on and on, pointing at one man after another. My guess was rught, he can talk about his business the whole night if you give him.

Now, I am regretting over the question I asked him because I was getting bored here but this guy doesn't give a damn, and continues his business talks. God! Why do I have to get over smart and ask him this stupid question?

"Oh My! You are boring your wife, son!" Tada! My saviour taunts her son.

"She is the one who asked, mom!" He retorts back.

"Because, she probably wanted to start a conversation with you, dear. But, she didn't know that you could be so annoying and give her a lecture on your favourite topic 'business.' Poor her!" she says looking at me sympathetically.

"Ah, I am out of here, I don't want to fight with you here." He says beginning to walk away from us.

"Aww, you are just running away cause you know that you can't win me in an argument, son" she says teasingly.

"Anyway, you can just go and have your business talk with another businessman, we don't need you here anyway. You will just ruin our night" she taunts her son.

My fiancé, totally pissed off, walks away.

Oh wow, I so love this woman and I am so going to enjoy her company. I thought, looking at the woman in front of me.

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After a Week

Past one week I spent with my friends and cousins, shopping for my wedding, having sleepovers and lots of midnight talks and now finally comes the day of my wedding.

I get ready, wearing my beautiful designed down, my wedding gown, I had my hair combed into a twister pearl mermaid hair, and a white flower bouquet in my hand, I step inside the car, on my way to the church.

As the church door opens, there stood my fiancé at the end of the aisle looking stunningly handsome in his black tuxedo which makes my heart skip a beat, waiting for his bride-to-be.

I look at my dad, who is smiling beside me and seeing him a smile plays on my lips as I walk down the aisle to my fiancé and stand by his side.

"Do you Nathaniel Ford, take Maya Thornton to be your lawfully wedded wife for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, from this day forward until death do you part?"

"I do." He replies with a nod.

'Until death? Well. we are gonna be divored after a year', I mocked.