Honeymoon With The CEO

Chapter4

Lisa opened the door with huge disappointment, she slammed it. She wasn't sure if she should be sad or happy cause Alex didn't sleep with her because what he asked was a tougher pill to swallow than just having s*x at once and collecting her money. She layed on her back facing the ceiling, different thoughts in her head. She imagined being his wife for just a second and it irked her, he's goodlooking, he has the money but he's a jerk, she said to herself, she became restless turning sideways and back, grabbing the pillow pressing it against her mouth and screaming, she screamed again and again and again this time with tears flowing down her cheeks. She hated her father even more for putting her through this pain. She heard her sick grandmother cough from the living room, a thick dry cough, her meds were finished and it cost much to afford them. The tears came rushing down, she pulled her hair, tucked her head in-between her legs and cried again.

She wondered how her mom would feel if she should share the sad news with them, "mom would hate me forever, grandma would be so disappointed" she cried again. But she told them anyway. "Mom, grangran I have something to tell you guys" she felt irritated as to how the words " I'm getting married to a man I just met to clear father's debt" she said it still. "Who's the man" her mom asked, "and why would you get married to man you just met, Lisa, I've told you baby, you don't have to worry yourself about your father's debt, I'd take care of it, "but mom look at grangran, she's sick, I dropped out of school cause the workload on you was much mom, you work as a school janitor and it isn't enough for housekeeping" Lisa said admist tears. "It's okay pumpkin, don't cry, I'm a seventy-one year old woman and I'm doing just......" grandma was interrupted by a thick dry cough, she coughed and coughed, it was becoming non stop, Lisa rushed to get some water. She continued, "who's the man".Lisa bent her head in tears and said "it's Alex Mason" her mom and grandma confused at who Alex Mason was, "who's Alex Mason," her mom asked. "I don't know mom, I don't know him but all I know is that he's a billionaire, a very proud and arrogant one, he wants to take over his father's empire, his father said until he's married before he could do that and he chose me to sign a Contract Marriage for forty thousand dollars" "whatttttt, forty thousand whatttttt" her mother screamed, grandma's cough left her for a minute "pumpkin he's God sent, God chose him for you". "I don't know him mom and i can't marry him. "Lisa said. "Look here baby it's only a matter of time, he only needs you to marry him for his father's money, after that you divorce after a month or two, think about it, this money can take us out of this trap we're in. "Her mother convinced, "Pumpkin it's up to you now, you don't have to do it if you don't want to, but it's a life changing offer" her grandmother said.

Lisa couldn't believe what she heard, she stared at both her mother and her grandmother and wondered where they kept the decency they always taught her. Her mother pointed to the leaking roof and pointed to her grandmother, and even reminded her of the debts. Soon Lisa remembered the words of the tout who chased her " Either you marry me or pay me money" it irked her, of course she'd choose Alex over him a billion times, but his arrogance just didn't seat with her she looked at her mother, looked at her grandmother and back at her mother and said, "I'll think about it" she didn't tell them she was forced not to think about it by Alex, she walked back to the bedroom laid back down on the only single bed in the room. She looked around the room and imagined the king sized bed she'd be on and the beautiful house she'd live in with maids around doing her biddings, but when she remembers her fantasy would be with Alex it saddened her. There was a loud knock on the door, it frightened her "open the damn door bitches" the voices behind it were angry. Her mother opened and three men stood, two behind the one smoking cigar, he seemed like the master "is this the house of....he looked into the tiny paper in his hands "Darius Mane" we're here to see him, he owes me ten thousand dollars" "Darius is dead" her mother said. " Look here ma'am we didn't come here to play, go in there and tell your husband to come out or I'd kill all of you " The master said, "she already told you my father is dead" Lisa said rushing out , "stand back Lisa" mother commanded . The master looked up and down at Lisa licking his tongue and holding his jaw "you've got a sexy daughter right here" he ordered his boys to search the house, they rushed in, tumbling everywhere and no sign of him. "I'd be back in two weeks," he lit a fresh cigar "and if my money ain't ready, I'd burn your daughter alive and make you watch, then after that I'd burn that old witch alive before I burn you alive too, fourteen days is all you have or you face my wrath" . They left. There was silence in their midst. The debtors don't stop coming, this was a new one they had never seen. Soon Lisa realized the forty thousand dollars wasn't going to be enough to pay both the debtors and reshape her life. She leaned against the wall watching her mother cry, she had to do it, there wasn't a choice or another way around it, marrying Alex was the only way. "I'd do it mom, I would marry Alex and put us out of this misery.