Entwined

Chapter2

Entwined (frenemies forever?)

Chapter 2

Liam had a terrible morning due to the headache he got from hangover.He partied all night and knew his morning wasn't going to be so great after all but he was calm about it because his meetings starts in the afternoon that day.

As soon as he stepped into the shower,his phone began to rang but it was too late as he had already lathed his sponge with soap.He decided that he would just call the person back later.

Liam's phone rang again and he was able to pick up this time, the caller was his grandmother.

“Hi grand…”

“When are you getting married?.”His grandmother cut him off abruptly while Liam scoffed.They have been having this conversation for months now and it became more incessant when his grandmother realized that she was dying.

“I don't know grandma but when I get news for you,I would definitely let you know.”Liam promised.A promise that he knew he was bound to break.

“Well,I got news for you now.If you don't find a wife,I would be donating everything I have to charity and that includes my company.”Madam Olivia threatened but Liam chuckled because he thought it wasn't impossible.

“Oh,go ahead and chuckle but I will be rewriting my will before I pass on and if I'm not sure that my legacy is going to live on, your name won't be appearing in it!.”Madam Olivia declared and ended the call immediately.

Liam knew now that his grandmother wasn't bluffing because she doesn't bluff at all, especially not with that tone.

“Great!,my morning couldn't get any worse.”Liam thought to himself.

He dressed up for work nonetheless and thought of ways he could keep the company for himself.He had worked hard all his life just so he could eventually inherit the company and now that he was so close to having it,he certainly didn't want to lose it.

Liam kept thinking but he didn't arrive at anything.He knew had to get a wife but what kind of wife would agree to divorce him after his grandmother dies.

Sure, maybe he could find a woman that would agree to marry him for a period of time but everyone knew he was rich so he was certain that his wife would want to leave with half of everything that he owns and he couldn't have that either.

But Liam found a solution immediately he saw his desperate employee and his day just got very much better.

“Marry you?...Why would you ask me to marry you?.”Mia questioned because she was utterly confused.

Liam stood up from his seat graciously and walked towards Mia.

“I think the question should be why shouldn't you want to marry me?. Although I don't show it but I know very well that every woman would want to be my wife.”Liam bragged while Mia rolled her eyes and folded her arms.

“Sure you are not arrogant.”Mia muttered sarcastically under her breath.

“I'm sorry,did you say something?.”Liam asked while Mia bit her inner lips and shook her head negatively.An action that Liam considered to be indirect flirting and smirked.

“You see,I don't know what your problems are but I know I could write you a cheque that will sort them and set you up for life.”Liam proposed and Mia eyes gleamed up.Liam was confident that they were now getting somewhere.

“And the best part of it is that the marriage is temporary,in 6 months we would both be free and single again.”Liam continued, resting slightly on his desk.

Mia corked her brows and unfolded her arms.

“Why do you want me to marry you, especially for six months?.”Mia inquired, the offer was beginning to sound too good to be true to her.

“You see,my grandmother is dying and she will be gone in about 6 months or less.But I really want to make her happy before she dies.And she has always wanted me to get married,so I thought it would be the best parting gift.”Liam lied but he only did because he didn't exactly trust Mia.

Liam also thought that Mia might get greedy once she finds out what is at stake and he just couldn't have that.

“Ohhhh,I feel so sorry for her.”Mia poured but Liam simply didn't care about any of that.

“Yeah,well you can help her and you would get handsomely paid for that.”Liam quickly chipped in and Mia realised that the offer wasn't bad at all.

“But then again,I would be a divorcee at the age of 25.That wouldn't exactly speak well of my character to future suitors.”Mia showed her concerns.Liam hissed and grabbed his cheque book.

“You are looking at this all wrongly, you would be a rich divorcee.How does 6 million sound?.”Liam suggested and the phone in Mia's hand dropped immediately.

“In US dollars?.”Mia asked while Liam nodded his head.

“But we will break up on the grounds that you cheated.”Liam added a clause and that didn't sit well with her but who cares?.

“Make it 8 million and you can even say you caught me on our matrimonial bed.”Mia pushes her luck but surprisingly Liam didn't argue with her.He wrote the cheque and passed it to her.

Just as she was about to take the cheque,Liam withdrew his hand a little bit.

“I have a condition and that is, you are not to tell anyone about this arrangement.No one whatsoever.”Liam stated but that was totally fine with Mia,so she agreed easily.

“We will sleep in the same room and on the same bed, you will act like my wife not just in front of my family but the public as well.You will attend public functions with me and we shall be married until my grandmother dies.”Liam listed but Mia was still fine with it.

“We have a deal, Mr Alexander.”Mia said out loud and Liam gave her the cheque.She was very happy until she realized that he didn't sign it.

“You didn't sign it.”Mia showed Liam and he nodded his head.Mia waited for the explanation but Liam simply walked to his window side and looked outside.

“That cheque will be signed the day we get divorced,I promise you that.”Liam uttered while Mia was taken aback.

“I can't completely trust you,I don't even know you miss Terence.”Liam gave his reason.

“Understandable but I also have a condition of my own.”Mia declared and that made Liam turn around and fold his arms.

“And what could that possibly be?.”Liam asked, uninterested.

He took that time to take a good look at Mia, and the only thing that came to his mind was “where does she shop?.”

Mia had a beautiful small face so Liam knew that he could work with that.He just needed to hire a personal shopper or stylist for her pending the time that she was going to be his wife.

“I will be your wife and do everything you ask of me but we will not be intimate.For better understanding,we will not have sex.”Mia stated while Liam laughed,he just couldn't believe that she was serious.

“Oh, you are?.”Liam asked and Mia nodded her head.Liam just couldn't believe it.

“How could she not want to sleep with me?.”He wondered but kept that to himself.

“Are you a virgin?.”He said without thinking while Mia choked on her spit.

“You really are,miss Terrence.”Liam concluded on his own.

“I do not wish to discuss that.”

“Fair enough,we are going to get married next month and if my grandmother dies on time.The divorce letter is going to be your Christmas gift.”Liam informed her as Mia walked out of his office.

As she shut the door,Liam couldn't believe that he was going to get to deflower her.He was so confident that she would eventually spread her legs for him.

“I guess I'm going to have an

interesting short marriage after all.”Liam said to himself as he took his seat.