His Business Her Heart

Chapter Two

(Ryan’s point of view)

“Grandad it’s my life to do with as I please” I tell him angrily down the phone, I wait for him to reply but I hear nothing but his breathing which angers me more “I know it’s your life but you are running my company it’s not yours until you are married” my Grandad tells me this every time we talk, “I have told you a thousand times I will do as I please and if I say I’m not getting married then I’m not getting married” I inform the old bat, his silence is something I welcome this time, it means I won. “Well I’m sorry you say that son because if you are not married in the next three months, I will be talking the company off you” he sneers, “YOU CAN’T DO THAT” I yell losing complete control of my anger, “I am the fonder and owner of this company, I made you CEO and I can take that away. You have three months to get married, if you are not married in that time I take everything away got it?” he informs me and hangs up the phone before I can answer him. In anger I slam the phone down just as Katie my PA walks in “GET OUT!” I shout taking my anger out on her like it’s her fault, Katie exits as fast as she came in, I fall back into my chair and rub my eyes trying to get the guilt I feel to rub away ‘why am I feeling guilty? If she’s upset from being scared it’s not any of my concern’ I think as I take a look at my planner to see what I have for the rest of the day, looks like nothing that won’t keep until tomorrow. I buzz Katie letting her know that I am leaving for the day and won’t be back until tomorrow and walk out my office door, as I get to my car I try to think of a plan to get out of this or to get my hands on the company but there is nothing that I can think of, ‘well I could pay someone to marry me for a year make it look real and when I get the company divorce her’ I think which makes me laugh ‘what a stupid idea’ I think while driving back to my house, all I want to do now is be alone and have one of Jackie’s homecooked meals, an hour after driving I finally pull into my drive way and quickly get out the car and almost run to the door as I open it I am greeted by Jackie but before I can say hello I spot a face of a young woman I’ve never seen before and I start to feel anger rise in me “WHO THE f**k IS THAT?” I shout making the poor girl jump but I do not give a s**t, this is my house, and I will not have strangers in it. “Jackie who the f**k is this and why is she here?” I demand of Jackie “sir if we can go to your office I will tell” she reply’s and starts walking to my office ‘what the f**k is going on?’ I think while I follow Jackie in, “what the hell is going on?” I ask Jackie, she never bring anyone to my house, is this family member? “Sir please listen before you say anything, do you remember my friend Rose?” she asks me which I nod too “well she called me last night for the last couple of days she has noticed this woman coming in and washing herself but never buying anything, she thought she lived on the streets, when I saw her today I knew that’s where she leaved, I needed to help her sir so I gave her a job as housekeeper and £1000 wage and a place to stay and food to eat, don’t be angry sir I was just trying to do the right thing” Jackie explains a little too fast but I understood what she was saying, just as I was about to tell her it was fine a thought popped into my head, ‘here is a woman desperate for money, food and a place to stay, I can get her to be my wife for about a year to make it look believable, then divorce her and carry on my happy life, to make sure she says yes I will make her an offer she can’t refuse’ I think to myself, once I have come up with my plan I tell Jackie to being the girl to my office, while waiting for them to come up I go to sit behind my desk and think about how I’m going to sell this to her, ‘shouldn’t be to hard, after all she needs the money’ I think which makes me laugh. After a couple of minutes I hear a knock on my door, “come in” I call trying to keep the smile of my face, “here you are sir” Jackie says as she and the mystery woman walks in, “thank you Jackie, you can go now” I order expecting her to leave but before she does she takes a long look at the woman then leaves, the woman just stands there looking everywhere but me ‘oh this is going to be fun’ I think to myself before I tell her what I want…..

(back to Lynda’s point of view)

I stand there trying not to look awkward but failing waiting for the strange beautiful man to speak, I don’t dare look at him in case he is angry and may do something to me but he does nothing, doesn’t even say anything, after what feels like a life time he breaks the silence “what’s your name?” he askes me, eager to not anger the man I answer as quickly as I can “Lynda sir” I say peeking at him, “is there a last name with that?” he asks with a smile on his face, “sorry sir, its Lynda King sir” I inform him while not being able to take my eyes of his smile. I think he saw were I was looking because he smiles more, “Lynda King what a beautiful name, now Lynda I want you to be honest with me when I ask you some questions, can you do that?” he asks while playing with his lips using his fingers making me have to swallow the sudden dryness in my mouth away, “urm I will sir” I tell him quietly “good now first your homeless correct?” he asks me which shocks me that he knows that “yes” I say looking down waiting to here him laugh but there was nothing, “do you have any where to live or money to eat?” he asks me, I shake my head to answer him, too embarrassed to use my voice. “lastly do you know who I am?” he asks me, I was about to say no but then I remembered the name Jackie said ‘it must be his name’ I think to myself before answering “I only know that your name in Ryan Johnson and that’s it” I inform him trying to finger out why he is asking me these questions, “well that’s great at less you know my name, now I have something I need you to do for me and trust me I will make it worth your while if you do this” Ryan says shocking me, ‘what can I do for him’ I think coming up with no idea, “come sit down and I will explain” he says while walking over to the couch at the other side of the room, I follow slowly after him and sit as far away from him as I can. “Right I am going to be blunt, I need you to be my wife for a year and after that we will divorce and you will get one million pounds sounds good?” he says acting like I am going to say yes at the snap if his fingers, “you want me to marry you? A stranger I don’t know and stay with you for a year?” I say hearing the shocked sound in my own voice, “well frankly yes” he says like it’s a matter of fact, “NO! I don’t even know you and you want me to marry and have s s s*x with you, it’s not happening” I say louder than I mean too, afraid that I may anger him but he starts laughing instead of getting angry “it won’t be a real marriage, on paper it will be but no you won’t have to sleep with me not if you don’t want to” he says while winking at me, I take a slow breath in to try and collect my words “why do you want to marry me? What are you getting out of this?” I ask him while trying to come up with an answer myself but coming up blank, “my grandad wants me to be married in the next three months but I love the single like too much to give it up but he is now saying if I don’t get married in the timeline he has given me I lose the family company” Ryan tells me, I’m completely shocked by this, this man in front of me is willing to lie to keep a company “but why me?” I ask before I can stop myself, he smiles at what I asked “you will be perfect, people don’t know who you are and you need the money so seemed like an easy yes” he says sounding a little bit to confident, just as I was about to say no I think about what I could do will a million pound, ‘I could start my own bakery like I always wanted’ I think, I hate this but I already know the answer I am going to say “yes I will marry you for a year” I whisper, “great, now we will start the day after tomorrow got to get you looking just right, not that there is anything wrong with you its just the world your coming into you have to look a different way” he informs me I just nod so he continues “I will take you clothes shopping tomorrow and get your hair done so you will be ready to meet my grandad the day after, got it?” he says looking at me waiting for me to answer “got it” I repeat, “now the rules to get your money, you have to stay will me for a year or until I say we are getting a divorce, you will sleep with no one and finally you will be staying here with me from now on” he informs me, I quickly agree “good now I will see you for dinner, by the way you don’t have to call me sir anymore your my fiancée now” he says laughing and getting up to walk out of the room, “wait” I say and he stops and turns around, “if I can not sleep with anyone else, you are not aloud to sleep with anyone else, if you do I will go to your grandad and tell him the truth” I say trying to look strong, he just stands there looking at me for five minutes and I’m not sure what he is going to say, “that seems fair, fine I won’t sleep with anyone, you have my word” he says while holding up his hand then walking out of the office, once he is gone I fall back into the couch ‘oh god what have I got myself into’ I think rubbing my eyes, not able to grasp what has happened.