Chapter five
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Jamie had woken up earlier than usual to avoid his mum but she still caught him. He wondered why he’s mum was so obsessed with him settling down.
“Jamie don’t think you can escape from me today”, his mother, Samantha said to him.
He retracted his step and kissed his mum’s cheek. “Good morning mum”, he said.
“Good morning, remember you promised to bring your girlfriend home this week”, she said to him. There was no problem with that only he didn’t have a girlfriend. Such he has many women at his beck and call but, he doesn’t really have a connection with any of them.
“Yes mum, I remember. Can I go now?”, he asked, already having an headache.
“Hmm, you can go. You’re a grown man, get it together”, she said and walked off. Jamie signed and walked away.
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“What?!”, Rosella couldn’t believe what she just heard. *Marry?!* She doesn’t want to get married!
“Listen to me. No matter what I do, no matter who I pay, this topic won’t leave the news anytime soon and my company will not only loose clients but also investors. You’ll forever be branded a slut and no other company will sign you in, your career would be over. This is the only way, especially with this edited picture”, Jamie tried to reason her.
Rosella couldn’t believe her ears. She could already see her aunt and cousins laughing at her. They already told her she was going to fail, but she won’t give them that satisfaction, she won’t let whoever did this win.
“Look, it’s going to be a contract marriage. They’ll be rules and procedures. We’ll get married in private but as a contract. We’ll tell the world we’re engaged and soon to get married. We’ll get married in public and then divorce six months later. What do you think?”, he asked her.
Rosella put so much thought into it before answering.
“Let’s prepare the documents”, she said.
They went to his lawyer and signed the marriage contract.
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“Clara have you seen the boss’s post?”, Ana decided to spend the night at Clara’s house.
“What do you mean?”, Clara asked, applying face lotion. Ana showed her a pic of the boss and Rosella and a date with the caption ‘Wifey’.
“What the heck?”, Clara spat angrily.
“I think there’s going to be drama in the company now, especially with this post. Rosella would be on the lips of everyone at work”, Ana said.
Clara looked at the next post and saw Rosella holding a very expensive purse from their collection. She hissed and screamed and this startled Ana.
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“So what do you think?”, Jamie asked Rosella as he drove her to her house.
“I don’t know. I came to work to design and sew but got the secretary position instead. Someone decided to tarnish my image and now, I’m married to someone I just met and not just anyone, but, my boss. *Pouvez-vous regarder ça?*”, she said.
“Oh I see the problem. You don’t like the idea of being married with me”, he said with a smirk.
“*Pas ça*, it’s because I’m getting married to my boss, under a contract. I’ve always wanted to marry someone I love”, she said sadly.
Jamie’s smirk disappeared. Of course he like Rosella but it’s just a little, he told himself.
“I know how bizarre this is but I assure you, you agreeing saved our lives”, he said. He got to her estate and he realized they lived in the same estate. In fact, his house is just next hers.
“I didn’t know you were my neighbor”, he said.
“Me neither, I arrived her yesterday”, she said.
“Now that you’re my wife that’s cool. I can come hang with you”, he said as he parked by her house.
“Of course not”, she said.
“Why not?”, he asked.
“Because we’re not really a couple. It’s a contract”, she answered.
“But isn’t that the point, to make people believe? Everyone is going to be watching us and they must not suspect a thing”, he said seriously.
Rosella sighed and shook her head lightly. Now, her boss and also husband is her neighbor too? She totally hated today and she desperately wanted to bath and sleep.
“You can come in, and like the devoted husband you are, you will carry my purse and work files in”, she said. “Here, you’re my husband, not my boss”, she said and rolled her eyes. She jumped down from the car and went into the house.
Jamie chuckled to himself and did exactly what she asked him to.
Immediately he got into her house, her scent hit his nostrils. He loved how she smelled at work today and made a mental note to ask for her scent brand.
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Clara stood by her window with a cigarette between her fingers. Ana had long gone to bed in the guest bedroom and it gave her time to think of her next move. This one backfired so she had to make sure the next one don’t flop. She also have to make sure that the CEO doesn’t trace it back to her or hear about the lies she told, that they had something going on.
She wouldn’t let the french girl take away everything she has been working for. She picked up her phone and followed Rosella’s socials with a fake account. She then proceeded to drop some negative comments on Rosella’s page.
Her next plan had to be perfect and she needs as many people as she can get. She picked up her phone again and texted someone. The game has just begun and she would win it by hook or crook.
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