The Contracted Bride Of Alessandro

Chapter Three: A Contract Marriage!

Serena could have just walked back to her house after she missed the flight she first booked.

Now she was on the floor of a raggedy club room, with red eyes from crying for five hours straight. Las Vegas was a very funny place, and how people conveniently invaded other people's privacy needed to be studied.

Last night, when Serena was drunk and subconsciously kissing Alessandro an unfortunate blogger sitting at the bar, took the opportunity to revive his page with the video of Las Vegas' popular billionaire Alessandro Nasir C.E.O of Nasir Diamonds International and a popular Versace model Serena Donalds kissing.

The video spread like wide fire and by the time Serena saw the video it had three hundred thousand views already.

Serena just layed half dead on the floor, she couldn't even think properly at the time, her life had taken the worst turn yet, special thanks to Dane. Her phone kept buzzing, and numbers kept calling but she didn't have the courage to answer any call or reply and text, she definitely wasn't going to open her email until Asher got here.

Eleven hours felt like forever but Serena waited, she moved from crying to daydreaming, trying to convince herself that this whole madness was a dream, a bad dream.

It was nighttime already, she shared her location with Asher but she wondered why Asher hadn't arrived yet.

'knock! knock! knock!'

The sound from the door made Serena jump, no one had come to the door today, it had just been her and her thoughts,

'Who could it possibly be?' Serena whispered to herself. If anything it could be a worker and hopefully not the press.

She carefully peeped through the hole in the door, she sighed a deep breath of relief when she saw Asher.

"What took you so long" Serena cried. She enveloped Asher in a hug, she needed a hug badly.

The duo stood fixed at the doorpost for a few seconds, it would have been very possible for Serena to break down again, but she had no more tears, all she needed now was strength from Asher.

"okay girl, okay girl, I'm here now" Asher patted Serena's back softly, she took two more steps into the room and locked the door behind them.

"Girl, you look a mess, have you even showered today" Asher asked like that was the most important thing right now

"No" Serena answered

"Okay darling, I'm here now, I promise we'll find our way around this" Asher paused and cupped Serena's dry face in her hands and shook her face playfully

"but right now, you look like a f*****g Egyptian mummy, why don't we get you looking more like yourself" Asher brought his bag forward, apparently he packed a few clothes for Serena.

In less than two hours, Serena had her bath and joined Asher in the room. Asher ordered food and forced Serena to have some.

After the meal, Serena broke down into tears yet again as she recounted her experience to Asher. She was too weak now to fight back the tears that had already taken control over twelve hours ago, Asher could barely hear her words but patiently he listened and comforted Serena.

Asher always found a way, it was his pragmatic mindset that first attracted Serena to hire him as her manager.

Considering the fact that it's a man's world, she knew she needed a man as a manager to navigate the industry properly, although Asher is gay asf, finding a way and getting things done wasn't a difficult task. With Serena's beauty and Asher's brains, they were unstoppable together.

"Girl, we need to get that man on the phone right now" Asher was processing something brilliant already "This whole situation is worse for him, it could damage his image, and yours too, both of you need to see each other and call for a press conference to clear the air" Asher added, now pacing about the expanse of the small room.

"He gave you his number, right? "

"Yes, yes he did " Serena spoke up pointing to the paper under the lamp on the desk beside the bed.

"Girl, give me your phone, we're calling him now ". Asher wasn't one to waste time on a problem, he dialled the digits into Serena's phone, it rang for the first time without answer, and on the second dial, Alessandro picked up the call.

Serena yanked the phone from Asher and put it on speaker

"Mr Alessandro, can you see what you've caused" Serena yelled at the top of her voice,

Asher was already used to her tantrums, he took the phone from her and mouthed the words 'What's your problem' he turned back to the phone and spoke up;

"Hello mr Alessandro, I'm Asher, Asher Decula, and I'm Serena's manager, I'm sorry for what she just said" Asher paused for a bit waiting for Alessandro to say something, Alessandro said nothing and Asher continued

"I'm not about to waste your time, I need you, I mean us to talk about that video and possible damage control measures" Asher was a master at this.

The phone was on speaker and Alessandro spoke up "Well that video affects me more than it affects her, I've been waiting for her call all day, we need to see right now, my team has a solution and I need you guys here before anything further can be done"

"Well how do we meet you," Asher asked

"I'll send a driver to you. You're still at the club right?"

" yes we are sir" Asher responded

"And don't worry about any bill, I paid this morning, just try to get out of the club safely, these people would do anything for more fake information " Alessandro warned.

"That's okay, we've got it"

"Ok, my driver just texted me he is outside the club, black Range Rover, please hurry" Alessandro announced

"we will be with you shortly, thank you".

Getting out of the club wasn't a difficult task at all, Asher and Serena wore matching jackets and very big dark shades. They blended perfectly into the crowd, within a split second they were outside the club and inside the black Range Rover.

The driver said nothing to them, the ride from I'm the club was a very quiet one. The driver drove through the highway and into the main city, he finally arrived at a five-star hotel, the ambience of the surroundings was very luxurious.

"Keep your shades on and follow me" the driver finally spoke up.

Asher and Serena nodded in agreement and followed the driver inside the hotel. At the reception of the hotel, a big frame of Alessandro was hung covering up an entire wall, apparently he owned the hotel.

They took an elevator straight to the first floor. The room was a conference room with a floor-to-ceiling window, Serena gasped at the magnificent sight.

Alessandro walked up to them and gave Asher a firm handshake and gestured for them to sit.

Asher and Alessandro said a lot of things but Serena could only hear their voices, not their words. She was still in shock at everything that had happened since she landed in Las Vegas, their voices got louder by the next work, Asher tapped her back to reality

"so do you think signing it is a good idea," Asher asked if only she knew what he was talking about

"Serena we need to do this, I have a lot to lose and you too, we could get cancelled " Alessandro always managed to bring out the worst side of things.

Serena just sat there dumbfounded, she said nothing, she just looked intently into Asher's eyes and scratched the back of her head continuously.

Alessandro reached into his desk drawer and placed a document on the table; "my legal team drafted this in the afternoon, Serena I need you to sign this and this whole drama will die down " Alessandro said in a panic

Serena wasn't present at all, her eyes and her mind were fixed on the stars in the sky, she wanted peace and calm more than anything right now, and if signing the papers would bring her the calm she craved then so be it.

She carefully moved the papers closer and grabbed a pen from the table, she flipped the papers till she got to the last page and pinned the pen down on the space left for 'Party B'

"oh my God Serena! You want to marry him?" Asher asked in utter confusion

"I think so" and with that, she carefully appended her signature on the document and handed it back to Alessandro.

" Las Vegas has made you crazy girl!" Asher couldn't wrap his head around what just happened, Serena just agreed to marry Alessandro for a minimum of three years and have at least two kids, just because a video of them making out circulated. 'They could have pretended to be lovers till the turmoil dies now but I guess marriage isn't a bad idea' Asher thought to himself.