The Marriage Contract: A Marriage for Help

Chapter 3

“Why me?” Came the question from a confused Natasha.”Surely, women must throw themselves at you, and what would the city say about us because our families do not match. If you are only interested in the mine, you can tell me in details and I will talk to grandpa about it”.

“I believe I have made myself clear just now Miss Sterling, I am being pressured to take a wife so I might as well choose a lady by myself instead of marrying a complete stranger chosen by my family”.

“but we are strangers, Mr Greene.

“I am hurt by your words now Natasha. How then would you describe last night?”.

“I was drunk”.

“don't worry by agreeing to me my wife, we get to do that again when you are sober and when you want”. Natasha's face went red as she thought about it but then she couldn't seem to remember, making her think of just how much she had drunk with her head down and her nose and ears red, she wrung her hands together in a shy manner.

“Make up your mind Natasha, I don't have all day as much as I would like”. Nickolas urged.

“Alright, Mr Greene, I do need your help to get my chairman position, so I would say yes to your proposal”. Natasha replied.

“Good, just sign on the papers, feel free to go through if you want.” Natasha glanced through the papers and discovered that it seemed that she was the main beneficiary of this deal and they were not prenuptial papers as she had expected knowing these big families with their issues, so she decided not to read and just signed on it.

“Where do i sign?” She asked.

Nickolas was awaken by the voice as he had been looking at her and seem to had lost himself.

“Ahem… Youou aren't going to finish reading before signing”. Nickolas asked her.

“No” she answered.

Nickolas showed her where to sign which she did and he was once again left in awe of her beauty, with her head down, her hair cascading down like a curtain that covered half her face. He could see the pores on her smooth skin which looked like that of a baby, her face like that of a doll and not to mention her plump lips that he could spend all day kissing even he could still remember the taste of them, he looked at her hand and saw her long and slender fair fingers as she wrote in strong strokes on the paper, for a moment he wished those fingers were holding him instead of the pen. He coughed to clear his throat and thoughts as he was surprised by such thoughts because he knew no woman had caught hold of him or been able to seduce him yet the lady across him seemed to be able to do so effortlessly without exactly doing nothing in particular. She seemed to be having a hold on him and for once he couldn't explain how.

After Natasha finished signing, Nickolas signed also and he said “very well Natasha, I will give you this week to arrange your activities and also cancel the engagement between you and your supposed betrothal and next week we will get married”. Nickolas said standing up. “Yes, Mr Greene, I will do just that”. Natasha replied standing also.

“Please, enough with the last name seeing as we are to be married”. Nickolas said while he smiled.

“Yes Mr Greene.. I mean Nickolas”. Natasha replied while she blushed.

Nickolas gave her a card saying “if you have any problems do call me directly and when you can't reach me, you can reach my assistant. Do have a nice day Natasha”. Nickolas said, giving her a card.

“I will do just that Mr Greene… I mean Nickolas. You also have a nice day”. Natasha replied.

Nickolas and his assistant walked out of the hotel to the car as he had to travel for an important meeting yet he found himself thinking of the last twelve hours and the lady he had met, clearly that wasn't that person's doing or his grandfather’s because the person was too dumb to try that but he did disrupt the exchange yesterday evening because only the Greene family was aware of the location beforehand and that he was the one in charge of it. Just thinking of the evening made him livid with anger with hands folding into fists and teeth gritting together, oh! How he would love to put a bullet through his skull and but the law of the Greene household prevented members from killing themselves as equal death is required of the other person. Whereas, he could assign some assassins for the job but his grandfather wouldn't want that and there are some things that require his admittance on, so for now he could allow him enjoy his last days.

“Master Nickolas, your grandfather asks you to come over to the house before you leave” came the voice that bought Nickolas out from his thoughts. Letting out a sigh, he replied “very well, we will stop at the house first”.

Nickolas let out a chuckle, nothing could get passed his grandfather, he was sure that the reason behind this summon was about Miss Natasha Sterling but then even him was left in awe of her, she had arose his interest, how can the foster daughter of a medium class family has such an aura of a high class family. She may not be aware of it but he had seen how she held herself when she ate and when she went through the document of the marriage. It seems this marriage would not be a dry one as he would have the time to unwrap every surprise she brought.

The car stopped at a luxurious compound with a big building located at the heart of the land, the view giving that of a landscape painting, yet Nickolas didnt have the patience to admire the place because it had been where he was brought up until he traveled abroad at the age of sixteen for further study and when he came back he had moved out to one of the biggest and luxurious apartments in California. Besides apart from his grandfather, the main house held bad memories for him.