A DEALWITH THE DEVIL: MY BOSS
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KILLIAN'S P.O.V
The words leaving the doctor's lips, I paused, staring at him in disbelief, before a smile slowly found its way to my lips.
"The first problem is solved.." He paused. Turning around, I looked at him with a confused gaze.
"What other problems are there?" I asked, arching my eyebrows.
"I cannot perform the surgery without the girl's approval" He looks at me as if am a child, but I ignored his facial expression, before going into deep thoughts.
"How do I get her to agree to the surgery?..."
"I always lash at her with any chance I get.."
"Now, she's the only one that can help me, Damnit!"
"How sad it would be if the famous billionaire mother dies as a result of your ego" My mind mocks me, making me more pissed off. I pressed my lips harder.
"I suggest you start thinking of a way to cajole her into willingly accepting" I hear his voice again, before looking back at him. Our eyes meets and all I can do is nod, before making my way out of his office to her ward.
Pushing her ward door open, she was still laying down peacefully asleep. I sighed, taking the seat across her bed once again as I stared at her.
"Finding a perfect donor was not easy, and now getting her to agree to be our donor is not going to be easy either" I thought, chuckling at my own s**t.
"Funny the person I was looking for was by my side ever since and I never knew" I laughed hysterically.
Why didn't it even occur to me to test her for weeks? I arched my eyebrow, as the question faded away into thin air.
"Money is the key to winning people's heart" I thought as I shifted my gaze back to her, but looking at her, she didn't look like the type who would do anything for money.
"Why don't I offer her a gift she cannot reject? A gift worth more than her wildest imagination?
A "contract marriage"' my subconscious whispered and I froze, actually thinking it through.
"A contact marriage idea was not bad. But would she agree to it?" That was the question that got me thinking, but still it was worth a try.
After all, I don't think she would ever refuse her master. The famous billionaire Killian Ash, she would be dead meat if she turns me down.
No one as ever refused me, I boosted to no one in particular.
There would be lots of benefits she is going to get if she agrees to marry me. For instance she would be entitled to a monthly allowance of more than a million dollars per month, and she would be socially recognized by the world as a billionaire's wife.
"Who doesn't want me, am the golden prize" A smirk creep up on my lips, as I whispered to myself.
Zillions of ladies would jump at these offers.
"Greedy ladies" I thought, but is she one of them?" Another question popped in.
Just as am contemplating, I heard a low groan coming the side. I immediately looked at her direction, yet I saw no sign of movement, only what I could notice was her breathing, her body was still.
Damn, this was harder than any negotiation, harder than any meeting. Now, I need her, a mere maid as if my life depended on it, to think that through…it does, my mother's.
I massaged my head trying to relax, but not up to a minute later, I heard another groan, a louder one this time. Immediately rising up to my feet, I moved closer to her on the bed.
I bent slowly towards her face in confusion, wondering where those sounds was coming from. Bending closer and closer, our lips almost touching, her eyes flipped open.
But still, I was too startled by these sudden movements to get away from her, not until I saw both of her eyes widened in shock, before I remembered the complicated position we were in.
Instantly getting up, I backed away and started to scratch the back of my head nervously, not knowing what to say or how to express myself.
A whole billionaire feeling like a complete fool, isn't that wonderful. I could feel myself already getting frustrated.
I have never been that close to her. I had always made sure she knew her place in the mansion as a maid, but now what would she think?
" S..s..sir" She stuttered, making me summon up the courage and look at her in the eyes.
"You are awake" I commented strictly, trying to act like no awkward moment happened between us minutes ago
She glanced at her surroundings and widened her eyes at the sight of the drip connected to her arm. It was only now she realized she is in the hospital.
"How did I get here?" She muttered, looking at me dumbfounded.
"I rushed you down here, you were bleeding badly from the cut" I explained briefly, without adding the fact that I just got her secretly tested.
"I…
"Sorry for hurting you, it was not intentional" I cut her off, and replied in a non repentant manner. Looking back at her, she beamed at me, even though if I was in her shoes, I would have given myself a tight slap.
"It's alright sir" She pause, searching for what to say next…
"Thank you" She appreciated, but it only make me arch my eyebrow
"For?.." I asked sharply.
"...Saving my life" She replied, and somehow her words only made a quick smirk creep up on my face.
Her eyes looked whitish, I could tell from her look she was not comfortable with me in the room, but my impressions were already sealed with her.
"You'll do your master a little favor, and get something better in return" I told her, deciding to go straight to the point. Time was not on my side any longer.
"Be glad to be of service, sir" She replied back, and it only made me grin wider. Like I said, I don't think anyone would ever turn me down.
"Note, this is a big risk and I would not be asking you this if it wasn't urgent" I began and she gave me her whole attention.
"What is it?" She asked curiously.
"To make this clear, you are my maid, you work for me and belong to me, so even if you want to change your mind, you can't " I knew I sounded like a psychopath, but that didn't stop me to keep on speaking..
"I will need you to donate your liver to someone very important to me" I dropped the bomb, watching her mouth open. She gasped, widening both eyes at me in shock
"What?" She yelped, and even though I reminded her she was my maid, still I knew it was not going to be easy to fully convince her or so I thought.
"I am willing to pay for it or do anything you ask" I paused…
"Even if it means offering to pay you in silver and gold, or starting any business of your choice for you. I added lastly or a marriage contract, whereby you will have access to more than a million dollars monthly as your allowance" I told her, but deep down I did not actually mean it: the contract marriage of a thing.
"Why would I offer a maid like her such an big opportunity? She does not look like the greedy type. Judging her, she would literally accept anything I give her. I thought, but what she said next shocked me to the bones
"I want that" She said, bringing me out of my thoughts and making me arch my left eyebrow in confusion.
"Want what?" I asked, totally hoping within me, she was not referring to what I think she is
"I want us to have a contract Marriage" She told me and I broaden my eyes in shock at her words.
"What?" I asked, and she nodded slowly.
"Yes"
"Why would you want something like that, you are just a maid, it's too greedy to ask something like that, you want to extract money from me?" Losing my cool, I asked her angrily, pissed at myself for thinking she was different from others.
I knew she was a lowlife but not a greedy one, I thought. She seemed modest, only for her to be interested in being my wife!!!!!!
"I thought you suggested it?" She asked and I threw her a glare.
"Yes I did, but that does not mean I meant it. Besides I gave other options, why not pick the one you want from those?, I will give it to you, whatever it is that you desire. No need to necessarily get married to me" I told her, but again, she had the gut to refuse me.
"No!" She said. " I want the contract marriage option" She insisted.
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CATHERINE'S P.O.V
"Even if it means offering you a marriage contract, whereby you will have access to more than a million dollars monthly as your allowance" He told me, and I opened my eyes at his words.
He had never for once had a conversation with me, yet he's offering me a contract marriage in exchange for my liver
"Millions…" I thought, I could finally save them all if I had that.
"I want that" I told him, and he arched his left eyebrow at me in confusion
"Want what?" He asked.
"I want us to have a contracted Marriage" I told him and his eyes grew wide in shock.
"What?" He asked, and I nodded slowly.
My mind goes back, and I remember about them…
I could not miss this opportunity, my parent in financial crisis, in that slump of a place have suffered enough, and when an opportunity has finally risen for me to save them, I would dare not miss it. My parents are the only one I have left, no one else.
"Yes…" I reply back to him.
"You are a maid, isn't that too greedy of you to ask such, do you want to extract money from me?" He asked, throwing me a furious look. I knew what he was probably thinking that I was a gold digger.
Even though am not, I won't care, anything to save my parent, I would accept it.
"I thought you suggested it?" I asked, and he threw me a glare.
"Yes I did, but that does not mean I meant it, besides just state any amount you want, I will give it to you, you do not need to necessarily get married to me" He told me and I thought it through quickly.
"Nope" I thought. The status of been his wife to save my family was a lifetime opportunity.
"No!" I said. " I want the contract marriage option" I insisted, and I saw him clench his fists in anger.
"Do you know who I want to use your liver for?" He asked, and I kept quiet, looking away from his face.
"My mum" He answered himself, and I immediately turned to look at him in shock.
"Was Mrs. Ash dying?" I wondered.
"After my father's death when I was just 15, she took up his business, fighting away her rivals and brought me up. Despite all the struggles, she never for once complained, nor abandoned me. With everyone against her, and telling her to give up, including her family, she never listened, because of me"
He told me, and I gulped, feeling guilty and wanting to just help him for free to save his mum but I could not, my hands were tied. I needed his help too.
"So you see, I love my mum to bits and you can imagine how shattered I was when the doctor told me two weeks ago she was dying, and needed a liver donor to be saved " He began.
"That was not the problem, finding a perfect match was the challenge. For two weeks, I found no one, I hurt you this afternoon, I wasn't sane." He explained…
"I had the doctor today check if you were a perfect match for her, when I saw you were the same blood group " He told me.
"I have no problem paying for what you ask for, or giving you a contract marriage, what I have problem with is you trying to rip me off, trying to satisfy your greed, using my mother's condition against me" He explained, and I sighed, closing my eyes tightly in pain.
He could not understand, even if I tried explaining everything to him.
Would he ever believe me if I said I was dying too, if I mention the rare disease I have, that even his doctor couldn't even detect it.
He would never understand if I told him I just had limited time to set my family free, that is my lifetime wish. I wanted to see it come through before I finally leave this world.
It hurt to see my master this way, yet my hands were tied up. Blood is thicker than water…I chose my family.
I turned to look at him, trying to mask my pitiful sorrowful expression with a evil greedy smirk.
"So?" I asked harshly. " That is none of my business. if you want my liver for your mum, be ready to get married to me" I told him arrogantly, hating the way I was behaving but I just had to, to save my family.
I saw a look of disappointment flash across his face, as he muttered.
"So be it ".
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