My Contract Marriage With The Rude CEO

Chapter 2

Arianna’s POV

“Anna!! We have good news!!!!”

Sally screams at the top of her lungs when she sees me almost close to the door were she has been waiting for me.

Apparently, it seemed she had been calling out for me but I was far deep in my thought to have heard her…

As usual, my legs were moving on their own accord, as I walked passed Sally into the room to meet my mom.

I guess I was beginning to act too much like a zombie this days…

I didn’t even know how I was able to still stand with the bustling thoughts running through my head.

“Are you okay baby?,” my mom asks me when she sees me.

I carefully sat down besides my mom and take her hand, just to be cut short by Sally as she screams in joy, “Anna we have good news!! A good Samaritan just came in and settled mom’s entire medical bill!!!”

Silence as I was still processing what she had said…..

Was I both a zombie and a dumb ass now???

Sally didn’t obviously get the response she wanted from me so she adds immediately, “Mom’s, getting her chemotherapy, Anna!! He settled all her bills, medications and even any medical bill that might arise in the future would be under his name!!!”

Tears began to fill up in my eyes as I was honestly so excited this was actually happening but the fear and anxiety within me wouldn’t let me bask in this joy and new found relief…

Was it possible that it was that old man…..

Or was it just really an angel this time???

“Did you see who it was??” I asked almost like a whisper.

“Well, no because according to the doctor he prefers to be anonymous. I guess he is just a philanthropist. We are just so in luck this time around Anna!!” Sally says as she bubbled up and down the room joyfully.

Sally was a bit too excited to even notice that I haven’t still given her the reaction she was expecting as she was now in one corner speaking to her friend, Cally.

She was obviously excited because now we could put the little savings we had into sending her back to school and she could relax on landing her modeling gig with time.

A philanthropist??

But if it was the old man, was it possible that he settled the bill instead since he finally took pity on me and decided against exploiting a little girl like me to his own advantage??

“Anna, are you okay? You don’t seem too happy. Isn’t this what we have always wanted? Now, you get to relax on all the part time jobs you are handling and relax. We should be happy this person came to our rescue. God really works in mysterious ways, you know? Come closer, my angel,” my mom says to me as she opens up her arms for a hug which I dive into immediately as I begin to sob while she wipes at my tears.

Was this really God’s handwork???

“I am so happy mom!!” I say in between my tears.

But she was deceived by the reasons for my tears which was only known to me…

I might not be certain about anything for now but I was happy to know that my mom was going to be fine..

“Oh, lest I forget Anna, you have a package. It was delivered for you not long before you stepped in,” Sally cuts in as she retrieves a brown envelope on the table.

“Who sent it,” I ask her as I stand up and take the envelope from her.

“Uhm, I don’t know… I was too excited to ask… I am sorry,” Sally replies shyly and I give a cautious look.

“Could this be what I thought it was??” I bit my bottom lips as I looked at the envelope in my hand.

However, the truth is that I was 90% certain that I knew what was contained in the envelope but for the sake of my sanity for now..

I decided to leave it unopened….

My phone and I see it’s Bella my best friend calling so, I picked it up immediately and stepped to a corner to answer it.

“Hey Anna, I am so sorry I couldn’t make it to the hospital. Flinch isn’t at the café today so, I am the only one serving the customers. How is your mom doing now?” Bella says immediately the line connects.

I was supposed to resume work this evening at the café and my shift was just about to start as I check to see the time.

“Mom is perfectly fine, thank you and don’t worry I understand,” I reply her as I try to pinch in a chuckle.

“Okay, I am glad to hear everything is fine. But I guess, you might want to spend time with her today and you wouldn’t be able to come to the café right?” Bella adds.

“Oh no, I should be there in a couple of minute. I also really need to clear my head off right now and working would sort that out perfectly,” I say to Bella but though she tried to stop me, I insisted.

I tell my mom and sister that I had to go back to work as Bella is the only one there and she needed my help, then I was out of the hospital with the envelope in my hand after making sure that they knew how happy I was with good news and I wasn’t acting rather off.

Getting to the café, the plan was to quickly get ready for work.

But then there I was in the changing room as curiousity got the better part of me and I succumbed when I finally open the envelope and there it was staring back at me....

The contract marriage I was to sign…

Back at the church, the old man had later explained to me that his plan was for me to marry his son though it would be a contract marriage that would last for 2 years and in return he would sort out my mom’s medical bill as well as give me $4 million.

You couldn’t begin to imagine how dumbfounded I was as I stared back at him…..

Saying yes however, was the only thing I could think of but the thought of “who was I getting married to” weighed more in my head.

So, in the end he left with this wild laughter as he said, “You will hear from me!!!!”.

Omg!!! What do I do now!!!

Does this mean that my life has been sealed now??

“Anna, you need to come out and help me now please!!! The crowd is just too much”.

I was bolted back to reality when I suddenly hear Bella yell out for me.

So, I quickly tied up my hair in a bun and start up work right away.

Work was a bit tedious however since Flinch wasn’t around and it was just I and Bella serving the customers.

But all this while we have been working, I kept getting this intense stare from a young man who looked quite dashing seated close to the window with his friend, possibly.

Even Bella noticed him and she winked at me cheekily whenever she caught my attention. Still, I was rather filled up with my problems to bother about what his deal was.

Just some few hours to the close of work, I suddenly look up to get the next customers order and there he was right in front of me but then just like thunder strike, I was too captivated by the color of his eyes and fixed in on postion...

Was he a god??

He coughs slightly and when I was back to my sense (bowing my head in utter shame), I see that he was holding a note…

He drops this on the table and then he leaves without even looking back….

“What just happened??” I wonder.

“Wait!!” I try to call but I was shocked when I look down and saw what was written on the note.

BE MY FIANCEE FOR 3 MONTHS AND I WILL PAY YOU $2 MILLION DOLLARS…..