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Chapter 5 A marriage proposal

Word Count: 1163 | Released on: 30/08/2024

d by the inviting scent of hot coffee. He noticed a steaming

ue T-shirt with an inscription, "JUST DO IT!", written boldly

led on his neck, as he walked downstairs for br

pictures in the Elle fashion magazine he had found on the table that mor

ght that he did not no

he calle

tling Rey who shook up from his thoug

ed you against

b... Mr. Reynald

What do you

she said, glancing at him. "An

to spill on her palm, which made her flinch as the breakfast tray dropped. The glass crashed against t

" She said

y?" Rey asked, i

." He c

ouse today, so, your Dad won't be home. She also mentioned

ation of the burn, she didn't flinch, but she noticed h

marble floor and hurried back to the kitchen, heaving, almost sobbing. It h

tairs, he dressed up and l

ar the pool on a call wi

is so rude!" Mia's v

illionaire if he could d

bet he never learne

cannot expect everyone t

. that'

...it

is Lu

fact that he has been runni

ted the doctor?" M

th is not sufficient, Mia. Our needs are piling up and I do

I'll try sending some money when

just recently got to know that Aunt had borrowed money from a loan shark. It'

earth! Wh

have the money. So she borrowed from these

hich were transferred to me after his death, and no

were her problems, piling up. Of course, Family came f

he going

s just a minor running temperature

ase?" A Voice is requested in the back

go. My boss is calli

ht, lo

said before sil

o pants and a yellow T-shirt, different from the one he wore that morning. His black

a business trip, So, Mr

ling. How

Mum," Rey

ssage got to y

, make Dad see reasons why I

ng is for sure. Your dad w

isn't right an

it be." Mrs

ost dinner time when Rey got home. Mia was sti

face. A look of confusion drove into her expression. He start

responded, trying

de in his appeal. For the first time, she felt something similar genuine excite

table, feeling a little awkward. Silence filled the hallway, down to the ta

ping her lungs. She was certain that if the forks stopped clinking o

g and his, reassuring. They searched her face, pulsing an

aming with a hint of mischief. Her mind raced w

" she asked, her tone

der. "With me," he concluded, his voice low and deliberat

Chapter End

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“'Oh God pretty please! This looks too good to be true.' Mia thought as she pushed her lips forward with her eyes closed to be kissed. Rey's breath got labored, he had to fight against getting a hard-on just looking at her this way. 'What is she doing to me?' He saw the way her eyes closed in earnest, trying to get a kiss from him. He almost gave in but held himself back at the last minute, what was wrong with him!? This is against the contract; she said it herself, 'no strings attached.' This, this whole thing was breaching the contract. "What do you think you are doing?" Rey chuckled loudly making Mia's eyes open abruptly. "What." She looked at his mocking gaze and felt the air being squeezed out of her lungs. "Do you have what it takes to kiss me?" The question rang over and again in her head, and her eyes blurred with tears. Looking down to avoid him seeing her hurt which he already noticed by the way, she shook her head in response. "You must be delusional." Rey avoided looking at Mia after seeing the initial hurt in her eyes. He knew his words were hurtful, but he had to say them to cut any unnecessary bond between them; this was purely a business transaction and nothing else. 'Delusional' repeated itself in Mia's head and whatever romantic thought she had about him died instantly. "What was it you wanted to do? Kiss me even when I pay you. ****** Mia who had sat down on the pile of her clothes with her now dried body, looked about distraught. "I shouldn't have allowed him anywhere close to me." Her eyes were reddened, and her lips pouted as she was about to cry. In such an intense moment, she forgot there were to be no strings attached, and everything was to be transactional. Holding onto the pain and embarrassment of the night, she vowed never to allow herself to fall too cheap for his deliberate deception. ******* "Reynaldo Davies, the first and only son of The Davies, finds himself in a constricted situation of choosing a wife, a command made clear by his Father, Mr Davies, on turning sixty, otherwise, young Davies would forfeit his inheritance to his younger sister. He makes a business proposal with Mia, his cook, who has no expectation of any kind, coming from the fling Reynaldo. In desperation, she agrees but only on the condition that certain lines are drawn and rules are kept. All is fair and clear until Celine, Reynaldo's high school friend, comes into the picture. His mother had arranged an engagement for them against Reynaldo's persistence in dating his cook, "acting as his girlfriend". Would this act bloom into something beautiful? What would be the fate of Mia? Would Celine succeed in her quest for love? Will he gain his inheritance?”