A DEAL WITH THE BILLIONAIRE(A Contract Marriage)EPISODE SEVENTY TWOTHEME: Feeling stupid and weak CONNECTICUT, UNITED STATE OF AMERICA CHRISTOPHER CRAWFORD APARTMENTThe hurt Raven felt wasn't just of the heart, but her core ached too. Not having had sex for a while had put the vagina on a tight lipped journey. She had been too engrossed in getting as much pleasure as she wanted that she didn't take note of the pain until this morning.Raven couldn't explain how devastated she was after being disgraced by Christopher. She had cried for about thirty minutes on the bathroom floor. A part of her traitorous mind expected him to come plead with her, but she knew how foolish she was to think a man who was never interested in her would come beg her. She had seen it coming but she had ignored the signs totally, just as she knew Jacob was going to mess her up.‘Love wasn't for her.’ She thought to herself.Pushing herself up, she cleaned her face, took a shower an
A DEAL WITH THE BILLIONAIRE(A Contract Marriage)EPISODE SEVENTY THREETHEME: She hates RavenCONNECTICUT, UNITED STATE OF AMERICA CRAWFORD’S MANSION FEW DAYS LATERAshley felt victorious at the result of her fervent search. It was with extreme delight that she had placed a call through to Christopher to check the articles online. For months she had searched for a way to contact Jessica because her detest for Raven kept expanding especially when she sees how her brother acts sweet with her. She didn't want the lady in their midst at all.Thanks to one of the articles she was able to get all of Jessica's social media handles. And she had dropped her series of messages for the past few days but hadn't gotten any response. However, Ashley stayed hopeful.Ashley and Matthew were back to normal and she didn't want anything that would trigger his annoyance. This is why she went underground with her plans.“Why do you have that smug look on your face?" Ava queried, giving
A DEAL WITH THE BILLIONAIRE (A Contract Marriage) EPISODE SEVENTY FOUR THEME: Memories of one night CONNECTICUT, UNITED STATE OF AMERICA CHRISTOPHER CRAWFORD APARTMENT Christopher walked down the stairs as he looked around the house. It was empty. Just like it had been for the past few days since the sexual encounter between him and Raven. And he hadn't set his eyes on her since that day. For a moment he thought she had left the house. However, it surprised him whenever he woke up and saw his breakfast ready made and placed on the kitchen island for him. He still didn't have any idea what had ensued that night, his brain had been racked consistently but he couldn't get to the root of it and it was really getting to him. “Good morning sir." Matilda greeted him. "Miss Raven couldn't make you breakfast, but I prepared something for you. You should have some before heading out." “Morning Tilda. Thanks, I will surely have it." He settled on the stool by the island. To rid himself
A DEAL WITH THE BILLIONAIRE(A Contract Marriage)EPISODE SEVENTY FIVETHEME: Bottled up feelings CONNECTICUT, UNITED STATE OF AMERICARaven walked stealthily on the gravel floor towards her father's grave with a heavy heart. She wasn't exactly happy especially on a day like this. It was her father's death anniversary. Aside that her heart ached for her failed love lives, it has been five days since she last set her eyes on Christopher and he also didn't make any attempt to reach out to her.It was obvious he didn't care about how she felt. She had taken a day off work to pay homage to her dead father. It had become a yearly routine for her. When she was still little she and her mom came yearly to drop him flowers, but since she became a teen she had since been coming on her own.Moreover, spending time in her father's presence always brought solace to her. Sitting next to his grave, Raven placed the fresh Lily she had bought on her way coming on the engraved stone. Using her
A DEAL WITH THE BILLIONAIRE (A Contract Marriage) EPISODE SEVENTY SIX THEME: Apologies CONNECTICUT, UNITED STATE OF AMERICA CHRISTOPHER CRAWFORD APARTMENT Raven had walked into the house humming a calm tune to herself as she locked the door only for her to turn to find Christopher coming to a halt from a pacing fit and he stared at her squarely. Christopher saw her take an indecisive pause before calling herself back to order. “I am sorry for not preparing you breakfast this morning. I had to leave early to get some things done.” She walked with caution towards him as she mouthed the apology and made an attempt to walk away. Christopher grabbed her by the wrist lightly and blocked her pathway. Raven looked shocked at the act. She had thought he was pissed at the fact that she didn't cook him any breakfast that morning. But Raven had intentionally left home early, since she wasn't going to work or even going to the library to cool her crowded head off. Thinking the bre
A DEAL WITH THE BILLIONAIRE(A Contract Marriage)EPISODE SEVENTY SEVENTHEME: Sweet RevengeCONNECTICUT, UNITED STATE OF AMERICA BENJAMIN WILLIAMS APARTMENTBenjamin stood at the entrance of his apartment with a glare shooting at his friend. Christopher nodded his head awkwardly, short of words. He didn't know what he was meant to say. He had tried calling Benjamin consistently to talk to him and apologize for what had happened between them the last time. However, he had ignored every calls. But with a determined mind to get on good terms with his friend; he had left home as early as possible to meet him at home. Christopher had placed a call to his personal assistant to affirm if he was home.Christopher wanted to share the good news with him so bad and couldn’t wait till the moment Benjamin's anger would dissipate. He felt relieved and happy that he had seek for Raven’s forgiveness.They had both had a good time last night. The movie and food complimented the moment. In the r
A DEAL WITH THE BILLIONAIRE(A Contract Marriage)EPISODE SEVENTY EIGHTTHEME: No commitmentCONNECTICUT, UNITED STATE OF AMERICA THE GOLDEN RESTAURANT"Someone is glowing!" Tiana teased as she sighted Raven in the store room. Blushing profusely, Raven concentrated on the pepper balls she was picking.“I should learn to keep things away from you."Tiana faked a yawn. “Like that would ever be possible."Raven shook her head as she walked out of the store. Tiana kept throwing series of questions at her. She wanted to tell her off so bad, but the silly grin was creeping up her face at the mention of him. She had never thought being in his presence would bring her so much solace. They had seen about two movies while eating their dinner and even exchanged small talks.For the first time, since they had been together she noticed how more handsome he looked up close. His voice serenaded her and she wanted to lean into him so bad. The sex encounter they had made her coochie ache so bad a
A DEAL WITH THE BILLIONAIRE(A Contract Marriage)EPISODE SEVENTY NINETHEME: Tiana’s LifeCONNECTICUT, UNITRD STATE OF AMERICATiana heaved as she stepped into the warm weather that engulfed the whole of Connecticut. The heat from the kitchen most times makes one forget how comforting the weather outside was.She walked towards her car with an heavy heart; talking things out wasn't much of her thing. Putting herself in Raven’s shoes was easy since she watched her own mother struggle through fending and educating her due to her father's negligence. And it made her swore to herself that falling in love was going to be a taboo.Fate must have laughed at her with such thoughts. For years in high and culinary school all she did was have romps and quickies with random guys that she found of interest. Her mother would always call to complain of how reckless Tiana was living her life. Thinking of how much hurt involved she had shifted from everything that could give her emotional traumas.At
A DEAL WITH THE BILLIONAIRE (A Contract Marriage) EPISODE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN THEME: EPILOGUE CONNECTICUT, UNITED STATE OF AMERICA A YEAR LATER "I can't believe I get to be the first person to cook for your guest and be your head chef right here too!" Tiana screamed as she awed at the delicate designs of Raven’s restaurant. “It’s so unfair that you knew about this and didn't think to tell me about it." Raven argued. "Have you gone bad on understanding simple words. It was a surprise. A surprise!" Tiana chuckled at her own words. They were doing the grand opening of Raven’s restaurant. Raven looked around reminiscing on how far she had come within a year. When they returned home from Brooklyn, Raven told christopher about Jacob’s return and they had asked him to come over to Connecticut and discuss how they would go about co-parenting. Jacob had been devastated at the news because he had been hopeful on Raven getting back with him. Since it wasn't going to be as
A DEAL WITH THE BILLIONAIRE (A Contract Marriage) EPISODE HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN THEME: Can second chance ever have a chance? BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, USA. "Rowan, baby. Come help me out here." Raven called out to her son. He had asked for an early breakfast. She had obliged to his request, but she was feeling sort of tired and needed some things to be handed to her. Instead Rowan mused in reply. He had been at the window all morning staring out like he was expecting someone. “Did your dad say he was coming today?" Raven asked him as she whisked eggs to pour in some flour. He had requested for pancakes. All of a sudden Rowan yelled out of excitement. “Grandma!” He ran towards the door. "Grandma?" Raven muttered. And just as she looked up from the bowl she had in hand. Rowan had opened the door and jumping at her mother. Raven gasped in shock when she saw every member of the Crawford family and Benjamin behind her mother. Each of them strolling into the house. She abandoned the bow
A DEAL WITH THE BILLIONAIRE (A Contract Marriage) EPISODE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THEME: Raven is pregnant. CONNECTICUT, UNITED STATE OF AMERICA Eva couldn't bring herself to fall asleep after receiving Rowan's call. When she checked the time it was past eleven and it was impossible and disturbing if she tried calling Christopher. Instead she had turned all through the night till she got carried away by the sleep. When she opened her eyes again, the bed stand time read 5:30 a.m and she didn't care anymore if it was too early. She dialed Christopher's number and he picked up on the first ring. ‘Good morning, Christopher. I know this might seem too early. But I really need to talk to you.’ She ranted into the receiver. ‘Good morning to you too Eva. What's the matter?’ Christopher sounded very awake. He must have been up earlier than Eva had imagined. ‘Rowan called last night!’ She told him. ‘What? When? What did he say?!’ He asked anxiously. ‘I would tell you on the way. But ho
A DEAL WITH THE BILLIONAIRE(A Contract Marriage)EPISODE HUNDRED AND FOURTEENTHEME: Rowan’s decision BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, USA.Raven cried persistently, her cries seeping through the walls of the bathroom to the room. Despite her attempt to muffle the sound just to prevent her son from hearing, Rowan laid on the bed pretending to be asleep and he could hear her cries. This had become a regular pattern for her every night, she would cry for some long minutes, at times she would remain there close to an hour just shedding tears.The little boy was getting tired of his mother’s consistent sadness and wished he could tell it to someone. He had thought of informing his father about it but Rowan knew better. He had seen the tension and heard the stiffness in their voices whenever they were together. Rowan loves his mother, he knew how much she endures to make sure he was fine. And he had never seen her so disheartened before. He felt her weight when she returned to the bed, noticing
A DEAL WITH THE BILLIONAIRE(A Contract Marriage)EPISODE HUNDRED AND THIRTEENTHEME: Mother and son BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, USA.Rowan stared at his mother as she picked on her food. She hadn't been eating much for days now. He had asked her countless of times if she was sick but she always responded otherwise. When he had been in the room with her, she must have thought he was asleep as she spoke to Tiana and informed her of the pregnancy saying it is the reason behind her constant early morning sickness.Rowan didn't understand most of the conversation, but one thing was clear to him—his mother was pregnant. His father Jacob had been away for a few days and Rowan had began missing him already. He had grown accustomed to his presence within a short period of time."Why won't you and Dad get married?" He questioned out of the blue.Raven stared at him with an open eye. "What are you talking about Rowan?" She had been too lost in her thought that she wasn't paying much mind to him.R
A DEAL WITH THE BILLIONAIRE(A Contract Marriage)EPISODE HUNDRED AND TWELVETHEME: Let’s get back together, Raven. BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, USA. TWO WEEKS LATER“Please ensure he doesn't play any sort of game that would stress him or cause his blood to pump too much." Raven told Jacob as she brushed through Rowan's hair.Ever since Rowan met his father, he had been spending maximum time with him. And Jacob took every advantage of the boy’s enthusiasm to walk his way into their lives. He began dropping by everyday since Rowan hadn't started school yet and made it easy for him to move around with his father.Raven didn't join them and always waited till Rowan got back. Somehow she trusted Jacob to take care of her son. Since they came to Brooklyn about two weeks ago, she still hasn't gotten over the breakage of her supposed marriage. Every night she wailed wishing everything would change. However, her ego wouldn't let her reach out to him or any other person in connection to him
A DEAL WITH THE BILLIONAIRE(A Contract Marriage)EPISODE HUNDRED AND ELEVENTHEME: It was just a contract CONNECTICUT, UNITED STATE OF AMERICA CRAWFORD MANSION“Raven and Rowan are missing.”The whole room went silent as their eyes popped out in shock. Christopher wished he could turn back the hands of time and not say a word to them. He blamed himself for asking them to meet up, he should have waited to hear from the police. The looks on their faces made him want to run far away.“Wh...what do you mean by they are missing?" Eva stuttered, her face devoid of any color.Christopher held his hands to the back. It’s now or never. “I wish I can explain in detail. I am sorry I lied to you all. They have both been missing since Tuesday and I can't reach Raven up until now."“Will you stop this nonsense right this minute young man!" James slammed his palms on the table in anger. "Why would you joke with something as delicate as this?"Christopher sighed. “This isn't a joke
A DEAL WITH THE BILLIONAIRE (A Contract Marriage) EPISODE HUNDRED AND TEN THEME: Christopher’s Regret CONNECTICUT, UNITED STATE OF AMERICA CHRISTOPHER CRAWFORD APARTMENT Christopher tossed and turned on the bed as he checked the time again. He had slept in all through Friday and Saturday after Jessica left. Seeing Raven had been gone for too long, he knew it was time he let the rest of the family know what was going on. The day had refused to break since he went to sleep. Instead of waiting till dinner, he decided they should all have a Sunday breakfast. He had texted his parents and siblings not excluding Eva that he and Raven had some important news to share. And they couldn't wait till dinner when all of the Crawford were expected to meet. All his life Christopher had never felt so lost. Within few days his whole life tumbled down the hill and gave his heart bruises. He missed Raven so much that it hurts. Checking the time it was six in the morning. Deciding not to go bac
A DEAL WITH THE BILLIONAIRE (A Contract Marriage) EPISODE HUNDRED AND NINE THEME: Jessica’s Confession Tiana moved past Benjamin to see the shattered glasses on the floor. “Are you okay Chris?” she asked. “I am fine!” Christopher responded still not taking his eyes off Jessica. “Oh that’s the bitch?!” Tiana queried as she made an attempt to run at Jessica. Benjamin caught her midway and held her in place. “Behave yourself.” He purred into her ears as his hands was weaved perfectly around her waist. “Okay. Fine. Let me go.” Tiana gritted. Jessica stared at the room as she wondered what was going on. “Chris, did you ask your friends to come gang up against me?” She let out a snort. “Wow. I am so disappointed. You know we could sort this out on our own.” Christopher ignored her as he took a seat on one of the couches. Tiana copied his movement and only Benjamin walked towards Jessica handing her the documents he had previously shown Christopher. “You might want to see this.” He