Branch Two

"I thought you said she would be here on time?" Xavier shouted over the phone to his assistant Brian.

The doctors had told him that his grandfather had barely two weeks left. Xavier had lied to his grandfather that he had a girlfriend.

His grandfather had said that the girlfriend be wedded and presented to him before he dies so he transfer the company out of a management specialist to his name.

His grandfather knew what a responsible man Xavier was but he feared that if he left the world Xavier would be all alone and later the company will leave the Delgado household.

Dawson (Xavier's grandfather) decides that instead of Xavier giving up the company in the long run, he would be the one to leave the company in the hands of those who can manage.

It would make him roll on his grave if Xavier gives up on his hard work and sweat. He rather does it for himself.

Xavier knew he owed it to his grandfather. When his parents died in a ghastly motor accident that claimed their life, he had been living with his grandfather who did everything to take care of him.

He wanted the business to remain in the household and this pushed him to get married. His assistant Brian had told him of a contract marriage service where you pay to have a wife for some time.

He had done ahead to sign a contract with a random woman from the service for a year. She was to get married to him with no attached strings and then get divorced amicably after a year.

He was in front of the courthouse but the random woman was now nowhere to be found. He was confused and pissed off at the time-wasting. He needed to take his new wife to his grandfather today. He looked at his watch and sighed in annoyance.

"I'm sorry sir. Let me try and reach her again" Brian said cutting off the call.

"What a waste of my precious time" Xavier sighed out loud and annoyed. He hated time waster and he could not believe that the girl had gone MIA after receiving a part payment for the contract.

The phone rang and he paid no second before picking up the call.

"And?" he barked at his secretary.

"Her company is unable to get a hold of her" Brian responded.

"She is currently unreachable. Why don't you come back and let's reschedule with the company? They would send us someone else" Brian said. He was lucky he already had a good rapport with his boss or else he would have peed himself already.

"I am not going to be leaving this place without a marriage certificate" Xavier replied. He was not intentionally mounting pressure on his assistant. He just needed results immediately.

"I'll marry you" Xavier heard. He turned to see a beautiful woman with black running eyes. He looked at her and thought why she would be doing this to a stranger.

"I will marry you," Jessica said again.