Chapter 4

    I opened my mouth to say something but she interrupted me. 

   " Kelvin, Mrs Johnson is a respectable woman of high social standing. She's not interested in a sex scandal with just any stranger. She has taste and class for everything she wants and does. You are going to start thinking above sex and focus on what would make her happy

    " I don't get it," I shifted closer to her. " If it's not about sex then why was I called here?"

    Doris leaned back on her seat and drummed her fingers on the desk. " Mrs Johnson wants a boyfriend. You see, her husband, Mr Johnson, died a very mysterious death a couple of years ago. No one knows how or where his corpse was but then you have it. She claimed his wealth and everything he left to her in his will. Mrs Johnson was devastated by her husband's mysterious death and she'd kept herself locked up in this mansion. She's afraid of publicity that's why no one has ever got to know what she looks like except her staffs. Her businesses and companies are being managed by her trusted managers and lawyers. This went on for a year and half before she decided to finally start dating again. I volunteered to go to a dating site and find a man who would meet her standard and taste."

I raised an eyebrow as it hit me. " Wait, were you the one who replied my W******p message this morning?"

    Her eyebrows were drawn down to a frown and she nodded. " Yes I did and now that you've finally arrived, I'd like us to get down to business."

    The door opened and two men came in. I started in my seat as I saw Hank blocking the door after a small elderly man stepped in. 

   The man sat beside me with a dark briefcase gentle placed on the table. He turned to face me and extended a hand. I regarded him. He was elderly with a crooked smile and a face like that of a vulture. I didn't like the looks of him. 

   

   " Kelvin," Doris waved to him. " This is Mr Wesley. He is Mrs Johnson's lawyer and solicitor. He's dumb so he can't speak."

    I didn't take his hands. I was scared him. Something at the back of my mind blew a red light of warning about this man. I didn't know why but I just don't trust him. A dumb lawyer? I've heard of lying lawyers and crooked lawyers but I've never heard of a dumb lawyer. 

    " Why do we need a solicitor?" I asked turning to look at Doris. " Tell me what's going on here?"

    Doris turned to Wesley. " Do you have the contract deed with you? 

    The door opened and two men came in. I started in my seat as I saw Hank blocking the door after a small elderly man stepped in. 

   The man sat beside me with a dark briefcase gentle placed on the table. He turned to face me and extended a hand. I regarded him. He was elderly with a crooked smile and a face like that of a vulture. I didn't like the looks of him.

   " Kelvin," Doris waved to him. " This is Mr Wesley. He is Mrs Johnson's lawyer and solicitor. He's dumb so he can't speak."

    I didn't take his hands. I was scared him. Something at the back of my mind blew a red light of warning about this man. I didn't know why but I just don't trust him. A dumb lawyer? I've heard of lying lawyers and crooked lawyers but I've never heard of a dumb lawyer. 

    " Why do we need a solicitor?" I asked turning to look at Doris. " Tell me what's going on here?"

    Doris turned to Wesley. " Do you have the contract deed with you?"

   Contract? What contract? I asked myself as Wesley nodded, fishing out a brown paper and placing it before me. 

    With an unsteady hands, I took it and stared at it. " What is this?"

    " Just read it?" She said curtly. 

   I studied the contract. It read:

    #CONTRACT_DEED_FOR_DATING    

       #MRS_JOHNSON_AISHA

I,.............accept the contract deal to be the boyfriend for Mrs Johnson Aisha for four weeks. During these four weeks, I agree to abide by the rules and regulations bond to me by signing this contract. These rules including:

1. No sex with Mrs Johnson till the four weeks of the contract has been concluded.

2. No sex with any outsider, be it male or female. As a boyfriend to Mrs Johnson Aisha, I promise to remain faithful to her alone and never to go out of character to cheat on her for any reasons whatsoever.

3. Every information concerning this contract must never be revealed to any outsider. The deal is a confidential one and I would take it with me to my grave even after the four weeks are over.

4. I am entitled to everything in the house. The cars, the parties, the house, the meals, the private jet, the boat cruiser, the helicopter, the hotels. Everything Mrs Johnson has is also mine except cash. I agree not to been seen with cash be it mine or hers. 

5. Till the four weeks are over, I would be kept at close watch always. I am not to be seen outside banana island. 

Failure to abide by these rules would imply the withdrawal of my payment and reward for my services to Mrs Johnson Aisha. 

Payment being: FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($500,000)

      ★ ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★

     My eyes popped opened as I read the last line one last time. Five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000)? That's a huge sum. Convert that to naira, we're talking about, two hundred and twenty-five million naira

(#225,000,000). 

    I glanced up at Doris. " You're kidding, right?"

    She brought a pen and offered me a pen. " The moment you sign the contract, you'd be the contract boyfriend of Mrs Johnson. Till the four weeks of the contract are over, you are to abide by the rules. When you do, you'd get your payment, $500,000 cash."

    I returned back to the contract and read it one more time. $500,000 just for being Mrs Johnson's boyfriend? No sex, no cash to be seen with me, I'm entitled to everything she ever owned and I was to keep my mouth shut about our deal? All these for just $500,000?  

    " If you're not comfortable with this deal, you can opt out. Once you signed this contract, you are binded by the rules. You must obey the rules. One slip and you'd be thrown out without your payment." She added. " We're strict with our rules and we follow up with offenders who go against our rules. We have our ways of dealing with them and sometimes, they are not with mercy."

    I stole a glance at Hank. He saw me watching and he growled. I suddenly got the message clearly. I should've known nothing goes for nothing in this deal. There was something fishy about this deal that's soo important to these three people that if I go against their rules, it would warrant serious penalty against me. 

    Well, what I didn't know couldn't hurt me, could it? I was simply here to be a contract boyfriend. The money was incredible. With $500,000 I'm on my way to become one of the richest boys in the country. The temptation was too much to resist. 

    I slowly picked up the pen, my heart slamming hard against my side. Why does feels Soo scary? This was my chance to reject this strange contract. This was my chance to get myself out of something that I wasn't sure about. But the temptation was too much. 

    The three people in the room watched me as I placed the tip of the pen on the signature line. I hesitated and looked up at Doris. 

    Doris stared at me, her breath coming in calmly and there was that "I don't care if you sign the contract or not" look on her face that irritated me. If I refused this deal, there would always be another guy out there to take up the deal.

    Scribbling fast, I signed the contract!!!