Chapter four: New home

After Mia agreed to sign the contract to save her orphanage, she found out that the board of 'Mr. Mason's property was already removed. She was so relieved, but then she remembered that a bigger problem was already waiting. She needed to give him a child. Why did he need just a child? Why didn't he just get married instead of asking a different lady to sign a contract with him?

"Mia," a voice called as soon as she stepped inside. She smiled as the person came and hugged her tightly.

"Our orphanage is now safe," her best friend exclaimed excitedly. Mia looked around to see the kids dancing and laughing happily, which made her eyes misty.

She definitely made the right decision, but she knew that something was wrong. Not receiving the expected reaction, her best friend looked at her suspiciously, making Mia feel ashamed.

"Mia, look at me," she ordered, and Mia bit her lip. How will she tell her best friend...?

"What did you do?" It was more like an order to tell her the truth.

She looked at her and then at the kids around before holding her hand and dragging her to the nearby room.

"I sold myself. I signed a contract with one rich man to be able to save this orphanage. You know I can't lose it, and there were no other alternatives!" she blurted out. Chloe, her best friend, looked at her shocked.

The next day, Mia found out that Alex had sent some of his men to assist with her luggage to his mansion. She rolled her eyes at that and only allowed the driver to take her to his mansion because, honestly, she didn't have more than two bags.

As she sat in the car, she thought about her conversation with Chloe. After explaining everything to her, Chloe was downright furious, and who wouldn't be? Any sane person would never agree to such a contract, that is if they didn't have a weakness. Chloe refused to let her go to the devil, but Mia couldn't do anything. She was bound. She could not back out now because he had fulfilled his part of the deal; now it was her turn.

So yesterday night, after her best friend refused to talk with her or even acknowledge her presence, she cried in her embrace, which was the breaking point, and both women cried hard for what destiny was playing at.

"Ma'am, we have reached your destination." The driver was already standing at her side with the door held open. She sighed and got out, looking at the mansion in front of her. It was magnificent.

"Excuse me, sir, please don't call me ma'am because I'm quite young for that, and next time if you drive me somewhere, please don't open the door for me as well. I can do it on my own," she smiled politely at the driver, who looked flabbergasted at her request.

She then picked up her bags and moved towards the entrance where two women were already waiting for her at the doorstep. They tried taking her bags from her hand, but she refused and carried them on her own.

She looked around to find Alex, but he was nowhere in sight. Of course, he wouldn't want to entertain her except for the nights. She scoffed in her mind and waited for one of the maids to show her the room.

"This way, ma'am," the maid said, and Mia made a helpless face at being called ma'am yet again. She had never been comfortable with these words simply because all her life she's been called by her name.

Once they reached inside her room, the maid turned to leave but was stopped by her. She put her bags down and faced her.

"Thank you. And please call me Mia," she smiled, but the maid didn't and just gaped at her, making her frown.

What was wrong?

Without another word, the maid hurriedly bowed before her and left, leaving her confused and surprised as well. She shook her head and looked at the room. It was quite spacious according to her, and lavish was definitely added.

There was a king-size bed in the middle of the room, at least to her it was king-sized, and to the left, a door, probably the bathroom. Next to the door was the closet, and what she loved the most was on the right of the room. It was a bookshelf and just five steps ahead, a window with a small seating area below it. It was kind of perfect for her, and she absolutely loved it.

Walking towards the bed, she sat down on it first and then sprawled across it. She almost sighed at the softness of the bed, and the next thing she knew, she was being pulled into the darkness. She was in her dreamland already.

Alex and Mark were on their way to Alex's mansion, and Mark was truly shocked that he had already found a suitable woman.

"Are you serious that you found a woman who agreed to give you a baby and asked for no money, nothing in return?" Mark asked, not believing his ears. Were there such types of women in this world?

"For the last time, I did help her by saving her orphanage, so it is a give-and-take situation. Will you shut the fuck up before I kick you out of this car?" Alex threatened, but Mark just rolled his eyes in return.

He wondered if there was another side to this story.

Soon they reached the mansion, and Alex was informed that she was already in her room. He asked Mark to wait while he had a chat with her. He knocked on the door but got no reply. He tried one more time before twisting the knob and pushing the door open.

She lay there on the bed, sleeping soundly, and he stared at her for a few seconds before closing the door and going back to the living room.

"She's asleep," he informed, and Mark nodded as they sat on the couch.

Alex was thinking about how he had asked George to cancel that particular clause just after Mia left. If he wanted, he could have let it be included because she had already signed it, but he has never played ugly until the opponent starts the game.

"What are you thinking?" Mark asked as he saw Alex lost in his thoughts.

"She agreed to the contract but not before I agreed to one of her conditions," he revealed, and Mark sat up straight, looking excited suddenly. He rubbed his hands together with an overly smiley face and waited for him to explain further.

"She wanted me to remove the clause where I refused the mother to meet her child after she hands him or her over to me," Alex said, and Mark was impressed with the unknown woman already because who dared oppose Alexander Ian?

"So did you threaten her?" he asked, observing Alex's reaction.

Alex just nodded positively while drinking the water that was on the table.

"I did, but she refused to agree, and I had to oblige," he ended and leaned back on the couch, but Mark was far from relaxed.

"Whoa! So, what you are trying to say is that a woman made Alexander Ian agree to her condition. Did she really?" He smiled cheerfully, and Alex gave him a blank look.

"I have to meet her now. We haven't talked much, and we need to do it." Alex announced and stood up from the living room, walking in the direction of his room to freshen up.