"What? Why so soon? Doesn't marriage take much preparation?"
"Yes, it’s true, but it could be different if if you're the Anderson family. We have our own hotel. My mother is a famous designer, it's easy for her to make a wedding dress for both of us. I'll take care of the rest. You just need to prepare yourselves."
Sofia gasped, not expecting to see Nicolas' parents right away. She didn't feel ready to meet them.
"But, Nick. I can't. I have to go to the hospital and make sure my father's surgery is successful."
Nicolas stopped walking. "You're right. Before you meet my parents, I need to get to know your father and your aunt. That's the way to do it if I want to marry you. What a fool I am.
Nicolas picked up his cell phone and seemed to be dialing someone. In less than a second, his call was connected to someone.
"Andy, I'm going to the hospital. Get everything ready!" Nicolas ended the call.
"Oh, I almost forgot. Since you've agreed to marry me, I have to do well. Wait here for a moment!"
Sofia did not understand Nicolas' words, but she let him disappear behind the door. Not long after, Nicolas returned with a bouquet of flowers in his hand, but he was not alone. A man with a camera was standing behind him.
Nicolas talked for a while with the man who was carrying the camera, and then he walked over to Sofia, who was still in astonishment. Suddenly, Nicolas took something out of his pocket.
It turned out to be a box containing a diamond ring. Nicolas kneels down with his right foot on the floor, holding the ring box with his left hand. He opens it with his right hand and takes out a diamond ring that shines brightly.
"I found the reason for my smile the day I found you. Will you let me be the reason for your smile? Will you be mine forever?" Nicolas said softly, looking directly into Sofia's eyes, which were beginning to glaze over with emotion.
Sofia was shocked because she had not expected that a man would make such a proposal to her. But inside, she felt sad because she knew that all of this was made up. Nicolas did it to make it look more real. Surely the girl would feel true happiness if Nicolas really did this because he loved Sofia.
"Yes. I do," Sofia replied, holding back tears. She smiled, feeling happy and sad at the same time.
Nicolas stands up, takes Sofia's hand and puts the ring on her finger. Nicolas and Sofia stare at each other, nobody knows what is in their hearts, but what is seen is two people who just decided to be together.
"Why don't you kiss your partner? It'll be an epic picture. An affectionate kiss in front of the backdrop of an office," said the male photographer.
"Shut up, it's all my fault. I should have taken you out to eat and made it romantic, not like this. But what can I do? Everything is so sudden."
"No problem, Nick. Even this makes me very happy. I love you, Nicolas."
"I love you more, Sofia."
They kissed so passionately that nobody would think they were acting for their own benefit.
"Perfect!" The photographer was overjoyed with the picture he had taken.
"Your work is done, now get out!" Nicolas shooed the man away.
The man nodded understandingly, walked out, and remembered to close the door.
After the man left, Sofia immediately walked away. The same goes for Nicolas, who has returned to his place.
Sofia felt sick, feeling a dreamlike bliss. No matter how beautiful the dream is, it will eventually return to reality, and this is one of them. Sofia was about to take off the ring that symbolized her pretense. But Nicolas, who had been watching Sofia, saw what was happening.
"Don't you dare take that ring off. It is a very precious piece that was passed down from my grandmother. It may be a fake marriage, but I don't want anyone to know about it. If you reveal it, I will ask you to pay triple the money I have given you to compensate me. You will always wear this ring to show that you are mine. Do you understand, Mrs. Anderson?"
"Why only me? What punishment will you receive if you reveal our secret?"
"Hahaha... I wouldn't be able to do that because I'm a man of my word. But all right, if I reveal our secret, you can ask for a favor as long as it's reasonable."
For now, Sofia can only trust what Nicolas says, because Sofia really needs Nicolas to help. Suddenly, Nicolas' cell phone rings, he answers it immediately, talks to his caller for a few seconds, then his face changes to a look of desperation.
"Sofia, we have to go to the hospital immediately!"
"Something happened?" Sofia joined the panic. She immediately ran after Nicolas, who had already gone ahead.
Nicolas turned around, saw Sofia struggling to catch up with his steps, finally turned around and immediately carried Sofia bridal style. Sofia was embarrassed, but it was the fastest way to get to the car that was waiting for them. Sofia realized that all of Nicolas' employees were watching them, but Nicolas didn't care about that at all. Sofia had a quick glance at the female employee who was staring at her sarcastically, and from that moment on she knew that her future husband had an incredible charm that attracted women.
"Who is that girl?"
"Why does Mr. Anderson have her with him? Doesn't she have legs?"
"Ah, I want to be carried like that too!"
A whisper reached Sofia's ears, but she didn't dare answer, remaining silent until they entered Nicolas' car. When she arrived at the hospital, Aunt Jessica was waiting for her. Jessica saw that Sofia had come with a man, she wanted to ask who the man was who had come with her niece, but at the moment it was much more important to bring Sofia and her father together than to be curious.
"Sofia, you finally came. I went to your house earlier, but you weren't there. Your father, Sofia, he..."
"What happened to Dad? Sofia worried.
"You saw your father's condition yourself, he's been operated on and has just regained consciousness."
Sofia nodded and walked quickly to her father's room, her heart was very uneasy. Bad thoughts began to creep into her mind. What if the operation fails?
"Dad!" Sofia yelled as she entered the infirmary.
"Oh, you finally came Sofia, I just asked Jessica to pick you up at home."
Sofia did not expect that the one who just spoke was the father who had been in a coma. The man looked so healthy even though he was still lying on his bed.
"Dad!" Sofia could not hold back tears of happiness to talk to the father she loved so much.
"I miss you too, Sofia, but wait, who is the man with you?" asked Mr. Anselm in a displeased tone.
"Sorry for the late introduction, my name is Nicolas Anderson, your daughter's future husband."
"What?!" Mr. Anselm was so shocked by what the stranger said that he clutched at his tight chest."Dad! What's wrong with you?" Sofia was worried to see her father, who looked like he was in pain as he held his chest."Why do you say such a thing? Didn't you see that my father had just recovered from his illness?" Sofia scolded Nicolas, who made it clear who he was."What's the problem? Sooner or later your father will find out," Nicolas replied casually."I'm fine, Sofia. I'm just surprised that your name is the same as the name of the boss I work for.""Really? Where do you work?" Nicolas asked curiously."At ninety-nine Media. Do you know that company?"Nicolas smiled brightly. "Of course, I founded the company when I was twenty-five.""What? So you're really my boss, Mr. Anderson?" asked Mr. Anselm incredulously."Yes, and I'm also your future son-in-law, as your daughter and I are getting married soon.""Stop, Nick! This is not the time to discuss it. Can't you see the situation?
Sofia is feeling very nervous because today Sofia will be picked up by Nicolas, who will take her to the penthouse of the Anderson family. Sofia has passed this street many times because the house is located in the middle of the city. But this is the first time she will go inside and meet Nicolas' parents.Holding Sofia's cold hand, Nicolas asks, "Are you nervous?""Of course I am. I've walked by your house a thousand times, but this is the first time I'll be meeting your parents! I never thought this would happen to me!""Calm down, I'm with you. I did what I promised, I paid for your father's entire medical care, and now you're up for grabs."Sofia nodded obediently, she really had no choice but to obey Nicolas' wishes. After all, Nicolas treated her so well that her heart fluttered. The red sports car drove up to the gate, which opened automatically and made Sofia's heart beat even faster. An elderly man greeted Nicolas and Sofia. They had just gotten out of the car. "Welcome, Mr
Chapter 6Sofia became the wife of Nicolas Anderson, she started to live in Nicolas' apartment. Even though they were married, they didn't have s3x. Sofia was frustrated and had the feeling that she wasn't sexy enough for her husband. For this reason, Sofia plans to buy some lingerie to attract Nicolas. When She is Walking alone in a store, Sofia sees a man hugging a woman."Nick? Shouldn't he be at the office? Why is he here?" Sofia muttered. She saw her husband hugging a woman in a sexy dress and then inviting her to get in the car.She decided to follow Nicholas and the woman where they went. Sofia called a nearby taxi and asked it to follow the car ahead. Sofia saw that the car pulled up in front of a five-star hotel."Is Nick having lunch with that woman?" Sofia said quietly. She glanced at the two people entering the hotel. "Keep the change!" Sofia got out of the taxi immediately because she didn't want to lose track of her husband. Unfortunately, she was too late; as soon as
Chapter 7Nicolas' patience runs out, at first he feels guilty and wants to improve his relationship with Sofia, but the woman's behavior irritates Nicolas."Don't test my patience. I've tried to be nice to you, but your behavior is very annoying, you know! I don't like it when you contradict me! I've given you a lot of money, so you should serve me well and never think that I really wanna marry you!"Neither do I. I don't wanna marry you, but you're forcing me to! But at least I helped you get out of that arranged marriage, right? We should be on the same side. Do you remember? Before our marriage you said no physical contact? but why did you force me to do it last night?" Sofia stares at Nicolas' two pearls without fear.Nicolas presses both of Sofia's cheeks with one hand, he doesn't like what Sofia just said."Don't ever think that we are the same. Let me tell you something, I gave your father and your aunt a lot of money. The day after we got married, they both shamelessly asked
Amanda crumpled up a wedding invitation. She had no idea that the man she loved was married to a woman who had no ties to Nicholas. She grabbed her cell phone and called somebody."Get everything you can on Nicholas' wife, whatever it takes, I want all of it!" Amanda said.She was angry and tore the invitation into little pieces. She couldn't accept it because she thought Nicholas would be better off with her.After an hour of waiting, she finally received a message on her email. Amanda opened it and grinned."I knew they were faking it. What will happen when the media finds out?" Amanda muttered with a plan in her head.Amanda sent a message with the evidence she had just received. Using a hacker, Amanda managed to get the file proving Nicholas and Sofia's contract marriage.***Sofia's POV"Nick! Wake up, don't you have to go to the office?"I tried hard to wake Nicholas up. After being alone with him for a while, I found out that Nick was very difficult to wake up in the morning. I
Chapter 9I was so surprised, how could my picture be on Nicholas' cell phone?"You still don't want to admit it? Isn't your face in the woman's photo? You still want to avoid, huh? I regret marrying you. It seems my mother was right, Amanda is much better than you. She might have cheated on me, but at least she's not a slut who sells her body for money!""But I'm not a whore either!" I shouted at Nicholas.A marriage that was only in its third month was already going through such an ordeal. I hadn't expected that someone would hate me so much that he would manipulate a photo to make it look like I was sleeping with two men. I clearly saw three people on the bed, two men and a woman, and the strangest thing was that the woman making love was me. I was sure it was an edit, but I couldn't prove it myself."I'm pretty sure this picture is fake, you can check by asking someone for help! Maybe someone hates me and sent it to you just to provoke us, don't you think so? I thought we're fine!
"Wow, look who is coming! Come sit with us and have breakfast with us. Amanda and I have been waiting for you," Marie Anderson said.Sofia walked over to Marie, her eyes were still puffy from crying so much, but this time she wasn't going to stay silent after being accused in such a sneaky way. Losing a husband was a bitter pill for Sofia to swallow, she loved him and did not want to lose him just because of this untrue accusation. And now the person who deliberately broke up Sofia and Nicholas was standing right in front of her."Don't beat around the bush. I know that you are deliberately accusing with this cheap news, right?""What are you saying? I was kind enough to welcome you, but you're talking bullshit. By the way, Nick just told me that you guys are getting a divorce, he finally realized that you two don't deserve to be together. You're embarrassing my family. The only person who deserves to be Nicholas' wife is that Amanda. Not you, poor woman," Marie scoffed."I may not be
Ever since Nicholas had asked for a divorce, Sofia had disappeared from Nicholas' life. She returned the cell phone and took none of the things Nicholas had given her except her suitcase. She decides to find out something that will prove her innocence. Sofia also chooses not to watch the television that shows the news of Nicholas and Amanda's engagement to avoid her heartache.Today, Sofia was sitting in a restaurant with Sam, waiting for a man named Aron to arrive.Sofia asked worriedly, "Sam, are you sure he's coming?" She wasn't sure if the man in the photo wanted to meet her."Yes, I'm sure he will. I didn't say I wanted to discuss the photo, I invited him to meet me and pretended I wanted to use his services. He's a model, you know?""Oh, I see. I'll ask him later to find out the truth about this photo."Not long afterward, a well-dressed man entered the room. Sofia saw that the man was wearing a white T-shirt and a blue jacket on the outside. He also wore glasses to hide his b