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CHAPTER 5 Accidental Husband

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  He rolled his eyes before standing up and he headed to the table where he placed the phone.

  Checking the caller ID, it was a very close friend of his, Khalid, immediately, he picked up the call. "Yo, man."

  "My guy, how're you doing?"

  "Trying to be sane, man, this shit is all fucked up." He said to Khalid over the phone, then sighed right after.

  When Gloria refused his proposal, he called Khalid on his way to the bar to express his pain and frustration to him.

  Right after he left the hotel room and parted ways with Autumn too, he called Khalid and told him about the marriage certificate. So, Khalid knew exactly everything that was going on.

  "Have you talked to your old man yet?" Khalid asked.

  "Yeah. He badly wants me to get married. He was a bit pissed to know that Gloria said no to me."

  "So, what did you tell him?"

  "What else, Khalid?" Perry scoffed. "I mean, the one time I tried to be committed to someone, she left for someone else! Dude, I can only get married when I love someone again, and if you ask me, I am not ready for that anymore. I've lost all my hope and I don't even want to try again."

  "Hmmm," Khalid simply replied. "What did your father say when you told him all that?"

  "What else would he say? Of course, he reminded me of how I have to be a married man before I can claim my part of my grandfather's shares!" Perry replied and sighed.

  "It's all so shitty, man. I have no idea what to do next." There was a pause for a few seconds, and Perry thought Khalid was no more on the phone. "Dude, are you still there?"

  "Yes."

  "So, why didn't you reply to me?"

  "Because I might have a solution," Khalid said. "I was thinking about whether or not to tell you about it."

  "What the…" Perry scoffed. "Tell me every fucking thing! I'd do anything to get this over with, man."

  "Do you want to get your inheritance?"

  "What sort of question is that? Of course, I want to. You know I do."

  "Good. Then don't go ahead with the divorce." Khalid blurted out.

  "Excuse me?" Perry asked, trying to figure out what his friend had just said.

  "Why don't you cancel the divorce and use your marriage with this random girl to get your inheritance?"

  Perry nodded his head as he reasoned what Khalid had just said. "Then after I get my inheritance, I'd file our divorce."

  "You're getting me, man."

  Perry sighed as his mind went to how dramatic the lady was in the hotel room. "But what about the lady? This plan of ours, will she accept it?"

  "It's left to you to convince her," Khalid replied and hung up, leaving Perry there thinking about whether or not to follow his advice.

  "One more bottle of Ciroc here!" Raya, Autumn's other friend, called out to the bartender from their table. They were at the club to have some drinks together and have some fun since the weekend was going to be over that day.

  "Yes, Miss!" The bartender replied at the top of his voice amidst the music and noise in the club.

  "So, you were saying?" Ella asked Autumn as she gulped in her last cup of wine.

  "Saying what?" Autumn asked, unsure of what she was talking about.

  "Your crazy night, duh. You said you wanted to tell us how it went with the guy," Ella reminded her and Autumn muttered an oh.

  "Yeah, that's true," she said and shifted her chair closer to their table. "Okay, guys. You won't believe that I had a husband before I had a boyfriend!" She blurted out, while the other two girls stared at her, wondering what she was talking about.

  "Did a random guy propose to you?" Ella asked her with raised eyebrows.

  "Yeah, 'cause I don't understand what you mean by having a husband," Raya replied and shrugged. The bartender arrived at that moment and dropped the requested bottle of alcohol on their table, before taking his leave.

  "The man I met the last time we had a night out, uh? We had a good night and all that, and when we woke up the next morning, guess what I saw?" She didn't wait for them to guess before she said it herself. "A signed marriage certificate between both of us!" She exclaimed.

  Raya and Ella looked at each other and back at Autumn. "You must be joking!" Ella exclaimed in shock.

  "How in the world did that even happen?!" Raya added as she and Ella stared at Autumn, expecting her to give them the full details.

  "I was as surprised as you guys. I kept on freaking out because the guy claimed he had no idea when that happened too!" She said and the girls gasped. "But he called his lawyer and he explained that we had gone to the nearest chapel when we were drunk, and we were joined together. Hence, the marriage certificate was signed by both of us."

  "Wow," the girls muttered in realization.

  "So, what are you going to do about it?" Ella asked her, a sincere look of concern on her face. She was aware that something like that could affect her new job in one way or the other, so she had to do something about it quickly.

  "We'll divorce. It's simple." Autumn said and shrugged.

  "That's better," Raya said. "Anyway, how's the guy? If he's hot enough for you, I'd advise you to start a relationship with him though."

  Ella and Autumn shoot their heads in Raya's direction. "Start a relationship with someone she doesn't know?!" Ella asked her.

  "Nah, girl. I ain't doing that." Autumn replied and scoffed. "I can't wake up one day and see a signed certificate between me and some guy named Perry Moore and expect me to—"

  "A guy named what?" Ella asked, her eyes wide open in shock.

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      "Yeah, yeah. What did you call his name just now?" Raya also asked curiously.  Wondering why her friends were so interested in his name, she repeated it to them. "Perry Moore. Why do you ask? Do you guys know him or something?" She asked them with raised eyebrows.  "The question should be how do you not know him?" Ella exclaimed.  "Almost, if not all ladies in the country know that name!" Raya supported.  "Who is he?"  "The fucking famous golden bachelor of the city, Autumn!" Ella exclaimed and scoffed. "Are you even in this city at all?"  "I bet she's not," Raya replied.  Autumn shrugged, unbothered by their hype of the said man. "So? What if he's the wanted bachelor, or whatever you guys called him?"  "He's not just that. He's the fucking CEO of this popular company!" Raya said to her. "I can't remember the name of the company though." She then turned to Ella. "Do you?"  "Nah, I don't," Ella replied to her.  Autumn shrugged her shoulders once again. "I don't mind whoever

  • MY ACCIDENTAL HUSBAND   CHAPTER 7 My Wife

      "I might not have entered your office before 8, but I was here before then," Autumn replied calmly, trying her best not to clench her teeth together because she was irritated with the way he was acting all bossy.  He had all right to, he was a boss after all, but because she had seen another side of him before this, it was quite hard to fill that side of him in her head with this new one.  She silently prayed that her nightstand with him and the marriage certificate issue wouldn't cause issues between them now that he was her new boss. All she wanted right now was to be told to resume work and she would do everything to stay low-key, so as not to draw his attention to her.  "I see that you're much calmer than you were the other day. Why?" He raised his eyebrows at her, slightly mocking her. "I thought you were one to scream the whole building down?"  Autumn cleared her throat as she remembered how she had constantly shouted at him in the hotel room, and then she adjusted her seat

  • MY ACCIDENTAL HUSBAND   CHAPTER 8 Contract Marriage

      Autumn's head shot in his direction immediately, and so did Mr. Moore's. He recognized Autumn as soon as he walked in as the smart woman he had hired a couple of days back.  He was surprised to see his son introducing this same lady to him as his wife.  "What?!" Mr. Moore replied, still staring at Perry in shock, while Autumn was dumbfounded to hear what he had just said.  "This is my wife," he repeated himself, making sure to let his father know he heard him right. Then, he turned to Autumn. "Meet my dad," he said to her.  Autumn glared at him because she couldn't believe her ears. A minute ago she was leaving her work because she wasn't ready to accept his proposal, another minute he was introducing him to his father as his wife.  Returning to reality from her trance, she turned to Mr. Moore. "I know nothing about what he's saying," she blurted out.  "Aren't you the new employee?" Mr. Moore asked her with raised eyebrows, wanting to make sure he wasn't just making assumptions

  • MY ACCIDENTAL HUSBAND   CHAPTER 9 Three Conditions

      Autumn thought about the offer once again, If she accepts it, her job will be retained.  It was her dream job, and she couldn't bear to lose it, especially not when she went through so much before she was employed here.  She thought about the marriage contract again. All she needed to do was to pretend to be his wife and she will be free after a year.  She shrugged and muttered to herself, "it's not that bad after all. Ella and Raya have even advised me to accept the offer anyway." She paused to rethink it. After a few seconds, she muttered again. "I guess I'll have to do it."  "Is this how you constantly speak to yourself whenever you have a decision to make?" Perry said, his voice resounding in the office as he walked to have his seat opposite her. "And have you made the decision? Or was the soliloquizing and meditation all for nothing?"  She scoffed at him and mouthed whatever. "Anyway, I've made up my mind to accept the proposal," she said, and Perry smiled in victory as he

  • MY ACCIDENTAL HUSBAND   CHAPTER 10 An Emergency

      "I am still not sure about not making it public." She said.  "It's easy, and it's the better way for both of us so that we can keep living our normal lives like we don't know each other," he said and shrugged.  She had a rethink immediately and she agreed with him. "Yeah, I'm cool with it too, making it public might affect my work too, and I don't want that."  "Good. I guess we're done here then."  "Yeah," Autumn picked up her bag on his table and stood up. "I'll be taking my leave now."  "On your first day of work? You're already ditching your work?" Perry mockingly looked at her. "Weren't you so bothered about your work some seconds ago?"  Autumn rolled her eyes. "I'd like to take the rest of the day off because of the startling news, besides, I have to inform my family about it too."  "Then you have to take permission from your boss, and guess who that is? Me." A smirk appeared on his face as he raised his arms in a way of feeling himself, which made Autumn scoff.  "I just

  • MY ACCIDENTAL HUSBAND   CHAPTER 11 Go With The Flow

      Ross is Ella's husband, and they got married after getting themselves drunk some time ago at the club. Thinking about it, her story was just like Autumn's, just that the latter would not be marrying the man involved in hers.  "Yo, girl," she said and immediately sat opposite me. She was surprised to see Autumn looking okay and eating fine, but she wasn't going to jump to conclusions quickly.  "Ella called me that you weren't good, I had to hurry here immediately. What's up?" Raya also said as she had her seat.  Ross on the other hand sat gently, making her wonder why he was even here in the first place. He's her friend too, but she didn't know he would come.  "What's up? Ella told me there was an emergency and it concerned you. Are you good?"  "Yeah!" Autumn replied and flashed her teeth at them. "As you all can see, I'm very fine."  "Then why did you call me? You told me there was an emergency!" Ella snapped.  "Yeah, calm down." She cleared her throat as her friends stared at

  • MY ACCIDENTAL HUSBAND   CHAPTER 12 First Day

      Perry was stunned at her behaviour. He didn't expect her to do her work like an actual secretary. Given the deal between them, he believed she would want to do whatever she pleased and most times would not want to obey him at work, and he had prepared himself for that attitude.  Normally, he fires any worker who doesn't do as he asks, and that explains why he has had quite a large number of secretaries over the past few years now.  When he didn't reply and just stared at her, she said. "Or is there anything else you would like me to do for you?"  "You don't have to try so hard, it's weird." Perry finally replied and turned to walk into his office.  His reply made Autumn scoff. She was trying to do her best at her work and he was telling her she was trying too hard. For some reason, it pissed her off a bit.  Her face went from the sweet but serious look to a scrunched-up one as she folded her arms and replied to him.  "I am only doing my job, and if working for my salary affects

  • MY ACCIDENTAL HUSBAND   CHAPTER 13 An Ex-fling And A Flirt

      "We have, but not that frequently," Olive replied. "He doesn't come down to the café to eat, and even during meetings where we manage to see him, it's always far away. He only speaks to the higher-ups." She paused and then added, "Sometimes I wonder if he's a tyrant boss and that's why he doesn't relate with anyone."  Just then, Lisa poked Olive and placed her index finger on her lips in a way to tell her to shut up. "You could get into trouble with what you're saying," she whispered to her.  "You have nothing to worry about," Autumn replied. "I'm not going to snitch on you, it's fine. Feel free to talk to me."  From there, the topic of their discussion changed. When they were done eating, they exchanged numbers and returned to their several offices.  Autumn returned to her office thinking about what Lisa and Olive told her. She wondered why Perry never relates with his workers, and why he never eats at the cafeteria.  They had been working for a boss they never got to see unles

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  • MY ACCIDENTAL HUSBAND   CHAPTER 102 The End or What?

      Becky's surgery was done successfully, and Autumn was caught between working, taking care of her mom in the hospital, and her younger sister  This made her quite stressed that she almost fell sick. Soon, her mum was discharged and they returned home  Meanwhile, Perry had been thinking of ways to apologize to Autumn and urge her to return home as his wife.  After much thought about it, Khalid gave him advice about what to do. He made some findings on where Autumn now works, and he found out it was with one of his business partners  Immediately, he reached out to Marco, Autumn's new boss, and also her family and asked for their help in getting her back. He told her boss that he should send her on a business trip to Vegas, and her boss agreed.  Autumn was very surprised when her boss told her to do this. She had just taken a leave from work to Los Angeles to take care of herself, and he had granted her the leave  All of a sudden, he called her to come with him on a business trip t

  • MY ACCIDENTAL HUSBAND   CHAPTER 101 The Whole Truth

      "Do you not know that she's pregnant already?"  Max chuckled. "I know quite well, and that's why I'm telling you this because her baby is mine and not yours."  Perry paused for a minute and stared at him like he didn't just hear what he said. He scoffed, wondering if he was aware of what he was talking about. "Can you even hear yourself?"  Max smiled. "I know you'd never believe me just by my words, so I made sure to gather my evidence to show you."  "What the heck?" Perry stared at him unbelievably, as he felt his heart beating heavily. "Even if what you're saying is true, why are you telling me now?"  Max let out a sigh. "You might call it selfishness, but my heart hasn't healed from the hurt she put me through. I know your engagement with her is very close, and I don't want to see her happy after everything she did to me."  "And what did she do to you exactly?" Perry asked as he sat up in his seat curiously  "What could she have done that made you despise her so much to com

  • MY ACCIDENTAL HUSBAND   CHAPTER 100 Her Baby Is Mine

      "Autumn is my ex-wife!"  "Excuse me?" Gloria responded. She heard him well, but she wanted to believe she didn't. "Autumn is your ex-wife? You married your secretary?" She scoffed.  "Am I good to go now that I've told you?"  "What the… you're serious?" Her eyes opened wide in shock. "Was she also the one at the party the other night?"  "Yes," he simply replied.  Only then did the realization hit her. She knew she had heard that voice before, but she didn't know where it was  She had wondered why his secretary was rude to her the very first time they set eyes on each other, but now she could tell why she had behaved like that to her.  "You dated that thing?" She asked, her face filled with irritation.  "Watch your words, Gloria. I'm not in the best mood at the moment, and you know that" he responded.  "Do you even know how I feel about that at the moment?!" He raised his voice at him. "You claimed to divorce her and now you're coming to pay her bills?"  "Please—"  "Oh, spar

  • MY ACCIDENTAL HUSBAND   CHAPTER 99 Your Husband!

      "Where are you headed?" Perry asked his parents as he looked from Lucy to his dad and back at Lucy  "Gloria and I are here to have a surprise dinner with you," he added, and Gloria simply smiled at them.  Lucy rolled her eyes at him. "That's none of your business. We have somewhere urgent to go," she said and walked past him, but Perry was quick to drag his mum back by the hand. "Perry!" She snapped at him and yanked his hand off her arm.  "Can someone at least tell me what's happening?!" He asked at the top of his voice, while Gloria stood there staring at them.  Mr. Moore checked the time on his wristwatch, and seeing that arguing with Perry would only make them late, he decided to tell him what happened  "Autumn's mother needs to go through an operation and the fee is a little high for her." Perry's eyes went wide open in shock.  "Her sister called us for help, and that's where we're going. Is that okay now?" He then turned to Gloria  "My dear, we won't be available tonight

  • MY ACCIDENTAL HUSBAND   CHAPTER 98 Surgery

      Autumn rubbed her hands together anxiously as she awaited the response of the doctor. He cleared his table and sat on his office chair, while she sat opposite him.  "What's going on with her?" She asked him with a look of fear on her face.  The doctor looked at her, then at the paper in his hand, then back at her. He then started to explain his diagnosis.  "She happened to have arrhythmias, heart valve problems, and high blood pressure in her lung arteries, which led to a heart failure that made her collapse."  "Oh my God," Autumn gasped, as she covered her mouth with her hands. Her eyes were teary by now as she stared at the doctor. "Isn't there anything that could be done about it?" She added after a couple of seconds.  "Will she survive it? What do I have to do to make her feel better? Will she get better? She won't die now, will she? Please, be honest with me," she begged with teary eyes as her heart began to beat heavily.  She had arguments with her mother a lot, but she w

  • MY ACCIDENTAL HUSBAND   CHAPTER 97 Emergency

      Autumn arrived at Biarritz Tech Company and rushed over to the receptionist's table.  The young lady looked at her with an emotionless face, expecting her to say something since she had no idea who she was or whom she was there to see.  "Good afternoon," Autumn said and stood in front of the receptionist. "I was called a couple of minutes back to come over to this company right away."  "Name?"  "Autumn."  "Autumn?" The receptionist raised her head to look at Autumn again, giving her a disapproving stare. "Do you not have a last name?"  "It's Dax. Autumn Dax."  Confirming that 'Autumn Dax' was on the list of new employees, she gave Autumn a brisk nod. "Go to the office on the last end of the next floor."  "Thank you," Autumn replied with false pleasantness and skipped towards the elevator.  On getting to the next floor's waiting hall, a young lady stepped out of the office directly opposite her and called out, "Autumn Dax."  "Here!" She replied and launched to her feet. The

  • MY ACCIDENTAL HUSBAND   CHAPTER 96 Change

      A couple of weeks later, Lisa and Olive took a day off from work to see Autumn. When they noticed that she hadn't been coming, they reached out to her.  They were shocked to hear that she had resigned from work. Seeing that there was no other way to see her, they picked a date and decided to meet up at a nearby restaurant.  Autumn arrived there first and ordered a drink while she awaited the arrival of her friends.  The television was on, and it was set to a news channel. She was lost in thought about her search for a new job when someone mentioned Perry's name, which jerked her back to reality.  "Isn't that the billionaire CEO of Trek Tech?" A lady squealed from her seat as she pointed at the tv.  "Omg! It's him! He's getting engaged again!" Another one exclaimed and murmurs aroused in the room.  Autumn managed to listen to the news amidst the murmurs, to know what exactly was happening.  "...and had divorced his ex-wife, whom he didn't mention her name to cover her identity.

  • MY ACCIDENTAL HUSBAND   CHAPTER 95 Truth

      Perry looked at his mum, who was stunned at how he shouted at her. "I'm sorry for raising my voice at you, mum. But I just want you to understand that nobody else has a say in my marriage affairs."  "Your father and I have come to see Autumn as our daughter, and we knew how happy you were and how positively you changed in a couple of things," Lucy replied with a serious but concerned look on her face. "So I don't understand why you should divorce her over—"  "The whole thing was fake!" Perry blurted out, while his parents just stared at him like they had no idea what he was saying.  "Everything was fake from the start, mum. We signed a deal with each other when dad wanted me to get married at all costs."  "Perry Moore!" His father growled as he shot a deadly glare at Perry. "You both deceived us all along?!"  "I've said all I can. I'm off to work," Perry said and walked towards the exit.  "Perry!" His father called, but he didn't turn back. He walked out of the house and slamme

  • MY ACCIDENTAL HUSBAND   CHAPTER 94 The Divorce

      Becky walked to sit beside Autumn on her bed. She looked tattered and rough, and Becky's heart sank to see her daughter that way. That was the first time she had ever seen her so bedridden over a guy.  "Do you want to talk about it now?" Becky asked her calmly.  Autumn reached for the cupboard next to her bed and picked up some papers on it, then gave her. Becky collected them wondering what it was about.  She went through it and was shocked to see that they were divorce papers. She was even more shocked to see that Autumn had signed her part.  "You signed these?" Her eyes were wide open in shock as she stared at her daughter like she knew not what she was doing.  "I've made up my mind, mum. He sent these papers because he has moved on. I'm ready to do that too," she got up from her bed.  "I'm going to drop the papers at the mailbox, so they can be delivered back to him."  "Are you sure about this? Do you think you're doing the right thing?" Becky asked with a face filled with

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