Arranged to marry a man she had never met at age twenty, Caroline wasn’t keen about it, but ended up reluctantly agreeing to the contract marriage on realizing there was going to be a huge sum of money involved. The marriage ended up being a complete whirlpool of different things for Caroline and her husband, Richard, and they ended up getting a divorce, before parting ways. Five years into the future, a freshly shot patient gets rushed to the hospital in which Caroline works, who surprisingly turns out to be her ex-husband, Richard. Love really does bloom in unexpected situations and Richard ends up falling for Caroline harder than he ever thought possible, realizing that he could never let her go this time, especially now that he knew she had bore him a son in secret.
View MoreCarolineIf getting married for a year could make me return to school, If it could change my life, our life around, then I should do it.I don't even have to love him. It's a contractual marriage anyway. We don't have to act intimate, we just need to live under the same roof and act like one while I bear the stranger's last name for a year.It doesn't sound so bad."I'll do it, mum. I will get married to Richard Trenton," she smiled and I smiled back at her.I wasn't sure if I truly wanted this or not, but it was certain I wanted the money.The night alone on my teenage bed was nostalgic. It was filled with memories of when I was a teen and I would turn around for a very long time, finding it hard to fall asleep even after bedtime.But now, it seems different as I could feel myself moving closer to the verge of slumber with my eyelids getting heavy by the time and soon, I fell asleep.****The journey back to my apartment wasn't so exhausting but it sure was weird with the thoughts of
Richard’s povI dressed as corporate as I could, though the tie was choking and everything seem so uncomfortable. I guess stepping in as the boss of your father's business doesn't seem such a bad idea.I guess that's a delusional statement since I never wanted any of this. I have always dreamed of being a lawyer. Being a law graduate was an honor though, an honor my dad never allowed me to enjoy. He always wanted me to take over his business and tread his path. I do so as he wishes not like mine.I stood by the mirror, trying to adjust the tie for the hundredth time. "Let me help with that," I heard a female voice say and I turned to face her. I do not remember bringing a lady home last night. I do not even know her name but she had the gut to lace her skeletal hands around me. "I guess I have paid you," I said, uncertain why she was still here. "Of course you have," she answered with a crooked smile. "But I still want..." I shut her up by taking her hands off me.
I sat on the bed and was still fuming with anger when my phone rang. If I hadn't checked the caller, I'd have cussed out. It was my dad. I picked up on the last ring. "Hey, Carol," my dad said in his all-masculinity. "Dad! Call me Caroline or don't call my name at all," calling me Carol makes me feel like Santa Claus getting chased on Christmas Day but my mum and dad never take me seriously, as well as the new neighbor. I don't get why everyone thinks Caroline must always be shortened to Carol. "Alright, Carol," he repeated and I shrugged. "We got you a job," he said and I could hear from his voice that he sounded like a proud dad for landing the milestone. I perched the phone more tightly to my ear but then again, reality hit me and I remember being willing to give up. "I'm done going to any of your friend's offices and I am done taking your letter-headed paper for submission. I am also done getting school loans or going for job interviews," I explained a
I sat on the bed and was still fuming with anger when my phone rang. If I hadn't checked the caller, I'd have cussed out. It was my dad. I picked up on the last ring. "Hey, Carol," my dad said in his all-masculinity. "Dad! Call me Caroline or don't call my name at all," calling me Carol makes me feel like Santa Claus getting chased on Christmas Day but my mum and dad never take me seriously, as well as the new neighbor. I don't get why everyone thinks Caroline must always be shortened to Carol. "Alright, Carol," he repeated and I shrugged. "We got you a job," he said and I could hear from his voice that he sounded like a proud dad for landing the milestone. I perched the phone more tightly to my ear but then again, reality hit me and I remember being willing to give up. "I'm done going to any of your friend's offices and I am done taking your letter-headed paper for submission. I am also done getting school loans or going for job interviews," I explained a...
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