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Crystal shook her head trying to ignore the dizziness, her vision was blurry and her legs were stumbling, she felt hot and it was as though she would collapse any minute, she stopped and held one of the pillars in the restaurant. Kayden noticed she had slowed down, so he also slowed his pace before he turned back toward her.“Why did you stop?” He asked she held the pillar tighter, she was breathing heavily as she rested her back against the wall. Kayden shook his head, it seemed she was too drunk to walk and this was the reason he had been warning her to slow down earlier, she would proceed to drink more wine after each warning. He strolled back towards her, he slipped his hands in his pocket when he got to her, and he brought his face closer to hers in a teasing manner. “What is it? Do you need help?”“I just need to rest a little bit,” She muttered back, Kayden’s silver eyes fell to her legs which were now visibly shaking, she looked like she was going to fall over any minute.
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Akeem held the door for them, as Kayden carried Crystal out of the car, he had wrapped her in his coat because he felt she might feel cold, she slept soundly it’s almost as though she had nothing to worry about. He chuckled to himself, he wondered how she would react when she recalled the kiss in the morning, her hair fell softly over her face and he was tempted to blow it away, he wanted to keep looking at her face.“Welcome home, Mr. Smith…I—“ Petra announced as soon as she opened the door, she trailed off in surprise when her eyes fell inquisitively on Crystal’s sleeping form in Kayden’s arms, and then her tone came back accusingly. “What happened to her? What did you do?”“She is drunk and she fell asleep,” Kayden muttered as he entered the living room. “I am not some kind of a monster, if you don’t believe me you can ask her when she wakes u—“His attention wavered when he spotted the strange figure that was occupying one of his sofas, Kayden’s eyes narrowed, it was as though
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Birds were chirping and sunlight streamed into the bedroom from the slightly opened curtains, the golden rays warming Crystal’s face; her eyes twitched, and she groaned out loudly when she felt a sudden ache in her head.“What in God’s name happened?” she muttered as she sat up slowly, she felt sore in her body and she couldn’t even remember how she got home or what she had done the previous night. Just as she was thinking about it, Kayden opened the door and waltzed in, his presence reminding her the events of thof e previous night. He had a firm look on his face, and she couldn’t help but wonder if they fought the previous night, he stopped just inches away from her bed and stared down at her in dissatisfaction.He was like an exhibitionist, hoping to buy a new car, he lightly stroked his jaw as he waited there silently, and she couldn’t help but feel he wanted something.“You are not dressed for work.” He noticed and she stared down at her nightwear, she snickered, that much
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“Crystal,” Petra called as she knocked on the door again, she had been following Kayden’s orders to keep an eye on Crystal because she was sick, it was almost noon and Crystal had not yet had her breakfast. Kayden would fire her this time if he got to know. “Crystal!”“Crystal, I need you to come downstairs for breakfast.” She yelled once more, and this time with an unwavering determination, she gripped the doorknob pushing the door open. “Crystal?”“Petra, I am not hungry.” She finally responded from the other end of the room; she stared out of the window as she maintained surveillance of Kayden. “I’m okay.”“You’re not hungry? You need to eat something, especially since you didn’t eat anything last night, did something happen between you and Kayden?” Petra blurted as she approached her, Crystal froze upon hearing the accusations. “He said you are sick but then again he seemed rather lively on his way to work.”“I-I-I don’t know what you are talking about.” Crystal stuttered as she h
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“Kayden,” Crystal finally mustered the courage to speak first, he stared back at her blankly, they had been sitting there silently staring at each other. “You promised to answer my questions, yet you have been so silent.”Kayden was such a strange person, she couldn’t help but wonder why he was silent.“Uhm...” He picked a serviette and wiped his mouth; he stared straight ahead of her.“I want to formally apologize to you, for giving you the wrong impression.” She cleared her throat and she met his eyes again, she averted her eyes immediately, heat rising into her cheeks. “I didn’t mean to kiss you; I was drunk and it was an accident.”“I know that,” he confirmed nodding slightly. “But what shall I do with that information?”“Uhm… well, I think because of the kiss you, y-you,” she averted her eyes again and this time she thought it was a good idea to stare at the omelet in the plate. “You got the wrong impression, that I wanted that kind of a relationship from you.”She forced the res
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Crystal stretched her back as dropped the pen in her hands, she stared out of the window absentmindedly, she still had mixed feelings about her relationship with Kayden. It made her uncomfortable that he was trying to make a pass at her, and she couldn’t help but be curious about how long he had felt that way towards her.Did he keep those feelings while he was being mean to her? Or did he fall for her along the way, she felt heat rise in her cheeks as she thought about it and she shifted uncomfortably in her seat.She popped open the first two buttons on her shirt, she was getting hot, she picked up some of the overused design paper and fanned herself with it softly, just as she was doing that, she felt the cool air that came from the air conditioner and her questioning blue eyes glance up to Kayden whose eyes were fixed on the report sheet in his hands. She had been wondering why he didn’t turn on the AC today, his office and his bedroom are usually very cold because he always
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“If it wasn’t you, then who could have sent them?” She asked curiously and Kayden collected the note in her hands and skimped through the contents of it; one of his eyebrows slanted in disapproval, he couldn’t help but suspect a particular individual.It was probably Sebastian that sent her the chocolate, he might be doing this to annoy the shit out of him but he wouldn’t fall victim to his tricks.He swiftly tore the paper in between his fingers and then snatched the box containing the remaining chocolate from her hands and dumped it in the nearest bin.“You shouldn’t eat things like that.” He scolded with a small frown. “What if it was poisoned?”“I thought they were from you.” She muttered quietly and swiped the rest of the smeared chocolate from her lips, because it appeared as though, Kayden desired to make her vomit the ones she had eaten. She darted her lips to lick off the rest of the chocolate as quickly as possible, she attempted to evade his disturbing gaze but Kayden remai
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Crystal glanced up in surprise when she heard two light knocks on the table, she exchanged looks with Kayden before they both turned their attention towards the door. “Come in.” He commanded in a gruff voice almost immediately the door swung open, and Deborah waltzed in, she was holding a bouquet of blood-red roses in her hands. “Deborah, what is it?” Kayden inquired when he noticed the flowers she was holding, he tilted the glasses toward his nose and peered at her from beneath the rim. “Is there an event going on?” The curiosity was evident in his voice as he spoke.“What?” Deborah asked and her gaze shifted to the flowers in her hands, and a small smile graced her lips before she turned towards Crystal, who was also watching her suspiciously. “This is for Mrs. Smith.” Kayden found himself closing his laptop, and his eyebrow arched curiously. “The flowers are from who?” He spoke and Deborah searched through the bouquet and she found a small note attached to it.“Hum… there is
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My Contract Marriage Author's Note
Alright! *drops pen* This is a special shoutout to everyone who turned the pages over, this is my first book (the first one I ever took seriously lol) and I'm glad it's not that bad. *hehe* Thank you so much for reading, commenting, venting your concerns, voting, and supporting "My Contract Marriage." Your opinions were appreciated and valued and it was just enough for me to go on as a writer. Y'all are my special babies and I won't forget this beautiful ride. Will it have a sequel? Probably. I hope to write more books in the future, so please stay tuned. My favorite character in the book is Sebastian, hehe, you should see more of him in the sequel (If I ever take my life seriously *hehe*). Thanks once again for supporting this book and staying with me through its rough times. xoxo
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“Would it be a surprise if I told you?” He teased, pulling some stubborn strands of her hair away from her face and feeling up the soft skin of her face with his long thin fingers.“Don’t you think this is too much?” She asked, staring in the distance, her feelings overwhelming her. “It’s too much for me.”“I don’t think it’s enough.” He answered, and Crystal looked around once more. “Not enough?” she asked herself internally, what did he mean by it isn’t enough? She pinched the insides of her palms, hoping she would wake up from the unreal dream.“You deserve to have this and more. This is not enough for someone like you.”“But why?” it was still unbelievable. This building was worth millions, yet she couldn’t understand why Kayden thought she was worthy to have something of the sort. “I don’t know how to pay Mrs. Darling back, nor do I know how did I ever deserve to get such a gift?”“You don’t have to pay her back, however, you can also pay her back by doing exceptionally good in
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Kayden glanced at Crystal who was staring outside the window with a rather unhappy look on her face, he was concerned because she had not spoken a word to him since the beginning of the ride, and he couldn’t help but feel that she was either angry or sad.“What’s making the birthday girl so sad?” He quizzed with a teasing smile as he controlled the steering wheel professionally, but Crystal didn’t glance back at him as much, which was even more suspicious.“It’s nothing.” She muttered and even after some seconds passed, she was still staring outside, yeah, she was mad at him, but what did he do? He had no clue what he had done wrong. Is she mad he was celebrating her birthday?That didn’t seem to be the case, she was just fine a few seconds ago, what could be the problem? He glanced back at her worriedly. “Did I do something wrong?” He guessed but she didn’t reply to him. “Crystal?”“No, you didn’t,” her response resembled that of a doll with missing batteries and Kayden’s eyebrows
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"Are we not going to work?" Crystal asked as she climbed the stairs and headed towards the dining area. She noticed that Kayden, who was usually dressed by this time, was sitting at the dining table in his pajamas, drinking his morning coffee. Crystal glanced at her wristwatch and realized that it was way past their usual resumption time. She quickly opened her calendar app to confirm that today was not a weekend or a public holiday.They were already late, because even though she tried to get him out of bed, he wanted to cuddle a bit more, and she also couldn’t resist his charms.Instead of their usual breakfast foods, Petra and the other maids arranged the table with sweets, scones, and a baked turkey.“What?” she asked curiously. “Is this for Thanksgiving or something?”Crystal sat down on the chair next to Kayden. “Do you not know what day today is?” Petra asked, taking the words right out of Kayden’s mouth.“No, is something going on today?” She asked him curiously, and Kayden c
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The sounds of birds chirping filled Crystal’s ears, she turned to the other side of the bed, her hands instinctively reaching for the pillows to block her ears; she turned away again, and this time it was the sunlight that was in her sight, she picked the other pillow to shield her eyes.Suddenly, she was pulled against a sturdy chest, the skin of which was smooth and enticing. She snuggled closer to him, relishing in the comfort from the heat his body radiated.It felt like she was floating on a cloud, she opened one of her eyes to observe his beautiful face, Kayden’s eyes were closed as he slept peacefully, and for a moment she wished time stopped so she could remain like this forever.It was peaceful.“I can’t sleep properly if you keep fiddling about the bed.” He murmured against her ears, smoldering her cheeks with kisses even though he was still half asleep.“I think it's morning though.” She noticed returning the small kisses to him as well, placing her head against his chest a
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“I told you I am fine.” Sebastian scolded Lorenza, his mother because she had been complaining about his health ever since she got to the hospital. She cried about thirty minutes before he was able to convince her that he wasn’t going to die.“What do you think I am going to do if you had died?” The door opened and Crystal ambled inside with a tray of food in her hands, for the three days he had been here, Crystal hadn’t left the hospital. “How do you think I will survive?”“Mom, I told you that I wouldn’t die from such a shallow stab wound… It would be laughable.” Sebastian muttered and Crystal scrunched up her nose in disgust, as she neared the bed.“I told you not to speak like that again.” Crystal scolded glaring down at him, he used the same words Kayden used when she was worried about him. “What part of your death would be comical to us?”“I am pretty sure some people would find it funny, especially Kayden.” Sebastian pouted “That’s no way a man should die.” Lorenza rolle
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Crystal’s eyes fluttered open when she heard a pained growl that came from Jake, when her eyes opened, he was on the ground, with Sebastian’s heavy boots placed against Jake’s head.“Crystal!” She turned in the other direction, and she saw Kayden heading toward her in fast strides, he pulled her as he got down on one knee and his silver eyes narrowed when he noticed her busted lips and swollen eyes. He reached for her face and caressed her in his palms, she felt fresh tears well up in her eyes, and his frown deepened when he noticed the narrow cut on her neck, it was terrible, even though shallow.Kayden didn’t want to imagine what would have happened to her if they got there any second later, the bastard had a knife to her delicate throat, as though she was a piece of vegetable, why would someone be so evil?“I-I’m sorry,” she whispered and his frown deepened, for what reason is she apologizing? “Kayden…” She reached for him and pulled him into a hug, he noticed that she was tre
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Trigger WarningThis chapter contains some violence, please read it at your discretion.Crystal thought to herself, she had to clarify the misunderstanding, probably this anonymous sender was planning to send those gifts to someone else and there must have been a mix-up in the addresses… She wasn’t close with any middle-aged man, so why did he keep sending her letters and gifts? She was only lucky Kayden had moved her out of his office, he would be so worried by now, that’s why she would meet with this old man and tell him to stop. She was able to get out of the company and proceed to the parking lot without being noticed by anyone; at least not anyone close enough to follow her.She stood out in the open, her eyes met by the very bright lights of the underground parking lots, that almost blinded her. She stood there rigidly in one spot for about a minute or two, unsure of what to do or where to go, and there was no one in sight too.The letter didn’t give much details, it simpl
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Sunlight creeps into the bedroom from the slightly opened blinds in the room, warming up Crystal’s face, she stirred being disturbed by the light. She felt something heavy on her waist and she glanced up to be met by a pair of silver eyes staring intently at her.“Hic…” she gasped softly when she realized she had been sleeping against Kayden’s chest, she could hear his heart beating in slow steady rhythms, he pulled her closer with a smug satisfaction on his face, his heavy arms on her back.“Good morning,” He murmured his voice still husky with sleep, Crystal flushed red from his seductive bedroom voice, and unable to form words, she nodded at him. “Did you sleep well?”“Y-yes,” she answered with a slight tremble in her voice, it was unbelievable, who would have thought that one day she and Kayden; would be lying down in her bed, naked and tangled underneath the sheets? “How long have you been awake?”“For a while now,” He confessed and he reached to feel the soft skin of her fac
