Chapter 7: Negotiation!

Evelyn's POV

"Katherine.... your dad and I are serious. What happened? You were very much in love with him" my mom said teasingly, on phone!

Shit! I'm letting them on my secret. They cannot know that it was all just an act. I don't know why Nick is continuing with this drama but I have to. Because I can't let Rose and Peter insult me. I have never managed to get a guy for myself. Ever.

"Katherine!" I heard my evil Mom scream again. "Why do you not want to marry Nick? He's such a sweetheart. I wish he was in love with my dear Rosie. She wouldn't embarass us like you-" that's it! I cut the call and threw it in the floor. Thankfully it didn't break.

I stood there alone in my living room about how I'd stop this marriage from happening. There's nothing I don't like about Nick. He's hot. He's rich. I know how much ever he may torture me, he will never hurt me and he'll never insult me. I already trust him enough that he'd not even spare a glance at any other girl if I'm not there. He'll not cheat on me. He'll keep me happy. Oh and I just know he's going to keep me sexually satisfied.

There's no single reason for me to reject except that he keeps annoying me all the time. That's cause I.... no.. WE haven't even tried to come out of our past and move on. I haven't forgiven him for all those years back and he hasn't forgiven me cause I entered his life again with a lie. 

Suddenly the phone I threw on the floor started ringing scaring me to death. And that ringtone was of a devil screaming. Oh I know who that is. I even saved his name as "Mr. Arrogant". Whaaat? It kinda sounds sexy.

"Hello Mr.Arro....- uhm. Yes" I said stiffling my laugh.

"Hello to you too sweetcheeks. But I just got a call from your mom saying you don't want to marry me!" He said.

"What? That women is crazy! Listen you just come home. Here to my house. I'll prepare lunch for you and we can have a decent conversation" I said with a sigh and surprisingly he agreed. Without any argument.

I sat in my living room wearing my coat. It's cold here and I'm all alone! After two hours or so I finally heard my doorbell ring. Finally! 

"It's four!" I said opening the door.

"I know. I have a watch" he said for my annoyance.

"I called you at 2 and I asked you for lunch. I was so hungry. If you couldn't have come on time, you should've at least told me. Call or texted me?" I asked but he kept walking inside my house like he didn't notice me.

"First of all I was having a lunch meeting. And suddenly I get your mother's call saying 'it seems she doesn't want to marry you!" he said trying to be funny in my mom's voice. "I had to drop the meeting and call you. You said I could come over for lunch. Fine I agreed. But again I thought I could at least take you two hours get your lunch ready. I had half an hour of my meeting left and the other one and a half hour? Even I was sitting alone. Hungry! Happy?" He said.

"Okay... you could have called me. If I was ready or I needed some more time or anything..." I trailed off not finding any meaning in what I said.

"You could have called as well right? You could've called and told me come soon or anything..." he said ending like me. We were arguing right? I was the only one screaming and he was as calm as fuck.

"Stop being such a drama queen. Come let's have lunch." I said and brought him to the dining area.

Huh! My cute little table for four. It's not that bad.

"That's a hamburger." He stated raising his eyebrows at me.

"It is..." I said and he was having a funny frown on his face. 

"What? I called you at 2 and I thought preparing lunch would take a whole lot of time. Since I'm very slow in the cooking department. So I ordered" I said and batting my eyelashes at him like an angel. He just smiled at me and took his Hamburger and left to sit in the living room.

"Hey! You don't touch my TV!" I just hate it when someone touches my TV. Only I can watch. I screamed my lungs out only for him to roll his eyes and grab the remote anyway. Well he is a stubborn man. I can't do anything now can I?

He was looking at me intently.... like he was expecting me to speak. Oh yes. "I didn't call my mom asking her to cancel the wedding. She just loves to exaggerate things" I said finding my burger more mouth watering than him. 

"Then?" Was his simple reply.

"I called her and I asked why the sudden shopping. I mean the wedding is like a year away" to which he raised his eyebrows saying 'we hadn't decided'. "Of course we hadn't decided. I just lied so that I could get the actual date out of her. But........ she just over reacted saying it's just two weeks away and that's what shocked me. I mean if I really marry you... I mean.. you know.." I tried but failed to find the right words. What? How do you expect me to tell him that I want a happily ever after wedding which had no divorce as an option and I'd marry only once out of love! He's going to laugh on my face!

"I understand" he said nodding his face at me. That.... actually... meant a lot. Even if he didn't understand... at least he tried for me.

"What did you understand?" I whispered. Shit. Gaawd I'm such a fool. "Uhmmm... ok listen. Enough of this. It's getting way too serious now. I know I wanted revenge on you and that was very foolish of me. And because I lied to you, now you want to take a revenge. Can we just forget the past and move on like adults." I asked.

"So, what you are telling me is that you called your mom and tried to fool her so that you could get to know the actual wedding date. That is in two weeks. And she just exaggerated things to me" he asked completely ignoring what I just said. I nodded to his question but half-heartedly. I didn't feel like eating anymore. More like puking. Cause my life is not in my hands anymore.

I got up to get some water I felt like the air is stuck in my lungs. Why did I have to meet this man in the club that night?! 

When I came back, he was looking at me like.... waiting for an answer. "What?"

"Are you fine?" He asked.

"Why do you care?!" I mocked and snatched the remote from his hand as I was completely bored with that business news he was watching. "Did you even listen to what I just said?!" I screamed as I was not able to control my frustration when he came to sit next to me as though nothing just happened.

"Look there's something I need to tell you.... and this is serious... very serious. When they gave us the contract to sign, you just jumped to the second page. You should've read the first page. I thought you knew...." he trailed off.

"I know what? What are you talking about? And yes, I read the second page. But does it matter? I mean there's no other way for us get out of this contract or marriage or contract marriage..... whatever. We only get out of this after we have our first child. Until then not possible. But I thought you could do something......" I said and pushed my face into the pillow.

"That's not possible glyka mou.... I can't violate the contract. Or I lose everything, and I can't let that happen. I thought you've thought about it." He said stroking his long nose with tension filling his body. Distracting!

"I didn't think obviously... I thought it would be like a slap to my family." When he raised his eyebrows at my statement, I knew he didn't understand. "Well... my parents hate me, and you know that. According to them I'm the worst child. But now... I get a chance to marry you. And according to them you're the perfect guy who I don't deserve.... uffff! But I'm stuck here. Ok look. Let me be clear and straight. I don't want to marry you alright. I want to marry out of love and you...... you hate me. All you see in me is your revenge. Especially and definitely not with a kid." I told him. Finally!

"I can't do that... you have to marry me. It's been decided since years that you'll be my bride. And...." I interrupted him.

"Wait... how much money are you going to lose?" He looked at me as though I'd grown two horns on my head.

"I'm going to lose everything Eve. I will be disinherited and will be removed out my grandfather's will. I will have nothing. And this just won't affect me alone. It's your father's business too... he too will go through loss. You should've thought about it before signing." He stopped to take a breath. He closed his eyes and opened after taking a few calm breaths. Now he is scaring me. "I have to tell you everything now. Thought you already know about your parents but... Evelyn... we are into mafia. Your parents and mine...." he said slowly and got closer to me as he was expecting me to break down or something.

"Oh, so that's why you have so many men around you all the time. Cool..." I said and laid back my head.

"That's it? You have no other expression?" He asked.

"I had an idea. I'd seen my dad holding guns and stuff but never thought it was this real. But I just knew that whatever he was doing was definitely not a good work like going to office every day, but it was definitely killing people. That much I knew. Though I still never expected you...." I said sighing with irritation. Of course, it's not a shock. 'But why me and why not Rosie?'

"Because it was my grandfather's last wish. That I marry you. But in the end, anyone from your family would do. But I can't tolerate your sister"

"This is sooo messed up. So, what now?" I asked hoping he'd give me a way out.

"Well. we get married within two weeks. It's a private wedding. We don't love each other. But... let's negotiate... as I said before... we will learn to love. There's no other way out. If you do want to get out of this. You should give me an heir first. Though it's too soon and I'm not ready for such a big responsibility. Oh, and my baby stays with me if we ever have one." He said. Ass! As if I would let that happen.

"This is your negotiation?! So, basically there's no way out?" I asked again. For one last time.

"Nope." He said with finality.

I sighed loudly closing my eyes. I was very tired. Of my life... tired of my life! Always being played by someone else. I suddenly jerked when I felt someone gather my hands together. Of course, it was just Nick.

"I promised. That this would be a real wedding and it will be.... just..." he stopped and caressed my cheek with such affection I hadn't ever seen in his eyes. They were in a dilemma. He came closer to me face to face until I could feel his breath on my mouth. His eyes kept going back and forth between my eyes and lips. He moved his mouth forward but never met my lips until I was so tired of him that I pulled his tie. And his lips were on mine. Biting and sucking, invading my inside. He nibbled on my lower lip making me moan to another level. Satisfied, he moved down to my jaw and neck marking me and further down.... he picked me so that we could move to another room, but my back hit a wall and his hand moved onto my breast moving my coat aside......