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Unexpected ties: Arranged Marriage. Chapter nine.
“Something came up, that’s why I’m late,” Darren stood outside the door exuding a powerful aura, making it impossible for Mia to step forward. “Why are you here? I want to go back so just get out of my way.” Mia said broken with anger and sadness. Seeing her red teary eyes, Darren looked at everyone in the living room. Then he gently grasped her wrist. “There’s no hurry.” He took Mia back into the living room. James put the bags on the table and opened them one after the other. After displaying everything on the table, he wiped the sweat off his forehead and retreated behind Darren. James was tired of exerting all his physical strength to do his job. Mia’s eyes widened in shock when she looked at all the expensive gifts. Expensive jewelry, watch,wine and other rare antiques dazzled under the light’s. She wondered if these gifts were also knock offs, like Darren’s expensive watch and suit he had gotten from his friend. Although the Thompson family wasn’t the most powerful fam
Unexpected ties: Arranged Marriage. Chapter ten.
“Darren, you must have misunderstood things here, " I scolded my daughter in a fit of anger. It doesn’t mean anything,” Lydia flashed a sweet smile, her eyes still fixed on the expensive gift placed on the table. “I don’t want to hear any explanation.” Darren looked at them indifferently. He was in no mood to listen to their stupid justification. Seeing that, James ran over and quickly packed everything and took the bags away. Darren didn’t say anything more. He held Mia’s hand and left Thomason's family villa. Lydia and Eva could not do anything but watch as the couple left them in the dust. Darren finally let go of Mia’s hand when they got outside. His face softened as he looked at her. “Why didn’t you tell me that you were going to see your parents?”Mia wanted to ask her adoptive parents for the money they had promised her, so she couldn’t take Darren with her. “I didn’t plan on visiting them in the first place” she lied. “ I happened to take this route, so I decided to drop
Unexpected ties: Arranged Marriage. Chapter Eleven.
After returning home, Mia began applying for a job. After the conversation with her adoptive parents that morning, Mia understood that she could not rely on them or the money they had promised her. Mia had majored in design, she had graduated with flying colours this year. She was a popular face in the university because of her outstanding designs. She was supposed to apply for a job earlier this year as her classmates did, however her applications had been delayed because she had been looking for her parents. After sorting out her portfolio and resume, she sent them to reputable companies. Considering Mia was a gold medalist and had received several accolades, she received interview calls within a few days. “Ohh my God! This is unbelievable.” She clamped her mouth with excitement and stared at the computer. A black invitation was flashing on the screen. It was an interview from Preston Group. Everyone revered the design department of the unity group. Fashion and jewellery des
Unexpected ties: Arranged Marriage. Chapter twelve.
“Why ? What’s wrong? You had given a new graduate to write an examination we had prepared for experienced professional designers,” the other female interviewer eyed Marry with suspicion. She picked up the resume that Mary had thrown away and went through the pages. “Mia seem like a promising candidate. She is better than all her peers. We can’t afford to loose such a talent. Due to your personal reasons against her.” Mary anxiously bit her lips “ why would I have anything against her?” She shrugged trying to sound indifferent. “There were many bad rumors about when we were at college. She isn’t as innocent as she seems. During her freshman year, Mia would roam around stealing other people’s boyfriends. I know her better than u guys. She has a bad reputation. We can’t afford to take the risk of recruiting her.”“Oh, I see. We trust your judgement lf that’s truly how she is, then you are right we can’t afford the risk. We can’t recruit her, if you hadn’t explained me, it would have seem
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Looking at Mia’s vigilant eyes Darren smiled “ I will feel conscious if you continue to stare at me like that, do you need my help with anything?” Mis quickly averted her gaze and pretended to be impervious to his good looks. “ Well you can go to the kitchen and wash all the tableware on the cupboard?” She said, clearing her throat. Her heart was racing in her chest as she didn’t expect Darren to catch her staring at him. Darren stretched himself and walked to the kitchen. His tousled jet black hair made him look even more sexier. He opened the cupboard to get the softwares. His mother had raised him all by herself, a difficult fit for a single mother to perform. When Darren was a kid he had always helped his mother to do household chores. And Mia seemed to have awakened his old habits. After organising the magazines, Mia began to clean the bookshelf. An involuntary smile stretched across her lips as she glanced at the tall man cleaning everything in the kitchen. Although Darr
Unexpected ties: Arranged Marriage. Chapter Fourteen.
“How is this possible?” Mia murmured confused. “I have never heard of a failure withdrawal notice before.” Even so, she decided to give it another shot and went to the Preston group. The receptionist urs here’s her to the meeting room and motioned for her to enter the room As soon she stepped inside all eyes fell on her. It gave a momentary fright, but she calmed herself down and mustered a smile. “ I apologise. I'm afraid I have come to the wrong place.” But before she could turn and get out of there, a voice called out, “ you are in the right place Miss Thompson. Please come in and have a seat.” Now that she looked closer. Mia recognized her. She was one of the interviewers yesterday. The second woman who interviewed her. She must not be mistaken then Mia swallowed as cautiously moved forward “what was going on?” She thought inwardly “Hello miss Thompson I’m Micheal smith from the Preston group. We invited you here today to deal with some problems that occurred at yesterday
Unexpected ties: Arranged Marriage. Chapter Fifteen.
A black Bugatti slowly ground to a halt outside the yard. The area was remote with only a few shabby houses in sight. A large car was decidedly out of place in such an area. The man in the backseat put aside a stack of documents he had been Perusing. Then changed from his svelte, tailored suit to an old jacket. James twisted around to look at his boss who has been going through so much trouble travelling back-and-forth every day, “ you used to call me only once or twice a year Boss,” James pointed out, “ you have villas all over the city, you can just move into one of them with your wife. Why do you bother going to this dump every single day?”Darren threw him a cold gaze “you’ve been awfully talkative lately. Do you have so much time in your hands? If you have nothing better to do, you might as well clean up and tend to these other villas of mine.” James immediately shut up and looked away. Darren got out of the car, once he was out of sight, James slapped his own cheek mutt
Unexpected ties: Arranged Marriage. Chapter sixteen.
Mia attended the second round of the interview on the date the Preston group had assign and successfully passed it. At the end of the month she received an offer. The Preston group had two separate buildings in the city. The design department was on the seventh floor of the first building. It’s housed a talented team of designers who possessed exceptional skills, and experience. All the designers had graduated from well, talented schools with flying colors. Mia believed the Preston group would be the ideal place to start her career. Before going upstairs, Mia went to a convience store near the company to buy coffee. “Miss your change is on the floor.” Someone nudged her shoulders from behind. “Oh, thank you.” Mia turned around, took the money from the man, and put it into her bag. “You’re welcome” The voice sounded familiar. Mia looked up and met the man’s gaze, her eyes widened in astonishment “David?” “What a confidence!” The man looked equally suprised. He had a brown ha
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There was a woman nestled in Micheal’s arms. He squinted sleepily and spoke in a voice that didn’t sound completely sober. “You can’t do this to me. It’s seven o’clock in the morning. Even servants should have time to rest.” “I’m not joking. Hurry up and find a way to help me. I can’t sleep until this problem is solved.” As he spoke, Darren sullenly stared at the scenery framed by the window. “Okay, okay. Just give me a minute, will you?” Micheal struggled to climb out of bed and lumbered to the bathroom to splash his face with cold water. Then, when he was fully awake, he returned and said “buddy, I can tell from just a glance that your wife’s a little tricky. I’ve seen her a couple of times. She looked gentle and easy going, but I could never tell what was on her mind.” Darren sneered with disdain. “Don’t talk about her like that. Do you want to die Micheal?” Micheal smiled sheepishly. “Well anyways, my point is since money does not work, then you need to change tactics. Try woo
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The bar looked dim except for the occasional neon lights that flashed from time to time. The loud music vibrated through the floor. Seeing Darren walking into the bar, Micheal quickly drove away the beautiful women clinging to him and straightened his clothes. After hearing why Darren was here today, Micheal burst out laughing. “I can’t believe you’d come to me one day for such a thing.” Darren slowly picked up the glass. The dim lights softened his features, making him look more handsome. He leaned against the sofa, stretching out his long legs. “Mind your tongues. Unless you don’t want to have weekends this month.” Micheal cleared his throat and swallowed the rest of his words. He picked a glass of wine and sat beside Darren. “Do you want me to be single all my life? My eighteenth girlfriend is waiting for me to take her on a date this weekend.” “Didn’t you say that your seventeenth girlfriend was pregnant? Don’t you want to get married?” Darren frowned and took a sip of the w
Unexpected ties: Arranged Marriage. Chapter Forty Nine.
The three sides of the interrogation room were made of dark grey glass. People outside would have a clear view of everything inside. Darren was standing outside the glass door. His shiny leather shoes looked spotless, and his dark eyes narrowed at the dazzling emerald ring he held between his slender fingers. His fingertips rubbed against the initials carved on the inner wall of the ring he looked dangerous. The coffee in Jane’s hands had turned cold. He cautiously handed it to Darren again. “Boss, we found the woman. Well bring her in for interrogation right away. I’ll make sure she confesses everything.” Darren nodded and looked at the interrogation room. The shop manager was brought in. She was no longer arrogant and domineering as before. She looked around and found men clad in suits staring at her. “Where did you get this ring?” James pounded the table. He sounded just like a fierce detective. The shop manager rubbed her hands nervously. Judging from their clothes and
Unexpected ties: Arranged Marriage. Chapter Forty Eight.
Mia’s words completely wiped the smug smile off of the shop manager's face. She quickly tried to calm down and said feebly, “I offered you that price yesterday. I don’t want to buy it anymore.” After all, the counterfeit wasn’t worth much. If she bought it at such an extravagant price, she’d be crazy. Smiling sardonically, Mia continued, “you wanted it so bad yesterday. The surveillance footage can prove it. Why don’t you want it now? Is it because you know that this one’s a fake and isn’t with a million?” The shop manager faltered, “uhm, well… I thought the ring was an antique. I had seen something similar in a jewellery magazine before. But when you left the ring here for resizing, I looked at it carefully, and I realised that it wasn’t the same one as in the magazine. It just looked similar. So I don’t want it anymore.” After saying that, she took a deep breath and regained her composure.”Miss, please go now. We have a business to run. Please escort this lady out.” But her
Unexpected ties: Arranged Marriage. Chapter Forty Seven
Without waiting for a response, Mia strides out. As he watched her leave, Darren frowned. He felt depressed. Sighing heavily, he quickly picked up his jacket and rushed out to follow her. It was late June now, and it was extremely hot in the afternoon. As he followed Mia from a distance. Darren stared at her long hair fluttering in the wind. Where on earth was she headed? Darren had no clue. Judging from the woman’s hurt tone just now, he could tell that there was more to the story. Moreover, he would’ve been able to tell if she was lying. Darren quickened his pace and collected the woman closely. As they walked, he couldn’t help but feel bad. Did he wrongfully accuse Mia?” After passing Two streets and traffic lights, Mia finally veered off the sidewalk and entered a second hand shop. Darren followed her silently. “I want to see your shop manager!” Mia slapped the ring hard on the counter. Her beautiful face was ice cold and sullen. When she wasn’t smiling, she always loo
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Mia was startled and confused. With the bottle of water in her other hand, she took a sip nonchalantly and shook her head. “No. It’s right there on my finger! Or are you blind?” She looked at him playfully. Darren on the other hand was in no mood to joke. His expression darkened and his voice lowered. “Let me see.” Unlike Mia, he was very familiar with the ring. He knew something was wrong with it at just a glance. As she took off the ring, Mia muttered to herself, “weird”. Darren pressed his fingers against his temple and pucker up the ring to have a closer look. His expression grew even more serious. “The back of the ring I have you is engraved with my mother’s initials, but this ring has no such engravings.” Darren knew she was short on money, but he didn’t expect her to sell the ring just like that. He wouldn’t have minded if it were any other ring, but this ring in particular was left by his mother. “Is this a fake?” Mias eyes went wide in shock. She took the ring b
Unexpected ties: Arranged Marriage. Chapter Forty Five.
Trying to seem casual, Mia asked calmly, “ how much?” Glancing at the other people in the shop, the shop manager leaned closer and whispered in Mia’s ear, “ one million. What do you think?” This amount was more than Enough to cover the investigators payment. Mia was stunned. She looked carefully at the ring in her finger. The emerald best kr in the middle was like a pea that was just freed from its pod. The little gem was round and slightly cold, but its deep green colour was dazzling. She couldn’t believe that the ring Darren had given her was that valuable. “Sorry, this is my wedding ring. I can’t sell it.” Despite the tempting offer, Mia couldn’t give in. It was a gift from Darren after all, and it was left by his mother. Perhaps it was a family heirloom. Whatever the case, she couldn’t sell the ring. After refusing the shop manager, she turned around to leave. But the shop manager stopped her again. With a big smile plastered on her face, she said, “ No rush, miss. It’s ok
Unexpected ties: Arranged Marriage. Chapter Forty Four.
“It’s no big deal. My parents owe me a lot of money. After I fell out with them, they refused to pay me back. It’s a family matter. I can handle it. There’s no need for you to get involved.” Miss tone was relaxed even though she deliberately omitted the most important part. Darren glanced at her from the corner of his eyes and sighed. It was true that he didn’t know that much about the Thompson family, but since Mia was being stubborn about it, he respected her decision. “Fine. But if you need any help, just tell me.” Mia nodded obediently and lowered her gaze. “Okay,” she said softly. Darren pinched her cheek and warned in a low voice, “ and from now on, you have to tell others that you’re married.” “Okay, okay, okay. Do you want me to wear a sign with the word ‘married’ on it?” Mus raised her head and glared at him, pouring like a spoiled child. “It’s for your own good. It’s obvious that David had ulterior motives. Trust me. His intentions were written all over his face.” As
Unexpected ties: Arranged Marriage. Chapter Forty Three.
The people around them felt there was an inside story, and opinions gradually changed. The opulent restaurant housed wealthy diners. Many people could tell that Eva’s attire and accessories were all real deals from renowned brands by merely looking at her. “Well, it looks like she is the shameless one. She wears only luxury brands. I'm sure she is from a wealthy family.” “I guess she is slandering the girl only to avoid paying the debt.” “Damn it! I didn’t expect the situation would reverse.” Eva felt a pang of regret. But she opened the wallet anyway that was stacked with money. “”Give it to me.” With a faint smile, Mia stood up and took out the money from Eva’s wallet. She carefully counted the bills and neatly arranged them. “Ten thousand dollars is also money. Thank you Miss Thompson.” Eva had nothing left now apart from her clothes and shoes. “ just wait and see!” She said through gritted teeth. Mia smiles and puts the necklace and the money into the Hermes birkin. “Okay
