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Chapter Five.
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2024-10-29 19:42:56“You better take your bath first, I can wait” Mia subconsciously took some steps back as if trying to protect herself from an enemy.
She looked like a trapped little bird, struggling hard to hide her panic.
Darren stood upright and looked at Janet
She looked like a deer caught in a headlight.
Darren looked at her and chuckled “don’t be a nervous kitten, I won’t eat you also I need to discuss something with you.”
Mia crossed her hands over her chest and hesitantly walked over to him, she didn’t want to be associated with this man in any way. Everything was happening too fast, she was married to a man she just met at the wedding.
She wondered what would be of her now that she was married? she didn’t know anything about marriage, she never had a Mother or Father that would teach her those aspects. These were the reasons she needed to find her family, she always wanted a parental relationship but she got none.
She was determined to find her parents and she always prayed deep down that they were alive, she had already forgiven them for abandoning her and leaving her at the orphanage Home, where the Thompsons took her from.
so she didn't mind marrying a man who could not provide for her, she would work hard and provide for them, but she knew she couldn't work hard enough to get the amount of money the private investigator requested for, no Job could pay that kind of amount.
Darren picked up a wooden chair with one hand and placed it in front of him “ sit down please.”
Then, he dragged his own chair closer to her and sat down. “I don’t like beating around the bush, I know you were not ready to marry me and you were forced to do so”
‘Is it that obvious’ Mia thought.
“A relationship can’t be achieved overnight, especially a one we just met a few hours ago, it needs time, we need to get to know each other first,” Mia explained, trying to hide her embarrassment.
However, after explaining that she felt her explanation was not needed, Darren was aware of his position and what people thought of him. He knew Eva wouldn't want to marry an illegitimate person like him.
Darren knitted his brows, this woman had been nervous right from the beginning, he looked at her up and down, she had been bitting her lower lips, her gaze nervously roaming around Everywhere.
“We can be a married couple outside the world, but let’s stay out of each other's affairs. That way we can avoid trouble and live in harmony. I spend most of my time outside and barely come home. I want to have freedom to do whatever I want, The same goes for you I will not control you or interfere in your Business.”
Then, he stood up and picked up his suit jacket from the chair. Then, as if remembering something important, Darren bent over and grabbed the armrests of the chair trapping Mia between his arms.
“Watching a man change his clothes isn’t right. In case you want me to fulfil your sexual desires, I will be more than happy to satisfy you as a husband.”
His intoxicating sweet scent wafted in the air, making Mia’s scalp prickle.
“Trust me, I won’t dissapoint you” He adds.
The man in front of her had all the charms that would make a lady's knees go weak and make her insides churn.
“No need” she hissed through her teeth trying not to show her weakness.
Mia’s stomach felt like they were having butterflies for a split second and warned, “ Although we are just a normal couple, there is one thing I want you to keep in mind.” He took a deep breath and said, “ I don’t want to find out that my wife is pregnant with another man's child one day.”
Loyalty was the most important virtue for Darren. He had heard Eva changes men like changing clothes.
“I will abide by my duty as a wife as long as we are married,” Mia answered firmly. “ I hope you keep your word and don’t interfere with my life.”
The man’s playful smile faded a little.
Darren frowned, something seemed out of place. Someone who had previously investigated the daughter of the Thompson family and told him that Eva was an arrogant, willful, vain, brainless woman, who likes seducing wealthy men for personal gain.
Therefore, he pretended to be a penniless loser in front of Mia, thinking she was Eva so that she could take the initiative to ask for a divorce because the woman despised the poor.
But she Seemed surprisingly accepting his financial position, as well as his humble abode.
Besides, her nervousness seemed apparent even though she tried to stay calm.
Darren felt the woman in front of him was kind and sweet.
He straightened up and stepped back from Mia. “ you’re not Eva Thompson, are you?” He asked, aching an eyebrow.
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Mia was startled, “if I’m not Eva Thompson who else can I be? It’s such a lame question” she said jokingly Mia had married Darren as Eva Thompson, if she messed up the plan Lydia would not give her the money she needed to pay the private investigator who would help her look for her parents. So she had to pretend to be her little sister Eva, once she got the money from the Thompson she would still keep her end of the deal because on No situation could Darren ever find out she’s not Eva but the adoptive daughter. Darren still had a frown placed on his face. The situation looked confusing. He wondered if Mia could be pretending to be nice at first and later show her true colours, but he also knew when a person was pretending to be nice and he most definitely knew Mia was not pretending but he knew something was not right here also. “It was a casual question, just forget about it.” Darren picked up his suit jacket and stepped back “I have finished saying what I want to say. Do you have
Unexpected ties: Arranged Marriage. Chapter seven.
It was rare for Mia to have a pleasant dream lately. In this particular one, she found her parents, though she could not see the faces clearly but she had this family feeling with them. They went home together and life seemed all bright and peaceful. However, the blaring sound of the ringtone interrupted her dream. Mia sat up on the bed and stared at the strange environment in a daze. It took a while for her to finally remember she was married, she couldn’t adapt to the change yet. As soon as she opened the door of the bedroom, her gaze fell on Darren curling up on the sofa, hugging a pillow. The sofa was too small for his huge body. His legs were dangling out, and a grey blanket was wrapped around him. The sunlight cast a glow on his flawless features, making him look like a Greek God. Mia was glad to know that Darren didn’t make a move on her last night, so she relaxed her guard around him. Mia smiled to herself and walked into the kitchen. There were eggs, bacon and bread in t
Unexpected ties: Arranged Marriage. Chapter Eight.
The taxi stopped outside the Thompson family’s villa. Mia hurried out and rang the doorbell. Now that she was married to Darren as promised, she decided to ask her adoptive parents for the money they had promised her, After all she did all this so she could find her real parents. Lydia was sitting in the parlour sipping a glass of juice. She looked up at Mia and smiled faintly, “how are you getting along with Darren? You just got married yesterday. So what are you doing here? Shouldn’t you be at your new house? Or hold up, Did something happen? Tell me now!” She didn’t utter the word of money and acted like they didn’t talk about money, which pissed Mia off. Mia looked at her sternly, “I’m here to get the money, that you promised me that you would give me the money as soon as I marry Darren.” Lydia placed the glass of juice on the table. She didn’t plan on giving Mia the money. It was a tactic to persuade Mia. Mia and Darren are married now. Mia wouldn’t even be Anne to do anyt
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“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
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Unexpected ties: Arranged Marriage. Chapter Fifty One.
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
Unexpected ties: Arranged Marriage. Chapter Fifty.
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
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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
Unexpected ties: Arranged Marriage. Chapter Forty Six.
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
