Contract Marriage; Fated Love

“Mummy?”

Emily was too tired to stop him. Finally, she had been given away. Noah now knows who Liam’s mother is. Gu Yanxi hurried out of the house in no time.

“Emily!” she yelled when she saw a bandage on her head.

She took her from Noah and pushed him. Noah opened his mouth to scream at her but he couldn’t. It was always like that. She helped Emily inside and Liam ran in with them.

Noah wanted to go back and verify what he heard. Liam called Emily, mummy! But his meeting was in a few minutes. He hurried off with that occupying a greater part of his thoughts.

He was clearly absent minded during the meeting. He remembered asking Liam his age some weeks ago. If Liam was five years old, it meant that Emily got pregnant for him while they were married. It now made sense to him. That was the reason for the abrupt divorce. She cheated on him and bore another man’s child!

His face greased into a frown and everyone in the meeting room went silent. His eyes turned red and he looked like he would murder someone.

He raised his face and looked around. Turning to the man who was talking, he asked,

“Are you done?”

“No.. no.. pre.. pre..”

“Go ahead.”

Every single one of them exchanged glances and some almost urinated on themselves in fright.

“The.. the pro..”

“What’s wrong with you? Can’t you speak?”

“I’m sorry president.”

At the end of the meeting, Noah sat in his office drinking wine.

He had thought it was just divorce. Now, she also cheated on him and even bore the child. When he felt he was a bit calm, he asked his driver to take him home. Thankfully, all the meetings were over.

He played the violin in the silence of the garden.

Meanwhile, at the gates, Benny was ushered in without questioning as his fiancée. The first thing she noticed was the car parked in front of the house. It wasn’t Noah’s. He always parked his car in the garage. She went closer and recognized the car. It belonged to the fashion designer.

“That bastard!” she cursed.

“Does she now visit his house? Hasn’t she done enough damage? I won’t let you ruin all that I have suffered to build, you fool!”

She inquired from a servant and he told her that the master was in the garden.

Noah stopped playing when he felt a presence. He always gave strict instructions about invading his privacy. He hated it. He guessed it was a servant and without looking up to see who it was, he asked,

“What is it?”

“Noah!”

He recognized the voice and looked up.

“What is it?”

“Noah! You are hurting me. You made the fashion designer not only your assistant but a visitor to this house. Who am I to you? Five years ago, I gave myself to you and that was the happiest time of my life. I was terrified when I woke up with this ring on my finger so I ran away. The first time we met in broad daylight, you let me keep the ring and you promised to marry me. I have stayed by your side all along but now, you don’t treat me well anymore.”

“That fashion designer, who is she? She comes to your house and even spends the night. Her car is right outside but I don’t spend the night in your house. Please, touch me. Sleep with me, I long for your touch, I love you Noah, don’t reject me, it will break my heart. Please, you promised to marry me.”

Noah looked at her and at his ring. It was true that he promised to marry her. But now, he didn’t feel the same way he felt five years ago when he was in bed with her. He felt different and with each passing day, he was constantly drawn away from her.

“I promised to marry you and I didn’t say I won’t.”

Benny’s heart nearly exploded with joy. She was still going to be Mrs. Harper. She still had to be sure.

“Really, you will keep your promise?”

“Yes, I will.”

“Thank you. Can I ask a favour?”

“What’s that?”

“Let’s play an outdoor game this weekend.”

“What game?”

“I will find a very nice place you will like and get the tickets ready.”

“Okay.”

The next thing Benny did was to put some people to monitor Emily. She wanted to know her whereabouts and all.

Emily was okay now but she was scared. She didn’t know how Noah would react if he saw her now he knew she had a child out of wedlock. He must have found out that she cheated on him while they were married. She didn’t go to Noah’s house or office and fortunately, he didn’t look for her. However, he instructed his driver to send back her car. She put her things together and made plans to travel back to China as soon as possible.

“Passports? Are we travelling, mummy?”

“Yes, sweetheart, we are. We will leave on Monday morning.”

“But mummy! The holiday isn’t over yet. We haven’t visited some interesting places.”

“Hopefully, we will come back to this country in subsequent years, but for now, our stay is over.”

“Okay Mummy. Can we at least make the weekend a memorable one?”

Emily thought about it. She would give the boy a memory to keep of his father land. She knew she couldn’t promise to bring him back here any time soon.

“Okay. We will do that.”

“Hmmm! Why are your bags packed?” Gu Yanxi asked when she returned from one of her frequent dates with Jessy.

“I’m leaving on Monday morning.”

“Why? Is it because of that jerk?”

“He has found out about Liam. I’m sure he is waiting for the right time to strike. I cheated on him while we were married. I don’t want anything to happen to my son. I will leave the country quietly.”

“It’s okay. I understand you perfectly. This time, I won’t discourage or stop you but I won’t go with you. My annual leave has merely begun. Go well my dear friend. I will return next month. Till then, take care.”ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .