A Deal With The Billionaire

EPISODE SIXTY NINE

THEME: Stay Jessica

CONNECTICUT, UNITED STATE OF AMERICA

Trying to rush the taxi driver up made her get glares from the man every time she made a request to go faster. Raven ignored all of jabbing stares as her mind conjured up different situations Christopher could be in and what could have made him drink such amount of alcohol.

In the two months of being with him, she has seen him consistently and he wasn’t the type to drink much. Even when he and Benjamin hang out they hardly ever drink so much. She hoped he hadn’t split the secret about their wedding in this drunken state to the bartender or the contract over the phone to any of his family members.

The taxi parked in front of a bar, right there at the entrance sat Christopher on the floor with a man who she felt might be the bartender standing next to him.

“You came right on time. I was just about to leave him here.” The bartender said to Raven when he saw her drop from the car.

On sighting him, Raven gasped. “Oh my goodness! What happened Chris?” She questioned, holding onto him as she knelt down. Looking up at the man, “Thank you so much. But do you know where his car is parked?” She asked.

“Right there.” The man pointed at the spot Christopher had parked, it was obviously his car since it was the only car left in the customers parking spot.

“Alright thanks.” She searched his pocket for the car keys and she found it. She remembered something. “How much does he owe you?”

“He already paid his money before getting super drunk.” The bartender replied.

“Ok, please help me lift him to the car.” She pleaded with the bartender to help her.

“Alright.”

“Thank you.”

They were both able to lift Christopher’s heavy body to the car. He wasn’t exactly awake when they made him sit in the car. But his eyes was wide open by the time Raven belted him.

“I would take my leave now, drive safe.” The bartender said as he walked away from them.

“Thank you very much!” Raven said out to him.

Getting into the car at the same time, Raven drove off to the house. As they got on the road, Christopher began sniffing like he was crying.

“Are you okay Chris? Do you need water?” She questioned, looking at him with a worried frown on her face.

“How could… she leave… me hanging? Was I a joke to her?” He said. His words added more to her confusion.

“What are you talking about Chris?” She queried, keeping her gaze on the road to avoid colliding into anything.

“She broke me!” He wailed loudly now.

His reaction scared Raven and it made her press on the pedal harder to get home as soon as she could.

Driving into the premises, she stopped directly in front of the entrance to make it easy for her to move him into the house. He was a bit awake now and could help himself up, Raven only had to hold him by the waist. He weighed a huge number of tons on her little body, but she managed to help him out of the car and up into the house. It was more difficult when they had to climb all the stairs to his room. But after a few struggles she got him there.

Just as he laid on the bed, he sat up resting his back against the bed head board.

“I loved her so much… too much… more than I love… myself… she was everything to me. How selfish could she get throwing me under the bus like that?”

This time Raven felt curious to listen to what he had been trying to say, obviously it had something to do with his insistence on a contract marriage. Coupled with the fact that a drunk man is a vulnerable one, even though she sounded selfish she wanted to hear all he had to say. With that in mind, she plopped herself on the edge of the bed.

“You wouldn’t believe she turned down my proposal to pursue her political career. I even told her I would let her do whatever it is she wants…” He hiccuped, but kept talking. “How could she not see the amount of love I have for her? She kept insisting on maintaining her job as a goddamn campaign manager to the aspiring governor. It was obvious she was enjoying the game and publicity. Something that I could give her with a flip of my finger!” He yelled in anger.

Raven jumped a bit at the yell. “How could she rip me of my trust? It is…” He hiccuped again. “It… is obvious I am a fool for trusting her so much. She made a fool out of me again and again. What hurts the most is how much she is having the time of her life without me in it!” He cried.Material © NôvelDrama.Org.

It eventually dawned on Raven what he was wailing about. It was his ex girlfriend.

“Now… I am in a fucking contract marriage! I hate it so much… everything!”

Raven felt her heart constrict at the thought. How could he be so hanged on his ex girlfriend when he had her? She thought. She face palmed herself when she recalled his words of hating the contract marriage he was in with her. Even though they didn’t have any form of intimate moments she had always hoped he would have some sort of interest in her. Just hearing him talk so much about a woman who dumped him made her want to cry, not for him but for herself.

Raven heaved. She should have known better. A man who took the risk of getting involved with a total stranger already knew he wasn’t going to have anything doing with such a person. She must have lost her mind to think anything of such would occur between the both of them. She took a good look at his face as he snored. He had fallen asleep again.

‘How was she to get over him?’ She asked herself.

From the very first time she saw him she had been mesmerized by his beauty. As cold and distant as his eyes was but something kept pulling her to him. It got worse when she felt his hands on her body and his lips on hers. She craved to have a feel of him holding her for real and not just a pretense in front of the outside world.

Thinking of how her first relationship had also hit the rocks she sighed to herself. Maybe she was only destined to meet good looking men, but not enjoy moments with them.

Raven felt tears sting her eyes, standing up she pulled his legs down the bed to enable him to sleep straight. Noticing his inconvenience, she pulled off his shoes first and then his socks, then sat up to pull off his tie and the suit which was the hardest to pull off. She eventually succeeded to enable him have a good sleep.

Christopher slept like a baby with his breath steady. She was tempted to caress his face and kiss him. But she shook her head to avoid doing something she might regret.

Raven stood up to leave. Just as she dropped her legs on the floor, she felt a strong hand pull her back.

“Stay Jessica! Please baby… don’t leave me. I can’t live without you.” Christopher wailed.