Contract Marriage; Fated Love

Tessy stared in shock at her supposed husband, who was banging another woman hard. Although she had no feelings whatsoever for him and wasn’t ever going to spread her legs for him, she demanded respect as his legal wife. On a closer look, she saw it was the same girl from last time. She wondered how long this had been going on.

Jayden felt a presence and turned towards the door. He saw her but ignored her completely. He focused on Pearl’s breasts, doing what he knew best.

He didn’t even flinch at her presence, he continued unperturbed. Here she was having pity on him and he was cheating on her. To hell with sympathy! She would make sure he loses the company. She stormed out of the office leaving the door ajar.

Pearl was pleased with Jayden. He didn’t choose his legal wife over her! She was determined to be a sex tool for him anytime, anywhere. He was simply amazing.

Tessy got into her car and yelled at her driver to drive quickly. She transferred aggression on the poor man and yelled at him non stop.

She either asked him to drive faster, overtake a car or she said the AC was too high or too low. The driver got so disorganized and mistakenly ran into another car.

“You dare dent my car? Do you know how much it costs?”

“I’m sorry, ma.”

The driver of the other car came down.

“I’m very sorry,” Tessy’s driver quickly apologised.

“Hey! Move your car out of the way, I need to get somewhere in a few minutes,” Tessy interrupted.

“Excuse me ma’am? You hit my car and should compensate me.”

Tessy reached out and slapped him.

“If you won’t take the car out of the way, I will go and meet whoever it is in that car.”

“No madam. It’s fine. I will drive off quickly,” the driver said but Tessy was already marching towards the car. The driver who didn’t want to incur the wrath of his master ran over but he got a second slap from her.

The man in the car sat still and watched everything that happened.

She got to his window and tapped thrice on it.

“Hey, tell your driver to get off the road. I have an important appointment. You were driving sluggishly that’s why I had to reawaken you. Now, take this thing out of the road.”

Still the man said nothing. He only pressed the automatic button and the glass wound down slowly, revealing his exceptionally handsome face.

“Pre… president Noah?”

She quickly covered her mouth with her palms and her sanity returned that instant.

Noah stared at her with his eyes deep, dark and profound as the night.

“I’m sorry, sir.”

“Apologise to my driver.”

“Huh? Sorry.”

How could he ask her to apologize to an ordinary driver? She looked at him again, hoping he would change his mind but his gaze was still fixated on her, waiting for her to carry out his instruction.

“Sir, I…”

“Be fast about it.”

She walked up to the driver and said,

“I’m sorry.”

The driver looked at her, his eyes popping out.

What could have changed the spitting cobra to a calm and meek lamb?

Noah nodded and waved her off. She returned to her car with her pride and ego wounded.

This was all Jayden’s fault. There was no two ways about it, she was taking over the company.

“Here,” Noah handed an ointment to the driver as soon as he got into the car.

“Sir?”

Noah had surprised him twice that day. First, he didn’t react when his car was hit and he made that woman apologise to him. Now, he was handing him an ointment.

“Thank you, sir. I am alright.”

He frowned when the driver failed to take it.

“I won’t say it again.”

The man quickly took the ointment with trembling hands and applied it on his face. He stole occasional glances at the president. He needed to be sure this wasn’t a test or anything.

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Jessy helped him up as they both continued running, their laughter echoing in the garden. Jessy taught Noah how to fish in the river that flowed across the garden. They caught fish for fun and Noah gave them to the cook to fry it for them.

They were known as very good and inseparable friends in school. Other students seldom offended the other for the fear of incurring the other’s wrath.

“We can be friends for life, can’t we?” Jessy asked him one morning.

“We can. It’s going to be nice.”

Three days later, after their fourteenth birthday, Jessy came to pay him a visit in his house. He came along with two beautiful necklaces.

“Noah, promise me you won’t leave. I want us to always be friends. Our parents weren’t able to separate us, let nothing else do, please. You are the best friend I ever had and I don’t want to lose you.”

“I promise, you won’t lose me, we will always, I mean, forever be friends,” Noah pledged with his hands in Jessy’s.

Jessy gave him one of the necklaces as a symbol of their lasting friendship and brotherhood. They both wore the necklace everywhere and every time.

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Noah opened his drawers and held the necklace in his hand. He had stayed loyal to Jessy but Jessy betrayed him. He wore the necklace from the day it was put on him till the day Jessy told him to his face, while he was on a hospital bed, that he could have killed him.

This same Jessy was back to continue from where he stopped. The symbol of their friendship no longer held water. Their fathers would be very happy now their cordial relationship was ruined.

He looked at the necklace sadly and put it back in the drawer. Jessy, his best friend, was now his archenemy. That was sad.

His phone rang and he picked it up.

“Good day sir. Sir, your father was involved in an accident just now!”