Desperate times calls for Desperate Measures was a phrase Janelle fully got to understand when financial challenges forced her to get into a contract Marriage with a stranger she never saw coming. Janelle Hughes was a very Ambitious Investigative journalist willing and determined to get to the highest level of her job, while still living her very soft life, but obviously life had more in store for her when her father’s business begins to decline rapidly, with a bedridden mother due for urgent Surgery and an heavily broken heart from being betrayed by her fiancé and bestfriend, She was left no choice than to get married on contract to the delectable Adil Carter. From pretending to be a couple to managing their own secrets, will their hearts play by the rule?! Or will they find out that Love has a way of rewriting contracts?! This is the chronicles of a Contract Marriage, an heartwarming tale of love, tears and laughter and the unpredictable turns that Life and Marriage can take.
View MoreJanelle.Next day, 2:00pm …I pushed the door into my parents house opened and walked in, I closed the door behind me and made my way inside the living room.“Ohh you’re here, we weren’t just about to have lunch,” Dad said to me immediately he saw me walk into the living room, he raised his head and flashed me a smile, shortly after mom stepped out of the kitchen, our eyes met and she wordlessly walked up to the dinning table and dropped the jar of water she was carrying on the dinning table. She gently turned around and walked up to me.“You finally came to see your father,” she muttered, ignoring her, I dipped my hands into my bag and took out the paper I found yesterday.“Actually I came to see you both,” I replied in a whisper, Adil’s voice begging me to calm down and listen to whatever explanation they had ringing in my ears. I just could not fathom why he is still being calm and nice after everything they have put us through, I slowly looked up at her locked gazes with her and
Janelle.I picked up my coat at the entrance and put it over my pyjamas, Adil rushed towards me immediately and grabbed my hands, he gently turned me around to face him and pulled me closer.“Relax, “ he whispered, “He has been bugging to see me all these days well I’m ready now,” I grunted, he slowly raised his hands to my hair and patted it gently, he caressed my hair slowly and gently cupped my cheeks in his hands, he stepped closer to me and stared down in my eyes.“You’re not honey, Don’t go there tonight and ruin your already bad relationship with your mother,”“I don’t plan to mending the relationship,” I replied stubbornly, his lips stretched into a small smile as he gently placed his palm protectively around the back of my head and pulled me into his chest in a hug.He patted my hair gently and I instinctively wrapped my hands around his waist.“Go to your parent tomorrow Morning instead, take tonight to collect your feelings, so you don’t end up saying things you don’t mean
Five days Later ….9:00pm Thursday….“I’ll stay with Tehilla,” I muttered as I walked towards the bed, picked up a pillow and duvet and headed out of the room, Adil stood up from where he sat immediately, grabbed my hands and pulled me back to face him, “Don’t worry, I’ll leave the room for you, Be comfortable,” he whispered and with that he let go of my hands and took the pillow and duvet from me,“Sleep well,” he whispered, I slowly turned to him as I watched his retreating figure walk out of the room, it’s been five days days since he came back home and I’ve always slept crouched beside Tehilla on her bed.Although I was still chairwoman on Paper, Adil had returned back to his office and has taken over his project once a again, it wasn’t difficult for him to get back because he was proven to be innocent, he was apologized to for Tarnished image and everything has returned to normal, except that we still weren’t on talking terms and I’ve managed to still ignore my parents, and I
Janelle.“Why?!”I slowly held my mouth close and turned back to face the policeman as soon as Adil got to us. He stood up straight immediately and bowed to Adil slightly,“I’m sorry sir, Miss Diane informed us this morning that she’s no longer in charge of the case,” He explain, I sighed rolling my eyes to the back of my head,“And so?!”“So I came to see my mother you won’t allow me in also?!” He said and I slowly turned to look up at him, he just called Becky his mother like it was nothing.“I’m sorry sir,” the policeman apologized bowing again, “Good, now let us in, My wife and I would be going to see my mother, don’t we have right to visit?!” He said and the police man nodded continuously.“You do, you do sir, this way,” He muttered.“I’ll just stay here,” Bella said and I turned to her, I winked at her desperate begging her to not leave me alone with Adil but she didn’t meet my gaze intentionally and she nodded with a small firm smile.“Please go ahead,” she muttered, Adil sl
Janelle.2:00pm …“After all the evidences presented by the court, the Marriage of Peter Castillo and Angela Williams has been therefore Annuled and dissolved by the high court of law,”“Mr Peter is expected to part with Fifty percent of every of his assets and these assets be bequeathed to Miss Angela for all the damages caused, Mr Peter as requested by Miss Angela has also lost Custody of the unborn child and right to visit,” The Judge ruled, he lifted up his gravel and slammed it softly against the table finalizing his judgment.I slowly turned to look at Peter in the prosecution box where he stood, his hands gripping the box tightly, I could see the veins pop out in his neck, even while we were still together he had always felt like because he had money he could get away with anything and I am happy that I’m finally able to prove to him that even with his money, he’s still a piece of trash that I could easily stomp on. I used all of the anger from Enzo and Adil to deal with him a
Janelle.Next day, Sunday, Hospital. 5:30am …“CEO of Carter Corp has been proven innocent after days of Intense investigation and searching for him, the Police Officer who claimed to have done all this under his command confessed in the late hours of yesterday to have been threatened by Mr Enzo Carter who happened to be the younger brother to Adil Carter, to implicate him like that”“Also a Bridal shop owned by Mr Enzo Carter was raised by the police and was found out to be his hiding place for money laundering activities,”“Mr Enzo Carter who is now on the run had been declared wanted by the Government of Ocean depth and anyone who finds him would be compensated heavily by the government!” I picked up the remote control from the table, stretched it towards the TV and turned it off not bothering to listen to the news again.I was so pissed, who the hell tipped Enzo off, things were not supposed to turn out like this, this is definitely out of our plans! I turned to look at Adil on t
Adil.-This was very helpful. Enzo has been the master mind all along, we have taken it up appropriately. Thank you.- I stared at Janelle’s message and read it over and over again, the fact that she was being so formal with me was killing me, I texted her asking after her well being and Tehilla’s but she didn’t even reply to me after that, the messages marked as seen but she didn’t reply to them. I could not take this anymore, Darn the consequences, I just cannot bear to seat here and do nothing, I was going crazy from just seating here and doing nothing to help. I grabbed my jacket, wore it over my shirt and headed towards the door, immediately I got to the door, I saw someone raise the butt of a Pistol towards me, before he could hit me, in split seconds, I stepped back and slammed the door on his face, I wasn’t fast enough and because I absolutely did not see this coming, I lost balance and let go of the door, giving whoever it was access into the house.He stormed into the hous
Janelle.“Hi Enzo, do you care to have drinks?!” I said to Enzo immediately he picked up my call, I knew he had been doing all sort to try and get me to have drinks with him and so I was willing to use that card at least.“I don’t feel too good, drinking with someone makes it better but it’s fine if you’re unavailable,” I added, I needed to make myself sound as believable and vulnerable as possible, “Ofcourse not, I’m very much available, where is the location,” he asked, I exhaled in relief over the phone, finally the end is here,“I’ll text you the location, I’ll be expecting you,” I replied.“Sure, I’ll be there as soon as possible” he replied and with that I ended the call, I gently dropped my phone on the table, and almost immediately I heard Chad’s voice in the ear connection I was putting on .“Coming?!” He asked, I slowly raised my head and turned to him where he was seated in one corner barely noticeable, I raised my thumbs at him and he nodded slowly.***I tapped my feet
Janelle.I pushed the door to the interrogation room and walked in, Felix- the guy who turned himself in, in order to implicate Adil looked up at me and his lips stretched into a small smile.“You’ve finally decided to see me again,” he teased, I scoffed as I gently pushed the chair I was supposed to seat on backwards and took my seat in it, he stared at me with a smug smile on his face as he reckoned in his chair and folded his hands across his chest, “You must really trust Enzo to bring you out of this to sacrifice yourself like this,” I said, his smile wiped off his face and was immediately replaced by a shocked look, he unfolded his hands and slowly sat up in his seat,“W-What what are talking about??” He stared swallowing hard trying to pretend and maintain his facade.“There’s no point Felix, I have every evidence against you and your Boss,”“He killed Jeremy his supposed bestfriend just so that his own crimes would be covered up, do you really think that he would keep his word
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