The arrival of a marriage contract is a huge nightmare for Luis, one that will change his life. He will be bound to the woman he despises so much and never wished to marry. And to get the inheritance he longs for, he asked the woman to pretend that they are a happy couple. Along with their pretense, they are also processing the annulment of their marriage. But unfortunately, they will gradually fall in love with each other. Which will prevail, their annulment or their love for each other?
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"Yeah! More drinks! Let's get wasted tonight..." Without any difficulty, I chugged the newly opened wine I took from my condo's cabinet. Yes, we're here in my condo, not because we're saving money, but because it's more comfortable for us to drink here, and avoids trouble. I also grabbed some plates because my ordered appetizers from a fast-food chain just arrived. I was with my friends, Kenneth and Chris. Rhaiven's presence is absent, as usual. He's still grieving over Haila's loss until now. Although, we can't blame him for why it takes him so long to move on. After our graduation, it seems like all we did was celebrate the achievement that we surpassed college life. It's almost been a month since we graduated. And yes, we're still celebrating until now. That's how happy we are that we're finally degree holders. College life is one of the worst parts of my life as a student. It's not that I'm stupid, it's just that the amount of work to be done melts brain cells. Passing requirements left and right. Reporting there, exam and quiz here, roleplay here, dance there. Hays! There's just so much, so we deserve to have fun for a long time because after this, it's back to normal again. Well, we don't have any plans yet. "Hey! Wait a minute, Rhaiven's not here yet. Let's wait for him first," Chris suggested while busy pressing his cellphone. He's probably trying to call Rhaiven. "When did that slacker ever show up to a drinking session? He's probably in his room again, sulking." After I put down our appetizers on the center table, I sat next to Kenneth who was sitting on the sofa, also busy typing on his cellphone. I nudged him gently to get his attention. "Did you come here to drink or to use your cellphone?" I replied annoyedly. He grinned and even laughed a little. "Jealous already? I'm just checking if my crush greeted me." "Idiot! If she ever intended to greet you, it should have been on the day of our graduation itself. You're really hoping she'll greet you, it's been a month since we graduated." He received a light smack from me. "You never know, she might greet me belatedly." "You know what, you're just wasted. Let's just drink and celebrate this achievement of ours." I ruffled his hair slightly before turning my attention to Chris. "Hey! Chris, let's drink already, enough with that cellphone. No matter what you do, you can't poison Rhaiven's brain, so just leave him alone." I stood up and gently tossed the bottle of alcohol to Chris. He caught it effortlessly and opened it with his teeth. We sat down on the single sofas and the table with our appetizers was in the middle of us. "What are your plans for your lives? We've graduated so we should have plans for our lives." Our gaze shifted to Kenneth when he opened a new topic. Chris and I even laughed slightly because we're not used to him being serious. "What's so funny about what I said?" Kenneth retorted annoyedly at Chris and me who were trying to hold back our laughter. If Rhaiven were here, he would probably shower Kenneth with teasing. "You're too serious, you're even more serious than someone who's married. After we got rid of academic stress, you're going to create a new one again. Can't we just relax first, hmm?" I countered. "Dude, we need to settle things. We can't depend on our parents forever," Kenneth defended, so Chris and I both scratched our heads. "Oh my! The pastor of the group is preaching again." I quipped, making us laugh. It's nothing new to us that Kenneth is mature in thinking and speaking. He only became open about things since Haila left. There are times when he's funny, but there are more times when he's not funny, like now. "We understand you, Ken, but we don't want to settle down yet. Just because we don't want to yet doesn't mean we'll always depend on our parents. We'll get there too, not now but at the right time." Chris agreed with what I said. "I agree with him... wait a minute, why are you so eager to settle down? Are you itching to get married, huh?" Kenneth spat out the drink he was drinking because of what Chris said. Laughter filled the space between the three of us because of his reaction. "Wow! Just want to settle down, will get married right away? Can't it be just to secure my future?" He defended. "Secure your mom! Your money in the bank is almost running out, and you still have the guts to settle down?" We laughed and took a gulp of alcohol, then Kenneth opened a new topic again. Even so, what this slacker says makes sense. "Speaking of wife, do you have any plans?" He asked with a grin. "As for me, I'm ready anytime to ask my Jaime mylabs." Chris replied boastfully. "How about you?" "Idiot! It's like you're not aware that my crush doesn't have a crush on me." Kenneth defended and picked at the chicken appetizer. "And you, Luis?" "What about me?" "Tsk! Of all of us, you're the one who never had a girlfriend." "Oops! Maybe he had one but didn't tell us.." Kenneth said with a wink. I threw the can he was holding at him and luckily he dodged it because otherwise it might have hit his face. "Hey! You know even my farts, what more about women. And when did I ever hide a secret from you, hmm?" I looked back and forth between the two of them and they both shrugged. "Right now, I want to be free. I don't want someone to control me in things. Now that I don't want to settle down in life, I want to do everything I want, I want to explore anywhere I want without anyone stopping me." I replied seriously. "What about--" "We both don't want to settle down yet. He's still busy with his career so I'll wait until he's ready. We'll get to that point, don't be excited, you might jinx it." That was my plan even before our graduation. I have so many plans to go to, do, and see. With so many of them, I'm sure all the money I've saved will be used up. I want to create memorable days in my life before I settle down for my future, for us, for my beloved. "You know who will stop you?" I looked at Kenneth with a frown. "Who?" "Your mom." He and Chris laughed, except for me. They even high-fived as if they were delighted with their teasing. "Damn you! Don't you dare touch the appetizers!" I slightly moved the plate of chicken away from him. "It's just a joke." He scratched his head. After the teasing, we received a text from our batchmates that there will be a party at the bar. So, thirsty for alcohol, we went even though we were having a hard time walking because of our drunkenness. We found our batchmates who looked like zombies because of too much drunkenness. After all, we're all still celebrating even though it's been a month since our graduation. That night was so fun! Drinking there, dancing here. I drowned myself in alcohol, so to speak. I didn't even call Jade's dad "Mayor" who was with us. I didn't notice the time and I was left there with Jade and friends. I couldn't even find Kenneth and Chris. Because of too much drunkenness, I could hardly see clearly who the woman I was with at the table. I could hear voices that I would answer even though it was not clear to my hearing. "Of course, it's me." I felt them helping me write something, I don't know what it was. All I know is, we were playing. We were all drunk and not in our right minds. Even so, I enjoyed it, especially when I felt lips touch mine. Because of the pleasure, I passionately kissed back the person who awakened my innocent mind. And before we could do anything more, someone pulled me away. "Congratulations! Mr. and Mrs. Arevalo." The last thing Mayor said was not clear to me because I completely lost consciousness due to excessive drunkenness."Why don't we just give in to Lola so she'll finally leave us alone?"I almost threw the pillow I was holding at Mahana because of what she said. We didn't need to fight over the bed since it was big. In fact, I could describe the room Lola got for us as the most beautiful one."Are you out of your mind?" I hissed at her angrily. "You'd agree to have sex with me just to shut my Lola up? Are you crazy?""Well, rather than her constantly bothering us, I'm running out of excuses," she replied."Tsk! Are you that shallow that you'd agree so easily? Mahana, Lola's asking for a baby, not a toy to be given away just like that. You're acting like she's just ordering us to do chores." I confronted her.It's so easy for her to agree to such things just to end the problem quickly. She doesn't think carefully about the possible consequences if we actually did it. She decides things like she's just playing, like a child."It would be a waste of this room she reserved for us if we don't taint it wi
"Do you have any idea why Grandma suddenly showed up here?" I didn't let Mahana off the hook until we were in the bedroom, where Grandma had ordered us to pack our things to take to her house. No matter how much I pleaded, Grandma wouldn't budge. She had made her decision, and that was final. "Why are you accusing me? I just woke up and went to the kitchen to cook when I saw her sitting in the living room. I was startled when I saw her," she explained, grabbing some of her clothes from the cabinet where she had stored her things in my condo. "Shit!" I rubbed my temples in frustration. "Pack your things; Grandma might come barging in here and catch you fuming," she said, placing a suitcase down for me to put my clothes and personal items in. She finished packing and was now putting her skincare and makeup products from the vanity table into a pouch. "Mahana, I can't. I have an important meeting toda
"I just hope we get something out of this idea of yours, Luis, and if not, you're the one who's going to explain to the girl I'm courting. We have a date today, man, wrong timing."Since we left Kenneth's condo, he's been constantly complaining because he was supposed to have a date with Alona, the girl he's courting. If I hadn't appealed to his conscience earlier, he wouldn't have come with me."Are you really going to prioritize that over me? This trip of ours is important, man, just be good at making excuses to her later."He just scratched his head while driving. It's like I have chili in my butt and I can't sit still. I'm itching to get that copy of the CCTV footage. That's the only thing that can save me.I received a call from Rhaiven and Chris that they were already at the bar. They arrived there earlier because it's near their work, unlike Ken and I who still had to endure the heat with motorists because of the traffic."Wha
"Why don't you just tell him the truth instead of making excuses for him? Instead of him liking you, he might even be turned off by your lies."All I've received from my friends are lectures. They're my go-to when I have problems because I know they're the ones who can help me. I thought everything would be easy for me when I got Mahana to agree to pretend to be my wife, but it wasn't. She's slowly bringing misfortune to the things I cherish."She's going to understand me, bro, I know Misty." I just said to ease my anxious feeling."So what exactly did she and Mahana talk about?" Rhaiven asked, sprawled on the single sofa. We're here at Chris's condo because we helped him plan his proposal to Jaime next month."Mahana doesn't want to tell me. That damn woman! She's really a troublemaker. She's exactly like that back in high school. So irritating."I remembered again the countless nonsense Mahana did to me back in high school. From se
"You didn't tell me that you and Mama were close. Since when?"I broke the silence after we dropped Mama off at home. When I caught them talking, they were both flustered as if they were surprised by my arrival. Since I was picking up Mahana anyway, I also gave Mama a ride since I heard she just took a taxi there."Your Mama courted me so she's there." Mahana replied to me while her gaze was outside the window. "She must have noticed our actions earlier at the restaurant. You didn't tell me that your mother has a strong sense of smell when two people are fighting."I forcefully slammed on the brakes of my car because the traffic light turned red. I glanced slightly at Mahana who was very bored with her posture. Even though she's not doing anything to me, I'm really annoyed with her. I really don't know if I can get along with her until I get the reward from Lola."Why were you so surprised when you saw me?" I asked, she looked at me and after
"He died because of cardiac arrest. The last time we talked, it seemed like he wanted to tell me something but he was having a hard time speaking. I thought he was just resting at home but no, it seems like he was hiding, that's why he was in the province."We were all quiet as Mayor Queja's younger sibling narrated his condition. I was interested to know everything about the Mayor after that accidental wedding of mine with Mahana which he initiated.It seems like my suspicion was right, Mayor Queja knew something about the wedding, and from his sibling's story, he was hiding because it seemed like someone was looking for them. The question is, who?"Where's Jade?"All eyes turned to me when I spoke. I couldn't stop myself anymore because I was so confused about what was happening. I was thirsty for information that could save me from this fate.The woman shrugged. "I don't know where he is. Even she, just vanished like smoke without
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