Chapter Two

After watching her walk off and accepting my fate, I turned around facing the Mr. Billionaire,

“OK, so my friend just ditched me, well I’m not starving, so you can tell” my tummy decided this was the right time to betrayal by really loud grumble that got passer bys looking at me weirdly.

He raised a brow at me in slight amusement as I still tried being alone with him, I could feel my cheeks becoming warm because of embarrassment.

“Your tummy doesn’t seem to agree with you now those it, he said with a smug look

“It normally does,” I mumbled, looking at my shoes

“why don’t we go to the café down the street and talk about what do think, I have something I want to talk to you about, and I am also hungry too”

“What do you want to tell me? When we just met a while ago

“You really intrigue me. Most people would love to get, even if it’s a glimpse of me and here I am offering you a whole meal and have rejected meaning twice in the last five minutes

“Do I look like most people to you?

“Apparently not” he muttered to himself, but I heard him

“Alright, all you have to do is hear me out and if you don’t want any part of it then you leave and won’t hear from me again.

“Hmm OK let’s go because I am already starving, because who says no to free food and maybe a little curious about what he has to say.

Turned around and started walking towards the direction of the café when he held my arm, stopping me

“Why don’t take my car?

“What’s the use? It’s just a five-minute walk from here, let’s just walk

“Well, if you haven’t noticed, people have been staring at us for a while now” I looked around and noticed people were really staring but trying to pretend they weren’t

“OK, but won’t that draw more attention towards us?

“Yes it will, but at least the staring will reduce until we get to the café”

“OK let’s go, already feeling uncomfortable with the stares”

He began walking, and I followed, more conscious of people staring now. how could I not have noticed before, we got to his car in the art gallery car park walking up to a Mercedes-Benz, he opened the passenger side for and walked around to his side and we drove off. We got to the café in less than two minutes, not waiting for him to open the door, I got out and started walking into the café

I could feel him behind me even though he wasn’t saying anything, we took a seat at one of the booths, and then I noticed how he looked so out of place here, but anyway.

“Why don’t we order and have lunch then we can talk after when we are done” I nodded in response? The waitress came, and we gave our order and in a few minutes the food arrived, and we dug into it, he cleared his throat to get my attention

“Now the reason I brought you here”

“OK, I am all ears”

“I will, you marry me”. I chocked on my drink immediately I heard what he said, looked at him to see if he was joking, but his face was even more serious than when I first met him 

“Excuse me what? 

“I am talking of a contract marriage not a real one, then I busted into laughter knew now his really playing a prank on me, looked at him, and he wasn’t laughing with me

“Don’t tell me you are serious”

“Yes I am it can benefit the two of us, looking at him like he had grown a second head, here I thought my life was already a mess and had enough drama.

“You must be kidding me, what could I possibly benefit from marrying you, I just met you?

“ well, I am sure you know I just got out of jail and I need to get my company back, but they don’t trust me think I am a murder and too irresponsible, which will ruin the company’s image when I am the sole heir to the company, the board of directors and invests took a vote to replace me”

“OK, but I don’t see where I come in to all this”

“I kind of told them that I had a finance, and we were about to start a family, then one of the board thought that was good. it will help change the way people look at me, then they asked me how long have we been dating. I told them three years, and I just recently proposed to my girlfriend, 

“I still don’t see how I benefit here?

“OK I overheard you talking to your friend about your artist career, and you are looking for a boost into the right direction to get you noticed for your great work, I can help with that and in what better way to do that is with you becoming my wife”, I nodded my head for him to go on.

“So while my status gives you a career boost, I get to act like a responsible caring man in front of the public, which will help ease the minds of the board and I can get my company back.

“Wait, so not only do I have to pretend to be your fiancé, but I also have to be pregnant too, this is crazy. What if you are just doing this because you are a serial killer, and I am your next target

“What? do I look like a killer to you”

“What you went to prison for a reason, don’t blame me for trying to be curious” 

“OK, I get where you're coming from with it, but not only does your career get boosted, but you will receive of a hundred thousand dollars every month during the two-year contract and five million for the next two years after contract”

“Wait did you just two years contract, what happens to the fake child that we would be having since I am currently pregnant with”

“When that time comes, we will think of something”

“Wow, this is a lot of information for me to process right now, so how are we going to make people believe we are together?

“you saw for yourself how they were staring when we're just talking in front of the gallery. Just imagine if they see us holding hands in public or cuddling people like to be given something to talk about which is in a way going to help both of us

“That means people will be looking at me everywhere I go once I get entangled with you. hmm, I don’t think I like that very much”

“If you want to be known as a famous artist then you have to get used to it, so what’s your decision are in? He asked while I looked at him, replaying the conversation in my head, weighting the pros and cons

“I think……….”