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Chapter 4. Agreement

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A secretary escorted Stella to her boss's room, then knocked on the door.

"Come in." A man said from inside the room.

A secretary finally opened the door and entered after getting approval.

As Stella entered, she saw a man sitting on a chair with his back turned to her.

"Sir? Miss Stella-"

"You may come out."

"Yes, sir." A secretary smiled at Stella and then left the room.

The man turned his chair around and looked at Stella. Her eyes widened in surprise when she saw who was sitting there. Yesterday at an inopportune time, they were brought together.

"You... I-i mean, Mr... who helped me yesterday, right?" she asked.

"You have a good memory," said the man who was none other than Marvin.

Stella swallowed her saliva. "For yesterday, I-i apologize, sir. I swear to God, I didn't mean to say anything to you," said Stella as she pointed her index and middle fingers until they looked like the letter V, "That remark yesterday was directed at someone else and not you. Also, I'd like to apologize if getting out of your car was too rude."

"No problem. I've forgiven you. Now sit down."

She walked over and sat on the chair opposite him. "This is my CV, sir," she said as handed his a folder of personal data to apply for the job.

He took the brown folder, opened it and pulled out the sheets of paper inside. He read through the papers one by one and then put them on the table.

She bit her lower lip when saw it and looked at him very seriously. "Please accept my employment, sir. I don't mind being anything else."

"The vacancies are for staff and marketing. From the data on your CV, none of them qualify," he said.

She let out a resigned breath. "I don't mind if I have to be an office girl, sir."

"That position is already filled," he replied briefly.

She looked down weakly.

"But I have another offer," he said.

She immediately looked at the man in front of her again very seriously. "What, sir?"

"To be my wife."

"Wh-what?" Her eyes widened in shock.

"Yes... to be my wife. How about it? Will you accept my offer?" he asked with a smile.

She immediately made a displeased face. "Don't mess with me, sir! I came here to apply for a job, not to be your bedmate's slave! Although, I do need a lot of money to live on. I won't do anything to get it. I still have my pride!"

"H-huh? What?" He stared at her with a shocked look. "B-bedmate?"

"Yes! You married me to make me your bedmate, right? You're a man with no sense!"

"Huh?"

She immediately got up from her seat and stood up straight. She picked up her CV again on the table tidying it up. "Just find another woman to have sex with you! I'm not willing to do it with you!" She turned around and walked towards the door to exit.

"Damian Alvaro," he said who was still sitting on his chair.

Stella, who had been holding the door handle, did not go out and stood in front of the door when he mentioned a man's name. She turned back to look at him again.

"I didn't marry you because I was attracted to your body. Your body doesn't even tempt my faith at all."

She swallowed her saliva. "T-then?”

"You want to get all your treasures back from Damian, don't you? And again, you want revenge on that man, don't you? I'll help you.

I'll help you get everything you own taken away from Damian. Even if you want to make him homeless, I can do that too."

She paused for a moment and then said, "Why, why would you want to help me? There must be some benefit for you too, right?"

He smirked. "There's no way I'm helping you for free. There must be some benefit for me."

"What? And, why does it have to be a wife? Can't we just work together without marriage?"

"You don't need to know what the reason is. I have a purpose, not just to make you a wife."

She returned to silence again and just stared at him.

"You can rest assured, this marriage is not real. It's just for status. The point is the marriage will be very beneficial for both of us. You help me fight Damian and you help me fight someone too."

"Who?"

"I'll tell you and I'll explain if you agree."

She turned her gaze in another direction thinking.

"I will also pay back everything you owe William," he said.

She looked back at him again. "Give me some time. I need to talk to my sister first."

He nodded.

"Alright, then excuse me." She grabbed the door handle again and exited his room, walking towards the elevator to the ground floor.

Once on the ground floor, she exited the company premises. She stood by the roadside waiting for public transportation.

"THAT'S HER!" shouted the man who had been chasing her.

Her eyes widened in shock when she saw the two men across the street. She went back into the company area to avoid the two men, because they would definitely not be allowed into the company. She would be safe if she hid inside the company.

"Damn it! How am I going to get out," she muttered as she stood in the company lobby. "They'll definitely be waiting for me out there. I'll end up getting caught." She bit her lower lip, immediately remembered Marvin's offer a few minutes ago. "Should I accept his offer right now? But what if Mia doesn't agree and she gets mad at me?"

She walked towards the company's main door and peeked slightly. She saw the two men still standing there.

Ting!

There was the sound of the elevator doors opening. She looked towards the elevator and saw Marvin who had just come out of it.

"Ugh! I have no choice!" she muttered, immediately walked over to him and held the man's arm. "Help me, sir."

"You? Still here?"

"You're really going to pay my debt to Mr. William, aren't you?" She ignored his question.

"If you agree to what we talked about earlier. Of course, I will pay all your debts."

She grabbed his hand and shook it. "Then, I accept your offer!"

"Are you serious?"

"Yes, I am serious! Now, pay my father's debts. They're all outside."

"They are? Outside?"

"Yes! They're waiting for me outside."

His forehead furrowed, then he walked out of his company with her trailing behind.

"You! Don't run away! We're tired of chasing you. Come and meet the big boss." One of the men said sarcastically to Stella.

Stella stood behind Marvin, she held Marvin's arm and muttured, "Hurry, pay up."

"How much do you owe?" he asked.

"Fifty million!"

"Huh?"

"Why? Can't you pay it, sir?" she asked.

He didn't care about what she said. He was still staring at the two men standing in front of him. "Only fifty million and you keep chasing this girl? Is that William so broke that he's chasing fifty million?"

"Don't talk so much! You can't afford it, huh?"

Marvin exhaled very roughly, then he reached into his suit-covered shirt pocket and took out a cell phone. "What's your boss's account number? I'll transfer it now."

The man fiddled with his cell phone and then pointed the screen at Marvin.

A few minutes later. Now, it was Marvin who showed his phone screen to the two men. "I have successfully transferred."

"Wait a minute. I'm waiting for confirmation from my boss."

"Don't take too long. I don't have much time to deal with useless things like this."

The man didn't answer, then shortly returned to say, "It worked. Thank you for your cooperation!"

"Okay." Marvin replied.

The two men turned to walk away.

"Wait!" said Marvin.

The two men turned to look at Marvin.

"Tell William that I'm canceling the inter-company cooperation with Desmond Company. If he gets angry, tell him it's all because of Damian." He grabbed Stella's palm holding it. "Let's go on, sweetie." He turned and walked away. "You should have told me if you had a debt, instead of keeping quiet. It makes me so embarrassed!"

The two men clearly heard Marvin speak to the girl they had been chasing.

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