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Chapter 37: Shopping
Meredith turned to Brayden after their lunch guests had left. She had a stern look on her face and meant business. She was so frustrated with herself for having allowed Brayden to come ruin her lunch with Ben.
“You set me up.” She said to Brayden accusingly and annoyed.
“What?” He looked at her with a mock innocence.
“Don’t try to act like you didn’t. Tagging along to lunch, the matching outfits, Babe?”
“Well, I am your husband. I have the right to make sure no other man taints what’s mine.” He told her matter of factly and grabbed her hand to lead her through the throngs of clustered tourists and locals navigating around them. Meredith pulled him back. She wasn’t finished. She was furious. Mostly, s
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“This is amazing,'' Meredith said mostly to herself between bites. She savored the creamy sauce that slid over her tongue with the fettuccine noodles. The tender medallions practically melting in her mouth. She had never eaten better than the times she was with Brayden. He really knew his food and to have found such an amazing housekeeper that could make these gourmet dinners, he was a talented scout.Maybe that’s why he had scouted Meredith to be his wife. She took a sip of her red wine and sighed deeply thinking about it before taking her next bite. She then noticed that her dishes from her apartment were displayed around the table against the wall on glass shelves as though they were bone china. The mismatched collection of plates, bowls, mugs, and serving dishes were all artistically arranged and presented on the shelves. It brightened up the otherwise dull corner where the table sat.
My Death Contract Chapter 39: A Working Wife
Meredith woke to her phone alarm. She reached toward the sound on the bedside table where it was charging and shut it off. She yawned as she blinked a few times and her vision cleared. Meredith was looking out a floor to ceiling window of downtown Chicago. She scrunched her eyebrows together wondering what rabbit hole she had fallen down. Then it dawned on her. She remembered she was married to billionaire Brayden Charles Maxwell, the second son of Grant Maxwell, CEO of the company she worked at.Every morning she woke with a slight startle wondering where she was and what had happened. She had to remind herself that no this wasn’t a nightmare it was her life. She really was forced into marrying the boss’s son in hopes that he would become the next CEO. Every morning she would sigh as she recalled her fate to live a long loveless married life of luxury. Meredith never was one for luxury b
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Meredith saved the project she was working on and sighed. Her co-workers had finally stopped staring at her everytime they walked past but the day was far from over. It was time for lunch. Meredith closed out of her computer, took a deep breath, and let it out before heading to the elevator. She knew Taylor was going to bombard her with questions and she wouldn’t be able to be truthful with her answers. She had signed a NDA along with her death contract. Meredith walked past the other departments on the floor with her head held high and ignored the stares on the elevator. She got off in the lobby where Taylor was waiting.Meredith stepped off the elevator with her Balenciaga shoes which cost more than her entire previous wardrobe combined. She walked over to Taylor who she towered over barefoot and even more so in those pumps.“H-Hey.” T
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Meredith wrapped up her work and rushed to the elevator. She thought that the stares and whispers on her floor would have at least died down but after the stunt Brayden pulled the day before things only got worse. Meredith mentally ducked and dodged all the stares and whispers about her and pushed the button for the elevator hoping it would hurry up.The elevator finally opened and it was full of people. Meredith squeezed in and could immediately feel the eyes on her. She took a deep breath and tried to think of anything other than those eyes. Waffles, Beaches, Unicorns, Brayden just after he’s taken a shower…Her cheeks heated up and she mentally slapped herself. Why would that be helpful to think of in this situation.She stared straight ahead and began to count backwards in her head from one hundred. She hoped that would help keep her mind
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Meredith headed to the elevator with Taylor bouncing behind her still giddy with excitement. They got on the elevator together and Meredith glanced over at Taylor, who looked up at her with a large grin.“Really?” Meredith rolled her eyes.“I know you don’t like the attention but I’m loving it.” Taylor beamed.Meredith just sighed and rode the rest of the way to Taylor’s floor in silence.“I’ll see you tomorrow.” Meredith said her goodbye as Taylor got off the elevator.“Yep tomorrow.” Taylor still had that silly grin from ear to ear and Meredith was glad someone was getting enjoyment out of her marriage. She tried to remain invisible in the back of
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