The Billionaire's Wife

Bella

My heart flipped like a million coins that were tossed in the air as I walked toward the door. I was overthinking it, but I was ready to take the risk of going to the door.

Could it be Valerie? I mean, I tried to make her consider going back to her cheating ex. It was something worth getting angry about, especially if it was coming from her best friend.

I took a deep breath and pulled the door handle to myself.

To my surprise, there was no one outside. Instead, it was a sealed box with a lock.

I was amused, yet afraid. I carefully picked up the box and closed the door. A lot of things crossed my mind, but the only thing that bothered me was the debt.

I was so stunned to imagine if it was the letters from the lawyers which would mean me leaving the house. The only place where my childhood memories were embedded. I was scared, and that fed my curiosity. I started checking what it could be. After pulling the sea off the box, I realized that I couldn’t get any information for myself.

I didn’t know what was inside the box, and there was no room for guessing because the box was seemingly light. It was like there was nothing in it.

While I was struggling with the box, my phone started buzzing. I turned quickly to see it was a call from a private number.

I shook as I held the phone to answer the phone, “Hello? It’s Bella, here,” I answered, keeping everything steady.

“Bring your ass right here to the mansion! There’s a cab waiting outside your house.” His voice was so cold and steady.

I was afraid, but it was the price to pay to get rid of all the debts my late father left.

Before I could say a word, the call ended. I was stunned, and I didn’t dare to waste any more time. I quickly grabbed my bag after peeping through the window to see a luxury cab waiting outside my house.

“Damn it!” I whispered, pushing everything away and running out of my house to the cab. I had a lot of questions. What was the issue?

Why did he sound so cold over the phone?

Was it related to the seal box that was sent to my house? After the last question, a few things started to make sense.

“Did the Billionaire send the sealed box?” I uttered to myself before entering the cab.

Immediately I got into the cab, my phone was buzzing again. I was bothered because I didn’t think I would have the courage to answer his call again. But when I looked down, it was a call from Valerie. I let out a long and heavy hiss.

She was a confused human. I was flattered by the billionaire’s wisdom of not coming to my house. I picked up again.

“Hello?”

“I just wanted to let you know that I’m on my way back to your house. I forgot the keys to my house, and I’m a bit stranded here. It must have fallen out of my bag when we had an argument,” she replied cautiously.

“I’m not at home right now. I don’t know how we're going to work that out,” I replied without thinking.

“Bella, I only have one house. I don’t have different houses in different places in the same way you have been dishing out different personalities to me,” she uttered, and I knew I was up for the worst. I couldn’t turn back because I had to see the Billionaire.

“You really need to calm down, don’t you think?” I replied nonchalantly.

“I’ll be there in a few minutes,” I added.

“Bella, we both know that you’re not going to be here in a few minutes. I don’t really appreciate being stranded,” she called out.

“Valerie, if you’re not going to listen to me, then I don’t know how you’re going to get your key. Tell me how sure you are that your key is in my house?” I asked and she stayed silent.

At that point, I found myself inside the mansion. I hanged up immediately.

I went out of the car and I saw him standing outside the mansion. He stood angrily, and I made sure to put myself together. He had no need to know if I was afraid of him, or I was avoiding giving him an answer to his question.

“Come inside!” He ordered, stretching his hands for me to follow through.

“Is there a problem? I mean, I came here earlier, and now you’re summoning me tonight?” I asked daringly. It was getting late, and I was very sure that I was probably not going to return to the house.

“Yes, I sent a package to your house. Did you receive it?” he asked, taking quick wide steps around me.

“Yes, I did. It was sealed, and I didn’t know when sent them, nor what was inside.”

“Who are you?” he asked me as he lost his memory.

I couldn’t hide that I was afraid anymore. Still at that moment, my phone let on ringing. I knew it was Valerie.

She was indeed stranded.

“Why would you ask such a question? You asked me to be your contract wife, and now you’re asking who I am?” I retorted, ignoring Valerie’s call in the process.

" I want to know who you are. I want to know what you want.”

I moved towards him, distorting his movements around me. I placed a hand on my back, and I wanted to expose myself that I was the mother to his children.

Children, even when I didn’t know the gender and the number of fetus I was carrying.

“I am your future…” I uttered.

“Have you made your decision because your time is up,” he replied, smiling ignorantly.

Without thinking about the desperate measures I might have to take, or the mistakes I have already made, I replied immediately, “Yes!”

“I will be your contract wife and so be it!” After I replied, everything was blurry. I was losing myself and I had no control.

I couldn’t help it, I saw myself falling to the width of the mansion floor.

Everywhere was pitch dark. Was this the end? I didn’t understand what was going on, but I was deeply sorry for Valerie. Even when she did him badly at some point, I had no right to cross the lines of getting married to her ex-fiancé.

It would be so heartbreaking to hear, but I had to. It was for the sake of the loans.