The Marriage Clause

*The Marriage Clause*(Chapter One) It was a very sunny day in Los Angeles but for Elizabeth Goodman it was one of the dreaded days of her life.She adjusted her Gucci glasses with her gloved hands,and nodded in acknowledgement of the people who payed their respects to her in grievance of her dead father.Henry Goodman,a billionaire and philanthropist with a heart of gold who died of a sudden heart attack.Now he was in heaven or hell watching the shadiest people in business grieve with his daughter over his death. Beth,short for Elizabeth wanted to scream in annoyance and anger.They were all pathetic.It was all pathetic cause every family member in the church only wanted nothing more but a piece of the big cake which was her father's money.No one visited at the hospital when her mother died years ago,none of them congratulated her on graduating from Harvard as one of their best students in Business,no one came when it was shown in the n

**The Marriage Clause**(Chapter Three) ‘Marriage clause??'. ‘Yes'. ‘What do you mean by that? what in the world is a marriage clause?'.She asked again obviously confused by the rubbish coming out of the lawyer's mouth.Marcus was also confused,more irritated that there was a clause in the will which was obviously standing between him and his hundred million dollars, can't things just go his way for once? he complained silently as he watched on. ‘The marriage clause in the will miss Goodman simply means that you have to get married before you get your inheritance—you have to get married to Mr Sheldon here—you both have to marry each other before you can get the inheritance'.The lawyer finally dropped the bomb and both Elizabeth and Marcus gasped deeply in shock.Surely this was a good joke,she thought as she yanked the file from the lawyer's grasp and read thr

**The Marriage Clause**(Chapter Five) ‘I'm getting a new mom?!!'. ‘Nah not—'. ‘Thank you so much Dad!!'.Emily kissed Marcus hard on the cheek and skipped her way up the stairs into her room all excited,Marcus breathed heavily as the sense of guilt wavered into his heart.Emily is the sweetest and most innocent child he has ever come across,she just couldn't understand the harsh reality about the woman he was going to marry in a week—He didn't know crap about Elizabeth and he was a hundred and one percent sure she didn't like children....... women like her just didn't. ‘You sure you're gonna be okay??'.Tanner, Maurine's sixteen year old son who worked at the ranch on weekends for extra cash asked and Marcus sighed deeply.Honestly he knew he was making a huge mistake but he had no other choice—the ranch was failing terribly and he had a huge pile of debt

**The Marriage Clause**(Chapter Seven) ‘I heard them arguing few minutes ago. Maybe this marriage is a bad idea after all'.Maurine sighed deeply as she guided the new horse into the stable, she decided to come to work early to get on an early start and just happened to hear Marcus and Elizabeth arguing, from what she could decipher they also had an argument last night.It was funny seeing how Elizabeth's sharp witted tongue matched with Marcus's sense of sarcasm. ‘I don't think they know how much they were made for each other'.Tanner chuckled softly which immediately died down the moment he spotted Elizabeth outside the house.She was wearing a wide brimmed hat which was a compliment to the hot Texan weather,with shades and a yellow sundress that made her look expensive.Of course she looked like someone who wasn't from a poor background,and male eyes turned to get a second glance on the new lady of Sheldon Ranch.&nb

**The Marriage Clause**(Chapter Nine) Mrs Brown,the thirty nine year old elementary school teacher of Emily's class frowned deeply as Elizabeth crossed her legs in front of the class.The other pupils watched on most especially the male ones as a few of them developed an instant crush the moment they saw her, Elizabeth smiled seeing the satisfaction on Emily's face—she almost felt like a proud mother giving a speech. ‘To what do I owe this visit Miss uh....' ‘It's Mrs Sheldon'. ‘Ohhh you're Emily's new mother'. ‘I am Emily's stepmother as a matter of fact and I am here to talk to you about some of the problems my daughter has been facing in school'.Elizabeth almost sneered,something about the tteacher just didn't sit right with her. ‘She got into a fight yesterday ma'am'.Mrs Brown argued. ‘