“Let me get this straight!” Iris heard Rose’s voice in the counter area.She was in the kitchen and took the second batch of cupcakes from the oven. The sweet smells wafted through the store and could instantly soothe her confused heart and mind.“Oh gosh! That smells so good, Iris!” Her best friend got distracted by the smells and did not press her questions again.After Rose got her call, she came immediately to her store and directly bombarded Iris with many questions with a worried expression written on her beautiful face.Starting with, “What happened, Iris?”And of course, Iris–who realized that she was a tad overdramatic on the phone–fi
‘The leather of this Rolls-Royce car is divine!’ It was the first reaction that came to Iris’ mind when her body touched the passenger seat of this ultra-sleek car. Alexander slid smoothly beside her, and he kept close contact with Iris. His broad shoulder nipped Iris’, and his sturdy legs took up the place so Iris must hurry over to avoid his big body. “We will go straight to the airport,” he said to the driver before he put the partition glass up to cover their privacy in the passenger seats. “Wait… wait… hold up! Airport?!” Iris whipped her head to see the man. “Yeah, we will go to my office in Baltimore before we go back here again. The are some businesses I need to check first.” He calmly answered Iris. Iris was at a loss. “If you are that busy! Why do you insist on having a date with me!” She could not hold her irritation anymore. “Just stop right here! Let’s call this thing off! I don’t think we are compatible at all!” She told him with a strong objection voice. And as
ALEXANDERHe stared at the girl who sat in front of him in his private jet. His jet-set lifestyle apparently impressed a lot of girls, and they even desperately begged Alexander to choose one of them as his partner. They were begging on their knees and prayed so Alex could choose them as a sugar baby. Of course, he was familiar with that scene. It was normal in his lifestyle. His peers, even his predecessor were doing those things as well. No one was immune to money. And the power behind it. So he expected that Iris also fell for his proposition. He gave a generous offer that must be impossible to refuse. Look at Iris’ face right now, she was extremely pale. With effort, Alex concealed his smile and waited for her to get his answer. “Shit! Ten million? In US Dollars?” she whispered to him. Alex could not hold his smile anymore. “Yes, you will get them if you agree to marry me.” “Wow!” she said spontaneously. Really, she was really cute and he tried to control his desire not to
They landed on time and after that, they were escorted to a private helipad in another section and directly took the sleek black private helicopter with the golden cursive “B” word drawn aesthetically in the helicopter door. ‘That must be the abbreviation of Browning.’ Iris mused inside her head. She felt slightly relieved after she could stand her ground and refused his tempting proposal. But she would not trade her dream to have a dream wedding with the love of her life. Of course, ten million was a gazillionaire amount of money. But she was sane enough to decline the offer. Iris could not run away after turning down the man, so she was unfortunately stuck and had to follow Alexander's agenda tonight. The quick helicopter ride was awkward on Iris's end. She was quiet the whole time. Only Alex talked and barked some orders to a man that Iris assumed was one of his staff in the Baltimore office. They arrived around ten minutes later, and Alex offered his hand as support for Iris
ALEXANDERIt pissed him enough when he got a call right before he picked up Iris to have their first date and his first attempt to make Iris on board with his decision to get a contract marriage. He got a call from his Baltimore office. There are some mix-ups and it needed his attention soon. That was why he needed to change his plan and made a detour. And now they were settling in his Baltimore penthouse. He did not intend this to happen in this place, but he got blindsided and Iris straightway refused him on the plane, so he need another backup plan. He needed this to happen with Iris. Not with another girl that he was sure would get himself high and dry, and only saw him by his greens. With his mind set on Iris, he tried another tactic. Seduction. It was always a success with other women before. “Because, from the first time I laid my eyes on you, I know that you have to be mine!” This was what he said when Iris insisted on asking why it had to be her. And he meant every wo
IRIS Of course, Iris did not comprehend his words at first. What he said with ease successfully ticked her off. Iris finally burst out laughing heartily. “No, that’s impossible!” she stated. “What’s impossible?” he asked back. “Nothing is impossible. We can do it,” he added. “Sit here, Iris. Let’s for once… we talk like an adult.” His advice irked Iris. But to be honest, her heart skipped a beat when she heard his suggestion. Falling in love with each other, sounded like a perfect fairy tale. In the end, it was only a tale and not a reality. “Look, just let’s try first. I just need two years. That’s all. After that, we can part ways. I will be a perfect husband for you, you will forget it’s just a contract marriage.” Alex coaxed him wholeheartedly. “There will be a prenuptial agreement, and you can write down your requirements.” At that, for a split second, she thought and weighed down his offers. But again, it was a crazy proposition in the first place. And not to m
ALEXANDERThis morning, Alexander had something to do.He needed to follow up regarding Iris’ background with Sebastian. Alexander called him and they connected in one try.“Sebastian, we need to meet today,” Alex said directly at him.“Sure, you want me to brief you about Iris Denvier?” Sebastian asked back, and he confirmed his questions.“When?” Sebastian asked curtly.“Today, noon. I also have another thing to discuss with you about.” Alexander told him.“Confidential?” Sebastian seemed a little curious.
Sebastian frowned when he took the notebook.“My Mom mentioned it in passing. She was not writing it in detail.” Alex noted.“That’s a serious allegation,” That was what Sebastian responded. He returned the pages and skimmed them quite fast.“I will see what I can do for this,” Sebastian finally nodded and confirmed that he would take the case.“Have you heard about this before?” Alex shook his head.“It was a first time, only because I read that book, and I don’t have any lead for that,” he added.Alexander remembered the first time he read the passage. And he remembered th