All Chapters of Contract Bound : Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

🔹️🔹️Crystal Hayes🔹️🔹️Ugh!Why can't one day of my life go on without troubles? All I had planned for today was to go to my bride-to-be friend and spend the night chit chatting with her. Something I haven't done in ages. But if nothing else, mother earth decided to spoil my day by pouring heavy rain and thunder.For the sake of my safety, I decided to halt my travel and stay in a lodge that fell on my way for the night. The journey from Brooklyn to Manhattan wasn't long, but definitely tiring. I was already dripping wet because when the rainfall had started, I was out on the street waiting for the taxi.I came inside the lodge room and stretched a little. I took a pair of dry clothes from my bag and was about to change when I heard a knock on the door. Sighing, I threw the clothes on the bed and unlocked the door, only to see the most unexpected people.There stood my loan sharks, Philips's men with a sly smirk on their ugly faces. "Did you really think that you could run away wit

🔹️🔹️Adrien Russell🔹️🔹️Ever heard of the phrase, 'No good deed goes unpunished'?It is used when an act of kindness backfires on the person who offers them. I never really thought about it until today."Explain this, young man!" Dad put the open magazine on the coffee table. His voice was low and gritted as if he was trying to stay calm."Dad, this isn't what it looks like." I tried to convince him by telling the entire story of last night. "Believe me Dad, all I was trying to do was help her.""Adrien. Son, I am really proud of you for being generous and saving that girl. But you see, you have stained your reputation right before you could start your career. Such rumors affect the business." He tried to explain.I knew he was right. Being named as a 'player' right before I could take over the business could literally be a source to put me down in front of the world."The articles and pictures will be down in an hour or two but people will not forget this anytime soon. You will ha

🔹️🔹️Adrien Russell🔹️🔹️I was pissed as I left Dad's office. Where did the idea of marriage come from? How the hell could Dad conclude on my behalf that I would marry a stranger. Frustrated, I drove to that one person who I could talk to at the moment."Hello, Ms. Stuart." I smiled at the elderly woman who opened the door for me when I rang the bell."Hello, Adrien. Come in." She cheered and I passed her a smile. "It's been a long time. Ms. Stuart, Sophie's cook tapped my shoulder."Yes. I've been a little busy." I replied."Hmm. I understand. Have a seat, I will call Sophie." Just as she said that, Sophie came running down the stairs with a huge smile."Hey, Adrien!" She hugged me tightly and I returned it."Hey, Soph." We sat on the couch and Ms. Stuart returned to the kitchen, leaving us alone."So.. how did you suddenly think of seeing me after ghosting for five days?" She taunted me playfully and I let out a chuckle."You know about the controversy, I have been trying to avoid

🔹️🔹️Crystal Hayes🔹️🔹️"Ha-Hannah. Hey." I gave a small forced smile but in return she glared at me with her arms crossed over her chest."You had gone for your honeymoon, right?" I asked, trying to sound casual."Yes. We were supposed to come back tomorrow but when I saw the news headlines, I couldn't get myself to stay there any longer." She let me come in and as I did, I saw her parents, Megan and Ethan sitting on the couch, looking in my direction. "Would you like to explain yourself?" Hannah asked while everyone's attention was on me. I wanted to tell everyone the truth but then I remembered the contract."I-" Before I could start, Hannah squealed loudly and started jumping like a freak."Oh My God! You are engaged to Adrien Russell!! I can't believe this. Why would you hide such a thing from me? You didn't even utter a word when the news came out initially. Oh my god, Crys. I am so happy for you."I looked at her like she had grown two heads while she kept hitting my arm an

🔹️🔹️ Crystal Russell 🔹️🔹️The ride to Adrien's house was silent but comforting. I unpinned my veil and ruffled my hair before rolling down the window and the cool night breeze hit my face making me sigh. I looked at the night sky and kept thinking about how my life had changed in such a short span of time. A week ago, I was a financially struggling girl who had no plans of getting married. And now, I am the wife of a billionaire.I felt someone's eyes on me and I turned around. As I did, Adrien turned his head the other way and acted like he wasn't staring at me a while ago. I ignored it and went back to my thoughts and before I knew it, the car was parked in the driveway of a tall complex. We both got out of the car and Adrien led the way to the elevator. We stopped on the top-most floor, a penthouse. He unlocked the door and we both went inside. The interior of the house was very impressive. Not very fancy but quite decent and luxurious.We went inside further and he stopped in