No Renewal: My Contract Husband Novels & Stories

I said. "It's the stress from my trip setting in that's all." He said and I nodded. Silence reigned for a while as we sat staring at the scenery before us. "Did I tell you that our contract is supposed to last nine months but our marriage can only be annulled at the one year mark?" He stated out of the blue. "No." I replied despite the fact that I had just found out earlier that day. "Well it is." He stated. "Why are you telling me now?" I inquired cautiously.

“I think you still have a lot of years to consider marriage. You’re still young.” “And you’re not?” “Fucking no, Liv. I’m old enough to be your Dad.” He groaned and moved into the covers of the bed. I yanked the duvet cover off him. “So you’re never gonna remarry?” I asked, frowning. “I’m not.” He frowned too. I opened my mouth to say something but nothing comes out. “None of my contracts have exceeded two years, Liv but if you think this isn’t what you want at any point, we can come to a legal agreement.” He told me and pulled the covers back to himself.

I failed to recognize such because I was overwhelmed by his sudden disturbance and the mention of marriage. “Sit.” My brows furrowed. Why does he order me around like I am a dog? I snorted and took a seat on the couch. He dragged the envelope nearer in my direction before crossing his arms over his chest. “This is a contract about our marriage. Read it.” I don’t have a choice but to do it so I read the entire contract. It was a normal marriage contract aside from its expiration. In two to three years, the contract will expire as well as our bond as a husband and wife will be nullified as what the contract implies.

"Do you want to renew?" The question hung between us. "I don't know," I said honestly. "The contract was never real. Not really. We've been married - actually married - for over a year now. Since the second wedding. The real one." "So the contract is just paperwork. It doesn't mean anything." "Except it started everything. Without it, we wouldn't be here. Isabella wouldn't exist." "True." We were quiet. Isabella made a sound through the monitor. Just shifting in sleep.

I didn’t ask someone to just… give it to me. What will I do with so much money? It feels like I don’t have a purpose anymore. I don’t want to waste my life away… “Can you divorce him?” Lena asks. “Yeah… but he threw a lame joke.” I roll my eyes and show my chat to Lena. Me: ‘No No No this cannot happen. I want to terminate this contract..’ Hubby: ‘Contract Termination? Sorry Honey... In my family, couples don’t divorce.’ Me: ‘WHAT?’

"Avoiding each other. Living like strangers who happen to share a zip code." "We agreed to give each other space..." "That was before." He turned to face me, and his eyes were hollow. "Before I told you I loved you and you looked at me like I'd asked you to jump off a cliff." The words hit like a physical blow. "Max..." "Our contract expired awhile ago." He cut me off, voice going clinical. Professional. Like I was a quarterly report. "We never renewed it. Never even discussed renewal. We've been operating in legal limbo."

I couldn’t tell him what he wanted to hear. I shifted slightly “I was fulfilling my role as your wife. Everything between us—everything we’ve shared—it’s all tied to the contract. That’s all it ever was.” His brows furrowed, confusion flashing across his face. “What the hell are you talking about?” “The contract,” I repeated, hating the words as they left my lips. “You’re the one breaking it. Have you forgotten what we agreed to? If either of us develops real feelings, the contract is nullified.” I paused “We have only a few months left, Nicholas. Let’s not complicate....”

"No. I can't. I only agreed to this deal because I wanted a Father for my Daughter. And that for just two years. I want nothing more Please, sir. Don't forget that this is a contract marriage and not a love marriage" "Ok, Miss Richard. I understand how you feel. Let's get back to our initial agreement. But Please, can we adjust the sex part?" I saw her big eyes shooting out glaring at me. If looks can kill. I will be gone by now. I knew she was not in agreement with me. So I quickly devised another option. "Ok. Let's say we can have sex only when you consent to it. What about that? I waited for her to respond to my suggestion.

Me on the other hand, I got a five year marriage document and a command "sign it" "Where are you going with this?" Daniel's expression didn't waver, he picked a strand of my hair and started fiddling with it. "The contract says that the marriage would last for five years. If I'm not mistaken, there's still five months remaining." "But we're already divorced." I countered. "What's the price for breaking the contract again," He drew back like he was thinking about something. "Hmmmmmm. Five million dollars." "What exactly are you trying to say?" I asked.

ALINA'S POV Three months later... She was back to square one. Back to her roots and she was no better than she had been except for the huge sum currently sitting in her bank account as compensation for staying with him for the past one month and a few weeks. Athough the recent few weeks had seen them living separating but they were married and now they were not. She was divorced now. She had no idea what to do with herself now because she hadn't thought that far ahead in the probability of the contract being terminated so soon. She had not had the chance to explain herself because his mother had chosen to butt in everytime she wanted to.