Obligations And Contracts Novels & Stories

Was all I could manage to say, I was too astonished to process what I just heard. In a flash, I ransacked my mind to remember the details written in the contract I had signed with Gunther. Took me a few seconds to visualize the exact clauses I needed to remember, but I successfully recalled them after some time. 'Party A will sponsor and pay everything for the surgery of Party B's mother, including the expenses of her postoperative and all needed time she will be spending to recover.' 'In return, Party B is obliged to marry Party A and will act as his loving wife in front of Party A's parents, cousins, the legal attorney of Party A's grandmother, and everyone outside Party A's abode.'

As if on cue my eyes landed first on the second condition stated. ( Condition # 2: Party A must oblige to fulfill her duty and responsibility as a wife of Party B considering all the needs and concerns of Party B. ) "What is this?"

He remembered long nights reading about contracts, his father always urging him to understand the law of agreements. “A contract is a legally binding agreement between two or more parties that creates obligations which the law will enforce,” Arden began. “For a contract to be valid, it must have certain elements: offer, acceptance, consideration, intention to create legal relations, and capacity of the parties. Without these, the agreement cannot be enforced by law.” “And give me an example,” the professor pressed.

A surrender. My eyes moved from Mikel’s face, earnest and waiting, down to the contract laid out on the coffee table. The words blurred together into a sea of legal terms, but a few phrases stood out like buoys in a storm: six-month duration, financial provision, mutual discretion, no emotional obligations. No emotional obligations.

“Get in line, Prince!” Ruben growled again at that comment. “Calm down, Ruben…” He heard Kat murmur behind him. “How can I remove the contract that binds her to Mr McGowen?” Ruben asked grimly. “You cannot remove a contract…only fulfil it.” Boglan said with a twisted grin. “Fulfil it?” Ruben repeated. “Once it is fulfilled the contract is done and so voided.” Ruben frowned a moment then looked back up. “What’s the final outcome of Mr McGowen’s contract?”

For effect. "Elizabeth Watson, do you take Cole Winston to be your lawfully wedded wife? To love and to hold, to cherish and to protect, for rich or for poor, in sickness and in health, till death do you part?" I nearly shook my head. Apart from 'lawfully wedded wife' and the riches part, nothing else held any weight. I was about to defy my beliefs and enter a contract marriage for money. My value and freedom bought by money and fame, sure to end in separation. I felt my spirits dampen.

I heard the sound of paper flipping as I watched Justin scan through the contract. “I knew that you would attract many clients but I didn’t think that it’ll be this fast” Justin said, sounding impressed. “That’s unexpected…” I said honestly. “I gotta say, from my years of experience, I have never seen a condition quite like this one on a contract before…” Justin said with interest. “What does it say?” I asked curiously. Justin turned the contract paper my way before sliding it across the table towards me. I raised my eyebrows as I picked up the contract paper with the terms and requests from the client. All information had to be reviewed and agreed upon by both parties before we could start

Then he slams it in and the gleam dies out. "Where we are, legal contracts are the binders for everything. Thumbprint it...with your blood."

Before we left, we told everyone we would be having a bonding ceremony and they were all invited to attend. "What's a bonding ceremony?" Jerry asked. "Because I can't marry Lisa in addition to Julia, we're signing a contract giving each of us certain rights and obligations should problems arise in the relationship. For example, if we're going to raise our children as a unit, Lisa would have no parental rights of visitation to Julia's children in the event of a dissolution, or vice versa. This despite establishing emotional attachments to the children over the course of time. The contract would spell out the obligation to allow visitation with all of the children produced by our union to all