Chloe's P. O. V
"What do you mean you got married to some stranger?" Laura suddenly yelled at me.
"Keep your voice down idiot girl. We are inside a restaurant, have you forgotten that?" I scolded her looking around. Currently, we are the center of attention of the whole restaurant thanks to my over-reactive friend.
"What do you mean you got married to some stranger?" She asked the same question again but this time in a lower tone.
"I mean I am married to someone whom I haven't met or seen his face clearly," I replied to her looking down. I was feeling like a fool right now after realizing what a foolish act it was.
"But why did you do that?" she asked me in her sweetly angry voice. I know she cares for me. She's like a sister to me not a fake friend like Jane.
"I was depressed and angry at Dave and Jane. I didn't know what to do. I only had revenge in my mind at that moment. So, when I got an offer to get help I didn't think much," I confessed to her.
"How long did you say your contract will last?" Laura asked.
"The contract says I have to be married to him for three years," I replied back to her like a child got caught by her mommy while doing something wrong.
"And you can't fall in love or involve in any relationship with other men during this period?" she inquired. I nodded my head in response.
"How can you be so dumb? What if you meet your love of life in these three years? Will you let him go because of some stupid contract?" she scolded me.
"I don't think I will be able to love or trust someone again in my life," I replied to her looking down at my hands. I tried my best but couldn't hold back my emotions and a few drops of tears fell from my eyes. Laura noticed my tears and exhaled a deep breath.
She pressed my hand to console me like a good friend. But nothing could help me calm down the storm of regret and hatred in my mind.
"I trusted the wrong people and two of the closest persons of my life betrayed me like I was nothing to them. How could they do this to me? Am I a bad person that Dave had to betray me with my best friend?" I whispered in a broken voice.
"Sshhh, don't cry, Hun. You are the most lovable person I have ever known. It was their bad luck that they couldn't value you. Don't cry please," Laura wiped my tears and hugged me. I took a deep breath and calm myself.
"Thanks, dear for being with me, it means a lot to me."
"Don't thank me. You helped me a lot when I was new in this city by giving me a space to live and helping me to get a job as a makeup artist. I can do anything for you except for having s*x with you because I am straight," Laura told me the last line covering her body with her hands in a protective manner. It made me laugh so hard that we pulled all the attention of the guests present in the restaurant again.
"You can rest assured about your body, I am not interested in it and won't ask for it. I am straight and keeping my virginity for my husband only," I told her while trying to stop my laughter. She also started laughing with me.
"But you are already married. So will you give your precious jewel to your mysterious contract husband?" Laura asked. I stopped laughing after hearing her words. Yes, she was right; I am already married. I was protecting my purity for my husband but what did it bring me?
"Tell me one thing; haven't you seen at least a glimpse of your husband?" she asked me again.
"I remember just seeing his silhouette from behind, he was wearing a black tuxedo," I replied to her remembering the moment I saw him yelling at Thomas.
"How was he? Was he tall and handsome or fat and old?" she asked me with enthusiasm.
"Handsome! I don't know but he was tall with broad shoulders and maybe young guessing from his voice," I said after thinking for a few minutes.
"How was his butt? Was it sexy?" Laura asked out of nowhere making me stunned.
"What do you mean by his butt? Why would I look at someone's butt?" I asked her knitting my brows.
"It is said that if a man has a nice sexy butt then he will definitely be a handsome man and good in bed," she explained like some lecturer. I couldn't help but laugh at her expressions.
"It seems that you are not that innocent girl I used know once. You have changed and tested a lot of men I guess," I mocked her.
"Come on, you know that I work in the fashion industry and everyone talks about how everyone looks here," Laura replied in her defense. I started laughing at her helpless face and soon she joined me too.
"What if he has a sexy butt, it doesn't matter anyway. We are not meant to be together. It's just a contract marriage," I said with a deep breath.
"But what if you fall in love with him and both of you want to continue your marriage?" she asked seriously this time.
"It will never happen. I can't make the same mistake of falling in love again. So let's change the topic, tell me about the fashion industry. Is there any available job for me?" I changed the topic from personal to professional. I met her today because of professional reasons not for gossiping about my life.
"There's an upcoming advertisement shoot and they are looking for a beauty, why don't you give an audition?" she started filling me in with the information of the audition. But my mind was wandering about my mysterious husband.
What if he wants to continue the contract? What if he's a handsome man and I fall for him? Does he really have a sexy butt?