CHAPTER 8: The Perfect Contract Wife
Xavier POV
I stared at her for a few seconds before deciding to talk.
"You are crying because you are embarrassed because of what you did at the dining table?" I said with a smirk.
"What....what did I do?" She stuttered and I smiled.
"I saw you, and Ariana can't be fooled too" I said.
We both knew what she attempted to do back during dinner, I just want to be convinced that she's not crying because of that right now. Because her hazel eyes could tell how badly she had been crying.
"So?? So there won't be a contract since your soon to be paper wife is not classy??" She asked, with her face different from the chattery one she always had.
"No! It would happen, we sign the contract tomorrow" I said and let go of her arms
"The name! Laura what??" I asked.
"Collins" she said and walked out without uttering another word.
"Tell Ariana to show you the way to your room" I yelled after her and she nodded.
I knew she was crying, I had been in the room for quite a while and saw tears streaming off her eyes, it really doesn't look like she was crying because of what happened earlier.
I don't care, all I need her to do is sign the contract and be my wife for two years.
I undressed and walked into the bathroom, I had a quick shower and changed into my night robe then walked to my laptop to prepare the contract.
I have to handle this myself, it has to be confidential and there needs to be rules regarding this contract, rules she must follow nevertheless!!
I quickly typed some words with the keyboard clicking so aggressively.
After being on my laptop for what seems like hours, I finally stretched my hands and slammed the laptop closed.
I then walked back to my bed and hugged my pillow to my head trying to fall into a deep sleep.
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The sun rays filled the room, I squinted my eyes open, and stood up moving out of bed.
After spending long minutes in the bathroom, I got dressed in a black suit. I searched for the perfect tie and found it in a minute, it was hard finding the perfect wristwatch. It always is and Ariana is the one who finds the perfect one for me sometimes, I took one and slid it into my wrist.
I grabbed my suitcase heading out of the room then remembered something.
I went back to my laptop and switched it on. I quickly print two copies of the contract I had drafted earlier in the previous night.
Practically every room in the house is my workplace, not only my study, my bedroom is not an exception, I print papers here too.
I took the printed copies, slid it into my suitcase and walked out of the room.
I walked down the stairs and saw Laura and Ariana heading to the dining table already.
They both stopped to look at me and my eyes were fixed on Laura. She was dressed in one of Ariana's lingerie which looks too good on her, it clearly shows on her face that she was still feeling sleepy.
"Morning brother" Ariana said.
Hmmm. I muttered nodding my head and finished my journey down the stairs.
"Did you wake her up?" I asked Ariana.
"Yes, she should learn to eat breakfast by this time too" she said and I sighed.
"You can go back to sleep and eat breakfast whenever you want" I said, turning my gaze back to Laura.
"I wonder who wakes up at this time of the day to eat breakfast, it's just a few minutes to seven!" She half yelled but then smiled at the same time.
"It's okay, I'm awake already, I would have loved to go back to sleep but the aroma of the food won't let me and my stomach won't forgive me if I do" She said with a smile and turned walking to the dining table.
Ariana shook her head and followed behind her.
Looks like she's back to being the sharp tongued brat that she is. I thought and headed to the dining table too.
I sat down and still stared at her for signs of pain but didn't find any, was she really crying because of the food incident then??
I thought to myself when she gave me a deadly glare.
"Okay! I don't understand why you've been staring, mind telling me?" She asked and I just kept my gaze on her like I've been doing.
What she did next gave me a shock, she took the pasta on her plate and emptied half of it on the floor.
"The fuck are you doing?" Ariana yelled.
"Just trying to show your brother that I'm not going to do what I did yesterday again" she said, rolling eyes at Ariana and I just scoffed.
Does she think I care about that??
"You are really something! So you wasted half of the pasta to prove that??" Ariana asked with a smirk.
"Yeah! It shouldn't matter right? You are billionaires" She shrugged her shoulders and I just watched with a blank face.
Maybe I should rethink before she signs the contract?? I can't have someone who gives me a headache in the house, she doesn't look like one that would abide by the rules listed in the contract but still I'm Xavier, the Xavier I always am.
"I can get the maids to clean up the place right?" She asked and Ariana shook her head before burying her face into the meal and i also did the same, she sighed before joining in.
After we finished eating and the dining table had been wiped, we all sat down and Laura was staring at me, she knew I had something to say.
I stood up and brought the contract papers out of my suitcase.
"Here, go through this, we sign it when I come back from work" I said, dropping the papers in front of her as she stares at it.
"Here, go cloth shopping with Ariana" I said, placing my credit card in front of her and she smiled widely at me.
It was then I knew she was not to be underrated when it comes to beauty. Her white sets of teeth shining brightly, her hazel eyes piercing through mine in a beautiful way, her long lashes, well defined jawline—everything about her face was perfect. Maybe she really is the perfect contract wife.