Contract Marriage; Fated Love

Even from a distance, his aura was powerful and scary. His slender legs walked in through the door and soon, his entire body was in sight. His face, cold and distant as usual. His eyes were dark and deep.

Noah Harper!

Emily felt her legs grow weak. What? What was she going to do? How will she escape? Without thinking it through, she grabbed her shopping bag and Liam and hid behind one of the Gondola shelves. Fortunately, Liam didn’t see the president, else he could have run into his embrace and exposed her.

She held her breath behind the gondola shelf and waited for him to be out of sight.

“And why is he everywhere? Always appearing around me and in my space. I told Yanxi that this man is everywhere. What am I going to do now?”

She watched him enter the elevator. Only then did she release her breath and heave a sigh of relief. She wasn’t going to come to this mall ever again.

Liam wondered what the running was all about but he didn’t question his mum. Whatever it was, was surely under her control and he had great and absolute confidence in her. She knew best. He ate his sweet happily and followed her out of the mall without any worry in the world.

The meeting hall was silent and everyone stood up. They stood to usher in President Noah Harper. He was in a meeting with some of the businessmen in the country, they were to discuss a project.

“Good day, President Harper,” all but one man greeted in unison.

Noah sat down calmly, not sparing them a second glance until…

“Good day, Noah.”

It was the man who didn’t join in the greeting. The other business men looked at him and signalled him to apologise. He was the only foreigner in their midst.

Maybe he didn’t know the rules in the country, ohh! Poor man.

They all waited to see Noah’s reaction but Noah merely glanced in the direction of the voice and kept mute. They all looked at each other in silence. They had the same question on their mind.

“Who is this man? He dared call president Noah by his name and he didn’t even react.”

Jessy again. He was going to ignore him throughout the meeting.

Noah ended up rejecting their proposals and soon, the meeting came to an end. As was the custom, they all stood up as he left the room. Jessy followed suit to the amazement of all present.

“Hey man!” he greeted, wrapping his arms around Noah’s shoulders.

“Get lost!”

“I can’t and I won’t. I’m back to continue from where I stopped. Sounds interesting, right?”

Noah whirled around and gave him a hard blow that sent him crashing on the ground. He lay there too shocked and groaning in pain. Noah walked away like nothing happened.

When the other businessmen left the meeting room, they only saw him staring in the direction Noah left from.

Number 37 Avenue, Wale’s Street.

Emily stood in front of the gates again after five long years. The last time she was here was that day Noah took her away five years ago. She had been so happy to leave the home of sorrow and misery. She opened the gates and walked into the compound.

There was no servant in sight as she entered. She tapped gently on the door and it was opened a few seconds later by her mother.

“What do you want here?” she asked with extreme hostility.

“Who is that?”

“It’s this unfilial daughter of yours.”

Emily brushed past her and walked into the house.

“Is that how you treat your mother now?”

“Mother?” Emily sneered.

“Why are you back? To beg for some food to eat? You miserable child!” Olivia cursed.

“I will never.”

“Then why are you here?”

“Don’t flatter yourself to think that I would come here to beg you for anything. Where is your favourite daughter, Rose?”

“All thanks to you. You have gotten her imprisoned.”

“Olivia! She has no hand in it!” Williams defended.

“Be quiet. She has a hand.”

“She didn’t make us lose our company.”

Emily was surprised to find out that they had lost the company.

“Go ahead and tell her everything. By the way, wasn’t it her foolishness that led to it? If she had gotten married to Jayden, we would have been better off.”

Emily guessed they must have sent the servants away because of financial issues.

“Well, for your information, I am better off now I didn’t get married to that scumbag! I merely came around, back to the house where I grew up, not because I came to beg you all for anything, but to let you know that I have become a better person.”

“Oh! I see. That’s great news!” Olivia said with extreme sarcasm.

“I wish I never grew up in this house!”

“Nobody wants you here. Begone you useless child!”

“Emily! Is that how you talk to your mother now? Williams questioned.

“This is what you always do, father. You never support me. You paid deaf ears to all that she said and heard only mine. It’s wrong and unjust. You have to stop it!”Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

Olivia raised her hands to hit Emily but Emily held her hands in the air.

“Don’t you dare! I am no longer Emily you know. I won’t let you lay a finger on me. Like I said earlier, I came to let you know that I am doing great without you and contrary to your expectations.”

Emily finished and stormed out of the house to the amazement of both parents. When did Emily have so much guts?

Emily left the house seething in anger. How dare her parents! Were they thinking she was still the little girl they bullied in the past?

She got to the nanny’s place and entered the house. She had left Liam in her care while leaving the house.

“Good day, ma’am. Where’s he?” she asked as she opened her bag and brought out some money.

“Miss… he… he…”

“He what? Where is my son?”