~Arianna Huffington

I turned to the end of the page and saw both of our signatures. I see now why he was smiling. Realization dawned on me. Damn, this bastard trapped me.

I should have known better by now that my father would try to do something crazy. But what does he gain from this I wonder. But not only that, how did I let him manipulate me like this? I actually remember now

Flashback: 2 years ago

I just checked my watch and realized that it was getting late now, I was still not done with my work, and I don't want to go home until I do. Few more papers to sign, and statistics to check I told myself. Hopefully, I will be done in 30 mn, or so I thought when my dad barged in my office without knocking. What did he want again.

"Dad, I am working. If you want, I can pass by the house later" I told him, without moving my eyes from the papers in front of me.

"Later? I came here personally to make sure that you would hear the deal I have to offer" He said. This made me look at him and see if he was playing or not

"A deal? How nice of you" I said sarcastically

"Of course a deal. I am pretty sure you won't say no to it once you hear it, but you have to listen to the whole thing and not interrupt me if you want me to leave quickly" He said with an arrogant voice

"Of course" I said now totally curious to what this old man has to propose to me

"So here is the thing, I would like for us to make a contract. So basically, I know a girl from a respectable family, because I used to be friends with her dad . I want you to marry her in return, gain 75 % of all of my assets" He said all serious. This now got my whole attention. What is he planning now? Because I just have a feeling this isn't just it. He wouldn't give up on more than the half of his assets to me, no matter how he loves me. So now, what is his agenda?

"So, you are telling me that you are going to give up on all of that, just so I can marry a girl?" I asked him, not believing him for a second

"Yes"

"And, I also have to believe you don't have a hidden agenda behind that?"

"Of course I won't be hiding anything. The whole thing will be under the contract, which you can fully checkout before signing"

If that is the case, I don't think this will be so bad. And on top of that, he didn't say anything about not divorcing right after, right? I think I like this idea, once I merge that with my own company, I will be one of the richest man in the world. I really like the idea. But I will have to think more about it later, because I need to concentrate on the work I have to finish, and I know for a fact that he won't leave until I say yes.

"Fine, I agree. You can send me the contract later" I told him, trying to finish the work I had in front of me.

"No need to wait til later. I knew you would say yes, that is why I brought the contract here" He said before giving me the paper that was in his hands this whole time. This sounds really suspicious and it made me knit my eyebrows

"Alright, I will read it later and sign it then" I told him, still not relaxing in front of him. I can't let my guard down around him. I know he is capable of anything.

"Actually, it has to be now or never. My flight is in an hour and I need to have the contract with me, wheter it is signed or not. I am going over to see the girl and her father. But I can give you the time you need to read it carefully now" He added, sounding really confident. He knows that I would do it because I don't trust anyone when it comes to business.

"Alright, I will check it out completely and then sign it" After hearing this, he sat comfortably on the chair facing mine taking the apple on my desk.

"Suit yourself"

I glared at him and he just grinned like a kid. I opened the document and realized that it had around 10 pages, which is kind of normal, but also leaves place to a trap. I read the first one carefully, then the second, then the third, I skipped the fourth and the fifth. Knowing my dad, if there was a trap, it would be in the beginning and mostly the end. I don't have time to check everything correctly, So I skip to check out the 3 last pages. For some reason, the whole thing looks clean. I look at him and see he is just looking around the room. I took a pen and signed on the last page giving him back the contract.

"Here is my signature, now only yours is left"

"Of course, but I don't trust you, so I will wait until the day of the wedding and sign it then, to make sure that you actually hold your part of the deal."

"But how can I know that you would actually sign when it's your turn?" I asked suspicious

"You don't. You just have to trust me on this. But again, don't forget I am the one who proposed the idea" He said, with a little smile. I don't like this at all, his smile definitely looks suspicious but I don't have time to really think about that

"Fine. It's all in your hands"

"Of course, like always. Anyways I have to fly now, just now that the wedding will happen once she turns 18, in 2 years from now. I have a flight to catch. See you around son" he said before going out of the room, not even bothering to close the door. This old man really needs manners. My secretary knocks on the open door, and comes in once I nod my head.

"Sir, I was wondering if you still needed me"

"No veronica, it's getting late, you should go home"

"I mean, I wonder if I can help you in any way with anything" she said biting her lower lip

"No thank you. I really need to finish this right now. You should go home." I told her in a final voice, rejecting her advances like always

~~~~~End of flashback~~~~

This is just crazy. He already knows how I feel about weddings, he knows that I promised myself that I would never marry, I will never make a woman go through that, knowing that I will never love her.

And now, I have to choose between staying with her for at least two years, or have a child together. I wouldn't do the second, because I don't want my son or daughter to be born in this cruel world. I don't want kids, at least not now, which means the only option left is to stay with her for the 2 years.

But again, I can just divorce her right now, but that wouldn't be good either, because I already started the plan to merge my company and my dad's, which means that all of my recent hard work will go to waste because the contract will not be valid anymore. F*ck! I thought, still driving my car like crazy. I don't even know how I got in, the last thing I remembered, I was still in that house, reading that page that I skipped that day. I can't believe this is happening, and I am just surprised how I am thinking right now. I know, it's just because I am always thinking, I do it non stop, and right now, I want to do everything but that. It was getting late now, but then I saw a bar on my left. I parked my car and went in straight. I sat down and looked at the barman

"Hard day huh" he said, looking at me

"You just have no idea" I said, thinking about the day over and over again

"What would you like to have"

I looked at him straight in the eyes, before saying " Anything, to forget about this fucked up day"

"I got you" he said before starting to mix all kind of drinks. Few seconds later, he was already done and there was a glass in front of me

"The thinking remedy" he said fully grinning now. I just smirked and gulped down the drink in one shot. I started feeling dizzy, and realized that I wasn't thinking like I was doing a minute ago.

"Another one" I said. And then asked for another one, and another, loosing count of all the drinks I had. I was completely dizzy now, couldn't even formulate a correct sentence, I hate loosing control but for this one moment, I just appreciated it. The barman was talking to me, but I couldn't understand him. I was seeing three of him now, which was really funny. But then he put his hand in my pocket and I hit him, but it didn't make him move. He took a black thing out of my pocket, and I was just staring at that. Isn't that thing mine? Nah, forget it. He then starting talking on that funny thing saying something about me? Drunk? Didn't pay? I couldn't understand him, so I ignored him and kept staring at the ceiling. It was so beautiful. But I don't know how long later, a funny face appeared, it was tony.

"Awww tony, are you here to Drink with me" I asked, before finding that sentence really funny

"Nah man, you are already drunk. Come on, let's get you home" he said.

Home? I had a house? Yeah I remember I did, but for some reason, I didn't want to go back there

"I want to stay here, I don't want to go home" I said while pouting. He looked at me and started laughing so hard. I see I am not the only one who is crazy

"Sure. I wish I had the time to record you, knowing that you wouldn't remember this in the morning.

"Come on, let's get you somewhere to sleep", he said, while I was leaning on his shoulder

"You know Tony, I actually appreciate you. You are a really good friend, and I would really hate to loose you" I don't even know where this came from, but actually felt lighter after saying this. I couldn't see in front of me anymore, so I just closed my eyes and let everything go.

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"Wakie wakie lazy butt" I heard coming from a very annoying voice. I opened my eyes and groaned once the sun hit my face. My head hurts.

"This is what you get for getting drunk without me"

"Oh shut up Tony" I said finally seing him. We were in his car and I was already in front of my house.

"That's not what you were saying yesterday" He said, smirking. Oh, how I wish I could wipe that smirk off his face

"Whatever makes you happy zombie" I said, before opening the door, and trying to get out of the car. I knew that the alcohol is still in my system, considering I am still clumsy, but I at least knew what I was doing. I left Tony behind me describing how I was declaring my undying love to him yesterday, which I knew was completely false.

I opened the house and kept walking towards the stairs when I saw a petite form moving from the table, and some kind of food on the dining table. The person looked at me and I frowned. She then jumped from the chair, all sleepiness gone from her eyes when she ran towards me.

"Are you okay? Did someone hurt you? Where are you hurt? Should I call a doctor?" She said

all too fast checking my arm, touching my forehead

"Why. are. you. touching. me?" I asked coldly, taking a pose after each world. Then her beautiful green eyes were wide, before she let go of my arm, and took few steps back.

"Sorry" she said in a really soft voice, looking at the floor, or anywhere but me.

I left her standing there, not looking at her twice, before going up the stairs, feeling my brain about to fall on the ground.

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