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Chapter 4 Answer Me

  • Hailey's POV
  • I reached my house. Mom was not there. Yes, I thought for a second that maybe he was lying. But he wasn't. I called her.
  • Switched off!!
  • I started thinking about it. What should I do?
  • I can't say yes! How can I!?! Marry him without anything? Yes, I had a crush on him, but not love! I think it was just attraction, by the way, I'm hating him right now. I... I just can't marry him like that! Dad would be so disappointed in me.
  • I stood up to do my daily routine and after two hours, I decided to visit several hospitals to find my mom.
  • It's been three long hours, more than twenty hospitals, no trace of her. I can't lose her... No!! She's the only person I have!!
  • I decided to talk with
  • him... ugh he's my boss!
  • I will meet him and end this…Tomorrow.
  • After mentally fighting with myself about asking him about her, I decided to go inside his office, at 12, with his coffee, black WITHOUT sugar like his bitter life.
  • I kept the coffee and he stopped me.
  • "Ms. Hailey
  • ," he said. I looked at him and he had a questioning glance.
  • "S-sir, please let me meet my mom
  • ," I said.
  • "Let me think
  • ," he said and kept quiet for a second. "No," he said.
  • "P-please sir"
  • "That isn't the answer I'm wondering. What about the contract?" he asked with a stern
  • tone.
  • "S-sir,
  • that..."
  • "No stuttering! You stutter so much!
  • It is damn irritating!"
  • I nodded my head because I know if I speak, I'll only stutter.
  • "Words?" he said.
  • Oh god, is he stupid? If I speak then no stuttering, and now he is asking me to speak words!
  • "Please let me meet her, s-sir" I tried my best but stuttered at the end.
  • "Last chance, answer me. Yes or No?!"
  • "Sir..."
  • "Let me make a phone call
  • ," he said and took out his phone. He dialed a number and kept it on speaker.
  • "Yes,
  • boss" a man spoke on the call.
  • "Have you paid for Hailey's mother for today?"
  • "Not yet, sir,
  • no. But I'm just going..."
  • "Actually, you don't have to
  • ," he said and looked at me.
  • Oh god.
  • THIS. IS. CLEAR. BLACKMAILING.
  • "N-no sir, please!!"
  • I yelled.
  • "Wait a sec,
  • Max," he said to the man. And looked at me.
  • "Having second thoughts?" he
  • questioned, raising an eyebrow.
  • "S-sir, for how long will this last?"
  • "Will what last, dear?"
  • he smirked and kept his phone on the table, looking at me completely.
  • "
  • This... m-marriage"
  • "Isn't i
  • t written? Lifetime?"
  • "S-sir but"
  • "You wanna negotiate, right?"
  • "Y-yes sir"
  • "Then 2 years, how's that?"
  • "S-sir, 2 y-years!?"
  • "What's with you and stuttering!?" he yelled.
  • "Sorry
  • , sir!" I lowered my gaze as tears threatened to come out.
  • How am I gonna marry someone who can’t even bear a single thing about me?
  • "Yes, two years, end of the conversation and this man here who's talking to me isn't that idle so speak up your answer fast!" he yelled.
  • "Oh-ok,
  • sir... I agree" And I knew that this life was over for me.
  • He smirked and cut the call, without speaking another word, I think the man whose name I suppose is
  • Max, might have heard it, but the thing is not that.
  • Whatever it is, we should cherish what we have, right? I don't think he is so bad. I will just have to show we are a couple to the world, and my mom's treatment will also go on. What else do I want? My mom should be fine. That's all I need. And I don't think he will hurt me or something. Moreover, he doesn't look interested in me. So, I need not be afraid.
  • I was convincing myself, for I didn't know him well, and my mom said to embrace anything we have with a smile and positivity.
  • He's not some killer, I guess, I shouldn't be afraid. But I don't know why but I don't feel good about all this.
  • "S-sir, this will all be for
  • the public, right?" I asked and he nodded.
  • "And sir, I will stay at my house, right?" I asked and he narrowed his eyes. His eyes were full of rage
  • at that second. But he burst out laughing.
  • "Should I call you stupid or dumb? Damn,
  • of course, you'll stay with me!" he said laughing, but I didn't have a good vibe about it.
  • Hell, we aren't really couples!!
  • "B-but"
  • "And, listen, the marriage is one week later, come with me to meet my parents today!" he said. I was startled and the most afraid
  • at the thought of meeting his parents.
  • I... I can't!! I'm so clumsy, what if I make a mistake??
  • "No mistakes, Hailey
  • ," he said.
  • Am I too easy to read or is he too smart?
  • "I'm too smart
  • ," he said again, and I was afraid.
  • Is he a psychic or what!?
  • "No, I'm not
  • ," he said again and this time I stood up abruptly.
  • "Don't be afraid, Hailey, there's a lot to come now" he said with a
  • n evil smirk.
  • OH. MY. GOD.