Chapter 2

James POV

I woke up by the ringing of my phone. Who would want to call me early this morning. I checked the caller ID and saw that it was my dad. I checked my side and saw the girl I brought to my penthouse last night, I can't for the life of me remember her name, all I remember was that she was a model. I picked up the call.

"Morning, dad"

"I want to you to come home now." He yelled at me and cut the call not waiting for me to say anything.

Something's definitely wrong...  I thought.

"Morning, babe." The girl said seductively to my ear.

"You need to leave now." I told her.

"What?" She shrieked.

"Leave now" I said coldly to her.

She rushed out of the room and trying to get dressed as well. Not my problem at all.I went to the bathroom to do my daily routine.

I am James Greenwood. The most successful billionaire, people know me as ruthless and powerful and that's how I want it. I want people to fear me and that is why I'm the most successful businessman. People also see me as a playboy. Yes, that's true because I don't believe in love and I don't want to get married at all. All women are the same, they only want me for my money.

I came out of the bathroom and went into my walk in closet and picked out my outfit which is a navy blue suit and a white shirt with a red tie.

I quickly dressed up and left my penthouse to my Dad's house.

I reached there in about fifteen minutes and went inside. I was greeted by the housekeeper who was also my nanny when I was young. I see her as my mother since my own mother left my dad and I to be with another man.

"Morning, Katherine" I greeted her.

"Morning, James. Your dad is waiting for you in his office." She informed me.

"Thanks, I'll go and see him now." I told her.

I left her and went to my dad's office. I knocked the door.

"Come in" I heard my dad say.

I entered the room and saw my dad on his chair looking angry. Shit...

"Morning, dad" I greeted.

"What is good about the morning?" He said in a low voice.

"What's wrong, dad?" I asked him.

"Sit down" he said.

I sat down and he pointed at something on his desk and saw it was today's newspaper. I saw myself with the girl I took to my penthouse last night on the front page with the headlines:

The billionaire playboy, James Greenwood and the Victoria Secret's model, Brittany Grande found leaving the club together last night. Are the two of them together or she is just one of the many one-night stands the billionaire has?

"So..." I trailed off.

"What do you mean by 'so'?" He sighed. "I'm tired of this your behavior, son so I've found a perfect solution for it." My dad said.

"A solution?" I asked.

"Yes" He said. "I give you 3months to get married and settle down or I will strip you of your position as the CEO of Greenwood."

"What?" I asked shocked. "Dad, you can't be serious."

"I am and if you don't want that to happen then get married." He said.

"Dad, you can't expect me to get married in 3 months, that's not possible and you know I don't believe in love." I argued.

"Whether you believe in love or not, you will get married or you face the consequences and who knows you can find the love of your life in this 3 months." He said.

"Dad, there's no thing called love." I told him.

"I loved your mother." He said.

"That's it. You loved her but where did your marriage stand now, she left you to be with another man. She never loved you dad." I said with a cold voice.

"James" my dad warned me. "You won't say a word against your mother."

"Mother?" I chuckled humorlessly. "She was never my mother and will never be. I can't believe you're defending that woman."

"This conversation is over, son." He said.

I walked out of his office feeling angry, he was defending the woman who left him to be with another man. This is insane, how can I get married in three months.

I was thinking of this when Katherine called my name.

"James, my son, what is it? You look like you want to kill someone." She asked me.

"Nothing." I answered her.

"Are you sure?" She asked again.

"I'm sure. I will take my leave now." I told her without waiting for her reply.

I walked out of the house and left in my car feeling angry, annoyed, hurt and frustrated.

I drove to a nearby cafe to clear my head for a while. I parked at the parking space and got out of my car masking my emotions with a cold face.

I went inside the cafe and everything went silent. Yeah, that's the kind of reaction I get from people. That makes you feel powerful. I went to sit down at an empty spot beside the window.

"Good day, Sir. What can I get for you?" I looked up to see a woman standing looking down at her notepad. Her voice sounding melodious.

"Get me a coffee,black and no sugar added." I demanded.

The girl looked up at the sound of my voice. Oh shit...

She is the most beautiful woman I've ever seen with hazel eyes. She is so fucking hot.

"Right away, Sir." She said and hurried out to get my order.

I eyes wandered to her behind, oh how I would love to smack and f***k that.

I was thinking of that when she came back with my order.

"Your order, Sir." She said and left.

I kept staring at her while she worked. Then my phone rang. I checked the caller ID to see my head security's name flashed on the screen.

"Boss, you need to come to the office." He said.

"What is the problem?" I asked.

"It's about Ashton."

Tom Ashton has been my rival for years now and he has been trying to take over my empire that I worked hard for. My dad built the company but I raised it to where it stands now. And one asshole wants to take over everything, not on my watch.

"I'll be there." I told him.

I looked at the mysterious waitress and left the cafe with one thing on my mind...

I have to claim her.