Contract Signed

CHAPTER 12: Contract Signed

Xavier POV

I woke up around the time I always do when I have to prepare for work.

My breakfast was already served and so was Ariana's but I didn't see Laura's on the table.

I assume Ariana has told them not to serve her food yet. 

I sat down on the couch and ate my food with Ariana silently when she decided to talk.

"What about the company, is it still holding out??" She asked me and I sighed.

If I tell her it's holding out then I would be lying, the company is barely holding out.

"I know it isn't," Ariana said, staring at me.

"Yes it barely is" I replied.

"Then get her to sign the contract fast!!" She yelled silently.

"I plan on doing that this morning" I replied and continued eating.

"I wonder why you always have to get on the wrong side of Grandma and end up needing her help!" She said rolling her eyes and I glared at her.

My company is at the brink of closing down, going totally down due to the financial crisis which I could solve just within a few days but it has been going for weeks now because of Grandma.

She didn't allow me to take a loan from the bank, nor use my unlimited cards, she has her ways and no matter what I do, I would never be able to get funds, Ariana is forbidden from helping my financial situation and anyone I meet up to help would just go down with me.

She then borrowed some huge amount of money from the bank herself when I needed it, she didn't get the money for me but used my company as collateral, Granny knows how to pull those tricks.

My already going down company now has a huge debt to pay to the bank.

She freezed all my cards, my company cards and all leaving only two credit cards that are limited.

Grandma agreed to put everything back in place only if I do the one thing she wants. Get married!! Which I'm not ready for, why the hell should I go out with women when I have a company to manage! When I have my life to live! But Grandma wouldn't hear of that. She just wants me to get married and Ariana helped me with a suggestion.

Getting married to her best friend Mabel! Mabel was older than Ariana but they were good friends and I've met with her on some occasions. I agreed to marry Mabel but she just ran away with the money I barely had.

"Good morning" I heard a voice which brought me back to the house.

It was Laura, she was putting on a silver sequin party cocktail dress which has a strap V neck and a high waist slit.

I noticed that in a second and I stared for a while, Ariana too was staring. She was beautiful no doubt and she looks like the perfect girlfriend for Grandma.

It was obvious that the dress was one of the ones she must have gotten the previous day.

She walked to the seat beside Ariana and sat down as my eyes trailed her to the seat. I was staring not because I think she is beautiful but because I was wondering why she had a dress like that on.

I was putting on denim and a short sleeved top and Ariana was putting on a short skirt and a crop top but she's putting on a cocktail long dress.

"Why the hell are you staring??" She leaned in to Ariana asking her that in what seems to her like a whisper when it's not.

"And why the hell are you wearing that dress??" Ariana asked back in a whisper loud enough for me to hear.

"You said to dress like a billionaire and that's what I'm doing!" Laura whispered back giving Ariana a cold glare.

"Not in the house fool!" Ariana whispered back and I smiled for a second.

Looks like they are getting along.

They caught me smiling even though it only lasted for a second.

"Did you just smile?" Ariana asked with a disgusted face.

"What's funny sir?" Laura asked with the same type of face Ariana has asked me a question with.

"You two are," I said and smirked.

"Miss Laura, you should try to learn from Ariana" I said.

"Learn what?" She scoffed.

"How to dress! So you don't regret it later" I said then continued eating without listening to any of their whispering anymore.

She must have been lost by what I just said. She will really regret it if she doesn't learn that from Ariana because Ariana is the perfect tutor for that.

"Whatever" She said loudly and I assumed they had finished whispering.

She took her fork along with the knife and started eating.

Soon after we finished eating, Ariana went to her room and Laura brought the papers from her room for us to talk about it.

"I will try to abide by the rules Sir but not the last one" She said sitting on the couch in front of me.

"Why?" I asked.

"Because agreeing to that means you can make me do anything with it!!" She yelled.

She's smart after all, that is what I intended to do by adding the last rule to the contract.

"Okay then" I said, picked a pen and crossed out the last one.

"Are we cool??" I asked and she checked the contract again when I could tell that she has checked it like a hundred times already.

"Cool, I think" She said and I signed the paper, passing it over to her to sign. 

She stared at it for what seemed like eternity, heaved a deep sigh then did sign the papers.  

"Then let's go visit Grandma" I said standing up from the couch.

"What?? Now??" She yelled in shock and I nodded.

"What is your Grandma like? I mean why the hell does she want you to get married??" She asked.

"One of the rules says; don't pry into each other's past" I reminded her and she sighed.

"Crazy, crazier, craziest I think" She said and I couldn't understand what that meant.

"What the hell does that mean??" I asked with a disgusted look.