Billionaire's Marriage Of In-Convenience
From "can I borrow a kiss for bet" to "It was nice sleeping with you" Ethan and Esmeralda entered the most inconvenient marriage of the century. _______ A commitment-phobic and emotionally unavailable Billionaire. That is the reputation that precedes Ethan Westbury. The words cold and distant don't even begin to describe him. An unwarned kiss made him cross his path with Esmeralda Fox, the eccentric actress. She is sure that the billionaire who has more money than emotions is the devil in disguise. Now, the story gets spicy here. Ethan's grandfather's will inheritance clause had posed a great threat to everything he had achieved so far in his life. Get married before his thirty-fourth birthday or lose everything to his Asshole cousin who would stop at nothing to defeat him. Marrying the emerald-eyed curvy beauty is the only option he had. The problem? He is unable to keep up his distant and cold appeal before the devilish beauty. She is everything he hadn't expected. She is like a typhoon, breaking all of his fences and walls and creeping into his heart like a clawing vine. Suddenly, it's impossible for him to keep up with this marriage of convenience when his contractual wife is nothing but an inconvenience with a capital I.
Nothing to talk about
"Buddy, this is a conversation I would like to have with a bottle of vodka, " Esmeralda replied with oh so much seriousness.
"I can arrange that, "Ethan replied. He called his assistant and got a bottle of vodka after a few minutes. Now, they were sitting on the terrace looking at the trees planted down.
She opened the vodka bottle and took a sip straight out the bottle.
"This is some good stuff, " Esmeralda savoured the taste by making sounds. Looking at his intense eyes, she asked, "Want a sip?"
He nodded his head and took a sip out of the bottle. He had never drunk straight from a bottle like this. He didn't even feel disgusted by sharing their saliva. Just like he said she made everything bearable. He didn't know why he had to choose her to be his wife. He just thought that she stumbled across his way for a reason. If she agreed to be his wife, then well and good if not… It was her choice then. He would not force her.
Still, he hoped that her answer was yes, not a no.
"So, let's start by knowing each other's name, "Esmeralda said as she extended his hand. "I'm Esmeralda Fox but my closed ones call me Emerald because my eyes are that of the colour of emerald."
"Ethan. " He shook her hand. "Ethan Westbury."
"What's your middle name?" Esmeralda asked him.
"Abraham, " He replied with a smile. "It's my grandfather's name."
"Mine is Sparrow. I hate my mom for it, " Esmeralda wrinkled her nose. "You are not allowed to tell anyone this. No one knows that I have such a bad middle name."
"Then, why did you tell me?" Ethan asked, amused.
"So, that you will say no to marrying a girl with such a weird middle name, " Esmeralda replied and he burst into a fit of laughter.
See, that's why he said she was a beautiful disaster.
"You know that you are ridiculously cute?" Ethan asked her. He really wanted to meet her ex and ask him how he could throw such an adorable girl away. She was adorable for sure but she was sexy in her own way. He had never found a short and thick woman desirable but she was tempting.
Maybe, it was because he knew what lies behind the skin-tight black dress.
"Dogs and cats are cute, " She retorted. "I'm hot and sexy. I'm not marrying a man who calls me cute."
Ethan sighed. Not just this, but she was stubborn and childish too.
"I will marry you but I have a condition, "Esmeralda replied in utter certainty. "I want a baby but if we ever divorced I get to have the baby's custody. And if after a year of marriage, I feel we both are toxic, I'm walking away. And honey, let's not forget a prenup."
"You want a baby?" Ethan asked, shocked.
"You don't want a baby?" Esmeralda asked.
Ethan shook her head.
Esmeralda grinned and took a sip of the vodka. "So, we have nothing to talk about."
With the staggering foot, she stood up to leave. She knew that he wouldn't let her leave just like that. So, she used the ultimate weapon and it worked. Mr Steel blue eyes whose name is Ethan Abraham Westbury is so easy to tick off.
It was not like she was dying to have a child. She just wanted him to stop discussing the marriage subject because it was doing something to her heart.
She might not know much about men but she knew a thing or two about emotionally unavailable men and knew for sure that children are their weakness. Her mother had taught her well that once mentioned children, they would run.
And Mr Steel Blue Eyes was just too easy to figure out. He wasn't a bad man, just too easy to read out.
"Where were you?" Amber asked Esmeralda when she saw her friend.
"Amber, a guy just proposed to me, " Esmeralda whispered. "He has the sexiest voice in the world and a face that can make any working ovaries shout in excitement."
"Don't be ridiculous, " Amber made a face.
"Google Ethan Westburry, " Esmeralda said, dazed.
"Oh my God, " Amber exclaimed. "Is he a real man? Ask him, if he wants to sign up with an agency. I can make him a household name in just a year."Then she paused and looked at Esmeralda and said with wide eyes, " He is Ethan Westburry, The Ethan Westburry."
Esmeralda smiled at her.
"You said no to him?" Amber asked as if she couldn't believe it.