CHAPTER 18: BENEFITS

So, Ronan was going to compensate her by providing her a place to live, which was by living with him in his main mansion. A place where a few knew from what she deduced from all the talking.

He would give her a card without limit, so in the future, she would be swiping without worry and all her money saved for future use.

With someone to give her free money now, she was going to save as much as possible. This way, if things don’t work out in the future, she would have somewhere to start.

He told her to use any of the cars in the garage, so the transport issue was solved there automatically.

In return, she would have to be obedient to him. If there was an event he needed a partner, she would have to go. Whether that was to act as a shield or not, she didn’t care. As long as she trampled those two and made sure that she got her revenge before those two tied the knot, she was willing to do anything.

Besides, as she looked briefly at her stomach, a glimmer of hope flashed through her eyes before she returned to what Ronan had told her.

Ronan wasn’t going to hide her. In other words, the affair they had was going to go public so she needed to brace herself and also let the people who mattered to her be aware of what was going on.

All of that didn’t sound too scary. It’s just that there were a few things she needed to settle before she could be in public with Ronan and all that just required a single call.

So, when Ronan left the living room to make a call, Braelyn took hers and sent a text message to one of her best friends.

[Dear, are you going to the café tomorrow?]

After waiting for a while, there was a reply.

[NORA: Um, I am working tomorrow. Are you coming? I thought it was your week off!]

Upon seeing the instant reply, Braelyn was happy as she hurriedly typed back.

[I want to see you. There is something I need to talk to you about.]

She was pretty nervous as she sent that.

[NORA: Are you in trouble?]

[Sort of but let’s talk more when we meet tomorrow.]

[NORA: Okay, if you insist. I will see you tomorrow.]

[Sure, bye.]

After sending her friend Nora the message and setting the appointment, she texted another best friend of hers again.

[Dear, I will come to your studio tomorrow with Nora later. Be there!]

[GEMMA: Finally, after so many years, we are finally meeting.]

[Are you that happy?]

[GEMMA: Yes, I am happy. Anyway, where are you? Don’t tell me, you ….?]

[We will talk about everything tomorrow. I got to go.]

[GEMMA: Hey, what time are you coming? Humph!]

[Um … around 3 p.m.]

[GEMMA: Okay, I will clear the studio then. I will check up on you tomorrow. Do what you have to do.]

[I will.]

…..

Time quickly flew by and another day passed.

“Are you sure you will be okay on your own?” Ronan asked Braelyn, who was standing on her tiptoes as she adjusted the tie for him.

“Uncle, before I met you, I could do things. Why are you seeing me as an invalid right now?” she asked sulkily as she removed her hands from the adjusted tie.

Ronan chuckled softly, seeing her acting spoiled suddenly like that.

“Okay, my adult niece, I will not do it again. Okay?” he said coaxingly as he raised his hand to pat her head.

“Umph! You have to remember this. You said it yourself!” she hmphed as she raised her chin hauntingly at him.

“Yes. Yes. Yes. I will remember!” how could he say no when she was being so sweet and cute like that?

Braelyn smiled victoriously, seeing that Ronan had acquiesced easily and fast like that.

“Okay. You go to work and I will settle my issues today. So don’t worry about me, okay?”

“I won’t know that you have said it!” he promised with a tap on her nose.

Braelyn was in a good mood, so she let the man be.

After dressing the man for work like a virtuous wife, Braelyn sent the man all the way to the car and gave him a goodbye kiss despite the butler standing behind him before reluctantly waving him goodbye as the sports car drove off in style.

Seeing him gone like that, she couldn’t help but take a look around.

Ever since she came to the mansion, she hadn’t exactly been outside that much. The two of them had been indoors and going at it like horny rabbits in heat.

That was the day that she was going to meet her two best friends and honestly, she was a bit nervous to meet Nora. After all, she had hidden something very important to her for three years and now she was feeling bad about it.

If she hadn’t met Ronan, she would have kept the secret for longer, but now it was impossible.

Nora’s shift was going to finish at around 1 p.m., which meant that she needed to be at the café at least before that.

According to the internet, the distance of the café from the mansion which was in the middle of nowhere considering how Ronan was so adamant about building a mansion in the middle of the forest, very secluded from the population, she would have to drive for at least two hours if there was traffic.

Which meant that she needed to leave the mansion by 10 a.m. at the latest if she didn’t want to be late.

It was now around six to seven, leaving her with three hours tops to be prepared.

Of which there wasn’t much to prepare. After all, there was only one piece of clothing which was the one she wore when she left the hotel unconscious that day.

Ronan told her that she would have to buy her own clothes and, since he never brought any women to the mansion, he didn’t have any female clothes.

she simply felt that was an excuse for him to see her wearing his shirt, no underwear and ready to be taken at any time.

How did she come across such a rogue in the first place?