Contract Go Wrong: The CEO’s Tempting Bride

Adrian stilled, his eyes fixed on her. Tears were streaming down her face, her eyes shut tightly. Hearing her words, he was dazed for a second, before his eyes turned cold. “You didn’t read the contract,” He stated.Còntens bel0ngs to Nô(v)elDr/a/ma.Org

Gina snapped her eyes opened, meeting his dark gaze. She lowered her head guiltily and slowly shook her head.

“Why did you sign it then?”

“I… I…” Gina trailed off. How could she tell him that she had guessed what was in the contract and without thinking twice, signed it in her moment of ecstasy.

Adrian studied her for a second, scoffed, and stepped back. “Read the contract, and don’t even think of leaving this place.”

And with that said, he left.

Gina watched his back, her back still pressed on the wall. She held her chest to calm her erratic heartbeat.

She remained standing for a while, sniffed back her tears, and continued walking up the stairs.

In her state of panic, she had thought he would listen to her plea. What was in the contract? Had she made a huge mistake by not reading it first?

The cold aura around him still made her hairs stand, and she could feel her whole body still trembling inside from the way his gaze had bored into her. What had he wanted to do? She quickly shook her head to shake off that thought.

When Gina reached her room, she slumped down on the bed. Her hands wandered for the pillow, buried her head in it, and cried herself to sleep.

She dreamt about the forest of huge flower trees, and mermaids playing at the bottom of the vast waterfall in the middle of the forest.

The next morning when she woke up, her mind wandered to the weird dreams and she sighed.

Gina sat up on the bed, thinking about last night, and what awaits her today.

After taking her bath. She went inside the closet and picked from one of the dresses which were all her size.

She picked a dress to hide her figures as best as she could. Seeing that it wasn’t enough, she opened another side of the closet and picked up a sweater. All the dresses were branded and she recognized the brand so well because even as an heiress, she could only dream of getting clothes from there.

Before her thoughts could wander again, Gina walked toward the mirror, and contemplated whether to wear makeup or not, however, if she wanted to hide the large eye bags under her eyes, which she had gotten from crying so much last night, she had to at least apply a concealer.

Who knew what he would think of her this time. She had let him see her weak side, she doesn’t want that to happen again.

After doing the best she could to hide the eye bags, Gina dab a little bit of powder on her face and decided that would do.

Her skin was flawless, not only because of the maids who had showered her looks with praises, but also the envious glances some relatives had always thrown her during family gatherings. When she remembered her relatives, a sad chuckle escaped her lips. If her father hadn’t shoulder the family’s business, then maybe she wouldn’t have been in this situation. Maybe one of her greedy uncles would have been the one facing this dilemma, and one of her obnoxious cousins in her shoes. Not that she wished that for them, or any other person. But if her father had turned down her grandfather, and decided not to manage the family’s business, following the objections raised by her uncles, then she wouldn’t have been in this situation and would have continued chasing her dreams. But all that was in the past, and she had to face the reality. She was now married to a stranger, who not only care about her but made her cry on their first wedding night. She couldn’t wait to read the contract to know what awaits her. And hopefully, it wouldn’t be something that she couldn’t condone.

Heaving a deep breath, she threw the mirror another glance to make sure her makeup was not too showy, before heading out of the room.

Of course, she had learned her lesson last night and didn’t linger to admire those paintings. Gina headed straight to the dining area, her heart had started thumping again, knowing that in the next second, she would have to face him.

However, her fears were for nothing, for when she reached the dining room, because only the Butler was there, standing behind a chair which he had already drawn out for her.

Gina let out a breath she hadn’t known she was holding. Her heartbeat also calmed and she walked forward.

“Good morning…” She greeted softly before the butler could find his voice to greet her.

Butler Donald was surprised to see the girl all dressed up from head to toe, and if he hadn’t recognized her face, he would swear that she wasn’t the bride that was brought here yesterday. Even though it was autumn, it was still too early for her to start bundling herself in a large sweater. Was she suffering from some kind of illness?