Contract marriage: My billionaire’s cure

Today I took a day off to explore the city. Hoping to get the best out of my time here I quickly changed into a dress and ran to the elevator before Marcus could come in.

After he thanked me yesterday a blush crept up my cheeks. I was embarrassed and he noticed it making me more embarrassed. He looked at me for a while before holding my hand and lifting me up.

He asked me if I was going somewhere so that he could drop me off. I wasn’t familiar with his new side but I was feeling very comfortable and happy with his change.

But I knew that it would not last long. So before I could have any hope I said that I was feeling sleepy and went back to my room.

Washing away all the thoughts of yesterday I stood inside the elevator as it’s doors closed. But before that I saw Marcus coming out in casual wear, wearing a black collar t-shirt and beige pants.

He looked my way but thankfully the doors fully closed and I went down. I didn’t want him to see me blushing furiously just by looking at him. So pathetic.

If he wasn’t a billionaire, he will get a job as a model for sure. And I would kill to hire him.

After I got down I sat with my employees to have breakfast. I saw Marcus’s employees and his secretary already sitting at the table directly in front of us.

And the chair that was directly facing me was the only available chair. I gulped nervously as I knew who would be sitting there.

Speaking of the devil…

Marcus came down with his hands in his pockets.

“Mr. Anderson is a hottie” Sarah giggled earning an eye roll from me.

“What are you all doing in your day off?”

“We are going to watch a movie with Steve and the rest of Empire employees” Sarah said and gave Steve a shy smile.

“We as in excluding me?”

“Yep and Mr. Anderson” She said popping the P

Rest of my employees nodded and my jaw dropped in shock.

“How can you so casually say that you are leaving me?” I asked as I stabbed my heart with my fork pretending to be hurt.

“You need to spend time with Mr. Anderson” Anna wiggled her eyebrows playfully.

Are they really excited to see me getting along with Marcus? As if.

As I was talking with them I felt a pair of eyes on me. I looked ahead and saw Marcus staring at me. He looked like he wanted to talk to me but couldn’t make himself to do that.

After breakfast I took a stroll around the city. I decided to walk so that I could go food hunting. As I was walking I saw an ice cream truck but it was an ice cream parlor that was built like a truck.

With a small smile on my lips I hopped to the parlor.

I brought a chocolate fudge ice cream and started devouring it. As a small moan left my mouth, I heard someone chuckle behind me.

I turned to see who it was and Marcus was standing behind me with a look that I had never seen on his face. He looked kind of happy for some reason.

“Thought I would find you here ” I gave him a small smile.

“Wherever there’s ice cream I will be there” I joked.

“You want one?” I asked pointing to different flavors of ice cream.

“Yeah I will buy a strawberry one. Chocolate is not my taste”

“Weirdo” I mirrored the grin that crept up his face.

We walked side by side eating the ice cream. It was summer so neither of us wore a coat. I saw some girls checking him out and giggling. I scrunched my nose in annoyance. Do they not see a woman walking beside the man whom they are shamelessly checking out?

To shoo them off I moved near Marcus. I might not like him but that doesn’t mean others can like him.

“How many hotels do you have in Germany?” I tried to bring up a conversation .

“In Germany I have 4 hotels and 12 resorts”

“You come here often?”

“This hotel in Munich is my biggest in Germany. I came here a lot when this was under construction”

I tried to think of more questions that I could ask to keep this conversation going.

“Did it go well with your designers? ” Marcus asked me before I could ask anything.

“Oh yeah we found really good designers. My trip here was a lot more successful than I thought”

” Ein schones Paar!” We heard a woman clap with joy seeing us.

(A beautiful couple)© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

“Wir haben Mond- und Sternarmbander. Wenn Sie diese kaufen, wird Ihr Leben fur eine sehr lange Zeit glucklich sein”

The woman showed us 2 bracelets with a moon and star.

(We have moon and star bracelets. If you buy these, your life will be happy for a very long time)

” Mochten sie kaufen?” The woman looked at us expectantly. I turned to Marcus to translate what she said.

(Would you like to buy?)

“She said…”

“Ja gern” Marcus answered the woman surprising me.

(Yes sure)

“You speak German?”

“Yes”

I nodded my head with the a slight praise in return.

“So are we buying the bracelets?” I asked, pointing at the beautiful bracelets the woman was holding.

“You don’t want to?” Marcus raised an eyebrow.

“What? No no. I want to. They are lovely. I didn’t know you wanted to”

Marcus bought the bracelets and the woman helped us wear them.

I wore the star while he wore the moon bracelet. It was lovely like it was made solely for us.

Marcus looked at my bracelet and gave a small smile. We walked down the road talking about several thing. It was mostly business related but I was happy. We were finally making some progress in this marriage. I still have the divorce in mind but if I’m stuck with him for the time being at least we need to make our relationship not so awkward.

I discovered that when Marcus was not being a snob, he was normally a nice guy. He was handsome before but without the scowl in his face he looked even better. Something changes when he smiles. He looks more like an angel than a devil.

“Camilla”

“Hmm”

“I really wanted to thank you for what you did yesterday. It means a lot” he said with a serious look on his face.

I didn’t do much, just held him and asked if he was okay. I was confused as to why he was thanking me again for such a simple thing.

” Well it was nothing. Just helping a friend in need”

Wait did I just friend zone him? Well we definitely weren’t more than that. We hated each other but I would be glad if he thinks that we were at least friends and not awkward strangers.

I had to leave for USA and Marcus said that he would be coming tomorrow evening.

I packed my bags and went down to meet the rest of my crew. I saw Sarah talking with Steve. They seemed to be getting along very well.

“Hey you better not tell our secrets to the Empires” I pointed an accusing finger at Sarah.

She raised an eyebrow and laughed.

“As far as I remember, I’m not the one who is married to the heir of the Empire group ”

“Well I’m not flirting with him. Just married” I crossed my arms in front of my chest and walked away before Sarah could say something to it.

And turned my head only to see her laughing.

After a long flight we finally landed in New York. I was so exhausted and one of the drivers in my company came to drop me off at home.

I took my suitcase and opened the door to our house. As I went inside I saw a frightened Madeline.

She was talking with some girl.

“Madeline? What’s wrong? ” She looked at me and she became more anxious.

“Camilla you are here. ” Madeline quickly came and took the suitcase from my hand.

“Madeline who is this?” Before Madeline could answer the girl came forward and extended her hand.

” I’m Lara , the maid who used to worked here with Madeline”