Contract Marriage; Fated Love

Is she his mother?

He was still contemplating when Liam ran off and hugged another person. He must have been mistaken. He continued his business.

Gu Yanxi settled down in the USA. She knew English to an extent, so communication wasn’t much of a problem to her.

She was seated in the living room with Emily, making plans for the evening.

“How about you take me to a very nice hotel this evening? I want to make the best of my stay here.”

“So that you will disappear again?”

“No,” she laughed.

“I won’t. I was only carried away by Jessy’s good looks and eloquence.”

“You will still be carried away too.”

“Jessy is the only one in my mind. I will search Google map for a nice place to go tonight. Let’s have fun, I am here now and you will have nothing to worry about.”

Emily’s phone rang and it was Noah Harper.

“Good day, President Noah.”

Gu Yanxi frowned when she heard the greeting.

“That jerk,” she muttered.

“But, I have other plans this evening,” she protested

“I don’t care about that. I will send the driver to pick you up at seven.”

“What?” Gu Yanxi interrupted.

“She has plans with me. Why will you pick her at seven? What for?”

Emily begged her silently to keep calm but she won’t. Noah didn’t respond to her ranting.

“She’s going no where tonight and that’s final.”

The line went dead.

“Yanxi! Why will you do that?”

“You need to let that man know that you are now a public figure and not the Emily he knew before. He can’t order you around. We have plans this evening and I won’t let him ruin it.”

“Yanxi please, you…”

“I understand. Let me handle it. If you are comfortable with him because of a contract, I am not. I have to take responsibility, afterall it was me who persuaded you to come to USA.”

“Help me keep Liam out of sight this evening. I don’t want Noah to know his identity.”

“Right.”

At exactly seven o’clock that evening, Noah’s car was parked in front of her house. The driver honked his horn and Gu Yanxi came out.

“Emily isn’t going.”

Noah recognized the voice as the person who was shouting over the phone. For some reason he didn’t know, he didn’t pick offence. He only watched her yell without uttering a word. When she was done, he said,

“Go in and call Emily. I don’t want to wait long.”

“What a silly jerk. Didn’t he hear all she had said?” she wondered.

“I said she’s not going.”

Noah stared at her coldly. His deep and mean gaze sent shivers down her spine but she quickly shook it off. She came prepared.

“Young lady, don’t get me offended. I will not say it twice. Go and call her or get out of my presence.”

His words still had the same effect as they used to have. It always made people obey. Gu Yanxi now understood why it was always hard for Emily to challenge him.

She was still standing there when Emily emerged from the house. She looked at Gu Yanxi with a silent apology in her eyes.

Emily got into the car and Noah ordered the driver to move. His cold gaze swept over Gu Yanxi again as they drove off.

She was really daring. From the way she spoke, be could make out she was a foreigner.

Noah returned to his house later that night and met Benny in his house.

“Why are you here this late?”

“Baby! Is that the first thing you will say to me?”

“Answer my question.”

“I came to see you, baby. I have missed you. You no longer give me attention.”

“I’m sorry. I have been busy. I will ask the driver to drop you off. It’s late.”

“I want to stay here with you.”

“No, just go back.”

She deliberately moved closer to him, preventing him from going upstairs. She placed her hands on his chest and rubbed her head on him.

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“You will someday. I will get the driver now, go with him.”

Benny stared at his retreating figure and frowned her face. Why was he pushing her away? It was Grace Shields the last time, now it was this designer.

Noah didn’t come downstairs again. Just as he said, his driver took her home according to Noah’s instructions.

She took out the ring from her jewellery box where she stored it some months ago. Noah promised to get married to her because she had this ring. She was going to make sure he marries her. She would ask him about his cloth and always bring up topics about their wedding. She would ask him to fix a date and make it public. She believed that once he declares to the public that she’s his fiancée, and the wedding date fixed, no woman will stand in her way.

“I can’t believe that jerk ignored me and made sure you came down.”

“It’s okay. I told you previously to let go, he can’t be challenged.”

“Says who? If you will let him order you around and make you his assistant, I won’t. Common Emily, you are the famous butterfly designs. You are even hiding your son from him. You both are divorced, you have the right to do what you like. It’s been five years already.”

“Can we not talk about this please?”

Gu Yanxi rolled her eyes and kept mute.

Gu Yanxi, Emily and Liam chatted happily as they picked goods from the supermarket. Emily and Gu Yanxi carried shopping baskets while Liam just tagged along.

“Thank goodness I didn’t see him. I nearly called off this shopping because he owns this place.”

“It’s good you didn’t. This supermarket is nice. I will come here often.”

Not long after, Emily realized she had rejoiced too soon.

“Oh mummy, look! Mister Noah is here!”

Emily turned to where her son was pointing. Noah was coming down the stairs and was walking towards them. He had seen them!