If only he loved me too novel Chapter 4

Our Contract, the one that turned our two completely different words upside down. a union between a couple who have nothing in common, except for the love towards their family.

it began almost five years ago when my elder sister Vanessa announced she wanted to get married to the love of her life, Benjamin, her highschool sweetheart, they have been together for almost 10 years now and still madly in love. it's beautiful the way they express their love for each other. everything was in perfect harmony until the bank rejected our claim to inherit our father's money.

my father was a great man, served for his country and died for it as well. he was a major in the American army, died an honorable death. but that's not the issue here. 

my father James was a smart man. he had insurance, he made sure to plan for the worst if there will be any, he was smart and considered all the consequences. 

one day when I was home early I overheard my mom arguing, being the nosy person I am. I heard everything, Bank due to some rediculous reason was not approving our claim to the insurance, this was just a month before the wedding, I confronted my mom about this and she cried not knowing how to handle this situation. I assured my mom that I'll find some way. I was pretty smart in school and college, I had graduated from college when I was twenty and was working in my dream company The Hoffman Technologies.

I was stressed and distracted and was running out of ideas, my mom begged me not to reveal any of this to Vanessa because if she knew about this, she would have canceled her wedding and we2 didn't want her to do that. I was very close to my manager and I spoke to him about my situation. I wanted his advice maybe I could take a loan.

unfortunately, someone, had overhead us talking. later that day I was called to my boss's office, thinking Mr. Hofman needed my assistance in something I obeyed and went into his cabin. he was a very good looking guy, in his mid-twenties, he had recently taken over his father's company. but what confused me was that he was not alone.

there was a tall, handsome and mysterious looking guy in his twenties was with him, he had midnight dark hair, cool grey eyes, a straight nose, full lips, and a strong jawline. he has this bad boy aura surrounding him. something we all were taught to avoid and run the other way.

"Hi, You asked for me?" I directed my question to my boss and avoided looking at the mysterious guy sitting across from him.

Mr. Hofman smiled politely " Ms.Black, please come in" he called me inside and introduced the other guy to me "This is Mr.Price, my old friend, and business partner" I smiled warmly at him to which he nodded Montone. I didn't mind most of the rich businessmen were like that.

"Nice to meet you, Mr.Price," I said politely 

"The reason You were summoned here is that we have a new project that needs some technical help and Mr.price wants the best of our IT people" I nodded at him understanding what he wanted from me

"sure, what do you need my help with?" I asked

"We have decided to relocate some of our best high techs to Mr.Price's office for the time being and I want you to handle it, make a list of our best and send it to me" he explained I nodded, during the meeting I could feel his stare drilling holes on the side of my face

within the next week, I along with a bunch of IT experts were relocated to The Price Enterprises. this was one of the best companies in America.

"Erika" someone called my name, I looked up from my computer to the legal department's head "Mr. Price wants to see you in his office" with that she walked away.

I don't know why he affects me so much, maybe I was just intimidated by his personality, I walked to the elevator nervously and pressed 15, the top floor where his office was. I dusted my formal black skirt and fixed my shirt, I never wore those uncomfortable high heels, I'm a desk worker and never felt the need too.

breathing nervously, I smiled at his secretary and knocked on his door and walked in. he was sitting on his chair working on his computer, his office was huge. perks of being the CEO I guess. there were a glass table and two chairs across from him.

"You wanted to see me, Mr.Price," I said trying not to stammer or lose my footing when he glanced at me from his computer for a brief second.

" take a seat Ms.Black" he gestured to one of the chairs, I took a seat and waited for him to speak.

"how do feel about the sudden relocation Ms.Black?" he asked I didn't know where this was coming from, I think he wants some kind of feedback.

"it's nice, refreshing, and different from what we are used to," I gave him an honest response, lying was never my strong link.