chapter 3

I exhaled as I hear voices coming from outside the door.

"That must be the Hamptons" my foster father said excitedly.

"There is no fucken way you expect me to marry someone I don't fucken know about,you have lost your mind old man.

If you had told me earlier that this is the reason you brought me here,I wouldn't fly all the way from San Diego to England for this"...

I heard someone's voice in echoes.

  At least I wasn't the only person who didn't want to get married.

I was a bit grateful to heavens that he too wasn't happy with the suggestion..so maybe if he doesn't agree, I wouldn't have to get married at the end.

Then the door flew open and revealed an average aged man and a guy of  my age.

I froze

It was him,

Grey.

We stared at each other for almost a minute .

Infact everyone was staring at each other as the silence between us lingered.

The he spoke.

"Hell no..fuck no..no fucken way ,capital letter NO I'm not getting married...NO!!!!"

Then he spun around and walked briskly out.

Every one was quite,then Mr Hampton spoke.

"I'm sorry about his behavior,I hadn't told him about the whole arrangement because he would freak out,but don't worry I'll handle him" After which he walked out.

  My heart lingered with joy,he didn't want to marry me, and I was very much Happy. It was just remaining for my foster dad to get angry and call it a night.

"Don't you think you should follow them?"

My foster father asked.

"And why should I ? I should beg him to marry me??

Oh c'mon he's a grown man allow him to make his goddamn decisions for God sake.

You can't just bring two matured people in 21st century and force them to get married.

It doesn't work that way, maybe you could easily get me to do it,but not him.

I'm tired,I had a stressful flight ,as we can see this meeting isn't going as planned, I'm going to sleep."

I said angrily and stormed out of their midst.

I walked a little further and sighed and ran my hands into my thick afro hair packed up .

I just wanna go back home to the loving comfort of my best friend and manager- Suzie and my pet cat Allison.

I was tired,tired of life,tired of all the ups and downs in my life. I just want to breath and feel alive.

I walked a bit further and I started hearing voices... their voices.i paused to eavesdrop.

" Listen Grey, I know you don't want this, neither do I ,but just do this for me.

It's going to be a very huge blow for us. Think about it, she's a celebrity model, very popular, she could even do the advisement for our airline for us for Free.

Having her as a wife is going to rise your name higher than it already is. Don't you want that son!?" His father said.

Everything was about money... just like my foster father.

Grey sighed and ran his hand into his hair.

"She's a black" he said frustratedly

Excuse me? So what's wrong with me being a black?

" I don't remember you being a racist" his father answered back knowing he was looking for excuses.

" I have a girlfriend daaaad.. I can't fucken dump my girlfriend for someone I don't even know because of money" he groaned.

Oh ,he has a girlfriend?well that's just bad honestly because if I were in her shoes I'll be very sad.

I just shook my head and walked away.

I don't even care what happens anymore,let fate do it's worse.

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Grey's Pov

I ran my hair in my head in frustration, again!!

Can't this old man just understand that I don't want to get married... especially now geez.

I'm not ready for those commitment shit and all those trust your partner bullcrap

"I have a girlfriend" I had to lie again.

Kenzie and I aren't actually dating, maybe she thinks we are but I know we aren't.

I'll just have to lie to him that I'm already inlove with Kenzie.

"I love Kenzie so fucken much and you know it. To be very honest I'm going to be cheating on that girl with Kenzie because that's the woman I love"

Ewww..I can't believe those words came out of my mouth. The hell?? Did I just say I'm in love with Kenzie??

What a laugh.

He put his hands on my shoulder and lowered his voice

"It's just for a year"

I got confused

"What?"

"The whole married thing is just for a year.

Her father and I talked about it.

He said the contract should last only for a year

She'll get tired of you eventually and break up with you and then you can go ahead and do whatever you want."

I was confused.

" So wait,I should just like marry her and like play with her feelings and make her hate me so that she'll be the one to file the divorce??"

He smiled

"Exactly my son, you're too wise"

"But does she know?"

Because there is no way you can tell me she knows about this and she's going to accept.

"No,her father said she shouldn't find out"

"But...but when she finds out, isn't she going to be hurt? Isn't that going to hurt her feelings?"

"And since when do you care?

Now that's why she shouldn't find out in the end so keep it away from her till the appointed time.

I have other women in line I'll like you to do the same to by the way"

This was wrong,it was very wrong. She didn't look like a bad person she didn't deserve it.

"Unless you want to be stuck with her for the rest of your life?

Women move on from heart breaks pretty quick . she'll just hate you for a while and move on." He added.

I opened my mouth to protest but he stopped me

"C'mon are you now becoming a chicken?? Were is the man I raised??"

He knew what those words did to me,it jolted me back to reality.

It reminded me of all the years I spent in military highschool training to be the man he wants me to be- fearless, powerful and bold.

And he knew it would make me jolt back into reality.

I sighed," fine,a year it is"

But I wasn't happy. Infact I just hoped to put on my worse character out so that maybe she'll change her mind about it.

Why would she even agree to marry a total stranger?was she crazy?

I had nothing to loose here but she does,why would she agree?

He smiled at me," that's my boy"

" Now let's go meet your new in-laws" he teased as I walked back to the place where Bella and her parents were.

But she wasn't there, she had left.

"Fine,I agree to marry your daughter"I said defeated

They all grinned happily.

"We are very grateful then" Mr Hampton spoke. And I was beginning to wonder how long I'll be able to keep up with him. Planning your own daughters heart break... that's just cruel.

One year Grey just one year...

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