Contract marriage: My billionaire’s cure

I was waiting at the airport glancing at the flight arrival board once in a while waiting for Kaitlyn Jones.

I suddenly stood up from my seat as I saw a woman who looked similar to Marcus walked through the terminal.

She had her hair elegantly pulled into a bun and was wearing a knee length tight red dress looking very fashionable to her age. I ran and stopped in front of her.

“Kaitlyn?”

“Camilla?”

“Yeah”

The corners of her lips tugged in to a small smile as she stared at me.

“You are so pretty”

“Um thank you” I tucked a hair strand behind my ear in embarrassment.

“I’m so happy to finally you meet you. My son is so lucky to have a successful woman like you” she cupped my face in her hands and smiled at me.

Suddenly there was a tight knot on my stomach as if to warn me about something bad yet to happen. Seeing the woman before me made me anxious, insecure, frightened.

“Um, thanks. Let’s get going shall we? My friend is already waiting for us”I cleared my throat and looked away to hide the strange feeling building up inside me.

We walked outside and searched for Ally. My best friend who again went to South Asia came back just yesterday. She helped me with all the preparations and Kaitlyn was the final touch.

I waved as a red car came into my view and Ally stopped the car in front of us.

“Hello Mrs. Jones”

Ally greeted Kaitlyn as we got in. “Oh it’s Miss. I’m single now. And Jones is my birth surname” Kaitlyn said as she adjusted herself in the back seat.

“Oh my apologies”

Ally gave me a tight smile asking whether she had messed up but I just waved my hand and said it was alright.

My family and the Andersons were already waiting at a restaurant the RJs owned. I don’t like having huge birthday parties for grown ups so I decided to have a small family get together.

We parked in front of the restaurant and I saw a familiar black car already parked near the entrance.

“Shit Marcus is here. Ally can you wait with Kaitlyn for a while in the mall and come in when I tell you to?”

Ally nodded her head and I put on a trench coat before getting out. It was snowing lightly but the coldness was still there. The city was bustling with people and even a heavy snowfall wouldn’t stop the busy New York city from honking and driving recklessly.

I covered my head with my hands and ran to the restaurant for shelter. People were already wishing Marcus, giving him gifts.

“You started the party without me?” I exclaimed in shock.

“Jake told us to start giving the gifts” My cousin Thea pointed an accusing finger at Jake who just shrugged his shoulders.

“Jake, you know you are so annoying right? Always bothering me”

Jake grinned widely and snapped his fingers before my eyes. “Why dear? You expect me to love you?”

“I won’t mind a brotherly love”

We started at each other for a while, blinking deliberately and then both of our faces contorted into disgust.

“Yuck!” We said in unison and moved far away from each other.

I stuck my tongue out to Jake and walked towards Marcus who was beaming at me. I jumped on to his arms, taking him a few steps back as I leaned into kiss his lips.

But he beat me to it and bent down to kiss my lips first. Wrapping his arms around my waist he lifted me off the ground, deepening the kiss. I moaned against his lips as he ran his fingers through my hair playing with the soft curls at the end.

Before I could release another moan I heard several people clearing their throats and I quickly moved back in embarrassment as I realized that both of our families were here.

“I think I went blind” Jake covered his eyes with his hands and turned around.

“Ah yes virgin eyes. Sorry” I teased him and he took a full turn to send death glares at me.Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

The staff brought a huge strawberry cake and after my cousin’s children sang the happy birthday song we cut the cake. Marcus gave me a bite of his cake and I darted my tongue out to lick the tips of his fingers. He chuckled softly and kissed the icing on my lips.

The children took two microphones and dragged Jake to the floor. A song started to play and they started to sing after clapping their hands in a rythm.

I narrowed my eyes at Jake and asked him what he was gonna sing. But he winked at me and started singing…

No way.

No freaking way.

BARNEY’S BINGO SONG.

I saw my dad face palming himself but the rest of the guests enjoyed the hilarious act. I quickly took out my phone to video it so I can send that to Blair who unfortunately couldn’t come and embarrasse Jake.

The singing came to an end and it was the time for me to surprise Marcus. I quickly texted Ally telling her to come and she replied right away. I excused from the party and walked outside to see whether the two were arriving.

I waved as soon as I saw a familiar red dress and Ally dragged Kaitlyn to the restaurant.

“Let’s go” I opened the door for them and walked inside. Kaitlyn was behind me so no one noticed her yet.

“Marcus”

Marcus turned at me but he still didn’t see his mother who was standing right behind me and Ally.

“So I brought you a present. Something you never imagined. But I hope you like it cause it took me lot of time to plan this” I clapped my hand together in anxiety and slowly moved away so that Marcus could see her.

I expected a big smile on his face but it was the complete opposite.

His face contort into anger as he glared at Kaitlyn with fire blazing in his eyes. He clenched his jaw hard, his knuckles whitening as he curled his fingers into a fist.

But before Marcus could do anything Carlton Anderson walked to the front.

“What are you doing here Kaitlyn?” He hissed angrily.

“Your daughter in law invited me”

Marcus’s gaze fell upon me as the words left her mouth. He strode towards me and held me harshly by my wrist.

“Camilla why did you do this?” He hissed through gritted teeth, his grip tightening around my wrist bruising it.

“Marcus it hurts” I tried yanking my hand back but he held it firmly.

“I asked why did you do this?” He roared louder, his anger echoing through the restaurant as everyone stared at him.

“I-I what’s wrong with what I did? I just wanted you to unite with your mother-”

“You don’t know anything about me. Anything. How dare you bring her? HOW DARE YOU?” He pushed me back to the wall, suffocating me as I tried to yank his hands aways.

“Marcus it’s your mother. I thought you really miss her because you always used to cry out for her at night. I couldn’t bear to see you in pain so that’s why-”

“Pain pain?” He laughed hilariously.

“What do you know about pain? You are just a spoiled woman brought up by rich parents. You didn’t feel an ounce of pain that I had gone through. ”

“Marcus don’t say that. I-I might not have felt the pain you felt b-but I just wanted your pain to go away” Tears were falling down my eyes as I tried to speak through my sobs.

“You are very funny you know. This woman is the reason to my pain” He pointed an accusing finger at Kaitlyn who was smirking the entire time. “This evil woman who I shared blood with is the reason to all my sufferings and yet you brought her here”

I felt my heart sink in regret. I didn’t know that his mother had brought him pain. If I knew I never would have done this. I never would have done something to hurt him again.

“I regret marrying you Camilla. I regret marrying a fucking bitch like you”

My head started aching with an unbearable pain. It felt as my heart was shredded into pieces. It hurt so much that I just wanted die. I doubt even death could be as painful as this.

“You don’t know what that woman did to me and everyone I loved” His eyes began filling up with tears. “I thought I can forgot everything and start a new life you but you all are the same” His voice quivered. “You know I didn’t want to talk about my past and did you even question why? No instead you brought her here. You only care about yourself” He spat angrily. “Even that fucking Clara is better than you”

“Marcus I’m so sorry. I didn’t kn-” I tried grabbing his arms but I felt a harsh slap across my face.

Everything was blurry as I fell to the floor by the sudden force. Through my glossy eyes I saw Jake charging forward and grabbing Marcus by the collar. I felt my mom lift me up to my feet and heard my dad shouting in anger.

My eyes were clouded, my head throbbing in pain as I tried to hold onto consciousness. My entire body had gone limp, trying to process everything.

As my vision cleared I saw Marcus looking at me through moist filled eyes, his hand trembling. His face showed remorse but it changed as he looked up at Kaitlyn who was now laughing.

Kaitlyn, his abuser who I brought back recalling all the pain he tried so hard to forget for years and years.

Marcus’s face hardened suppressing his fear and then he pushed Jake back and stormed outside.

I got up to follow him but dad stopped me.

“Don’t you dare”

I shook my head at dad as the tears poured down my shirt, wetting it. He tried grabbing my arm to stop me but I pushed him back and ran outside.

I spotted Marcus crossing the road and ran after him.

“Marcus!”

I called out but he didn’t hear. So I ran across the road to catch up to him but mid way I heard screams of people.

In confusion I turned my head only to see two bright lights and then blackness invaded me.