The Billionaire Contract Marriage

h and it was almost one thirty five. She'd at about twenty to twenty five minutes before

she was able to get that job, it was very impor

roommate, Sandra was still at home. She was lying on her be

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cture?" Sh

mouthed tiredly, dropp

en up and change in

l mumbled absentminde

tered into their small bathroom t

sn't inside the room again, so she guessed she

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e'd finished, she brushed her golden blond hair, packed them in a po

to be at work and she can't aff

g, she flagged down a cab and got in, g

se and that was why she'd doubled her effort in English and literature classes, had joined her high sch

s had accepted her admission with mixed emotions, putting

nd expensive Queens Restaurant that was just five minutes drive from the school abou

a cute work outfit; a white shirt and a short, solid blue cotton skirt. Her work

r friends had

omers tipped well and it her work hours

week, she made about a hundred bucks; the third week, she worked an extra two hours every night and she made a whooping one hundred and fi

he cab as fast as she could. She waited for the cab to drive away and imme

reeted a few customers, before going

le voice accused from behind her and sh

owner of the voice

ng at her like she w

rs White, but

cutting off one hour salary from yo

t happen again." Astrid

ime, but I promise this won't repeat itself again." S

her salary. She has budget and of course, need to get hers

red at her for awhi

to work, I'll take off an entire day's p

t ma." Astrid thanke

ient the next time." She mouthed acidl

d I'm not paying you to stand there and do nothing about them." She reminded

ing to join the rest of her colleag

our, Astrid left work

dy for an assignment before going to bed. Standing outside the restaurant, she waited for a cab to drive by, but

tectively against her,

tment building and she went inside, ignoring the

e past few weeks and she'd been givin

wouldn't stil

k to her, but her answer was stock. No mea

d disappeared into the stairs, goin

ped on the bed dogged tiredly and

e was her friends must be over at some

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school. She'd been on the late admission list, so she'd a lot of

ctically hates loud noise. So she'd rather be in her room, reading a book or worki

e second floor, are a clique. They do almost everything together. From clubbing to frat parties to dating each other exes and going shopping spree. Astrid doesn't feel most comfortable around them, so she kept her pace from them. Not that they were bad

ning even when you kno

tely,

was almost dozing off when she recalled she'd an

ied noodles and she multitasked eat

th A View by E. M. Forsters and then, ma

he D'Urbervilles in preparati

forty am in the morning. Sandra wasn

r not to return ho

to bed after locking the door and p

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