From Contract to Love: A Billionaire's Unexpected Bride

on the door, I wait till Emma opens it. A smile lights up her face when s

greets me, her voice

s," I

t of it?" I ask her. She nods and immediately g

ag of potatoes. I'm more than exhausted. Emma comes to sit beside me, d

of salad as she sits down. I collect it from h

How was

e so many assignments! Can't these teachers catch a break!?" She groans, slumping o

ight?" I ask her a

start to eat. Then pauses. "How was work though

to me lately," I murmur, shov

with careful eyes. "You know, I can help too..." she begins hesitant

ut her off, my voice

protesting but I q

of high school Emma, very soon you'll start writing all of these exam

er forehead. "I'll see if I can lie down for a little while. Don't stay up to

could beg the landlord for more time but I'm already tired of pleading. It's not like he'll listen anyway. His patience has run dry. I'm not expect

f. Not today Sa

e bottom of my shoes, I pick up the phone and place it on my ears. "Hey," I call out. "

med. "Are you sure,

ead crawling up my skin. "Well..

call? I was wo

up. You know, a new semes

t hap

her alright and my stomach does a backflip and I suddenly feel the u

Wh

ing me and when I re

ying?! "Are you alright now? Is everything okay

ll fit my schedule." She lets out a breath

ell me everything now," I say, ignoring the voices

My rent's due so I'm cut

to help me." Sophie continues. "I only called you won't worry. I'

u live in

ere?" Sophie asks in an at

get evicted. Instead, I say, "Everything's fi

ophie sound

answer,

day when she was just a little girl, crying

e. But nobody needs to k

send it to you." I tell her. I hear her sigh. "Find somet

ll ends, I fall back to bed, feeling lost. We'll soon get kicked out of this a

s. Nothing comes to mind. It's either I don't have the qualifications or it's too dangerous. I stand up from my bed, pacin

ked away, swearing never to open again after what it took from me, my sanity being one of them. Going down on

teen years crumble and fade away. I'll be damned if it happens. I close my eyes against all o

e dings. I jump, running over to pick it up, more than grateful for the interruption. Thinking it's a call from Sop

tion ap

ndering what it meant. Then I remember the stuff

a joke