Contract With The Billionaire

Ever since Mia moved to Alex’s room, her cravings increased and her request also increased and for Alex, his headache increased.

He never imagined a pregnant woman’s mood swings to be this dangerous.

“Mr. Ian!” She yelled, as he shut his eyes tight when he heard her yell his name for the nth time.

He couldn’t even work in peace for ten minutes straight without her demanding or requesting something or another.

“What do you need?” He asked in a calm tone, as she entered the room.

He deliberately didn’t look her way because whenever he would do so, she would start with her waterworks, for God knows what reason.

“I need someone to talk to,” she complained more, whining, and he nodded, engrossed in his laptop.

“You have your best friend, call her.” He suggested it, and she gritted her teeth in annoyance.

Firstly, he is ignoring a pregnant woman, and now saying such nonsense things.

“Mr. Ian, she isn’t free to sit and chit chat with me. She has a job.” she spoke in an angry tone, and it made him sigh.

She is in her seventh month of pregnancy, and according to the doctor, she should be given the utmost care and love.

Giving her stress or behaving rudely would cost her complications, and so Alex had been this patient with her until now.

He had a high level of tolerance, but not every time he would accept anyone talking to him like she did just now.

“Mia, if you know she has a job and I have a company to run, then why are you telling me about your problem?”

“You know Mrs. August cannot come because of her husband’s health issues, so now don’t make a fuss about everything.” His voice was stern but not that harsh, and even though she was used to him being this rude, tears still gathered in her eyes because of the hormones.

She sniffed and wiped her tears, turning around to leave when he stopped her.

“Where are you going?” He asked, and she halted in her tracks, but didn’t turn back.

She was still sniffing and wiping her tears, which caused him to sigh.

“Don’t talk to me,” she declared, and she left the room, leaving him with his work.

Alex could feel the frustration rise in him, and it would be the first time he felt like pulling his hair.

“Mia,” he called, as he followed her behind, and he found her in her room, sitting by the window. She didn’t look at him and kept staring outside the window with a grumpy face.

“Okay, listen, I’ll ask Mark to give Chloe a few days off. Then you can chat with her all day long.” He suggested it, and she shot him a glare.

“I don’t want people to work according to my demands when they have their own lives, Mr. Ian.” She snapped, and he just gaped at her. What the hell did this woman exactly want?

“Just drop me off at my orphanage for a few days. I’ll be alright there.” She demanded, and he answered immediately, “No,” His voice was stern.

“Why the hell not?” She argued, and he gave her a sharp look, but that didn’t scare her.

“I won’t be able to reach you there whenever you need something, and there’s no one over there who can take care of you in this state.” He pointed it out, and she scoffed.

“Like you take care of me.” She mumbled under her breath, but unfortunately, he heard it.

“So I don’t?” His tone was harsh, and she flinched but didn’t show it to him, but instead glared at him.

“Only physically, you have never even bothered to know my mental state, Mr. Ian, and I don’t even intend to tell you about it.” Her voice cracked in the end, and she looked away trying to hide the tears building in her eyes.

He stood there, watching her for a few minutes, before turning around and leaving the room.

She let the tears fall, as he left and cried to herself for getting into such a strange relationship.

Things on Chloe’s side were going smoothly after Mark apologised for his behaviour.

She had been more attentive to her work, and Mark could very well see that.

The only problem was that there is no progress in their relationship outside of the professional facade.

She would behave almost as if he was a stranger, and he would try to have a normal conversation with her.

“Chloe, are there any meetings left for today?” Mark asked, looking at her while she checked the schedule.

Why couldn’t she accept that he liked her?

“No, sir, no meetings left.” She responded to him, and he nodded, getting up and buttoning his blazer.

“Alright, then let’s go,” he declared, and she gave him a confused look.

Let’s go? Why? And where? Why would she go anywhere with him when the working hours were still going on?

“Sir, I just said that there are no meet ups, so where are we going?” She questioned him, and he gestured for her to follow him, which she had to obey because he was still her boss.

With an annoyed look, she followed him until they reached his car.

Once they were inside, Mark ordered the driver to drive and ignored the anxious Chloe’s at his side.

She was literally getting all fidgety, not knowing where they were heading, and Mark was surely enjoying her state as he looked out of the window, trying to hide his smile.

It was when they reached the Ian mansion that she gave him a questioning look, but he only ignored her and got out of the car.

She followed suit and stayed quiet, not wanting to complain when he had actually brought her to meet her best friend.

“Mia,” Mark called out, and Chloe looked at him.

There was a smile on his lips, and for the first time, she admired that smile very much.

He was different.

Mia came out a few minutes later, as she squealed at the sight in front of her.

She tried to walk fast, but before that, Mark reached her and held her.

“Calm down, lady, we are here and not running away.” He chuckled, and she glared at him playfully before looking at Chloe.Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.

Chloe grinned and walked towards Mia, pulling her into a hug, and Mia felt her hidden emotions being unleashed.

Her tears trickled down her face, as she hugged Chloe close and let her cry, knowing her state as she felt her own eyes moisten.

She looked at Mark, who had been staring at her intensely.

She couldn’t look away, even if she badly wanted to avert her eyes. What is this man doing to her? She had no idea.

After the small reunion, Chloe and Mia sat in her room while Mark went to meet Alex.

Mia wished for Mark to be with her as well, but she couldn’t be selfish. Alex needed someone too, and Chloe, well, she didn’t know what was going on between the two.

“Mia, are you alright?” Chloe asked with a worried face, and Mia smiled, nodding her head.

“I just feel lonely at times when there’s no one to talk to. I know I have my baby, but sometimes I wonder how one can live such a silent life.” She said, as she was referring to Alex, and Chloe knew that very well.

Her best friend was worried for him because of who he chose to be, she is in this state because of him. What had gotten into her?

“Alright, leave all that. How did you land up here? Did Mr. Ian ask you to?” Mia asked, and Chloe shrugged, being clueless as well.

“I have no idea. Mark brought me here without informing me. I was surprised as well.” She answered, as she thought about how strange he had been behaving since the morning.

Of course, he was all professional like always, but something was missing, and she had no idea what.

“Well…” Mia trailed off with a teasing look on her face, as she watched Chloe get lost in her thoughts.

“Were you thinking about it, Mark?” Mia asked, as smirked, and Chloe glared at her but found her cheeks growing warm as well.

She quickly avoided any eye contact and looked here and there. “You see that, baby? Now your aunt is hiding things from your mother. How unfair.” Mia pouted at her belly, but her attention was also on Chloe’s movements.

She suddenly seemed nervous, panicky, and anxious all at once.

She knew Chloe would never accept her own feelings that easily, and that made her sigh. Mark had a long way to go.

“Alex, can you stop working for once?” Mark groaned, as he entered his room and spotted him with his laptop. Alex neither glanced at him nor acknowledged his presence.

“Sometimes I wonder if you love your laptop so much, then why did you marry Mia? You should’ve married your laptop only.” Mark shot at him, as Alex looked at his friend and rolled his eyes.

“You don’t scare me, Mr. Ian. Instead, you should be thanking me for coming here because I still have lots of pending work.” Mark said arrogantly, and finally Alex shut his laptop and looked at him.

“Is it? Then you can leave because you clearly weren’t invited here to stay. I called Chloe, not you.” Alex responded bluntly, and Mark fumed in anger because, the next second, he threw a pillow at Alex.

“What the fuck!” Alex shouted, and Mark snickered, looking at his face.

“Stop behaving like a kid.” Alex’s cold voice would’ve brought shivers down anyone’s spine, but it wasn’t just anyone.

It was Mark who couldn’t stop laughing, looking at his best friend’s dishevelled hair.

“You are such a boring man despite having a beautiful wife, all you do is bury your nose into this stupid laptop. Sometimes I think you’re gay, and you try to hide this fact, that’s why you married her.” Mark wondered, and Alex shook his head at the stupid assumption, but someone else who stood outside the door heard this as well, and she couldn’t help but feel like she had been punched in the gut.