Contract Go Wrong: The CEO’s Tempting Bride

When he spotted Gina his eyes turned cold.

“What happened to her!?” he looked between the pan in her hand and the girl who was on the floor.

Gina flinched and cowered back before he could reach her side. She dropped the pan with trembling hands and quickly shook her head. “I… I didn’t—”

“Help me, please” Ruby’s weak voice came from the floor. Her sobs had increased and she was extending her hands toward him.

Adrian’s attention turned to her and he scooped her in his arms then hurried toward the sink, turned on the tap, and pull her now inflamed arm under it.

Gina bit her lips and fidgeted with the hem of her blouse as she stood quietly at the side.

After turning off the tap he threw her a dark look and she took a step back.

“I… just wanted to introduce myself, and get to know her,” Ruby sniffed while leaning into his arm for support. “Please don’t blame her, okay? It’s my fault that I spilled her egg… I wasn’t careful while helping her fry it.”

“It’s okay, stop crying.” Adrian wiped her tears and started leading her out of the kitchen after glaring again at Gina. Just now, he’d heard her scream from upstairs, and also the words she said. “Don’t go near her,” he said, and Ruby nodded.

“Gina, I can call you Gina, right?” Ruby glanced back and said, “Can you please help me wash the plates… that’s what I actually came here for, not knowing I’d see you… I’m so sorry for troubling you.”

“Let’s go…” Adrian pulled her carefully and they left the kitchen.

Gina watched their backs in astonishment, then clenched her first. She had even started to feel sorry for the girl when she saw the burn mark on her arm. So she had done that on purpose.

Sighing heavily, she looked down at the egg and picked up a vacuum.

After she was done cleaning the place, she walked out to the dining area then returned with the dirtied places, and washed them together with the utensils.

By the time she was done, her head was dizzy and she pressed a hand to her still grumbling stomach.

She reached out for the fridge then frowned. She pulled the door again but it wouldn’t budge.

‘Urgh!’ Gina rubbed her forehead with a sigh. Does she really have to lock the fridge?. What had she done wrong to deserve this punishment? Now, she doesn’t only have to put up with the devil, but also his mistress.

That night, she slept on an empty stomach, and could only fall asleep in the wee hours of the morning after turning and tossing on the bed for a long time.

***

The Next morning, Gina woke up at the sound coming from the door.

She sat up on the bed and rubbed her eyes with a yawn. And just before she could get down to get the door, it opened with a bang.

‘Oh, my God’ Gina stared with dilated pupils as Adrian stepped inside the room.

He was wearing a business suit with both hands in his pocket. And the expression on his face—

She gulped and cowered back as he strolled toward the bed.

Adrian sat on the bedside and his eyes wandered the room for some seconds before turning his attention to the girl.

“What did I tell you yesterday, before we got here?” He asked while staring deep into her eyes. When he saw the huge eye bags under her eyes, his eyes narrowed.

‘Huh?’ Gina tried to avert her eyes, but it was as if he was holding her in place. The suppressing aura emanating from him, made her cowered once more until her back hit the bedpost. How could she possibly remember? Even though they didn’t speak much, he spoke more than one word to her yesterday.

“I told you to behave yourself, didn’t I?”

His cold voice yanked her out of her thoughts.

“Y… Yes,” Gina nodded as his words inside the elevator rang back to her senses. When he had said that, was he referring to his woman at home? But she wasn’t at fault.

“I’m so sorry about what happened yesterday, it wasn’t really my fault, I was only trying—”

“Did I ask you for an explanation?” Adrian glared at her. “You had only one order to follow. If you repeat what happened again…” he left the remaining words hanging with a shake of his head.

Gina gasped and quickly nodded. “I… I won’t repeat that, I’m so sorry,” she said in a soft voice and lowered her head.

Seeing that defending herself is futile and would only provoke his anger, Gina conceded and sighed inside.

“You didn’t sleep last night,” he said suddenly and she jerked her head up with a gasp.

“What were you doing?” he continued.

Gina bit her lip and fumbled with her hands. If she tells him that she had been starving last night, and didn’t get enough sleep because his mistress had locked the fridge, would he believe her?Nôvel(D)rama.Org's content.

“I… I wasn’t sleepy” she lowered her head once more and replied.

Adrian narrowed his eyes, with knitted brows. “From today henceforth you must sleep at 8 PM. I won’t have you getting yourself sick… I don’t care if you did, but not under my roof.”

‘He’s so cruel’ Gina sobbed inside. What had her sleeping habit got to do with him now? And 8 PM, what if she wasn’t sleepy?

“Okay…” she replied with a nod. “I’ll take note of that.”

With no more reason to stay inside the room, Adrian glanced down at his wristwatch then stood up. “You’ll take responsibility for what happened yesterday, and I won’t warn you twice.”

With that said, he headed to the door.

Gina watched his back and sighed for the umpteenth time. Her eyes darted toward the bedside table and a thought instantly came to her.