Chapter 2 The Unknown Billionaire

That night after a meeting the young man had with some associates, they finished it up at a club, after the insistence of his business associates being that they were foreign expatriates he agreed, when they got there, he saw they were wowed the stripping while he sat there with his legs crossed and he watched them while looking at his watch as he decided he was going to leave after an hour.

A stripper tried to give him a lap dance but he raised a hand up as he signaled her no, then he alerted the associates of his departure but they were too engrossed in the fun they were having so he asked his secretary to take care of them while he left.

On his way out he saw a familiar face at the bar as he walked closer and saw it was Rhoda, she looked so drunk as he watched her ask a man to sleep with her as she had a lot of money and was going to pay him handsomely, the man doubted her so she brought out her phone to make a transfer to him, knowing she was capable of doing that because she was a rich heiress the young man went to her aid as he held her hand and stopped her.

The man at the bar saw she was about to make a transfer to him and got excited but his mood was spoilt when the young man came and stopped her from sending him the money, he stood up in anger as he faced the young man but he stood up to a 6.5 perfectly built young man he had to raise his head to look at his face so he smiled as he walked away.

The young man brought out his card and handed over to the barman as he said he was going to take Rhoda with him and he should call the number there tomorrow to confirm her safety, seeing that the young man will go that far to prove his authenticity to the bartender he smiled as he said to him "I don't know why but I think the young lady is in safer hands with you" the young man nodded as he carried Rhoda out of the club, put her in the back seat of his car and took her to his penthouse.

He was on a call with his secretary as he called to let him know he had taken the expatriates safely to their hotel rooms, when he was done and turned to face her, she was completely naked standing facing him. He looked at her from her head to her toe as he noticed she was feeling dizzy and drowsy.

He walked up to her slowly as he stood so close her body could feel his, then he lifted her up and walked towards the bathroom as he got in and kept her under the shower and turned it on so the water could cool her off from her head down to her toes.

When he was done, he cleaned her up, wore her his shirt and tucked her in bed so she could sleep, she was so tired she didn't even realize it, as he tucked her in, she fell asleep immediately. He sighed as he went in to shower, changed into his pyjamas and went to his study to work because he had an important meeting the following day he had to prepare for.

The following morning when she woke up, she had a migraine as she turned and saw a cup of coffee by her side and some medicines for her migraine, she looked around to see where she was as the door to the room opened and a young handsome man walked through with his shirt on but unbuttoned so his chest was bare.

She looked at him as she was lost in his hotness then he saw she was up as he said "You are up, nice". She looked under the blanket and saw all she had on was just a shirt as she saw her clothes on the couch and she immediately asked in anger "What happened here last night, how dare you take advantage of me".

He walked close to her as she layed back in and then he said "How about you calm down and think carefully about what happened last night and don't flatter yourself you are not my type I wouldn't touch you even if a gun was pointed to my head".

He walked away and went back to getting dressed for his meeting as she looked at him thinking about what he just said to her as she said "Is that supposed to make me feel better", she sat down for a while as the events of yesterday all played out in her head as she stood up and walked out of the room and went out to see herself in a big beautifully decorated and expensive house.

She smiled as she said "I guess he has good taste" then she thought for a second who he was and where she was so she rushed back to the room to get her phone so she could make a call but her battery was dead, while she was there a maid came to call her out as she came to the study to meet the young man.

When she walked in still dressed in his shirt he looked at her as he said "I didn't know you loved my shirt so much, here I was thinking you should have changed back into you clothing by now" she looked at herself as she cleared her throat and asked "Who are you if I may ask and thank you for yesterday, I remember what happened" he nodded as he said "Don't you think that was rather careless of you to do, going to a bar to get yourself drunk to stupor, what if some random person took advantage of you" she gulped as she bent her head in shame as she was also disappointed by what she did.

She was about to speak when he said to her "I have a proposition for you" she looked at him as she said "I don't even know who you are and here you are wanting to talk business with me while I am still in your shirt", "and whose fault is that" he asked she looked at him as she sighed.

She adjusted herself as she asked "What is your proposition Mr." he looked at her with a condescending look as he said to her "You might have heard of me" she gave him a confusing look as he continued "But let me introduce myself, my name is Chris, Chris Reed" she looked at him as she said Reed, she knows the only Reed in the whole of Queens was her ex-boyfriend Elijah's family then she remembered Elijah had told her once of an elder brother he had who lived in London for a long time and wasn't sure if he was coming back.

She gave him a puzzled look as she said "I guess I can finally put a face and a personality to the face", he lifted one of his eyebrows up as he gave her a look and said "I guess you have heard a few nasty things about me" she nodded as he said "Well believe all of them", she was surprised at the nerve and audacity he had to even say that then she asked "Your proposition, what is it about".

He looked at her as he stood up from his seat and walked towards the window in his study, he turned to her and said "Marry me" she burst into laughter as he looked at how she laughed, he sat down across her and crossed his legs waiting for her to be done with her laughter as he said to her "I must admit, I thought all you knew how to do was cry but it feels good to see you are much better after the embarrassment you endured at the hotel".

She gave him a surprising look as he said "I had a meeting yesterday at the hotel and while I was leaving to my suite, I saw that spectacle that was created by your sister and my father's son" she looked at him as she remembered Elijah telling her how he did not have a good relationship with his elder brother so it makes sense that Chris would call him that instead of his brother.

She folded her hands as she said "Fine, you saw me at my lowest but why should I marry you, what would I gain from it and what would you even gain from it, we don't love each other so why?" he stared at her as he said "Marriages don't have to be based on love, I mean we have so many of such marriages which ended in divorce and betrayal. But a situation where two people come together and have a mutual agreement to be together for whatever reason that doesn't involve love of course, the chances of betrayal are thin".

She pulled her seat closer to his as she said "Who hurt you this bad that you don't believe in love anymore" for a moment he was quiet but then he said to her "Look the reason I want to marry you is because my grandfather keeps insisting I get married and I don't want to, he made that a criterion for me and if I don't get married before the next board meeting, everything will go to Elijah and I don't want that happening not after my mother has slaved so hard for that company".

Rhoda gave him a concern look as she said to him "So you have told me what you want from this marriage, now, what's in it for me?" he laid back in his seat as he placed one of his hands on the arm rest and said to her "Your mother's will" she looked at him shocked as to how he knew about something she didn't know about, then he said to her "There is a clause in the will and the clause is that you get married, your sister knew about that before she made her move on your ex to stop that from happening giving her and her father more time to take the properties leaving you with nothing".

She stood up in shock as she shouted "What‼" then he said to her "The choice is yours, and besides don't worry about the marriage, what we will have will be contractual and after three years of being together we an get a divorce" she looked at him as she was seeing reason with what he said, she asked for a day to think about what to do so he agreed as he said "You have until midnight".

He took a file on his table as he said "Get yourself cleaned up and changed, I will have my driver drop you home when you are done" as he turned to leave, she called out to him "Mr. Reed" he turned and gave her a stare as she said "Thank you", he nodded and left her in the study.