Caught in the Billionaire's web

"Gosh! I'm late "

She pushed the door open, with an accelerating heartbeat she glanced around while drinking a ragolis water on her hand.

The place was sheltered as expected but the person she was looking for seemed not to be present.

Her heart raced, she looked at the wall clock hung on the right side of the room dinning. It was already passed 6 o'clock pm in the evening.

"Was she late? Did he leave already?"

Muttering to herself, she went to the bathroom and shut the door behind her.

Sitting on the toilet seat, she brought out her phone and scrolled down to a text sent by her childhood friend, Gwen.

' Diana , meet this man at Roy Donald's dinner place at five. He's a struggling artist, he needs shelter at the moment. Don't be carried away by his looks Hun, his gay! Focus honey.

' His willing to marry you. He is ready. Go for it darling. Catch yah'.

This is the last hope for Diana. She had to marry him as soon as possible.

Her witless friend did not thought of sharing his picture because she had to leave urgently to Florida.

Before going off, Gwen left a note ' you have to meet him Tomorrow evening. I had to leave immediately, mum is sick and admitted in the hospital. Micheal Wil be there tomorrow at 5 sharp in the evening, he Will be wearing a blue colour T shirt.

Please note , his a very punctual guy . All the best my love. Bye! '

But now what is happening? The 'punctual Micheal' was no where to be found. She stepped out from the restroom and started washing her hands. Her mind flashed back to the moment she caught her ex lover Albert and her best friend Coco cheating on her. This had emotionally, physically and mentally drained her down.

'where the hell is the Micheal I'm supposed to meet here? I need to let albert know that he missed a priceless jewel like me,I'm going to make him regret what he did to me with that wh*re." She screamed loud , hitting her right feet on the wall__drawing the attention of an old woman washing her hands in the sink, the woman's expressions made her realize she's about going nuts, speaking to herself all alone.

"Oops I'm sorry" her voice calm and steady. She quietly sneaked away from the restroom allowing her eyes collide on a dinning seater couch.

Her heart pounded in her chest when her gaze struck a man on a blue shirt looking around__ as though he was waiting for someone.

He was wearing a branded coat, it doesn't define him as a struggling tattoo artist. Maybe because of his profession, he needed to keep his appearance clean and presenting.

Oh my God, thank you Gwen , his finally here.

She sent deep silent hugs to her best friend, she watched him take a seat, entirely focused on his fone.

Oh good lord! Darm you Gwen, you never told me he was audaciously hot , darm man! This handsome is gay.

'if you are done checking me out, I have work to do." His voice was deep and cold, his blue eyes locking hers.

He buried his face back in his phone.

My God! Was he some of Romano god on earth, her breathe froze. She came back to life reminding her self this is not a dream.

He ran out of patience waiting for her to introduce herself.

How dumb of her of course. Now his staring at her confused.

"I..uhm..I'm Diana, Diana Lucas" she quivered and feeling awkward she held out her palm expecting a handshake, but instead he continued staring at her leaving her Manus hanging on air.

She became uncomfortable, this man was smokey handsome but seems to be an arrogant as*hole. But she needed him. This was her only and last hope.

With a smirk and forcing smile, she dragged her seat in front of her and sat down. "Listen Micheal" now his bewildered expression was visible. He looked at her like she had gone insane.

This man looked like Micheal Gowenz. A popular movie star. But she couldn't just let it out of her mouth. Of course she had to compose herself not to offend him probably.

"Listen Micheal , Gwen must have told you about my need to marry someone urgently"

"Excuse me?" A spark of interest mask his expression.

"Micheal listen to me, she has told me everything about you, I have a little apartment and you can lay on the bed while I manage the couch"

His expressions made her a little bit uneasy. But she had gotten his attention now. "Micheal I will pay you handsomely but my money is stuck some where, once I recover it, I will settle you. I can also be of help to your career. I have some peeps that are looking for a tatoo artist.

For the first time, she saw through him, the warmth and ice cracking in his glare. She never wanted to sound desperate but did she have a choice ?

"Do we have a deal Micheal? What do you say?" He noticed she was waiting for his response.

"When do you want this marriage thing miss?"

"It's Diana, anytime that suits you best "

"Diana, Can we do it now?" Now his expressions had become tighter and bold.

"Now?" She was shocked , she never expected it to go this easily.

"Yes miss Diana, I'm available right now, and if it's not now, then deal is off". He stood up, grabbed his fone and about leaving. She stood on her sexy long legs and curvy swaying hips, she rushed after him.

This is becoming interesting, how could she get married in such short notice, she had to make some preparations of course, but she got to realize that he have his own connections, from the priest to the witnesses, everything was stand by.

They got married and stepped out of the office with their legal papers. A cab stopped before them for which Diana had already hired and paid.

"Are you going somewhere ?" He questioned her seeing letters she's stuffing In her files.

"Yes Micheal, I've got a job interview and I need to be there right now" she smiled happily staring at him, she brought out a piece of paper handing over to him.

"Here's my address, please you can take your things and move in, I will be waiting for you" she walked into the cab not noticing he had been looking at her for what she just made him do.

That moment, the sound of his phone obstructed his thoughts.

"Hello? Grey! My man, where are you my friend?"

"What happened Roy "

"Nothing happened man, but something would strike if you don't get married this evening, your old man is getting worked up and agitating something I can't figure out. Worst of it all, Rita is not responding, I know we agreed and paid her twenty million to marry you but if she's asking for forty million, then give it to her because there are no options left.

"F*ck Rita and her payment, no need of her anymore. By the way, I just got married Roy"

"You did what?" Roy was shocked on the other side.

"I still can't believe it myself, everything played out too fast, I am going to forward a PDF of my marriage papers to you, so tell your old man not to touch my inheritance as the CEO of Marvin's group , that's my position and where I belong. I'm not letting anyone take it away from me. I'm married now." There was sarcasm in his statement.

"Holy Moses! How did you do that? Who's the girl? So how much are you paying her? Did she took less than Rita? Tell me something Man, this news is a sweet shock to me and am happy really"

"Ha ha ha....Roy this is where am amazed as well, she's the one paying me, it's the other way round, she also offered a place to live, Roy, I'm astonished."

"She did what?" Roy choked while sipping his coffee, chuckling.

Grey dropped the call smiling to himself. It seemed his emergency bride knew nothing about him. He looked at his phone and dialed another number. "Hello, ken where's my car? bring it here now."

"Yes sir" and then a sparkling Chevy Silverado SUV stopped near him. A neatly dressed uniform man stepped out and opened the door for him. Grey climbed the back seat , relaxed and from his expression, one could tell he just won a lottery. The most difficult task this morning became the easiest.

He didn't know the strange girl, he was supposed to pay someone to get married, but she seemed daring and he seemed very much interested in getting to know her, why she was also looking for a husband, confusing him for Micheal.

Poor micheal just lost a trophy he guessed.

She returned from interview, cleaning her apartment to make it presentable, the handsome micheal should come in any time soon.

She was already in love with this popular movie star Micheal Gowenz, too sad that this one had to be gay.

She picked a pillow on her couch before an ugly memory struck her thought.

Her mind flashed back to a month ago, when she was about getting married to her boyfriend, her childhood sweetheart, Albert. All was rosy and sweet until a day to their wedding. she returned from work and found their apartment door unlocked. She got tensed and walked in calmly to surprise her fiance.

That moment , the moaning and screaming coming out from their bedroom struck a nerve. Her heart paused. She pushed the door wide open. She caught albert and coco on bed.

Without clothes!.

She was shocked when they weren't apologetic even when she caught them on the act.

Coco was her best friend , they had grown from little together, did everything together, was there for each other, day and night, sharing pains and happy moment together but not sharing men together, what was the reason behind this wicked act, even when she knew the next day was their wedding.

Albert was shameless, he stared at her for some seconds ,grabbed her wrist and threw her out of the house without letting her pick anything, he banged the door behind her.

Thinking about Albert increases the urge for revenge in her. Micheal was a pain healer to her soul. She needed to let them know she was happy without them and moved on with someone every girl would love to be with. He was too charming.

Thinking about micheal, she chuckled like a baby. She wished he wasn't gay and they had met under sweet circumstances. Diana was making lunch before the door bell rang, pushing her Away from her romantic thoughts.

There was Micheal, standing on the door with his bag. She accompanied him into the house. The room looked smaller for a tall, muscular and broad shouldered. It was just a dinky apartment with kitchen for one person.

" I have emptied a closet for you, please feel at home" he seemed to be comfortable in the apartment and not bothered about what she was saying. She was feeling awkward but thank God he wasn't wearing his coat today.

But even as though, the T-shirt and jeans looked expensive to her, it does give no definition of someone struggling for survival. For some reasons, she felt uncomfortable. Maybe that was how presentable he loves to look to get companies to sign him.

Imidiately Diana went into the kitchen, he quickly grabbed his phone on the table and texted his secretary.

'Find out everything about Diana Lucas. I need a detailed report on her as soon as possible.'

He slithered his phone when he saw her stepping out from the kitchen.

They enjoyed their lunch together. When she was clearing the dishes, she heard an unpredicted question behind her.

"How was your job interview today?"

She sent him a tight__ lipped forced smile " no luck , this is the sixth job interview. Yet I haven't gotten one."

She forgot her stare on his body, her eyes stuck on his chest that she couldn't take them away. He was too darm hot and sexy that she wanted to feel those muscles beneath his chest.

"Shame on Diana, he just rescued you from your shame few hours ago and all you could do right now is to spare him and come off this naughty thoughts" she thought to herself and distracted herself,she took all the dishes to the kitchen to get busy.

He grabbed a laptop from his backpack near him and began to work on it.

"Mango juice, micheal" He didn't act like he heard her, his face buried in the laptop, he looked like a workaholic. Nice.

She called him "Micheal!"

Her voice was a little louder.

He jumped a little, raising his head up, she handed the glass to him. "Sometimes you act like you are not Micheal, how weird"

He drank and spilled some of it on his chest maybe he was tensed.

"What are you doing? Be careful" she quickly grabbed her hand wipe on the table and rushed to him, wiping away the juice on his chest. She was very close to his mouth.

He sat there staring at her like an idiot. He had forgotten he wasn't Grey Walton, but Micheal.

"Is that how you drink?" She laughed out loud. "You behave like a baby most times"

She dabbed his mouth and her gaze locked unto his. She stared at his soft lips. He realized she was too close to him. A bewildered thought crossed her mind. "What if I dabbed his lips with my lips instead of these hand wipes?."

Goodness lord! Why can't she accept the fact he was gay and had no interest in her or any other girl.

He didn't blink an eye, it was as though he was enjoying the moment.

That moment, she rescued her eyes with a mischievous smile. Darm he was hot and irresistible for her. He might consider her as a creepy someone if she went off the hook.

When the night was getting old, it was bed time for them. Diana prepared the bed and entered the bathroom to take a shower. When she was done, she came out and relaxed herself on the small couch very close to the bed side.

She could hear the shower running through in the bathroom, when he was done, he came out wrapped a towel around his waist__hung very low on his waist bone, his hot body was irresistible, she couldn't help it but blanketed her expressions.

" Will it be fine leaving the lights on while we sleep?"

He was Drinking a glass of water staring out in the beautiful view outside the window , he nodded his head.

"I.. I've never slept on a couch before , is it okay to sleep on the bed with you? Maybe not now , probably some day or..." The words hung in her mouth, The words tasted like clay in her mouth.

She caught him off hook that he choked on the water in his throat.He wasn't expecting that.

" Gwen told me you are gay, you are not into women, it shouldn't be a problem for you "

She woke up the following morning and disappeared from the apartment for her interview. She made sandwich earlier for him before she left.

'I hope to get this job this time, because now I have the responsibility of Micheal.' She thought and sighed to herself, she drank almost 30ml of water, she was always seen with ragolis water on her hand.

The moment she got there, she felt disappointment cutting through her. The firm needed a beautiful face model for their new Lara Matte lipstick launch.

That was perfect for her. She could pass for it. She had been a beauty model from her young age.

But the reason for her disappointment was, all the girls seated in the waiting area were all tastefully and expensively dressed than her. They were all stunning and where talking about the CEO of the Marvin's group of company.

"I heard their CEO is smoking sexy and single, I wish I can grab this job" she heard one girl.

"True! The picked one will be lucky." This was another girl.

A young woman in her late thirties was calling the girls one after the other for interview.

But then, someone stepped in and sat beside her.

"Look who's here! Don't waste your time honey, you won't get this job, you don't look it, just quit already"

The voice sounded familiar to her, when Diana looked up, lo and behold__ it was coco, her bestie sitting right there. close to her.

"F*ck what's this wh*re doing here?, you piss of shit"

"What are you doing here?" Diana asked her repeatedly. With fury in her expression, she wanted to kick her hard.

"Oh my darling, I'm here for the job" she moved closer to her ear and whispered, " don't tel me you don't know why I'm here Diana, we are getting married next month"

"Congratulations to that coco, it's a shame that a girl who never worked her whole life wants to get a job all of a sudden"

Coco brushed off her shoulders carelessly and wore her shades.

It Looked like Coco was out to mess her life entirely.

"Let me shock you my dear Diana, the assistant manager of this Marvin's group of company is a friend to my dear husband to be, Albert of course. He has assured us that, this job belongs to me already, now you know why I asked you to quit trying and take your miserable self elsewhere my darling"

Diana hearing these confessions, a sudden cold shiver walked down her spine. She clenched her fingers into a fist. She sat there looking hopeless but refused to leave , a miracle might happen for her probably.

"Oh my! You don't have to be disappointed my dear Diana, don't worry, i will employ you as one of my assistant probably " there was sarcasm in her sentence but Diana didn't let those ridicule words get to her. She ignored Coco and waited for her turn for the interview. But looked like Coco proved to be right.

The woman came out and announced " beautiful ladies, we are sorry for keeping you all waiting. Please you can now go back to your homes. We have appointed the most deserving person for the job. Thanks for your time "

The woman turned to Coco imidiately " miss Coco Walters"

"Yes ma'am" coco jumped on her feet , excited.

"Please come with me" Coco eyed Diana resentfully and walked along with the woman swaying her tiny waist to resent Diana.

All the girls started leaving muttering about losing the chance of meeting the handsome CEO of Marvin's group.

Ken submitted a file to Grey Walton.

"Sir here's a complete detailed report on Diana lucas but first let me brief you sir"

Grey was flipping through the pages while listening to his secretary.

"Diana is 24, she used to stay with her best friend Coco after the demise of her mother, her father married some else, and abandoned her. I learnt she's a struggling orphan hunting for survival, she used to trade gold and jewelries, people always admired her when she stepped out wearing her jeweleries, that's was how she started reading them and became successful. when she was about to marry her childhood lover, she caught him with her best friend in their apartment in a very vulgar situation.

They didn't only fooled her but they also deprived her of her valuables, money and her apartment in Greenville, because of the trust she had for him, she entrusted the ownership and everything to him. I learnt she was also saving for her wedding in the said lover's account. He took them all away. She has been job haunting and sold the few jeweleries left with her for survival. She's so broke at the moment."

This reminded Grey that she wore the same top she wore earlier to interview was the same one she wore the first time they met at the restaurant.

"sir I think that's because he didn't let her take her clothes and other things, and she has no more to buy a pin."

Grey clenched his fingers into a fist and needed to unalive Albert.

"That's not all sir, they are about getting married and will live in Diana's sweat and blood mansion. He also owns a store where every jewelry in it, was bought by Diana."

Grey became speechless and his gaze stuck on the paper, his jaw sitting firmly on his clenched fist.

"This might be of importance to you sir, her journal...." ken paused.

"What is it? What about it?" Grey raised his head up becoming more interested.

"It says, how to destroy and unalive someone without leaving traces. Does constant drinking of water subdue hunger? "

Grey wanted to laugh at the first lines and his expressions switched suddenly.

"Have we gotten a model for the launching of the new matte glossy lipstick?"

"Yes sir , but there's an issue" Grey paid attention to him.

"our assistant company manager is a friend to this said ex lover of Diana and he has employed his fiance coco as the new face of the brand sir"

"What?" Grey was astonished and sat up." this is getting more interesting, have you announced the new face of the brand for our new product?"

"Not yet sir, that will be done tomorrow sir"

"Then we have to halt for now"

"Sir?" The secretary was stunned by his order.

Grey brought out a paper from his side drawer.

"Yes you heard me clear, send an appointment letter to Diana Lucas, forward it to this address"

"Okay, consider it done sir."

Grey's glare flickered on the wall clock. She should be home by now, where could she had gone to?