Contract Wife For Six Months

" Mom, why are you here?" His cold voice reverberated inside the luxurious sitting room as he ascended the stairs, his hands tucked inside his tuxedo suit like a Greek god.

From the crown of his head to the sole of his feet, this man embodies the divine essence of a Greek god. His countenance radiates an ethereal glow as if touched by the golden rays of Apollo himself.

" Don't I have the right to be here?" the woman who was seated on one of the sofas said with her brows creased.

" You should at least let me know before coming, you always come at the wrong time" he muttered the last part but she still heard what he said, so she scoffed.

The opulent sitting room exudes elegance and refinement. Adorned with velvet drapes in deep jewel tones, the room is bathed in a warm, golden glow from the crystal chandelier above.

A grand fireplace, framed by carved marble, crackles with a comforting fire, casting dancing shadows on the plush Persian rug below.

The walls were covered in richly textured damask wallpaper. They are adorned with gilded mirrors and exquisite oil paint.

Luxurious silk cushions, embroidered with gold thread. It makes the guests sink into the embrace of the velvet sofas and armchairs, upholstered in the finest brocade.

Mrs Royals looked around the luxurious sitting room before sitting on the sofa which was facing him directly.

" Don't you get tired of being alone?" She asked but he ignored her question by rolling his eyes nonchalantly.

" I am talking to you Henry Royals!" She half yelled, her face flushed with anger and sadness.

" Not now Mom," he groaned before checking his expensive and flashy wristwatch.

" I need to go right now. I have some business to attend to" he muttered, straightened his tie, and walked out on his mum.

" Don't tell me you're walking out on me, Henry?" She asked as she stood up, grabbed her bag, and walked after him to the parking lots.

She wasn't ready to let him go if he didn't give in to her request. For Christ's sake! He will be 26 years in a few weeks, how come he doesn't have a girlfriend let alone a wife? Such a workaholic!

" What does it seem like I am doing? He asked without looking back as he walked to his sleek black Lamborghini Aventador.

" You're no longer a kid Henry!"

" Mom! I am just twenty-nine years okay? So let me off the hook already" he rolled his eyes and opened the car's door but his mom grabbed the door and shut it immediately with a loud bang making Henry flinch a little, then he closed his eyes and inhaled.

" You're going nowhere if you don't set a date to show me your fiancee or rather your wife," Mrs. Royals said in a serious tone.

Mrs. Royals, in her mid-forties, possesses a captivating beauty that radiates from within. Her lustrous blonde hair frames a vibrant and confident face.

She is dressed in a fitted red gown that hugs her curves, effortlessly highlighting her graceful silhouette. Perfectly paired with a black designer bag and a pair of beautiful red heels.

Her heels kept making faint thuds as she followed Henry to the parking lot, she wasn't giving up so easily.

" Are you ready to leave the house or we should both remain here? After all, my schedule is cleared, you're the only one with business appointments. So, if you want to leave here, do as I say." she smirked and Henry scoffed.

" Mom! Really! You're delaying my meeting, I have some clients to attend to for heaven's sake!" He groaned but Mrs. Royals wasn't ready to listen to him as she held the car's door firmly making Henry release a frustrating sigh.

" Okay, just give me some time, I will find a wife for myself"

" Same old stories, you keep telling me the same old stories. How many times have you told me that? No! no! Don't answer it, I will do it myself" she smirked before continuing. " This is the one thousand and one times you've told me this, so it's no more an excuse, you're free to come up with another one."

" Why do I have such a crazy woman as my mother?" Henry muttered as he rubbed his temples in nothing but frustration. His mom was hell-bent on frustrating his entire life.

" I heard that," she said still clicking her heels on the floored ground.

" Fine! Fine! Just give me a month, I promise to find a beautiful and elegant wife" Henry said feigning a smile.

His mom is the only person who has ever seen his smile because he rarely smiles. He has this dangerous aura around him that makes people fear him.

" I won't buy that! It's just one of your numerous lies just so I could let you off the hook, but trust me, dear son, I won't let you fool me with your lies."

" I promise Mom," he said with pleading eyes. He was running late and the only thing he could think of was to plead so she could let him go.

This woman in front of him is the woman he loves so much, she means the whole world to him and he can't trade her for the world. She is certainly the best thing that has ever happened to him.

" I won't fall for your pleading face" She rolled her eyes once again.

" Mom, if you keep rolling your eyes repeatedly, they might fall off from the sockets," he said and she scoffed.

" That's none of your business, is it?" She asked and he sighed.

" It seems you aren't ready to go"

" Okay! Fine! If I don't bring a wife after one month, then you're free to get me one yourself"

" Is that a promise?"

" Yes it is, so can I leave now? Henry asked and she immediately let go of the car's door and he got in.

" Don't test my patience Henry Royals!" She shouted as his car drove speedily out of the mansion.

" Such a crazy woman" he smiled and drove off to his company.

DOLPHIN GROUP OF COMPANIES

" You're welcome sir" The staff all stood up to greet Henry when he walked in but as usual, he had a straight and cold face on, ignoring all their greetings.

He walked straight to his office without sparing any of the staff a glance, and it was quite amusing that everyone had gotten accustomed to his coldness and nonchalance towards them, yet they still never stopped greeting him for once.

Henry sat down on his swivel chair and took the telephone which was neatly placed close to his laptop. Because he hates dirt and disorder. He punched a number on the telephone and placed it on his ear.

" Come to my office now" his authoritative voice could send shivers down anybody close by, and without waiting for a reply, he hung up and concentrated back on his laptop.

A few minutes later, a guy dressed in a suit walked in. His name is Reece Hawkins, his manager and personal assistant.

" Good morning Mr Henry" Reece greeted and Henry nodded without looking up, his eyes were fixed on his laptop.

Reece knew better than to push on with his greetings, everyone knew how cold Henry was and he barely talked during board meetings.

Some staff often referred to him as a cold-blooded boss, because of how cold and arrogant he could be.

" How busy is my day?"

" The investors from Moreno oil company will be here in an hour, and also you have a meeting with the clients from Wellington....." Reece kept reading from the tablet he was holding till he was done.

When Reece was done, Henry exhaled loudly before relaxing his back on the swivel chair.

" Sir, should I cancel your meeting with the investors from Moreno Oil Company?" Reece asked with hesitation in his voice because of the look Henry immediately cast on him

He immediately clasped his mouth shut, he knew better than to annoy the devil.

" Did I complain to you?" Henry raised his brows, giving Reece a questioning glare.

" I thought you were tired of going to different meetings" Reece muttered almost impossible for anyone to hear but Henry heard it.

" Are you tired of your job?" He asked and Reece immediately shook his head.

" Prepare all that I need for the meeting with Moreno Oil Company and also prepare my meeting with the clients from Wellington," he said and returned his focus to his laptop.

Reece left his office and shut the door behind him, and almost immediately he let out the breath he was holding since he walked into Henry's office.

" Such a scary man."

Henry Royals is a multi-billionaire with different companies and estates all over Georgia.

His appearance alone is mouth-dropping and bewitching. He is most definitely every girl's desire, meaning all the ladies in Georgia crush on him.

They all get wet and squirt on their panties at the mere sight of him. He is dangerously handsome and even the dumb rat in the streets could rate the level of his handsomeness.

As a son from a wealthy home, he could get anything and everything with just a snap of his fingers.

By the sound of his name, the first thing that comes to the mind of people on hearing his name was love; 'he has a beautiful girlfriend whom he loves so much', people will always say but it is the.

He was far from the word called love because that four-letter word doesn't exist in his world.

He is cold to everyone not only to the ladies flocking around him but also to every other person including his da, but his mom happens to be an exception. No matter how she frustrated his life, he still can't bring himself to hate her.

Henry is a hard-working twenty-one-year-old young man who spends most of his time on his laptop day and night.

Many billionaires would be busy squandering their wealth on women, clothes, shoes, and other worthless things but Henry Royals would bury his head in his laptop, finding ways to make his company one of the best in the world.

He happens to be the only son of the Royals and the heir to the Royals companies. If it were to be other heirs, they wouldn't work for their own money rather, they would be busy squandering and lavishing on their parent's money.

Henry worked hard day and night to prove to his father that he wasn't as worthless as his father thought of him.

" Sir the investors from Moreno oil company are here," Reece said to Henry.

" Take them to the board room, I will be there shortly," he said not taking his gaze off his laptop.

Reece nodded and left the office to do as he was told and a few minutes later, Henry joined them in the board room.

His cold expression coupled with his handsome face gave him a killer look.

He walked to the middle of the long table and sat at the end of it before unbuttoning his suit.

Henry flipped through all the documents the investors gave him and he signed all of them without giving it a second thought. He does anything that would make him profit, even if it means making a deal with the devil. He just wanted to make his father realize that he wasn't worthless, rather he was more useful than ten sons.

" Mr Henry, we are so excited to be a part of the Dolphin group of companies now," one of the investors said and Henry simply nodded his head.

He finds it very difficult to communicate with people freely, in other words, he is an introvert.

To him, his mom is the only person in his life that he can trust without having a second thought, so any other person apart from her, is all after his money.

He walked out of the board room, leaving Reece to attend to the investors. Henry went back to his office and continued sorting out some of the files, then his phone began to ring, he took a glance at the caller's ID and smiled when he saw who it was, his mom, Mrs. Royals.

" Mom, what is it again?" He groaned

" Don't forget your promise, today is the first day of this month and by this time next month, I want to meet a lady living in that boring house of yours okay?" Mrs. Royals said and he nodded.

" Mom, I am busy now, talk to you later" With that said, he was about to hang up but Mrs. Royals shouted making him t, and pulled the phone off his ear before his eardrums burst because of her unnecessary shouts.

" Don't you dare hang up on me Henry!" She shouted

" Mom try to calm down, you will have an attack if you keep shouting unnecessarily like this" Henry explained, trying to cajole her to let him hang up but she wouldn't listen.

" Me having an attack is none of your business, not as if you care about me," she said and Henry snorted.

" You know that's not true, Mom. You just want me to do as you say" he scoffed before adding. " I am always wondering where Father came across such a crazy psycho path like you" he muffled under his breath.

" I heard that asshole!" She yelled again.

" See you later Mom" With that said, he hung up without hearing what she had to say next.

" That dickhead of a son" Mrs. Royals muttered staring at her phone.

Henry sighed as he dropped his phone on the table.

" I need to clear my head" he muttered and punched a number on the telephone.

" Reece, get me a cup of cappuccino right now," he said and hung up.

" Now I am getting confused. Am I an errand boy or his manager?" He asked himself as he stood up from his chair to go get a cup of cappuccino for Henry.

Recce sighed in frustration, he has been running countless errands and had no time to rest his ass and Henry was making it more difficult for him. At this rate, he could collapse at any time.

" How I wish he could just smile a little he would look really cute" Reece muttered as he made his way to the cafe to get Henry the cappuccino he asked for.

After a few minutes, Reece came back with a cup of cappuccino, he handed it over to Henry and was about to walk out when Henry's voice stopped him.

" After work, you will drive me to the nearest bar," he said and Reece gasped softly.

' He wants to drink?'

After work, Henry left for a bar to clear his head. He really needs to find a contracted wife before the month ends if not, his mom won't take it easy with him, and moreover, she might bring some gold digger to his house as a wife if he fails to find one for himself.

Reece drove him to the nearest bar which was also his favourite bar and left immediately because he was so tired from the day's activities. He walked in and went straight to the counter and sat down.

" Get me a glass of whiskey" his cold and husky voice made Dera who is the bartender to flinch a little.

She has never heard such a voice in her life and it wasn't right for a girl of her age to be a bartender but what was she supposed to do? Her mother is lying still on the hospital bed fighting desperately for her life and she needed money badly to pay for her mom's surgery, that was why she ended up a bartender.

Dera gave Henry a glass of whiskey which he asked for and he immediately drank from the glass and in no time, the glass was empty.

She kept staring at the Greek god in front of her with different thoughts flooding her mind.

" How could a man be this handsome?" She wondered lost in her world of thoughts. She never knew he was talking to her not until he raised his voice a bit higher and she jotted out of her thoughts.

" Get me another glass of whiskey" he ordered and she did as she was ordered and within two seconds the glass was empty and it made her wonder what was wrong with a handsome guy like him to be drinking this much at the late hours of the day.

Henry handed her the cup asking for another glass of whiskey. Dera was hesitant at first, but later gave in to his request. Not as if she was the one paying for his drinks.

' it's none of your business, Dera, just do as you're told' she scolded herself inwardly, gave him the glass filled with whiskey and watched as he drank the whole content without remaining a single drop.

As a blabbermouth that she was, she was so tempted to ask what was wrong with him, but she managed to hold herself to avoid any form of troubles.

Henry drank almost an entire bottle of whiskey and he became really drunk which made Dera worried as she stared at the drunken angel in front of her.

The bar was about to reach its closing hour and the Greek god in front of her couldn't even remember his name when she asked him while trying to help him.

Dera tried getting one or two informations about him so she would be able to take him home since the bar would be closing anytime soon, but Henry didn't say a word even when she asked him, he kept staring at her like some sort of interesting show.

" How do I get him home now?" Dera thought to herself thinking really hard, but she ran out of ideas, because she didn't know what to think anymore. She don't know who the handsome stranger is, or where he was coming from.

Dera moved closer to him and began to search him. She shoved her hands inside his tuxedo suit and and brought out his phone, then she became relieved that at least she would call maybe his friends or his mom or anyone related to him.

She tried unlocking the phone but all her effort was fruith less because his phone has a password which she couldn't guess since she knew absolutely nothing about him.

" How on Earth am I going to get him to his house this night for Christ sake!" She muttered as she look at Henry who was sleeping peacefully on the counter.

" Most annoying part is my darned conscience, I just can't ignore him and go my way." She sighed as she began to search him again for anything that would help her take him to his house. Luckily, she found a complimentary card in his shit and she exhaled loudly.

Dera took a glance at the car and a gasp escaped her lips when she saw the name written on the card. ' HENRY ROYALS' was bodly written on the card, and she continued blinking her eyes in disbelief.

She had always wished to meet him even if it was just for once, since her best friend, Luciana always talks about him almost everyday, but now, she was privileged to see him one on one. Her happiness knew no bound.

Dera shoved the complimentary card back into his shit and moved closer to help him get on his feet. His home address was written at the back of the card so she was planning on taking him to the address on the card. At first, it was really hard because they both fell down because of how heavy Henry was, but she managed to stand up and helped him out of the bar.

She was lucky to see a taxi who helped her put Henry inside the car and drove off to the address she told him.

Within ten minutes, the car came to a halt in front of a gigantic mansion and Dera mouth opened in awe as she looked at the most beautiful mansion she has ever come across in her whole. Twenty four years of living.

" Sir, can you please assist me in taking him inside?" Dera pleased with the driver who nodded and helped her take Henry into the house.

On getting to the entrance door, they couldn't open it, so she brought out the car in his pocket and placed it on the door and it opened immediately.

Dera didn't know when a 'wow' left her mouth as she stared at the classy and luxurious sitting room.

" Thanks for your help sir I really appreciate" Dera said with a little bow and the man smiled.

" Please take him to his room, I will wait downstairs to give you a free ride home" the driver offered and Dera's eyes beamed with excitement.

The reason why she was happy was not because she would be getting a free ride but because she could save the transport fare along with her savings for her mom's surgery.

" I will leave him here" she said and placed him on the long sofa in the sitting room. She helped him take off his shoes and also loosened his tie before walking out of the house with the driver.

" Thanks once again sir" she said as they both walked out of the mansion

The driver gave her a free ride home and when she tried giving him money, he bluntly refused.

On getting into her apartment, she met Luciana watching a TV series while eating chips and drinking from a can beer.

" Hi baby girl!" Dera gushed excitedly immediately she entered into the sitting room.

" What's up? You look super excited" Luciana said and Dera nodded.

" Yeah, and you won't believe who I met today?" She said taking off her sneakers before wearing her flip flops and then she jumped on the sofa on which Luciana was sitting on.

" So who did you see?" she asked focusing her attention on Dera.

" I met your crush" Dera smiled

" Which of my crushed did you meet?" She asked and Dera frowned and bite her lips.

" Oh! I almost forgot that you crush on every cute guy you see" she muttered and Luciana pushed Dera's forehead playfully.

" Hey! That's not true, I only cursh on extremely cute guys, so which of them did you meet?" Luciana asked really eagered to know who Dera met that made her this excited.

Because Luciana crushes on idols like BTS, Sraykids, wealthy guys like Henry Royals and actors like Lee Min Ho.

" Henry Royals!" Dera shouted throwing her hands up in the air like a baby.

" You must be joking right? How can you see Henry Royals? Wait! Did you drink at the bar? Or are you running a high temperature to be spitting out gibberish from your mouth" she touched Dera's forehead and Dera yanked Luciana's hand from forehead.

" I am damn serious. I saw him today, he came to the bar where I work and got really drunk, so I managed to take him home that was why I came home late" Dera said and Luciana mouth hanged wide open.

" Tell me it's a lie" Luciana said with a smile on her lips.

" No I am telling the truth" Dera rolled her eyes.

" Congratulations baby girl! You're really lucky to touch him and even go to his house. Do you know how ladies die to touch him and myself isn't exempted " Luciana giggled and Dera rolled her eyes.

" What is the big deal of touching a billionaire? He is also a human like us too" she muttered and stood up heading to her room.

" Hey Lucania! What did you prepare for dinner?" Dera shouted from upstairs.

" Spaghetti and meatballs" Luciana replied and focused her gaze back on the TV series she was watching before Dera came.