MARRY ME NOW

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2 weeks Later

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‘You wanna go out for dinner tonight?’ Cedric texted reminding me of what happened the last time we were supposed to go out for dinner. But then Austin ruined it.

I’m pretty sure he wouldn’t come over here anymore. If he has brains, I’m sure he already knows by now that I found out about their sick plan.

If I see him here, I’m good to pour a bucket of hot water on him, I swear. If you want to spend your life in jail, then do it.

Oh, he tried to kill me? And he didn’t get arrested for it? Goddamn rich people!

Both he and Jake can go rot in hell, my hatred for those two is real now. If only there was a way to get them back.

Dinner tonight? It’s really hard really to go on these dates when I have Anne. Especially when she was going to sleep in. Last time, she went out with Kara.

I’m going to have to put her to sleep before I leave.

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Next Day

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I had returned from the dinner and date with Cedric by 2 am and my life will never be the same now. I couldn’t sleep at all, even being exhausted.

‘Tessa… It might feel so quick to you but it isn’t. The very moment I met you, it was like a spell was cast and everything stopped at that moment. Ever since then my life hasn’t been the same, I can’t go a day without thinking of you, it’s crazy, I know but. I think I’m in love with you. No, I’m definitely in love with you.’

Everything had stopped at that moment. Cedric wasn’t the shy type at all, he always goes straight to the point. I gulped waiting for what he was going to say next.

It was very obvious though. Then it came ‘will you be my girlfriend?’

I’m pretty sure the earth had stopped at that moment. I didn’t reply for what seemed like hours, I was completely frozen. But I was finally able to say yes.

It’s crazy. It feels weird, I was no longer single. I was in an actual relationship. Jesus.

My phone suddenly rang startling me, I rolled over to the nightstand to pick it up. It was an unknown number.

Ugh, who would be calling me with an unknown number? I answered the call. “Hello, who is this?” I asked.

“Tessa, i-” Okay that’s Jake’s voice. I can’t believe he’s calling me after what he did, he has no shame.

“What the hell is wrong with you?! Like I said, just leave me alone! It’s crazy you called after what you did!”

“What are you talking about?”

“Oh, don’t act dumb, you know what you did. I’m not going to answer any unknown call again. Because of you. Just stop calling me!” I snapped cutting off the call.

He did dare call.

Okay Tessa, don’t let that spoil your day. I calmed myself. I got up from the bed to the bathroom, did my business, and got out. It was a Saturday.

I got out of the room to the living room, my eyes widened at who I saw right in the living room. Austin. My face turned red from anger.

He hasn’t seen me as he was facing the other way. I was going to scream at him when I was suddenly being dragged away.

“Shhh!” Kara shushed.

“What? I can’t believe you’d let him in here after wh-” I cut myself off, I forgot I haven’t told Kara what he did yet, I wasn’t supposed to tell her now.

“After?”

“Nothing. But why did you let him come in here?! You know how much I hate that man!”

“I know, but I think we’re in trouble..” She said.

“What trouble?” I asked.

“You know the old lady next door? She came here less than an hour ago and said she’s on her way to go sue you, she looked very angry.” She said. Ugh, what did I do now?

I know that lady hates me, for no reason in particular.

“What did she say I did?”

“She was talking about how you scratched her yesterday.” Oh, she’s going to sue me for that? It was a mistake and I was even helping her, she had asked me to come to help her!

I scowled, the next time I see that lady around me. Calm down! But that doesn’t explain why Austin is here. “And even more trouble. The rent is due next week and the landlord is going to sell this apartment to him.”

For some reason, I wasn’t exactly surprised. I should have been expecting something like this, all these stupid rich people oppressing the poor, they need to burn in hell.

With my jaw clenched, I matched to the living room and stepped in front of Austin, he smirked.

Arrogant much?

“You’ve probably already heard by now.” He said. I was shooting daggers at him with my eyes.

“Yes, you tried to kill me but failed and now, you’re trying to get me homeless.” I gritted out. He frowned.

“What do you mean to kill you?”

“Don’t act dumb! You’re the biggest fool if you think you can get away with this! Out of all the buildings in this environment, you choose this one! Well isn’t that a coincidence?” I snapped. The arrogant smirk returned to his face.

I wanted to strangle him.

“I know right?” He chuckled. “Such a huge coincidence.” He continued.

“Why this place?”

“I just love the apartment, it looks cosy,” He smiled. “I heard you guys don’t have anywhere to go from here but I could share.” He shrugged. He was enjoying this.

“Share? You’ve got to be kidding me. And by the way, why would a multi-billionaire want to live here when he can get the best apartments?”

He looked at his wristwatch. “I have to go now, I’d be back when your rent is due.” He said walking towards the front door.

I was fuming.

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The doorbell dinged and I went over to the door to get it, there stood a man. He had a huge brown envelope in his hand.

“Are you Tessa Carl?”

“Uh. Yes.”

“This is for you.” He said.

I thanked him and he walked away. I closed the door and opened the envelope.© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

lawsuit. My eyes widened.

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“She’s seriously going through this? Why 200 thousand Euro.” I had no idea why, but there were chances she wouldn’t win this right? What sort of proof had she even provided?

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“He did that?”

“Yes,” I replied, sadly.

By tomorrow, I’d be homeless, again. Kara and her mom would go stay at their family house. They had offered for me to come with them but I can’t.

I seriously need to stop being a burden to others. We’d just stay in a hotel for some time and I’d work hard to rent an apartment.

“I’m so sorry all this is happening to you, you’re a very innocent soul and don’t deserve to go through any of this,” Cedric said.

“Thanks. I need to go do something now, bye. I love you.” I said. It wasn’t weird to say that to him anymore. It was like I’d gotten used to it.

“I love you too, goodnight. We’d talk tomorrow.” He said as the line went dead.

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3 months later (sorry for the skip)

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After I had stayed in the hotel for 3 weeks, I ran out of money. Cedric offered for me to stay at his place, and after much frustration, I accepted.

About the Lawsuit, the lady had suddenly dropped it. For no reason in particular. But I think it’s a miracle.

After what Austin did, he still didn’t stay out of my life. He always manages to find a way to annoy me. I know he already knows by now that Cedric and I were dating.

My relationship with Kara and her mom was still intact, well not intact. But we were still friends. We hadn’t talked since a week ago when I had a fight with Kara about Cedric.

‘I just don’t like him, Tess. Something about him just screams danger, i-‘

‘Just stop, okay? I think you’re overthinking things. He’s a very good person. You don’t understand..’

‘No, you don’t understand. You have to be careful, Tessa.’

What she was saying was getting me mad. I knew from the start that she didn’t like my relationship with Austin. But what I do in that aspect doesn’t concern her, does it?

My relationship with Cedric was very much obvious. We were heading towards the elevator, our hands locked. The elevator opened and I was not too surprised to see Austin.

Wasn’t he going to go back to America? Jeez.

He was in a very expensive-looking suit. He looked really good too, probably all the girls in here were gawking at him.

Pretty stupid for a good-looking man.

His eyes fixated on mine and Cedric locked his hand.

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