Chapter 4 The Engagement

Chapter 4 The Engagement

Suzanne put on a bath towel and sat on the reclining chair by the pool with a dull face. At this moment, she was still in shock, because of what Jerry had told her.

On the contrary, Jerry closed his eyes and laid on the reclining chair, looking pretty calm, as if he had nothing to do with this incident.

But how could it really have nothing to do with him? Just now he told her helplessly that this ring was a symbol of an important promise. Two people who had this ring and were the opposite gender, they must get married. This was a promise that was made sixty years ago! Although Suzanne didn't expect much from her partner, she couldn't accept Jerry as her husband for he was such a cold man.

“Maybe it was just a coincidence?"Suzanne touched the ring on the necklace, and asked carefully.

"Do you hope so?"

"Of course!"

"Do you have a boyfriend?"

"No."

"Pretentious!"Jerry pouted and closed his eyes again.

"Huh?"

No answer. After a while, Suzanne's sluggish brain reacted: "You’ve just offended me."

"I’m just saying the truth!" Jerry didn't open his eyes: "Okay, obviously you’re satisfied with that, but you still act like you’re forced, don’t you?"

Suzanne stood up angrily: “Sir, there was nothing satisfying me. I hate arranged marriage, and I hate that my husband will be you!" After saying that, she pulled the bath towel and didn't care if she was still wet. And she went outside.

"Stop!" Jerry sat up: "Don't you want to marry me?"

"No away!" Suzanne turned around and announced loudly!

"OK!" Jerry jumped up: "That's great!" After speaking, he quickly took out a piece of paper from a bag under the reclining chair: "Sign it!"

Suzanne looked at Jerry, puzzled. Jerry walked to her and said: "You don't want to marry me, and I don't want to marry you as well. But we have to get married because of the promise, so how do you think we make it a fake marriage?"

Suzanne was perplexed, but she still took the paper in her hand and looked at it. She was so astonished for it was the Marriage Agreement!

Suzanne read all the words on it with a swipe, and tilted her head to look at Jerry: "You want to pretend to marry me?"

"Yes, my grandpa's health is not good, and if I don't marry you, he will have to force me to marry a woman who is worse than you, so it’s better for us to get married. It's just a formality. When grandpa is here, we are considered husband and wife, but when grandpa is away, we have no need to stay together, and when grandpa passes away, we will break up, and I will give you a great amount of compensation!" He pointed at the paper, and said: "10 million dollars. You deserve it!"

"I don't think so!" Suzanne shoved the paper into Jerry's hand: "I don’t want to be a liar!"She then turned around and left.

"How about twenty million dollars!"

Suzanne took a step.

"Thirty million!"

Suzanne continued to walk.

"Fifty million!"

Suzanne stopped.

Jerry laughed: "That's right. It is impossible for you to earn so much money in your life. You just pretend to be my wife to make my grandpa happy. When grandpa dies, you will be free. A lot of popular actresses are worth this amount of money for one year, so you are the beneficiary!" He said and took the paper to Suzanne again.

Suzanne looked back at him, squeezed her fist, and strode towards him, and then raised her hands and punched Jerry in his nose. She announced seriously: "First, I'm not the one like those who want to sleep with you just for your money; second, I’m not the commodity; third, I’m not stupid to marry a man and then divorce him. Fourth, which is the most important, I do not admit that agreement!" After that, Suzanne immediately felt relieved, she turned around and rushed to the elevator, ignoring the stunned man behind her.

When Jerry watched Suzanne's back disappear from sight, there was a hint of coldness in his eyes: well!

As soon as the elevator door closed, Suzanne felt regretted immediately.

God, I hit him, why did I hit him? Although he was really rude, but he was the CEO! What if he fired me?!

"Ding", the elevator rang. Suzanne stood up reflexively, and glanced at it. It was the third floor.

As soon as the door opened, a man walked in, Suzanne moved aside.

Inside the elevator, the man whistled. Suzanne looked at the man in surprise, and saw the man looking at her with a bewildered expression.

Suzanne lowered her head, only then did she noticed how embarrassing her current shape was. The clothes were wet against her body, and her underwear was basically showed. Immediately, she blushed and reached out to protect her chest.

"Wet body temptation, not bad!" The man said and hugged Suzanne's waist. Suzanne knocked his hand off with a slap. At this moment, the elevator opened, and she hurriedly rushed out.

But a person next to him happened to be entering the elevator, and the two collided directly. Suzanne hurriedly apologized: "Sorry!" She was dumbfounded. It was Gary!

"It’s you!" Gary raised his eyebrows slightly.

"He was to rape me!”Suzanne pointed at the man and said to Gary.

The accused man laughed when he heard the words: "Me? My lady, don’t pretend to be innocent! It’s Lan Clubhouse!"Then he smiled at Gary: "It seems that somebody was here for you!" Finally he turned around and left.

Gary stretched out his hand and pulled Suzanne out of the back, seeing her almost exposed figure at a glance, rolled his eyes, took off his coat and put it on Suzanne's body, and then dragged her straight to the elevator. When the elevator closed, he tilted his head.

"Are you here to find me?"

Suzanne shook his head.

"So... Could it be that you were still forced to do this?"

Hearing this, Suzanne shook his head vigorously: "No, I was just called by our boss. And I fell into the water."

Gary laughed when he heard the words: "So that's the case, then I'm relieved!" Then he pushed the elevator open again and smiled at Suzanne.

Suzanne immediately understood, smiled angrily at him and walked out, then remembered that she had to take off his clothes and return it to him.

"It’s for you!" He said softly and pressed the button, and the elevator door blocked his smile.

Suzanne looked at the elevators and sighed softly before turning around and walking out, but after taking three steps, she discovered that she had lost her diary and the photo of her and her mother! Thinking of this, she quickly turned around and ran back, pressing the elevator anxiously.

Jerry walked to the pool, and picked up a book that had been splashed with water. He opened it and flipped through it, and saw a photo of Suzanne and her mother hugging each other. They smiled and looked beautiful.

A moment of darkness flashed in his eyes, and then he flipped through it a few times, then stopped to look carefully at the page.

When Suzanne reached the fifth floor again, she saw Jerry standing by the pool looking at her diary, and she hurried over: "You can't read it. That's my diary!"

Jerry turned around, dodging Suzanne's pounce. Suzanne couldn't help but fell directly into the water, but this time, she didn't call for help. She struggled a few times and finally stood firm in the water shape.

"I sincerely apologize for looking down on you before." Jerry squatted by the pool and smiled at her. Suzanne felt that something was wrong with him.

What's going on? Why did he apologize to me and smile at me?

"In order to express my sincere apology, I decide to take you to a place."

"Where?"

"It’s a secret."

"I'm not interested in it."

"Come on please." He reached out his hand to her: "It’s Rose Garden. It is such a beautiful name, isn’t it?"

The car was speeding on the road, Suzanne was wearing a white men's shirt nestled in the back seat, holding the plastic bag tightly - there were her clothes and the coat Gary gave her. They were all wet at the moment. If it were not for the fact that it was really unsightly, she would not compromise and put on Jerry's shirt.

The Rose Garden, a place which she will never forget, because it used to be her home.

At the time, Suzanne’s father was the captain of a fishing team. The rose garden was a plot of land he bought with his own savings, and then he and his wife designed it and built a villa with materials.

It is said to be a villa because it was a small white building standing alone in a sea of flowers. But in fact, it was not so luxurious. Instead, it was romantic and warm. Before she was twelve years old, this was her happy and sweet home. However, her mother later had brain cancer, and her father's fleet had an accident. Things brought their home down with a bang, and the rose garden that held all the happy memories had to be sold.

The matter was over, but the family was gone. Soon after, the death of her mother also made her father unable to live here, because he always thought of his wife, so he joined other people's fleets and became a seaman, when Suzanne had to live with her uncle.

When the car door opened, Suzanne looked at the prosperous sea of flowers and rushed in. She ran and jumped in the sea of flowers. When she saw the small building standing in the sea of flowers, her tears fell.

Behind her was standing Jerry. He said:"If you are willing to sign this agreement, I will buy this house for you!"

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