The Billionaire’s Fake Marriage

“It’s a one time fee, till the end of our agreement.” Rebecca replied.

“And when will this agreement end?”

“After one year.”

“And what if things are not sorted out in one year?” Janet fired another question.

“Then he gets another 1.5 million for the next year.” Kitty said very slowly.

“What?” Flustered, Janet could not understand whom to look at — Kitty or Rebecca.

“Why did you tell her?” Rebecca asked Kitty.

“It’s her money, she deserves to know.”

“Wow! You guys are really something.” Janet was shocked at her friends. She then took some time to regulate her breath and thumping heart.

“Tell me,” she then asked calmly. “Is there anything else that you are hiding from me?”

Kitty and Rebecca looked at each other and then at Janet.

“No.” Rebecca said with a friendly smile.

“And you?” Janet then turned to Kitty.

This was very hard for Kitty. She wanted to tell Janet everything about Brian, but her analytic brain was telling her not to. However looking at Janet’s face her heart wanted to scream out all the secrets that she was keeping inside of her.

“No. That was all,” Kitty replied with a smile.

“Alright,” Janet said. “Remember, we are playing a big gamble here. Not only we are paying this guy a huge amount of money but we are putting ourselves on the line here. If this fails we will be done — forever!”

The ladies took a moment in silence to take that in.

“But why did he agree to do this?” Janet asked another question.

Kitty wished for Janet to stop asking questions like this, but she was on fire today. Keeping her cool, Kitty came up with the answer — “He has been trying to establish his own business in the United States. This money will help him with that. We are paying him a 50% advance as soon as you both sign the contract. The rest he will get at the end of the year or the termination of our arrangement, whichever is earlier.”

It took a few seconds for Janet to process that information in her head, “Alright. But we have to finish this within a year. Besides money, I cannot afford to be in such a relationship.”

Kitty and Rebecca agreed. And then Janet turned to Rebecca.

“What about the paperwork?”

“I am glad you asked,” Rebecca said while opening her folder. She came prepared with all the documents.

“Exhibit A — A prenup! Though we are not planning to get you guys married right now, but I prepared it just in case.”

Rebecca then took out another document, “Next up is this non disclosure agreement. It says that none of you are allowed to talk about this arrangement to anyone, except your lawyers. So remember, after you sign these papers, legally you can talk about it only with me and Brian. Nobody else, not even Kitty.”

Janet looked at Kitty who shrugged knowingly. Rebecca then moved on to the next part of the documentation. “This next one is a liability agreement. This makes Brian equally responsible for any action or reaction caused by this arrangement. You know those agreements in the hospitals that you sign before going for surgery…”

“Where you release hospital from any responsibility if something bad happens to you on the operation table,” Janet guessed.

“Yes! This is just the opposite of that.” Rebecca explained. “If something bad happens, you are not the only one responsible. He will face the consequences with you. This, pretty much saves us from any possibility of blackmail. With this agreement and the non disclosure, Brian cannot dare go public with this information.”

Rebecca was pretty proud of her documentation presentation, and Janet could see how she had thought everything through. According to her, there was no way for Brian to fu*k them over. It was an air tight deal.

“Do we need anything else?” Janet asked Rebecca while reading the documents.

“Well if you want we can make him sign a contract where he will pay us a huge compensation if he doesn’t follow our instructions. Fear of paying a hefty fine works better than the fear of God.”

“So how much should we scare him with? 5 million?” Janet asked Rebecca.

Kitty suddenly chuckled.

“You think it’s too much?” Janet asked Kitty. “Fine, lets bring it down to 3 million dollars,” she then turned to Rebecca. “But I want this contract to be the most fierce looking out of all our documents.”

“You got it boss! That guy will fear you!” Rebecca chuckled.

“He should, I will be paying him,” Janet said.

Kitty was thinking something else in her head, “Fu*k!”

Janet and Rebecca did not know whom they were playing with. Bilal had told Kitty that Brian also held a Law degree and there was a team of the most fierce lawyers behind him all the time. She could sense that Brian alone was capable enough to chew Rebecca’s head.

“Oh God! Please let it all pass quickly!” Kitty prayed closing her eyes.

“Hey, what are you thinking?” Janet asked her. She was seeming a little cheerful after knowing that Brian was going to dance to her tunes after signing these papers.

“Nothing, I just have this headache,” Kitty came up with an excuse.

“You should go home. There is nothing for us to do today now,” Janet said.

“Yup, I think I should,” Kitty started packing her stuff.

“I can’t wait to meet this Englishman.” Janet said with a cunning smile. “I am going to eat him alive if he ever tries to turn on me.” Rebecca’s paperwork had given her a new confident. But Kitty was worried about her friend. She could not warn Janet about how wrong she and Rebecca were.

“This will go down like clockwork. With all this paperwork, he is literally our employee,” Rebecca boasted, making Janet chuckle.

“I am leaving. See you tomorrow,” Kitty was finally ready to leave.

“Take care,” Janet smiled as Kitty left the room.

“Fu*k!” Kitty muttered on her way out.