Chapter 4

Katherine was at lost for words but decided to open up to her "I overheard his discussion with his assistant. His grandparents refused to hand over their family's business to him unless he is married, so he wants to rent a bride for a year which is the duration his grandparents gave him that his marriage will last before he becomes the owner of the Baldwin Empire. As a punishment to me for eavesdropping on his discussion, he decided to make Felicity his rented bride" she shuddered as she mentioned Felicity as a rented bride.

"My, my, that's a whole lot to take in."

"Exactly!"

"Hmm, so what are you going to do now? You can't say no to a man like that and what's worse, he is your boss."

"That's it Mercy, that's why I'm confuse" Katherine buried her face in her palms.

"But why would he choose to fool his grandparents like that?"

"I don't know. I guess he just doesn't want to get married for real."

"So, his plan is to divorce Felicity immediacy after owning the company?"

Katherine nodded "but he said the wedding will be fake."

"And he offered you some money didn't he? I mean you need to use money to rent something right?"

"Two million dollars ?and a promotion."

"My goodness that's a whole lot of money!" Mercy exclaimed "you wouldn't finish spending that in the next five years!"

"And I will have a promotion on top, which means bigger salary" Katherine grinned before sighing "his offers are tempting but my conscience..."

"You are worried he would hurt her don't you?"

"Yes. I mean he doesn't have a clean record with women."

"But you know this is inevitable right? I mean, Felicity is a woman, she deserves to witness the world the way that it is. You can't keep her locked up forever, if we want her shock to leave her then we have to let her socialize with people, she needs to know she is a grown up and who is the best to show her that but your boss? When he brings her to all those social gatherings and she learns to interact with people her age, she will start bringing herself out from her shock with is her hideout and live her life to the fullest."

"Are you saying I should give it a thought?"

"I'm saying that you should accept and like you said, I will go with her and I will take care of her. Now, Raymond Baldwin is paying to use her to get his family's company while we will use him to educate Felicity on basic etiquette, a sense of fashion, how to act in public, it's a win for us in all angle. One year with a man like Raymond Baldwin will do wonders for our Felicity don't you think so too?"

Katherine nodded as a new understanding dawned on her "but what if she falls in love?"

"Love is something one cannot control. Hiding her inside here won't stop her from falling in love if she will. So it's better we let her pass through the lessons of life. You cannot protect her from all of these, falling in love will be a step taken for her to grow up."

"Mercy, it's not like I don't want her to fall in love, I just don't want her to fall in love with Raymond. I want her to fall in love with someone that will reciprocate it to her."

"What if Raymond Baldwin does?"

"He wouldn't."

"You never can tell..."

"He said so himself that he wouldn't."

"Hmm, well, we just have to wait and see but I must have you know, I have not seen anyone who met Felicity without loving her, she is so adorable so I'm sure her innocent charm will hook even the almighty Raymond Baldwin."

"I don't know, I just don't want her to get hurt and Raymond is the one person that will shatter her to pieces."

"Then we can always tell her not to fall in love and don't you forget that I will be there to guide her, I won't let him hurt her, we will add it in the contract."

"He already promised me not to hurt her."

"So that's settled then" Mercy smiled "we need to let her take this chance, you don't know what the outcome will turn out to be."

Katherine sighed and then nodded "I guess we can give it a try."

"That's good, let her live a little" Mercy smiled.