Chapter 10 Meet Robert Luca

ROSELYN JENSEN

My jaw drop when I realize that fact. I gulp and put down the note on the bed and look at the resume on the first page of this papers that he gave to me.

"Crimson Luca, 30 years old, with a PhD of business management and masters in business administration. Single status and C.E.O of Luca Empire."-I mumbled.

Wow. PhD and masters of two different courses. The next paper is my mom s hill at the hospital. My jaw drop because he s not lying when he said that her bill is around $200, 000 dollars. My savings is around $35,000 dollars. I am too far from the half of her bill and she s not yet awake. I also need to pay for her therapy when she wakes up. I put down the papers and lay down my bed.

"I knew her bill will be expensive because I transferred her to a private room. My goodness…"

I look on the last page. It is my school records. There is a note on the lower part. 'You can continue your study also. Think about it, Ms. Jensen. Call me when you made up your mind. Crimson.

"This is like what you can watch I drama s and series. Even in real life this really happens. I don t have to worry about working for 14 hours, my mom s bills and money that I can use for my studies. 'What should I do mom? Should I take this? My goodness, I am totally clueless what I should do now. Argh! I decided to ask Alona s opinion when we meet in a restaurant.

"What did you say? Marriage proposal? You have a boyfriend and you didn t tell me?!"

"Hey, relax. Lower you voice. Everyone might look on us. My goodness, Alona. You are over reacting."-I said.

"Ops, I m sorry. But seriously, why you didn t tell me that you have a guy? What is his job? What is his name? How did you meet him?"

"Okay. Okay. I will answer now. He is not my boyfriend. I meet him in the hospital. Remember the man whom I meddle with his trouble with his ex? That s him. His job? He is an heir and C.E.O of Luca Empire. His name is Crimson Luca."

"Pufftt! Uho!"-I gave her a tissue and she wipe off her lips and look at me.

"Crim…Crimson Luca? You are not kidding me are you? He is that sunglasses man that your talking about? Oh gosh. What a surprise."-Alona. I sigh.

"Yes. He wants me to enter a contract marriage with him. In exchange, he will help me with mom s bills and therapy and he will let me continue studying in college. What should I do, Alona?"

ALONA REID

When I heard what Roselyn said, I was totally surprised. I never thought we will be in this situation like what we watch in drama s in several online platforms. I took another sip of my soda.

"Remember when I said that if time came and someone will give you an indecent proposal? I can t believe this is happening."-I said. She eat her pasta.

"I do feel the same way. I also can t believe that someone will dare to give me this kind of proposal. My goodness, this is making me worry and stressing me out, Alona."

"Let me ask you then, what do you think of him? Do you feel like his a madman? I mean a pervert or bad person. Somewhat like that. We always have some hunches when we meet someone. What do you think of him?"-I ask and taste the lasagna.

"My hunch? Hmm…well, I don t feel any bad intuition about him. He is domineering and somehow arrogant but he is not a bad person. For my own perspective, but… I can feel that he is—lonely."

"Lonely?"-I said. She nodded.

"Yes. I can tell it even if I haven t seen him without wearing his sunglasses. There is a loneliness in him. I can sense that."-she said.

"Then you can help him with that. You have a strong attachment to people s feelings. You can even surpass a psychologist if you only take that course."-I said.

"But seriously Alona. What do you think about it?"

"For me, honestly I don t want yoi to do it. But practically speaking, he will help you in so many ways. If he didn t give you a weird feelings or if you can t sense any danger with him then why don t you try it? It was a contract marriage anyway. Anytime, he can file a divorce and you can have your single status again."-I said. She nodded and seems to be thinking my point of view. She sighs again.

"Stop sighing, okay? But at the end of the day it was you who will make a decision for that anyway."

"You have a point. This might help me. Actually I am considering it because mom s bill is now $200,000 dollars. It was a huge amount. She needs to undergo therapy when she woke up. So…"

"$200,000 dollars?!Oh gosh. Just consider it, take it! That s a huge amount, Roselyn."-I said.

"Okay then, but first I need to talk to him and clarify some questions that I have in my head."-she said.

"Much better. Ask him about the questions that you wanted and you have in mind."-I said. We continued to eat and went to see a movie together.

CRIMSON LUCA

A call stops me from working. It s from unknown caller. I answered it and her soft voice enters in my ears. She end up calling me but she called after 10 days. Not bad. She live up on my expectations.

(Hello, is this Mr. Luca? This is Ms. Jensen.)

"It s me. Do you have anything to say"

(Let s meet. I have something to ask.)

"Okay, no problem. Just tell me where we meet."

(I ll text you the address. Bye-bye.)

"Bye."-I said. In ten seconds, her text came by. I put on my coat and take my car key.

"Greg, I won t be coming back. You can go home later on, you don t have to wait for me, okay?"

"Okay, Sir. No problem."-he said. I left the company and went to the hospital. She said that she wants us to talk about my proposal in her mother s room. When I arrive at the hospital, I took the food I ordered and the flower that her mom loved.

"Hi Ms. Jensen and even you Mrs. Jensen."

"You really came. Now mu doubts is lessen a single bit."-she said. I smiled.

"Good. I wanted a good answer from you anyway. But why don t we eat first. It s already dinner time. I m sorry if I m late, the traffic jam trap me."

"No problem. Thank you for the food. Can you lock the door please? I don t want other people to came in while we are talking."-she said.

"No problem."-I said and lock the door. We started to eat and she never speak. I concentrate eating the dinner like what she did.

"About your proposal. I still have several questions. I want you to be honest with me, Mr. Luca."

"Crimson. Call me Crimson."

"Okay, Crimson. Why me? Is there any particular reason why did you choose to enter a contract marriage?"-she ask. I nailed my back on the couch.

"Of course, I have a reason for that and that s my grandfather. He threatens me to disinherit me if I won t married in two months. I only have a week since the day he give me his order."-I said. She nodded.

"Afraid of being poor, huh?"

"Partially but no. I have skills and I can still survive in this society. Let s just say I am afraid that grandpa won t let me live with him. He is strict and domineering like me but he is the only family I have. I want to be there with him until his last day."

"I see. Both of you had a weird way of showing your love to each other. Move forward, why me? You can find any girl who likes you and had the same status."

"I admit there are several women from the same status like us but I am not interested in them. Why you? You catch my attention when you suddenly jump into your conclusion and join my word war with my ex-fiancée Isabelle."-I said. She blushes and even cover her face a little bit. She cleared her throat.

"Ahem. Another question. What is the purpose of this contract marriage thing?"-she said.

"My grandpa demands an heir from me."

"An heir? Do you want me to be a baby factory?"

"Not really. A single child is enough no matter what the gender is."-I said.

"Is that all? Do you want to explain more details? I m ready to listen anyway."-she said.

"If you marry me, you don t have to worry about money. You can buy anything you want and continue your study as well. I will give you anything that you wanted. Don t worry about anything else."

"I don t need to live a glorious life. I m not a gold digger. I just agree into this because of my mother. I will do my part as well. Don t worry, I will try to satisfy your expectations especially in bed."

"Ohh?"-I said and give her an amusing smile.

"What? You can t have an heir if we don t sex. More importantly, there is small chances that I ll get pregnant for one-night stand. Or we can use medicine world to give you an heir."-she said.

"Sex. Hmm…the way you say those words, is that mean that you agree in my proposal Ms. Jensen?"

"Roselyn, just call me Roselyn."-she said.

"And so? What s your decision?"-I ask. She raise her hand. I look on it and then to her.

"Deal. But remember. Keep your promise and I ll do my part as your contracted wife. Deal?"

"Deal."-I said and take her hand.

"Tomorrow, I will pick you up for dinner. Let s meet my grandpa."-I said. She nodded.

"Okay. Did he knew that this is just…?"

"A contract marriage? Yes. He said that he don t mind as long as I will have an heir myself."-I said.

"Wow. You two are weird family."-she said. I just shrug my shoulder. I went home after.

I waited for her downstairs. When I saw her walking out from the elevator. I smiled. The dress I bought for her suits her. Her beauty outshine because of it.

"Let s go?"-she said.

"Of course."-I said. I open the car door for her and drive to the mansion. When they meet each other grandpa look at her intently.

"Meet my grandpa, Robert Luca."-I said. She gulp.