Chapter 3

"What?" Xavier said dropping the phone from his ears to look at this girl. How could she just think to get married to him when she knew nothing about him?

"Are you from the marriage service?" he asked. His question threw Jessica off balance.

"No," she said biting her lips. She was sure that her makeup was now ruined by all the crying she had done. The conversation she overheard made her decide to make sure she got married before leaving the courthouse and since this man was in desperate need of a wife she decided to step up to the task.

"You need a wife don't you?" she asked sniffling. Her crying had left her nose running.

"Yes, I am" Xavier answered. It just occurred to him that she could be an answer to his solution.

"I was dumped on my wedding day. I don't want to bore you with all the details but I see you need a wife. I could be your wife" She said.

Xavier looked at her carefully. She looked sane after the ruined makeup on her face. He put back the phone to his ear.

"Ensure to get back the money from the agency. I would sort myself out. See you back at the office" he said cutting the phone and putting it in his pocket.

"Let's get married. I'm in desperate need of a wife so I need not be picky" he said and she nodded.

She was dumped after all and it sounded well like Burke was not ready to get back together seeing that he had blocked her number. She wondered where the relationship began to go south and why he cheated on her.

"Are you going to go in like that?" Xavier asked pointing to her face.

"Give me a minute to fix up my face. Let's meet inside" Jessica responded turning on her heel and going to find the nearest restroom.

It took her less time than she thought to wipe off her makeup. She had no tools to retouch the makeup so cleaning it off was the best option for her.

She came back and met Xavier standing there. She looked him up and down and thought to herself that at least she wasn't going to marry an eyesore.

He was pleasant to look at at least. Immediately he saw her he turned and started walking towards the reserved room. His wealth had allowed him to reserve a private room so he entered. Jessica followed him in and they both sat facing the judge.

"No witnesses?" the judge asked smiling at Xavier.

Jessica caught a whiff immediately that Xavier was influential since the judge knew him and he was able to reserve a private room.

"I'll call two people to stand as witnesses then" he added before calling two people. A male and a female.

The male was going to stand as a witness for Xavier and the female for Jessica.

The process was shorter than she thought and soon she was legally married to a stranger.

"I now pronounce you husband and wife"