Chapter 35 - Chapter 34

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((( CLAIRE )))

I couldn't bargain anymore as she left me there alone and let my time tick away.  

I suddenly thought of food.

Then my family.  

Lose this job and you're dead, I reminded myself. I suddenly felt miserable knowing I really has no choice from the start. The only option I was given, without pretense, was to sign this agreement.

So I did.

The manager's smile returned when she saw my signature in the document. She patted me on the shoulder and commended my decision. But she sent me out immediately to keep me from asking any more questions.  

What exactly was the offer about? I asked myself as I left the chain and with a heavy gnawing curiosity, I headed to the chapel.

(ZHIO)

"Get the fuck out of my sight," my voice reverberated through the room as I felt a seductive caress at my shoulder in the middle of work.

The woman trembled slightly but kept her finesse intact. The way her bosom was generously showing through the plunging neckline of her dress irritated me. She looked to be up for prostitution rather than office work.

"Deo, get this bitch out!"

I ordered and watched him escort her away.

Wenziel and Eriez came into view the moment she was gone.  

"What a misogynistic young man," Wenziel teased as Eriez clapped his hand in a metronomic fashion.

They might have had planned everything that has happened earlier.

"Do you even want to marry?"

I narrowed my eyes at Wenziel as I removed my coat. He has seen me with that woman yesterday when he followed me all the way through to the chapel.

His question felt like a quicksand intended as a trap into making me confess whatever relationship I have with her. I didn't think Eriez even knew about it.

"You're in the right age to marry," Eriez pointed out.

"You should have an heir in about two years or less."

I was about to respond when my phone suddenly rang. It was Deo. I averted my attention to him to avoid the useless talk my fathers has to say.

"Alright, I'll talk with her," I replied to Deo's report.

My temples throbbed when I heard the woman, who I'd just sent out earlier, in the background.

Deo went on and I nodded in understanding.

"Okay. Just do the best to help her."

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