Chapter 18


    " Those million dors will change my life very much Jenny and I''ll do it over and over again if it


    would settle my family''s debts and make me live afortable life, what more do I need? " Ca


    meant it to be a rhetorical question but Jenny answered anyway.


    " Love " She said quietly and added " Love is missing in your life Ca, it''s high time you searched


    for it "


    Caughed without humor " I don''t need that, the word is not in my dictionary " She replied as


    she stared at the wall where a picture of her and Jenny was hung.


    Jenny sighed " Have you thought about this very well? You''d be making a very crucial decision


    Ca, and this is a very big step, are you ready to take it? Remember, one year or not, this phase


    will have an impact on your life, are you ready? "


    Ca didn''t reply at once, instead she stared at the wall a little bit longer before turning her


    attention back to Jenny.


    She nodded slowly " Either way, I''m gonna do this Jenny, I''ll still think about it but my mind is made


    up "


    Jenny rolled her eyes " You don''t have to think about it since your mind is made up already "


    Ca closed her eyes briefly and stood up " I don''t have strength for your banter tonight Jenny,


    Good night " She said weakly and started walking towards her bedroom.


    " Good night! And make a very wise decision, okay? " Jenny shouted after her.


    Ca barely heard her as she entered her room and closed the door. Shended on the bed with a


    soft thump, clothes on and everything. She had managed to kick off her shoes when she came in.


    " Liam " She said under her breath. She was sure she wouldn''t sleep a wink tonight, she had some


    thinking to do.


    " Liam " She whispered again and again. She kept saying his name, tasting the feel of him on her


    tongue. The word she repeated seemed to be a luby as she slept in minutes. So much for


    wanting to think some things through.


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    She woke up to the blinding sunlight and groaned, turning to the other side of the bed to get more


    sleep. Something seemed to click in her head and her eyes flew open in seconds.


    " Oh shit! I''mte for work! " She muttered some more profanities that were udylike and dashed


    into the bathroom.


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    She started to undress " Fuck, I should have done this in the room beforeing in here " She


    mumbled. Pausing at the mirror, she looked at herself and frowned, she looked different than her


    usual morning look. Way different, she noticed. Dull and hollow, maybe. She swept her hands


    through her messed up hair and memories ofst night washed through her. She felt a new wave of


    shock coursed through her immediately and she squatted down helplessly. She had said she would


    think things over but why had she fallen asleep? Could Liam''s name had done a magic to her body


    and made her fall into deep sleep? She wondered.


    She remembered that she had made up her mind to go through with the deal Liam offered her.


    She would sacrifice herself and marry him if it would solve all of her problems. Deciding she would


    go through with ite hell or water, she proceeded to take her bath. She dressed up for work


    quickly and went out, locking the door securely behind her. Jenny had left her a note earlier, saying


    she had gone to the restaurant and had stated it clearly that Ca should make a very wise


    decision ande over to the restaurantter after work to gist her about everything that conspired


    between she ( Ca ) and Liam.


    Her mind was so upied with thoughts of Liam that she was oblivious to the fact that they had


    arrived at her workce until the taxi driver looked at her from the rearview mirror. She felt his gaze


    on her and snapped her head up.


    " Oh! We''re here already! " She eximed and paid the driver before getting out in a hurry.


    She ran into thepany and greeted the few people she recognized. She went into Amanda''s


    office to say Hi to her too before going straight into Liam''s office. He was there already, typing


    furiously on hisputer.


    " Morning Liam " She greeted politely and started walking towards her seat but his voice stopped


    her.


    " Morning Ca,e here for some minutes, we need to talk "


    She groaned inwardly, thinking she was not ready for this, not early in the morning at least. She


    went to him anyway and took the seat opposite him.


    " How was your night? " He asked pleasantly.


    " It was okay, I slept well, what''s up? " She answered, cutting straight to the chase with a raised


    eyebrow.


    " Have you thought about what we talked aboutst night? I can see you have made your decision,


    come on spill it out " Liam said, looking at her intently.


    Ca felt anger started to rise from within her " Isn''t it a bit too early to ask me about that? And how


    did you know I''ve made up my mind? " She red up with a sneer.


    Surprisingly, Liam bursted intoughter " Geez! Why are you being so itchy? Did you fight someone


    in the Dreand? " And heughed harder.


    Ca threw him a re which shut him up immediately.


    " I just asked if you''ve arrived at a decision on what we talked about " He said in a small voice.


    She rolled her eyes " No you didn''t ask, youmanded me to spill it "


    " Of course I did ask you! " He eximed.


    " No you didn''t! " She fired back.


    " I did! " He shouted.


    " You didn''t! " She said in the same loud voice.


    They went on like that for more minutes until Amanda popped her head in " What''s going on? I


    was passing by and I heard you guys arguing, are you okay? "