Contract With The Billionaire

The results were positive.

She is pregnant.

Even though she had it in her instincts, having it officially declared by the doctor had made her ecstatic.

As expected, Alex had his cold face on even when the doctor had smiled and congratulated them on the news. It didn’t affect her, but the doctor was sure giving them weird looks.

As they reached home, Alex sought out some work on his phone and Mia was confused as to why he wasn’t leaving for his work.

Only when he finished the call, he turned to her, she knew something was up because he only talked to her when there was something important to talk about.

“I’ve appointed a full time caretaker for you, who will be here by tomorrow. She will be with you the whole day, so if you need anything, tell her.” He informed her, and she felt a little bit hurt realising she couldn’t even show her mood swings to him because he would not want her to unnecessarily bother him.

“But what if I want to go out for a walk or some yoga class? You said I can’t be seen going out of this mansion then what?” She questioned, because she surely couldn’t sit all day at home and it wasn’t healthy either.

“That will be arranged as well, but the yoga class can be done at home and I’ll arrange for an instructor as well.” He said, and she looked at him with disbelief.

Where was she, in jail?

“No! I don’t want to be alone in this haunted mansion. And if I can go for a walk then why can’t I join yoga classes?” She said, and he paid no attention to what she was saying, as he turned and left for his room.

Mia huffed in annoyance, as she walked back to her room as he had successfully ruined her mood as well.

The next morning as mentioned the caretaker was present in the mansion, and to her surprise it was an aged lady around sixty years old.

“Mrs. August, this is Mia the one you have to take care of, I hope that you won’t make any mistakes or give anyone a chance to complain,” Alex warned with a stern face, and the lady smiled at him.

“Don’t worry sir, I will take proper care of your wife. She is in good hands.” She assured, and Mia smiled at the warmth in her tone.

Finally, someone she could talk to the whole day!

Alex nodded before glancing at Mia and leaving the mansion.

After he left, Mrs August walked towards Mia, as she introduced herself once again.

“Hello dear, your husband isn’t much of a talker I see, but let’s just ignore him.” She joked, and I chuckled.

“I’ll introduce myself again properly. I am Mrs. Rachel August, and I’m your caretaker. Let’s not delve into that” She made a funny face, and Mia giggled, already loving her.

“Mrs. August, I’m so glad I got to meet you,” Mia said sincerely, and Rachel smiled warmly.

“Oh, please call me Rachel! I’m not that old because age is just a number.” She winked at Mia, in the end, and Mia couldn’t hold her laughter this time.

Mia for once was so glad that Alex had arranged this amazing person to take care of her. For once she didn’t feel like he was a monster.

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For the first time, Alex knew how it felt to be ignored because that was exactly what Mark was doing.

He had stopped visiting Ian’s company and even ignored his calls and this caused his dearest friend to get highly frustrated and of course, the wrath was to be faced by his employees and his P. A George.

But to an extent, George was kinda used to it and it didn’t affect him much as others were affected.

“George, are there any more meetings for today?” Alex asked calmly, but inside he was getting impatient.

George took his time to check his schedule and then answered, “For now, no sir. There are no more meetings but”

“Later!” He ordered, and George nodded without another word and left after that.

Alex stood up and buttoned his blazer before taking his phone and walking out of his office.

He reached Mark’s company in twenty minutes, as he walked straight into Mark’s office.

Mark was startled by the sudden appearance of his friend because he rarely came to his office unless it was work related.

“Yes, Mr. Ian? To what reason do I owe this sudden visit?” Mark asked sarcastically, and Alex pinned him with his regular glare which least affected him.

“You have been ignoring me and my calls.” Alex accused, and Mark shrugged indifferently.

“I’m very busy,” Mark responded lamely, and Alex gave him a cold look.

“Doing what? Are you having fun with Mia? What is going on Mark? You’ve been hanging out with her rather than me for just more than a month and you are already attached to her? Why?” Alex asked, agitated and Mark glared at him.

“Now you have a problem with that as well? Okay, I agree that I have been with her more than I expected, but because she is a sweet person, Alex.”

“You can’t see that because you shut out your emotions but at least for once try to be nice to her, talk to her and then you’ll know why I got attached to her so soon.” Alex sighed loudly, and Mark could clearly see that he wasn’t interested in whatever he had suggested.

“I am not creating problems in our friendship and neither is Mia. If it’s anyone then it’s you, Alex!! You need to understand that,” Mark explained calmly, and Alex gave him a blank look.

“You tell me, Mark, we have had disagreements and fights before this. But every time we have kept our friendship above everything else, so why not this time?” Alex questioned, and Mark was silent.

He was right in questioning him about it, and Mark knew it as well. But this time his dirty trick was used on a person who was totally unaware of his games.

Alex had played more dirty games with people, but they were nowhere near innocent and that is why he had no objection.

“I agree, Alex, we have kept our friendship above everything else. But Alex, Mia have agreed to give you what you want, and yet you played this game with her. Why?” Mark asked, and Alex was getting a headache from talking about Mia.

“Mark, I have told you this before that I wanted 100% results, and the IVF treatment was nowhere near 70% as well, what is the use of that treatment if the results were going to be negative? We would’ve followed the process which should have been done first.”

“She had come up with this treatment and I agreed, but that didn’t mean that I would comply and believe whatever the doctor says. It was as simple as this Mark, and I haven’t hurt her in any way.” He concluded, but Mark chuckled lightly.

“You haven’t hurt her physically, Alex but mentally? If she knew about this, she would be mentally hurt because she believed that the process was performed and she had hopes about getting pregnant,” Mark said, clenching his jaw.

“Which she did now!” Alex retorted immediately.

“She could’ve gotten pregnant by that treatment as well, Alex and if the reports were going to be negative and in a true way then you could follow the natural way. Tell me what would have been lost if you had let the doctor do his work and still turn out to be negative?”

The argument was getting heated and both were aware of it, but Mark refused to back down because he wanted to show him what he had done was wrong.

“Why the fuck are we fighting over her?” Alex asked, barely controlling his anger.

He had come here to sort out their problem and not increase it.

“We are not fighting over her, but your deed.” Mark snapped, and Alex clenched his eyes shut.

“Fuck this!” Alex muttered, and stormed out of his office and Mark sighed, rubbing his forehead.

Are they going to end up like this?

At night when Alex returned back to his mansion, he found Mia happily chatting with her caretaker and it irritated him more. He took a deep breath and left for his room because he surely didn’t want to see her at the moment.

Mia saw him barging inside and it confused her because he was alright in the morning, then what happened to him now? But then she shrugged it off because it was none of her business.

But she had wanted to thank him for appointing Rachel and she would surely do it.

“Rachel, you should sleep now. I want to have a chat with Mr. Ian so it’ll take time. Please don’t wait up because of me.” Mia informed, and Rachel smiled, nodding before she left, but not before keeping a hand on her head and blessing her.

Mia walked towards his room and knocked on it.

“Leave!” he roared, and she was taken aback. Did he think it was his maid or her?

“Mr. Ian, I want to say something to you.” She said from outside, and he kept quiet which she took as a sign and continued.

“I just wanted to thank you for appointing Mrs. August, she’s so sweet and friendly so thank you.” Mia smiled to herself and waited for him to say something, but when he didn’t, she shrugged.

“Okay, goodnight Mr. Ian.” She turned to leave, when the door opened and she froze.