Chapter 54 - BEING USED
"You wish this was such a contract?" asked Ramon, raising an eyebrow. "I can make another contract if you really want to. After all, sex life is important in a marriage." Ramon shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly.
Hearing those bold words, Hailee was sure that her face, ears and neck were turning red. How could he possibly say such things so casually?
But, wait a minute… if they really were getting married, it couldn't be avoided right?
On the other hand, Ramon enjoyed what he saw; Hailee's face that was flushed like an apple looked attractive to his eyes.
Until she said some nonsense again!!!
"How about we make a marriage agreement. Just a marriage contract." Hailee made a suggestion, but her cute smile only made Ramon frown.
The man then leaned over and pinched Hailee's chin for this girl to look at him when he asked. "Where did you get an idea like that?"
"From the books I read," Hailee replied honestly. "In a situation like this, when two people who didn't like each other are required to get married, then they will make a marriage contract. We will be together for a period of time without making physical contact. "
"Then stop reading those kinds of books," said Ramon in a cold tone and let go of Hailee's chin before he leaned back on the back of the sofa again. "And I disagree with the 'no contact' and divorce sections."
Hailee bit her lip in exasperation. How could Ramon say such things so calmly? However, what made Hailee even more uncomfortable was that she had to restrain herself from smiling. It sucked.
"Sign it," Ramon said impatiently, nodding at the document on Hailee's lap. "After that you will know what the contents of this agreement are."
"What if this agreement doesn't benefit me?" Hailee asked. Even so, she firmly believed that at the end of the day, she would end up signing whatever documents Ramon gave her.
"Hailee, you are not in a position to bid," Ramon said, confirming what Hailee should already know. "And besides, I will not make a pact that will make you lose without giving you any benefit, because in the end, we will get married and you will be my wife."
In other words, Ramon would not possibly embarrass Hailee or make her look bad, because that would be tarnishing his own image.
Even though in truth, Ramon couldn't be said not to make Hailee lose money, because after all, it's her family company that Ramon wanted to take over.
"What if I refuse?" Hailee asked, looking at Ramon with provocative eyes. This girl was really testing the patience of the man in front of her.
Ramon smiled very sweetly, but also looked dangerous. "Your only options are; marry me or I can throw you in jail on charges of fraud."
Hearing that, Hailee pursed her lips, pouting. "So there's no prison, no kinky sex and no divorce?" she made sure.
"Hm," murmured Ramon. "Listen," said Ramon as he leaned forward invading Hailee's personal space. "Do you think your parents' death was just an ordinary robbery attempt? And you being trapped in the hotel with Roland Dimatrio was an accident?"
Ramon hoped that his future wife would not be too naive by answering 'yes' to his questions. At the very least, Hailee should be suspicious of the disaster that befell her family and should not take it lightly.
"Of course not," muttered Hailee.
Obviously Hailee felt something was off about all of this, but she didn't have the power or influence to figure out what was really going on, not to mention that her life these past few weeks was like a roller coaster, so she didn't know what to prioritize. .
"Good," said Ramon, nodding in satisfaction that Hailee wasn't that innocent. "Because I'm investigating about it." Ramon admitted what he was doing.
Although the investigation that he was currently doing was not meant to help Hailee, but to gain his own benefit, of course it would help Hailee to reveal the truth.
Putting it that way, it sounded fair to both Ramon and Hailee. This was mutually beneficial to both of them.
On the other hand, Hailee was quite surprised that Ramon had bothered himself to help her. "Is it true?"
"Of course," replied Ramon honestly.
With a heavy sigh, Hailee then relented. "Where do I sign?" she asked, half muttering.
And then, Hailee spent the next two minutes signing the document on every page that had a stamp. It seemed that whatever the conditions which were included in this letter were very serious.
Hailee was starting to wonder if she had made the right decision.
"Now I can read it, right?" Hailee asked when she finished signing the last column.
"Yes," replied Ramon, but he took the document on Hailee's lap which she had finished signing and walked over to his safe and secured it there, before he took another document and gave it to Hailee again. "This is a copy of the document from earlier. You can ask if anything is not clear to you."
Ramon handed over a copy of the document and allowed her to read it while he got busy on his laptop again.
Before Hailee started reading, she was sneering at this man silently; Ramon said that today he was off and he was not a robot who worked all day long, but why was he still working on weekends?
However, Hailee found herself indifferent to that fact and chose to study the documents in her hand.
The more she read the document, the more her eyes widened when she saw the points listed there.
"You will take over my family company after we get married? And I will just leave it to you because I am your wife?" At least, that was the summary Hailee caught after reading the pages of the documents over and over again.
"Yes," replied Ramon curtly.
Hailee muttered something incoherent and Ramon only gave her a quick glance. The girl was reading the next bullet point.
"Hey, what do you mean by this?" Hailee asked, her brows furrowed as she read something there.
"What?" asked Ramon.
"Does it say that I can gain access to some of the Tordoff family properties? And I have to behave properly as your wife?" Hailee tried to summarize what she read in her own understanding.
"Of course, as my wife I will not limit your movements, you will get a house in the elite area of city A and some properties," Ramon explained.
"A company for a house and several properties," Hailee glanced at Ramon. "I guess that's fair enough," she said sarcastically.
However, Ramon ignored her comments and continued his explanation.
"You are also required to behave like my wife, especially in public places and public events that we will attend, whether you like it or not," said Ramon.
Hailee thought about this for a moment. Act like Ramon's wife? Looked like it's not a difficult thing to do… especially after the problems between them have cleared up and Hailee didn't need to lie anymore. She thought that she could play the role of wife quite well.
"Looks like I can do well," said Hailee, as a cute smile spread across her face. "You will help me find the truth behind the death of my parents?"
After reading the documents to the last word, Hailee put them down and focused all her attention on Ramon now, she even bravely pushed aside the laptop that was on the man's lap so they could talk more seriously and Ramon's focus wouldn't be divided.
"Yes," replied Ramon honestly. It was one of his plans to pave an easy way for himself to take over what should be the right of Hailee, his future wife.
"And I'm free to do whatever I want?" Hailee asked again. "Even using the Tordoff family name?"
"Only in that situation where you won't embarrass the family name," replied Ramon again. After all, Hailee would be a part of this family and Ramon didn't plan to keep her from doing whatever she wanted to do.
However, Ramon's feelings grew uncomfortable as Hailee's smile grew wider. What was this girl planning now?
"Then, you don't mind if I invite my family to our wedding?" Hailee asked. "After all you have announced this marriage to the public, it will be a problem if my family does not know or attend this wedding."
"You're free to do it." Ramon nodded.
"What about my problem with Roland Dimatrio?" Hailee asked timidly.
"You didn't kill him, he won't talk and I'll take care of it," replied Ramon and this time Hailee jumped to her feet and sat on the armrest of the sofa Ramon was sitting on. "You don't seem to mind me taking over your family's company at all?" he asked suspiciously.
"Why should I object?" Hailee looked at Ramon in confusion. They sat so close that Ramon could smell the girl's scent. "I don't really know how to run a company and I get you as my life partner and all my problems disappear in an instant!" Hailee said cheerfully.
Meanwhile Ramon narrowed his eyes. The original reason why Ramon didn't let Hailee see the contents of the document was because he didn't want Hailee to reject his proposal to take over the family company, but looking at this girl's reaction now, it seemed like all of Ramon's previous concerns were unnecessary.
"Getting you as a husband is a jackpot!" exclaimed Hailee.
The frown on Ramon's forehead deepened when he heard that. "Jackpot?"
"And again which woman does not want to marry you." Hailee then glared at Ramon. "I've signed the agreement, so you can't take back your words. No divorce! Okay, so when are you going to visit my family? Aileen will pass out when she sees you!" said Hailee with a grin.
At this point, for some reason, Ramon felt that he was the one being used by this girl.