"Absolutely not!" Lyse shrieked and jumped out of the seat as she glared at Levi who looked unbothered.
"Fine, we can do five months. No talk about any duties in bed." Levi negotiated.
Lyse stared warily at him then said, "We won’t have to share a bedroom."
"If we go to see my family we will have to share a bedroom but you can rest assured that I am a gentleman and I will not touch you until you beg ." He said, his voice filled with a dark promise that made Lyse narrow her eyes.
"Why would I beg you and how can I trust that you would keep your hands to yourself?" She scoffed.
"Because won fall at my feet, I never need to force them." He answered glibly, his tone smug.
"Forgive for not believing that the man who just tried to sneak in a clause to force to sleep with him in a fake marriage is suddenly an honest man." Lyse said hotly as she glared at Levi.
Right at that point she was feeling more and more certain that she did not want to enter into an agreent with a sly man like Levi. She would find the money she needed elsewhere, it would be hard but she would do it.
"You know what, you don’t need to sign the agreent imdiately." Levi said as he stood up and straightened him suit. "You can go over the docunt the rest of today and Chris will be back tomorrow."
With that the two n left Lyse alone in the room to contemplate if she was going to accept his terms or not. She was tilting more towards the side of a big fat NO.
*
The car glided smoothly through the city streets, the soft hum of the engine providing a calming backdrop to the tense atmosphere. Levi sat in the backseat, his expression a mask of indifference. Beside him, Chris, his trusted lawyer and friend who was seated beside him, watched him intently.
"So, Levi," Chris began, his voice low, "what is the endga here? Why try to extend the charade?"
Levi paused, his gaze fixed on the window. "It’s a complex situation, Chris. There are factors at play that you may not fully understand."
Levi was not one to speak in detail, he was a master strategist so most of the ti the decisions he made were not just on the spur of the mont but usually connected to sothing more intricate.
To that end he did not like to speak on his plans until he had gotten what he wanted and everyone else could see the big picture.
Chris was still very curious and he raised an eyebrow. "I understand that you probably have so plan brewing, of course. But what about Lyse? What are your intentions towards her?"
Levi hesitated, his eyes flickering with a hidden emotion that disappeared almost imdiately. "Feelings?" He scoffed, "What do feelings have to do with this? She is being paid for her role in this and that is all that should concern her."
"Really?" Chris shook his head. "It does not matter that she is being paid, she is still a human being."
When Levi kept quiet Chris continued, "if it is that important that she stay married to you then why don’t you tell her that you are actually married, would that not be easier all around."
"And have her demanding for half of my wealth?" His eyes went as hot as a furnace, "hell no!"
"I just don’t think that is the kind of woman that she is." Chris answered.
In all this ti if Lyse wanted to she would have demanded for everything in sight since Levi had indicated an interest in her. Instead she did the opposite, seemingly uncomfortable with his wealth. Levi however was not willing to agree.
"That’s what they all do, pretend they don’t want anything until they have you in a vice then they demand for everything." He said painfully.
"Not every woman is that way Levi."
Levi turned to face Chris, his expression hardening. "It does not matter. What matters is that we need to maintain the facade for now and when it’s all done she can have her money and be gone and I won’t have to worry about her."
Chris sighed. "Very well. But I hope you know what you’re doing, Levi. Playing with people’s hearts is a very dangerous ga."
Levi remained silent, his gaze distant. He was lost in thought, contemplating the future, the uncertain path that lay ahead. He knew that extending the ti fra of the agreent was a risky move, but it was necessary. For now.
It was important that she spend that ti by his side as his wife. In the end her appearance felt like tily intervention, he had been worried about how to deal with a problem but their tily marriage was going to solve that situation nicely.
As the car pulled up to the office, Levi stepped out, his mind already racing. He had an empire to rule, people to protect, and a secret to keep. The weight of his responsibilities was heavy, but he was determined to carry the burden and not let anything co between him and his legacy.
Chris would not understand and that was alright as long as he could solve whatever problems that arose.
He had a thought of Lyse refusing to agree to his terms and he frowned. He would throw anything at her to force her to accept his terms and he hoped that Ethan had gotten sothing that would make Lyse agree to him because he could sense that she was losing interest in the agreent and he could not have that.
When he got into his office and had just settled down there was a knock on the door and Ethan opened the door and ca in holding a file which he placed before Levi.
"Boss, I have found sothing that you will find very interesting."
Levi pulled the file and flipped through the pages, his stony expression brightening as he read through.
"Thank you Ethan, you may leave." Levi dismissed his assistant.
’He is going to get a nice bonus’
The file that Ethan had brought was as good as gold and he knew that with it in hand there was no way that Lyse was not going to say yes to whatever terms he dictated.
He smiled cunningly as he stared at the docunt. He did not feel even a twinge of guilt at the thought of using sothing like this to force his will on Lyse, he would do whatever he had to just to secure himself.
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