Arranged by Force

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{ Sophie's PoV}

It had been a week since we got news on Adams cousin, David. His cousin was none other than the Faverly heir. The Faverly were the owners of Power&Co, a company which provided more than 70% of hydroelectricity to around ten different states of America. He was the only maternal cousin of Adam thus I hadn't heard much of him.

During this week, Adam had been stressed and he overworked himself. He hardly slept for more than five hours before rushing back to work and then run errands for David. They wanted the news of David to be as discreet as possible and it was difficult as already a month had passed.

Adam had refused me to go to the office too. The Paparazzi had gotten crazy and were desperate to get as many pictures of me as possible. The kissing picture of Adam and I went viral on the internet and mainly on E-News and New York's Time News. The world could still not believe that the Adam Larsen and I were married. Especially due to the fact that I didn't have any ring around my finger.

However, today being Sunday, Adam was home. He still was dressed in a professional attire, dark grey slacks and a black buttoned up shirt with his coat on the couch. I walked up to him and gave him a cup of tea. He was negotiating with someone in a foreign language and with the way his fingers were clenched in a fist, I knew it wasn't going well. I rubbed small circles around his palm, trying to calm him down.

When Adam cut the line, he kept swearing profanities in the foreign language.
"What happened Adam?" I asked concerned.

Adam took deep breaths before he asked me to sit down on the couch. I arched a brow in his direction as I settled down.
What happened now?
Hopefully nothing bad. But you have to always expect the unexpected for surely you can never be prepared for What life has to slap you with next. Definitely I wasn't.

{Adam's PoV}

I asked Sophie to have a seat. I was so fucking angry. I walked across the room, clenching and unclenching my palm.
How the fuck was I going to explain to Sophie?
How the fuck was I going to even live without her? And How the fuck was I even going to adjust in a new place?

" Adam!" Sophie called me, her eyebrow still raised. I took a deep breath before I spoke. Better to just let her know before it was too late.

" I was talking to David's Lawyer," I told her as I settled next to her. Her exotic smell calming my nerves down. There was nothing in the world which could calm me more than her addictive smell and her soothing touch, fuck how was I going to leave her?

" And..?" She asked impatiently as I kept staring at the wall in front of me . Fuck, this was harder than I thought.

I cleared my throat before I spoke,
" He was telling me of a contract David has agreed to. It was supposed to start two weeks ago and David hasn't fulfilled part of his deal. The shareholders are getting impatient and are planning to take back their funds. I own 40% of Power&Co so the lawyer is telling me to sign on David's behalf."

" Yes, so why don't you ?" My sweet Sophie asked confused, her eyebrows furrowing. I took a deep breath before I answered,

" In order for me to sign the deal, I have to stay in Washington for more than three months." A shocked gasped followed my voice and I felt my gut twist but I continued talking,

"The deal consists the construction of a chain of restaurants across Washington and I need to be present to sign government papers and all." I said.

Sophie nodded at me but I could see her try to mask her emotions, her tears and fear were so raw in those beautiful brown eyes that my heart clenched painfully when she hid her emotions away from view.

{ Sophie's PoV}

I couldn't digest what Adam said. How many days did he exactly mean when he said more than 3 months, 100 days? 120? Or more?
How the fuck was I going to stay without him? I couldn't sleep at night without his arms wrapped around me, How was I going to survive three whole months?

I cleared the lump from my throat. I had to act mature and not be selfish. His cousin was in coma and as much as I wanted him to stay with me, he also had other, much more important priorities to attend to.

" Well, that's okay." I said, my voice coming out low. I cleared my throat before talking,

" It's good actually." Adam looked at me with narrowed eyebrows as I talked,

" I wanted to talk to you about something too." Adam nodded at me, asking me to continue. This was the only time for me to voice out my thoughts before he got whisked away by work. I swallowed the lump and spoke,

" We've been having unprotected sex. I know I have the morning after pill but I don't want to take a risk. My periods are already abnormal and by taking the pill, I don't want to make it worse. "
I turned away from Adams burning gaze and looked at the backyard. As embarrassing as my words were, I had to let him know.

" The reason I'm telling you this is because I know you'd like to have children Adam." I said going straight to the point , and Adam looked at me shocked. Yes, I knew Adam wanted children, especially when I realised no condoms were ever used.

"...But before any children come into the picture, I'd like the two of us to make the most memories. Adam, I want to know more of you. We've been what; married for around 5 months, and although I've been living with you, I don't know you fully. I want to know the father of my children beforehand. I want to know you better than you know yourself." I said, my heart was beating so rapidly with my confession but it was true. I loved Adam with whole my heart but I didn't know him wholly, not yet.

The room was silent again. Two bombs had been dropped and the ticking of the grandfather clock was echoing in my ears.

" You're right Sophie." Adam said and I shut my eyes as he continued talking emotionless,

"Thank you for letting me know for even I'd like to know more of you before we consider a child." Adam said in such a professional voice that my heart ached.

" And I think the first step would be with you
attending this Washington trip, that's only if you'd like to" Adam said and I felt a punch to my gut.

For the first time ever, Adam asked me whether or not I wanted to join him and as much as I was supposed to be happy, I wasn't. Adam Larsen never asked, he done what pleased him and all my past experiences of travelling with him, were proof enough.

I gingerly nodded in Adams direction and watched him leave the house and along with him, I felt a piece of my heart tear.

I just hoped this rough phase of ours was over before we went to Washington.

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