His Contract Bride

Chapter 6 - The Arranged Proposal

COURTNEY POV

Courtney almost fell on the chair upon hearing the word marry. Of course she will not deny the feeling of excitement since it was the same guy she was stalking for three months. But the fact that it was the same argument she had with her parents, she can't help but to reject that sudden proposal.

"I'm sorry? Did you say marry you?" Courtney wants to be sure she heard correct.

"Yes." Ben confirmed.

"Are you out of your mind?!" She whispered yell.

"Just listen to me first then you can decide after that." Ben negotiated.

"I was right with my statement earlier." She flipped her hands.

"I'm surprised you can read me like a book. You got me there!" Ben placed a hand on his chin.

"Well it's part of my job reading people by their body language." Courtney proudly said.

"If you don't mind me asking what's your job anyways?" Ben somehow got interested.

"I'm a therapist." She replied with smile.

"You're really great on your job." Ben complimented her.

"Thanks. So let's go back to our conversation before this goes nowhere." Courtney brought the topic once again.

"As I was saying, being my wife can solve both our problems.." Ben leaned forward on the table like he was dealing with a client.

"How does marrying you solve my problem?" Her voice suddenly rose.

"I know this is not how you preferred to be married but I really need your help too. I'll compensate your work hours by pretending to be my wife." Ben reasoned out.

"I don't need the money and with the way you say it makes me feel like I'm some cheap, gold digging slut." She whispered the words just enough for them to hear.

"No that's not how I see you believe me." Ben immediately opposed.

"There's a lot of woman you can get to so why did you pick me?" She still puzzled with the idea.

"That already crossed my mind but then my mother will find out, and who knows what kind of woman I'll get to encounter? It could be some swindler, an ex-convict, or some obsessed stalker. Those type or women can put my life in jeopardy and can ruin our life, at least with you I know you." Ben admitted.

Courtney almost gone pale hearing about the last type of woman that Ben mentioned. She admitted she was one of those women who are stalking him on social media, but not obsessed. She told herself that it is better to keep that part to herself since things might turn sour if she told him about it since Ben seems not too fond of that.

"Ten minutes ago you didn't." Courtney sneered.

"Point taken, but anyhow we are in the same shit, so why don't we just help out each other." Ben convinced her.

"You mentioned about your mother, does she have anything to do with this idea of yours?" Courtney studied Ben.

"Correct. It's actually my brother's idea and I just go along with it since I know that's the only way for my mother to stop pressing me to get married. Heck! I'm only twenty eight and I have no plans to marry just yet." Ben explained.

"Then tell her about it maybe she'll understand." She advised.

"I tried but she didn't listen, and I think you knew how parents can be, right?" Ben returned the question