I walked closer to him, with the desk seperating us, I leaned in and said through gritted teeth, "You are an Asshole Isaac Grayson and I won't succumb to you."

Before he could say anything, I was already out of that office.

I was back in my office, pacing back and forth thinking what to do about that asshole cause I know he won't give up so easily.

And I even told him that he is an asshole, I can't believe that I did that, like seriously?! I was afraid of him, wasn't I? Then from where did I get all this courage from?!

I told Josh everything that happened today at his office and Josh literally fell on the floor laughing when I told him that I called Isaac Grayson an asshole on his face.

But then seeing my expression, he quickly sobered up and realised that instead of laughing we should be scared, very scared.

Leaning against the desk, I tapped my foot on the floor, impatiently.

My mind is blank, I can't think of anything.

"We gotta do something about him", Josh spoke as he stood infront of me.

I rolled my eyes, saying, "Thanks for telling, I didn't know that."

And now it was his turn to roll his eyes.

Josh then checked the time on his wrist watch and said, "You should go home, Thera. Take some rest, we will discuss this tomorrow."

"By tomorrow, I will lose millions!"

"Do you have any plan right now?", he asked in an exasperated tone.

I gulped, "No."

"Then there is no point sitting here as we can't do anything right now", he stated.

I nodded slowly before turning and picking up my phone along with my laptop and I exited the office along with Josh.

We parted our ways in the parking lot and I drove towards my penthouse.

My mind was running with millions, no, billions of thoughts and it was becoming hard to focus on the road.

I shook my head and tried not to think for sometime cause I was in no mood of dying right now.

Entering the penthouse I sighed, disposing my blazer on the couch and I took of my heels.

I took out a water bottle from the fridge and drank it, feeling a cool sensation down my throat.

I was bit late today, so, Maria must have left.

In no mood of having dinner, I grabbed a packet of potato chips and made my way upstairs to my room.

Changing into comfortable clothes, I sat on the bed while munching on the chips and watched Frozen to ease my mind and before I knew it, I fell asleep.

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I wore my blazer and for the last time, checked myself in the mirror before grabbing my car keys, phone and laptop and I went down to the parking.

Reaching the office, I was greeted by everyone and as I passed through Josh's desk he was too engrossed in his work to notice me.

So, I tapped lightly on his desk and he immediately looked up, looking tensed.

"What happened?", I asked him and he looked away refusing to answer.

"Josh?", and he again didn't answer.

"Fine. Mr. Oliver, I need you in my office right now, and it is an order", I spoke in a formal tone.

He sighed before following me into my office and he closed the door behind him.

"So", I said folding my arms,"I know...we are incurring loses but there is something else even, right?"

"Well...", he ran his hand through his hair.

I gestured him to go on and he said, "Remember the land we had to buy in San Diego?"

I nodded in response and he continued, "Well...earlier the couple that were living there agreed to sell that land after we doubled the amount but suddenly today they refused again."

"What do you mean they refused suddenly?", I asked shockingly.

"I don't know", he lowered his head, "they are not ready at any cost. I even tried tripling the amount but...they are not agreeing."

He lifted his head and pushed his spectacles up his nose as they slided down.

God! What is happening?

I rubbed my temples in frustration.

I dismissed Josh as I thought and thought and thought. I know Mr. Grayson is behind all this. And now this has gone too far...too far for me to take control.

And there was only one way out of it, even if it meant sacrificing my life, even if it meant marrying that asshole but then it would be just for the sake of my company.

My company, my empire, the only thing I had. I pleadged to myself that I would do anything for my company.

And I think this is the time that I could do something, I can't let it get destroyed due to my ego, no, never...

I pressed the intercom and said to Josh, "Call Mr. Grayson's assistant and tell her that I want to talk to him."

He replied after a second, "Ok."

I waited for the call and soon, the telephone of my office rang and I picked it up and Josh said, "I talked to her and I am directing the call to Mr. Grayson." I hummed in response.

After a few seconds, I heard his husky, deep voice, enough to send shiver down my spine, "Hello?"

Not wanting to waste any time, I spoke those words that were going to change my life, for worse. I have no idea what the future holds, will I be able to survive with him or will I give up?

"Fine. I'll marry you!"

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I was currently sitting in a restuarant, a late afternoon, the very next day I agreed to marry that asshole.

He asked me, no, he actually ordered me to meet him here to sign the contracts.

It was a luxurious restaurant, the kind of restuarant where we held our meetings.

I was sitting in a private dining area that he booked as I scrolled through my phone, trying to distract my mind and cool myself.

A few minutes later after I have arrived, from the corner of my eyes, I saw someone coming towards me and expecting it to be that asshole, I lifted up my head to see someone else.

A man, with a friendly smile on his face approached me and I stood up.

"Hi", he spoke politely, standing infront of me, "you must be Miss Mallay."

He stretched his arm for handshake and I shook his hand saying, "Hi...and you are?"

"I'm Nyle Morgan, Isaac's bestfriend", he introduced himself.

So, this is that asshole's bestfriend, I thought.

"Nice to meet you Mr. Morgan", I said sitting down as he sat opposite to me.

"You can call me Nyle."

"Then you can call me Thera."

He chuckled and said, "As you say, Thera."

He seemed to me much better than that asshole, atleast he had manners.

"You know what", I said, "your surname reminds me of someone..."

"Arthur Morgan?", he completed the sentence for me and I looked at him in shock.

"How did you guess?", I asked as a chuckle escaped my mouth.

"You think that I never played Red Dead Redemption 2?"

"That's awesome!", I exclaimed,"I mean...we have something in common."

"That's good to hear. I played both the games a year ago and damn, they were such good games, I just fell in love with the characters, especially Arthur Morgan."

"Umm...I actually played the second part but yeah, I know the story of the first one too so, I am equally attached to Arthur Morgan as well as John Marston."

"We can play the game again sometime, what do you think?", he asked leaning towards the table.

"Of course."

"And I would be calling you Morgan rather than Nyle, now", I added and he laughed saying, "I would love to hear you call me that."

Nyle Morgan, he was such a good man, he was sweet, polite, had manners, and didn't act like an asshole unlike him, Isaac Grayson.

I wonder why he is late?

"Where is that ass...I mean your friend?", I questioned him.

Just then he walked in and we turned our attention towards him and Nyle muttered, "Talk of the devil and the devil appears."

I couldn't help but chuckle at him.

Mr. Grayson, was wearing a suit as always and not to mention his messy hair which meant that he might have been busy with one of his whores, that's why he was late.

"What are you doing here?", he questioned Nyle and Nyle just rolled his eyes, saying, "Hello to you too, Isaac."

Mr. Grayson gave him a glare after which he turned his attention towards me and a slight smirk formed on his face because he knew that I have lost and he won.

He took a seat beside Nyle, opposite to me.

"You can leave now, Nyle", he said to him once again at which Nyle whined, "Come on, can't I see my brother getting engaged finally?"

"I am not your brother", Mr. Grayson said.

"Okay...you are my best friend."

"Unfortunately", Mr. Grayson said rolling his eyes and Nyle pouted his lips.

Anyway, Nyle got up and and turned to me saying, "It was a pleasure to meet the great, Thera Mallay. Hope to see you again."

He then bring my hands to his lips and kissed my knuckles lightly and I said, "Likewise."

And he left...

So, it was now just that asshole and me.

He pulled out some papers and placed them on the table, infront of me and he then pulled out a pen.

"You can read these papers that state that as we get married, we will be merging our companies along with it and it even says that you can't disclose this to the media that our marriage is fake, that it is just an arranged marriage. And we have to act like real couples in public", he explained as I stared at the papers and went through them.

After reading them, I said, "My assistant who also happens to be my best friend knows about this marriage and...he won't tell anyone."

"Fine by me...Nyle knows it too and no one else."

He watched me carefully as he leaned back in his chair, waiting for me to sign the papers.

I took a deep breath...this is it. I am doing it just for the sake of my company, I reminded myself.

And then...I signed those damn papers.

And he smirked at me evilly and he then proceed to sign those papers himself.

After signing the papers, he pulled out a small, black box and opened it to reveal a gorgeous ring with a huge oval shaped diamond in the middle.

He pushed the box towards me and I picked up the ring and looked at it for a few seconds before deciding to wear it. Of course, he was not going to make me wear that.

I was about to wear it when he stopped me and took it from my hand and I looked at him in confusion.

He surprised me even more when he extended his hand for me to place my hand in it. I was quiet shocked.

But anyway, I placed my hand in his and I could feel a tingling sensation on my hand from his touch and butterflies in my stomach.

What the hell?! I am not suppose to feel that so I quickly removed those feelings but I couldn't help but still feel those tingling sensation on my hand.

He looked at me before sliding the ring down my ring finger.

I was engaged already, wow! (Note the sarcasm.)

He then stood up as I stood up too.

"Goodbye, Mr. Grayson", I said before walking past him but he caught my wrist and pulled me back, I looked at him baffled by his actions.

"I think it's Isaac for you, from now", he spoke.

"I think 'asshole' would be better", I remarked and he got pissed off.

"Watch that mouth of yours Thera or else I know how to shut it myself", he kinda threatened me before walking away and I couldn't help but think about the way my name rolled off his tongue.