The next day, in the hallway. I run into Adam again.
"Well, by the end of the week, atleast I don't need to see your brown face again.", he says and smirks.
"What did you say?", I ask horrified.
"Oh, don't be surprised. The whole office knows you will be deported by the end of the week. You will be back in your shit country."
"How dare you talk that way to me?"
"What are you going to do brownie? Call the cops?", he taunts me cruelly.
"Well, maybe not Mr. Dralin. But, am sure Chris would be interested to know how you and Ben from the accounts department have been embezzling money from the company.", I reply back with confidence.
The taunting smile slowly fades from his face. His face is now animated with unholy anger.
"You b-"
"uh uh, Mr Dralin... manners... or I will go to Chris and sing like a bird about your illegal activities.", I reply with a smirk of my own.
"Now, if you could move out of my way.. that would be great.", I say and side step him.
At lunch, I sit with Claire and Liam.
"Aish, we are trying everything we can. I don't think the VISA is going to get renewed at the end of the week."
"Oh, Claire, we are sorry.", Liam says.
Both Liam and Claire know about my grandma's condition.
"Well, Aish, since you have been an amazing human being and friend, Liam and I will help you financially with your grandma's treatment.", Claire says.
"Please, you guys. I am really touched by your gesture and kindness. But, I cannot accept it."
"Hey, we are just trying to help you out.", Liam says.
"And again I insist, please guys you don't have to do this. I can figure out a way. I will take a bank loan."
They just shrug and nod their heads and continue eating.
I stayed overtime at the office. It was late. It was quarter to 10. I packed my bag and was ready to leave. I just needed to use the restroom real quick. The office was deserted. There was no one.
I should not be such a workaholic.
Just as I was coming from the restroom, Someone pulls me by my waist into a secluded corner. There are no CCTV cameras here.
I try to scream but a hand clamps down on my mouth.
"Try to scream, and you will be sorry."
The voice belongs to Adam Dralin.
I calm down and relax. He removes his hand from my mouth.
"What is the meaning of this Mr. Dralin?", I ask evenly.
"Well, it seems we both have a problem.", he says.
"I don't know what you are talking about.", I say.
"Really, your poor old grandma on her deathbed will definitely think you have a problem.", he says huskily.
"Don't you dare talk about my-".
"Shh.... sweetheart.", he says and draws me close.
He tucks strands of my brown hair behind my ear.
"Marry me.", he whispers in my ear.
"Are you crazy!?"
"Well, you want to stay in the country, your only chance is to marry a citizen. The VISA renewal problem you are facing will be solved", he finishes.
I dumbly stare at him.
"Why are you doing this, unless you want something from me?", I ask.
"Oh, I want something from you all right. Your silence on that matter and of course your delectable body in my bed."
"You are crazy.", I whisper.
"Am I? We both have something, we want from each other. So, I suggest you think on that matter, my wife."
"I am NOT your wife."
"Yet. But, by the end of the weekend, you will be chanting your husband's name from your beautiful mouth. And that man will be me.", he deliciously whispers in my ear and bites my ear lobe.
"Ah..", I gasp.
"Patience, my darling moonlight... soon I will make you mew like a new-born kitten.", he says sensuously and kisses my neck.
He releases me and walks away as if nothing happened.
That evening, I make a phone call to him.
"I accept.", I say.
"We will get married tomorrow at a church. It will be a private ceremony. "
Wow... how romantic I think drily.
"Alright", I say and hang up.
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The wedding was an uneventful ceremony.
Only my friends Liam and Claire, my manager and my team attended the wedding.
By the end of the ceremony, a gold band was slipped onto my ring finger on the left hand. And I slipped a wedding band onto Adam's finger as well.
Atleast he had the common sense to go buy the rings.
After our friends and colleagues gave their congratulations, we head to Adam's apartment.
We reach. And I find my stuff is already there at his place.
"Claire helped out.", he says as a way of explanation.
I realize that my things were put in the same bedroom as his.
Oh god... I blush.
"I am not going to sleep with you.", I blurt out.
He freezes and turns around.
"What?", he asks calmly.
"This is a marriage of convinience and nothing more. It is basically a business contract. I think we can stick to the original terms of the contract without having to be physically intimate with each other.", I hurriedly say.
"You have to be out of your mind to suggest this.", he blasts out.
"Why not? It's true.", I counter him.
Within three strides, he grabs me by my waist and pushes me onto the bed. He is on top of me. He pins my hands on either side of my head.
"You are my wife.", he says rawly.
"I am going to have your body one way or another. Well, don't Indian wives submit to their husbands?", he taunts cruelly.
"Hmm.. I wonder if you are still a virgin?", he continues taunting me.
"Should I test my wife. If you are as innocent as you look? Oh you Indian women act so conservative. I wonder if its all an act? You sure do know how to make my blood boil, my darling.", he says and kisses me on my neck and throat.
I am still held down by him. His kisses become more passionate. He is trailing kisses on my throat and proceeding lower. He stops.
"Adam, if you do not stop now. It will be rape. I do not want this.", I yell.
"My darling wife, you are restless with desire. I know you want me just as I want you", he dismisses me.
He bends his head to continue kissing me. I headbutt him.
"Ow, you-"
His grip loosens and I easily escape. I push him off me. I get up and run to the door. I can feel him chasing me. I run downstairs. His steps are getting heavier.
Just then, I lose my balance and I slip. I fall and hurt my knee. I lay down in pain.
He reaches me. Without a word, he picks me up in his arms, bridal-style. We reach his- now our bedroom and gently places me on the bed.
"You must rest now.", he says stoically.
He offers me a tablet and a glass of water.
"It will calm you and ease your pain", he explains.
I accept and within a few minutes, I am asleep.
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