"I am going to marry him." Lilian reaffirmed boldly.
"Are you kidding me?... he is divorced twice and you think he can marry you?" Bianca, her best friend, asked her in a repulsive tone.
"I need his money… he is my last hope and even if we get married for two months and divorced afterwards, I would be able to siphon money from him to be able to start my business." Lilian explained with full confidence. She has already decided that there was no turning back. He was all she needed to achieve her dreams.
Lilian Quest, an average woman who is power driven and ambitious. She believes in doing anything her mind sets to do. Young and determined, beautiful with brains, resilient and bold was the perfect character to describe her. Her failed business was her biggest concern and she needed money to sustain the business. The incoming debts and bills made her question her principles. She needed to do something but no means on her own end.
One evening, Lilian stumbled upon valuable information in a hotel where she went to meet some prospective clients who will support her business. Though, it wasn't successful and this made her angry inside but tried to put herself together. She left the place with her proposal wrapped in a brown envelope. Lilian walked into one of the ladies' rooms and sat inside. Her thoughts rimmed on the next option when she heard some voices entering the ladies room. She wasn't interested until a word caught her attention.
"I hear that the King Group is looking for a prospective wife for the chairman's son, Lucas King." One of the ladies mentioned.
"Again?... I thought he was married before… last year right?" The other asked, feeling unconcerned.
"Yes… but twice now.. I don't know why he always divorced his wives. I think he is not satisfied with them." The first one commented with a scoff.
"I don't know about that but who will be the perfect woman to meet his requirements?..." the second one asked.
"I heard that there are some entitlements and a huge amount of money. The offer is nice and I might try my luck… you might never know, I might be the third wife of Lucas King!" She giggled loudly.
"Stop daydreaming… it's not possible and you don't have a chance … let's leave…" the other one jeered at her friend and dragged her outside as their voice faded away slowly.
Lilian came out from the toilet with a fulfilled smile. An idea popped up in her mind and she smiled widely like she won a trophy.
"you can't do this!!! … why will you think of getting married to someone you don't know of?!!!.. this is Lucas King we are talking about." Bianca thundered.
"I have made up my mind and I want to marry him. He is my ticket to a better life." lilian protested. She sat heavily on the sofa and began to scroll through the internet for every information about Lucas King.
"you know what?... it's high time you see a shrink because you are losing it… do you know him?... have you met him?" Bianca asked, feeling confused and angry.
"That's what I am trying to find out. I need to know everything about him."Lilian replied hastily and continued scrolling. She couldn't see any information about him.
"I can't find his pictures anywhere." Lilian lamented and dropped the phone angrily on the sofa. She sighed and slumped properly on the sofa.
"... because he has never been on any social media. Last time I heard, he was seen at a mall and no one could even get a good picture. The only one existing is this…" Bianca showed her the picture and it was a blurry picture of his back running away from onlookers and paparazzi.
"what am I going to do with this information?" lilian asked her sarcastically and this made Bianca laugh ecstatically.
"it's not funny… This is important to me… I need everything I can find on him…"lilian voiced out and stood up from the sofa. She wore her jacket, took her bag and left her friend's apartment.
Lilian, frustrated and helpless was her description that night. She walked briskly among the busy crowd feeling so dejected. Her phone beeped from her jacket pocket and she picked it up to see a message reminding her about her deadline of payment. She hissed and dropped the phone back into her pocket and hurried home.
A young man walked hurriedly and entered a big room. He walked in with a black briefcase and looked hesitant before he entered.
"Charles… "What took you so long?" the chairman Mr King asked impatiently immediately he saw him enter.
" sir… I just got the file not quite long… so sorry for the delays.." Charles apologised and opened the briefcase to show him the content inside. The chairman wore his glasses and jeered through the files as he looked so impatient.
"Are you sure that this one is better than before?" The chairman asked to be sure.
"Yes… I even asked for two more.. so that you can pick out a good choice " Charles noted with confidence. He knew for certain that the chairman would be interested in these women. They were fit for Lucas king.
The chairman nodded in approval as he scrutinised through the files. He was impressed and a broad smile appeared on his face. He closed the files, pulled out his glasses and commended the efforts of his secretary. He stood up with the files in his hands and walked away happily. He knew his son would be able to pick out one for himself.
Lilian woke up suddenly from the constant ringing from her phone. Her messy brown hair and her swollen face made it obvious that she didn't have a good night's sleep. She cursed out before she picked up her phone to see different messages from her messages icon. She clicked it open to see some were from her creditors and most of them were from her best friend,Bianca.
Just then, her phone rang and it was Bianca. She picked it up and her loud voice rented the air, lilian had to pull the phone from her ears because her voice was so loud.
"lily.. lily… have you seen the news?" she squealed in excitement.
"what?... What news?... calm down.. I can't hear you very well." Lilian said in a hoarse voice.
"check your phone.. I am sending you a link now…" Bianca told her more clearly. Lilian saw a beep and she clicked to see the content.
"What did you see?." Bianca asked but got no reply. She called out to her friend but still got no reply then she heard her scream loudly.
"I have a chance!!!... I have a chance!!!... I can get married to him!!!" Lilian screamed excitedly over the phone. She stood up from her bed and jumped around.
"Why do you sound so happy?" Bianca asked her, still surprised that her friend was still interested in getting married.
"Yes.. I am… I have a chance to get married to him and the money is even enough to cover all my debts and a start up for my business.." Lilian explained excitedly.
"I know but.. it looks suspicious to me. Who would offer that huge amount of money to get married to their son?" Bianca asked in a serious tone.
"I don't care… Even if he is crippled, I will marry him and still get the money.. I can't afford to lose him " Lilian replied to her in a gleeful tone.
".. lily, you are insane.. you aren't like this before… you are too ambitious and I don't think this is a good idea.. please reconsider…" Bianca objected over the phone.
"No… my mind is already made up.. I need to start preparing my CV for a good marriage proposal, talk to you later…" Lilian spoke over the phone and ended the call before Bianca could even protest.