Roxanne watched as Riven's car drove out of the Villa and sighed softly. She looked around at the room she was in,she had to admit it was way bigger than hers back at her parents house and more spacious. It had a walk in closet,a shower cubicle and a bathtub,a queen sized bed,five feet long big screen TV,a couch and a recliner,it was like a small apartment just without a kitchen.
"Marriage?, to the rumored heartless CEO?"she muttered and sat on the bed.
'ping'
She picked up her phone seeing a message and clicked it only to grip her phone tightly trying not to let her tears spill.
She just received a message from Helen,it was pictures of her getting engaged to Dennis the same way she got engaged to him but a bit more lavish.
"I made the right decision"she muttered trying to encourage herself.
Her phone rang and she answered seeing it was the doctor.
"Hello"
:"Miss Roxanne, your attention is needed at the hospital right now"
"Is there a problem?"she asked worriedly
..beep...
The doctor hung up and Roxanne panicked. Did something happen to her father?was the surgery not successful?
Her mind was racing with different thoughts and possibilities, almost all negative.
She quickly got out of her room and ran down stairs in a hurry, going past the maids and the butler and went out the big gates. She flagged down a taxi and headed straight for the hospital hoping and praying that nothing bad happened to her father.
Getting into the hospital,she immediately went straight to her her father's ward and saw that he was being rolled away.
"Where are you taking my father?!"she asked in panick but they walked passed her still rolling her father away.
"Where are you taking my dad?!, someone say something?!"she asked desperately and soon spotted the doctor
"Doctor,what happened to my father?, where are they taking him?"
"Oh,Miss Roxanne, he's being moved to the VVIP ward,his surgery was successful so u have nothing to worry about"
"VVIP?, I don't have that kind of money"Roxanne complained as that room cost a fortune
"Suprisingly, someone already paid for the surgery and the room"the doctor replied and walked away.
"Someone already paid?, could it be?"she muttered as tears of joy rolled down her eyes.
* * * * *
Riven sat In the office busying himself with work,he was a bit pissed off,he still doesn't have a secretary and everything is a mess.
He took a deep breath and leaned back on his chair when his office door swung open and a figure walked in.
"Wassup broski"
"Matt?"Riven called out with a raised brow
"The one and only, it's been long"Matt said taking a seat in front of him
"Ten years to be exact"Riven replied,his expression still the same as it was before,not pissed but void.
"And u still haven't changed"Matthew said with a sigh.
"Why are you here?"
"Is it a crime to visit my best bud?"
Riven starred at him with a raised brow with a look that says 'obviously'
"You've got thirty minutes"
"Wow. Ok,Look, I know we parted ways with grudges which I greatly regret till this very day and I just came back to apologise and hope that we could be friends again"Matthew replied.
"Is that all?"Riven asked not looking up from his computer.
"Yup, that's about it. I'm really sorry bro"Matthew replied lowering his head.
"Thanks for making my ears bleed this afternoon, I'll look up your apology in my busy schedule and get back to you"Riven said glancing at him for a few seconds and focused on his computer.
"That's it?"Matthew asked, greatly offended and hurt but he expected it though,no one offends Riven Sy and gets away with it,he was lucky to have his legs in check. The last guy who betrayed him was rendered crippled and handicapped.
"What were you expecting?"
"Nothing"Matthew replied and stood up and was about to walk out when Riven spoke up saying
"Wait"
Matthew turned excitedly hoping he had changed his mind but who was he kidding. Riven just gave him back his car keys.
"Out u go"
Sighing dejectedly, Matthew finally walked out of his office and closed the door.
Riven just scoffed but he couldn't work anymore and began playing with his pen trying to calm the raging storm brewing in him.
* * * * *
Roxanne sat in her room starring at her phone,it was five minutes till midnight and Riven wasn't back yet,not that they're close or anything but she was just naturally caring to everyone.
She got out of her room and stood by the railing of the stairs when she finally saw him walk in.
She quickly aproached him and asked worriedly
"Where were you?do you know what time it is?"
Riven's frown deepened and he snapped
"Don't try to play the role of a wife, you're only my wife on paper,got it?!"
Saying that,he walked away towards his room not giving her room to answer.
Roxanne clenched her fists tightly,her eyes briming with tears but she blinked them back while reminding herself,
"This is just a contract, you're not his real wife neither is he your real husband, just on paper u don't need to care".
After consoling herself,she went back to her room to sleep.
The following morning, Roxanne woke up and remembered that she was going with Riven to sign the wedding certificates.
Realizing that, she quickly got dressed in an ankle length, long sleeved navy blue gown with low heels and went down to meet him but on reaching him,the only words that flew out of his mouth was..
"Go change"
Like for real?
[All that dressing for nothing. Heartless beast]
Roxanne was slightly taken aback,she should change,why?,there wasn't anything wrong with her dressing.
"If I may ask,why?"
Riven pinched the space between his brows and replied"you're going to be signing the wedding certificates with me,u need to look classy not like someone picked up from the roadside".
[Technically you picked her up from the muddy ground of a bar but who's keeping record?,not me (☆▽☆)]
Roxanne felt offended but didn't utter a word and silently went upstairs to change and soon came out in a classy ball gown with straps holding at the back designed with the colours gold and green.
"Is it ok?"she asked in her tiny voice and he hummed in approval.
"Let's go"he said and they both left in his car heading towards the registry office to register their marriage certificate.