The Contract

I sighed and turned to the other side, my eyes slowly fluttering open and I was staring at...I screamed and shoved him down from the bed.

I sprung up and he groaned from the floor. "What the fuck, Pearl?"

"What are you doing? Why are you here?" I asked and he shot me a deadpanned look as he got up. "We went to bed together"

I glanced around. "Have you forgotten? I'm your fiancé"

"Why are you here? Shouldn't you be out?" I asked, getting out of the bed. "So, no apologies for throwing me out the bed?"

I rolled my eyes and headed into the bathroom. I leaned on the counter and took my reflection In the mirror. He walked in too and I grabbed my toothbrush.

He leaned back. "The least I could do is stick around, right?" He asked and I glanced at him. "I'm trying to do that" he added, also grabbing his toothbrush.

Sticking around, huh?

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We headed down the stairs, his hand on small of my back. We had to pretend to be a happy couple in some way. Rosa glanced at us as she was in a phone call.

We got down and I wanted to move away but his gripped tightened and I shot him a glare. "I hope you both got a good night sleep"

"Yes Mrs Ferrari"

"Great, Travis, Trent will be touching down today" she informed and his hand dropped from my back. "Why?"

"The fundraiser this evening" I forgot about that. "So, you better -" his phone began ringing cutting her off. He glanced at it. "I have to take this"

He walked away and she shook her head. "So, how's the arrangements going?" I inquired.

"Not so well, the preparations are supposed to be finished today..." She began walking and I followed. "But..."

We stopped in front of a grand hall. The work going on in there was half done. There was few people there getting things done. "... Rodrigo hasn't even arrived, there's so much to be done. I don't have -"

"What's supposed to be the theme of the event?" I asked and she turned to me. "It's a black and gold"

"I could help out"

"Don't bother"

"I'm also an event planner. I can take care of this. Just give me the rundown of everything and I'll get it done before the event "

She stared at me. "It's not really in your place"

"No, I wanna help out. It's the least I can do" I said, pushing out a smile. At least, I could distract myself a little.

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I directed the helpers on what to do, moving around and checking things off on my clipboard. I felt at home when I was in charge, and as the caterers arrived, I headed to the kitchen to meet them.

Then I saw Rosa entering with her group of ladies. "Pearl!" Aunt Giovanni called out, and I walked over.

"Good afternoon, everyone," I greeted. "Why didn't she join us for brunch?" Aunt Maria asked.

"Pearl's been busy handling the fundraiser. Apparently, Rodrigo triple-booked," Mrs. Rosa explained, and they all hissed and muttered curses in Italian.

I was sure they did.

"How's the preparation going?" They walked to the auditorium and gasped. I let a small smile appear. "She did all this?"