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A Drastic Change
Chapter 1
"The Deal"
"Wait a minute! Why me?!" I exclaimed. Wow you've done it again Miss Stephanie Plum, I angrily thought to myself, how do you get yourself out of this one?! I have been going between the two men in my life, my on again, off again boyfriend Joe Morelli, which we are on the off again part of our normal relationship, and my sexy bounty hunter mentor Carlos Manoso, aka Ranger, but to me, I prefer batman. Now I was about to allow entering another man, Jeremiah Person.
"Well, Steph, we're old college friends that used to date and since I have found out this information, I've been looking through profiles of my past girlfriends of mine and I kind of started to take more notice to you out of the three past girlfriends who are single and available," he smirked, most adorably, at his reply, but his green eyes were dead set serious and poured directly into mine. His thick curly black hair looked so well groom and his nicely shaved face had a tough rough look to it even though his skin is so smooth. His body, whoa there Steph, was well built and perfectly tanned.
"YOU DECIDED TO KIDNAP ME, OUT OF THREE WOMEN, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AS I WAS SLEEPING AND DRAG ME OFF TO HOUSTON, TEXAS FOR A FUCKING MARRIAGE PROPOSAL!!!!!" There I go, I lost all my self control! Was he serious?!
"Well, yes, Steph. In my father's will, I need to marry before my thirty fifth birthday in order to keep my father's cell phone company or else surrender it, after all my father's work into this company, I cannot just let it crumple. I just turned 34 last weekend, all I have is year to get married, and that's pretty damn soon." I started to feel bad for him, but I couldn't just marry him, think about Joe, and what about Ranger! "Steph… I'll offer this deal again, first, I am aware we are both starving, so lunch? We can catch up on everything since college and then we'll discuss this," he smiled sincerely and I nodded in agreement.
He was right. I was starving! I didn't get a chance to pack, eat or anything! His men barged into my apartment and just grabbed me. All I had that actually belonged to me were my apartment keys, wallet, and the clothes I am wearing, which was just jeans and a plain blue shirt with my white sneakers. Also, I never been to Texas before, so I felt so lost.
Lunch was great! Jeremiah took me to a great Italian restaurant and we talked for what felt like hours. For some reason I told him everything going on in my life, even about Joe and Ranger. I went to him in more personal discussions than I have had with anyone else in the longest time! I felt guilty that Joe and Raanger don't know where I am, probably worried and going insane trying to find me, but I didn't have my cell so there wasn't much I can do at the moment. After, we went back to his apartment, oh boy, here we are again, sitting in his living room but we sat silently. Jeremiah broke the silence though.
"So, I think I'm going to change our situations," he paused and looked directly into my blue eyes, "I'm going to draw up a contract, where you will agree to marry me" OH BOY! "a month before my birthday next year, which gives you eleven months to be my finacee, in which three of these eleven months, you will stay here with me" Oh God! "because I cannot go on vacation until then, and after three months together here, we will go back to Trenton, where I can stay for a month, but I can let you stay until our wedding. That gives you only eight months, eight months that perhaps maybe Joe or Ranger will actually realize the shit they are and prove their love for you" Dear Lord! Why me?! "if they do that, the wedding is off but I still need to marry before by this time next year, so you will personally have to get me a wife by then too, which means you are allowed to try to find me a suitable wife during those eight months. Agreed?" I sat there the entire time listening to him, hoping thunder could strike me dead instead, but a part of me felt for him. I bit my tongue. Maybe if people knew of this contract, especially Joe or Ranger, they would get me out of it!
"Will others be able to know of this contract? Or will we have to keep it between us?" I asked. Please God, please. He sat there and thought for a moment.
"Others can know, but neither Joe or Ranger can know or our families, it would be unfair advantages. So, deal?" He looked so positive and sure. He pulled his out to me. What the heck? I'll go for it. I took his hand and made a pact in that simple, yet firm handshake. Whatever happens, happens……
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