The Idiotic Billionaire novel Chapter 6

Marrying Hugo was a mistake, they both knew it and Clara told him she hated every moment she spent with him, but why she'd choose to spend forever with him now, he has no clue.

"No one." He answers truthfully, "things, to be honest, have not been going my way these couple of weeks and I just needed time." He pauses and turns to her, "I'm sorry for hurting you the way I have, I was selfish and insensitive and if you love to, I'd like to start afresh." He walk towards her and softly strokes her cheeks.

Why he was making this proposal instead of running for his life now that he had the chance to, he'll never know.

She smiles brightly at him and nod, "Yes, I'd like that, but promise me there will be no secrets between us."

He nods, "I promise."

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Six weeks later

"How's your mom now?" Neriah asks as Shawn comes into the room.

There's a happy smile on his face and his cheeks warm up as he tries to conceal it. Neriah wouldn't know though because one of the good things of being dark skin is embarrassment blush don't show on your cheeks.

"She's good," he nods and sits down, "what are you doing?" He asks, noticing her on the sewing machine.

"Well I put in at a fashion house in town and I was called back this morning.

"Does that mean you've got the job?"

She smiles weakly, "I only get the job if I'm able to please them with my masterpiece."

"Well, I've seen your work, they are a delight!" He informed her with certainty.

She rolls her eyes, "Are you saying that as a friend or as a fashionista?"

He takes a seat in the stool beside the seeing machine to see what she's doing properly. "How about as someone who's seen your work?"

"Cocky." Neriah mumble, "how about you? How did the job search go?"

"In the city of Excellence and malicious wickedness, it's really hard to find something good."

She pauses and places her hand on his, "Well you shouldn't give up faith though, better days are coming."

"I believe you" he gets up and stretches his hand to her silently. Her brow furrow as she stares at his hand then up at him. "I'm taking you out." He says, cutting straight to the point.

"Why?" Her brows drop in a frown.

"Because soon we'll get our dream jobs and we won't have the time to have fun anymore. This is the only time we have, let's seize the opportunity."

"Okay," she replies, smiling like an idiot.

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