All Chapters of A Contract With Him: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Kim sat at her desk and went through the mail. As always, it was mostly bills and, as always, she wondered how she could go about raising the money for them. When she took over the management of the small web consulting company after her father's death, it was already heavily in debt . No matter what she did, she couldn't get out of the red again. In spite of her tireless efforts and careful planning, there was a lack of nooks and crannies, for many months she hardly knew how to pay the employees' salaries, and after a while she had also found out that her father had taken out a mortgage on her house had to keep the company afloat.Already she could just find the monthly payments and if they didn't find a solution as quickly as possible, they would soon have no roof over their heads. All her savings had already been used up, and the money was getting tight. She sighed and put the next bill on the pile for the accounting department. Then her eyes fell on a cream-colored envelo

Kim winced, not at all pleased that John of all people had to show up at this party. After all, it could be that he was there with his friend, and this Ryan was the last she wanted to meet now, she had enough other things on her mind, but she didn't get to worry about it any more, because Vernon Gates took her arm and pulled her with him."Then we'll let the women have a little chat and we'll both do a brief round of introductions," he smirked.Small groups had formed everywhere, wealthy-looking businessmen and their wives chatting animatedly. Little by little Vernon led her through the room and introduced her.Kim was extremely tense, although she was always greeted politely, but no more than a few insignificant words were not exchanged and she saw as her plans slowly vanished into thin air."Ah, Mr. Langley, Mr. Summer, may I introduce you to Kimberly Mills, the executive director of Mills web consulting firm?" Vernon Gates said as he walked up to two men w

Kim sat in her room, still in shock from the conversation with Ryan Summer. Again and again every sentence rewound inside her, again and again the movie in her head jumped to where he said, "I'll take care of it." me about your debts and you will be my wife, ”and over and over her horror at the suggestion fell upon her with a vengeance.She wasn't really sure what had happened next. She vaguely remembered yelling at him to get out of here and never see her again."You should just think it over," he said and walked to the door while she did She could also remember his amused smile at her unpleasant expressions. She also remembered that she had thrown the folder with his papers after him in anger when he had already closed the door behind him.That was all she knew, she had no idea how she had survived the rest of the day in the office Even as she had actually come home, she was now sitting on her bed, completely burned out, unable to sort through her emotio

Shortly afterwards the two men were sitting in their local pub. "Well, go ahead," John urged his friend eagerly after they had ordered their drinks."Well, I don't want to go around the bush for long either. I'm getting married to your girlfriend Betsy's sister. "John stared at him in surprise for a moment, then started laughing." Okay, Ryan, I'll admit, for a brief moment I believed you. " He smiled and drank a sip from his glass. "I have no idea what I did to get you joking like that with me, of all people, but I congratulate you on your success."Ryan repeated seriously. “You know this topic is too important to me to joke about."John stared at him in disbelief, then after a while nodded thoughtfully. "I see," he said dryly. “But did it have to be my friend's sister? And most of all, I'd like to know how you got her to say yes so quickly."Ryan briefly told him about Kim's financial difficulties and his offer." So you blackmailed he

Preparations for the restructuring of the company were in full swing, Kim had put together a team and, as requested, gave Ryan a contact person, and everything seemed to be going well. Even for the time of her trip she had organized and arranged everything so that at least she did not have to worry about this part.She was now standing in front of the house with her suitcase in a panic; she had no idea how to get through these ten days. Betsy hopped back and forth excitedly, looking for John's car."There it is," she cheered as a blue car turned the corner. The car stopped, John got out and hugged Betsy in greeting."Hello Kim, ”he nodded,“ It's nice that you're coming too. ”He grabbed her luggage and stowed it in the trunk.Meanwhile, Kim was relieved to see that John had come alone, Ryan wasn't in the car. They hadn't spoken or seen each other since their meeting in the bistro, and she had no idea how this was going to go. Obviously Ry