The Supreme Boss In Disguise

Chapter 7: A Savior?

Julia had gone back to bed last night, leaving Raymond to his thoughts.

As for Raymond, he felt like he had married a different woman entirely. Just who had influenced the news that his men had gathered? From what he remembered, Julia had demanded that she wanted to marry him after hearing about his good looks. But now she had demanded for a divorce?

His lips curled up as he felt like his living conditions had made her change her mind.

On the other hand, he was also worried about how she was able to revive him after he collapsed. She seemed confident about him being curable. Did she know the nature of his sickness, or was she just bluffing? After all, this was something that the medical specialists were not capable of doing for years. Seeing a nineteen years old lady confidently saying she could do it made him begin to wonder if she was serious or perhaps his life was some kind of joke to her.

After using his meds, he was able to get some sleep, and he woke up to make breakfast for both of them. However, he also made a mental note that it was going to be the last meal that he would make for her.

Sure enough, not long after he was done making breakfast, Julia walked into the dining room and sat opposite him. After a curt good morning, she served herself breakfast, and Raymond watched her, his gaze hooded and not showing his emotions.

"I agree but on one condition,”  Raymond started, breaking the silence. Julia looked up, understanding that he was giving her a reply to her demand from last night.

Julia raised her brows. She wasn't expecting him to lay any condition because, obviously, He was the one who needed her the most.

"What condition? Julia managed to ask while looking at him closely.

“We have to stay married for the one year that people expect me to die. Also, whomever it is that is curing me has to keep it a secret…”

“That’s two conditions now,” Julia interrupted, her lips curled up in a small smile. She was starting ti suspect that there was more to this man than what her sister had thought. Even though she didn’t know now, she was going to find out eventually.

Raymond said nothing, as someone that was used to negotiating with several companies and powerful men, he understood that the both of them needed each other and he didn’t need to give her the upper hand.

“That’s fine, I’ll take you to the person later this week,” Julia said caving in like Raymond guessed.

The rest of their breakfast was silent and Raymond went inside to change after calling his men to prepare the car. Before moving back to the country, he had spent the last eight months building another headquarters here. While it was a little difficult because he had a lot of money, they had finalized the moving and now, Vertex Corporations now had a branch in the country that was already running properly.

As soon as he stepped out into the living room, he saw Julia all dressed and seated with her phone. She looked up as soon as he walked in. “My mother just called. To not ruin the family’s reputation, they have told the public that today is our engagement, also, there will be a banquet this evening to celebrate the engagement between both families.”

Raymond’s aura turned several degrees colder as he thought of returning to her family for the banquet, however, he also understood that this wasn’t something that they could escape from forever, so he nodded.

“I have an interview to go to. I’ll come back in time for us to go together,” Raymond replied and then left the house. Julia looked at his broad and strong back for a while before looking away.

She still had classes to attend, and also, she still had to design enough clothes to get her father’s recognition. In the past, she had always felt that she didn’t need to compete with her sister. After all, both of them would eventually get the shares from the company. However, after eavesdropping on a conversation recently, she discovered that her ‘mother’ was not her biological mother.

It had explained why her sister always so the need to shine brighter than her and why her mother would always have a dismissive reaction when it mattered concerning her. However, she felt her heart turn cold upon knowing the sinister plot they had in plan for her.

Because of that, when her sister had shown her a picture of Raymond, she had played along quickly, afraid that she would lose her life if she stayed in their house further.

Now that they had to return, she knew that her stepmother and stepsister would definitely make trouble for them!

While Julia was thinking about the trouble ahead, Raymond had just arrived at his company. Niko and Adams were both waiting on the base floor for him.

“You said there was progress. Update me on everything that happened yesterday before the meeting,” he told the both of them. Niko was the one that he had placed in charge of all the matters happening here. Since Vertex was a company that had a global reputation, Niko had become the face of this branch, while Raymond had plans to remain in the background.

As the three of them entered the executive elevator, Niko gave Raymond a brief update on what happened with the project the day before, and the three of them, together with Adams, already knew what they were going to discuss in the meeting before going in.

    

Just like promised, as soon as Niko finished with the meeting, he delegated the remaining tasks to the two of them and left the office. Watching his lonely back, Niko sighed, unhappy with what his friend had to go through.

As the poison had been a slow-acting one, the three of them had no idea until it had gone deep into his organs. By that time, it was beyond anything that medical intervention could handle. Instead of feeling dejected, Raymonds had worked even harder, climbing into the rank of the world’s richest men.

Now, he had just one wish left, and as much as it pained them, the two of them wanted to help him as much as they could.

By the time Raymond got home, the entire house was completely empty, a sharp contrast from this morning when he was leaving the house. He frowned slightly as he looked at the time, noting that it was already 6 pm in the evening.

Despite their conversation earlier that day, the both of them had not exchanged numbers, so he had no choice but to knock on her door. Julia opened before his hand met with the door the second time, and Raymond's eyes widened slightly at her appearance.

Dressed in a wine dress that hugged all of her curves perfectly with her hair packed up in a loose bun, Julia’s already stunning look was taken to another level.

“I thought you weren’t home, and since I don’t have your number, I had no choice than this,” Raymond said with a shrug as he regained control of his emotions.

“Since it’s our engagement party, the show can’t start without us. It’s okay to be a little late,” Julia replied with a small smile. In a way, he could sense that she seemed to be quite eager about this engagement banquet.

The more he interacted with her, the more Raymond felt like he really couldn’t understand his ‘wife’. He left to get ready too, and pulled out his phone the moment he got to his room.

“Adams, prepare a gift that is worthy of the Brooks family,” since they were going there together and it was their engagement, he wanted to send them a gift from his company to see their reaction. Since his family wanted to depend on them, the first step in his plan was to take this support away from them. Only after then would the game begin.

Even though he could crush them in one full move, after what he had suffered at their hands, Raymond wanted a game. He wanted to watch them fall to their knees and only realize after that he was the one behind it.

“Also, send two men to bring it. Something grand and elaborate.”