They all turned to look at her. She smiled and cleared her throat.

"It's simple. You both are gonna get married." She said

"uhhhh????" they all chorused

"Wait let me finish," she said And they all kept silent, waiting for her to speak.

"You're both gonna get married but it's gonna be for a short period of time like six months or so. Then after that, you'll both get a divorce!"

"Wow!" they all exclaimed

" So after the marriage, you'll still both get the company shares, and after the divorce, you'll still get to be with the people you love. I rest my case" she said and gulped down her wine.

"Sounds perfect!" Dave exclaimed

"At least after the marriage, you guys have the right to choose if you'll continue with the marriage,or divorce. It's none of your parents business" Emilia added

"What do you think, Madison?" Jason asked, looking at Madison who had been silent.

"Um, sounds perfect. But how are we gonna survive living together for six months?" she asked and Jason frowned

"You have to bear my love, it's worth the wait," Dave said and pecked her cheek.

"This should remain a secret ok? you've got to all act like everything's fine and that you've agreed to the marriage plan so both parents won't suspect a thing" Alex advised

"You're a genius Alex" Dave acknowledged and they all laughed.

"So if we get married, she's gonna be living under my roof as my wife gosh..... "Jason said disgustingly. Madison gave him a stern look.

"But we're gonna go into an agreement, " Emilia said. They all looked at her

"No sex," she said, looking at them.

"Whoa!" they all exclaimed apart from Madison.

"And you think I'm gonna give my body to your scum of a boyfriend!" she yelled

"Hey... no offense," Emilia said, eyeing her

"Hey it's enough, " Dave said, holding her arms.

"We all know there isn't going to be sex. If they don't love, they won't sex," he added

"What if feelings begin to fly in the end?" Alex asked laughing

"Hey, hey hey! I've had enough!" Jason yelled

"I know Jason. He can't spend a day alone with a woman under his roof without going underneath" she said again laughing

"I'm not finding it funny!" Madison fumed at Alex

"And you think I don't have the taste of women I would want to go underneath?" Jason asked with sarcasm

"What!" Madison flared. "You have taste and you couldn't even get a good taste, it's a shame that your parents went searching for a woman to marry you,"

"Enough!" Dave yelled. "Come on, it's time to go," he said to Madison.

**

That evening, she sat under the mango tree in the garden looking tired and frustrated. She thought about the plan. There is no way she is going to survive living with Jason for six months, she thought.

Just then, Alex walked in holding two glasses of fruit juice. She handed one to Madison and sat close to her.

"You look troubled," she said as she sipped her drink

Madison kept mute. she sipped her drink and looked at Alex. Her face was void of expression.

"Where did you get that crazy idea from?" she asked

"Hey babe, no hard feelings ok? that's the only way we can pull through this," Alex explained

"I can't survive Jason he's a total jerk," she said angrily

"It's not like you're gonna be with him forever, it's just a six months marriage and you can still be with the man you love," Alex coerced

"So I won't get to be around Dave all through those times.." she said sadly

"Does he even looks like he cares?" Alex asked.

Madison looked at her and turned away.

"I can't believe someone you claim really loves you would want to agree to that plan. I just brought up the plan to see his reactions and he agreed immediately to it. It's clear what he wants" Alex said

"Alex I won't have you talk about my man that way, " Madison flared

"It's clear he only wants to benefit from you stop acting blind!' Alex continued

"Alex!!!" Madison yelled

"That Guy's a total jerk!" Alex yelled back

"I can't stand this anymore!" Madison yelled and walked away.

**

Jason drove into the Thompsons mansion that night. It was late already. He decided to drop by so he could tell them of his plans of coming to marry Madison. He never really liked the idea, but there were no other options, he thought.

As he walked into the house, he found the whole family apart from Madison sitting in the living room watching a movie.

"Hey Jas!" they all called as he walked in

"Wow, seems this is a family moment" he said smiling

"Yeah, sometimes you gotta spend time with the kids" Mr Thompson said smiling

"You're welcome son," his wife added.

"Where's Mad? Is she sleeping already?" he asked.

"Oh you want to see her? come let me take you there," Mrs Thompson said excitedly, dragging his hands

"No.....i...." He tried to protest

"Don't be shy, we know you're here for her," she said happily. Jason let out a sigh as he walked with her upstairs to Madison's room.

"Let me excuse you," she said, leaving him at the doorpost. His heart began to race as he thought about going into the room. He could remember the last time he entered her room was when they were still at college.

He would usually follow her home for her to tutor him and help him with his assignments. He smiled as he thought about those times. He realized he hadn't even knocked. As he tried to knock, he realized the door wasn't locked. He opened it slowly and peeped inside.

He saw her sleeping peacefully on her bed with the duvet sheathing her body He walked inside carefully and he was caught up by memories the room brought to him. A lot of things have changed apart from the art works on the wall. He smiled as he saw how much she still loved the color pink.

Just then, she rolled on her bed and the duvet which was sheathing her slipped slowly from her body, exposing her soft smooth brown skin. She was wearing only a white vest and he was able to have a perfect view of her body.

She was sleeping face down so he couldn't have a clearer view of her face. She rolled again this time to the edge of the bed close to where Jason was.

He thought of adjusting her body on the bed so she wouldn't fall. He was just trying to hold her arms when she woke up and behold she saw him.

"What!!!!" she screamed out and jumped out from the bed. She tried to wipe her eyes with her palm.

"Hey its me!" he said gently

"What... what are you doing here?!!! Rape!" she screamed as she wrapped her arms around her body.

"What? rape? why will I want to rape you!" he yelled. You are not even worthy of my rape!"

"What are you doing, trying to touch me?!" She yelled

"You were about rolling out of the edge. I was only trying to help so you wouldn't fall!" he said angrily

"Who brought you here! why would you come into a lady's room unannounced?" She asked furiously

"You were sleeping so I thought it's best I don't wake you up!"

"What do you want?" she asked as she stood up and walked to the fridge to take a bottle of water which she gulped down immediately.

"I came to see your parents but they brought me here to see you" he said, scratching his head

"If we are both gonna get married, you're gonna learn to respect my privacy!" she fumed at his face

" You're just a nag" he said angrily.

"And you're such a jerk!" She retorted. He kept silent and looked at her disgustingly

"I have to go now," he said angrily and walked to the door.

"What do you think about the plan?" she asked, trying to strike a conversation for him to stay longer. He paused and looked at her. He walked back towards her

"We will have to go on with it," he said

"Will she be able to cope for six months?" she asked

"Yeah we've talked about it and she's fine with it. What about Dave?" he asked

"We talked, you know he's not gonna be around me. He'll travel back to London soon" she said

"Hmm, it's fine. So what are the preparations gonna be like?" he asked

"There are no preparations. We're just gonna have a simple wedding" she replied

"Hmm it's fine by me too" he said and they both kept silent. "Got to go now," he said

"OK bye, "she said and He walked out immediately.

She smiled and picked up her phone to call Alex.

"Hey babe, Jason just left here. You can't believe he was in my room," she said smiling

"Wow, did you both get any special moments?" Alex asked excitedly

"Oh Alex , you're such a clown. You know Alex, I'm so happy about this marriage. I'm so gonna frustrate the hell out of him, and in his next life, he'll learn to respect a woman like me" she said, smiling

"So it's pay back time?" Alex asked

"Yes Alex, I promise Jason's gonna pay for every pain he's cost me, both past and present!" She snapped.