NoraI, Nora Reidy, was a 25 year old medical student. This was my last year as a student, when the results come out l would be a neurosurgeon. I had a mother but l might as well be an orphan. My mother abandoned me for a man and alcohol as a toddler, leaving me in the care of my grandmother, Sophia Reidy.Granny was now very sick, she needed a kidney transplant. Our dire family situation prevented her from getting the much needed treatment. We were dirt poor but happy and content. Granny's illness threw our little family into a spin. Joy fled from our lives. I needed to make an immediate plan. Right now l was on my way to a job interview at Ratliff Restaurants. I had to at least try to raise funds for her kidney transplant. I turned a corner and the Ratliff offices came into sight. I uncapped my l liter bottle filled with iced water from home. l could not afford to buy bottled water. I took a long refreshing drink and studied the building. Two glass doors faced me. l craned my neck

Nora I was supposed to start working today. I opted to forfeit it because of two reasons. Firstly l poured water on my employer's son. My embarassed self recoiled at the thought of meeting him regularly when he visited his mother. The second reason was my employer, her offer put me off. If l got married, it would be for love, not convenience. I watched as Maxwell Ratliff bounded up the steps. I mentally observed my house from a stranger's perspective, chipped blocks, rusty roof, a house that appeared ready to give up the ghost anytime. His presence made me uneasy, to meet me at his workplace was one thing, to follow me home and witness my living conditions was another. My cheeks flamed with embarrassment. He halted in front of me, l peered at him. “ Hello.”He greeted, his voice deep and resonant. “Hi, armored SUVs, is that not an overkill?.” l joked to hide my uneasiness. He looked over his shoulder,“ no it's not, my father was nearly killed sometime ago. The culprits mistook h

MaxMy secretary Zoey Catland and l settled into Ted Reese's office. We haggled over the price of one of my helicopters Ted wished to hire for a year. You see, apart from the airplanes, l owned helicopters. Three were leased to the government, on a yearly basis for an astronomical amount.Ted needed two. AS we went back and forth with the negotiations, Ted’s landline phone rang. He answered and passed the phone to me. I frowned, irritated. The phone call floored me, my wife was at the reception area, looking for me. My wife? Since when? I hoped Nora was not going about telling people l was her husband. What did the troublesome girl want now? I gave permission to let her come up. She arrived in a fluster, her face flushed, hair all over the place, she resembled a Tasmanian devil. Her eyes raked over Zoey before she greeted everybody. So that was the reason Nora followed me to the meeting? Zoey? Women and their endless tricks, which included monitoring.It was one of the many reasons

Max's POV I tossed and turned, sleep eluded me. Nora Reidy brought out the beast in me, l had no idea why. Tonight l hurt her feelings deliberately, l wanted her gone as soon as possible. The woman who would grace my bed would be my choice, not someone who was thrown on my lap. Marriage was not for everyone, some people like me did not have a fundamental need to reproduce, which was the main reason for marriage. I got s.x whenever i wanted, there was no need to marry for it.Nora was a beauty, with a stunning figure, that big butt made my mouth water, that was my secret to know not hers. The way she glowed today still bothered me, her intoxicating scent refused to leave my mind. Dammit, l was a confused man. Her image refused to recede to the back of my mind, her hurt gorgeous face tormented me. Maybe l went overboard with my harsh comments tonight, l was a rude ass who disregarded other people’s feelings sometimes but tonight l was worse. At midnight as the sleep continued to flee

Nora's POV Max left me alone following the botched lovemaking. We existed as housemates, we breakfasted and lunched together but hardly communicated. He fulfilled his promise to my granny, her surgery happened one week after our union. One month after the surgery my grandmother was on the road to recovery, she gradually put on the much needed weight. Max bought me a car, hired a live-in house help. My husband was an enigma to me. He was moody, downright cruel, arrogant, trampled on people's feelings without care but a giver on the other side. His generosity astounded me, l witnessed as he built a house for a handicapped child who lived on the streets. He failed to mention it to me, l saw it on the news like everyone else. Exactly a month after my marriage, l woke up to good news. The results were out, l was at the top of my class. I drove to my granny's house, found her on the porch, knitting booties. I hugged her, kissed her all over her beloved face. The wrinkles were fewer, sh