Flash Marriage to a Stunning CEO (Alistair and Richard)

Chapter 9 A Quick Marriage

Alistair answered the phone with obvious irritation. "What?"

The caller seemed startled by his tone and responded timidly, "Hello, Alistair."

The voice on the phone wasn't Rebecca's.

"Who is this?" Alistair asked, confused.

"It's Vivienne," she replied with a light laugh. "We've met before."

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Alistair immediately placed her. Vivienne was one of Rebecca's best friends.

Rebecca had two close friends-Anne and Vivienne.

Anne was... Well, he didn't really want to talk about her. But Vivienne was different. She was cut from a completely different cloth than Rebecca and Anne. Actually, she had decent values. Alistair still remembered how she'd come to his defense once when Rebecca was giving him a hard time.

"Can I help you with something?" he asked cautiously.

If she was calling about Rebecca, he'd hang up immediately and block her number.

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It occurred to Alistair that if he really wanted to cut ties with Rebecca completely, he should change his phone number. He'd do that first thing after getting out of bed.

"Well," Vivienne said, sounding a bit embarrassed, "I was hoping you could do me a favor."

"What kind of favor?"

Nothing could have prepared Alistair for her request-she wanted him to come over and cook a meal at her place.

As it turned out, her mother, Miranda Everett, had undergone surgery to remove uterine fibroids. During a visit, Rebecca had brought some chicken noodle soup.

Miranda, who'd had no appetite since the surgery, suddenly found herself hungry again. She couldn't stop talking about it afterward, claiming it was the best chicken noodle soup she'd ever tasted and that it reminded her of childhood.

However, it was actually Alistair who made that soup himself. Though Miranda couldn't stop thinking about it, she felt too awkward to ask for it again.

Tomorrow was Miranda's birthday, and Vivienne suddenly thought of that chicken noodle soup while brainstorming unique gift ideas. Worried he might refuse, she quickly added, "Don't worry, I wouldn't expect you to do this for nothing. I'll pay you. How about 100 thousand dollars to make one dinner?"

As a wealthy heiress, Vivienne didn't think twice about spending

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100 thousand dollars just so her mom could taste that soup she'd been craving.

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Getting paid that much for cooking one meal was clearly a sweet deal for Alistair, though money wasn't exactly tight for him these days.

Since becoming the female CEO's kept man, his monthly allowance had reached one million dollars. To put it bluntly,

even if he wanted to be poor again, he probably couldn't manage

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During his six years with Rebecca, the only skill he'd truly developed was his increasingly impressive cooking.

Alistair considered the request carefully.

flat-out refused. But this was Vivienne, someone who had shown him kindness and even defended him when Rebecca had given him a

wasn't the type to leave debts unpaid. Besides, her request

friend has made a request. How

friend. To avoid unnecessary complications, make

two: Rebecca is Rebecca, and Vivienne is Vivienne.

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just because you're keeping your distance from

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for 50 system credits. Choose

Alistair was speechless.

had

sorry, but I need to

hadn't

close to her, she wouldn't have bothered him if she wasn't trying to prepare a special gift

the kind-hearted girl, secretly wanted to give Alistair

gossip yesterday, she'd learned that Alistair had walked away from the divorce without a

his name.

how Alistair would make ends meet, Rebecca callously replied that it

himself to death," Rebecca had added, "that just proves how pathetic

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change for wealthy heiresses like Vivienne-just another dinner out with friends- but it

Vivienne had worried that Alistair's pride might be hurt. After talking to him, she realized she was

finished breakfast. Right on schedule, he went downstairs to find a Maybach waiting at the curb.

her. "Did you get here

laptop. “No, just

to City Hall

Good old City Hall!

married was supposed to

whole thing felt like some kind of joke. He was

married today, like

about it, the more

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certificate was the

Caroline. "Well, aren't you a pretty young

Women were just as quick

instinctively

Caroline. "Young man, your wife is absolutely gorgeous. You're so... lucky." Her voice trailed off as

dawned on her face.

politely, "Thank

in shock. She was sure

barely forty, her memory

I feel like I'd seen this young man just

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was because Alistair and Rebecca had made such

They were both

a perfect

they'd come in to file for divorce, she'd

was.

such a beautiful pair. Why couldn't they make

Marriage work?

thinking the same thing

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she had to admit, this guy had

than yesterday's, with a

they had the marriage certificate, Alistair stared

that? The universe really has a weird sense of humor. "Are you done admiring it?" Caroline snatched the certificate from