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.

he would have flat-out refused. But this was Vivienne, someone who had shown him

debts unpaid.

ex-wife's best friend has made a request. How will

friend. To avoid unnecessary complications, make up an excuse and

is Vivienne. You won't deliberately

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just because you're keeping your

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50 system credits. Choose

Alistair was speechless.

once, the system had set

sorry, but I need to think about

was just grateful he hadn't immediately turned

just divorced Rebecca, and since Vivienne was so close to her, she wouldn't have bothered him if

mother, Vivienne, the kind-hearted girl,

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

his name.

about how Alistair would make ends meet, Rebecca

death," Rebecca

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like Vivienne-just another dinner out with friends- but it could

she realized she was the one overthinking things. He sounded perfectly normal,

his oversized bed, took a shower, and finished breakfast. Right on schedule, he went downstairs to find

her. "Did

“No, just arrived.

to City Hall

Good old City Hall!

supposed to be a

thing felt like some kind of joke. He

married today,

it, the

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part was that the woman processing their marriage certificate was the exact same lady who

when she saw Caroline. "Well, aren't you

were just as quick to notice a

clerk instinctively glanced at

your wife is absolutely gorgeous. You're so... lucky." Her voice

dawned on her face.

smiled politely, "Thank

stared at his face in shock. She was sure

forty, her

feel like I'd seen this young man just yesterday? And

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clearly was because Alistair and Rebecca had

They were both

a

for divorce, she'd silently lamented what

was.

were such a beautiful pair.

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she was thinking

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had good taste in

with a

they had the marriage certificate, Alistair stared

marriage, just like that? The universe really has a weird sense of humor. "Are you done admiring it?" Caroline snatched the