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

the type to leave debts unpaid. Besides, her

best friend has made

one: She's Rebecca's friend. To avoid unnecessary complications, make

two: Rebecca is Rebecca, and Vivienne is Vivienne. You won't deliberately distance yourself from someone

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you're keeping your

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credits. Choose option

Alistair was speechless.

once, the system had set up equally

sorry, but I need to think about this," Alistair

was just grateful he hadn't immediately turned her

her, she wouldn't have bothered him

helping her mother, Vivienne, the kind-hearted girl, secretly wanted

Alistair had walked away from the divorce without

his name.

ends meet, Rebecca callously replied that it wasn't her

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

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hundred thousand dollars was pocket change for wealthy heiresses like Vivienne-just another dinner out with friends-

the call, Vivienne had worried that Alistair's pride might be hurt. After talking to him, she realized she was the one overthinking things. He sounded perfectly normal, which put her mind

on schedule, he went downstairs to find a Maybach waiting

beside her.

laptop. “No, just arrived.

to City Hall in

Good old City Hall!

supposed to be a sacred, beautiful

thing felt like some kind of joke. He

today, like children

he thought about it, the

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

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

Women were just as quick

instinctively

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

dawned on her face.

smiled politely, "Thank

stared at his face in shock. She

at barely forty, her memory

did I feel like I'd seen this young man just yesterday? And filing for divorce, no

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was because Alistair and

were both

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in to file for divorce, she'd silently

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pair. Why

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here she was thinking the

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had good taste in women. Today's

than yesterday's, with

the marriage certificate,

has a weird sense of humor. "Are you done admiring it?"