PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT.
First point. Not to interfere in each other's private affairs.
Second point. There is no first-night or husband-and-wife relationship.
Third point. Each has the right to have a love relationship with another person.
Fourth point. Claire still has the right to live her normal life as an administrative staff member at Doubson Group.
Fifth point. Not publicizing the status to Doubson Group employees.
Sixth point. The maximum marriage period is two years. After that, both parties have the right to file for divorce.
The seventh point...
Claire was seen rolling her eyes upward, her head working to find another set of words that she would include in the prenuptial agreement. After hearing that her wedding date was only one month away, Claire hurriedly drafted the prenuptial agreement.
It felt like it already represented everything she wanted, but... ah yes, she almost forgot another important thing.
Claire went back to jotting down the contents of the prenuptial agreement; she reviewed it and revised the words that she thought were not quite right. After more than an hour of struggling with pen and paper, Claire finished it with her lips pulled up.
"It's just right," she said excitedly.
She put it away in a blue folder to be handed over to Jonas tomorrow.
With this prenuptial agreement, She could rest a little easier. Her relationship with Hans wouldn't suffer either.
Once again, Claire widened her satisfied smile.
***
Claire sat quietly with a small smile on her face. She was confident in the contents of the prenuptial agreement she had made. Her eyes observed every change in expression displayed by the man in front of her.
Jonas held the blue folder and opened it. He began to read the writing on the paper. Occasionally, his forehead creased deeply when he felt something didn't agree with him.
"What's this?" he asked, his eyebrows dipping almost together.
"Prenuptial agreement," Claire replied.
"I know." Jonas took a deep breath and was silent for a moment before he raised his voice again.
"The second, third, and seventh points. I don't agree with them." Jonas said it casually. "Ah, that's not all. All of those points are against me."
Now it was Claire who furrowed her brow. "Incriminating how?" Claire did not understand. Weren't those points mutually beneficial to them?
The first to third points were mutually beneficial. Jonas himself said that there was no love in their marriage. These points should not be a problem for him.
"First, this is the position of my family, who spent a lot of money to help your family. My grandfather proposed to you to become the Doubson family's daughter-in-law, which means he hopes that there will be a successor to the Doubson family born later. Then, if there are these points, it is my family helping for free."
Claire gaped at that.
A successor to the family?
So, he meant that she should...
Claire stared in horror at her superior. She swallowed her saliva with difficulty.
She thought that their marriage was just a marriage of compromise. There were no frills about making an heir to the Doubson family.
"But weren't you the one who said there would be no love in our marriage? Then how can we..."
"No love doesn't mean you can't do it. You know, people in the past were married to each other. Did they have love when they got married? But as a result, they had many children. Some even have a dozen," Jonas explained with a flat expression on his face.
Claire was about to refute but suddenly felt at a loss for words. As a result, she remained silent with her head in deep thought.
"Anyway, I want a prenuptial agreement between us. I don't want to have a child with someone who can't love me." Claire folded her hands in front of her chest. She insisted on her stance.
That's good! Having a child without love? Hell! She's a farm animal that can just give birth without feeling.
Meanwhile, Jonas began to catch his breath again. He straightened up and looked intently at the woman who would become his wife. "Fine, then let's cancel the wedding. I'll talk to Grandfather to withdraw all business agreements with your father." Jonas said it casually, but it had a high impact on Claire.
What?!
The woman rounded her eyes in surprise, then pursed her lips.
Just look at how this big boss started using his power to suppress the weak like her.
Arrgghh!!!
Claire was annoyed to hear that, especially looking at the person who was smiling wryly. Claire squinted sarcastically.
What power did she have now? She really couldn't do anything.
The problem was that her family desperately needed an injection of funds. If the Doubson family rejected the business deal, Claire wasn't sure if her father would be okay later on, especially when she recalled how her father's heart disease had only lasted for two years.
Claire closed her eyes, taking a resigned breath, trying to accept her terrible fate. "Alright," she said listlessly.
She prayed that in her next life, she would never meet this kind of man again.
Oh, my God. Why was her fate so terrible like this?
Claire tried her luck once again. Regarding one of the points in the prenuptial agreement, "But at least I'm still allowed to work at this company, right?" She pleaded, hopefully.
Those brown eyes waited for an answer from Jonas, who was currently silent as if in thought. She waited anxiously.
"Okay," Jonas finally replied. Claire breathed a sigh of relief.
"One more thing. If possible, no one in this office should know about our status," Claire added. Not to be unlucky, trying your luck one more time couldn't hurt, right?
Claire saw the man's expression, which tended to disagree, and the woman hurriedly explained. "I just don't want everyone to suddenly be nice and approach me just because of my status as the wife of a Doubson Group bigwig."
Claire hated it when people approached her with certain intentions. For that reason, she hid her status as a businessman's daughter.
Jonas seemed to be thinking again. Why did the man have to think so much, anyway? Such a request should not be a difficult thing for Jonas Doubson. After all, wouldn't this also be beneficial for him? He wouldn't have to be ashamed of having a lowly employee's wife like Claire.
Besides, Jonas could also have relationships with other women. Claire vowed not to forbid or protest against it.
See how understanding Claire is—she doesn't demand too much. He should have benefited from that request. Yes, there was no denying that Claire also personally benefited from the request.
"Alright," Jonas said before he added more. "That's it. No more requests!" he said firmly.
Claire snorted. She had just wanted to try her luck one more time.
***
After her discussion with Jonas, Claire headed back to her office. It could be said that it was not a discussion. Claire was the one who received the most rules. While she only made two requests.
Come to think of it, she should be happy to be the wife of the Doubson Group's bigwig when many other women idolize that man, but what's happy about a life without love?
For Claire, social status and material possessions were less important than love. If we live with the person we love, we will be happier. We can look for materials together. As long as we are together, everything will be easy to live with.
Speaking of love, today she hasn't talked to Hans at all. Hans had called her several times and sent her messages since morning, but because she was too preoccupied with the prenuptial agreement issue, Claire had ignored him. Now she felt guilty.
Claire quickly took out her cell phone from her blazer pocket. She was just about to search for Hans' contact, but her hand stopped as soon as she saw that the floor she was walking on was covered in white roses.
White roses?
Claire looked up and looked around. It was quiet. There was no sound of people working, not like usual.
Claire followed the direction of the roses. Maybe there was someone who wanted to do a surprise event; if she stood there, she would ruin the event. Claire quickly backed up and was about to turn her body around.
Before she had time to do so, she was startled by an explosion-like sound followed by a piece of paper extending downward from the ceiling in front of her.
Claire covered her mouth in surprise as she read the large writing on the paper.
'CLAIRE, WILL YOU MARRY ME?'
Hans?