The Enticing Proposal

Chapter Eight - Contract

"Wow, this is a beautiful home." Robyn looked out her car window in amazement.

Kira thought so, too. The glass home was luxurious. She wondered if this was the right address Giovanni had sent her last night. Kira took in every detail of the home as Robyn pulled in front of the main door. She put the car in park and looked over at her friend's uncertainty.

"Are you sure you don't want me to come with you?"

Kira smiled at her concerned friend. "I will be fine. I promise." She grabbed the door handle and pulled it open. "I'll call you when I am finished."

"Alright. I won't be far." She nods.

Kira closes the door before making her way up the stoned path. She saw the men in black suits, standing side by side with serious expressions on their faces. Slowly, she walked up to the door, and one of them looked down at her.

"Kira Sanders?"

A shocked look crossed her face. "Uh, yes."

He pulled out a phone and typed across the screen. After a moment, it chimed, and the security opened the door for her. "You can go inside."

She walked inside the amazing house. She thought the outside of the home was something, but the inside was breathtaking. Everything breathed European style and masculinity. Kira was so in wow at the interior of the home that she didn't even hear Giovanni walk down the stairs.

"Great, that you made it, Kira." He greets.

Kira smiles. "Me too. Your home is lovely."

Giovanni nods. "This is not my home. It belongs to a friend of mine who agreed to let me borrow it while your here."

"That's great. So, has the lawyer arrived?"

"He has." He offers his arm. "Come."

Her arm wrapped in his and he led them further in. The walk was silent, and they stopped in front of a closed door. He opened the door and let her enter first. The room was an office with furnished furniture. A man came into her view and she instantly assumed that he was the family lawyer.

The man offered her a smile, standing from the small sofa couch. "Hello, Miss Sanders." He greeted, walking over to Kira, shaking her hand. "I am the family lawyer, Joshua Atkins, but you can call me Joshua."

"Nice to meet you, Joshua. You can just call me Kira." She shook his hand, looking over his features. The man looked to be in his late forties to early fifties.

The lawyer, Mr. Atkins, gestured over to the small couch. Kira took a seat and Giovanni sat next to her.

"Shall we just jump into this?" Mr. Atkins queried.

Kira felt Giovanni's on her, looking for confirmation. She nods, ready to do this. "Yes." Giovanni motions for the lawyer to continue.

"Alright, but before we begin, I want both of you and especially you Kira to know that what's discussed between us three stays between us three. I'm not insinuating that you'll do something irrationally but it's for you and Giovanni's protection. Also, to give you a sense of comfort."

Kira understood and was reassured. She was grateful for it. "Thank you."

Joshua smiled in return and pulled out two packets that were thoroughly written out. Giovanni and Kira both grabbed one. Kira flipped to the first page of the contract. She inhaled before exhaling. Kira forced her hesitancy to the back of her mind. She believed this was going to be the best thing to happen. With Giovanni's help and his connections, it will turn everything around with quickness.