ACCIDENTALLY MARRIED TO A MAD BILLIONAIRE

Chapter 66: MARRY THE MADMAN

This Chapter is dedicated to evadaniela. Hey eva love, thanks for the golden ticket.

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"I want to marry the madman." Ariana blurted out, a smile on her lips.

"What are you talking about?" Chris frowned. He didn’t like where this was going. Why would Ariana want to marry that man?

"Are you out of your mind Ariana?" Abby asked but Ariana looked like her mind was made up. She will never let Penny be above her, if marrying Osvaldo is what makes her superior then she would.

"Penny survived the night in that mansion and she was his wife. By that logic, if I survive the night with the madman, then I’ll be his wife. Penny will be of no use to us anymore."

"Are you insane Ariana?" Chris yelled.

"Do you have a death wish Ariana?" Abby yelled.

"Ariana listen to us. Let your sister handle him for now till we find a suitable match." Gregory said to his daughter-in-law. He couldn’t let her marry that madman, she was Christian’s wife.

"For how long father?" Ariana asked.

"You all said to be the wife of the madman, one needs to sign the golden contract. Penny hasn’t signed it yet, yet, she’s managed to cause too much trouble." Ariana said calmly.

"The more we let her, the more trouble we’ll be getting into. And who knows, eventually, she might sign the golden contract." That was Ari’s biggest fear was her sister signing the golden contract and becoming the head of the family finally.

She promised to deal with Penny, but she couldn’t do that if her sister was still with Osvaldo. She has to prove to everyone that she can tame Osvaldo so that she can take Penny’s place.

"You’re not doing it, Ariana. I will not have you marry that boy. What will your mother say?" Abby asked.

"You forget I’m not a part of the Adkins family and my mother’s words mean nothing anymore mother." Ariana started. She had no idea why they couldn’t see the bright picture.

"Mother. Chris." She turned to Chris. "You know everything I do is for us all. It’s not like I’m really marrying that madman. I feel disgusted thinking about him. But we need to prove to the lawyers that I can tame him to get Penny out." Ariana said.

"If I succeed and get to sign the golden contract, everything will be ours. Then we can finally kick that stupid Penny out." She said trying to convince them.

"I see some sense in what she’s saying." Gregory suddenly said. He didn’t like the idea, but he would do anything to get Penny out of the Adkins family for good.

Her coming here was a mistake, and they all fear if they don’t get her out quickly, she might send them all away.

"Father..."

"Hear me out, Chris. Ariana is right. If she succeeds, she gets to marry that boy. But what use is he, she’d still be your wife. She’d get pregnant and claim the madman had slept with her and then, our grandchildren will inherit everything the Adkin’s own legally." Greg analyzed everything and Abby smiled.

"That’s a perfect plan."

"But how will Ariana spend the night there without getting hurt?" Chris asked.

"Oh, that’s nothing. The maid already told me about it." Greg said.

"About what?" Chris asked.

"About how that fat bitch survived. She had locked herself in the room all night, that’s how she was able to survive." Greg said.

The maid that had attended to Penny that night had told him everything. Rosie, while he slept with her.

"That’s a good thing. We just need to find a way of getting Penny out of that penthouse." Abby said.

"That’s easy. You can leave that for me. I’ll be back with her." Chris started walking away without another word to anyone.

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Over in the Penthouse,

"I am bold..." Penny wheezed.

"...I am confident..." she huffed, placing both hands on her waist like she’d just finished running a marathon, one she didn’t even sign up for.

"...I am beautiful." She barely whispered the last word before flopping to the floor like a fainting goat.

Her chest heaved. Her lungs were screaming. Her whole body was done. The hour-long affirmation torture had finally broken her.

"...Um...Ung... Huh..." she gasped like a fish out of water, trying to suck in air through the waist trainer wrapped around her like an overenthusiastic hug from a grandma with no chill.

"Penguin?" Osvaldo’s voice cracked through the air like thunder, and the next second he was kneeling beside her.

Penny, even in her near-death state, desperately clung to her jacket. If she was going to die, fine, but she was not going to die with her belly out. Osvaldo could mourn her fully clothed.

He tried pulling her arms away, but she clutched the fabric tighter, squirming like a trapped rabbit.

"Where does it hurt, Penguin? Can you hear me? Talk to me!" He asked, eyes scanning her like she’d been shot.

He touched her side and frowned. Something was hard. Very hard.

Was that... armor?

He lifted the shirt slightly and blinked. A corset. A full-blown medieval torture device.

Osvaldo stared for a second like he was trying to process why his wife had come dressed like she was going for battle.

He tried to find an opening, maybe a place he could rip apart, but that thing was so strong. He rose from where he squatted, and in the next second, returned with a scissors.

"Wait! No! Stop!" Penny squeaked, trying to roll away, but it was too late. With one snip, the corset popped open, and Penny’s stomach scattered everywhere.

Like it had been released from prison.

She froze.

And for a moment, time seemed to stand still.

Osvaldo stared at her in silence. He didn’t take his gaze off. His eyes moved around her, staring at everything.

What she had been avoiding all night has finally come to her. He had seen her and rather than saying anything, he just stared at her.

Penny used her hands to quickly cover her stomach as she stood. Her face turned pink from embarrassment.

She wanted to sink through the floor.

"You..." Osvaldo said through clenched teeth, his voice shaking.

"Do you want to kill yourself, Penguin?!" His voice was sharp now, the calm, velvet tone replaced by full-on anger. His brows furrowed, his jaw clenched. He was furious. Not because of her stomach. But because she scared the life out of him.

Penny blinked up at him, flustered and pink-cheeked. Her hair stuck to her sweaty face, her jacket open just enough to expose the betrayal of her squishy belly. She pulled the jacket closed again in panic.

"I-I know I’m ugly, Mr. Osvaldo, okay? You don’t have to yell." She looked away. "You don’t have to worry. It’s not like I’m going to stay your wife forever." Her voice cracked.

"Once I get my body back, I’ll leave. I’ll disappear. You’ll never have to see me again. I swear."

Osvaldo"_"

"Alright," Osvaldo said. "We should look forward to that. But don’t try to kill yourself when you haven’t begun my treatment." Osvaldo said calmly.

He wouldn’t correct whatever she felt. He’d let her feel that way until she was ready to come out of it. But as for leaving him...

The thought alone angered him. Nothing in this world would make him lose his penguin. The only entertainment in his life.

The last time he felt this kind of fear was when he was a little boy. The day his father’s cat almost crushed his frog.

Osvaldo smiled at the thought of it. He had last seen that frog before the event and never saw it again. He wondered if that bad uncle also carried his frog too along with the antidote he found.

But that day, that frog almost gave him a heart attack. Just like his Penguin just did.

Did this mean he cared for her?

Of course, he did. She’s his penguin. His to protect and his to destroy.

"But I’ll punish you for scaring me this way Penguin." Penny blinked up at him again.

What did he mean by punishment?

She had thought he would be disgusted by her and would walk away even if he said he wouldn’t have anything to do with her after their contract was over.

"W... What punishment?" Penny asked to see him smile. The type that made her heart beat so fast again.

She knew where this was going and she didn’t like the sound of it. Could they stay a night without having to do that?

"Mr Osvaldo..." He took both her hands, his thumb massaging it gently.

"I have needs Penguin." Osvaldo started and her cheeks warmed up again. How can he say things like this so normally?

"I wanted to let you off tonight penguin, I really did. But you just cannot stay out of trouble." He said innocently placing one hand on his hardness.

But the moment Osvaldo was about to enjoy the moment, a knock sounded by the door.