A Marriage of Convenience by Jewel Daniel

Author:Jewel Daniel
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2013-04-11T19:39:00+00:00

She looked at the bunk bed with the full mattress on the bottom and the twin mattress on top. "It's fine. We've slept in smaller spaces. Now please go make yourself decent."

A freshly showered Kwabena dressed in jeans and a polo shirt met Leyoca and Carl in the den. Tamara was still upstairs. "Have you eaten yet? I'm about to prepare breakfast."

"I'll help you," Leyoca volunteered.

As they went into the kitchen, the grilling began. While Kwabena chopped onions and peppers to make omelets, Leyoca inundated him with questions.

"Let me be frank with you," Leyoca finally said. "Tamara is very impressionable and, unfortunately, easily fooled by good-looking men. I am not going to stand back and let you screw her out of everything she owns. I let it happen once. I won't allow it again."

Kwabena decided to be honest. "Mrs. Novak, I like and respectyour daughter very much, but what we have is a business deal. I get my permanent U.S. residence, and she gets paid. Everything was discussed and arranged upfront. I have no intention of defrauding her in any way."

"And you get to live in her fine house and a few other fringe benefits, right?"

He knew exactly what fringe benefits she was talking about. If only he was getting that. "I rent the basement, ma'am. We have a mutual agreement. And we've also developed a very close friendship."

"So what work do you do? Or do you work at all?"

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