Narrator: It was about 9:00 PM and Leandro was still working when suddenly someone knocked on the door.
Leandro: Come in.
Alexa: With her purse in hand, excuse me sir, may I leave?
Leandro: Looks at his watch with surprise - asks - Alexa, why are you still here?
Alexa: I leave when you leave, remember I have a bonus for that, sir.
Leandro: Wait, I'll take you home. It's too late for you to go alone.
Alexa: Don't worry about it, I'll take a bus and get home quickly.
Leandro: No way, Alex. This won't happen again, I promise.
-In the car-
Leandro: Tell me, where do you live?
Alexa: Umm, I live at xx-88.
Leandro: Perfect, looking at her, we'll be there soon.
Alexa: Thank you very much for taking me home.
After a few minutes, they arrived at Alexa's house.
Leandro: Alexa, can you spare a few minutes for me to talk to you?
Alexa: Sure, if you want, I can offer you a coffee. Do you want to come in?
Leandro: Thanks.
Narrator: She has a small but very modest and well-organized apartment.
Alexa: Please go ahead, have a seat. I will make some coffee.
Leandro: Thank you very much - he sat on the couch -
Narrator: While Alexa was in the kitchen making coffee and sandwiches for dinner, Leandro in the living room noticed some envelopes on the table. He picked them up and read them. One of them contained a huge debt that she was paying off.
Alexa: Mr. Leandro, I apologize, but in my fridge, there is only regular food, not like what you are accustomed to. So, with all due respect, I offer you these sandwiches and, well, coffee.
Leandro: Don't worry, Alexa. I know what a sandwich is ☺️ and thank you very much. I am hungry.
Narrator: They started eating while Alexa took the opportunity to ask him what he wanted to talk to her about.
Alexa: -question- Sir, what did you have to tell me?
Leandro: Besides my mother and sister, you are the only woman I can trust... I have a very delicate problem that requires a lot of discretion.
Alexa: -interrupts- Health problem? 😳 "Alright, he probably has a disease because he's such a womanizer."
Leandro: No, no, it's something very delicate. I will explain everything so you understand, and then I will propose something. Well, here it goes. When my father passed away, he left in his will that I would inherit the presidency of the company, but he stated that by my 30th birthday, I must already be married. If I don't fulfill this requirement, the company will be transferred to Leonardo, my stepbrother.
Alexa: 😳 Oh my God! That is a problem, sir. Your brother is not good at managing the company; he already caused a lot of trouble with the fraud he committed.
Leandro: Exactly, that's why I need to get married... To avoid losing my company.
Alexa: Wow... I understand, of course! -smiles- Although, honestly, I can't imagine you married 😅😅 I'm sorry!
Leandro: Neither can I imagine myself married! That's why I need a trustworthy, intelligent woman, and obviously someone I only feel respect for, to marry, Alexa.
Alexa: Ohh, okay, I understand! But don't you know someone? One of those girls you date?
Leandro: Alexa, you haven't understood me. I am proposing to you to marry me and maintain a low-key marriage for a while until I can fully secure the company.
Alexa: What?? But sir, have you gone crazy? What do you mean we get married?
Leandro: Calm down!! It won't be a marriage for love, but a business. I only need a wife who can represent me well in front of everyone, and in private, well, there won't even be a need for a marital life because I will continue living my life as I have been, and you can do the same if you wish.
Alexa: I'm sorry, Leandro, but I feel like this is madness, what you're proposing to me 🙄
Leandro: I know, but it won't just benefit me. In exchange for this, I will pay off the debt you have with the central bank.
Alexa: -looks up quickly- Really???
Leandro: Yes, you will be free from that debt that I see you've been paying for years.
Alexa: Well, let me see if I understand. I will marry you, and we won't have intimacy. Basically, I will live like a first lady, so to speak, and you will also pay off my debt, is that it? -says skeptically-
Leandro: Exactly.
Alexa: -without thinking- When do we get married? -looking at him-
Leandro: -smiling- Thank you, Alexa, but I also want to make it clear that this could last for two to three years, is that okay with you?
Alexa: I have been paying off a debt for 6 years, and I have only managed to pay off 30%. Of course, I accept, Mr. Leandro.
Leandro: Perfect, then tomorrow I will have the contract prepared and, well, I will include some conditions you want, and I will also include some conditions of my own in writing. We will get married in no more than the day after tomorrow.
Alexa: I feel like this is madness, but the truth is, I would rather spend two or three years at most as your paper wife than pay off this debt until I'm 40.
Leandro: Don't worry, I understand. Now, I'll go rest. -shakes hands- Goodbye.
Narrator: Meanwhile... Alexa
Alexa: Oh God, am I doing the right thing accepting this proposal from Mr. Leandro? I know I'm basically selling myself, but I have been paying off this debt for so many years, and suddenly they propose this... I really see that I can get out of this debt without even having to do anything bad, so it's fine.
Narrator: On the other hand, we have Leandro in his car talking to Steven
📱 Steven: What do you want? It's late, Leandro.
📱 Leandro: I wanted to inform you that you will be my best man at the wedding.
📱 Steven: So, you are getting married after all.
📱 Leandro: Yes, I did what you told me and talked to Alexa. She agreed after I proposed to pay off her debt.
📱 Steven: Oh, that's good. From that perspective, both of you benefit. Well, goodbye, I'm going to sleep.
📱 Leandro: Hey, aren't you my friend? Shouldn't we go celebrate?
📱 Steven: You're not getting married for love, so goodbye!!!
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