TAMING MR JERKFACE: Own By An Overbearing CEO

The theme song plays as Lucas walks in with Debby... all eyes turns towards them and Debby begin to feel nervous. She leans closer to Lucas.

"Why do I feel like this is a real wedding?!" She whispers.

Lucas smirks.

"Because it's a real wedding!"

She stops walking but Lucas stylishly drags her along.

"Why didn't you tell me this before? I don't even know who I'm getting married to!"

"Oh, you're getting married to your baby daddy!"

"What?!" She stops walking again but Lucas stylishly drags her again.

"There's no turning back now... remember you said you'd finish this show!"

"But he's supposed to get married to Olivia!"

Lucas scoffs.

"Just play along and watch the drama!"

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Debby's pov

I feel like turning back right now.. I can't believe they tricked me.

What if this is one of Andre's trick to make me feel like a fool?

Before I knew it we're already at the altar, Lucas hands me to Andre and walks back to the congregation.

I tries to snatch my hand from Andre's but he didn't let me, he held it in a tight grip.

I briefly glance around the congregation... Mrs Knight has a shocked expression on... some security men are holding Mrs Chesterfield down.

While my Mom and Diego are smiling.. I frown, what is going on?

"Angel, we're about to start!" Andre whisper to me.

I turned to him.

"Why am I your bride? Where is Olivia?"

"I don't know... I just know I'm getting married to you today!"

The priest's words catches my attention...

*Dearly beloved, we are gathered here in accordance with the almighty....*

I tone him off and try to figure out what actually is going on?

Where is Olivia? If she's here she wouldn't let me stand up here with Andre!

I looked at Andre's grandmother... she stands up and glares at us... me in particular.

I quickly look away from her.

"I do!" I heard Andre say.

He nudge me gently and I frown in confusion. He stares at me like he's waiting for me to say something... the congregation too are waiting for my response.

*Miss Ryan, do you take this man, Mr Andre Knight, as your lawfully wedded husband? In sickness and in health, for richer and poorer, come rain and sunshine... till death do you part?*

I looked at Andre, he's silently begging me with his eyes to say yes.

But how can I say yes when I don't know what is going on? But then again, I should think about my baby... I can't let my child be an illegitimate child.

"Angel? Say something!" Andre whisper.

I turned to the priest. "I do!"

*Is there an objection to the union between these two?*

Oh no! I look around fearing that Mrs Chesterfield or Olivia or even Andre's grandmother will object.

But thankfully, some security men are refraining the two old haha and Olivia is not in sight.

*If none... please change your rings!*

Sean rushed forward and gives Andre a ring... Anna also comes forward and hands me a ring.

I frown... that's when I noticed her dressing, she's my maid of honor!

I grit my teeth... they have a lot of explaining to do later. I glared at her and scoffs, turning back to Andre.

He holds my hand tenderly and slips the ring in my finger.... and I also did the same to his finger.

*By the power vested in me I now pronounce you husband and wife..... you may now kiss your bride!*

Andre held my face and crashes his lips on mine.... just then we heard a loud scream. "Noooooo!"

I break the kiss and turns to the direction the screaming came from.... it's Olivia.

She took off her shoes and ran towards us... she pushes me away from Andre. I lost my balance and almost fell but Sean catches me before I could hit the ground.

"I'm the real bride! She's an imposter!" She screams.

She grabs Andre's hand and link their arms... then turns to the priest.

"Wed us! I'm the real bride not her!"

Andre removes his arm from hers and pushed her away.... Olivia falls down. Andre comes to my side and wrap his arm around my waist.

"What is happening, Andre?" She asked.

By now both family members are gathered at the altar.... Olivia gets up and stares at Andre with tears brimming in her eyes.

"Andre, what is happening? I'm the one you wanted to marry... what is she doing here?"

Andre move his gaze to her legs.

"I thought you're crippled and can't walk.... why are you suddenly standing on your feet?" He asked.

Olivia looked down at her legs and quickly falls down and starts groaning in pain.

"That was a reflex action!" She said.

Andre chuckles and reached for something in his pocket... he takes out a paper and opens it.

"This is the real CT scan results!"

Sean snatches it from Andre and reads it out to everyone's hearing.

"Summary of translated CT examination: all areas of the scan were within normal limits, no abnormalities!"

Gasps were heard... so, her legs have been healed all these while and she was just lying.

Or maybe she wasn't injured at all... she really did took advantage of my kindness.

"You lied to my wife that we have a child together!"

His wife? I smiled at that.

"You even paid a doctor to lie to my wife that she's gonna go blind, so she can leave and you'll marry me!" What? That was just a lie? The doctor lied to me?

Olivia got up and glares at me.

"Yes, I lied about my legs injuries but I didn't lie about us having a child together!" She defends herself.

"Oh, really!" Andre laughed. "Lucas bring them in!" He yells.

Right then Lucas comes in with the matron we met at the orphanage and two other men.. with doctor Wang. Olivia's expression right now is so funny... she look scared yet tried to stay strong.

"Do you know these people?" Andre asked.

"I.. I.. no!"

Mrs Chesterfield pushes Olivia behind her and stand in front of her in a protective stance.

"What are you tryna do, Andre?"

"Oh, I forgot... your sin is even greater!" Andre said.

"What sin?"

Lucas steps forward and glares at Mrs Chesterfield.

"Do you recognize me?" Lucas asked.

Mrs Chesterfield frowns and stares at him trying to recall but shakes her head after a while.

"Mr and mrs Craig... does it sound familiar to you?"

Mrs Chesterfield staggers back in shock... her mouth slightly open as she gaps like a fish under water. "You killed my father and made my mom lost her mind.. then took over my family's wealth!" "No! You don't have evidence.. you can't accuse me!"

Lucas laughs.

"I have everything I need to sue you!" Lucas said and throws some record tapes and files on the floor. Mrs Chesterfield stares at them and shakes her head.

"No! No! No!"

"Yes! The police are already here... there's no where for you to run to.. you've done enough running!"

Andre turns to Olivia and smiled.... he looks her in the eyes and crashes his lips on mine.

He kissed me briefly. The breaks the kiss and pulled me closer.

"Olivia, you already lost me long ago... since you cheat on me and told the media I'm a five minutes man! I already hates you long ago before Debby came..... she has nothing to do with my hatred for you!" Diego claps his hands and came forward... He stands in front of Olivia.

"I told you before... forcing a man to marry you is just trying to turn black to white.... You've long lost your mind"

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She raised her hand to slap him but Diego catches her hand.

"Don't even try it!" He pushed her.

"If I'm going down, your bitchy mother is coming with me!" Olivia said and points at Martha. "She's my accomplice... we made all these plans together!'

What? My mom? I know she doesn't want me but I didn't know she hated me to this extent!

"Oh, I forgot to tell you... Martha is working for me!" Andre said.

Everyone turned to him with a surprise expression... She's working for him?

"Martha came to my office three weeks ago and told me everything Olivia and Mrs Chesterfield are planning.... She also told me she's my Angel's birth mother.... She told me the reason she married into the thompson's family is to find out the real her husband's company went bankrupt and that's because Mrs Chesterfield bought all the shares in his company...."

Wait.. so that means, my mom didn't abandon me! She didn't leave because my dad was poor... I never knew the real story behind her leaving.

I have been blaming her wrongly.

".... The only way she could get her revenge is by exposing Mrs Chesterfield evil deeds. She told me to play along with her and that's why we're able to expose Mrs Chesterfield and Olivia today!" Andre explain. Olivia glares at my mom.. she rushed to her dad and tug his shirt.

"Dad, you see.. that woman is evil, she sold us out!"

Mr Thompson removes her hand and move closer to my mom, he wraps his arm around her waist and pulled her closer.

"She did the right thing... She already told me the truth before I married her. Everyone should be responsible for their actions!" He said.

Olivia staggers back and falls down.. she passed out.

"Officers! Take them away!" Andre said.

The police men comes forward and carries them out.. Mrs Chesterfield bowed her head in shame.

"Phew! The bad guys are gone!" Anna claps.

Diego stops in front of me.

"So, you're my sister after all"

I smiled and raffles his hair. I though I was an only child, I never knew I'd have a kid brother someday.

My mom comes to me with tears in her eyes... I couldn't control the tears in my eyes... I let them flow down.

"My child...."

"Mom!"

She opens her arms and I quickly rushed in... we hug each other tightly and cry in each other's arms.

"I shouldn't have left you, Debby.. I'm sorry.. I'm so sorry.. I came back to look for you but you moved out and I heard your dad was dead.. I didn't know where to search for you... I'm sorry.. my child... Forgive me..." I laugh between tears.

"Mom, don't blame yourself.. you're the best mom ever!"

She continue crying until we couldn't no more... We pull away, she wipes my tears and I wipe hers.

"Don't cry or my grandbaby will be ugly!" She said.

I nod and smile.

"Mom, I wish you could cry for me too!" Diego said.

"Don't worry, Diego.. I'm gonna cry for you if mom doesn't!" I told him.

But he shakes his head.

"No! I don't want my nephew or niece to be ugly!"

I laughed. Mr Thompson wipes my tears and smile at me.

"I'm your mother's husband.. can I have the honor of being your dad?" He asked.

Mr Thompson doesn't seem like a bad man, in fact looking at my mom I can tell he's being very good to her.

I nod. "Yes.... dad!"

Just then I heard a resounding slap... I turned and found out Andre was the receiver.

"Mom, what was that for?" Andre grumbles.

"That was for almost giving me a heart attack!" Mrs Knight said and turns to me. "Debby dear, welcome to the family!"

Andre glares at her and grumbles under his breath.. he crossed his arms across his chest.

I chuckled lightly... He's just a big crying baby right now.

"Thank you, Mrs Knight"

She pinches my cheek softly. "It's Mom now!"

"Oh!"

"Say it!" She said.

"Mom!" I repeats... she smiles and pinches my cheek.

"That's a good girl!"

Ma Doris takes slow steps towards me... she reached for my hand.

"My dear, I have greatly offended you, can you forgive me... I didn't know Mrs Chesterfield is such a despicable person... I would have made a great mistake had Andre got married to Olivia!"

I smiled... I can't blame her. She doesn't know me and she thought Olivia is an ideal wife material.

"Grandma, you don't have to apologise... you should be giving us your blessings instead!"

She laughs... she pulls me down as I'm a bit taller than her. She kissed my forehead.

"Be happy, dear!"

"Thanks grandma"

"All I need from you and Andre is just 12 great-grandchildren!"

"Grandma!" I exclaimed.

She laughs and wink at me... ok, I never knew grandma have this side in her... cheerful and playful.

"What? I have only one chil and one grandchild... why can't I have more great-grandchildren?"

"Debby, your grandma is right!" My Mom said.

I inhale deeply. "Then I'll need a lot of strength!"

Arms encircle my waist from behind... I know it's him. He's the only one that have full right to hold me without answering to anyone... he's the one whom I thought I could hide my problems from.

But he's very wise, I'm the foolish one... he saw through me and helped me out!

"My wife!" He said.

I blushed and tries to pull away from him but he didn't let me.

"I'm sorry.. so sorry for breaking your heart and making you feel like I don't need you... I was a fool..."

I turn in his arms and crash my lips on his.. cutting him off. I break the kiss and smile

"I should be the one saying sorry... I shouldn't have hide things from you... I'm sorry!"

He smiles. "Let forget about the past... We are now husband and wife.. and we're also expecting a baby.. let's think of our future together, how to make it better!"

I nod and rest my head on his chest. Anna clears her throat and pulls me away from Andre.

"What about your brave best friends? Don't you think you are forgetting something?" She asked.... pulling my cheeks.

"Ouch! Ouch!" I slowly removes her hand. "I'm sorry!"

"I don't wanna hear sorry!" She huffed.

I pulled her into a hug.

"Thanks Anna.. for being there for me!"

"Not thanks.... you'll take me shopping and bring your credit card to comfort me!"

"Huh? I'm poor, remember!"

She rolls her eyes.

"Your parents rich, your in-laws are rich and your husband is a fucking multi-billionaire... how are you poor?"

I sighed.

"Fine! I'll take you shopping!"

She smiles.

"That's more like it!"

"Now let's get the party started!"

Everyone laughs... Andre takes my hand.

"Aren't you gonna go for honeymoon?" My mother-in-law asked.

Honeymoon? We didn't discuss about having a wedding.. so, we didn't make any plans for honeymoon!

"Angel, where do you want us to go for our honeymoon?"

"India!" I said without thinking.

I love india... I wanna experience their colorful culture and taste some of their food.

"We'll go there after we rock this party!"

"Yay!" Anna, Lucas, Sean, Michael, Laura and Diego cheers.

I shake my head.

Life!

I never knew I'd see my mom someday... I never knew I'd end up marrying an educated man who would love me, come rain and sunshine!

In fact, I never knew I'd end up having a family as big as this... I also got to make new friends.

Thank God for bringing Andre into my life and making me achieve all these through him!