One-Week Husband
Episode 1: Ambush
Samantha Ross (FL)
Mom, what’s this?
Samantha shows a marriage certificate with her name on it.
Rose calmly sips her tea. She then smiles sweetly.
Rose Ross (FL Mom)
Can’t you see that it’s a marriage certificate?
Samantha Ross (FL)
Mom... What I want to know is why my name is registered on it? Much more, why does it say I’m married to some guy I don’t even know??? I want an explanation.
Rose flashes her an innocent look.
Rose Ross (FL Mom)
What’s there to explain? You’re married now. I just took the initiative to make it happen. Why don’t you thank me?
Samantha Ross (FL)
This isn’t a game. You know so well I don’t plan on marrying anyone! ANYONE. AT. ALL. I got a good thing going with my career. I still have plans!
Rose Ross (FL Mom)
All you do is work, dear. Will your career even take care of you when you’re sick? Will it take away your stress every night you come home exhausted? Will it hug and kiss you when you feel like it? And more importantly, will it give me cute and adorable grandchildren? Of course not. I had to do something.
Samantha Ross (FL)
(Crap, here we go again)
Samantha takes a deep breath to calm her raging nerves.
She then gives her mom a deadly smile.
Samantha Ross (FL)
Mom, if it is a grandchild that you want, I can always adopt or go through artificial insemination. You don’t have to go marry me off to some stranger.
Rose Ross (FL Mom)
Are you really my child? Where’s the romance in that?
Samantha Ross (FL)
Romance is for the dreamers, mom. It’s not for me.
Rose Ross (FL Mom)
(Ah, this child. So much like her late dad. What a tsundere.)
Rose Ross (FL Mom)
Famous last words.
Samantha Ross (FL)
I’m serious.
Rose Ross (FL Mom)
Well, this marriage certificate isn’t a joke. Besides, I’ve known your husband and her mom from way, way back. So you can be rest assured that he’s not some kind of a hooligan or some old man. Chill.
Samantha Ross (FL)
Chill? MOM. REALLY??? YOU CAN’T EXP—
Her words got cut off when the door bell rings.
Rose Ross (FL Mom)
Oh, it must be your husband and her mom. Why not take your seat and meet them? (Saved by the bell! This is just timely! Had they been late for a second, my ears might have fallen off with my child’s nagging.)
Samantha is about to protest when the the door opens. There she sees the nightmare she’s been running away from all her life.
Episode 2: Meeting Mr. Nightmare
Samantha Ross (FL)
YOOUUUU! 😨
Ian Smith (ML)
Hey, honey. 😇
Rose hides her smile. And she whispers to Brenda, her friend for 30 years.
Rose Ross (FL Mom)
(Whispers to Brenda: This is better than I expected.)
Brenda Smith (ML Mom)
(Whispers back: I didn’t know they’ve met already? But this looks interesting.)
FLASHBACK TO TEN YEARS AGO
At the College of Communications and Design in the top university in the country
Jenny Jones (FL BFF)
Sammy baby! That last exam was a killer!
Jenny Jones (FL BFF)
Please save my soul!
Jenny Jones (FL BFF)
And go party with me tonight!!!
Samantha Ross (FL)
I’m in! But drinks on you!
Jenny Jones (FL BFF)
Ugh look at this girl, pretty, smart, and rich but can’t even buy her own drinks!
Samantha Ross (FL)
But you said I’m your baby! SO SPOIL ME!
Jenny Jones (FL BFF)
Fine, fine! Let’s go and get dressed up.
On the other side of the campus.
At the Business Management and Economics Building of the same top university in the country
Nathan Miller (ML BFF)
📞Smith, where are you?
Nathan Miller (ML BFF)
📞 I’m in front of your college.
Ian Smith (ML)
📞Why what do you need this time?
Nathan Miller (ML BFF)
📞So cold. Is it wrong to drop by and see your exhausted face after your MBA class?
Ian Smith (ML)
📞 Cut to the chase. I’m busy.
Nathan Miller (ML BFF)
📞 Just get your *** in here.
Ian Smith (ML)
📞 I still have a meeting with my board of directors. Bye.
Nathan Miller (ML BFF)
Wait! Don’t hang up!
Nathan Miller (ML BFF)
Aysh. This guy! Is this how you treat your friend?
Nathan Miller (ML BFF)
📞 See you at the Hades Club after your meeting.
Nathan Miller (ML BFF)
📞 I won’t take no for an answer.
Nathan Miller (ML BFF)
📞 Or else, I’d hack your investment portfolio.
Ian Smith (ML)
📞😡 Fine. Blackmailer.
Nathan Miller (ML BFF)
(Looking at his phone, dumbfounded) Aysh, this guy. Is this how you thank your friend?
Nathan Miller (ML BFF)
I just care about your social life, ok!
Nathan Miller (ML BFF)
What a grumpy old man in a 23-year old body! I hope you get jinxed today!
Jenny and Samantha are having fun in the club.
Samantha goes to the bar and gets another round of drinks for the two of them.
Samantha Ross (FL)
Here’s another round for us!
Samantha Ross (FL)
*bumps into someone*
Samantha Ross (FL)
*drenches the person’s suit*
Samantha Ross (FL)
Sh*t. I’m so so so sorry!
Samantha Ross (FL)
I didn’t mean to! *proceeds to wipe the drink away from the person’s suit, without looking*
Ian Smith (ML)
Annoying drunk girls.
Ian Smith (ML)
Next time, look where you’re going.
Ian Smith (ML)
*finally looks at her face*
Samantha Ross (FL)
*finally looks up at the face*
Ian Smith (ML)
(She’s pretty)
Samantha Ross (FL)
(What a handsome face.)
Samantha Ross (FL)
(Pity it’s wasted on such a rude person)
Ian Smith (ML)
(But it looks like all she does is party)
Samantha Ross (FL)
It was an accident, ok. I’m sorry!
Ian Smith (ML)
Accident or not, you still ruined my suit.
Samantha Ross (FL)
Fine, give me your card so I can send you another one.
Ian Smith (ML)
I don’t think a college party girl like you can afford it, though.
Samantha Ross (FL)
(How presumptuous!!!)
Samantha Ross (FL)
Try me.
Ian Smith (ML)
*smirks* (this is getting interesting)
Ian Smith (ML)
Oh. Is that your pick-up line?
Samantha Ross (FL)
*laughs derisively* Why would I even pick-up an old man drenched in cocktails?
Ian Smith (ML)
😡 💢 (Old man???)
Ian Smith (ML)
💢 Hey! I’m just 23!
Samantha Ross (FL)
Oh. Is that what you always tell the girls you pick up, old man?
Ian Smith (ML)
(This punk!)
Ian Smith (ML)
I don’t pick up girls, they come to me.
Samantha Ross (FL)
Sure, whatever.
Samantha Ross (FL)
Look. This is getting too meet-cute cliche. It’s tiring.
Ian Smith (ML)
You said meet-cute? So I’m cute?
Samantha Ross (FL)
*rolls her eyes*
Samantha Ross (FL)
If you don’t want me replace that Alexander Amosu Vanquish II Bespoke suit you’re wearing, then ok, thank you.
Samantha Ross (FL)
I acknowledge your generosity.
Samantha Ross (FL)
*walks away*
Ian Smith (ML)
*grabs her forearm*
Ian Smith (ML)
Seems like you know your way around expensive suits.
Ian Smith (ML)
But I’m not that generous as you think.
Samantha Ross (FL)
What do you want, old man?
Ian Smith (ML)
How about...
Ian Smith (ML)
*smiles seductively*
Samantha Ross (FL)
*looks at him coldly*
Samantha Ross (FL)
Nope, I’m not gonna pay you with one night.
Ian Smith (ML)
*blurts out laughing*
Ian Smith (ML)
Hahahahahahahaha where did you get that idea???
Samantha Ross (FL)
*blushes but still tries to act cold*
Samantha Ross (FL)
What. What do you want?
Ian Smith (ML)
Your phone number.
Ian Smith (ML)
*brings his face close to her ear* And don’t even try giving me a wrong one.
Ian Smith (ML)
‘Cause I would know.
Samantha Ross (FL)
*heart beats faster*
Samantha Ross (FL)
Fine, if you let me go first.
Ian Smith (ML)
*lets go of her forearm*
Samantha Ross (FL)
Here’s my card then. Burn it, throw it, I don’t care.
Samantha Ross (FL)
(It’s not as if I can’t block your number).
Samantha Ross (FL)
*walks away*
Ian Smith (ML)
*looks at the card* Samantha Ross XXX-XXX-XXX. Communications and Design major. Same university as my MBA’s.
Ian Smith (ML)
*stares at the retreating form of Samantha with a broad grin on his face*
Ian Smith (ML)
Looks like school’s gonna be fun now.
Quick Intro
Author
Hello! This is my first chat story.
Author
Please be nice to me. 🙏🏻
Author
I am still navigating through the interface. So please bear with me.
Author
Here’s a quick intro of characters. I hope it’s yet too late?
Samantha Ross, our female lead.
Going 30 years old. She doesn’t believe in romance, and thinks of it as a hindrance in her career. She owns a PR company. She may seem like a cold, calculating person. But she can be caring. Sometimes.
Ian Smith, our arrogant-turned-simp male lead.
33 years old. CEO of the biggest multinational company in the country. He is stubborn, cocky, and smart. He knows what he wants and stops at nothing to get it. Including the heart of our unromantic female lead.
Author
I’d let the rest of the characters introduce themselves to you.
Rose Ross (FL Mom)
Hi, I’m Samantha’s Mother - Rose. I’m a hopeless romantic who wants what’s best for my child. Given my Samantha’s obsession with her career, I doubt she’d be able to give me an adorable grandchild soon. So I took action. Together with my friend Brenda, we cooked up a plan for our children to get together.
Brenda Smith (ML Mom)
I hope it works out! My son Ian isn’t getting any younger! Oh hello! I’m Brenda, Ian’s mom and Rose’s friend for 30 years.
Jenny Jones (FL BFF)
I’m Jenny Jones! I’m Sammy’s childhood friend. I like quirky stuff, but I’ll protect my Sammy baby from overbearing threats! Beware, Ian Smith! 😈 I’m an investor in Sammy’s PR company. I do some modeling and fashion design, too.
Nathan Miller (ML BFF)
I’m the always-taken-for-granted best friend and business partner of Ian Smith. I’m a top-notch computer scientist, but I’m not your typical nerd ok. Fine, I’m a nerd, but I like to party and hang out. I’m a cool nerd.
Jenny Jones (FL BFF)
(That’s some cringe-worthy confidence, Nathan...)
Nathan Miller (ML BFF)
Hey, that’s mean! We’re not even friends!
Nathan Miller (ML BFF)
Author, do something about her character!
Author
Chill. We’ll get into that.
Author
So. I hope you’ll enjoy this. (I honestly hope I can update every day for fun!)
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