Lily's POV
“How could you, Lily? How did you let this happen? You know the rules for fucks sake” I was trying to think but the Manager's furious voice kept interrupting my already jumbled thoughts.I didn't blame him, I was angry with myself too. How could I make such a big mistake?I unconsciously reached for my stomach and rubbed it slowly.Damn it! I was pregnant again.My mind went to the man who I recently had sex with, or rather the only man I have been having sex with. It was none other than him, Mr William Carter. He was the same man I had my first private session with around two months ago.After that night, it did not end there. This sexy hunk of a man kept booking me for more sessions and of course I agreed for the money. He became my regular customer and in fact my only customer showing up once or twice in a week. I didn't mind it, the sex was amazing every time and it was an additional source of income for me. If anything, I began to look forward to meeting with him unconsciously and I rejected every other private session that wasn't him. I was content with the money I was receiving from him and I knew deep down that no other man would make me feel that relaxed during intimacy, other men still made me panic.It was a simple business transaction that has been going on for two months now, well, not until now that I found out I was pregnant.By the rules of the agency, I was supposed to stay diligent in my dosage of contraceptives, but I somehow missed it and now I was pregnant with a client's child.I had let myself get carried away, was I really going to bring another child into this world to suffer? I thought of August, my five years old son… it was already hard for us as it is. I could barely pay his meds, doctor appointments and special schooling. Having another child would be too much of a problem.So was I going to abort it? The thought of removing my child made my heart skip. Despite the fact that I was just finding out about my pregnancy, I still felt some sort of attachment to the unborn child already. If it was up to me then I wouldn't want to remove it.“I just spoke with Mr Williams now, he's on his way” The manager said to me with a tired sigh pulling me out of my thoughts.Before taking any steps, the agency had to hear from the client first, our joint decision will decide what would be done. I couldn't hear but wonder what Mr Williams reaction would be, would he want to keep it or remove it? I really couldn't guess because we barely had conversations and I barely knew him, it was just sex.I nodded and waited. Around 20 minutes later, the domineering figure of William Carter walked in his well ironed and expensive french suit. His icy blue eyes fell on mine and I unconsciously looked away, his gaze on me always gave me funny feelings.“Mr William, please join me in my office” The manager and I did not look up until I heard the door click shut.I sighed and tried to calm my beating heart while I waited for them to discuss. If I could guess his decision then it made sense that he would want me to abort it, a person of his influence was in a different world that I could only dream to be.Yes, I had gotten curious and looked him up on the internet. William Carter, billionaire, 35 years old bachelor and CEO of the biggest real estate brand in the country. He was a hot shot and his name appeared in the news almost every day, women were at his beck and call but after many past failed relationships, he hung his coat and became a full time workaholic. This made me wonder why he kept coming to me for paid sex. What did he see in me when there were many other well endowed ladies of his class that would be willing to sleep with him for free?Despite the questions I had, I dared not to think that I was somehow special to him. I was of no use or benefit to him and this was the only part our worlds were meant to clash. Perhaps, a supreme being saw how desperately I needed money so he sent him to help. In the real sense, I was the one leaching from him more.The door of the office opened and I turned to look at the manager so fast that I almost had a whiplash. I tried to gauge his reaction to guess what Mr. William must have decided but the strong faced man had his signature blank face on.“Come on in, Lily,” He said. I thought I saw a twinkling of amusement in his eyes but it was gone in a second and began to doubt if that was what I actually saw.I stood up from the waiting area and walked into the office, Mr William turned to look at me and I shyly looked at anything but him. The atmosphere felt so awkward and my anxiety increased.“Please have a seat, Mr William, please tell her your decision” I obeyed the Manager's words and sat on the chair beside Mr sexy hunk, while still avoiding his eyes. The manager took his seat as well and the room fell into tense silence. I tried to prepare my mind for the words I expected my sex client to say, aborting the child was the best idea.Then I heard him clear his throat before saying the most unbelievable words of the century, “Lily, I would like you to keep the child and become my wife”Lily's POVDid I hear well? Or was I imagining things?“What?!” I turned to look at Mr William. The seriousness in his eyes told me he wasn't joking but I still found it hard to believe.William sighed and relaxed more into his chair and said, “It’s going to be a marriage contract between me and you, you become my wife and conceive my child and I'll cater for your every need” This was too surreal, too good to be true that I had to ask, “Why? I am no use to you and we are not of the same class” “You shouldn’t be worried about that, that's my problem. All I need is for you to act like my wife in front of everyone and convince them well enough. Are you willing?” If his face wasn't so serious, I would have really thought this was just a prank.A fake marriage with a billionaire… What games was fate playing? Is this what it means to have struck gold?I wouldn't have had too many problems with the idea except that… “Urmm, I have a five year old son, he has been diagnosed with down syndrom
Lily's POVA woman walked down the stairs to meet us, her eyes were on me the whole time and she had a clear look of disgust on her face. I unconsciously looked at my body, I was wearing a short and slightly revealing gown. Its full length stopped just a few centimeters after my ass and a deep v at the front that exposed the sides of my breasts. It was my typical work outfit so I didn't think it was that bad. Do I really look like a beggar?“Who is this, William? You cannot just bring any random person from god knows where into the house, what if people saw you?” the woman spoke up again. She was taller than me and had some resemblance to William so I guessed she was his sister. Apart from that, there was something familiar about her that I couldn't quite put a hand on at the moment.William had a straight face and didn't look moved at all, instead he cleared his throat and said loudly, “Can I have everyone's attention please, I have an announcement to make?” The woman rolled her eyes
Lily's POV.“This is your room, William's room is just beside yours” the red headed Sarah said in a low voice as she opened the door that led to my new room. “Thank you” I replied as I entered my room with August and our luggage. After Arla had told me clearly to my face that she would make my life miserable, she stormed off and the rest of the family dispersed one after the other except Sarah, Damien's wife. She brought me up to my room afterwards so here we are.She stood at the door quietly while I placed August on the bed to sit. Then she finally spoke up after a few seconds, “You are very bold to come here, even with my ‘rich’ background, I still have to watch my six against the three Carter siblings” she started and chuckled slightly.I turned to look at her, she wasn't that bad, I mean she was the only person who tried to make conversation with me unlike the others. The house looked like a load of drama so I'll take what I get. I chuckled and asked, “Wow, are they that scary?”
Lily POVThat name rang a bell, a loud one. But it was just a pinch in my memory, where I had heard that name stayed hidden in my memory.“What the hell? Why is he calling me all of a sudden?” he muttered to himself as he stared at the phone, finding it hard to make a choice.William was nervous and just as much irritated. Whoever was on the other end of the phone must have tried to wrangle his last nerve.He stood up to take the call and left the living room. I would have hoped it was business getting him so worked up. I have never seen him so pissed off.However, my mind derailed into what was more important. The headline! I grabbed my phone and began to scroll through social media.Damnit! They were everywhere. Every major blog, bulletin and news site has the same headline. Whoever was leaking this wanted everyone to know.And boy, they painted me in no clean light.“Famous billionaire mogul settles down with a stripper and a single mother.” Mind you, the titles were kept in all c
Lily POV As soon as the room was clear of everyone except me and William, I sank to one of the cushions. My head was throbbing, edging to rip apart any second. “You should have told me your family was like this!” I muttered weakly. Don't get me wrong, I know right people can be like assholes a lot. I should have known that since I had the opportunity of being in the company of a lot of them who came around the club. But the least he could have given was a heads-up. He had spoken so calmly, I was reassured. It was a successful transaction but no one has said they would be the ”annoying sister who wants to throw you out of the house“ clause in our contract. “I would expect them to accord you with a lot of respect. I will speak to my sister!” He said as if he was taking a mental note. “This behavior is not to be condoned.” Believe me I understand that it was happening so fast. Their brother shows up with a wife and a step son out of the blues. I would be freaked out as we
Damien POVI walked around in my living room, pacing from end to end. My friend was seated on the sofa staring at me, tapping his foot on the floor. “Could you stop already? You're pissing me off with your leg tapping,” I yelled at Lyon. “Ay, man. How can I not get nervous when you're acting like the world is about to end. Seriously, your pacing is freaking me out.” Well, I can't blame him. Me being nervous was something that rarely happened. Besides, Lyon had no idea about what was going on. He looked clueless. I called him over as soon as the news got to me. As always, he showed up like the loyal friend he was. Usually, I would pop open a drink, and we would discuss work, life and the women who had been with us the previous night at the club. But this was not one of those days. There were more pressing issues at hand. “My brother is getting married, man!” I had expected Lyon to scream or match my restlessness, but he stood up and walked to the mini-bar. He grabbed a drink an
Damien POV Well, they were two truths and a lie. So far, I have been responsible. So far, I had been discreet enough not to get caught. Since my father's death, I have always tried to appear responsible for my mother and the rest of the family. They needed to be impressed if I was looking to capture their hearts. In truth, I hadn't been responsible one bit. I had only acted that way, so I could get into everyone's good books. I had completely erased my presence from clubs, but that didn't mean that I had stopped partying. The family house had been a confinement. That's why I moved out to a house of mine as soon as I had gotten married to have my privacy. Yea, I am married. But that doesn't mean that the fun I used to have as a bachelor became limited. More on that later. Under my wife's nose I still carried on with my frivolous lifestyle. While she was out at work, I would be back home with strippers and Lyon partying and turning the house into our private clubhouse. T
Damien POV Sarah returned home at a time that Lyon had gone home. Today wasn't one of those days that I would spend clubbing. I had a more important matter on my hands and the best mood I could be was to be sober. I was seated in the living room occasionally helping myself to a can of beer I had opened. Surely one can of beer was not enough to get me wasted. Okay you caught me! Three so far. It was enough to help me get through the tension of waiting for her to return. Today was the next checkup session the doctor had given us. It was the one where he would give us the way forward and I couldn't wait. Sarah took too long to freshen up but by the time she was done, I was already unto my fourth can of beer. By this time, I was dizzy but still agile and active and ready to receive whatever news they had in store for me. It was a long and quiet drive to the doctor. It felt long because we neither spoke or touched each other. Even the jazz I had asked the driver to put in the backgrou
CHAPTER FIFTY-THREEDamien’s POVI love when I set out to do one evil deed and a free opportunity to do more presents itself. I came today with no plan; all I wanted was to disturb Will’s peace a little, remind him I am still alive, and maybe remind Aria that she said she would help me inherit the company. But then heaven blessed me, and I found August outside.The boy had run to me, calling me daddy. I watched in amusement as he hugged my legs, giggling, then looked up and frowned.“You are not my daddy,” he said, puzzled.“No, I am not,” I replied with a sly smile.August giggled again. “But you look so much like him. I thought you were him.”“No,” I said, shaking my head. “But,” I continued “We are brothers.”I was amused that Lily’s son called Will's father. Lily sure knows how to make people take responsibility for things they did and did not do, just like she made me pay for... our incident. Now, she has Will playing daddy for August and her so-called unborn child, whom we are
CHAPTER FIFTY-TWOLily’s POVWill and I had successfully avoided work for an entire week, and Aria had been planning creative ways to kill me. But with Will always on my mind, I found it hard to care.Will thought I didn’t know what he was doing when he ‘accidentally’ locked my room door and lost the key, or when the maid ‘mistakenly’ dropped my laundry in his room. I didn’t say anything about it. I liked it. I liked to pretend I wanted my room, but if Will ever asked me to go to my room, I would die. Literally, I would fall and die.It was 10:32 AM on a Sunday, and August was free today. Will had his therapy session canceled so we could all go out as a family.I gently disentangled myself from Will’s body and quietly climbed down from the bed. I threw on one of Will’s shirts because I was too lazy to go to my room or find my clothes in his second drawer.Tying my hair into a messy bun, I walked out of the room to spend a little time with August alone, something that was hardly possib
CHAPTER FIFTY-ONEWill’s POVI don’t blame Aria for hating Lily. She is right. Lily is good for me.Should I be dressed and ready to go to work? Yes.Do I need to go to work? Yes.Am I dressed and ready to go to work? No.Will I go? Hell no!I had called Toby again to tell him I wasn't going to make it to work. My excuse? I’m sick. Was I sick? No, but I would be if I didn’t taste Lily one more time. Lily had excused herself to go back to her room to get dressed. I’ll have to get her things brought here, or if she likes her room so much, I can move to it. It doesn’t matter, but all this separate room nonsense is not going to work.“You’re not dressed?” Lily asked, barging into my room to pick up clothes she left in my bedroom.“No,” I said, grinning.“What?” She asked, stopping to look at me. “Why are you staring at me like that?”“I like the way you entered my room like it’s yours.”Nothing can replace the pleasure of seeing Lily blush as she quickly disappeared into the bathroom to p
CHAPTER FIFTYLily POVIt was Monday morning, and I woke up to small kisses being trailed along my neck. I groaned and sank deeper into the feel of Will.It is Monday morning and after what could only be described as the best weekend in history, I do not want to wake up let alone go to work.“Open your eyes, Lily,” Will growled. “I know you are awake.”I did not open my eyes. I did not want to open my eyes. Maybe if I keep my eyes closed long enough, I would be able to keep him here in bed with me throughout the day.“Can we not just stay?” I groaned.“Of course we can, we can stay as long as you want but that would only give Aria more reasons to hate you and make the papara—Will didn’t get any other words out as I brought my lips to his kissing him gently.Will sighed into the kiss and wrapped his arms around my back and my neck drawing me deeper in. God, I’d missed this—it had only been hours, but I missed it already. I missed feeling like we were both going to lose it if we did no
Damien’s POV“You foolish man, I thought getting drunk was my thing,” Lyon said. He had been scolding me and telling me things I did not care for.He is right though, getting excessively drunk is his thing, not mine. He was leading me to the car so we could go home I suppose.“I do not want to go home.” I slur.“I am sure. Your wife will kill you if you go home like this.” Lyon said and laughed loudly. “I thought you said you were a changed man? Change my ass man.”“Oh shut the fuck up.”Lyon laughed again and retrieved the car key from my pocket.“shit.” He cursed. “You have to stand on your own, wait while I go get the key, I think you left it on the table we used.”Immediately Lyon left me I fell flat on my butt drawing unwanted attention and Lyon's unwarranted laugh.He left me there struggling with no success to get back on my feet. He came back a minute later with the key. “Remind me to never let you drink this much ever again,” he said helping me into the car.“Fuckkk-you,” I sa
Lily's POVOne day, I would rip out my heart and throw it away. It had made it its life mission to always embarrass me when it came to William Carter. I couldn't even pretend to act cool and composed around him, especially when I was this close to him. The only thing giving me comfort was the fact that our heartbeats were synchronized, and I could hear his heart too.He was sniffing my neck, nuzzling his nose against it, and gently running his hand from my neck to my waist consistently. I wondered why. Before, when he was just a client, he would quickly go straight to the point. He made sure I was comfortable first, yes, but there was hardly any cuddling or sniffing.“You have no idea how long I’ve wanted to do this,” he said.“Sniff me?” I had long ditched the thought that I would have any composure or class when it came to Will. My voice sounded like I was struggling to breathe, let alone talk, and that couldn’t be closer to the truth.Will chuckled. His voice was low, lower than us
Unknown POVWhoever said, "If you want something done perfectly, do it yourself," is a genius. It's been weeks since I told that idiot Greg to handle the matter of that new wife, and he's probably dead or avoiding me. He better be dead, because if I ever learn he's still breathing, I'll kill him myself.I took another deep inhale from my cigarette and puffed it out. I had considered killing Will's driver and taking his place, but that would make the death very traceable to me, especially considering the fact that William is obsessed with his new wife.I stood by the side outside William's house and waited. I liked to come here, to this house, and stand outside to catch glimpses of the kind of life William and his other family members lived. The kind of life my mother and I never got. I watched the news carefully when I learned that Carter was dead, waiting to see my name or at least that of my mother. I should have expected to see nothing. I should also not have been surprised when he
Damien’s POV“I need to talk to you,” I said as I barged into his office. It was just as I remembered from the last time I was here a few months ago. He didn’t let me into his office often; he treated it like a sanctuary. It was decorated with awards and medals dating back to his childhood. Father had always been a winner—in class, in sports, debates, bets, business—he always won. He was not accustomed to the word failure. William had followed in his footsteps. Those two were the boring, nerdy bookworms nobody liked. But they won in everything; they were organized, neat, handsome, tall, and strong, commanding rooms filled with people. They were the all-work-no-play types people liked to describe in romance novels.I was not like that. I was the fun, smiling, disorganized, cool one everybody liked. At least, everybody liked me when I was younger, but ever since I came back from college months ago, everyone expected me to be who I was not. They expected me to be my father or William, an
CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE Lily’s POV Nancy was still begging to keep her job when the lights in the company went out, sending the whole place into chaos. Toby had security escort Nancy outside of the building while Will led me to his office. I sat quietly, feeling useless while everyone else in the company got busy. Virtual meetings had been cut off, and numerous computers were down, causing disruption of work and weakening security. Everyone was working to figure out what had happened and to get the electricity back up. Will kept answering call after call, addressing people’s concerns about their interrupted meetings and reassuring them that everything was all right and that it was just a minor electrical issue. “No, your money is not at risk. No, this isn't someone causing a distraction to steal from you. No, the company is not closing without public consent. Yes, it is just a minor issue that will be resolved shortly. No, I have not sold the company without informing shareholders