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HIS PRETENSE BRIDE CHAPTER 17
Alexa's POVNervousness ripples through him, despite his calm composure not to show it. I am gradually getting to know this man better than he truly looks.His muscles flex beneath his shirt, and I trail my eyes over them before our eyes meet.Quickly, I glance away.The short door opens, and my aunt comes in and sits down opposite us. When Xavier suggested we come here to inform her about the marriage, I was against it, but he insisted.My aunt, who is my only guardian, needed to know. He wanted to make things official, even though it was a loveless marriage.“I see you are here with someone,” she says, peering at him with her glasses sitting on the bridge of her nose. “He doesn't look bad.”She examines him beyond his appearance. She is as calculative as anything else, and I hope she doesn't exhibit any of her bad traits today.I would be so embarrassed, and Xavier might be disappointed too.Realizing that I had a lot to gain from this, I gave in. I had nowhere to run to without wor
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Alexa's POVA tear slips down my eyes as I stare at the reflection of a woman I know and do not know.Some months ago, I was Alexa—super clumsy, poor, and single. Today, I have turned into a sophisticated, rich bride to Xavier Gold, the most eligible bachelor in New York.I refused to wear a white dress on principle.White dresses have their own significance, especially on a day like this. Brides wear white dresses to signify their purity, love, and faithfulness, among others, to their partners.But Xavier and I do not intend to share any of this. This marriage is based solely on the will to bear him an heir.No love. No faithfulness. No loyalty.Just like he mentioned yesterday, we are allowed to date other people after the baby is born.That was what I dreaded the most. He was not going to put in any effort to make us stick together, even after the baby was born. As soon as the baby is born, he will probably get rid of me, even if I want to still be here.Another tear rolls as Sofi
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Xander's POVFor a sizzling moment, I wish all of this wasn't just a facade, but the reality of me walking down the aisle with a woman I love and not one I needed.Thinking of everything, I feel stupid for venturing into this. For coming this far. I didn't have to be married to have a child. Why the hell did I agree to marry her?Tonight is just meant to be our first night together. It's not like a real-life honeymoon, where the couple would be ecstatic about sharing a bed.A genuine marriage goes beyond that.Beyond simply sharing a bed, beneath the duvet. A real marriage means falling in love with each other. Becoming committed to each other.And that damn sense of commitment, which I do not believe in and would never believe in.“I…I didn't come along with a towel,” Alex's voice breaks into my thoughts, making me dart my eyes open to see her standing in nothing but a short and a tank top.She wants to shower.Then what next?Without a word, I point to the closet, and she follows m
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Alexa's POVThe maids in the house are the only normal people.Unlike the man I married, who has been grumpy and silent since I told him I was a virgin, the maids converse, laugh, and smile with me.That anger, which tightened his expression when I told him, made me regret my words as soon as they rolled out of my mouth.I signed up for this.Being a virgin or not doesn't matter. I just felt I should let him know.That probably turned him off because he left the bedroom, didn't return until I fell asleep, and woke up the next morning to an empty bed.I haven't seen Xander in three days. There is evidence to show that he has been coming home for those three days and spending the night here as well, but I haven't set my eyes on him.This morning, he forgot to take his wristwatch. Yesterday, the smell of his cologne filled the room.It felt like he was always around whenever I was sound asleep, and the moment I started to toss to wake up, he disappeared.“Did he take breakfast before lea
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Xander's POVSurprisingly, she is already dressed and waiting for me downstairs when I stroll in.Our eyes lock for a second before she turns around and makes for the stairs. I follow quickly, determined to get her out to lunch.That is my way of apologizing to her.“Alex,” I call, racing towards her. As soon as I am close, I grab her hand and she twirls around and slams her body into mine with her eyes growing wide for fear of falling.I wrap my hand around her waist and gaze down at her beautiful face. She is wearing a poppy wrap neck top with red prints and leather trousers. She has her hair down, making her look mesmerizing at a close glance at her“Let me go,” her soft voice pulls me out of my reverie and I let go of my hold on her hand. Without hesitation, she darts forward towards the bedroom.Quietly, I follow.I have a meeting by 3 pm, so I need to get this done before then. Two hours is all I have to spend outside the office, and I hope to put that to good use.When I get to
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Alexa's POVMy husband confuses me.My husband. It still feels a bit weird to refer to the man I barely know as my husband but he certainly confuses me. One minute, he was leaving me alone in bed, discarding me like trash under his shoe and the very next, he is kissing me like his life depends on it.Technically, it does but not his life, I suppose.A low moan slips out of my lips as his finger runs through the hair I had combed to perfection. His heavy breath is all over my face which only manages to intensify the ache I feel beneath my clothes.I feel so hot that I can barely think straight.Wrapping my hand around his neck, I stand on my tippy toes and tip my neck to the side as he takes his lips off mine to place kisses all over my skin. I can't even try to hide the moan that erupts from me as he bites onto the skin of my neck, his teeth sinking in like he is trying to leave his mark.Shit has never felt so good.“Xander,” I whisper halfway through a moan, the sound leaving my lip
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Xander's POV It occurs to me only moments after our dinner ends that I really have no choice but to make this work with Alexa. It's been a tough past few weeks with us, and the last thing I want is to hurt my wife.It really doesn't matter why I married her. It doesn't matter that I married her to have a child. I couldn't have a child with someone I barely knew anything about. I will have to deal with Alexa for the rest of my life, married or not.I eye her slowly as she presses her face to the window, taking in the city as the car speeds off. She barely said more than a few words to me after the interruption from the staff earlier. After they left, I couldn't bring myself to say anything to her, especially as I knew that she would only get hurt.What is wrong with me?I offered to marry her to make our situation more believable and barely. I offered to marry her so she could give me a child.Why then am I making things more difficult than they already are? She wants me to touch her
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Alexa's POVI wake up to flowers beside me on the bed, gently teasing my nostrils when I wake up. Frowning slightly, I yawn as I force myself to sit up while clutching the duvet to cover my body.After taking a few minutes to clear my hazy eyesight, I stare at the flowers in bewilderment. Who put them there? I certainly don't know anything about how flowers got there, which is why I'm a little surprised. Or did Xander put them there?Furrowing my brows, I glanced around the room where I had slept. It was the largest room in the mansion and also the room I and Xander are supposed to share but ever since we got married when he had refused to stay in the same room with me, I haven't seen much of him.But looking across the room right now, I can see some of his things littered across the room, such as his shoes and the tie he wore yesterday. I check his side of the bed where he is supposed to sleep, and it looks like he slept there. Biting the inside of my cheeks and not knowing how to f
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HIS PRETENSE BRIDE EPILOGUE
NINE MONTHS LATERALEXAToday is Xander's birthday but I'm the one getting surprised. I don't understand the reasoning behind it and when I try to ask him, he says he's gotten enough gifts to last him a lifetime. I understand him though. I really do. He's gotten all he's ever asked for, the messages from his mom. He has them and I couldn't be more happy for him. Eva on the other hand got more than what was coming for her. Thankfully, after a series of investigations, her hospital wasn't shut down but she was banned from operating, and the establishments were taken from her. She is nothing now. Owns nothing too. Over the past few months, with me and Xander traveling across the world, she's tried to reach us but Xander has made that impossible for her. I don't pity her and I don't think I ever will.A smile tugs at my cheeks as I rub my stomach in the mirror. I'm pregnant and I only just found out a few days ago. Xander doesn't know yet which makes it the perfect birthday gift for hi
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Alexa's POVMy head hurts but so does my heart.I keep trying to ease off the pain I'm feeling by rubbing my chest repeatedly but it won't. It won't stop hurting, won't stop throbbing. And I wish, I wish I can take out my heart and hold it. I wish I could nurse it and heal the broken pieces. Glue the broken pieces and go back living my life like nothing happened.But I can't because everytime I shut my eyes, Danielle's moans fill my mind.I feel so stupid. Eva, Danielle and even Sofia have tried to warn me. She's his first love. She's always been his first love. He's always going to love.Eva had mentioned it. She told me but I'd shrugged her off with a sly smile because I thought…Because I let myself think that what we both share is beautiful. Real. More than pretense. It didn't feel like pretense. It never did. But now, it's all thrown in the bin, shards of my heart are all I have to hold on to.“Alexa,” Sofia calls with worry as she moves from the door to where I'm sitting on the
HIS PRETENSE BRIDE CHAPTER 45
Alexa's POVMy head hurts as I flip my eyes open. The room is so bright that it takes me a moment to adjust my sight to the lighting, closing and opening them again. I groan as I move my hand to hold my head, wondering where the headache came from. It feels like someone is constantly hitting my head or something.As I adjust to the room, I realize something and stop moving.The curtains, the bed, the lighting…Nothing looks familiar. There's no Alexa singing in the shower or playing some morning music while she moves about. There is no familiar fragrance in my room. And the pillows, they are different. Everything is different from what I am used to. What I own and have.I sit up with a start at the realization, holding my throbbing head with my palm. I almost can't believe it. Where the fuck am I?A startling sound has me looking to my left and that is when I see her.Danielle is seated by the vanity table in the room, wearing a light purple dress that exposes her legs with them crosse
HIS PRETENSE BRIDE CHAPTER 44
Alexa's POVI haven't felt as happy as I feel in days. And I have Xander and the people around me to thank for that. It still feels very surreal to me how much things have changed around me in only a few months. Sometimes, when I think of my life now, I can't help feeling grateful.I'm married. I'm Mrs. Gold. I'm married to one of the sought after billionaires in the country and Sometimes, it all still feels like a dream.Or maybe it is a dream. If it's a dream, heaven knows that I never want to wake up from it. I grin as I check my phone to see if a text has come in from Xander. After he told me that he is on his way, I sent him some whooping stickers that screams my excitement.I don't know why I'm this excited but a movie night is what I have planned. The movie room has been organized by me, fully comfortable and dark themed with the movie ready to play. I've made popcorn and other treats I know both of us enjoy.I even made us matching T-shirts to wear for the movie. That's how e
HIS PRETENSE BRIDE CHAPTER 43
Xander's POVI exhale as I lean into my seat, my eyes surveying a copy of my father's will, and my inheritance on the screen of my laptop. I am yet to find anything I can work my way around. Maybe Costello knows it and that's why he hasn't been answering my calls.Even though I have managed to alleviate some of Alexa's fear, I know she is still worried about not fulfilling her end of the deal. What she doesn't know is I won't let her go whether or not she fulfills it or not.The realization stuns me a bit and it has taken me a few days to work my head around. I want her with me. I don't want her ever leaving. I never want her to feel distressed. And certainly not because she can't give me a heir.I don't know what my father was thinking when he decided to make such an obnoxious rule like this bit it's giving me a headache just thinking about it. I don't know why he assumed that I will never get married.Eva.Of course, it has to be Eva. Especially not with how quickly she took over my
HIS PRETENSE BRIDE CHAPTER 42
Xander's POV I can't seem to comprehend how much time speeds past us daily. Or maybe what I can't seem to really believe is that Akexa and I have been married for two months now.Today makes it two months since we've been married and I'm not sure she knows that. Especially as all she can think about these days is about getting pregnant. She has been frantic in her attempts to be pregnant and while I understand her perfectly, I don't like seeing her worry.Two days ago, I walked into the room and met her seated on a plushie, clutching one of those gest strips in her hold. The amount of time she uses that these days is alarming and I'm seriously starting to worry about her mental health.For a few minutes, she had no idea that I had walked in. She was seated there, quietly, lost in her thoughts. And my heart kept breaking at the sight. And when she whispered, quiet into the night as though she was alone, my heart broke even more.“What's wrong with me?” She whispered, head hanging low.
HIS PRETENSE BRIDE CHAPTER 41
Alexa's POVEach passing day, all I can think of is how I'm not pregnant. I'm not pregnant. I'm not pregnant. I'm not pregnant. Xander is not saying anything but I want him to say something. I want him to ask me why I'm not pregnant. I want him to yell at me. I want him to scream and ask me what is wrong with my body.Since the first time we've been intimate, we have never made use of condoms or protection. And I stopped taking the pills months ago. Especially as my dating and sex life was non-existent. So, I thought it would be easy for me to have a child. For me to give Xander a child and not fail him.But the clock keeps ticking and I'm nowhere near being pregnant. I walk out of the walk-in closet in a summer dress, my hair wrapped into a ponytail. Xander looks up from the bed where he has been waiting for me. From the way we are dressed, one wouldn't think that we are heading to the hospital.After a few days of hounding Xander, I got him to follow me to the hospital to see a f
HIS PRETENSE BRIDE CHAPTER 40
Xander's POVWifey❤️Have you landed in NY? Should I come pick you? I'm not too late, am I?I stare at the message from Alexa for the umpteenth time, my lips stretching into a smile. She has on idea I have landed in NY already and I am going to keep it like that till I return home. Even though it didn't really settle well with me that I'm leaving her on read.‘So, this is me…” Carly drawl as we step out of the airport. I didn't even realize that we had stepped out of the airport because I've been busy staring at the text on my phone, grinning widely like a Cheshire cat. Talk about a gone man and I shall appear.“Do you need a ride home?” I ask my assistant, my eyes skimming over her face to be sure she is fine. The last few days we've been out of the country have been really stressful..It had been work, endless meetings, and more work. I wanted to leave too, so I made sure we were quick with the whole thing, so I could return home on time to see my wife. I've missed her too much to
HIS PRETENSE BRIDE CHAPTER 39
Alexa's POVIt's been a month and a few days since we got married.A month and a few days since I signed that contract I've been unwilling to sign.A month and a few days since my life's changed for good.On some days, I sit alone and wonder how I came to be here. I'm yet to fully comprehend it all and wrap my head around how much my life's changed. A month ago feels like a lifeline ago and I guess that should be a good thing.But I'm worried.It occurred to me a few days ago, when we were talking about birthdays, that Xander's birthday is in a few months. If I don't have a child in ten months, I'm going to fail him. And I can't fail him. Eva doesn't get to win. She can't win this.We've been intimate frequently but now, I'm making sure to check out my ovulation period. I have less than a month to be pregnant and I want to make sure I'm pregnant. The thought of being pregnant should terrify me–and it does—but I also want to bring a child to the world. I'm eager to hold my baby and hel
