Eden let out a monstrous scream as Bennett held her hand. He could feel her nails digging into his skin but he knew he couldn't let go. "PUSH!" the doctor screamed at Eden. "PUSH! IT'S ALMOST OUT! PUSH HARDER!" Eden let out one last loud scream before it was over and she could finally take a breath. Her grip loosened on Bennett's hand and she fell limp on the bed. She heard the sound of crying and suddenly all her energy was back. Three years after their wedding, Bennett and Eden's daughter was born. The baby was wrapped into a clean towel and handed to Eden. There was still some blood on her body but Eden wanted to hold her before the nurses took her for a bath. "Emily," Eden whispered. "Her name is Emily." Bennett leaned in next to Eden with his eyes full of tears. He looked at his little baby girl like he had never seen something so delicate and precious. Eden's heart raced faster than ever when she saw Bennett pick Emily up in his arms. When she saw his tears and the smile
“You have GOT to be out of your goddamn mind,” Eden rumbled at her father, tears filling up her eyes. She felt like her whole world was crumbling down.“Keep talking like that and see what happens to your credit cards,” replied her father, Alfred Brown, a tall, sturdy man with no trace of emotion on his face. “You will do as I say, or so help me God, I will do everything in my power to make sure you end up on the streets.”The words coming out of her father’s mouth cut through her like a piercing knife. “Let me get this straight, you want me to marry your creepy old friend? For what? For your own personal gain? What am I, a rag doll to be thrown around between twisted men? I just turned eighteen yesterday for God’s sake,” said Eden with her voice breaking at the last sentence.“You had a life of extravagance and luxury because of me, I saved you from that sick drunk wrench you called your mother. You owe me your darn life if it comes to it. This is the least you can do to pay off you
Alex Goldman, one of the richest bachelors in Los Angeles, was known to throw the biggest, most extravagant parties in the city. Automatically, all the rich people were invited to his parties. Anyone who was a celebrity, a rich businessman, a smoking hot girl, or easily found on Google for being famous, was allowed entry. This was Alex’s attempt at mimicking Jay Gatsby, from the movie The Great Gatsby, though he did not have a special girl that he waited for because every girl at the party was a potential one-night stand for him. Eden, Grace, Natalia, and Sophia knew this was the perfect place to find their target. All the rich bachelors in the city could be spotted at this party. Dressed in the most beautiful dresses, expensive jewellery, and intoxicating perfumes, they stepped out of their limousine at the front gate of Alex’s house. Even Sophia, who never put any effort into her appearance, dressed up for the event.When they stepped inside the house, their eyes were hazed by the
*Ping* MessageEden: Our target is a man with the name tag Mason.On the other end of the room, on the dance floor, Grace sees another man with the name tag ‘Mason’, not knowing that Eden meant someone else.Grace saw the nametag, and without once thinking of notifying any of her friends that she had found him, she decided to go ahead with the plan alone. He was drunk dancing, grinding his hips against a drunk girl. She thought to herself, ‘Wow, weird choice, but let's get on with it.’ She blended with people on the dance floor and started swaying her way toward this man. She was very slick with her motions and in a quick moment, she was the one with her hips crammed against Mason’s crotch, swaying to the rhythm of the beat. He was too drunk to complain about Grace’s curvy and slender body and the way it moved at just the right pace, sensual enough to make his body tingle with desire. He clasped her narrow waist gently, with her back facing him, and started dancing with her.“Turn a
Eden felt herself being tackled from behind and she fell face-first to the floor, and from the corner of her eyes, she saw the same happening to Natalia, Grace, and Sophia. She did not know what this was happening but she knew it had something to do with the Mason brothers because she could see their outline in the smoke, sitting perfectly still, not flinching even once, as if they knew this would happen. Suddenly, a cloth was pressed against her face with a strange smell and she felt lightheaded, slowly drifting off into the blackness._____________About an hour later, Eden woke up, feeling a stinging pain in her hands, back, and ankles. It took her a minute to gain full consciousness of her surroundings. She was in a chair, tied the same way the Masons were tied. She looked around her and saw her three friends tied on chairs the same way. Sophia was looking at her with teary eyes but Natalia and Grace were still knocked out cold.“Kidnapping. Drugging without consent. Infliction of
Eden stared at the ceiling of her room, lying on the bed with her hands and legs lying limp on the soft bedsheet. She kept thinking about what happened a week ago in the penthouse. It was established at that point that she cannot kidnap anyone else, she had learned the lesson. Sophia was still not talking to her and Natalia was still freaked out and acting distant from everyone. Only Grace understood what this meant for Eden. She would either have to marry Carter or run away and give up all the luxury that was so dear to her.Eden recalls her phone call conversation with Grace a day ago.‘It can’t be that bad, you’ll just have to bear the old sack until he dies and then you will basically be a queen,’ said Grace.‘If you know me at all, you know I will never give my father the satisfaction of making me waste my life on someone I don’t love,’ Eden replied. ‘Besides I don’t want the entire world to think that I am a gold digger.’‘Which you actually are,’ Grace said jokingly.‘Bitch, I’
“Marry me.”Eden was too shocked to say anything. Did he really ask me to marry him?“Don’t get flattered Miss Brown, it’s not like I like you romantically. After what you did, I should be disgusted by you.”“But you’re not. Why aren’t you?” Eden asked, her brain unable to process the situation completely.“You’re really beautiful.”What is even happening?“And young and rich. I need you to be my wife. I can assure you that I have no sexual or romantic intentions. This is nothing more than a temporary solution to both our problems. If I recall correctly, you wanted to marry me too, yes?”Eden could not believe how well this had worked out, but she felt humiliated that things did not go the way she had planned, she wanted to be in control. She felt a surge of anger about the fact that she is the one who is being blackmailed into getting married. She knew well that if she refused, Bennett could easily expose her and ruin her reputation. “Why do you want to marry me? You know my issues,
Like hell, I am going to think about this. How dare he insult me like that. I don't care if I go to jail, at least I won’t be marrying this motherfu-Eden’s thoughts are cut short when a young but tall and muscular man, dressed in all black steps in front of Eden, stopping her from exiting the building of Mason’s apartment complex. She swallows and tilts her head upwards to look at the man’s face. He was the same man who picked her up from her home. She vividly remembered someone of his stature entering the penthouse before she went unconscious.“And what do you think you are doing?” Asks Eden.“Don’t you need a ride home, Miss?” the man asked. His nametag read Buddy.“Listen Buddy boy, if you do not get out of my way this instant you will be the one needing a ride to the hospital.”Buddy’s eyes were hidden under black sunglasses, but Eden could tell they were amused. He smiled and moved aside, motioning her to go ahead. She walks out of the building and towards the main road to catch
Eden let out a monstrous scream as Bennett held her hand. He could feel her nails digging into his skin but he knew he couldn't let go. "PUSH!" the doctor screamed at Eden. "PUSH! IT'S ALMOST OUT! PUSH HARDER!" Eden let out one last loud scream before it was over and she could finally take a breath. Her grip loosened on Bennett's hand and she fell limp on the bed. She heard the sound of crying and suddenly all her energy was back. Three years after their wedding, Bennett and Eden's daughter was born. The baby was wrapped into a clean towel and handed to Eden. There was still some blood on her body but Eden wanted to hold her before the nurses took her for a bath. "Emily," Eden whispered. "Her name is Emily." Bennett leaned in next to Eden with his eyes full of tears. He looked at his little baby girl like he had never seen something so delicate and precious. Eden's heart raced faster than ever when she saw Bennett pick Emily up in his arms. When she saw his tears and the smile
Three years later: Grace woke up and noticed something weighing down on her stomach. She turned her head around to see Theo sleeping peacefully next to her. The droof falling from his mouth and onto the pillow made her smile. She quietly reached for her phone on the nightstand and clicked a picture of him before kissing his forehead. She was up 10 minutes before her alarm went off so she turned it off and walked to the bathroom to get fresh, hoping Theo would get a few minutes more to sleep. When Grace walked out of the bathroom she saw Theo sitting up on the bed with his phone in his hands and his eyes wide open with shock. "Woah, that drooling picture isn't that good," said Grace. Theo didn't look away from the phone and kept staring at it. Grace got concerned and asked, "What's wrong?" "Nothing's wrong. I'm going to be an uncle," said Theo, his voice monotonous. "Wait. Wait. Wait. What are you talking about?" Grace walked over to him and sat next to him on the bed. "Theo." "E
Theo's PoV Theo looked at Eden and Bennett suspiciously as he stared at the ticket they handed him. "This doesn't make sense. You want me to come to your honeymoon?" "Yeah, of course. It's so much more fun when you're there too," said Eden. "I mean, yeah sure, I'll go. But are you sure you're okay with this?" Theo asked. "Theo, it's not like we're asking you to stay in the same hotel suite as us too," Bennett reasoned. "Alright. I could use a vacation after the last few days happened," said Theo and put the ticket in his pocket. "But promise me you're not going to make me feel like a third-wheel?" "Yes, yes we promise. Also, your ticket was a last minute idea so we couldn't get it in the same flight as us, but the landing time is only two hours apart so we'll see you there when we land," said Eden. "I know we're all thinking it but I'm gonna say it, this is all sounding very suspicious and weird but I've heard some good things about the nightclubs in Paris so I'm not going to co
Grace didn't regret her decision of sleeping with Theo, and after all he said to her she didn't think that it didn't mean anything to him. She just felt embarrassed that even after trying to show Theo her resolve, it only took one kiss for her to give in. "I didn't think you'd want to avoid me after what happened this morning," said Theo. He came closer to Grace and whispered in her ear, "I want you more than ever now." A chill ran down Grace's spine. She stopped herself from shuddering and looked away, trying to ignore the feeling. She didn't want Theo to think that she would fall for him again so easily, he needed to know that she can't forgive him this fast after everything that happened. "Yes, I guess too much stress can make people do or say certain things they wouldn't do under normal circumstances," Grace replied with a cold voice. Theo seemed to have taken offense to that. He shifted away from Grace and looked out the window, not saying a single word to her again througho
Grace's PoV: "The bride and groom may kiss now," the pastor announced and Bennett and Eden kissed each other. Grace watched them with tears in her eyes, she felt so happy that her best friend was finally happy. Of course she felt guilty for being late for bringing the dress. She remembered why she was late and quickly pushed the thought out of her mind. She looked over to the groom's side at the altar and saw his best man, Theo, standing next to him and smiling at Grace. She quickly averted her gaze and started clapping for Bennett and Eden. Everyone left the chapel to attend the reception ceremony at a different venue. Eden had forgotten her phone and asked Grace to bring it to the reception. When she walked out all the cars were filled up with only one left, but someone was already inside it. Grace thought she had already had a rough day, that person can squeeze one more passenger in the car. Grace opened the door and stepped inside the car, closing the door behind her. "I'm so
Eden paced around the room while her make up artist tried to get her to settle down. Grace was still not done with the dress and Eden was considering getting a readymade dress. It was an hour before Eden had to walk down the aisle with Buddy. He had offered to walk with her since there was no other father figure present. Eden picked up her phone and dialed Grace and it went straight to voicemail. She sat back down on her chair hyperventilating when she suddenly heard the door burst open. It was Grace standing with a dress bag and heavily breathing like she was just running. "Oh my God, Eden I'm so sorry. Something happened and I-" "It's fine, it's all fine. Thank God you're finally here, I was just about to go and buy a last minute resort," Eden said as she stood up and walked quickly towards Grace. "Can I see it now?" "No, close your eyes. We'll put it on you and then you get to see it," Grace smiled with excitement. "That wouldn't be very convenient but okay," said Eden. "Let's
"Okay, so we got the guest list done. Invitations will be sent out tomorrow morning, the venue is booked, flowers are decided and the caterers have been taken care of," said Grace. "Now there's only one thing left to do." "Grace, I really wish you didn't bother yourself, Sophia and Natalie with all these tasks. We have help doing all of those things. You should focus on your store," said Eden as she buried her nose in her laptop, staring at the previous year finance reports. "And I really wish you would stop working for just a couple of days so you could enjoy your wedding preparations," Grace urged. "You've done nothing but work since Bennett announced the date of your wedding." Eden sighed and looked up. "I've been working so hard because I'm going to get off work a day before the wedding, the day of the wedding and the day after. That's three days going without work, and I need to prove to everyone I care about the business too." "Eden, I know this is important to you, but no on
Eden wore a beautiful cream gown that went down all the way to her ankle with a slit that reached up her left knee. It had a heart shaped neckline and thin shoulder straps. Grace was wearing the same dress as her since both of them were bridesmaids at Sophia and Natalie's wedding. They waited at the altar as both their father's walked them down the aisle. Eden couldn't help but get teary as she saw the wedding happen. She didn't remember what happened the night they got wasted at Grace's house and she didn't remember saying anything to Bennett, or even calling him. "The brides may kiss now." Natalie and Sophie kissed each other and the applause erupted from the guests. Eden and Grace hugged them tightly before congratulating them. After the wedding, all the guests made their way over to the reception. Eden saw Grace getting in the car with Theo while holding his hand and smiled at the thought of them finally making up. Eden got in her car with Bennett and smiled at him when she
Eden's PoV Eden got back from a tiring day of work and went through the mail to see if she received any. She saw a purple letter that caught her eye. It said that it was for both Bennett and her. When she opened it, a wave of happiness washed over her. It was an invitation for a wedding. Sophia and Natalie's wedding invitation. Eden almost started jumping around with happiness and squealing with excitement. She picked up the phone and immediately called Grace to ask her if she received the invitation. Grace picked up the phone and started screaming loudly on the phone. Eden couldn't contain her excitement and started screaming too. She heard the door open and the sound of footsteps running towards her. "What's wrong?! Eden?!" Bennett yelled as he ran over to Eden and saw her grinning ear to ear with eyes full of tears. "Wha- what? I don't understand? What's going on?" "NATALIE AND SOPHIA ARE GETTING MARRIED!" Eden yelled. "I can't believe this. Oh my god of my god oh my god." R