“What do you say about us getting engaged today?”“What?” Ophelia asked her hand dropping from her face. She was preparing to go out shopping, she had nothing to do and shopping was the best option for her. She would go out and spend as much money as she could. “Let us get engaged today,” he said again. “What has got your panties in a rush?”“That is not an appropriate thing to say to a grown man” Cade let out shocked that she would say something like that to him. “Why? Don’t you wear panties?” she teased. Maybe teasing him would help her relieve some of the stress she was feeling as regards the statement he had made. “I do….” he trailed off. “That is beside the point, the point I am trying to drive at is that I think we should have the engagement today. However, you want it to be public or private”“Don’t you think you are rushing things and jumping the gun here?” Ophelia let out a strained voice. “Rushing it? We are going to get married at the end of the day so doing it earlier
Ophelia and Cade met at the house and to ease the awkwardness of him coming clean about his family to her he suggested that they do a house tour. Ophelia knew the house like the back of her hand but to put him at ease she agreed and followed along. She had chosen the house by herself when she was still much younger. Her father had told her he would give it to her when she got married because she loved the house too much and she had been excited about it at that time, shortly after that she saw the dark side of marriage and suddenly it was no longer enticing to live there. “I got this wedding gift from my dad when I was six years” she let out as they went from room to room. It was well-furnished and perfect. She noticed that her dad had kept the same design but had updated it with newer technology. It must have been a difficult task but of course, Mr Carter Frost was equal to the task. “Six years? Was he preparing to marry you off to some rich old man?” Cade joked trying to wear off
CADE VALE AND OPHELIA FROST WEDDING OF THE YEAR?CAN ONE BE LUCKY TO FIND BOTH LOVE AND MONEY? THE STORY OF CADE AND OPHELIA. HOW MUCH DOES LOVE COST? DIVING INTO THE ENGAGEMENT CEREMONY OF OPHELIA AND CADE. DOES LOVE NEED MONEY TO BE BEAUTIFUL? WEALTH LOVE AND BEAUTIFUL WEDDING RINGSWHAT GUESTS WORE TO THE ENGAGEMENT CEREMONY OF OPHELIA AND CADE.Ophelia smiled at the tab in her hand as she surfed through the internet, the media was surely beautifully spinning the story. Of course, millions of people were interested in the love story of two individuals they had never met in their lives. How wonderful. “Ms Frost I must say you both are doing an awesome job, I am afraid that my services might no longer be needed,” Diana said as Ophelia raised her head. “It is all thanks to you for alerting the media anonymously about the engagement party” Ophelia responded. After the talk with Cade, they decided to have their engagement party that weekend. Ophelia had suggested he gathered his f
“Ophelia?”Ophelia whipped her head to the open door and to Green standing by the doorway. “What are you doing here?” she murmured a bit angry. “You still mad at me yeah?”“Of course, I am,” Ophelia said taking off the covers from her body and pausing her movie before turning to him. “I am here to say I am sorry,” Green said. “Stop saying sorry, it is quite annoying,” Ophelia said taking away the lock of hair in her face and tucking it behind her ears. “I am only saying it because I am sorry” Green responded. He tried to come in but since he could not read the expression on her face, he could not tell if she was angry or not. “It is not because I am angry, I just felt that you did not trust I would make a good choice regarding my life” Ophelia let out. “Is that how you felt?” Green asked and she nodded. “It is not how I wanted it to be passed across, I was worried about you. You know nothing about this man and yet you are trying to get into a lifetime relationship with this man”
Harper had been beating herself up after showing up to Cade’s house drunk and potentially embarrassing herself. When Cael had come to pick her up, he had promised that they would be in touch and even hinted a bit that they might become family in the near future. Cael might have been supportive of her plans to land Cade as her husband but seeing the news about Cade and Ophelia’s wedding it was obvious that Cael did not have the power to do anything as he promised her. She was going to swallow her shame and contact him, she had to swallow her shame to leave Starlit Haven to be here and now she believed that it would not be too much for her to reach out to Cael and ask him of his plans. She had thought she was having help from within the family but it turns out she was on her own now. “Hello, Mr. Cael?” “Mr Cael Vale’s office how can I help you?” an unfamiliar voice rang over the phone. “Is this not his personal line?” she asked. The man at the other end of the line took a deep bre
Cael had gone to the restaurant they had agreed to meet beforehand to wait for her. If a shrink and told him that he would be resorting to a loveless arranged marriage he would have called the shrink a fake and even found a way to put him behind bars but now that it was happening to him he could not believe it still.He knew what Frances looked like, unlike Ophelia who his brother was getting married to Frances had always been the model child every chaebol would want to have. She stayed out of the news and wore only designer clothes. Whenever her family came up in the media her and her sister Estelle’s names were missing from there.They had so much money but lived such quiet lives that one tends to forget about them from time to time. Estelle had gotten married to an oil tycoon from the eastern world. Some speculated that she was the third wife to the rich man but her personal life was never plastered on the media. Frances entered the restaurant and her eyes darted everywhere. Cael
“Do you have something else to report?” Cade asked Sue who was standing in front of him. She had given her entire daily report but still did not leave immediately. Looking at her he could tell she was contemplating whether to tell him or not. “This might be nothing and I might be making a big deal out of it” she said taking a deep breath and gulping down taking out the tablet in her hand and giving it to him. On the screen of the tablet was an image of Cael and Frances photographed from the side. “What is this?” Cade asked confused. “Mr Vale was seen outside yesterday with Frances Gate”“And you have this image?” he asked studying the image. It was not attached to an article, it was like someone sent it to her. “Some reporter sent this to the PR team asking if it was real”“And how did you get your hands on it?”“I have my ways” Sue announced like she was declaring a fact.“Are you dating someone in the PR team?” Cade asked and Sue shrugged as if she did not understand what he mea
Both Cade and Ophelia had no idea that nine days would rush so fast and that they would be standing face-to-face at the altar. Ophelia looked behind Cade and his grandfather was sitting there with the broadest smile on his face. She searched the blank face of her mother-in-law, she saw the depth of sorrow in her eyes as she watched the scene unfold before her eyes. Beside her way her son, Cael with his plus one Frances Gates. They had tried to penetrate the media space but could only get as much as a column spot to talk about their relationship. Ophelia wondered why she had agreed to this wedding now that she was faced with tying the knot, did she have to face the family of her husband and their tactics? Cade had made sure to prepare her for the likely things she would face, Abigail always found a way to do something devious at one point or another. Ophelia had been confident that nothing they did as a family would get to them. She had no business seeing them after all, they were g
Cade had managed to convince Valerie to be standing in front of the Vale mansion at that moment. Her palms were sweating, and no matter the number of times she rubbed them against her skirt and handkerchief, the sweat flowed so freely that it made her think that maybe she was sick."Cade, let me just go back," she said suddenly as she thought that maybe he did not really need to get his apology. She was fine with whatever happened; she definitely could not show up in front of the almighty Charles Vale."Ms. Valerie, I really do want to forgive you and begin to figure out a way that we can have a relationship," Cade said, turning to him. "If you do not want that, you can walk away again," he said harshly before adding in a low tone but still trying his best to make it heard by her. "Just like you did before."The words were enough to get Valerie riled up; she had to do what it took to restore the relationship with her son, and that was the reason she came here after all. She returned t
Cade had agreed to meet with his mom; she said she had something to tell him, and even though this was tough for him, he agreed to have lunch with her. After meeting with her, he was scheduled to go home and meet with his grandfather. He had to iron out the problems now before they went on to pose problems for him soon."Thank you for meeting me," Valerie said as Cade sat down on the chair in the cafe. They agreed to meet. He only agreed to meet her out in the open because he was sure that this wouldn't spark any rumours, and in case anything came up from Haperr posting any images, this could serve as evidence that it was just a friendly meeting like this one."Everyone needs to get a chance to right the wrong," he said, like he was giving him the opportunity of a lifetime."Thank you," she said again. She raised her head and looked around. "Do you want something to drink?" she said, fumbling with her bag to get out her purse from it. "I will buy you something," she said, holding onto
"You barely even touched your breakfast," Cade said, following behind her as she rushed out the door."I am late and would be even later if I spared a second to eat." She said with a full mouth as she tried to chew down the bite of the sandwich she had taken. She had taken as many bites as her mouth could take because she felt bad for not eating the meal he had taken his time to prepare for her."You are the boss; I am sure the company can run without you for a few seconds," he said."You know what you are right but still wrong," she said, stopping in her tracks. She turned to him and planted a quick kiss on his lips, and then she was out of the door before he could say a word.He just realized that maybe she would have gotten to eat the breakfast if he had packed it fully, so he rushed back to the kitchen to get the sandwiches left out on the table into a clear disposable bag for her, but by the time he got out of the floor, she was already long gone. "What am I going to do all by my
Cade opened his eyes and looked beside him almost immediately; it was like he was trying to confirm if he was in a dream or if everything that happened at night was real, and Ophelia was beside him, sleeping soundly. It felt too surreal as he stretched out his hand and patted down her head. "It's real," he said, kissing her forehead gently. He silently pulled himself off the bed. He was supposed to go to work, but luckily for him, he had given his assistant off days, meaning he could also use that as an excuse to skip work.Ophelia's eyes fluttered open as she looked around."It's not my room," she said in a loving tone."It's not mine," she said, sitting up in bed, wrapping the blanket over her body.She watched the door open, and Cade came in with two glasses on a tray in his hand. "There you are," she said, biting her bottom lips in a coy manner."You are awake already," he said, rushing to the side of the bed as he carefully dropped the tray to the side of the bed and sat down bes
They sat there for a good moment discussing back and forth how she could be Toria and why she was confessing now. She told him that she had to tell him so he would know when the seed of liking him was sowed into her life. By the time they had concluded talking about it, it was already well into the evening."I was jealous" Ophelia murmured. Now they were sitting comfortably with her hand on his forearm. It was a better position than the upright position they had before."Jealous?" he asked, shocked that she would ever say that. Did he ever do anything to make her jealous?"Yes, how could you even think to leave me all alone here and go on a trip with your ex-girlfriend?""I did not go on a trip with my ex-girlfriend; I went on a trip, and my ex-girlfriend, who happens to be my assistant, accompanied me on the work trip, he said, trying to defend himself."You still went on one and if anyone ever hears this they would not be able to understand it" she replied."I had no choice" he trie
"You are going to hurt your back," Cade finally murmured after they had stayed in the bent position for a few more seconds. "And mine too," he added in a strained voice and let out a loud groan as he put her to her feet and held her waist to himself."Stand still I wanted to look at you more" she said. He stared into her eyes and it was like she was passed or something. He could not understand what she was saying. Her actions and words did not seem to match, she had been so angry and stormed out on him earlier but now she was back and asking him to stand still so she could stare at him."The food" he murmured. She placed a finger across his lips and made a shushing sound to him. "It would get burnt" he said, she felt his mouth move under her finger and cause a certain kind of vibration through her entire being."I am really holding myself back here," she said taking a step back. His hands that had been wrapped around her waist fell to his side."So am I" she said taking more steps unt
Ophelia paced around her room; she could not believe her ears. She wondered why she felt so angry and violated to hear him say that he liked her when that was what she wanted. It truly did not make sense, but that was how her mind decided it wanted to work at that time.She sat on her bed, pressed her forehead with her fingers, and closed her eyes tightly. This was not how any of this was supposed to go. She did not know how it was supposed to go, but this was not it.She nearly jumped out of her skin when she heard a knock on the door. "I know you do not want to talk to me," his voice rang through the door.She held in a breath inside her cheeks and stood up. "I know you are angry, but I do not know why, even though it seems like I should know why, and it is killing me not to know," he added.She began to walk to the door, trying to make sure her feet did not make too much sound as they touched the ground. "We can talk about this any time you are ready, but please do not take too lon
Ophelia blinked rapidly; her brain was trying to tell her to say something, but her mouth could not process what she was to say. She gulped and tried to close her mouth that had been left open, but nothing worked. It was as if her brain had gone frozen and her body was working without it."Ophelia?" Cade said, snapping his fingers in her face. She blinked and snapped back to reality."What did you say?" She murmured, almost chewing on her finger."I said I like you; that is what I want to say.""That's impossible," she said, beginning to pace the entire floor. "That cannot be," she added, and he shook his head."I do like you," he said as if to make sure that she heard what he was saying to her."You like me?" she said again, sitting back on the stool and then jumping off it and then pacing around again."You are going to bore a hole into the floor," he said when he did notice that she was pacing around more than someone should."I don't care," she muttered, stopping suddenly, turning
Ophelia swallowed the pride that she had and followed him home. The staff at her office looked at them lovingly, and she even heard comments from some of them on how they wanted exactly what they had. She wished she could tell them to be careful about what they wished. To everyone, they were this loving power couple, but she exactly knew what they were to each other—two strangers who barely spiked with one another who just had a marriage certificate and lived together.The ride home was awfully quiet, and it made words float around in her brain as she tried to think of what he could want to talk about with her. She fumbled with the radio until she was able to put on a station that was not setting a mood for them. She turned out of the rambling from the radio as she began to think of how the trip was and what went down between Harper and him. She wanted to tell him what she had found about Green and how she had thought of bringing him down.They got home, and Cade walked to the kitchen