"Look woman, you know what I hate in this life? It's pretense and fake tears. What are you waiting for? Sign the damn papers so I can get out of here! I have better and much more important things to do. I am a businessman and don't have time to waste on pretense and fake tears!" Catherine stared at the man in front of her, the man who was to be her husband, bewildered at what she was seeing. This was supposed to be an official marriage as both families had wanted them, but here she was, stunned and presented with what her husband-to-be called a fake marriage: a contract marriage.She couldn't understand what this was that she found tears dropping from her eyes. Did her parents know that this was what she would come to meet?She was going to live as a ghost to her husband; to who she was supposed to be able to call her home.William's voice was icy as he spoke, his eyes fixed on hers with an unreadable expression. "What? Do you think I will make this official? You're insanely dreami
"Oh Catherine, you look so beautiful!" Her mother complimented her, touching her burning cheeks as her eyes glinted with happiness."Thank you so much for what you have done." Her father moved forward placing a kiss on her forward. "We are proud of you. I'm sure you will do well in your marriage."Catherine laughed inwardly. Of course, she would do well with a fake marriage! So sarcastic.She tried as much as possible to smile back at them. Not wanting to get into a conversation with them, she only nodded in response. "Honey, we have sent your belongings to the Bentley mansion. Your dad and I will miss you!" Charlotte, Catherine's mother, added.They had already sent her things over so fast and they were going to miss her so much. Yeah right. What else had she expected? A fairy send-off with a lot of kisses? Catherine thought to herself and scoffed inwardly before excusing herself. She hitched her dress and hurriedly walked away from them heading towards the car."Don't say that Cat
There was a long silence before William suddenly muttered,"Fine, if it's what you want, Mother," And Catherine felt her heart racing widely. Catherine tried to look at him but failed, and that was when she felt his hand around her waist, pulling her closer to him. She closed her eyes; whatever came, she got her hands cold. Her very first kiss, with her newly wedded strange husband.Without words, William lowered his head, placing his mouth into hers, and Catherine froze as she felt William's tongue dance slowly in her mouth. Even though there was no atom of feelings for each other, they had to show the world the opposite.Catherine could feel his hands threading through her scalp, sending shivers down her spine. He deepened the kiss to the point she didn't know when a moan softly left her lips. She had kissed him back, leaving her breathless and no space to think and when they broke the kiss, she wanted to take a look at his face, but the man had turned already, leaving her with a
"We hope you both had a blissful night together as a couple?" Michelle asked smiling at her husband and then at William and Catherine.Catherine immediately began to choke on her food, and then she grabbed a glass of orange juice on the table and sipped off it."Mom..." William wanted to say something angry but decided not to. "Of course we did," He said, flashing Catherine a smile and expecting her to play along.Catherine played along while also giving the couple a big smile. They might be thinking they consummated their marriage already. But did the couple know that William didn't even dare to touch her and they slept with a wide duvet distancing them?She scoffed inwardly. They didn't."So tell me, Cathy dear, how was last night?" Michelle probed.Catherine paused on her food."Mom..." William's tone changed."Alright, I won't make it any more uncomfortable for you both." She said as she dug through her food.William turned away, too. "William, I did tell you and your mother I wan
A few days later, their work-free day was over. Grasping her curvaceous hips with her hands, Catherine gazed at her attractive reflection in the mirror. Grinning, she hurried over in her high heels to retrieve her handbag from the bed. With poise, she walked down the stairs to find William seated in the dining room."Morning." She greeted but there was no response. While they ate together at the table, William started, "We have a meeting to attend today." He said casually. Catherine raised her head when she heard what he said. "What? Why?"He stopped digging through his food and faced her. "Because it's important, and you have to be there.""I have plans for the day. Unfortunately, I cannot join you at your meeting. You only just informed me now, William; maybe if you had mentioned it earlier, then maybe I would have considered.""Do you think you have a choice?!" He pushed his seat, stood up, buttoned his seat, and continued, "Meet me in the black Ferrari. Don't keep me waiting, I d
Later that day, Catherine had returned home and now once again, she found herself sitting awkwardly at the dinner table with William, the food dying in her mouth as she chewed."What kind of dirty stunt were you trying to pull earlier today?" William asked casually, but with fumes in his eyes."Wh... What are you talking about?" Catherine stuttered, barely containing the new arising tension."Running off on our way home after the meeting? What was that Catherine?""William, I didn't want to drive home with you, I don't see anything wrong with that." She lowered her gaze, trying as much as possible to focus on the food.William's fist annoyingly slammed against the table making Catherine flinched at his actions and her eyes grew wide as she raised her gaze to him. "What did I tell you on the day of that wedding?!" William asked furiously."William, I didn't want to drive home with you..." Catherine argued."You still don't understand what I'm saying huh? Don't you know that running of
"Of course, not, hahaha. That was so lovely ..., husband. But I will go now. Work is calling right now." Catherine cleared her throat awkwardly and forced a smile, taking herself back to reality. Of course, she knew that kiss was nothing, just a facade to show his assistant that they were lovely married. She noticed what followed his demeanor and only she could understand not Jorge. She gritted her teeth and finally forced her feet far away from them, heading to her office. Jorge walked behind William as they now headed to William's office. Inside the office, William made himself comfortable on his luxurious chair and looked up at Jorge. "Sir, here's your schedule for today. Also you said you needed me to go through those numbers for you, here's the report." Jorge said handing a sheet of paper to William as he sat down.William adjusted on his chair and went through the paper Jorge handed to him while Jorge was still standing across his desk, holding his arms at his back and waiti
Catherine ran off from the officer and when she stepped out of the company, she met William with his assistant behind him. The moment she set her eyes on him, she immediately felt her heart stop beating for at least a second. She immediately grew nervous because she knew she just finished snooping around his office.When she walked towards them, she noticed Jorge whisper something to William's hearing and after a moment, he nodded and rushed into the office, leaving Catherine and William alone together."What are you still doing here?" William asked in a stern voice."I told you I had extra work to do. I was already leaving anyway." Catherine said."Okay,"Catherine stood there, wondering why William came back to the office, and patiently waiting for him to tell her why."Just so you know, I owe you no explanation to why I'm here." He said, responding to her thoughts like he could read her mind.Catherine glared at him with irritation in her eyes, feeling his response was very much un
William got to the room and saw Catherine in the bathroom, struggling to breath while starring at her reflection in the mirror. Her face was soaked with tears and she gripped her hands tightly to the sink. William's presence startled her and she moved backwards, "do... Don't come near me." Her voice broke as she spoke, tears uncontrollably rolled down her cheeks."Babe, calm down." William started."Don't come near me " she burst into tears and covered her face with her arms. William stole the opportunity and embraced her in a warm hug. She cried bitterly on his shoulders. William instantly felt remorse for her. He rubbed her back gently and kissed her forehead as she hit him on his chest out of pain."Why would you like to me!" She muffled." Babe, just ... Let me explain at least."" This is exactly what I was avoiding, I didn't want any of this to happen. I don't ever want to have any entanglement with Vanessa, now look, look at this?! So what now? She'll start living with us, we
Catherine woke up and turned to the other side of the bed but William was out of sight. She immediately grabbed the closest piece of clothe next to her, and headed downstairs. On her way down, she could person the aroma coming from the kitchen. When she got down, she finally saw William standing shirtless by the gas cooker. He looked over his shoulder and saw Catherine, standing by the door and drooling over him while in his t-shirt. "Good morning babe." He said as he continued cooking. .Catherine was kicked out of her head by the sound of his voice. She approached him, "Good morning." She said as he hugged him from behind, putting her entire body weight on him. "What are you cooking?""Breakfast?""That's not your job?" She chuckled."I know, I wanted to do it, specially for you. You deserve to see and taste how good my food is." He said with smirk. " I wanted to get you breakfast in bed but since you're already up, we can have it at the table." William's said as he grabbed the pla
Michelle stepped out of the police station, stunned, angry and disappointed all at the same time. She immediately placed a call across to William to make her complaints, "Hello?""How are you doing mother?" William spoke through his speaker having nothing other than expecting his mother was calling to know his well being and Catherine's in mind."I'm leaving the station now." Michelle couldn't hide the disappointment in her tone."The police station? What happened?" William's asked paying his full attention to her."Joel invited me for a meeting." She said as she got into her car, "I got there only to find out that somehow all of a sudden, Vanessa has nothing to do with the case.""Had nothing to do with the case? Wait I thought she's the prime suspect? How come now she has nothing to do with the case?"Michelle put her car in reverse, "I don't know how it happened but with all the results Joel showed me she had nothing to do with the case at all."William scoffed, " How's that even p
Catherine and William had just moved into their new mansion. The task wasn't stressful at all especially since it was already furnished and everything was already made available to them. William ran his arm around her shoulder while she leaned against him, as they both stood and admired how far they had come. "So all this, belongs to us?" "Yes darling." William responded to her, beaming her a smile. " Our kids will sit and play in the living room and we'll dwim together most nights in that pool at the back. We'll drive together in the car, Babe, we have so many memories to make." He continued. He then kissed her on the forehead and rubbed her shoulder. "So what now?" "We'll call mom and dad to let them know we've successfully moved in, then we can go on to living." " Can I, invite Felice over?" " Yes of course Honey, it's your house too." He responded. William moved away to let his parents know that they were done with the moving in process while Catherine moved to the
~ 5 days later ~The car drove into the Bentley mansion and cornered at the water fountain. William's got out of the car and went to the door for his wife Catherine. He held her hand as she got donw from the vehicle. As the driver and bodyguard was helping them get their luggage out of the car Catherine and William made their way inside the house, " Honey?! They're here!" Michelle yelled towards the staircase, immediately she envelope Catherine in a warm hug and then William, " How was the flight back?" She asked with so much excitement.Before they could respond, Bradley came running down. " Welcome, both of you." He said with a grin" How was it?" He probed.William shit Catherine a smiled and gripped onto her hands gently, "it was the best experience yet.""Wow! This is amazing news.. come come, have a seat, Gertrude is preparing lunch for you two." Catherine sat beside William and rested her head on his shoulders. "I'm so glad the trip was successful, Catherine dear, have you let
"Well, Sir..." Joel cleared his throat. I heard no idea that the culprit we're searching for is the same person who slaughtered a person in your city, this means we should probably join forces yo catch who ever it is."" So what are you saying Joel? You have any leads? Let's see."Joel instantly sat up straight in his seat, " Sir, can you please let me know what you know about the case?" He pulled a folder out of his lower drawer and placed it on his desk. The information embedded in that folder was information on Catherine's case. The same case which Mrs Bentley warned Joel to keep private."Sir, do you have a name? Or something, an identity maybe?"" No, we don't have any of that." Damien gently rubbed his jaw. " What do you have there though?"Joel considered the fact that damien in fact was a good officer, and the case being confidential didn't completely mean that damien couldn't help them crack it. It was possible that he could actually help them resolve the case, this was the
It might piss me you off though, but... whatever happened between you and Vanessa?" " We broke up... I broke up with her." William responded without hesitation. "Vanessa shouldn't be someone you should be worrying about. Plus we've had this conversation before." William spoke calmly. He turned to Catherine, gently tucking a part of her hair to the back of her ear, "I made sure to get rid of anything that could get in between us, I told you, don't worry about any of that." " Oh... Okay...I'm sorry but a few nights ago I just overheard your mom talking about her with you ... Over the phone, I just thought you two were still talking to e ah other that's all." " Wait, you heard my mom and I talking about Vanessa?" Immediately, William's mind wondered back to when he had a conversation concerning Vanessa being responsible for Catherine's accident but as a suspect. From the way Catherine sounded, she did hear them talking about Vanessa but she didn't hear what exactly they were talking a
William's cold parted lips landed on Catherine's thin lips, he pulled her in closer by the waist and she gripped on his shirt tightly. She shit her eyes and let his tongue dance with her. Her heart was racing and she could barely catch her breathe.In Catherine's head, she could not describe how she felt. Jolts of electricity travelled down her spine in currents each time William's hands caressed her side. He made her want more than just his lips when he tilted his head and traveled to her neck. Goosebumps appeared all over her body, she could feel her body vibrating in excitement. Her eyes were shut tight, her mind was void. "Are you okay?" William asked as he continued planting hickeys on Catherine's neck but all he got was a very soft light moan that escaped her lips.William felt her grip on his shoulders tighten she he lifted her by her inner thighs and took her to the bed. In that moment, they shared eye contact. "Are you okay?" William asked again when he noticed how hard it wa
" Ten thousand dollars doesn't sound so bad. You'll have to make payments befo--"" You mean installments," Zayne interrupted. " I want you to do something about it, stat."" Okay then, in this case how about you make the first installment then I'll head over there immediately." Damien and Vanessa watched Zayne type away on his phone, after a minute, he turned his phone screen to Damien who took a glance of the payment receipt. "The job is done." Damien assured."I and Vanessa will be on our way now." Zayne said as he stood up, taking a hold of Vanessa's hand.As they exited the the station, they were welcomed by the sound of blaring car horns, and murmuring sounds of people on the street. Zayne crossed his hand in his long brown French coat, as they made their way to the car. The breeze of the air blew through their hair and faces. Vanessa, with her hand, covered the side of her face as the slowly walked across the parking lot. Vanessa started, "So what now?"Zayne pulled his keys