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Special chapter 7 – I am my father's son.
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My scam marriage: It is real. Prologue
“Uh...” Is it common for brides to flinch whenever the grooms look their way? Many brides who were forced to marry against their will would, but to brides who had forced the groom to marry, it should not be scary. But I cannot help it, feeling his large hand put the ring on my finger makes me cry internally and scream at myself for listening to Cyan. “Do you Clayton Kai Beckett take Kaleah Huxley as you lawful wedded wife?” He took a pause and looked at the crowd, ah, his girlfriend is probably hurt right now. He shoots me a menacing glare before sigh, when is ‘I do’ reach my ears I can feel a path to hell has suddenly opened, this man is going to kill me in my sleep tonight. If only my father wasn’t a scum, I wouldn’t have to stand in front of God and lie about my love for this man. And his golden-brown eyes wouldn’t have to look so angry. But his plot to kill me seems to be only noticeable by me only, ‘I now pronounce you as husband and wife. “You may kiss the bride.” The priest
My scam marriage: It is real. Chapter 1 - Backed into a corner.
A funeral had never been this empty, a symbolism of the lack of friends and family, how sad her life was. Birds are the only ones to be heard in th graveyard, their cheery songs seem to celebrate her passing. And the bright sun that gazes upon us doesn’t seem to want to tuck its warmness away. Maybe it is good that it is warm, this way I will not wallow in the cold, hoping for the warm hug my mother would have given me. My mother had always seen my father as her only family and only friend. A burning fire love of an immigrant couple who trusted each other for life. But mother was a fool, she was a fool to trust a that man blindly, that man that abandoned her when she got sick. That man who had already legally married another woman in order to get permeant residence a year after they had arrived. “Everything will be okay Leah; I will come back in the morning. Call James to come help you with the child.” Cyan had always been an amazing friend; I had never been in a situation where she
My scam marriage: It is real. Chapter 2 - My father
Having talked to Cyan about the plan and deciding on how to manage the dates, I had been happy enough to finally take Zoey out to the park. Even when the happy memories in this place included my father, they still were good, and I want to share them with Zoey. The summer sun had already indorsed the sky with its blazing presence, the beautiful summer flowers as beautiful as ever. It reminds me of my 12th birthday, a picnic birthday party. Even though no one dared to come celebrate with me, that man and my mother were there. And I was the happiest. “I will find you a good father figure, one who will never run away.” I glance at the smiling angel in the strollers. She had inherited mother’s green eyes, precious emerald globes, which is mother used to call them since I myself have the same emerald globes. “I will protect you okay. I will protect you.” A precious young soul with no sins yet, her lips haven’t said a word of Malice, yet to step on the dirt of the world. “Huh, I thought
My scam marriage: It is real. Chapter 3 - Catfished
He had noticed me soon, and was started by my eyes on him, he had averted his eyes on Zoey who was in my arms. But he had snorted and ignored us, moving his eyes to the bus that had just stopped in front of him. Then a little boy who looked almost 6 had run up to him calling him father before he embraced him and left. I had thought I was over him leaving us, but I was not. I felt my cheeks water for just a few seconds, I think Zoey was crying as well. But I was in a daze to comprehend what was going on, I had loved and know this man all my life until he decides to leave a few months ago. He fed me, changed dippers for me, helped me learn how to walk. He had been the epitome of a good man in my life, and I had hoped to find a man as loving as him, and I admired him for how much he loved my mother only to leave us at our worst. How dare he, how dare he embrace someone else while Zoey didn’t have the privilege of even having a real family. How dare he? (Third POV) Cyan had been in Cla
My scam marriage: It is real. Chapter 4 - Beware of a man with an inferiority complex.
“He used his dead brother’s pictures to catfish us. How dare he?” ‘Keep it down Cyan Zoey just slept.” I had tried to hush the bewildered Cyan. “He is so creepy,” she sighed, “see this is why we should do background checks, you wouldn’t have to go out with a dead man.” She had immediately taken out her phone to call Cain to swindle him into doing background checks for the remaining potential dates. I tried to have a positive outlook of the whole thing, but the future didn’t look too bright for my dating life. “Let us just rest first Cyan, you cannot disturb Cain’s sleep.” “Ugh, fine, but I will make sure that Mule guy will never do the whole catfishing thing again.” Her frugal thoughts had not been premature. Because it only took one night before Ellen Mule had started texting me again, he would ask “are you in need of me now?” Before taunting me with vile comments of how useless I would be without him. “He is so immature” Cyan had said. “Maybe this is not our thing, we should
My scam marriage: It is real. Chapter 5 – Clayton’s girlfriend
It took a few seconds for my cousin to reach the scene of the crime and my aunt and uncle came right after. Scolding Clayton for having his indecent saga in the family kitchen. But then my angry grandmother who had just woken up stormed in angrily.“What is going on? Why did you scream like that you brat?” She scolds me.“Grandmother, Clayton was kissing that girl in the kitchen.” Conan explains mischievously,“I am not that girl; I am his girlfriend.” Hailee defended herself.The reaction of the rest of the family had been coordinated. Yes, we had urged Clay to marry many times, but I knew everyone agreed with me on the choice of his bride.“Sit down.”Grandmother ordered before ranting to the rest of the family on how to choose partners. She had stared at Hailee with an annoying face a few times. But Clayton had defended her, a really nice defense, Clayton wasn’t an ideal man to marry. Yes, he was a handsome rich man, but he was what many called a playboy, though many women still de
My scam marriage: It is real. Chapter 6 – Dangers of inferiority complex.
(Kaleah POV) It had been a doomed morning from the beginning, taking care of Zoey alone had taken a toll on me. I really needed to find a person to help me take care of her. The door had been locked when I slept but to my surprise it had been unlocked when I woke. ‘Paranoia would make you lose your mind’ I had thought. When I opened my phone Cyan had sent me loads of photos of her family. ‘That brat Clay wants to marry a con artist’ is the topic for the day. She had complained about how Hailee Leech was leeching of her brother and her brother was letting her. And though it is stung a lot, I still felt happy for Clayton deep-deep-deep down. ‘Bang.’ Maybe it is not paranoia, Zoey had woken up crying fanatically last night and I had felt a presence. “Hello, Cyan, is it you?” “Good morning, Miss Leah.” I heaved a sigh of relief, it was just Taylor, Cyan called her to take care of me yesterday. What a precious husband she is, note to self, make sure any future husband knows that Cya
My scam marriage: It is real. Chapter 7 – Love at first sight?
Instead of a slap or a punch, he caresses my cheek before tilting my head with his fingers on my chin. “Open your eyes.” He orders, but I vigorously shake my head, I am not looking in this man’s eyes before he kills me. I will die like a cool lead in a movie, with pride. “I will ask one more time, open your eyes.” Okay pride is not a thing to be proud of, I slowly open my eyes to meet his brown lustful eyes. Wait a minute lustful, why is he lustful? Oh, hell no, “Is this a sadistic or masochistic trait?” Sometimes I wish my brain and lips do not connect, voicing out this is going to lead to torture before he beheads me. He is taken aback by the comment, “I didn’t mean it for you, it is this story I was reading last night that I am thinking about.” I explained dumbly. He rolls his eyes, “what is your name?” he seductively asks, okay he might have not been seductive, but no man around me had spoken in such a sexy tone to me, let me have my heroine in a novel moment. “Ka…. Kaleah.
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My scam marriage: It is real. Special chapter 7 – I am my father's son.
[Third person POV] “Father, I…. I am sorry I met my biological grandmother, and he told me about….” “Shut up Kaiden,” Zoey says angrily, “how dare you meet that man.” The boys were confused by Zoey and their father’s reaction, they felt a chill down their spine as their father glared at both of them. “Father?” Kaiden says, “I am sorry, I know you love mother, and her cheating is……” “Who is cheating?” their mother asks in a drowsy voice. “No one, go back to sleep I will discipline the boys,” their father says angrily. “Father, I think it is better to just tell them the truth,” Zoey says. “What truth? What are you talking about?” their mother asked. “Kaiden decided to meet Ellen Mule,” their father says in a growl. They had never felt so sacred, it was clear they knew about Ellen Mule and his family, it was clear they knew Kaiden was not a Beckett. But what hurt more was how their mother looked at them with fear, how tears started rolling down her eyes and how her legs gave o
My scam marriage: It is real. Special chapter 6 – Family secrets.
[Third person POV] Kai was very uneasy, with the way Kaiden was acting, their parents probably had a good reason to not tell them about this. Well at least he hoped, he felt like his brother was making a premature decision with this. But Kai didn’t want to decide for Kaiden either, he didn’t even know how Kaiden was supposed to feel. Meanwhile the two women kept giggling as Kaiden was transferring money to them, it made Kai’s skin crawl because it felt like they were just using him. “Okay, now let us go rescue your father,” Crystal says happily, Kaiden frowned. “No, I will contact you soon, I need time to think,” Kaiden says making Kai heave a sigh of relief, at least he was not being reckless. “Oh… why is that?” Layla asked confused, “are you having second thoughts?” Kaiden looked at them deflated, he felt like these two women wanted to suck all his energy dry, he would have not mind helping free his father if everything didn’t seem too suspicious. “I want to think about it,
My scam marriage: It is real. Special chapter 5 – Identity crisis.
[Third person POV]Kaiden Beckett alre4ady known as the next CEO of Beckett Inc, and still with all the pressure the media and everyone has been putting on him since Zoey left for Italy instead of preparing to take over the company.It was clear who was going to be the CEO now, he was going to start an internship at his father’s company after the end of this year, before going to business school.Kai in the other hand was in the school basketball team, he was doing great, one would say he was the star of the team.He graduated high school valedictorian and his parents had been proud, Zoey couldn’t make it to the graduation, but she sent him a gift to commemorate his graduation.He started with the internship later that week, it was a bit challenging than he had hoped but he enjoyed every new lesson he learned.He decided to take a year working for his father before he goes to business school.One day he got a call from an anonymous number, he ignored the call many times but it just ke
My scam marriage: It is real. Special chapter 4 – To steal the heavily guarded heart.
[Third POV] Palma’s plan was very simple, to make Zoey embarrass herself at the party so everyone can hate and bully her. she already knew a few girls that hated her. Palma’s plan was simple, she was to have her team create an environment that was easy to humiliate Zoey, and after that she would be the new queen Bee. Meanwhile, Zoey’s parents were happy that she was finally going out, the boys had already started doing sleepovers with their friends whilst Zoey just preferred being with her grandmother, it was as if she knew their time was limited. “It is okay honey, you are 18 already, you can go to the party,” her mother says happily. “Yeah, it will help you relax,” her father reassured, “how about I take you shopping for the party?” With the help of her father and her friend Palma, Zoey was able to prepare for the party, it was her first party and she hoped it went well. Nathan’s home was quite beautiful, she liked the way he had decorated the home for the party. “This is n
My scam marriage: It is real. Special chapter 3 – Lost a loved one.
[Third POV] Zoey Beckett, though she is the daughter of two of the most prominent figures in the country, she had never felt like truly a Beckett. She wasn’t as artistic as her mother, she did appreciate art, but a different form of art. She didn’t want to be a successor of her father too, yes, she was her father’s child, but she always felt like the family company was better suited for Kaiden, who was interested in the company. Kai was not really interested in the company, maybe it was because of the trauma he experienced 5 years ago, but he changed. She had hoped he would be a bit interested in long life and having fun, but he had become very dim. And now he she is contemplating if she should choose art school or business school, she knows her father would be like, “choose whatever you like’ but what she likes is not even on the roster. And the teachers could be so judgmental, they already have the mentality that given she is the oldest she will inherit the company, it makes h
My scam marriage: It is real. Special chapter 2 – To the man who killed my father.
[Third POV]Wayne had run straight home, he found both Kai’s parents’ home, luckily, he had briefed them on the possible of human trafficking, bother Clayton and Kaleah had decided to drive to where Kai was to help him.On their way there they had called the police, it was quite a busy time, there were police cars everywhere when they arrived.Wayne felt scared as he saw the little girl covered in blood crying, and there was a body covered the same location he left Kai.“Kai…...” he says scared, the police line had halted them from going further, but Clayton soon found a police officer to find out what was going on, only to find his son in handcuffs, covered in blood.“Father?” Kai says in a scared voice, “I didn’t mean…... It was a mistake; I didn’t mean to.”“Hey…” Clayton says trying to get to his son, but h was stopped by a police officer.“Sir, you are not allowed anywhere near the suspect,” the police officer says, getting attention from both Wayne and Kaleah.“What……” Kaleah sa
My scam marriage: It is real. Special chapter 1 – Red, everything is red.
[Third POV]9 years, little Kai has been alive on this earth for nine years, he is turning ten soon but even nine years is a lot, so why does his parents not allow him to go out?“Ugh… come on Wayne,” Kai grumbles to his cousin, they have been sneaking out of the mansion to go to the park lately.Kai is thankful his big brother and sister were not snitches or they would have been grounded by now.Kia was what most call a problem child, he enjoyed skating in the park and though his mother would take him every once in a while, she had a mega-million art company to run.So, he had to go out to the park since they were ‘celebrities’ and they needed to keep a low profile, he had to do it behind his parents’ back.Wayne was just a perfect partner in crime, they were the same age, and they liked causing trouble.He tried convincing Kaiden, but Kaiden was much more focused on his studies and stuff. He tried convincing Zoey once, but she chose to stay at home with great-grandmother to paint th
My scam marriage: It is real. Appreciation and Thanks.
And we close the chapter for Clayton and Kaleah, this is my very first completed series so, it might not be perfect, But it is my most precious work as it challenged me beyond my own imagination. I am thankful for all the love and support and criticism I received sharing this story, I strive to grow as I continue to share more stories with you. There will be an extra chapter coming after this mainly featuring the kids and their adventures, I hope your support continues even after this complete journey as it is one that inspires me to grow.
My scam marriage: It is real. Epilogue.
[Kaleah POV]Life has been very great lately, with being pregnant and all, along with my girls, it was good experiencing this with them, with her pregnancy, mainly because she hated the sickness that came with being pregnant.But our husbands were very patient with us, with Clayton having two kids already with Zoey already running around the house and Kaiden following suit.After long they finally gave me my green card, it took a lot of convincing but after our marriage still going strong for this long, they couldn’t deny us.All the kids were also legal residents, Clayton was not happy for them taking their time though, he chewed their head up for that.I have been waiting for Clayton to come home with the kids, their happy faces any time he opens the door was priceless.They are busy playing with their toys in the living room while I read a book on the chair.“Hello wife,” Clayton says opening the door, the two ran to him the moment he got in the house.“Dada, welcome home,” Zoey sa
