Naya is twenty one and is waiting for her twenty second birthday where she gets her trust fund left by her grandmother, grandma Millie, so she can finally leave her authoritarian father and start her life without him dictating it. but to her greatest shock her father wants her married as a way to seal a merger deal with the Carters, she wants to leave but her father threatens to expose her alcoholic mother, so she has to marry the asshole and wait until she's twenty two which is in eight months, get her trust funds, divorce him and take her mother away and live her life the way she wants it. William James Carter is the CEO of the Carter shipping empire and Is listed as one of Forbes most eligible bachelor, but when his grandfather tells him he is to marry Naya, a girl he's never heard about and no pictures of her whatsoever, he refuses because he has a girlfriend Suzanne Pierce, who his grandfather finds lacking and now his grandfather threatens to disinherit him and give the CEO position to his cousin if he refuses to marry Naya Carrington, he has to agree, now he is saddled with a wife who hates him for ruining her plans. But when romance blooms between the two of them, they both fight the dangers, lies and betrayals that surrounded them.
view moreNAYA'S POVI paced around my father's study as I waited for him, my heels clinked on the marble floor, and I was getting dizzy, but i continued anyway, I needed this, if I sat down and waited it would not feel like an urgent matter, but then I started to feel a slight headache, this was because I hadn't fully rested and my body was weak since I didn't eat anything except what I had in the long flight back, I had to stop to sit down, I dipped from the coffee Lita sent earlier and it calmed my nerves, it was then my eyes began to take in my surroundings, it's been so long since I entered into this office, probably when I was eleven years old or so, when I was still a daddy's little obedient girl, it still looked the same, big, cold and... dark, but the desk and chairs were new, and so was the paintings and wallpapers, there was just a few changes, like the enlarged wedding photos of he and my mom that was always up on the wall was not there and so was the one kept on the desk too, I mov
NAYA'S POV"We've arrived, Mrs Carter" the gruff voice of Griffin, the driver called as we rolled into the garage of the new house, it was a two storey mansion, with an all white exterior and a beautiful wide pool at the side a beautiful rose garden by the fence, the place was breathtaking, I didn't want to start guessing how much it worth.If everything works out this beautiful place will be my home for the next seven months, I reassured myself.William wasn't with me, it seems there was an emergency at the office, so he took an Uber there ,because he left abruptly without a word, not like I wanted him to say anything, we haven't said a word to each other since ever I saw the girlfriend he loved and wanted to be with, Suzanne Pierce was beautiful, with her blonde hair and striking blue eyes, her slender waist and her fashionable, yet classy way of dressing, I couldn't compare to her in anyway no wonder he called me a child the first day we met, Suzanne Pierce was a beautiful woman.
WILLIAM'S POVThe look in her eyes said it all, I had hurt her, I shouldn't have apologized, to what was the best night of my life, I've had sex but with Naya it was different, she was different. Now I've messed up, the way her lips quivered while she said she didn't remember what had happened and that she was drunk sent a pang through my chest, why did I have to fuck this up and why must it be now?As she gets up to go to the bathroom, pulling the duvet to cover her body that's when I saw it, the bright red mark on the sheets, I felt it last night, the resistance when I first entered her, it may had occured to me but I was far too lost in her sweetness and didn't ask, Maybe I'd have prepared her, make it good so we she could enjoy it too, but she assured me it was a long time for her. She lied.I was her first. The thought of being her first made me swell with pride, but then it must have hurt a lot and I wasn't too careful with her, I rubbed my hands on my eyes, trying to stop the
NAYA'S POVOh God, what did I do?But when I remembered what happened, I couldn't help the smile that hung on my lips. I finally had sex, not with some random horny man, with my husband whom I swore to hate until I got a divorce in eight months."Oh Naya, you're such a whore" I whispered as the memories of what happened last night flooded my head.Several hours into the night I was still drunk and William was acting like a doting husband, he searched online on what to sober me up quickly, after forcing me to drink lots of water, I'm sure I drank over a gallon, he got me ice cream from the fridge, because it was one of the homemade remedy to sober up, but I was still drunk, he was beside me when I ran into the toilet to throw up, he held my hair up and patted my back too, he listened to my unending rants and answered my questions patiently.He was so around me that I became so engrossed to his care, when I asked for a dance, complaining that he didn't dance with me at the bar like the
NAYA'S POVThe beauty of Athens was incomparable to the pictures I had seen and to what I've heard about it.William had everything organized, we first went for a tour around Acropolis, then we visited the food market, where we tasted so many different dishes and I so love Greek foods now, next we visited the museum, at the museum William explained every story of each of the gods statue we saw, the tour guide got embarrassed at that, because William had so much knowledge, and then frowned at him because he was ruining his job, after that we visited Olympus, and I've been excited to see the place since the tour started, it was the cherry on top, there was a room where we dressed like the ancient Greeks and took pictures too, I had so much fun and so did William, in all the pictures we took he had a beautiful smile in them.I didn't want to leave Athens, but it was time to go back and I was sulking in the flight back to Santorini."Don't worry, the fun hasn't end yet" Williams voice s
WILLIAM'S POVI was jet lagged and exhausted from the flight, from the wedding and today I've not had a full day rest. I wasn't really excited about this but I couldn't say the same for Naya, she was bustling with energy, like she wasn't forced to be in a plane for twelve hours coming here, throughout the flight she kept herself busy with her laptop and when she got bored, she forced me to play a game of chess with her, I consider myself to be good at chess, but she definitely is a grandmaster, out of the nine times we played, I only won once, and with the gleam in her eyes, I knew she just let me win so I should continue playing, it was humiliating.At the car, Naya watched everything go by like a child excited about her first camping trip, she was awed and fascinated with everything she saw and kept on asking questions. Finally we arrived at the beach house, the housekeeper who has kept the place running for years, Mrs Korinthos, welcomed us."Para Kalos, young master" she greete
NAYA'S POVThe driver drove into the Carter estate and I couldn't believe how big it was. As we drove past the gates we passed a stable and an orchard, not to mention the main building, it looked magnificent.As we came down, his grandmother was waiting for us, she looked so young and beautiful with her silver hair and wide smile and she was very nice, She welcomed me with a warm smile and a hug, and then introduced me to everyone, his Aunt Lucia and her husband, his cousin Ezekiel who was really creepy, instead of the normal handshake, he kissed my hands, that was so gross, I wiped it off on my pants, and then there was William's sister, Sarah, I swore I could have mistaken her glare as passing, but not the way she responded to me curtly.have we met before, why so rude.Although I met this people briefly at the wedding yesterday, but I never had any kind of conversation with them, it was just my father who interacted with them.My mouth watered and I swallowed when the maids brought
CHAPTER SEVENWILLIAM'S POVIt was a long night indeed. I've been awake for four hours now, firstly it's my body clock, secondly because of this red head whose body is sprawled over mine, her walls she had put together had been thrown away by her in the middle of the night in her sleep. I stare at her bare face, I realized Naya was one lovely girl, yesterday at the wedding she looked like an angel walking on clouds as she walked very slow down the aisle with her father, and when her father placed her hands on mine, she glared at me that I'm sure the officiating priest felt the extent of her ire, but I didn't care, I've come this far so we got to finish it and know what else fate got in stock for us, then it was time to repeat our vows and I swear I could swear she repeated a different vow, because with each words her eyes was flickering, then I repeated my own vows and it was time to kiss the bride, she glared furiously and even ask me not to dare, I guess she said the wrong word ca
NAYA'S POVLooking out the window , inhaling deeply, the sweet smell of cinnamons and jasmine filled my nostrils, I just couldn't help but smile 'its not everyday one gets married, to a total stranger at most 'The room was filling up, the hair stylist was done with my hair and the wedding planner was scolding the makeup artist for being one minute late and that was because she missed the venue, and for one I'm grateful, that one full minute got me to think if I was doing the right thing, if I shouldn't just make a run out of this jumbo madness, I could just put on a mask and leave this place, after today I will be spending the rest of my life with a man I only know through the info that was given by Aliyah, but I couldn't do it, If I do so my mother will suffer the consequences, and with the situation now I can't take her away."It's less than a year, just eight months from now" I muttered to myselfThis has been my source of motivation to do this, if I get married I'm not under my
CHAPTER ONE NAYA'S POV Two knocks distract me from the game I was playing, I remove my headset as Lita the head maid of my family walked in to my room "Miss Carrington, dinner's ready" I smile and nodded "Oh, thank you Lita" I turned off the computer and was about to follow her out but she stops me "Won't you change Miss?" I rolled my eyes at her "Why should I ?, I'm having dinner in my home, or is there any guest coming over?" She shook her head, "No Miss, but your father's home, and you know how he is...," She trailed off But I smiled, she knew better, that this was one of the little ways I rebel against him and his ways of living like a perfect family, like we are in a reality show. "That's every reason I should go like this don't you agree ?" I smirked and she smiled back at me. We walked down to the dinning room and the aroma of different delicacies filled my nostrils, the maids scampared around putting all what the head cook prepared on the table, my mother was se
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