"I’ll give you the money as a gift, Aurora," Aiden says. "You don’t have to pay me back. All you have to do is marry me and give me an heir." Aiden King is cruel, cold, and heartless. A devil in a designer suit. People call him every evil thing imaginable . To the world, he’s a monster without feelings, but to me, he’s the man who once saved my life. He's my best friend's brother who I've been hopelessly in love with since I was in highschool but he made his feelings for me quite clear when he embarrassed me after I told him how I felt. Now I don't have a choice but to go back to the first man who broke my heart and ask him for help but his help comes with a price. The question is will this story end in heartbreak or happily ever after?
Lihat lebih banyakAIDEN'S POV Raindrops dotted her face and lips like little diamonds, a clear sign of the rain outside. The weather has been nicer lately, but this week, it was raining a lot. The scene reminded me of when Aurora said yes to my proposal in front of my friends. It made me feel good and I smiled, watching her with a look of amusement. Finally, she’d come to her senses. My wife stopped. By the time I realized she was holding something in her clenched fist, she threw it at my chest. A soaked, heavy cloth slid down my shirt. I could almost hear Daniel’s, Sterling’s, and Henry’s jaws drop in surprise. “You’ve been following me!” Aurora slammed her open hands on the table and, in one movement, wiped it clean of cards, glasses, and ashtrays. The stuff flew to the floor. “I saw your stupid guys waiting by my car when I left Mrs. Reynolds’ nursing home, so I decided to chase them and Got one guy’s jacket. The other was too fast.” “Which one did you catch?” Daniel asked casually. “So
AIDEN'S POV My heart was racing now. I could feel the tension and pressure around my neck, and for the first time in years, I knew they were going to win.Being rejected by my wife wasn’t even one of the worst things that happened to me this month, but the fact she turned me down made me want to rip off my skin and throw it all over Daniel’s house.It was his idea to make me push my weight around with her. Now, not only did I have Landon as a problem, but I also had a wife who refused to get pregnant.I turned around, storming down the hallway, speeding past the master bedroom like a storm, going all the way to the farthest room on the second floor. My fingers itched. My eyes twitched. I couldn’t hold it in anymore.I couldn’t keep it under control. For the first time in years, I was going to let the anger come out. I threw the door open. It was an old study room I converted into a spa. Whatever bullshit excuse I could give the builders to soundproof the room and fill it with soft, u
AIDEN'S POV “Cut the crap, King. Where’s my money?” He tried to grab my shirt collar, leaning over my desk, but I was faster. I pushed back in my chair, making him fall face first onto my desk, his eyes landing on the tempting numbers from the monthly report. I stood up and buttoned my suit. “What’s money in the big picture, Herold, my friend? You have the Arctic to save.” “You won’t be so smug when I go to the FBI and tell them how much money you stole from me.” He quickly got up, fixing his tie. “Let me know when you do that, so I can visit the IRS and tell them you’ve been hiding millions in offshore accounts. That’ll end your nonprofit career faster than a fish out of water.” He froze, knowing I had a point. Herold would have to pay for it. No one was supposed to know he was hiding millions where no one could find it. He glared at me. “You think I care?” he spat. “You think that’ll stop me from sending Tinder and Tree to Evon? To give them all the things your family stole f
AIDEN'S POV It was already hard enough for me to say the word "divorce." Now I had to stand here and listen to her tell me we were in a serious, monogamous relationship. My life really went downhill after we started sleeping together. "You will never find what we have with anyone else," she said angrily. "And you’re the dumbest smart man if you think you can." "Are you done being dramatic?" I leaned against her bedroom doorframe, crossing my arms like a tired dad. "Are you done being heartless?" she replied back. “No. Which brings us to the only reason you’re still here but not pregnant yet.” "Did you ever think I might not be able to have kids at all?" She started getting dressed. Underwear first, then a big shirt. "I did," I said. "When I made this plan, I wrote down the good things, the bad things, and the problems that could happen. Not being able to have kids was the first bad thing on the list." "And?" "And everyone can be replaced." She froze. She didn’t move at all
AIDEN'S POV I threw the blanket off and sat up, quickly pulling on my underwear. “Sweetheart, let’s not act like I care enough to have you followed. Daniel follows Herold, and he saw you going in and out of his house.” “Daniel’s a jerk.” She jumped off the bed like she touched something hot. I pulled a v neck shirt over my head and didn’t care about her yelling. “What Daniel is or isn’t doesn’t matter to me. I’m not married to him. You, on the other hand, are breaking the contract you signed. The part that says you can’t help my enemies. You went and talked to Herold like a fool, telling him we keep our money separate. Now Herold will use your job in court to show that I’m a bad, cold husband.” “You are a cold husband.” She threw up her hands and laughed with no joy. “Love wasn’t part of the deal.” “Screw your deal!” she shouted, losing her usual calm. “Why? Screwing you is way more fun.” I was already heading to my room. I felt proud for not letting us sleep in the same bed
AIDEN'S POV Aurora signed a contract saying she couldn't talk about it. She had no right to tell anyone. Daniel took a puff from his cigarette and looked at me with a small smile. “Don’t tell me you were dumb enough to add her to your bank accounts, Aiden.” "No, but I send her sixty thousand dollars every month. She lives in my house, eats my food, and I pay for everything. I thought that would be enough money so she wouldn’t try to find another job." "Well, that’s what she told the Landons. You know she works for them, right?" I did, and I didn’t. Aurora told me months ago that she wanted to do that, but she didn’t say anything after. I assumed. Fine, I hoped she only said it to annoy me and get a reaction out of me because that seems to be her favorite thing to do right now but I didn’t think she would really do it. "Aiden?" Daniel tilted his head. I coughed, put my hands under the table, and cracked my knuckles. “I knew,” I lied. “Why didn’t you stop it?” "Well that's
AIDEN'S POV It had only been forty minutes since they arrived, and already I wanted to kick them out with my shoes still stuck in their backsides. Aurora was upstairs on a zoom call with her friends, and my mind was full of thoughts about what I had planned for her tonight. “A smile? No way.” Devon squinted at his cards and took a sip of his brandy. “Maybe he’s having a stroke.” “Maybe something’s stuck in his teeth,” Henry said, tapping his cards on the table. “Like, you know, feelings or something.” “Shut up,” I warned. “No, they’re right. You’re smiling,” Daniel said, looking at me with disgust. “It’s gross. We’re trying to eat here.” He dropped his sandwich onto his plate. “I think it’s cute,so let's leave him alone for now” Henry said, taking a sip of his beer. “Aiden caught a case of feelings, and there’s no cure for what he’s got.” “Are you really one to talk about being pussy whipped?” I grabbed a card from the stack in the middle of the table. “Your manhood has bee
AIDEN'S POV Three months had passed since Aurora moved in. Three months of annoying daily dinners, text messages full of pointless cloud pictures, and too much sex. Physically, I’d never been this satisfied in my life. Mentally, my thoughts and beliefs shrank every time I stepped into my house. If Aurora thought we were getting closer to being happily married, she was wrong. I wasn’t any more in love with her than I was three months ago, and didn’t care for her more than the day she walked into my office, asking me to be her hero. Yet, my new life had a cost, and I wasn’t happy about paying it. I cracked my knuckles behind closed doors so much, I was surprised my fingers were still attached. I spent extra time at the gym taking my anger out on a punching bag to let off steam. It didn’t help that Sandy was showing off her big belly. She kept it out every weekend when we went to my parents' house, patting it to make sure no one forgot she was pregnant. My parents' excitement about
AURORA'S POV.“Morgana,” I started carefully. I didn’t know how long I would be with this family, but I knew they needed me. “Tinder is”“I know,” she cut me off, playing with her necklace. “His therapist said it’s too early for a real diagnosis so for now, we are watching him closely, but I don’t really understand what is going on with him.”“Criticizing him won’t help,” I said, putting my hand on her arm. “Every child is different. They grow at different speeds and need different things. French lessons are the last thing they need. Tinder, especially, needs lots of love, affection, and attention. He needs to know you love him no matter what. If you’re confused, just think about what he’s feeling. He’s starting to realize he is different.”Her shoulders dropped with a big sigh and I could see from her tired face that she had wanted to talk about this with someone for a long time.“ I really don’t know what to do. My family raised happy kids and we don’t have any history of problems.
AURORA’S POV"I can't believe you'd stoop so low. Cheating on me with my own cousin is disgusting and gambling our savings away is just cruel" my heart breaking with each word. Sign these divorce papers now." I said flinging the divorce papers in his face then walked out the room with tears streaming down my face. Those were the last words I told my ex husband eight months ago when I found him in bed with my cousin. EIGHT MONTHS LATERThe stones on the sidewalk hurt my feet as I parked my bike in the park . It was dark outside and the weather looked like it was about to rain. I hoped it wouldn't start until I got home . I just got back from my babysitting job because I needed the money.After my divorce from that scumbag, I moved in with my sister, Annabelle. I’ve been working overtime for months, trying to save enough money to get my own place. My ex husband gambled away our savings. I know I was stupid to trust him, but I was young and thought I was in love. I ran to my door and...
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