Eliana Brown~•~William Caddel didn’t believe me when I said my injury wasn’t serious but by the next day, I wasn’t limping anymore. Catherine felt pity for me when I told her what happened to me but was intrigued to find out that William had helped me again. He was practically a stranger yet I owed him so much already. I hated it.Emily had shown me three apartments today already. They were very nice and I’d love to stay in them, but they were way out of my budget. I didn’t have a job. I couldn’t afford to stay in an expensive apartment.When we stopped in front of another expensive apartment complex, I groaned. “I doubt this is in the range I told you, Emily.”Emily wasn’t just an agent. She was also a friend. We weren’t very close but we knew a bit about each other’s lives. Rent in New York was already crazily expensive. Even the smallest apartments cost more than a thousand and apartments like those barely had water inside except it was a shared house.I wanted something I was
Eliana Brown~•~“I don’t ever want to leave, Anna,” Catherine said dramatically.“Well, you are coming with me whether you like it or not.” I continued dragging her by the arm.She dug her feet into the ground, making it harder for me to pull her along with me. I hissed and pulled her even harder. “No, Eliana. I don’t want to leave.”“Girl, you’re coming back anyway! It’s just groceries.”Catherine smiled sheepishly. “Fine.”I rolled my eyes at her and finally let go of her hand when she didn’t seem reluctant to leave anymore. Catherine had helped with packing my things and unloading them into the new apartment. The problem was that she was in love with the apartment which was why she started acting dramatic when I told her to follow me to get groceries.Since I didn’t have much to offload, I spent less than two hours on it. The apartment was already nicely furnished so I didn’t have to do too much to it. I just made a mental note to add a few flowers and paintings to make the place
William Caddel~•~[Me: Meet me at the cafe downstairs]The message was short and straight to the point, not even providing context for why I wanted to meet her, but she responded almost immediately.[Eliana: Okay]Five minutes later, I saw her walking past the lounge and into the cafe. She looked around and smiled when she noticed me before walking straight to the table I was seated at. It was a weekend and I was taking a break from my office in the penthouse to work at the cafe. It had a nice view and for some reason, the natural light helped me work better. I needed to renovate my office soon.Well, I was working until I got a call from my grandfather, which prompted my message to Eliana. We weren’t close enough for me to call her downstairs but she was a lot more naive than she knew.“Hey,” she said unsurely as she sat on the chair opposite mine. “Uh, how did you know I was home?”I checked the security cameras, but she didn’t need to know that. “I have been sitting here all day,”
Eliana Brown ~•~ William Caddel’s offer was weird. He could have any woman he wanted. Hell, he could pay a woman less than what I owed him to pretend to be his girlfriend for a few days, but he chose me. Who was I to complain though? It was a good way for me to pay off my debt. It meant one of my problems had been resolved. Now, I just had to find a new job to get my life back on track. Maybe, I shouldn’t have quit my job. Then again, I couldn’t fathom the idea of kneeling to apologize to a woman who stole. I was poor but I wasn’t desperate. “Eliana, what do you do?” William’s grandfather asked all of a sudden. Time passed by too fast and soon, we were already on our way to the lake house. William was driving, I was in the passenger’s seat, and his grandfather was in the backseat. “I’m currently searching for a job, sir.” “Really?” He hummed and from the rearview mirror, I saw him looking at William. William pretended not to notice. “Have you ever worked?” He asked instea
William Caddel~•~My grandfather had taken to Eliana very well.It almost gave me a whiplash the way he suddenly changed his attitude toward her. On the first day, he had his guard up and was probing a lot to try and find something wrong in our supposed relationship but twenty-four hours later, he was totally smitten.That also happened to be a problem though because whenever my grandfather got comfortable, his tongue got loose. We were taking a walk along the lakeside when he suddenly stopped wheeling his chair.“What do your parents do, Elia?”I arched an eyebrow at the new nickname but when I processed the question, I frowned. I let out a sigh. “You’re asking too many questions.” If it had been a real relationship, he would have chased her away with his many inquiries.“This is the first question I’m asking her today, is it not?” He opposed me. “And what’s so wrong in knowing the background of my granddaughter-in-law?”At his question, she started coughing, most likely taken aback
Eliana Brown~•~“I’m fine with getting married in private.”William’s head snapped toward me and for the first time since I knew the man, he looked speechless. I knew I had caught him off guard. After all, I was just a girl he met on the road who ruined his expensive suit yet here I was offering to marry him in private to appease his grandfather.“See? That’s what I’m talking about.” His grandfather, on the other hand, looked proud of my decision. “Elia doesn’t mind getting married to you, Will. If you’re insecure about your age, she doesn’t care.”I held back a chuckle at his not-so-subtle jab. William ran his tongue over his bottom lip. “Yeah, she doesn’t mind…”I knew a million thoughts were going through his head at the moment. I couldn’t even blame him. He probably thought I was a gold digger, snatching my only opportunity to get closer to him. I wouldn’t call myself a gold digger per se. We were already in a fake relationship. We might as well get into a fake marriage. I knew t
William Caddel ~•~ I didn’t know if Eliana was stupid, naive, or both. I was leaning heavily on both and rightfully so. I wished I could see through her. I wished I was able to tell what was going on in her head. I wished I could understand her thought process and figure out how she came to agree to get married to me. It wasn’t for my name because it was going to happen in private. Was it for the money? From her point of view, we wouldn’t be married for a long time anyway. Did she want the alimony? But then again, she didn’t hesitate to agree to signing a prenup so what exactly was her game plan? Aside from the three days we had all spent together in the lake house, she had only seen me four times. I was a total stranger to her. She didn’t know my intentions for her. She didn’t know the fucked up thoughts I had about her yet she was offering herself so easily to me. Was she comforted by the fact that I was a public figure? I couldn’t sleep that night. My thoughts were rid
Eliana Brown~•~I was already starting to regret agreeing to marry William Caddel.Sure he was rich, but apart from his name and age, I knew next to nothing about him. I knew nothing about his career, how he handled situations, and how he lived in general yet I blindly agreed to marry him. I didn’t even have any time to get prepared because we would be having a court marriage soon. Since there were no guests, we just needed to get our marriage license and get married. Fuck me.I rested my head against the window, wondering how my life was going to move from here. I had made a lot of impromptu decisions these past few weeks but this one was the biggest of all. I was getting married. I’d always wanted to get married. Harry and I had been together for six years and I wanted to get married to him but he wanted us to properly get our lives together first. Now that I had left him, I saw that he was evading it on purpose and I was thankful I didn’t tie myself down to someone as inconsiderat
William Caddel~•~The consequences of my actions were coming back to bite me in the ass and I wasn’t too surprised.I’d manage to assure my grandfather that all those things were rumors. He was getting weaker each day and I didn’t want him to be stressed with my supposed love life. I wanted him to rest and get well as soon as possible.However, the articles didn’t stop. There was even one, comparing the four women I was recently seen with. It seemed deliberate; as if someone was attacking my character on purpose.I confirmed that it was an attack when they stopped questioning my morals and started questioning my tech devices. I specialized in medical tech, which meant if something went wrong with one of our creations, it could cause harm to people.I knew damn well everything was fine with it, but all they needed to do was to make a video with a mask and a fake detector, trying to prove to the world that we used fake materials.Duke barged into my office without knocking. “Have you s
Eliana Brown~•~“So you’re saying he made your life miserable so you’d rely on him?”I winced. “When you put it like that…”“That’s exactly what he did. Don’t try to sugarcoat it.” Catherine scolded me.I sighed. Last night, I’d been so hooked on how violated I felt that I didn’t stop to think about why he did what he did. He helped me every step of the way and gave me a home, a job, and even a man. He made me fully depend on him and for some reason, that was even sicker.Despite having his cold days, William had been the perfect gentleman throughout the months I’d known him. I would never have thought he was capable of what he did. He was so manipulative. He made careful plans and lured me into his trap. To think that most things that happened in my life these past few months were out of his will was crazy.“But then again, it’s kind of hot. He went through all that trouble to get with you.”I made a face at Catherine. “He didn’t have to do all that. He could have just asked me out
William Caddel~•~I fucked up badly.I knew she was going to freak out when she found out but I was kind of hoping that she would never find out. Then again, if I wasn’t so careless and didn’t bring David around her, she never would have found out.Speaking of that, I needed to talk with him so he would know when to keep his mouth shut. Why did he think it was okay for him to tell her I was the reason she didn’t get promoted? Did he think she would be okay with it?I ran my hand through my hair as the elevator closed and started moving downstairs. I knew where she was going but I couldn’t stop myself from worrying about her still. It was just seven o’clock in the evening. It wasn’t that dark but my stupid brain was telling me to follow her anyway.I pushed it to the back of my mind though. I didn’t want to do anything that would make her even angrier.We just had a nice weekend together only for it to ruin us instead of bringing us closer. We had only been together properly for a wee
Eliana Brown~•~I took a step back at William’s answer. It didn’t prove anything but it meant he pretended like he didn’t know me when he already did.I didn’t want to think William was capable of what that man said. I figured he didn’t have any reason to do that. I was even scared to ask more questions because, for some reason, I knew he was going to tell the truth.“When?” I asked instead.“What?”“When did you know me? How do you know me?”William bit down on his bottom lip and released it before speaking. “I saw you at your workplace more than a year ago. I went into the store you were working at and you were checking items out.”I closed my eyes briefly. I was going to be sick. He had known me for that long!? Why then did he act like he hadn’t seen me before? Was that why he was so nice to me? Was it to make up for him ripping my job away from me?Throughout the flight, I’d been wondering how I would bring up the topic to William. Thankfully, he realized that something was wrong
William Caddel~•~Eliana was acting weird.She was normally a quiet person but she was even more quiet this time. She wasn’t speaking unless I was talking to her. She didn’t initiate any conversations and only answered whenever I asked her a question.It was frustrating. I hated that she didn’t directly come to me whenever she had a problem. She didn’t let me know any time I did something to upset her. She just gave me the silent treatment.I tried to wait it out, hoping she would come around but by the time we were set to fly back to New York, she was still in the same mood.As soon as the jet took off and we were free to walk around, she excused herself and went into the bedroom. From where we were sitting, Duke and I heard the lock of the door and we shared a glance.“What did you do this time?” Duke asked me.I shrugged. “Nothing that I know of.”The previous day had gone pretty well. We ate breakfast together in the morning, then I went to my meeting. After that, we walked aroun
Eliana Brown~•~For the first time, I woke up before William.After waking up, I went to the bathroom and freshened up before going to join him back in bed. It was our last day in Chicago and I already missed our time here even if we hadn’t gone back yet. I stared at William, tracing his chin with a featherlight touch. He looked so peaceful and innocent when he slept, nothing like the man he was last night in bed. It was cute. Unable to help myself, I found my phone on the nightstand and opened the camera. I took a picture of him, then one with me in the frame.As I looked through the pictures, William wrapped his hand around my waist and pulled me closer to him. “Are you done?”My eyes widened and my cheeks flushed in embarrassment that I had been caught again. Was this man ever asleep in the first place?“You’re awake!” I accused, slapping his chest.He trapped my hand there, not bothering to open his eyes. “Do you like the pictures? Or do you want to take some more?”I chewed on
Eliana Brown~•~“William…”He trailed a finger up my stomach until his hand got to my chest, and then he leaned down and wrapped a hand around my neck. “What? You don’t want to?” He asked innocently while his other hand started rubbing circles on my pussy, making me even wetter.“Will–““Beg, baby.” He interrupted me. His face was so close to me that I could barely think properly. “Beg me to fuck you.”I closed my eyes briefly. I knew this man. I knew he was going to end up using it against me in the future but I couldn’t help myself. “Please, William.”He nodded in approval. “Yes, just like that, go on.”I managed a deep breath. “Please fuck me. I need your cock inside me.”William chuckled. “That wasn’t very convincing but I guess it will do.”I glared at him, making sure to commit this scene to memory. I was going to make him beg as well. I didn’t know when that would be but it would surely happen sometime in the future.I watched him as he stood up from the bed and finally starte
Eliana Brown~•~William placed one hand on my back and the other under my thighs. Even though I was expecting it, I shrieked in surprise when he suddenly lifted me.“William!” I yelled but he ignored me and just walked into the bedroom, he dropped me on the bed and I had no time to bounce before he was hovering above me. My breath hitched. I barely had time to react before he kissed me again. I returned the kiss with equal fervor. I moved my hands to his chest but he removed them and pinned them above my head with just one hand. I blushed at the action because it protruded my breasts and I felt more naked than I already was.William broke the kiss briefly to murmur against my lips. “You taste so sweet. I could kiss you all day.” Then he kissed me again, deeper, more insistently, as if trying to pour his pent-up longing. He ground his hips against mine and it was embarrassing how soaked my panties were. I needed him inside me as soon as possible but I had embarrassed myself enough fo
Eliana Brown~•~William could barely keep his eyes off me and damn did it turn me on. That was the exact reason I chose the dress. It was short, revealing, and showed my cleavage.Throughout the night, I caught him staring at me and he made sure we were always touching. When we were dancing, he couldn’t keep his eyes off of me. It flattered me. I didn’t know he liked me that much.I was drunk but I couldn’t deny the feeling of adrenaline coursing through my body. I didn’t know when and how but I had fallen hard for this man and there was no going back. I had always thought nothing could happen between us but he acknowledged that he was mine.William pulled me back slightly when I almost bumped into a pole. I smiled sheepishly. I was lost in thought and was not watching my steps.He shook his head with a smile. “Are you sure you don’t want me to carry you?”I shook my head too. He also had alcohol. I didn’t want both of us to fall over. I had been the one to suggest we take a walk sin