Eliana Brown~•~We arrived in Chicago by eight o’clock in the evening and we went straight to the mall as William said earlier.I was already tired of the clothes I was wearing and needed something more comfortable. I picked out a pair of gray sweatpants and a matching sweatshirt as well as a night dress, a short dress, a pair of jeans, and a shirt to go with.When it was time to pay, I brought out my card but William had already handed over his card to the cashier.I stared up at him. “I could have covered that.”“You can do that when I’m not around.” He shrugged. “And even then, I’d hope you use my card for what you want.”“You’re not financially responsible. Why would you give me your card?” I questioned as he took the bags from the cashier and led me out of the store.“Are you already forgetting that we’re married? It’s my job to take care of you.”I was always forgetting that we were legally married. It caught me by surprise whenever he reminded me. There was also the fact that
Eliana Brown~•~I was excited.I couldn’t remember the last time I had been in a club. I was most likely underaged and faked an ID even if the bartenders and the bouncers knew my real age. I lived in a small town after all.Since living in New York, I have never been to a club. Harry and I moved to New York together and I didn’t want to do anything behind his back so I always declined whenever Catherine invited me out. My refusal always annoyed her but she never ceased to ask me. Whenever she was going out with her friends, she made sure to include me so I wouldn’t feel left out, not caring that I almost always turned her down.Since I became an adult, I never went to the club so I was a bit excited to go with William. I didn’t know what kind of influence he had in Chicago but we went through the back door as the front door had a long ass queue.“Regular or VIP?” William asked me as we approached one of the bouncers.“I’ll follow your lead.”William shook his head and chuckled softly
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
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…”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~•~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
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~•~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 a lot clingier than usual.I didn’t know if she just wanted to keep an eye on me or if she was actually suspicious of my movement but she insisted on following me when I told her I had somewhere to be.Not wanting to directly lie to her, I just told her I had to meet with someone but according to her, it was the weekend and she was meant to spend it with me. When I told her it was important, she insisted on accompanying me. Denying her would either lead to more suspicions or make her mad so I accepted it.Duke was driving me today even if I had given him time off. The last break I’d given him wasn’t used to completion because he came back for my birthday and my grandfather died the morning after. He didn’t want me to handle Eliana’s ex alone so I also had no choice but to let him come along.On our way to the restaurant I told him to meet me at, my phone rang.I brought it out of my pocket only to see that it was Sandra calling. I let out a sigh. I had be
Eliana Brown~•~I knocked on Mr. Edward’s office once before I opened it and stepped in. “You wanted to see me, sir?”Without saying a word, he handed a document to me. I opened it to see that it was the sales report for the last month. “Uhhh…” I trailed off, not knowing what he wanted from me.“You’re doing the report again and you have…” he looked at the watch on his wrist. “About five minutes to get there.”My eyes went wide. I was surprised he was letting me report to William even if Bianca was present. Mr Edward had never liked me and even after finding out I was married to the boss of his boss, he still didn’t care. According to him, it made sense why I was hired. However, he thought I was capable so he wasn’t too bothered by my presence.“Really?”“Four minutes, fifty-two seconds.”“I’ll be on my way immediately!” I exclaimed and rushed out of his office. It seemed like he was finally warming up to me. The other day, he allowed me to meet a client on my own. Thankfully, the c
William Caddel~•~One week later I was finally back at work.Eliana resumed work way before me since her boss already didn’t like her. She didn’t want to give her reasons to fire her.The news of my grandfather’s death had hit the internet and every call I got these days was to offer condolences to me. I wouldn’t lie. It was quite tiring but I understood that my grandfather had a lot of friends and business partners before he retired and left the company for me.I had been tempted to have a private funeral but I wanted his friends to be able to say goodbye to him one last time, which was why I announced his death and the funeral to the public.The funeral happened two days ago yet people were still calling to sympathize with me.A knock on the door interrupted me from my thoughts and without waiting for permission to enter, Duke came in, slamming the door close behind him.I cocked my head at him. “Is something wrong?”“You have an unwanted visitor.”“Who?”“Eliana’s ex.”I frowned.
Eliana Brown~•~After being recognized as William’s wife publicly, it was a lot easier to navigate expensive places.Back when I was just Eliana Brown, it was very hard to even book a reservation for places like this. If my friends and I wanted to dine in such a nice restaurant, we had to book several months ahead, but this time, I could just waltz in and get what I wanted without any stress. I wouldn’t lie. William’s connections were quite good. It was precisely because the owner knew William which was why the staff prioritized me as soon as I got there. It felt good. Also, I didn’t have to keep William waiting. He finally wanted to eat something. If I took too long, he could change his mind. I couldn’t have that.They boxed my order and the owner handed it to me personally, telling me to send his regards to William. I nodded and assured him we’d visit soon before I left and flagged down a taxi.The ride back home wasn’t long but I was impatient and kept bouncing my leg each second
William Caddel ~•~Fate was playing a cruel trick on me.I lost my parents a long time ago at the same time. At the time, I thought my life was over, but my grandparents took me in. Since I was young when my parents died, I didn’t have many memories of them.I didn’t have any uncles, aunties, or cousins that I could lean on. I only had my grandparents.Twenty years ago, my grandmother got very sick and passed away, so it had just been me and my grandfather for the past twenty years.He got older each day and even more weaker as the days went by. I saw this coming. I knew it would happen soon but I still wasn’t prepared for it.Even after the official announcement of his death, I still couldn’t believe he was gone. As though I was in a trance, I dealt with all the paperwork and did all the necessary things to transfer his corpse to the mortuary.Eliana accompanied me every step of the way, staying close by as though she was scared I would snap.I wouldn’t. I felt numb. It hadn’t prop
Eliana Brown~•~I woke up to the sound of rustling on the bed.My head was aching from all the alcohol I had the previous night, but William’s footsteps were too heavy to ignore.I rubbed my eyes as I sat up on the bed, wondering why William was up. It was four o’clock in the morning. Even if he was an early riser, he didn’t wake up so early these days.I watched as he dashed into the closet and came back out dressed in less than a minute.“What’s going on? Where are you going?”He turned to look at me when he heard my voice. “The hospital.”Every atom of sleep cleared from my eyes immediately. “What? Is something wrong with Grandpa?” As I asked that question, I was already getting out of bed. Thankfully, William hadn’t taken off my clothes last night so I didn’t have to bother about finding clothes.He nodded as he grabbed his car keys from the nightstand as well as his phone.“I’m coming with you.”“You had a stressful night. You don’t have to.”“I will.” I rushed into the bathroom
William Caddel ~•~It didn’t matter that we just had a bunch of food and snacks with my grandfather. Eliana took me to dinner again.Well, we went roller skating first, which was chaotic because she had never done it in her life, but after that, we went to a restaurant.I was forty, but apart from my parents, no one had put in this much effort to celebrate my birthday. They died pretty early, which meant I hadn’t been celebrated like this in more than thirty years.If I wasn’t already married to Eliana, I would propose to her again. I didn’t regret any of my actions because she was the best thing to ever happen to me.I looked at my watch. “It’s already past ten. Do you have something else in mind or is this the end?” I couldn’t help but question because it felt like she wanted to celebrate every second of the day with me.Eliana giggled, already feeling tipsy from the one glass of wine she drank. She was such a lightweight. “One more once we’re done here.”I was intrigued, wondering
William Caddel~•~I was still surprised as Eliana opened the door and exited the car. I followed suit anyway.“Happy birthday, dude. Have a nice day.” Duke waved to me and started the engine again when we were out of the car.I didn't even have the time to answer him before he drove off, leaving me and Eliana alone. She was struggling with the bag and the box of cake, but when I offered, she slapped my hand away. “I can do it.”“I know.” I humored her. “I just want to help.”“You're the birthday boy, you shouldn't have to do anything.”My face scrunched up in displeasure. “Don't call me that again. It's insulting.”“My bad.” Eliana laughed. “I forgot the age you're turning today.”“Let's just go in.” I took the beg from her and headed for the hospital doors. She ran behind me and tried to take the bag from me but I didn't let her.Knowing we were obviously going to my grandfather's room, I went straight there. For years, I had spent my birthday with my grandfather, but I never expec
William Caddel~•~As bright and early as six o'clock in the morning, Eliana knocked on my door and pulled me from sleep.I had woken up but I didn't move from the bed. When she got tired of knocking, she pushed the door open and walked in. “Wake up, Will. It's your birthday today.”I kept my eyes closed. She was announcing it like I didn't know that as well. “Will? William?” Her voice got closer and soon I could feel her presence right next to me. “Wake up, William. You are not usually a deep sleeper.” At this point, her face was right next to mine. “Are you doing it on purpose?”I responded by pulling her onto the bed and wrapping my arms around her. I let out a satisfied sigh, loving the feeling of her body mashed up against mine.“Will!” Her voice was muffled since her face was buried in my chest.“It's my birthday today.” I reminded her of what she said just a few seconds ago. “Let me enjoy this for a moment, please.”“Will.” She mumbled for the last time before she eventually g