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Trapped by the cold billionaire Chapter twenty four
Eliana Brown~•~It was real. I was actually getting married to the stranger I met less than three months ago. I was getting married to William Caddel. It was crazy. It wasn’t like we were dating or anything. My impulsive decision led us here, which was why I was so nervous about walking down the aisle.Yes, we were having a regular wedding. There were only five guests; William’s grandfather, Catherine and her boyfriend, and William’s two drivers, who I later found were his friends, George and Duke.George was an artist who drove him sometimes while Duke was his secretary. They were his closest friends and I’d seen them once or twice in the past month. Well, I’d seen Duke a lot since we worked in the same building but I’d interacted with him once or twice.I was straying from the point.I was getting married today. I was in my long white dress that William had paid for and the ceremony was about to start. All I had to do was walk down the aisle. It was going to be a very short event.
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William Caddel~•~Eliana was officially my wife. She didn’t change her last name for obvious reasons but that didn’t take away the fact that she was legally mine. Well, she was mine in every sense of the word. She just didn’t know that yet.Since it wasn’t a huge ceremony, she had spent the previous day moving into my penthouse. It was a Friday and I had work but for the first time in a while, I took a day off to be able to help her with moving in.She didn’t have to buy furniture for the apartment downstairs so moving wasn’t much of a problem for her. The only things she had to pack were her personal things like clothes, body care, flowers, and the rest. She didn’t sleep in my house that night though. She slept at her apartment and went straight to my grandfather’s house this morning to start getting ready for the wedding.It was our wedding night and the first day we would be living together as a married couple. We sat across from each other, staring. I knew it was awkward for her
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William Caddel~•~I stared at her. Her cheeks were flushed and her nose was beginning to turn red. Her eyes were hazy but she was able to maintain eye contact with me.I wondered what kind of drunk she was. Would she remember what happened the next day? Or would she forget everything? I didn’t know exactly how many glasses she had taken but it was enough to give her liquid courage.She reached up to poke my cheek, surprising me. “I’m talking to you, Will.” Her voice was slow and lazy. It was also the first time she was calling me Will. “Why did you marry me? Do you like me?”“What if I do?”Her drunk ass totally ignored my words. “Are you using me just like the movie? Hmm? Tell me.” She didn’t even wait for me to speak. “What’s going to happen now that we’re married? What’s going to happen tonight? It’s our wedding night right?”I wasn’t quite sure what she meant by those questions and I didn’t want to assume because I had a dirty mind. “Why don’t you tell me why you married me inste
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Eliana Brown~•~I didn’t think things through when I jumped away from William.I was so close to falling and hitting my head on the table when his hand came around my waist and pulled me even closer to him.My scream faded into a gasp at our proximity. Had he been awake all this while? Why did he pretend to be asleep? I needed to dig a hole and bury myself as soon as possible! I was mortified. My cheeks were flaming red. How did I find new ways to embarrass myself in front of him every time?“Are you good?” His morning voice was even deeper than his normal voice and the raspiness caught me off guard.I nodded ferociously and moved away from him, still sitting on the couch because my legs were shaky as fuck.I stared at the table and saw the bottle of wine we had shared last night. I had drank most of it. Was that why I ended on him last night? Who slept off first? What happened? Did I do anything stupid?I looked at him, wanting to ask what happened last night but I didn’t want to em
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Eliana Brown ~•~ For the second time that morning, I almost fell over but I quickly held on to the wall to prevent my ass from kissing the ground. I turned around to see that William was inside the kitchen, cooking. Didn’t he say he didn’t know how to cook? “Uh, yeah, I have plans with my friends.” “So you’re not having breakfast then?” I tried to look past him but I couldn’t see anything. After drinking a lot last night, I woke up hungry. “What are you making?” He shrugged. “Come find out.” Then he turned around to focus on the stove. My mouth fell open. Was he tempting me with food now? On purpose? Or did he want me to approach him so he could scold me about last night? I never liked going out to eat alone and breakfast was right in front of me. I was still contemplating going downtown but when my stomach rumbled in protest, I knew I had no choice but to go back where I came from. With a relenting sigh, I went back inside and dropped my bag on the couch on my way to the ki
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Eliana Brown~•~After six weeks at my workplace, my superior no longer thought I didn’t deserve the job. Well, he still thought the same but he was killing me with work so that had to mean something, right?The company had been in existence for almost five years and I was told to sort out the files of all the hospitals we had worked with. I didn’t know why and I wasn’t very certain it was in my job description but I couldn’t outrightly say no.There were heaps and heaps of files and I wasn’t sure I would be done anytime soon. It was times like this that I regretted working in such a serious company. At a department store, I had nothing to do with files. Then again, that was the reason the pay was so high, wasn’t it? When I received my first paycheck at the end of my first month, I was astonished. I knew what the salary would be like but somehow it still surprised me when it hit my bank account.It was already six o’clock, an hour past closing time yet I wasn’t close to being done. Mo
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William Caddel~•~“Do you think she’ll come down?” Duke asked me five minutes after my last call with Eliana.“She will,” I assured him. I knew Eliana quite well and even if she was avoiding me after I caught her caressing my face, she was going to come down anyway. She was one to give in easily, especially when she didn’t have a good enough excuse to do otherwise.True to my words, I saw her step outside and look around before her eyes landed on my car. I couldn’t hold back the smile that appeared on my face as she approached the car. Just like the other day, she didn’t know whether she should sit at the back or not. I locked eyes with Duke through the rearview mirror and he sighed dramatically, getting out of the car to open the back door for her.She smiled at him nervously and thanked him, avoiding my gaze as she sat beside me and closed the door.I hadn’t seen her this morning. Well, I’d barely seen her this past week but as always, she looked beautiful with her formal wear and
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Eliana Brown~•~“Can you teach me how to drive?”Catherine burst out laughing at my random question but I couldn’t even be bothered because a week after taking lessons from a tutor at a driving school, the only things I knew were the names of the car parts.“Stop laughing.” I gritted my teeth. “Are you teaching me or not?”“Didn’t your husband offer to teach you?” She asked while she was still laughing. I wasn’t used to people calling William my husband so it always caught me by surprise. “You declined such a good offer yet you’re here asking me to teach you again.”“Is that the point?”“It is, of course.” Her laughing fit died down slowly. “You had the opportunity to get closer to this man and you threw it away because of your shyness.”“Opportunity?” My cheeks flushed red. “I don’t want to be closer to him. Why would I want to be close to him?”“I don’t know, Eliana.” Her tone dripped with sarcasm. “Maybe because you liked him?”Instinctively, I looked around to make sure no one co
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Trapped by the cold billionaire Chapter Eighty four
Eliana Brown ~•~ I was having the best time of my life. After going on this trip with William, I finally understood why people always suggested traveling. It was well worth using my annual leave. Aside from the fact that William didn’t hesitate to initiate sex whenever he could, it was nice just walking around with him. However, the sad part about it was that it was already coming to an end. It seemed too soon but I had already spent six days touring the city. “Why are you pouting? What are you thinking about?” I sighed. “I don’t want to go back.” “Should we stay another week?” I laughed at his suggestion. “Your mistress will fire me.” William rolled his eyes at my joke. “Olivia is not my mistress.” “She still likes you, doesn’t she?” “At least, she doesn’t act on it anymore. She knows her boundaries.” I nodded, agreeing with that. No matter how much she liked him, she knew when to step back. That was probably why her relationship with Sandra, William’s ex, was
Trapped by the cold billionaire Chapter Eighty three
Eliana Brown~•~My leg immediately stopped shaking when a heavy hand was placed on it.Looking away from the scenery, I focused on William.“You haven’t sat still since we landed here. I’m afraid you’d exhaust your energy before we get to do anything.”My cheeks heated up at William’s teasing but I still ignored it. “It’s my first time here!”“Yeah? I could never tell.”I swatted his hand away from my leg. He wouldn’t get it. He grew up rich and had the opportunity to visit several places. I never even got to leave America. I grew up in a small town and managed to break free and travel to the big city immediately after I turned eighteen. Then I had to focus on working to feed and accommodate myself. Even worse, Harry was living off me at some point. I had no time or money to travel and enjoy the finer things in life.It was why as soon as William mentioned a vacation, I was more than excited. I'd read about Paris and I’d seen it a lot in movies. Even when William mentioned Paris, I m
Trapped by the cold billionaire Chapter Eighty two
Eliana Brown~•~I stared at William warily. It seemed like he was up to something. As promised, his meeting didn’t take long but the smug look he had on his face as he came out had me really suspicious. “What was the meeting about? Why do you look so happy?”He chuckled. “Wouldn’t you like to know?”“Yes, I would, and I’d appreciate it if you told me about it.”“Why not just see for yourself?”“See what?”“Just wait and see.”Even if Duke entered the car, he didn’t start driving immediately, letting me know that whatever I had to see had to do with the restaurant they just came out from. I stared at William, then at Duke through the rearview mirror, but their faces weren’t giving me any clue as to what I was waiting for.As I waited, I recalled something else. “By the way, what’s in the briefcase?” When they came back, Duke had put the briefcase on the passenger’s seat.At my question, William nodded at Duke and Duke handed the briefcase to me. I was taken aback by its heavy weight
Trapped by the cold billionaire Chapter Eighty one
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
Trapped by the cold billionaire Chapter Eighty
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
Trapped by the cold billionaire Chapter Seventy nine
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.
Trapped by the cold billionaire Chapter Seventy eight
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
Trapped by the cold billionaire Chapter Seventy seven
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
Trapped by the cold billionaire Chapter Seventy six
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
