All Chapters of THE CEO'S DEFIANT BRIDE : Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

CHAPTER TWOWILLIAM'S POVThe echoes of my steps as I walked filled the hallway that leads to my grandfather's study, he had invited me over earlier today asking me to come over, it may seem strange but ever since I took over as CEO, James Carter senior rarely asked for a private meeting, yes we have our grandfather and grandson time whenever I come over for dinner, where we have a chat over his expensive collection of whiskey, but that's mostly business talk and also his secretary gives him his weekly reports and I always send him mails also.A single knock on the thick mahogany door and a gruff come in from inside.I pushed the door open and he was seated across the table on his vintage swivel chair, his shiny silver hair snatching my attention for a minute, although his eyes were bright and gleaming, one cannot miss the wrinkles that had formed on the eyelids and his wrist, but I'm sure he was beaming with energy, at seventy six, he does what most men his age would have given up on

NAYA'S POVI am so angry, I was stood up, I was stood up by that fuvking asshole, does he thinks I want this, to be married to him.I knew today would be eventful because this morning I woke up to many notifications from my Facebook, most of which were my highschool classmates friends request and most of these were people who never said a word to me at all in school, they were now been too sweet and friendly which was nauseating and that's when I knew something was off, I could only confirm when Aliyah called me to tell me that some bloggers announced my engagement with the CEO of Carter incorporated and boy was I shocked, It was just two days ago I heard about this, she sent me the link to the bloggers page and the most viewed blog was about my engagement, but it was the caption that got me.*CEO of Carter incorporated engaged to the heiress of Carrington's winery* who is the heiress?, Me?, My father would rather give out the company to strangers than name me as his heiress, and why

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

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

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