Riella.Nの小説

Kaden I came back to meet a sleeping Catherine on the couch. I crouched down and picked her up. She clung to my neck as I took her up to her room.“You’re back,” she said sleepily.“Yeah, I’m back,” I said, patting her head. “Now go back to sleep.”I stood up to leave when she lightly clutched my fingers.“Thank you, Kaden.”I nodded and left.Sunshine streamed through the window as I blinked my eyes open. I padded to the bathroom and went about my business.“Already leaving?” Catherine asked from the staircase.“Yeah. Early meeting.”“Okay, break a leg.”“Catherine,” I called as she turned to walk back up.“Yeah?”“What did Kai say to you the other day?”“How did you know about that?” she asked, stepping down the stairs.“I saw him leave the house on my cameras.”She gasped. “You’ve got cameras in the house?”“Oh, don’t be silly, Catherine. On the driveway. There are cameras there, and I always know who comes and leaves.”“Oh.”“Yeah. Now tell me—what did he say? And hurry up, I’ve

Kaden “Hey, brother,” Kai said, dropping into the chair.Kai’s my half- brother. I was seven when my father remarried. Just a few months later,Kai was born. Turns out my old man had been cheating on my mother.“What do you want, Kai?” I asked, never looking up from my computer.“Can’t I drop by and see how my big bro is doing?” “Well, big bro is busy running the company, Kai. I don’t have time for chit-chat.”“Well then.” He stood and left the office.I called my assistant to make a reservation for two. We needed to make an appearance as a couple If people were going to buy our marriage, though I don’t give a fuck what people thought.I came from old money. My family was solely built on tradition. and my grandfather even my father honored this tradition, and now it was up to me to honor mine. Marry before forty to acquire the whole of the empire, or lose it to my half baked uncles. and I’d rather die than let the latter happen.I’d worked my ass off for this empire, and I wasn

Catherine Lying on my bed that night, my mind kept drifting back to that text. Someone was trying to instill fear in me. And then there was Kaden’s brother—how did he know I was Kaden’s fiancée? That was weird. The threats… all of it didn’t sit right with me.Sleep didn’t come easily.The next morning, I stood in the kitchen making a cup of coffee when Kaden walked in, looking like the god he was.“Good morning, wife.”“Uh… I have a name, Kaden. Use it.”“I’ll call you whatever I want to, wife.”“And I want you to address me by my name,” I shot back.“You are a stubborn woman,” he said.“And yet you want me as a wife.”His lips twitched slightly, almost like a smile, but it faded quickly. He took my coffee, downed the rest of it, and walked away.I flipped through the company files I had taken from my old house, scanning page after page.Numbers. Transfers. Signatures.I leaned back, rubbing my temples. Then I picked up my phone and called Elena.“Hello, Cat.”“Listen, El, can you ch

Catherine“You are about to remarry, Catherine?” My aunt yelled over the phone.“Yes, Aunt, I’m about to remarry. I can’t lose everything. Dean won’t get away with it, he can’t. So just trust me on this.”It took a moment before I heard her voice again.“Alright, Catherine. You better know what you’re doing. I love you, kiddo.”She hung up. My aunt had always been supportive of my choices in life, but it still hurt that Dean had been my first choice.A knock came at the door, and I opened it as the movers made their way in, carrying my stuff to their van.With one final look at my house, I slid into my car and we zoomed off. Kaden had promised to retain the property for me.After I settled into Kaden’s home— or should I say, our home now—I looked around. I knew we were not yet married, but that was part of the contract. I dropped to the couch as tears stung my eyes. I had not expected to be here, but it was what it was. I wiped my face and promised myself that I would never cry over

Catherine “Good, you are finally awake,” I heard someone say.“Why do I feel like I’ve been hit in the head with a hammer?”“That must be all the drinks from last night,” the voice said again.I jerked awake and saw Kaden buttoning his shirt. “What happened?” I asked.He turned to me. “You don’t remember?” He asked, cocking an eyebrow.“ I remembered. I’m trying to ask how I ended up in your bed.”“Good, since you remembered, I need an answer to my proposal.”“That does not answer my question,” I mumbled to myself. Grabbing the bedpost, I stood up on shaking legs. “ I’m not looking forward to another marriage, Mr Mitchell.” I said, looking around for my things.“Don’t you want to get back at your ex husband, Catherine?”I clenched my fists, nails pressing into my palm. “How did you know about that?”“Does it matter?” He prodded toward me, his hands in his pockets. “If I were duped out of my birthright, I would fight back, wouldn’t you, Catherine?” He asked coldly.A flicker of un

CatherineI stood in my living room with the divorce papers in my right hand and my other hand clutching the mail I received saying a transfer of properties. I wiped the tears from my face and looked down at the papers again as I tried to recall what happened the night before.I was drugged, that fucker drugged me because I felt dizzy after taking that drink.My phone pinged, and a message from an unknown sender came through, telling me to go to a place I didn’t recognize.I pulled on my jacket and slid into my car and drove off.“Sorry miss, but you can’t go in without an invite.” The guard said.From the look of it, it was an event estate, the kind used for weddings and private events, gardens wrapping around it.“Get out of my way,” I yelled. But the guards didn’t budge.I stood there stupefied by what I was seeing. Dean’s silhouette came through with a brunette in his arms.I gasped. “Is that Samantha?” In her white wedding dress, she and my husband walked toward me.“Let her in,