When Eden discovers that her cruel father had decided to sell her off to a rich old billionaire for the benefit of his business, she decides to resort to desperate measures to get out of the nightmare marriage. Eden and her friends, Grace, Natalia, and Sophia, all hormonal and wild, come up with a plan to kidnap a young rich man and convince him to pay Eden's father enough money to change his mind and let her marry him. This, obviously being a deliriously stupid plan, goes wrong when they kidnap two brothers, Bennett and Theo, heirs of the biggest diamond industry in the country. The four of them fall into a swirling loop of desire, betrayals, heart-break and sex - can true love emerge from this mess? How long will it be before Bennett falls for the bully that is his kidnapper, Eden?
Lihat lebih banyak“You have GOT to be out of your goddamn mind,” Eden rumbled at her father, tears filling up her eyes. She felt like her whole world was crumbling down.
“Keep talking like that and see what happens to your credit cards,” replied her father, Alfred Brown, a tall, sturdy man with no trace of emotion on his face. “You will do as I say, or so help me God, I will do everything in my power to make sure you end up on the streets.”
The words coming out of her father’s mouth cut through her like a piercing knife.
“Let me get this straight, you want me to marry your creepy old friend? For what? For your own personal gain? What am I, a rag doll to be thrown around between twisted men? I just turned eighteen yesterday for God’s sake,” said Eden with her voice breaking at the last sentence.
“You had a life of extravagance and luxury because of me, I saved you from that sick drunk wrench you called your mother. You owe me your darn life if it comes to it. This is the least you can do to pay off your debt,” he said with a hint of anger in his voice and walked out of her room.
Eden’s life turned upside down when her father told her she had to marry a billionaire businessman Carter Schmidt. She had heard about him and she knew he was close to being fifty years old. A teenage girl with millions of dreams about finding her prince charming, suddenly told that she will be forced to marry a stranger, it did not sit right with her. Rebellion runs in teenage blood and it was exactly what she planned to do.
She calls up her closest friends Natalia, Sophia, and Grace for a sleepover to get their help. On hearing the disturbing news from their friend, they rushed over to her place to comfort her.
Grace Rodriguez, daughter of one of the richest tech giants in the country, is feisty and bold, with a body that surpassed all the beauty standards for women. Natalia Austen, a pretty and sweet naive girl, not very bright, is also the daughter of one of the richest men in the city, an entrepreneur with his own line of fashion clothing. Sophia Huang is an edgy and smart girl with not much interest in looking fabulous at all times like her friends. She is the daughter of the owner of an accounting firm that manages most of the millionaire’s accounts in the country.
Lastly Eden Brown is a stunning young woman with a personality so dynamic that can easily lure anyone into falling in love with her. Charming, beautiful, funny, classy, and with just a hint of mysteriousness, just enough to draw a man in easily, Eden knows what she is worth. The only problem is that unlimited resources and extreme wealth made her lazy and she never aspired to become anything more than an entitled and spoiled child growing up. She was always dependent on her father’s money, which was enough to bear her’s and the next few generation’s expenses. It never occurred to her to go to college, nor did her father encourage her for it. She always imagined that she would spend her life looking pretty, going to parties, and shopping with her girlfriends, a basic cliche any young daughter of a billionaire would set for herself.
When the girls got together to discuss this problem, the first thing they did, like any average person would, was G****e Carter Schmidt to assess his physical appearance. Apparently, he hid his face from the media for as long as he was in the Industry.
“Damn he must be one ugly dude to become a billionaire and stay hidden forever,” Sophia commented.
The only image of him that they found was an old black and white newspaper photograph from 20 years ago, when he made a name for himself in the metal industry. He had white hair and looked very feeble with slouched shoulders. There was no telling how he looked now, the girls assumed he looked like what any 45-year-old man would look like: old. For a second she considered the worst-case scenario, getting married to him. The thought of being with this man and sharing a bed with him made shivers run down Eden’s back. Being homeless seemed a better option at that moment. But she had something else running through her mind, a way out of this situation, one where she gets to be rich and not marry Carter. No, not getting an actual job and leaving her father’s home, something more sinister than that.
Eden and the rest pulled an all-nighter and came up with a scheme.
“So um, correct me if I’m wrong, you mean to ‘kidnap’ a rich young man and force him into marrying you?” asked Sophia.
“That is correct, miss,” Eden replied.
“Oh right. And, once more, walk me through the process of how you’re going to do it,” said Sophia, listening very attentively to the answers.
“We go to that party on Saturday where most rich people are gonna be, we find a suitable young, rich man, we drug him and bring him to my Dad’s penthouse on the east coast.”
“Understandable. And you mean to carry them yourself?”
“God, Sophia do you ever listen? You know Grace and I got personal bodyguards who will help us carry out the whole operation, it's simple.”
“Okay got it. I just want to go on the record here and say that when all you go to jail, I will have nothing to do with this absolutely dogshit scheme of yours and I never heard about it,” Sophia said with a genuine concern that they will get caught and be reprimanded.
Natalia spoke up, “Oh my God, Sophia can you be fun ONCE? In your entire life, once, just once. That’s literally all I wanna do.”
Grace chimed in, “She’s right and if you have a better idea, we’re all ears Madam Brilliant.”
“Um, get a college degree, a job and move out?”
“I mean yeah but then that’s going to take time and also I don’t know how long it’ll take me to get rich again soooo..” said Eden.
Sophia was defeated at this point. “Fine, I’ll help but I swear to God if we get caught I’m snitching on all of you.”
Eden let out a monstrous scream as Bennett held her hand. He could feel her nails digging into his skin but he knew he couldn't let go. "PUSH!" the doctor screamed at Eden. "PUSH! IT'S ALMOST OUT! PUSH HARDER!" Eden let out one last loud scream before it was over and she could finally take a breath. Her grip loosened on Bennett's hand and she fell limp on the bed. She heard the sound of crying and suddenly all her energy was back. Three years after their wedding, Bennett and Eden's daughter was born. The baby was wrapped into a clean towel and handed to Eden. There was still some blood on her body but Eden wanted to hold her before the nurses took her for a bath. "Emily," Eden whispered. "Her name is Emily." Bennett leaned in next to Eden with his eyes full of tears. He looked at his little baby girl like he had never seen something so delicate and precious. Eden's heart raced faster than ever when she saw Bennett pick Emily up in his arms. When she saw his tears and the smile
Three years later: Grace woke up and noticed something weighing down on her stomach. She turned her head around to see Theo sleeping peacefully next to her. The droof falling from his mouth and onto the pillow made her smile. She quietly reached for her phone on the nightstand and clicked a picture of him before kissing his forehead. She was up 10 minutes before her alarm went off so she turned it off and walked to the bathroom to get fresh, hoping Theo would get a few minutes more to sleep. When Grace walked out of the bathroom she saw Theo sitting up on the bed with his phone in his hands and his eyes wide open with shock. "Woah, that drooling picture isn't that good," said Grace. Theo didn't look away from the phone and kept staring at it. Grace got concerned and asked, "What's wrong?" "Nothing's wrong. I'm going to be an uncle," said Theo, his voice monotonous. "Wait. Wait. Wait. What are you talking about?" Grace walked over to him and sat next to him on the bed. "Theo." "E
Theo's PoV Theo looked at Eden and Bennett suspiciously as he stared at the ticket they handed him. "This doesn't make sense. You want me to come to your honeymoon?" "Yeah, of course. It's so much more fun when you're there too," said Eden. "I mean, yeah sure, I'll go. But are you sure you're okay with this?" Theo asked. "Theo, it's not like we're asking you to stay in the same hotel suite as us too," Bennett reasoned. "Alright. I could use a vacation after the last few days happened," said Theo and put the ticket in his pocket. "But promise me you're not going to make me feel like a third-wheel?" "Yes, yes we promise. Also, your ticket was a last minute idea so we couldn't get it in the same flight as us, but the landing time is only two hours apart so we'll see you there when we land," said Eden. "I know we're all thinking it but I'm gonna say it, this is all sounding very suspicious and weird but I've heard some good things about the nightclubs in Paris so I'm not going to co
Grace didn't regret her decision of sleeping with Theo, and after all he said to her she didn't think that it didn't mean anything to him. She just felt embarrassed that even after trying to show Theo her resolve, it only took one kiss for her to give in. "I didn't think you'd want to avoid me after what happened this morning," said Theo. He came closer to Grace and whispered in her ear, "I want you more than ever now." A chill ran down Grace's spine. She stopped herself from shuddering and looked away, trying to ignore the feeling. She didn't want Theo to think that she would fall for him again so easily, he needed to know that she can't forgive him this fast after everything that happened. "Yes, I guess too much stress can make people do or say certain things they wouldn't do under normal circumstances," Grace replied with a cold voice. Theo seemed to have taken offense to that. He shifted away from Grace and looked out the window, not saying a single word to her again througho
Grace's PoV: "The bride and groom may kiss now," the pastor announced and Bennett and Eden kissed each other. Grace watched them with tears in her eyes, she felt so happy that her best friend was finally happy. Of course she felt guilty for being late for bringing the dress. She remembered why she was late and quickly pushed the thought out of her mind. She looked over to the groom's side at the altar and saw his best man, Theo, standing next to him and smiling at Grace. She quickly averted her gaze and started clapping for Bennett and Eden. Everyone left the chapel to attend the reception ceremony at a different venue. Eden had forgotten her phone and asked Grace to bring it to the reception. When she walked out all the cars were filled up with only one left, but someone was already inside it. Grace thought she had already had a rough day, that person can squeeze one more passenger in the car. Grace opened the door and stepped inside the car, closing the door behind her. "I'm so
Eden paced around the room while her make up artist tried to get her to settle down. Grace was still not done with the dress and Eden was considering getting a readymade dress. It was an hour before Eden had to walk down the aisle with Buddy. He had offered to walk with her since there was no other father figure present. Eden picked up her phone and dialed Grace and it went straight to voicemail. She sat back down on her chair hyperventilating when she suddenly heard the door burst open. It was Grace standing with a dress bag and heavily breathing like she was just running. "Oh my God, Eden I'm so sorry. Something happened and I-" "It's fine, it's all fine. Thank God you're finally here, I was just about to go and buy a last minute resort," Eden said as she stood up and walked quickly towards Grace. "Can I see it now?" "No, close your eyes. We'll put it on you and then you get to see it," Grace smiled with excitement. "That wouldn't be very convenient but okay," said Eden. "Let's
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