Marriage For Revenge, Bound by Desire.

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,

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

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 Beep, beep. My eyes slowly opened. Someone was clutching my hands.“Catherine, can you hear me?” a voice said.I had come to know that particular voice.“Kaden,” I said weakly.“Yeah, it’s me. Are you okay?”“Where am I, Kaden?”“At the hospital. You passed out, Catherine.”“Oh.” I opened my eyes fully. It was after that drink the waitress gave me.“Don’t talk anymore,” Kaden said. “Take a rest. We will talk about this at home, okay?”I nodded.The next hour passed in a blur, with Elena and my aunt fussing over me. Kaden had gone to the office to sort out some things.I spent a day at the hospital before I was discharged. The doctor said I should get a lot of rest. Kaden had been patient all the way.Back in my room, Kaden sat next to me.“Tell me exactly what happened, Catherine.”“Uhm… I had just greeted some people when this waitress gave me a drink. I took it, and moments later I felt a sharp pain in my chest.”Kaden made a thoughtful sound, scratching his stubble.“You

KadenSitting in my office chair, I wondered what to do about Catherine. If she keeps being hot-headed, she’s going to ruin everything.If the texts came from a burner phone, it’s going to take a while to figure out who’s behind this. Not to think about whoever is embezzling my company funds.I slammed the desk and stood up, looking out the window. My phone beeped, bringing me out of my head.Wife: Are you busy? If you’re not, can we talk?I contemplated answering her. I’m still angry she went behind my back like that.Me: I’m busy.Wife: Your assistant said your schedule is not that busy today. Please, this is important. I’m standing outside your office.I grunted. I’m going to fire that assistant of mine.“Come in,” I said.Catherine walked in looking more beautiful than ever. There’s something about the way she carries herself that makes her stand out.“Kaden,” she said, sitting down on the couch in my office. “This is important. Come sit with me.”I walked over to her and sat down