The Billionaire's Inconvenient Bride

Katherine's POVThe air was particularly gloomy this morning. It rained earlier so the weather still had this mixture of rain soaked sand that feels nice but also smells like it could suffocate you at the same time. There was a nearby church bell ringing somewhere not too far away… it sounded like something terrible had just happened, like it was announcing the dreadful passing away of special people. The town was especially quiet, like everyone felt like any noise they made would be considered an abomination. Everything seemed like it was in black and white. Even the little children could not be heard kicking their balls, making up songs and stories or whatever kept them jolly. Everything was on stand still, especially for Katherine Paul, who laid on her little bed and wished for this day to just pass her by. I thought the worse had come and gone, until days like this reminded me that I would never be the same again, that there was no way that I could be okay. I could hear my lit

Shawn's POVI got out from my beautiful black baby…. And by that I mean my gorgeous Bentley car, to behold the mansion that held so many bittersweet memories. It was truly a sight to behold, majestic in every way. Once upon a time I called this my home and it was for a while when my mother was still alive and the house was filled with boisterous little children and smiling parents. Back then Freddie and Katherine were the only playmates I had and their mum never treated me differently especially because of my father's wealth. She even had a very close relationship with my mum and I knew her death affected her greatly, well at least now they are both in someplace better than this. Now this mansion was nothing more than just bricks and wood to me. It still looked elegant and beautiful, making everything around it seem small and insignificant. The flowers around the building were meticulously trimmed but it looked dull, like it lacked any soul or passion, just like a sad work of art.

Katherine's POV"Hi" I finally managed to say after practically checking him out real bad. Gosh! I thought I had more pride than this! "Is everything okay?" He asked. That was weird. Why was he asking me such questions? It's not like we are best buddies or anything like that. "Yeah, everything is perfect!" I replied. Of course everything was not perfect, but I wasn't about to tell this heart breaker about how miserable I was right now. He wouldn't understand anyways so why should I even bother? There was a look on his face and I was pretty sure it was pity. I probably looked like a sad puppy to him in need of rescue. Like one of the charity cases his family always supports to make sure they were on the good side of the people, to put up appearances, to clear their conscience. Well I was no charity and I was going to make sure that he understood that. I glared at him for no actual reason and I could not even understand why I was getting really angry right now. "Okay, if you say

Katherine's pov"And what did you say to him?" Freddie asked. I gave him a death glare like "what did you expect?" He got the memo and adjusted his shirt trying to act busy… Better. "I basically told him to take his filthy money and go!" I exclaimed, getting annoyed just thinking about the whole scenario. "So you told him to take back his 10 million and go? Just like that?" He asked with disbelief lacing each word. "Yes Freddie, I'm not some piece of art he can just wake up one day and decide to own just because he's wealthy," I stated. "But why you? Why did he choose you?" He asked. "I don't know, I really do not… well maybe it's because we are poor and deep in dept," I told him. "He's not someone like that Katherine and we are not the only poor orphans in town," he said as a matter of fact. However, all I could think at that moment was the glaring truth in his statement. We were officially now orphans, left in this wicked world to fend for ourselves. We had no one, nobody t

Shawn's POVI hated these ridiculous meetings, but they had to be done. We were on the verge of buying a new company and it was taking more time than expected. All through this boring meeting all I could think of was Katherine in my house. I had to travel the same day she accepted to be my wife… at least on paper. I had one of my men send her the contract of the marriage which included a few commitments, the most important being that she had to live with me for at least a year. She signed it the very day she received it and sent it to me, last I heard she had already moved into my house. It was amazing how quickly I got a positive reply after what happened in her house. I had no idea what brought about this change of attitude but I was delighted it came through. Information reached me about the meeting she had with my father, that was even the main reason I called her that fateful day, to warn her, but it seemed I had nothing to be scared about. I checked my rolex wristwatch onc