All Chapters of The billionaire's hired bride: Chapter 1 - Chapter 4

" Ana! "Startled, I looked up at my boss, Xander, and raised an eyebrow questioningly." I called you severally but you didn't hear. Why are you so out of it today? You even look so tired. " Xander said worriedly.I gave him a weak smile, " I'm fine. Just in my thoughts.""Are you sure? It's not about your creditors, right? " He mentioned carefully.My eyes widened slightly, " What? No. No, it's not about them. I'm fine really."Xander shrugged and headed to the kitchen.Sweet Tooth was a bakery shop where I did one of my part-time jobs as a waitress.It was not really big, although they had their busy days, like on weekends.Maybe because of the sweet, savoring smell of pastries and cakes being baked in the kitchen.Or because of the warm, cozy feeling I always got whenever I stepped into the shop.Or probably because of the owner, Xander, the nicest boss I've ever had.I just really loved Sweet Tooth. It felt like home there and my time there was like a breath of fresh air.Xander

I gave the faces around the huge dining table another once over and quickly dipped my head down.They were all judging eyes. Not even one had a friendly look.I knew marrying into an elite family like the Howard's,even though it was a fake marriage, was going to be everything intimidating but I didn't expect everybody in the room looking at me like I had two heads. Even the older women.Especially the older women."So dear, what do you do for a living?" A middle aged woman asked while slicing a piece of meat on her plate. I recognized her as one of Asher's paternal aunts, Loretta.When Asher told me we were going to have dinner with his family two days ago, I started panicking. And when his driver came over to my apartment to take me to the boutique to buy new clothes , per Asher's orders, I almost fainted when I saw the price tag of one of the dresses. If I added the pay I got from all my part time jobs for ten years, they still would not buy the dress. That further gave me more k