Novel & Cerita Hidden Billionaire's Secret Bride

I wanted to know what he had been hiding from me. And perhaps, just perhaps, I wanted to know whether the quiet man I had married was more powerful than I had ever imagined. I stepped into the hallway. The resort was already beginning to come alive. Guests moved through the corridors. Staff hurried around carrying luggage and trays. I adjusted my sunglasses and walked toward the exit. Three million dollars sat inside my account. Adrian had chosen Serena. Again. But I wasn't going to let that ruin my morning. I had money. I had beauty. I had my husband waiting somewhere ahead of me. And perhaps I was about to discover that my husband had something far more valuable than money. A secret. I smi

Half an hour later, I was in the backseat of a black sedan, clutching my bouquet so hard some petals had bent beneath my fingers. The city blurred outside the window. This was really happening. I was really being taken to marry Adrian Lancaster. The Adrian Lancaster. The billionaire heir with the ruthless reputation, the cold face in business magazines, the man Sienna had once called too dangerous to love. The courthouse ceremony passed like a fever dream. Just a private room with a single civil official. My father's voice did most of the talking while my mother just stood one side, staring at her nails like this was none of her concern.

The stranger who was somehow going to make all her pain disappear. And it begins.... Raya Bridges stood in the midst of the large crowd completely frozen with a dinner tray in her hand. She was unsure of what to do or say. What was supposed to be just another day at work had gone very unexpectedly. “My dear, please consider my offer, marry my son Raphael.” Fredrick Renolds said again. “Uhm… Uhm… I… I” Raya stuttered. The whole scenario felt so surreal to her, she could not understand why Fredrick Renolds who happened to be the wealthiest man in West Hartford would want her as his daughter in-law.

“And this has to do with me?” “I want you to marry me.” The café seemed to tilt. She laughed. Loudly. “That’s insane.” He reached into his coat and placed a folded document on the table. A check. Her laughter died. The amount made her dizzy. Half a million dollars. “I’ll cover your mother’s medical bills,” he said. “All of them. Immediately. The rest is yours.” Her hands trembled. “You don’t even know me.” “I don’t need to.” “That’s supposed to convince me?”

She almost gasped when Bruce darted at her without emotions. "I do." He coldly answered. Solene didn't know why she couldn't breathe properly as the man announced that Bruce would kiss his bride. They heard loud applause as Sebastian yelled in excitement. She shut her eyes when Bruce moved closer to her. "I know we both don't want to kiss each other. Just close your eyes," Bruce whispered. She was shocked when she felt his lips land at the corner of her lips. She trembled. "I am pleased to present the newlyweds, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson!"

He stopped as he realized what he’s saying. I hung on to what he wanted to say. “I’m your… what?” I tried to look him straight in the eyes but he immediately avoided it. He can’t look at my eyes directly. “You’re invited here‘ cause you’re my personal assistant, remember?” It was swallowed. Ay! The beauty of being the personal assistant of this billionaire. Are the benefits of a personal assistant this great? Included in this big event, there is a free dress, sandals and necklace from her!

Laura, grateful for my words, smiled weakly while Susie let out a sound of displeasure and stormed off a few steps ahead of us. Sorry babe, I almost called out but held my tongue. I would make it up to her later. "It's just... When we moved to Vegas, all everyone could talk about was the new Mrs Lowell. How she rose from shame to fame. And had nothing before she scored the richest man in Vegas." Laura explained and I smiled. Of course, people thought that about me. No one knew it was a bloody contract that I had been conned into by my very own fiancee. The man whom I was going to marry! He sold me to the Lowells and went on his merry way like some fucking philistine.

I gave him a single nod. "Accepted," Dominic said. "As presented." Sandra made a note. Mara didn't visibly react but I saw her shoulders drop slightly, just a fraction, the way they did when she released tension she had been holding for too long. I had forgotten I knew her body language that well. The remembering was uncomfortable. We signed the preliminary agreement. The wedding was scheduled for four days later. Civil ceremony, no guests, a courthouse on the quieter side of the city. Mara's conditions had included keeping it small and I had no objection to that.

Keeping the cup down, she stares at the news with her eyes wide in shock. Her pictures was there on the front page. The pictures of the shoot that day...their wedding and some others which were taken randomly. She grabs the remote and puts on a news channel , to only get up from her seat and stare at the lady blankly. "The youngest billionaire in town , the only heir of Lockwood industries. Ethan Lockwood ties knots with a sansational beauty." "Mrs Vivian Lockwood. His beautiful wife is none other than the step child of the infamous business tycoon Roman Klein."

"And now, why're you here?" "I saw the announcement in the papers that you got married. I had to come see if it was true if she was free. Then I heard the news about her father the pig and I figured something was going on and you might need these." He threw the folder he'd been holding on the desk, I glanced at it with a nod, and Gage flipped it open. "Jackpot." *** "Where did you get this kid?" I pawed through the stuff on my desk taking quick glances of things as they unfolded. Just that was enough to get my heart pumping, jackpot indeed.