Chapter 7
LESLIE
We settled around the dinning table to eat the scrumptious lunch. The long dinning table was filled with all sorts of food, drinks and fruits. It was like a feast.
The sight was beautiful too. I sat beside Caden while his dad sat opposite facing him.
Grandpa and grandma sat opposite each other.
"So, when are we expecting a great grand kid?" Grandpa suddenly asked and I found myself choking on my food.
"I know right? Lauren wouldn't corporate." Caden smirked and I choked even more.
Caden handed me a glass of water and winked at me.
"Grandpa, don't you think it's too early to talk about children? We just got married and we need to enjoy our company together as couple before thinking about a child," I said and feigned a smile.
"Am I not right Caden?" I added and nudged Caden's arm who gave me the "what is it?"look.
He looked to see his dad and grandparents staring at him, as if waiting for an explanation or an answer from him.
"Oh! That's right! We agreed to enjoy our time together first." He feigned a laugh and glared at me.
"It's alright. Enjoy your time but don't take too long. I want to see my great grand kid before I die," Grandma said this time around.
"The food is getting cold, let's eat." I told them so as to end the topic.
After lunch and staying for a while, they prepared to leave.
"Here, this is my gift to the both of you. It's a flight ticket to Paris for your honeymoon. I have already made a reservation for two weeks there but you can decide to stay longer if you want," Caden's dad said and handed two flight tickets to Caden who looked surprised.
"You did not have to do it dad." He smiled at his father.
"Thank you sir." I smiled at him. "Thank you dad, I appreciate." Caden smiled and hugged his father. His father nodded and hugged him back.
CADEN
When they left, the cook, Lauren and I packed the gifts into a spare room. There were a lot and it took some time before we were finally able to take them upstairs.
"We can unwrap them later tonight. Plus the one Ivy brought. Hope that is okay with you?" I told Lauren and she just nodded her head.
She looked tired. I went to the kitchen and poured her a cold glass of water. I went back to the sitting room and handed her the glass of water.
She looked at me softly before taking the water from me. "Thank you," She said in a low voice.
I chuckled softly and nodded my head. She looked very cute and innocent.
PAULINE
"Babe? Babe?" I knocked on Larry's door. I did not tell him I was coming in today as I wanted to surprise him.
I was thankful that I stole him from Leslie as he was a very sweet guy. Except the fact that, he is penurious. Leslie is from a wealthy family and because of that, she spends on Larry instead.
Any expensive thing I pointed out in Larry's things, he kept saying that Leslie bought them for him.
And the time he was dating her and dating me too, he bought me clothes with the money that Leslie would give to him.
He used her a lot. If she had not caught us at the hotel the other day, we would have still continued to deceive her.
"Larry?" I called again for the fifth time and when there was no response, I decided to go in because I remembered his door password.
I brought food for him and I did not want to take it back.
"I would just take them and place them in his fridge." I told myself as I pressed in the password.
Just as I opened the door and was about to go in, Larry suddenly rushed in persipring and shirtless like he was being chased.
He held the door and stood in my way of getting in.
"What are you doing?" He asked me with a heavy breath. I rolled my eyes and glared at him.
"Why weren't you answering? I kept on knocking and calling out your name but you did not answer. I thought maybe you were not home so, I decided to go in and drop the food I brought for you.
I did not know you were home." I explained even though I hated the fact that I was explaining why I was in my boyfriend's house.
"Okay. You can give me the bag and go home. I will call you you," He said hurriedly and tried to take the bag where I kept the food but I refused.
"Why? Why won't you let me in? And look at how sweaty and disorganize you are. Is something the matter or are you hiding anything from me?" I asked all at once.
"I'm a little busy. No, I'm very busy and I'm not hiding anything from you." He laughed nervously and ran his hand through his hair.
Larry tried to carry the bag from me again but I refused.
"Larry? Who is there? You are taking forever to answer the door." I heard a female slutty voice.
What! Larry brought home a girl? He was cheating on me?
Larry tried to push me away but I forced my way into the house. And there, I stood face to face to the bitch.
"Oh! So, this is the reason you did not want me to come in right? The reason why you did not answer the door on time right?" I asked angrily.
I tried to hold the tears that were about to roll down.
"Who is this bitch Larry?" The girl asked, referring to me.
It was as she spoke I took a clearer view of her and I gasped in utterly disbelieve.
"Anna?" I called in shock. She seems to have recognized me because she quickly placed her hand over her mouth in shock.
"Pauline?" She called. Anna is my younger cousin sister.
I remembered showing Larry her pictures in my phone as she was my favourite and closest cousin. And even my closest relative.
"How could you do this to me Larry? My cousin?" The tears I was fighting now came rolling down my cheeks.
Larry did not even look guilty or ashamed instead, there was a smirk on his stupid handsome face.
He walked up to me, pulled me closer to himself and tucked in my hair behind my hair.
"If I could do it to Leslie who is better than you, why do you think I can not do same to you?" He whispered in my ears.
Chapter 8PAULINELarry did not even look guilty or ashamed instead, there was a smirk on his stupid handsome face.He walked up to me, pulled me closer to himself and tucked in my hair behind my hair."If I could do it to Leslie who is better than you, why do you think I can not do same to you?" He whispered in my ears.Cold shivers ran down my spine and I was utterly speechless."You jerk! Asshole! How could you? I did not seduce you to cheat on Leslie! You came to me!" I yelled angrily at Larry who was walking toward the stairs to his room."You are the reason for our breakup. If not for you, I would still be with timid Leslie and enjoying her money. I mean, do you think I'd leave the third wealthiest family daughter just to be with you? Keep on dreaming!" He yelled right back at me."You are shameless Larry and I will ruin you. Don't think you can get away with this. I'm not like Leslie that left without doing anything even when she had the power and money to do something.But I'm
Chapter 9LESLIEJust as he took off my shirt, I pulled abruptly away from the kiss.I was back to my senses yet again like the previous night."Wait! I just got my period!" I didn't know when I yelled those words that were lies and slipped away from under him and left the room. Again.With just my bra on and my shorts, I went to the other room that I could use as mine.My heart was thumping so loud and I was suddenly scared.I just don't want to fall in love with Caden because I know he is not mine and will never be mine.I was afraid of getting pregnant too if I had sex with me. It's actually going to be my first time and I feared that I might get pregnant and that will ruin everything.I'm not supposed to love him or even get pregnant for him. That was not part of the plan.I'm just to pretend to be Lauren and be his wife till Lauren was healed.I don't want any complications in the future.Just when I was lost in thought, there was a knock on the door and it could only be Caden."
Chapter 10LAUREN"Mom, when will I be having the operation and going back home? I missed Caden and I can't wait to go to our home and live with him as his wife." I complained to mom.It's been three days since we arrived here in South Korea and in the hospital but I have not heard anything from the doctor about my surgery.Mom looked very sad and worried, I knew there was something wrong. "You have to talk to me mom, something happened didn't it?" I asked her.I sat on top of the bed and looked at her.Mom held my hand and caressed it gently with unshed tears in her eyes."I'm sorry Lauren but we are not going to be leaving here anytime soon. Your donor's family suddenly changed their mind and refused.I pleaded with them but they refused, they did not even give an explanation as to why they changed their minds at the last minute. We are looking for another donor but it is going to be very difficult." Mom explained. The tears she was trying to hold came running down her cheeks.I w
Chapter 11CADENAfter breakfast, we both decided to go shopping and have some fun. We both got ready and I drove off.We got to the Mall and just when Lauren was about to pick a shoe, a lady touched the same shoe.They both stared at each other. The lady suddenly smiled at Lauren and moved closer to her. Then, she said something that made me surprised."Hey Leslie," The lady said.I thought maybe I didn't hear her correctly but then, the lady repeated it again with a bigger smile."Hi Leslie," The lady said again."Sorry, who are you?" Lauren asked with a confused look on her face. I guess she was just as confused as I am."Why are you behaving this way toward me Leslie? I know what Larry and I did to you was not right but I'm really sorry. I hope we can be friends again." The lady stated calmly."I'm sorry but you've got the wrong person. I'm Lauren, Leslie's twin sister. And you are?" Lauren explained.The lady looked shocked and then, she looked at Lauren as if she did not believe
Chapter 12CADENJust then, my eyes caught something on her food and my eyes widened in sheer horror."Don't eat that! You are allergic to shrimp Lauren!" I yelled at her.I didn't mean to yell at her but I was consumed with fear at that moment. Her allergy to shrimp is high.But she looked up at me, shrugged her shoulders and placed in a shrimp in her mouth.Huh?She was eating shrimp? This is unbelievable.I remember our second date, four months ago.FOUR MONTHS AGO"What would you like to order?" I asked Lauren who was busy on her phone. "Same with yours." She replied without taking her gaze away from her phone.I've tried to start up a conversation with her but I failed. She was too busy typing in her phone and looking all serious. "Are you sure? We might not have the same taste when it comes to food." I tried explaining to her and giving her a reason to raise her head up and look at me."It's fine. I'm not a picky eater though," She said, still not looking away from her phone."
Chapter 13LESLIEI looked around to make sure Caden wasn't anywhere close as I headed to the kitchen. I tip toed quietly like a thief and went back to the dinning room.There, there was a covered set of meal on the table. I turned off the light and settled down to eat quietly in the dark.I ate the food hurriedly as I was very hungry, I was literally starving.Suddenly, the lights were on."What are you doing in the dark?" Caden asked and bursted into laughter after seeing me.I stopped eating and looked up at him in embarrassment. I could not even hide myself anymore but just stared directly at him."I heard some noise coming from the kitchen where I was in the study room and I decided to come down to check what the sound was all about. I didn't know you were down here sneaking in and eating." Caden explained, still laughing."Okay, can you please stop laughing now?" I begged, as I was dying of embarrassment deep down.Caden walked up to me and started laughing again but this time,
Chapter 14LESLIEWe opened the different packages and they were all luxurious items. "Are you still mad at me? You haven't said a word to me since morning." Caden started a conversation as we continued to unwrap the presents.I ignored him and continued unwrapping. He was quiet for a while and did not say anything."Lauren?" He called but I still ignored him.But the next thing he said made me turn to look at him."How about we visit Leslie in Paris?" He asked.I stopped what I was doing and looked at him properly. "Leslie is back in the country. She is not in Paris. I thought I told you that she came back six months ago." I replied. I tried to keep my voice as calm but still stern as possible.My face was in a thin frown too. "Yeah, that's true. I totally forgot. But from what I remember, she was not in our wedding, your mom too. If she is in the country, why didn't she come?" Caden asked. My heart suddenly started thumping loudly against as my chest. I was nervous and I was sta
Chapter 15LESLIEHe looked flustered. His reaction was cute and it made me laugh."I know right?" I laughed."Which university did she study at?" Caden asked."Columbia University." I replied with a grin."I thought that was the university you studied at," Caden said and I bit my lower lip. I shut my eyes tight and covered my mouth with my palm.Shoot! Another stupid mistake."Sorry, my mistake." I opened my eyes and took in a deep breath."I meant, University of Paris." I added."Leslie attended a public university but you attended a private university," Caden said."Well, it was her choice. And besides, I studied in a private university because of how popular and well known our family is. But in Paris, we are not as popular as we are in New York and Leslie likes to keep a low profile.I bet majority of the people in the university did not know about her background." I replied with a smile.And that was the true. I attended a public university because I wanted to. I wanted to live l