[Kaleah POV] “Good morning welcome to Bistro Bazaar, table for two?” A short, sweet lady welcomes us as we step inside the restaurant. “Yes, please,” Clayton replies, before we are shown to our table. As always for Beckets we get the exclusive table, I don’t complain anymore, Cyan didn’t go to expensive tables since I had always complained about money, when I sold paintings, all my money went to my father’s account, wait, I never even saw the money I got from my paintings, what did that man do with my money? “Are you okay?” “Oh…” Clayton brings me back to reality, but I now feel dazed. I had let my father keep all the money for all my paintings from when I was still a child, mother never saw this money as well, nor did he even use the money on anything as we still lived in a rundown apartment and had trouble paying for mother’s medical fees when she was pregnant. “It is nothing just reminiscing of the past,” I say, not entirely a lie. “Penny for your thoughts?” “It is just s
[Clayton POV] “So, Mr. Huxley what bring you here?” I asked antagonistically, I had allowed him in the house with a heavy heart, I know Kaleah probably wouldn’t want this man here. “Oh... son in law is very antagonistic hey,” he says making me cringe to my last bone, “I just came home from a business trip to find my two daughters not home,” “Wow,” Conan exclaimed, everyone knew the situation between Kaleah and her father, so his absurd excuse made even crazy Conan speechless. “Is that so, I didn’t see you during your wife’s funeral, so I assumed you didn’t really care for my fiancé,” he is embarrassed by my statement, “forgive me for not asking your permission to marry her.” My grandmother glares at me, I know he is a jerk, but I need to butter him up before I crush him, he will feel every pain he put Leah and Zoey through. “Oh… don’t worry Mr. Beckett everything is okay, as long as Kaleah and um… the little one is safe.” He doesn’t even know Zoey’s name this jerk, I want to pl
[Kaleah POV] I cannot understand why that man came back to my life, just a few weeks ago he snorted at my very existence and now he claims to love and care for us. ‘Knock-knock-knock’ “Who is it?” I shout softly, the Becketts must be really tired of my problems by now. “Your fiancé,” “Oh…” wait Clayton visiting my room? Why, “come in,” I say with a low tone. After father left last time, I stormed to my room and locked it. I cried my eyes out the whole night, Cyan took care of Zoey for me. “Hey…” he said softly, walking in. “Hi.” “Are you okay?” wow he came to my room this early to ask if I was, okay? “I am fine Clayton I was just overwhelmed last night that is all. You are getting ready for work?” I ask, he was dressed in his usual formal attire. “Not really, there is an urgent matter you and I have to sort out.” I can feel my mouth dry up, oh what, is he cancelling the marriage? Of course, this is the only way to clear his dirtied reputation. “Oh…” “This might be a bit
[Third person POV] He had thought he had done a good job leaving his dead wife after she gave him yet another girl, a useless girl. After hearing about her death, he thought good riddance another useless woman who can’t give him a single son. When he saw his daughter holding her sister that day, he had snorted at them, yes there was a time he loved her, the time where those paintings were selling like hot cakes and the money were enough to take his precious legal wife, Josephine, out on vacations. “What did she say?” Josephine asked her husband, “how much is for dowry?” He could not help but feel like a failure when he saw videos of her and Clayton Beckett on gossip sites, he had thought the heavens were given him a sign. “She chased me out, but worry not I will get the money,” he watches his wife pouting, they had been running low on money since both do not have a job at the moment. “You need to fix this Oren’s fees are very expensive we need our son to go to the best school. W
[Third person POV] Hailee had been pacing since she saw the news of Clayton getting married, it was unheard of, they said they would marry in a month. “Love I think it is time you give up, she is his wife now and you cannot do anything to her.” her father says, but Hailee’s reaction altogether made him nervous. “Are you insane, the is always divorce okay, ugh…..., I will have to crash that gathering they have tomorrow, then I would deal with her decisively.” Though she was warned enough times, for some reason she still felt like Clayton was still in love with her, thus she didn’t believe his retaliation would be that extreme. [Kaleah POV] Again, I have locked myself in the room after that embarrassing fall, I think I should stay here for a while. It seems to be busy outside since I woke up, it has been noisy. “Unlock this door Leah, we need to get your dress ready,” I hear Cyan outside the door, “open this door or I will talk to insane Conan to knock this door down.” I sigh be
[Third person POV]The next day the Beckett house was in full swing for the wedding being held that day.“Good morning,” Allie Beckett, wife to Clayton’s uncle had arrived first with her husband.“Mother, you made it,” Conan says hugging his parents.“You know we could not miss Clayton’s big day, and since you have not come home since we visited. we wanted to see our son.” Samuel says to his son, who was now nervously rubbing the back of his neck.“When are you getting married?” Conan’s mother asked rendering him into a corpse, Conan Beckett, getting married?“I will go greet the other guest,” he says before bolting, “you will not run away from your responsibility, you will get married.” His mother shouts at him as he runs.Conan continued to help Mrs. Dealers and her workers as the decorate for the wedding, the catering services had already started with making food for the few guests to come to the wedding.Meanwhile the girls and Aaron were getting ready for the wedding in their own
[Clayton POV] I cannot believe this witch is testing me yet again, how dare she do this, but before they could even say a thing Joshua the best lawyer and friend had already nip it in the butt. “Seems no one objects you may continue father,” the priest seems to not want to continue with the wedding, ugh, must be someone Hailee hired. “Listen here fool, if you do not continue with this ceremony this will be the last ceremony you do, I can promise you that.” I warned him. Kaleah’s hands had gotten sweaty with anxiety, and I could feel how she was now second guessing this, ugh, I sure need to clean out those roaches, they seem to not know how devious I could be. “Um… if he doesn’t…...” “Oh, he will officiate the wedding Leah, don’t stress yourself.” I reassure her, glaring at the dumb priest. He sighs before continuing with the ceremony, Kaleah seems to have a lot on her mind, she keeps looking around the guest and not me, it makes me a bit jealous and mad. When the dumb priest f
[Kaleah POV]We had danced the night away with no worry in our bones, his aunt and uncle were the sweetest, and very accepting.For some reason I felt really comfortable around Clayton, like I felt like he was my husband, like this marriage is not a complete sham.“Okay, so ready to leave?” Cyan says, making me confused.“Leave to where?”“Grandmother said you and Clayton get a full honeymoon suite for your first wedding night; thus, you should change and leave.”I widen my eyes in shock, what, Clayton and me, alone in a room all night? Who even thought this was a good idea?“But isn’t it a bit too much? I am sure Clayton doesn’t want me to come along.“Actually, he is waiting for you downstairs, he also ordered to have your stuff moved to his room as you are his precious wife,” Cyan says with so much pride.“But… Cyan, how am I…...”“Don’t worry, I oversaw the lingerie preparations, so you are good for the night.”Whoa, this is going a bit too fast, like we just got married like a fe