THE BILLIONAIRE SHE NEVER WANTED
The Billionaire She Never Wanted – Chapter 5&6
(•••His•••Unwilling•••Wife•••)
By; Ruby
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Emily felt like her heart was about to jump out of her chest because of how fast it was beating. She honestly thought she was going to fall to the ground but was saved by Caden.
Caden stared at Emily, his grip around her tightened as an uneasy feeling sprang through his body, he gulped down nothing before letting go of her hurriedly and Emily regained her stance.
“Sorry” she quickly said, rubbing her sweaty palm on her slacks.
“Why are you in front of my door?” Caden asked, his voice cold.
“I… I just noticed you didn’t eat anything when you came back and..” Emily trailed off.
“And what?” He asked impatiently.
“I just wanted to apologize for what I said. If it offended you in any way, you sounded angry” Emily replied.
“I don’t normally eat when I get back and the apology is not accepted” Caden replied flatly and Emily frowned.
What the hell?
“I’m being nice by apologizing, you can’t blame me for thinking like that with your kind of reputation” Emily complained.
“I thought you were here to apologize,” Caden said and Emily sighed.
“I did but you decided to be an àsshole as usual so, good night, even though I am pretty sure you don’t sleep at night” Emily replied.
“You have no idea how true that is” Caden said under his breaths before shutting the door, even though Caden’s voice wasn’t audible, she heard exactly what he said but she shrugged and went to her room.
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{GEORGE’S HOUSE, 8AM}
“I’m here!” Anna yelled as she walked into the living room with a huge smile on her face.
George came down the stairs already dressed for work. “You were supposed to be here yesterday evening,” George replied.
“Oh c’mon, don’t be a sour candy, I was busy” Anna said.
“You’re always busy, I’m late for work, make yourself comfortable” George replied.
“Why are you working for Caden? Just take over your dad’s company like he wants you to instead of working for your friend” Anna blurted.
“We are not having this conversation Anna, you know exactly why I don’t want to work in my father’s company” George retorted.
“Fine, don’t work for your father but you mustn’t work for Caden either” Anna frowned.
“You’re already a successful model, you don’t have to worry about me, focus on your career and don’t bring my father up again” George warned.
“I was just being considerate” Anna pouted when she noticed George was getting angry with her.
“I’m sorry, you know how my relationship with my father is” George apologized.
“I won’t bring it again” Anna promised and George smiled, he kissed her and she returned the kiss hungrily but he pulled away and Anna sighed in disappointment.
“I have to get to work, can’t be late, especially when Caden is always late” George sighed and Anna nodded with a smile. “Bye” he said and left the house.
“Bye” Anna waved as he left and her phone pinged, she brought it out of her bag to see a message from “Hubby”
Hubby: this evening at the usual location by 9pm
Anna: Of course, I can’t wait to see you.
Anna smiled as she sent the reply, she dropped her phone back in her bag before walking into the kitchen.
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{KINGSTON’S MANSION}
Anthony read Anna’s message with a smile on his face, the tug on his lips quickly faded when he saw the incoming message, he was supposed to fund the oil refinery Caden had suggested in the last meeting.
He didn’t want the business to go through because he regretted why he never thought of the idea first but the board members seemed to agree with Caden.
He didn’t become the sole owner of the Kingston company by letting his son make good suggestions before him.
The anger inside him burned all the way outside and he went to his wardrobe to take a stick, he made his way out of his room and went downstairs.
“Beatrice!” He yelled at the top of his voice as he walked down the stairs.
Beatrice, who was in the kitchen, flinched at her husband’s voice. She didn’t know what she had done this time, so she made sure to stay as far as she could away from him so as not to annoy him.
Anthony got downstairs and when he saw Beatrice he marched towards her. “You had only one job and that is to raise Caden right but you couldn’t” he yelled and Beatrice blinked, her heart raced and her palms instantly became sweaty, drops of sweat fell from her forehead and her lips trembled when she saw the stick in his hand.
He is going to beat her again.
“What happened?” Beatrice asked with a shaky voice, unable to come up with the reason why he would want to beat her today.
“You’re seriously asking me what happened? That son of yours happened!” He yelled angrily at her and used the stick to hit her leg hard making Beatrice stumble and fall to the ground.
“I’m sorry” she said, she didn’t even know what she was apologizing for but she just wanted this to end as her eyes pooled with tears.
“You’ll be very sorry by the time I am finished with you” he answered.
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{HALTER’S MEDIA}
Emily sat on a chair and got prepared for the day, Madison appeared on Emily’s desk and Emily sighed.
“What is it Madison?” She asked, clearly irritated.
“Nathan Pierce has been caught frequenting a certain art museum” Madison Informed.
“And…..?” Emily asked, hoping Madison would get to the fuçking point.
“And this is something to write about him, what if he is going there for a lady huh?” Madison smirked.
“Or to look at art since it’s an art museum” Emily interjected.
“We still have to check it out, little things like this is why we haven’t gotten anything on Nathan” Madison replied.
“Alright, let’s go to an art museum,” Emily said with a sigh.
“I would get my coat,” Madison squealed.
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{ART MUSEUM}
“We would wait for him here, he normally comes by 1pm” Madison said as they stood beside a huge painting.
“Can I help you ma’am?” A polite lady said to them, she noticed they were just standing without looking at the art and she wondering if something was wrong.
“No.. thank you” Emily replied politely and the woman nodded before leaving.
“Let’s walk around and look at some art before they think we are thieves,” Emily said to Madison.
“Why would the daughter of the stone family steal?” Madison said.
“Why is the daughter of the stone family in an art museum?” Emily retorted and Madison rolled her eyes.
“To get dirt or anything interesting on Nathan, obviously” Madison replied and they heard distant voices.
After a while, Nathan and Caden came into view and Emily’s eyes widened.
Shît.
She quickly turned away from them, pretending to look at a huge painting and Madison did the same.
“I never knew Nathan was on speaking terms with Caden,” Madison said, also surprised.
“Rich people know other rich people, I’m not shocked” Emily replied.
“Does that mean you know them?” Madison asked.
“Just shut up, now we know Nathan isn’t coming to see some woman, can we leave now?” Emily asked.
“Of course not, we need to know why they are talking, camera has never caught these two talking, not even by mistake, so I want to know what this is about!” Madison said and Emily felt like dying.
She didn’t know if Caden would pretend not to know her because if Madison finds out she is married to Caden then it’s good as the entire New York City knows too.
“They are moving away, let’s go after them” Madison said as Caden and Nathan walked further into the museum.
“I would wait here for you” Emily said and Madison frowned.
“I won’t do all the work for you Emily, you’re coming with me” Madison dragged Emily along and they trailed behind the men slowly.
The men stopped to look at a painting as they converse and so did Emily and Madison.
“This is crazy,” Emily said as she pretended to understand what the hell she was looking at.
“Well… We need the story” Madison replied, doing the same.
“Is something wrong ladies?” They heard Nathan’s voice and they both froze.
Madison turned towards them with a smile.
“Nothing at all” she replied and tugged at Emily who reluctantly turned, she was hoping Caden doesn’t say anything or else she’s doomed.
Caden was very surprised to see Emily, he wondered if she was stalking him and the thought made him smirk.
“You both have been following us for a while” Caden said this time.
“Really? We didn’t notice” Madison chuckled awkwardly and Emily sighed.
“Emily, care to explain?” Caden asked Emily who bit her lower lips were hard.
Fuçk you Caden Kingston.
Nathan and Madison seem to be taken aback by the way Caden referred to Emily.
“You know her?” Nathan asked.
“Yeah… She’s my wife” Caden replied and Emily felt like the ground should open up and swallow her while Madison looked like she just got hit by a truck.
“What?!!” Madison couldn’t stop herself from screaming and when she remembered she was in a museum she quickly palmed her lips.
“Madison is a fan of art and she wanted me to come with her so we are here, sorry if it looked like we were following you both, I had no idea you’d be here” Emily quickly said while Madison was still trying to recover from her shock.
“I actually thought they were journalists,” Nathan said.
“Emily is a journalist, and I am guessing her friend is too,” Caden replied.
‘Damn you Caden!!’ Emily screamed in her head.
“Sorry for the inconvenience, we would leave immediately” Emily smiled and dragged Madison away.
“I didn’t know you got married,” Nathan said to Caden.
“Didn’t know I would get married either” Caden shrugged.
“She is very beautiful,” Nathan complimented.
“Keep your compliments to yourself Pierce” Caden frowned.
“Jealous husband?” Nathan smirked.
“Far from that” Caden rolled his eyes. “Let’s get back to the main topic” Caden added and Nathan nodded.
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“You’ve got to be kidding me” Madison yelled as Emily drove, they were in Emily’s car going back to the company.
“I told you Nathan wasn’t seeing anyone in secret, you just wasted our time” Emily replied.
“Oh please, you know that’s not what I am talking about, you’re married to Caden Kingston or did I not hear that correctly” Madison was stunned. “He referred to you as his wife!!!” She screamed in shock.
“Maybe you didn’t” Emily replied stiffly, she really hoped Madison would simply drop the topic and not talk about it.
“What the f+k do you mean? There wasn’t any news about Caden Kingston getting married and surely not to Emily Stone, so how did it happen? Something so big can’t be covered up except you both were really discreet, I mean he was caught in a hotel with some whore just like a week ago but now he is married to you!!! Make it make sense Ems!! make it make sense!!” Madison rambled and by the time she stopped talking she was breathing heavily.
“Okay… I know you have a lot to say but you can’t tell anyone Madison” Emily tried I reason.
“Why not? The public deserves to know, isn’t that why we are journalists?” Madison frowned.
“This is too private, with time everything would be known by everyone but I beg you to just shut up for a few days or weeks till we announce the wedding” Emily persuaded.
“Are both of you in Love?” Madison asked, disbelief written all over her face.
“What? No, no, no” Emily frowned. “It’s just business, okay… Just business” Emily replied.
“Yeah I thought so, you’re definitely not Caden’s type” Madison said earning herself a glare from Emily.
“What’s that supposed to mean?” Emily asked.
“Caden has only ever been seen with models and potential actresses not nerdy journalists” Madison clarified. “And you’re-“
“If you don’t stop talking, I will push you off my car,” Emily threatened.
“I’m keeping your secret, you should be doing everything to please me not threaten me Ems” Madison rolled her eyes.
“Just don’t tell anyone anything, please…” Emily pleaded. “And stop calling me Ems” she complained.
“I won’t tell anyone because well… You’ve been good to me since Felicia disappeared on me and Ems is a nice nickname, I like it” Madison shrugged and Emily sighed.
She didn’t want to argue with Madison, she has offered to keep her marriage with Caden a secret and that’s enough for Emily.
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{CADEN’S HOUSE~6PM}
Emily parked her car and came down from it. She was literally tired. It was basically hell with Madison at work after they bumped into Caden at the museum.
She has to constantly remind Madison not to spill the beans because she couldn’t trust Madison for shît, the girl might as well be national news herself.
Emily walked into the house and was surprised to see Caden on the couch, he wore casual clothes and his laptop was on his lap.
Definitely working because he didn’t notice Emily when she entered the house.
Emily was freaking mad at him, he couldn’t just take a hint and not run his mouth about them being married to Madison which is currently causing her her sanity.
So she ignored him and walked upstairs to her room, after taking a warm shower and changing into comfortable clothes she walked back downstairs.
She wondered why Caden was home so early though, he normally doesn’t come back till 8pm or 9pm, sometimes 10pm if he felt like it.
“When did you get back?” Caden said when he noticed her presence and Emily paused, his gaze was still on his laptop and she rolled her eyes before walking to the kitchen.
Emily made pasta and she only made it for herself because she didn’t see a need to cook anything for Caden.
Emily finished cooking and dish out a plate for herself but as she turned to leave the kitchen she bumped into Caden and the spaghetti spilled on the floor.
“What is wrong with you?!” She yelled angrily at him.
“It’s not my fault, you spilled it yourself, you even got some on my favorite shirt” Caden frowned.
“I don’t care, you’ve been making quite the effort to be such an à+s today, you know that right?” Emily retorted and proceeded to clean the dirty floor.
“Ohh so you’re mad at me, I thought so, since you blatantly ignored me since you came back” Caden nodded in understanding.
“Go away,” Emily said.
“What did I do? I only want to know so I would do it again” Caden said and Emily glared at him.
She was going to just ignore him and finish what she was doing and go to her room but she didn’t even know when she started complaining.
“We agreed that we won’t tell anyone about this unfortunate marriage till further notice and you just had to blurt it out to my colleague who happens to be a journalist like myself and not just any colleague, Madison for f+k sake!” Emily complained.
“Ohhh… I see” Caden crossed his arms on his chest. “Surprising how you think I care about that” he added with a light chuckle and Emily tried her best not to punch him in the face.
“I knew you were an à+shole” Emily scoffed, she was already done with cleaning the floor.
“I should be the one ashamed of having people know you’re my wife not the other way Emily, you don’t get to hide our marriage like you’re ashamed of me” Caden frowned. “Or is it because of something else, hmmm, do you have a boyfriend Emily?” Caden asked, his gaze pinning Emily who was speechless.
Why was he getting angry that she decided to hide their marriage? Isn’t that what he wanted?
“I don’t have a boyfriend,” Emily responded.
“Then it’s fucking settled, everyone in New York would know Emily Stone is now Emily Kingston” Caden declared and Emily’s eyes widened.
“Abso-f+king-lutely not!” Emily retorted. “We won’t be doing that! I won’t get to go to work peacefully without the paparazzi at my back” she added with a frown.
“You’re a journalist Emily, have you forgotten that? Even you guys are afraid of paparazzi? Interesting” Caden chuckled and walked out of the kitchen.
“Damn you Caden” Emily gritted her teeths.
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{KINGSTON’S MANSION}
Beatrice looked at her bruised arm and back through the mirror in her bedroom, a sad expression clawed her face. A loud sigh escaped her lips.
Anthony isn’t back yet and she knows he won’t be coming back home tonight either.
She was glad he was going to stay the hell away from her but the risk of him getting caught with whosoever he was fuçking drowned her.
She doesn’t want his name to fall to the gutter yet, not now, she just has to wait and endure this for a little while and she would finally be free from Anthony’s clutches.
Beatrice’s phone rang on the bed, Caden was calling and she sighed.
Too bad he had to have a father like Anthony Kingston.
She watched the phone ring and stopped, it would be best if he thought she had fallen asleep.
She picked up the phone and called someone else. “Who is he with now?” She asked over the phone. “I see, interesting” she muttered before hanging up.
TBC….
