The Billionaire's Unwanted Bride

Damien's POV

Never in my wildest dream have I ever imagined life to be this sorrowful for me and depressing. I feel like a real loser for once in a while. I have always rejoiced in the delight of being a winner in virtually everything I do, but I take rejection and failure the hard way. I beat myself up for whatever failure I get.

Aidan knows this about me. I was always the guy with the grade A in mid-school but the year Aidan took A, I almost stopped being friends with him. I felt betrayed. I felt he took the position from me on purpose. I felt he did it to spite me. My mother said I was just being childish and I accepted after giving it several thoughts.

Ever since the night of the award, I spend most of my days indoors. I am not ready to give up, I won't relent until I see Aidan down. I am drafting new plans to achieve my goals and my confidence is beginning to set in at this rate, I am just hoping it doesn't turn out bad the way the award saga turned out to be despite my confidence.

Was I overconfident in my plans? I question myself, wondering if that was the result of my failure. Aidan didn't go to the party with Tessa and that is enough to make Tessa's father withdraw from helping Aidan. Was it too late for Mr. Rodrigue to withdraw or did Aidan have an alternative plan?

I still blame my father for what happened and I haven't visited him ever since then. I am still upset with him for making me face such humiliation. If I had known it would turn out this way, I wouldn't have come al the way from California. I am doing all of this for my father but he isn't seeing it.

I am doing it for him because I don't want mother's death to go in vain but it seems father is no longer interested now that Catherina is in the picture. I don't fucking care whether she is his wife or not, I will get vengeance for my mother's death.

"Boss!" Donovan calls me, making me hoist my head sharply. I am sitting on an armchair with my back to the chair and my hands over the edges with my legs apart, staring into space and thinking.

"Yes?" I answer.

"They got married last week, boss", he informs me, standing erect.

I have forgotten I sent him on an errand. I had the news of Aidan's marriage and I am surprised no one knows about it. I am expecting a big glamorous wedding but he did nothing of such and I wonder why. Is he hiding something? Is he trying to protect Anna from me?

I smirk at the thought of having Anna, just like I did with Tessa. Tessa came to see me a week ago but I denied her entrance. I am done with her. I liked her but not anymore.

Besides, I wasn't interested in hearing about how hurt she was and how bad of a person I am for using her. She got what she deserved for being too cheap.

She called me two days ago with a strange number and I picked up the call out of curiosity because I was hoping Aidan would call me but he didn't. She began to rant on the phone and I was about to disconnect the call when she said something about a camera.

Aidan showed her father the camera. I disconnected the call and thought of the reason why he showed Tessa's father the camera.

I remember Esther said something about Aidan not liking Tessa and I figured out he decided to use my gift to his advantage by showing them the camera on purpose so they won't force him to marry her as planned.

Does it mean he is choosing Anna over her? I say inwardly.

"They are already married", my subconscious replies. This answers my question. He has chosen Anna over Tessa already but I haven't figured one thing out.

I haven't figured out why he chose Anna, she isn't his type of girl and I feel there is something fishy in the sudden, quiet wedding.

"Is he in love with her?" I voice out my thoughts.

"With Anna?" Donovan asks me. This is when I realize I was loud enough for him to hear.

Donovan always helps me with whatever help I need but I have never sat him down to ask for his opinion on whatever I want to do and I don't intend to begin that now. I am quite surprised he is commenting on my thoughts.

I feel this is the time that I need Esther the most. I haven't invited her over since the last time, she didn't come with any information either and I feel like seeing her immediately so I can question her and make her say all she knows and all she has been observing about him these past few days since the award night and since he got married.

I grin to myself. Even if Esther is reluctant to release any information about Aidan to me, I will make her spill without any coercion, but just by giving her more money than she can ever imagine I will be giving her.

I grin again in satisfaction, leaning forward with my hands together on my knee.

"Donovan?" I call.

"Yes, boss", he moves forward to hear my instructions.

"I need Esther, go and bring her to me now!" I order firmly.

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THREE MONTHS LATER

Evelyn's POV

This is what I want but I am not getting my desires yet. It's been three months since Anna and Aidan got married and I have a house of my own but I can't even boast to my friends that my daughter is the wife of the youngest richest man in New York and the upcoming billionaire In America.

Aidan doesn't want anyone to know, I never knew it would turn out this way. This is one of the reasons why I insisted on Anna getting married to Aidan. I want to prove a point to all my friends who think less of me, and flaunt their wealth in front of me, just to make me feel bad. But Aidan is stopping me. I know he will throw me out if I do things my way, I have nothing to do now than to succumb to his wish, till I have a better way to approach the whole hidden marriage of a thing.

I miss Anna a lot. I only visited her once after the marriage and she kept crying when I told her I was leaving. This is why I don't visit often like I ought to. I want her to get used to my absence. I want her to be independent. I want her to begin to make decisions on her own, without my interference and influence. But I don't cease to call her every night after work.

We talk endlessly on the phone and also about her studies online. I am glad all my dreams are finally coming true now, with Aidan in our lives. I just hope the smile I always detect in Anna's voice and the happiness radiating all over her the last time we saw is real and not like their fake wedding.

I just wish everything is real and Aidan is proud enough to show my daughter to the world. I feel bad now for everything. I thought everything will work out well as I planned it. But the reality is glaring at me now and I am making a mental note to ask Anna tonight if she is really happy.

What will you do if she isn't? My subconscious asks.

I have nothing to do now but to keep motivating her to make the best out of the marriage, make herself happy, and prepare for the arrival of the baby.

She should be patient and in the next few years, she will be free from the shackles of Aidan and we must have achieved all our goals by then.

When she is free and divorced, she can begin to date again.000----------