Married a Secret Billionaire

“It’s getting late. Go to bed.”

The man’s deep, husky voice pulled Cordelia Jenner out of her reverie abruptly. When she looked up and met his deep eyes, there was an emotion that she could not decipher in them.

She clung to the hem of her dress nervously and could not help feeling the pace of her heartbeat picking up.

Since she had entered the room, she had been sitting by the edge of the bed. She had stayed in the position for so long that her back was numb from being so tense and straight. She had not even changed out of her wedding dress.

It was not until the man had taken a shower and exited the bathroom that realization had struck her. She was going to spend the night with this man as a newlywed. However, she had no idea how to interact with him. What was more, she had gotten married as a substitute.

She was the illegitimate daughter of a rich family, so she had married this broke man in place of her elder sister—just to fulfill a marriage pact made by the last generation of the two families and receive a substantial amount of money.

Cordelia knew that her mother would only get treatment and her younger brother would only continue studying with that sum of money. It was how their family would be able to survive.

deep breath and inched toward the bathroom like a frightened

take

The man’s gaze darkened.

not even have anything that resembled a lock. This

as she stood there, hesitating in

her mind, as he suddenly informed her, “I’ll have a smoke outside.

the man’s footsteps

day before the wedding, so broken billboards and snapped trees

long way before getting into an inconspicuous van and spending more

elders had always said that people who got married in weather like this would not end up happy, but Cordelia had long given up on her

out of the bathroom, patting her hair dry. Her husband was not back