My Accidental Billionaire husband

a

e sound of peop

rough the curtains, my brain slow to reboot. The voices were getting louder

thday, dea

to see a small parade entering my room, Delia leading the way with a cupcake on a tray, Dad trailing behind her holding a p

was smooth and artificial, like she'd sprayed it

nyway. Delia got birthdays. Princess themes, balloons, new dresses, and a chorus of relatives pretending they lik

his felt l

d, my voice rough fro

offering. "I made the cupcake myself," she said sweetly, which meant

te frosting and one lonely candle jam

ere doing that thing they always did when he was nerv

. "Okay, seriously

g the correct instincts. She sat down on the edge of the be

he said gently. "That'

. "Should I be bracing for

gled. Dad

now, Katia. And your father and I have somet

g in the frosting. The

traighter.

ut to hand me a tiara. "You've be

't go quiet;

he words. I stared at her, waiting for

ven though I'd he

he Windsor heir. Their family has been interested in an all

ked. "

ok. "We didn't want to ov

You mean when

ch. His family is very private. Very powerful. Thi

ck

as some kin

down because I was the golden ticke

to wrap my head around the casual horror of what s

f things had gone differently, she would've marri

d. "How generous

sed to be really handsome. And rich. Like... rich rich. The Windsors own, like, ev

marrying a ghost with a trust

d. "Don't be dramatic. He's real. And th

aited four years to tell me I was promised to a c

ought we'd wait until the Windsor

"You mean this

aid. "There will be dinner. Formalities. You'll get to

sn't a relationship. It was a

I said, my voice flat. "

unities like this," she sai

iling mother with a cupcake anymore. She was the CEO of this fa

cupcake toppled sideways, the candle smearing fro

air,"

"Katia, don't

think. I'm go

her off gu

. You want me to marry a stranger? Fine. Bu

rgue, but Dad touched her arm.

r expression. In the end, control won.

rning. "Go. Take some time. But don't f

n't a

cking the second

at they didn't know was that I wasn't goin