Illusions of Love by Ella Price Page A

Cole. He was dressed in a gray suit with a
blue long sleeve that matched his eyes. He looked rich and important. Looking
at him, I couldn’t believe he was my husband. He smiled at me when he spotted
me. He walked toward me and I hurried over to him.
    “I
missed you,” he said playfully as I hugged him. He smelled as good as he
looked.
    “I
missed you to. You look unbelievably hot, what is the occasion?” I asked
amused.
    “We
actually need to talk about that,” he said sounding a little worried.
    “What’s
wrong?” I asked apprehensively.
    “There
are some things that have happened that required me to disclose our marriage.
Some people are not very happy about the whole thing,” he said softly.
    I
looked at him horrified. “Cole if this gets back to my uncle before I can tell
him then he will hate me! Why didn’t you tell me before you told anyone?”
    “Things
had to be done a certain way because of who I am. If I told you everything then
some might assume I married you for reasons other than that I wanted to,” he
said quickly.
    I
looked at him confused and I was suddenly not so sure of my decision. “What
does that mean?” I asked looking at him. He wasn’t telling me something and I
had a feeling it was something bad.
    “It
means he married you to get what he wanted; which would be fraud,” Cole’s
father said angrily as he came over to us.
    “It
isn’t fraud. She married me because she wanted to and I wanted to marry her,”
Cole countered glaring at him.
    His
father scoffed. “Please Cole, you are my son I know how you work. You didn’t
want to marry her. I highly doubt you even love her.”
    “That
isn’t true,” Cole protested as he balled his hands into fists at his sides.
    “Please
it was for the money and the money alone,” his father growled angrily.
    “Wait,
what money?” I asked glaring at Cole. I had this horrible feeling his father
was right. If there was money than Cole probably would marry me for it. That
was why the wedding was so sudden and so secretive. Cole looked at me, but he
didn’t speak.
    Cole’s
father laughed harshly. “You supposedly marry her for love and she has no idea
what you were planning does she? That certainly does one up me Cole.”
    “Shut
up father! I was going to tell her,” Cole snapped.
    “Tell
me Cole, whatever it is tell me!” I demanded feeling myself get angrier by the
second.
    Cole
sighed. “My grandfather’s will states I have to be married before I can claim
the money. There are no stipulations on the marriage,” he spat at his father
then he looked back at me. “But I swear that had no effect on me wanting to
marry you. I could have married any girl.”
    I
stepped away from him horrified. He had lied about the whole thing. He married
me for money. Maybe our entire relationship was an act, maybe I never really
was anything to him, but a means to get his grandfather’s money. “I can’t
believe this,” I said softy then went to walk past him.
    He
caught me by my hand. “Katelyn I swear this is a coincidence. The money had
nothing to do with our marriage.”
    “And
that is why he goes the very next day and claims his money and my company,” his
father said sounding like he was enjoying himself.
    I
looked at Cole. I was so angry I couldn’t even speak. I yanked my hand out of
his and hurried out of the diner. I barely noticed the cold air. I was so angry
all I could do was think about how he had betrayed me. Uncle Mike was right,
Cole really was no good.

 
    Present Day….
    I
sat back down at my new desk, and stared at the drawer the ring was in. It
seemed impossible to forget about him even after all this time. After that day
in the diner I ran and didn’t look back. I didn’t even go home to my mother. I
needed a change. Cole had promised me we would run away and I believed him.
When his lie came out I decided to run on my own. I bounced around to different
jobs for a little while and attended college until I was old