"Don't touch my things, stay at least 3 meters away from me ,and most importantly don't touch me," were the cold words that were thrown at Hadley on the night of her wedding. Isn't that ridiculous? Her husband was asking for something so outrageous but Hadley submitted to her fate because the man was not hers to begin with. Hadley Jenkins is a young girl that grew up in the countryside but her simple life turned upside down when her father who doesn't know came to drag her and asked her to be a substitute for her twin sister she didn't also know existed. She had to pretend to be her on her engagement day. Just on that day. It was just a day so she agreed. What if the initial agreement fell through and she had to also get married to her sister's fiance then? Maurice Eliot is a cold billionaire and also the successor of the Elliot group. He is cold and dominant. He had to get married to the heiress of the Gilbert but he couldn't stand women's presence because of the accident he encountered when he was young. The marriage was bound to be a rocky one. What do you think would happen between a substitute bride and a cold CEO that can't stand women? Did you think people are going to find out about Hadley's real identity?
View MoreThe starry night was illuminated by the moon, but Hadley felt gloomy as she looked at it. She was devastated and didn't know what to do.After she left the party while chasing after Maurice, she had this unsettling feeling that something was going wrong, and she didn't even know what that could be.“Are you not coming in, ma'am?" Hadley heard one of the maids ask, and she beamed her a smile telling her that she was fine.“No, I am going to wait for my husband," Hadley replied, asking the maid not to worry about her. Yes, Maurice wasn't home even though they left the party together. He was kind of her to ask her to enter the car but immediately he dropped her off the zoomed off without saying a thing.How was she supposed to explain to him when he wasn't even giving her a chance to do that?“It is all that prick's fault, how could he have hugged me? That demon from hell should be castrated!" Hadley cursed but she stopped herself seeing that she was yelling at that quiet night.“I just
The whole ballroom fell into silence, and Nicholas's gesture raised an eyebrow to everyone in the room, and they were all curious as to what Hadley was going to do. “What are you doing, Mr. Sanders?” Hadley asked through gritted teeth warning the man to behave herself, and she wondered why Maurice was silent on the matter.He wasn't that quiet, so she understood what was going on. Maybe she should be worried after all.“I am asking you to dance, Mrs. Elliot? Did you find it so wrong?” he asked, and she hissed hearing his words.She was sure that he was trying to get Maurice to lose his temper in front of those people, and when Hadley started wanting to lash out at the man, Maurice interrupted her.“You are really funny, Mr. Sanders I almost mistaken you for a comedian instead of a businessman. How could you ask my wife to accompany you?” Maurice asked, and his chilly voice resonated through the room, and the bustling atmosphere dampened.Maurice has that effect, his voice alone was e
Days passed, and Maurice was finally discharged from the hospital but as time passed Hadley kept getting withdrawn because of her father's pressure on her.He kept pressuring her about her sister's health, and making different threats about her so that Hadley couldn't succumb to his threats. She hasn't come up with a plan, and she couldn't inform Maurice who just woke up to help her out.“What are you thinking about?” Maurice asked, and Hadley jolted in fear hearing his words because she didn't know that the man was behind her.“When did you get here?” she asked, trying to get the man's hand off her but the man wasn't letting her go.He could sense that she hadn't herself the past few days, and it might be that his secret fears were finally surfacing.Maybe she wanted to leave him, Maurice thought, but he was planning to hold onto her no matter what.“Did you just get out of the shower? You have to change or you are going to catch a cold!” she reprimanded seeing that Maurice was dripp
The two women sat facing each other in the coffee shop, and the atmosphere was tense so that you could mistake them for an opponent on a battlefield waiting for each other's attack.“Are you still not going to talk?” Carolina asked, looking at Bella with disdain but the girl just smiled hearing her words.Even though she was mad that the lady was talking to her like that she had to swallow her anger, and looked for the best way to make the lady join her hands with her.She has to make sure that justice was served for the person she lost.“I don't think you should be talking like this, Miss, we are both after the same thing,” Bella says with a smile trying her best not to rile the girl up.“Don't you say that Miss, I am sure that you are more desperate than I am, I mean you are even approaching a stranger, that's the height of it. I am sure that you need me more than I need you so start talking,” she urged, and Bella's smile falters hearing that.“I know a way to kick your cousin-in-la
The time stopped as Hadley watched Nicholas let go of Maurice's grip on him and she felt her world stop as she closed her eyes hoping that she was hallucinating.Hadley opened her eyes back still hearing the breathing sound of the man and she knew that it was no joke. Maurice has really fallen."Ahhh! You demon! What have you done?" Hadley yelled rushing to the man and she reached to slap the man's cheek but Nicholas held her hands in midair."What are you doing!" He yelled, looking at Hadley, whose eyes were brimming with tears."Are you crazy you just dropped…what ammi doing…I should go and ask for help!" Hadley bellowed, jerking her hands away from the man and she took her heels trying to go look for help but Maurice's voice behind her stopped her movement."Where are you going?" Maurice asked, and when she turned around thinking that her ears were playing tricks on her she was surprised to find Maurice standing unscathed looking at her."What? You are.." Hadley could not complete
Hadley's face twisted in confusion seeing Maurice standing with a walker as he gazed at the two people in front of him.He walked out of the room claiming to be stuffed and needing fresh air but he never expected the sight he saw in the hallway.Nicholas's expression was blissful when he saw him but Hadley's was surprised and she also looked worried that he could not decipher her intentions.He didn't know why she was looking worried and her surprised expression was beyond him too."Oh, my goodness Maurice! What are you doing outside?" Hadley asked rushing over to Maurice and the man smiled tightly hearing her words."I just have bandages on my head, I am not crippled," Maurice says, touching Hadley's face."I know but you just woke up and recovered, of course, I should make a fuss if I see you doing something that dangerous when you are just recovering," Hadley scolded and Maurice smiled, loving how the woman was worried but Nicholas's voice made his expression turn gloomy. "Hi Maur
Hadley looked at Maurice keenly and she almost laughed out loud but seeing the man's weary eyes were not holding signs of jokes she decided to spell it out. "What? You really meant it?" Hadley asked and Maurice nodded his head. "Yes, I want to have kids with you," he says and Hadley looks at him rather weirdly. "But why now? Why all of a sudden?" Hadley asked, and she watched as the man got drowsy as his eyes were closing back gently on their own and she knew the effect of the anesthesia must not have worn out."It's just that when…I felt my life slipping away from me…I think.." Maurice was saying but he fell asleep without finishing up his words and Hadley panicked thinking it was something else.She rushed to call a doctor and Maurice was attended to and his family also came to the hospital after hearing that he had woke up.After the doctors attended to him they made sure to keep him sedated so he could get enough rest.After some time Maurice woke up and his eyes searched for Ha
Everyone waited outside till the doctor was done, no one moving an inch fearing that whenever the doctor came out they were going to miss him.They watched as the surgery room light went off and they all anticipated the doctor coming out and it was just as they expected some doctors walked out in their surgical scrubs."Good evening," one of them greeted the family but most of them were too overwhelmed to answer his greeting."Goud even…" Maurice's father was about to reply but Maurice's mother and Hadley's mother broke into his words."How is he, doctor?" They both chorused and they shared a pained look before they returned their gaze to the doctors."The surgery…went well. He is okay now and he will be waking up soon," the doctor announced.They all breathed out a sigh of relief after what the doctor said and it was like they were just relieved of a life sentence.Maurice was wheeled out of the surgery room and Hadley's eyes trailed after him and she wanted to follow them."I am sor
The sound of the ambulance siren filled the accident scene and paramedics could be seen taking Maurice's body inside the ambulance. Maurice was rushed to one of the best hospitals in the city with the doctors waiting in line to treat him and immediately he arrived he was wheeled to the surgery room.The news about the accident flew through the country with different news outlets publishing it and the country was in complete mourning even though the man had not been announced dead they all could still be worried.immediately Hadley heard the news of the accident. She was completely disorganized and she ran out of the company without caring about anything but she was lucky that Dave followed her out. She enters the hospital with no sense of direction but she is lucky to have Dave who directs her to the hallway and she is surprised to find Maurice's family already waiting there."Oh, my child!" Maurice's mother called immediately after she saw Hadley and the lady was stiffed since that
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