I MARRIED MY MOTHER’S LOVER AS A STAND-IN BRIDE

"Is this some kind of dream?" Lia asked no one in particular as she staggered backwards holding a chair just in time before she fell."I am perfectly aware of this situation, it's real-life."Even his voice sounded robotic and stoic. She was definitely dreaming, she had to be. That would mean she had misheard when he proposed, she takes her mother's place and get married to him instead."Of course Lia, it's a dream. Wake up now!" She chided herself and pinched herself yelping at the pain. She gasped and hung on to the chair for support as her legs turned to jelly.She wasnt dreaming, it was all real. Her mother was nowhere to be found and her mother's fiancée had just asked her to stand-in for her."Time is of the essence Amelia. I have important matters to attend to so I suggest we get to it." Fernando reminded her, staring at his wristwatch unaware and seemingly unbothered by her state of distress.This can't be happening. Lia shook her head violently, too shocked to scream or cry.

Lia woke up with a start, screaming and coughing. She had been drowning in her dream. Fernando had been standing there, watching her but he made no move to help her. "Finally, you're awake." She heard and sat up quickly moving towards the head of the bed. She had fallen asleep in the wedding gown too tired to change. Fernando was on the couch watching her. How long had he been there watching her? Feeling self-conscious, she pulled the gown closely to her body as memories from last night assailed her senses.>>>>>>>"It's our wedding night, Amelia." Fernando said as he walked towards her. Lia wished the wall would magically grow a door so she could disappear and never show her face again. If wishes were horses…."How should we celebrate it? I have don’t have to go to work tomorrow, since I’m the boss. So technically, I have enough time to spend with you.”“Newly weds do have honeymoon after all.” He added chuckling. Lia shivered and pushed back against the wall willing it to move a

"How long has she been missing for?"Lia gave Jane a look and sighed. "it's been two days. Can you find her?"She was trying not to get upset at this man but he was testing her patience. He had been asking irrelevant questions. Wasn't the job of a Private Investigator to find the person? What did it matter how long the person has been missing for?"Can you find her, Brian? George wouldn't recommend you if he didn't think you could." Jane squeezeed Lia's hand as she spoke, trying to calm her down."I apologize for my earlier behaviour ma'am. I just wanted to be sure you knew what you were doing." At Lia's raised eyebrows, he sighed. "I have had clients who only wanted to use me. Anyway, I apologize.""It's okay. How long do you think it'd take to find her?"Brian adjusted his glasses and looked at her mother's picture sitting on the table. "It shouldn't take long. A month tops.""But I need to find her as soon as possible." Lia sighed and Jane sent Brian an apologetic smile."I'm sure

"I didn't know you were such a child." Lia commented, taking a bite from her ice-cream.Fernando brought them to the park after leaving the restaurant. She still couldn't wrap her head around this side of him. It was quite strange.He got them some sugar doughnuts the minute they walked in and now they were eating ice-cream and having small talk.All through the time he dated her mother, Lia had never spent more than a few seconds alone with him.Not because he was too scary or too boring, she just never saw any reason to. But now, life was presenting her with so many firsts. It was incredible."What's on your mind?" He asked, pulling her out of her thoughts and she took a bite of her ice-cream again."Just thinking about how life is full of unexpected twists and turns." Her ice-cream was melting fast.Fernando noticed and he brought out a saviet. "Here. That's going to leave a mark."Lia watched wordlessly as he used the saviet to wipe her chest where the ice-cream was starting to le

Apparently even walking up the stairs took a lot of work.Lia winced as Fernando pressed the cotton wool on her bruised knee. She could die of embarrassment in that moment and no one would blame her. Who couldn't walk up a couple of steps without tripping and falling on their faces? Since when did that become a chore?Liam was probably having a good laugh at her expense after all he had offered to help her up but she had turned him down stubbornly."It's not so bad. It doesn't hurt so much, right?" Fernando asked and Lia could see he was trying very hard to hold his laughter."It's okay." She sighed, her shoulders sagged. "You can laugh at me because I'm so stupid. I mean who falls on the stairs?"Fernando shook his head as his face turned serious. "A lot of people do, babe it's called an accident.""I'm not.."Fernando shook his head cutting her off. "Don't do that. You tripped and you bruised your knee. Who cares if others don't? I'm just angry that you got hurt not because you wer