Love and Lies (Her Love story)

"Ayla, all Naomi wants is a fake wedding! Her mother has a terminal illness. I can't bear to see her mother leave this world with regret… Can't you understand what I'm going through?"

My eyes opened. I had returned to the night Eric Foreman wanted to have our wedding with Naomi Corbin.

Back in my last life, I had angrily rejected his request. I had been hands-on with our wedding and organized it with great effort. How could I let someone else have it?

However, my rejection had made three of us miserable our entire lives. This time, I decided to back off and give them a perfect ending.

"Alright. She can have our wedding," I agreed calmly.

"This is all fake. It's just a formality… Wait, did you just agree?" Eric kept trying to convince me. He did not expect me to readily agree to it.

I nodded. I lowered my eyes to hide the bitterness in them. "Sure. I'll let her be the bride in our wedding."

Eric immediately looked at me adoringly. He hugged me tight while sounding excited. "I knew it! You're the best, Ayla. I'm going to inform Naomi about this right away!"

Eric hurried off. He did not even notice my face was covered with tears.

I failed to notice the excitement in Eric's eyes in my last life, but not this time. It made me realize that Naomi was not the only one who wanted this ridiculous wedding. I wiped away my tears and called my big brother's number with determination.

"I’m willing to accept the family’s marriage arrangement on one condition. The wedding has to be in three days."

My big brother was astonished.

"Aren't you marrying Eric Foreman in three days? You broke off ties with the family because of him and gave up your status as the precious little princess of mafia royalty. You left on your own for Rimo. Why would you suddenly return to Napleo to accept the marriage alliance now?

I was silent for a while but decided to tell him the reason while choking back a sob. "His bride will now be his childhood crush. We have nothing to do with each other from now onward.

My big brother was furious.

"How dare a lowly commoner like him treat the princess of the Elderons this way! I've said before that commoners are bad news, but you were so in love with him. I should’ve dealt with him long ago!"

After cursing out loud, he tried hard to soften his tone. "Come home, Ayla. I'll do anything you want. Mom, Dad, and I will always have your back!"

His words broke something inside of me, and my tears flowed even more furiously.

I fell in love with Eric while we were studying. Back then, I only had eyes for him. However, my father was firmly against me of marrying that far. I was also the only daughter of the Don of the Elderons, a powerful mafia family.

We fought constantly over this, and I decided to leave my family without looking back. I went to Rimo on my own to be with Eric.

When Eric found out I had fallen out with my family because of him, he embraced me tightly and made me a promise. "I'll make you happy, Ayla. I'll never break your heart! You're the only wife I want!"

However, it took only two short years for him to break his promise and marry someone else.

I lowered my head as I tried my best to hold back the pain in my heart.

"Alright. I'll come home right away. I've already booked the plane tickets to leave Rimo."

The moment I said that, I heard Eric's anxious voice from behind me. "What plane tickets have you booked, Ayla? Are you leaving Rimo?"