Mr. Edward's Substitute Bride

"Mrs. Amelia Richard, do you take Edward William to be your lawful wedded husband, to live together in the covenant of marriage? Do you promise to love him, comfort him, honor and keep him, in sickness and in health, and forsaking all others, be faithful to him as long as you both shall live?" The priest’s voice echoed through the chapel, but it felt distant, as though his words were reaching Amelia from a faraway place. His question jolted her back to the present, but the reality she faced was far from the love life she had imagined.Amelia's gaze fell upon Edward, the man who was now meant to be her forever. But as her eyes met his, she was hit with a cold chill. His cold gaze, one that had haunted her since the previous day when he came to pick up from her house, pierced through her. That same coldness that had made her feel so small, so insignificant, when he arrived to pick her up.The only time his demeanor had softened, if it could even be called that, was when he returned dr

It was a sunny day at LaGuardia Airport, one of the biggest airports in New York City. People could be seen walking in and out of the airport with their luggage. Meanwhile, Amelia could also be seen walking out of the airport premises while dragging her luggage, and right beside her was Dave, who was holding her second free hand. "Mummy, is Dad coming to pick us up?" Dave asked Amelia as they were walking out of the airport, but as Amelia was about to reply, she spotted Sarah, who was walking towards her while grinning ear to ear. "And who do we have here?" Sarah asked Amelia as she got closer to her, and with that, she hugged her tightly. "You don't know how much I have missed you," Sarah said to Amelia while hugging her. "You don't know how much I have missed you too, bestie," Amelia said to her while hugging her back. Disengaging from the hug, Sarah's gaze traveled to little Dave, who was standing beside Amelia. Seeing him, the first person that came to her mind was Edward;

Bringing out his phone from his pocket, Edward quickly placed a call to his informant, who had told him about Amelia's return."Hello, sir," the informant's voice sounded through the phone after the call was picked up."Where is she?" Edward asked him immediately."Who, please, is it your wife?" the informant asked Edward, who scoffed in disbelief."And who the hell will I be asking about? Where the fuck is she, goddamnit?" Edward asked the informant with an angry tone."I'm sorry, sir, but I don't know where she is," the informant said to Edward with a low tone."And what exactly do you mean by you don't know where she is?" Edward asked him with a cold and menacing tone."Well, after I sent you her location, something came up, so I had to leave to attend to it. That's why I wasn't able to keep an eye on her until you met up with her. I thought she would be where she was until you arrived," the informant said to Edward, who sighed heavily in order to calm himself."Find her; you have

"It was a twenty-minute ride from the new apartment Amelia had rented back to Sarah's house.Once she got down from the taxi and looked towards the entrance of Sarah's apartment, the first thought that came to her mind was what happened five years ago, precisely on the day she got married to Edward. Up till today, she still can't believe that she made the bold decision to escape from New York City on the very same day she got married, and whenever she remembers this, she can't help but shake her head in disbelief. 'Well, it wasn't a bad decision, though. If I hadn't made that bold decision five years ago, who knows what I would have become today, especially with that cold-hearted Edward?' Amelia thought inwardly as she recalled what she had gone through with Edward before escaping from New York City. She didn't even spend up to forty-eight hours with him, but she can confidently say that she went through hell with him. 'He was really the devil, just as everyone rumoured. I don't eve

"Amelia, is that really you?" Mira asked Amelia as she got closer to her."Yes, of course it's me, or have I changed so much that you are now having difficulties recognising me?" Amelia asked Mira with furrowed brows."No, it's not that; I was just surprised. By the way, where have you been all this while? It's been five years if I'm not mistaken," Mira said to Amelia, who was staring at her with a blank facial expression."Well, what do you care? Normally I'm the one who is supposed to be asking you that question, because the last time we saw each other was the day before your wedding, exactly the same day you ran away, leaving me to get married to the man you didn't want to get married to, and today here you are, standing right next to my ex-boyfriend as if everything had been planned out right from the start. So tell me, where did you go after running away on your wedding day?" Amelia asked Mira with furrowed brows."Well, that's none of your business; at least, unlike you, I didn'