LOGINVarda's husband is murdered on their wedding day, she is forced into a marriage with his billionaire step brother, Stephen. As she scales through the dark secrets of her new husband, she just face the truth about her husband's true intentions. Join Varda in this bumpy ride of lies, deceit, scandals and romance.
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"Yes! I want you! I want more of you!" The sound of the familiar feminine moan caused me to clutch the hem of my shirt tight and bite my lower lip to stop myself from breaking down into tears.
I leaned closer to the door with a hitched breath, my hands reached for the door knob but I struggled to pull it open. Perhaps it was because my hands were shaky or maybe it was because I was afraid to see what was on the inside.
"Oh damn it!" My fiance, Alex moaned in satisfaction. My heart began to race extremely fast as I pondered on what next to do. Even if I did barge in, what was I to say? How was I supposed to confront a man I would be getting married to the next day?
I turned around and shook my head in disagreement, I was not going to confront him. Rather, I was going to pretend like I never even heard them in the first place.
Just as I was about to take a step down the stairs, my ringing tone blared out loud startling me. Alex and Emma had paused whatever they were doing and i could now hear footsteps drawing closer to the door.
I muttered a cuss under my breath, I hastily put my phone on DND and tossed it into my pockets. Just as I was about to rush downstairs, it was too late because the door already flew open wide and Alex was standing by the door, shirtless.
"Hi babe." I forced a smile on my face, pretending like I had not just heard him moaning in satisfaction at my best friend.
"What are you doing here?" Alex snapped at me. I choked out a nervous chuckle before shrugging in response. "I just wanted to hang out with you before our wedding. You know it is going to be quite hectic tomorrow and we will not have time for each other, we will both be busy attending to guests." I said.
Alex scoffed and rolled his eyes at me. "Whatever. As you can see, or as you have heard.." he paused to open the door to his room wide, revealing my supposed best friend, Emma lying naked on Alex's bed.
Our eyes met and Emma hastily covered her face in shame. "Alex, come on! This was supposed to be a secret between the both of us." She whined.
My heart broke. I felt like I had been punched in the guts. I mean I knew it was Emma judging by the sound of her voice but seeing her lying comfortably on my own fiance's bed, it broke my heart into pieces.
I was not even mad at Alex. I mean how could I be?
My relationship with Alex had always been an open relationship, at least so he called it. Alex was a playboy, he loved changing women like they were some kind of item.
The only thing that kept me with Alex was the huge debt that my family owed his family. Alex's grandfather had borrowed my dad a huge amount of money as capital for a business. Long story cut short, dad's business flopped and as the oldest daughter, I was sold to Alexander McCall.
Alex and I only dated for five months and his grandfather's wish was that Alex marries me. I was surprised when his grandfather was able to convince him to get married. I mean Alex was the most famous billionaire playboy in the city.
"Perhaps, would you like to join us? To make it a threesome?" Alex winked at me with a huge grin plastered on his face. I clutched my fist tight and allowed the tears to roll down my cheeks. Emma was supposed to be my bridesmaid for tomorrow's wedding, how could she do this to me?
Without wasting anymore time, I turned to Alex and said. "I will see you tomorrow at the wedding."
With tears in my eyes and a aching heart, I rushed down the stairs and hastily made my way out of the mansion. My heart began to beat rapidly as I boarded a taxi to my home. I could hear my ringing tone blaring out loud but I chose to ignore it because I could already guess who the caller was. It was Emma and i was not ready to hear any stupid excuse from her.
I rubbed my temple in frustration and tried to calm myself down, in less than hour, the taxi driver pulled his cab into my driveway.
I got off the cab and handed the driver a ridiculously high amount of money without caring. All I wanted to do was sleep away my sorrows. Luckily for me, my parents were not home, I was the only one left alone to wallow in my own misery.
I spent the entire day crying my eyes out and trying to reconsider the whole marriage thing with Alexander McCall. I mean it was not like I had a choice, my parents were the one who pushed me into this mess.
The next morning came by so fast. I was woken up by my mother to get prepared for the wedding. Emma, my supposed brides maid had not showed up yet, as a matter of fact, I had a huge feeling that she was not going to show up, the guilt she felt would never let her to.
The preparations were set and just as my father was about to walk me down the aisle, a loud gunshot erupted the air causing a pandemodium to arise.
My heart raced heavily as everyone tried to get themselves to safety, the smoke in the athmosphere blurred my vision and made it difficult for me to run.
All I could hear was shouts and screams of pain accompanied by gunshot noises.
I suddenly felt a tight grip on my wrist. With fear written all over my face, I turned around to gaze at the culprit. It was Alexander dressed handsomely in a tuxedo. I sighed in relief and just as Alexander was about to say something to me, another sound of gunshot cut him halfway his sentence.
The next thing that happened was so fast and the last thing I could remember before succumbing to the darkness was Alexander's body falling flat to the floor, covered in his own pool of blood.
Varda's POVI stepped out of the hall, fortunately for me, I was able to tiptoe to the back of the building where there was no paparazzi, no music, no Stephen, just me.I sat on a small block and allowed the cool air hit me. The feeling of the breeze on my bare skin sent chills down my spine and calmed my spirit. I just wished I could vanish from the earth for a while, at least for enough time to clear my head from all of this.Stephen was being a jerk and I certainly could not keep up with it. It was draining but maybe he was right after all, I should have just stayed at home. For the first time in my life, I actually wished i had just stayed in that stupid mansion, I mean it would be better to be stuck with annoying Fransisca who made it obvious that she hated my presence than Stephen who acted like a light switch, he could be cold sometimes and he could really warm some other times, although these days, he had done nothing but be really cold around me."Do you not think it is a lit
Varda's POVThe rest of the drive was spent in total silence. The driver eventually pulled the car into a stop and I could already hear the sound of slow music echoing from outside, mixed with the chattering noise of people, laughing and talking about anything and everything.Francis turned to gaze at me and then at Stephen. "Are you both ready?"The tone of his voice made me extremely anxious because I had a feeling that if things perhaps did not end up going as well as Francis had planned, then we would be screwed, yes, me and Stephen.I forced a smile on my face and nodded my head in agreement. "As long as he is."Stephen yelled. "Get the door!"The driver rushed out of the car and in less than a minute, the door to the passenger's seat flew open wide.Francis did not even give us a head start, he got off the car and damn, cheering noises echoed, alongside the snapping noise or cameras.Just from inside the car, I could see numerous lights flashing from the camera and it made my he
Varda's POVI was dumbstruck by the sight in front of me. Stephen actually stole my dress and had the guts to rip it into shreds. I felt this instant anger rise in me and I bit my lower lip to stop myself from breaking down into tears because not only was I angry, I was sad too. I felt so unwanted. It was obvious Stephen did not want me to attend the gala with him, that was why he went as far as stealing my dress and ripping it. I felt even more stupid for attacking Fransisca when she was actually innocent, it was true that she had no clue about my dress."Varda." Francis called out my name. His deep voice caused me to snap out of my thoughts and back to reality. I gazed at Francis but not for long, my gaze immediately shifted to Stephen, just by looking at him, I badly wanted to confront, i wanted to know why he was acting so cold towards me.It was unbearable and frustrating because sometimes he could be kind to me and the next, he could be as cold as ice."Varda." Francis called
Varda's POV.Trusting Elisa's idea was not actually a bad idea at all. It turned out that Elisa happened to be seamstress in her younger days so she was able to adjust the dress to my size. It was a white off shoulder fitted dress with pearls on the collar. It looked very neat on me, almost like it had not been worn before. Bonus part was that it came with a purse too, a white purse, although it was nothing compared to my Hermes purse but at least it was something to be grateful for.For the finishing touch, I already had a black pair of heels to fit the dress with, Elisa helped me style my hair and she assisted with my makeup too."My goodness, you look extremely gorgeous." Elisa gazed at me with so much awe written all over her face.She was right, I look extremely stunning. I gazed at myself in the mirror and to be honest, I was dumbstruck by my beauty."And you still have twenty minutes before 7pm." Elisa paused to sigh in relief.I flashed Elisa a grateful smile. "Thank you so mu












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