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 POV As we slowly began to to walk out of the hospital, I leaned close to Elisa and whispered softly into her ear. “Hey Elisa, I wanted to ask about the journal. Did you end up keeping it into the bag?” I asked. Elisa halted in her steps and turned around to gaze at me with a confused look on her face. “What do you mean? I thought I told you to help me put it in the bag?” She raised a brow at me. I gulped a lump down my throat and rubbed the back of my neck before clearing my throat to speak. “Well about that….” I trailed off. “What about it?” Elisa turned to shoot dagger glares at me. “Varda, do not tell me you forgot to keep the book inside the bag.” She spoke through gritted teeth. I raised my hands in mock surrender. “In my defense, I did not forget to keep the book.”“Then what happened and where the hell is it?” The others had gone a bit ahead of us. Elisa grabbed me by the arm. “Varda please do not tell me you took Stephen's journal.” She whisper-yelled at me. I rol
Varda's POV Elisa continued packing but my eyes could not leave the journal, not for once. I was tempted to touch it and go through it but I knew snooping through it was invasion of privacy and that would be a really terrible thing to do. “Help me put the journal in the bag while I check the bathroom to see if he has any properties in there.” Elisa said and without waiting to hear my response, she stepped into the bathroom. Honestly, leaving me alone with the journal made me even more tempted to go through it. I was this close to picking it up and going through it when an annoying feminine voice rang out loud. “What a pretty journal.”I turned around to gaze at Fransisca with a frown on my face. “What do you want? Elisa and I are going a pretty good job at helping Stephen pack his things.” I snapped at her. “Are you sure? Because Stephen actually called me to the hospital. You remember right?” She cocked her head to the right and smirked proudly. “You must think Stephen actually
Varda's POV Francis McCall and Elisa halted right in front of me. Elisa looked distressed while Francis on the other hand had a disappointed look on his face. “What is going on? How could you two argue in public? What do you expect people to think?” He managed to scold us, even in a low tone. I could not help but scoff at him too. How could that be his biggest worry now? What people would think? Who cared about what people would think? People could think whatever they wanted to be honest. “She accused me first!” Fransisca folded her arms and a small frown grew on her face. “Accused? More like I am trying to point the truth here or how else do you explain your presence?” I raised a brow at her. “Stephen called me here!” Fransisca groaned in frustration. “For goodness sake, why are you finding that hard to believe? Is it some kind of hurt to your pride? Or do you really think you are the only special one in the world?” Fransisca rolled her eyes at me. I shook my head in disbelief.
Varda's POV Once Davis left, I felt this instant loneliness. I was deep in my feelings that I had not realized when tears had began to roll down my cheeks really fast. Throughout the night, all I did was cry my eyes out to the point of crying myself to sleep. The next morning, I was woken up by a gentle tap on my shoulders. I was a light sleeper in spaces where I was not really comfortable so it was easy for me to wake up from the gentle tap on my shoulder.I snapped my eyes open and gazed at one of the nurses who was in charge of treating Stephen. She had a concerned look written all over her face. “Good morning ma'am.” She said. I nodded my head at her gently while trying to flex my muscles. Sleeping on the bare chair caused a lot of pains to my back and legs. I could feel pain oozing from every part of my body. I bit my lower lip. “Is he awake?” I raised a brow at her, she shook her head in disagreement. “No ma'am.” She paused to eye me with deeper concern. “With all due resp
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 ca
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.
Varda's POV"YOU DID NOT JUST DO THAT!" Fransisca yelled at me, her eyes wide open in shock. On a normal day, I would have been surprised by my sudden action but right now, I was barely even thinking. All I could focus on was making sure Fransisca returned my dress back. If Fransisca does not retur
Varda's POVThe dress. It was right there on my bed. How did it disappear all of a sudden? Who took it? My heart began to race extremely fast in fear as I began to pace the room."Varda? Is everything okay? You said you wanted to show me the dress." Elisa said from behind me. I ran a hand through m






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