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 got off my bed and pulled Clara by the wrist. "Come on, I need to take permission from Stephen." I pulled her out of my room.I shut the door behind me and let go off her wrist so I could fast."Ma'am.." Clara called out but I was so excited, for the first time since today, I felt glad to have Clara by my side. Maybe with her around, it meant I could finally leave the mansion whenever I wanted to, as long as she was going to be following me."Ma'am.." she called out again. I turned around to gaze at her with a raised brow. "Is there a problem?"Clara shook her head in disagreement. "None at all. I just think you should not leave the mansion, I mean there was a reason Stephen hired me to protect you in the first place." She said.I scoffed and shook my head at her in disappointment. "Are you saying you are not sure you can protect me?"Clara shook her head yet again. "Of course not. I am only saying you should listen to your husband, asking you to stay in the mansion is f
Varda's POVStephen yanked me by the wrist and pulled me out of his office, slamming the door behind me."What is wrong with you? Why do you keep talking about Gabriel Fernandez? I already told you he is nothing but a mere reporter!" Stephen snapped at me, letting go off his tight grip on my list.I scoffed. "Then why are you getting me a personal bodyguard?""Assistant." He corrected me. I rolled my eyes and groaned in frustration. "I do not need her, you of all people know I do not." I snapped at him.Stephen ran a hand through his hair. "You do! Moreover, you said you sometimes feel lonely. I got you a woman, you can share your pregnancy thoughts with her or whatever it is you females do." Stephen mumbled in a dry tone.My eyes widened in shock at his nonchalance. "That woman is probably over fifty Stephen!" I whisper-yelled at him, I did not want Clara to listen to our conversation."She is forty five Varda and why does her age have anything to do with all of this?" He snapped at
Varda's POV"Yeah, why do you look so surprised? Do you know him too?" I asked, my brows raised at her.Elisa suddenly chocked out a hysteric laughter. "Me? Surprised? No." She waved it off.Her attitude was even more suspicious, it was clear that Gabriel Fernandez was more than just a reporter or he was probably not even a reporter at all. Maybe someone else, someone that they all feared."Yeah. You seem off. Who is this guy?" I asked her even though deep down inside of me, I knew Elisa was going to lie, just like how Stephen had lied to me.Could I blame her though? She was loyal to him."He is just some reporter like you said." Elisa smiled at me. She paused to clear her throat. "A really popular reporter who is known for snooping into people's private lives, that is why I was shocked to hear his name. I really do not like the idea of you get involved with him." Elisa said."Oh." That was the only thing that managed to slip out of my mouth. Why were they lying? If this guy was some
Varda's POV"Did you just say Gabriel Fernandez?" Stephen rushed towards me, he settled down on the tip of my bed and just like that, it was like all the anger he had been feeling earlier had completely vanished.I nodded my head. "Yeah, I confused his name for Fernando. I suck at remembering last names." I ranted.Stephen gulped a lump down his throat and for a few seconds, it was like I saw a hint of fear written on his face but he immediately masked it with his usual expressionless face."Are you sure? You saw him at the gala?" He asked.I nodded. "Yeah, right after our argument. I stepped out for fresh air and he offered me a bottle of alcohol but do not worry, i refused." I raised my hands in mock surrender because at this point, the last thing I wanted to do was get Stephen annoyed again. Although, why did he look so surprised? Was he not friends with Gabriel Fernandez?"He knew about the pregnancy too?" He asked.I rolled my eyes at him. "Stephen, why are you asking me all thes
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
Varda's POV"What? Me? Why?" I yelled in surprise, I dropped the box carefully on the bed and stared at Francis with my eyes wide open in shock."You are the wife of the CEO? What other reason could I possibly give to you?" Francis asked with a raised brow. Wife of the CEO, he was right. I felt thi
Varda's POVI scoffed at him in disbelief. "Really? Are you kidding me? Why can we not just wait until the baby is actually born? What is with the rush?" I snapped at him. Stephen's face remained poker, expressionless but I could tell he was enjoying all of this, delivering news that benefitted him
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