SUBSTITUTE BRIDE: My Cold Billionaire Husband.

Aria p.o.vI wasn't ready for the drastic change, but life was and didn't give a second thought when turning my life a 360 degree turn.I was in my dorm room, reviewing the project I have to submit in a week time. When I received a phone call from my mother, her voice trembling with a mix of panic and urgency. "Aria, dear, you need to come home immediately," she said, without even a hello.I went into panic mode, my mom is a joyful soul and there are few these that could make her to panic. I felt a shiver run down my spine at the possibility of what could be wrong.Is Dad sick? "What's happened, Mom?" I asked, trying to keep my voice steady."It's Sophia," she replied, her voice cracking. I frowned confused."What about her." Sophia is my elder sister, we are quite close to each other. She's easily my best friend since I could talk. "She's gone."I felt like I'd been punched in the gut. Sophia, was supposed to get married tomorrow to Vaughn Slade, a wealthy and influential busines

Aria p.o.v“Oh honey, who is he?” Was mom that asked, I haven’t told her that I have a boyfriend. Was planning to tell her after Sophia’s wedding.“Liam, Liam Edward.” Dad beat me to it replying to mom’s question. “I know about your little cheating boyfriend.” Dad smirking thinking his words would get to me.Liam wouldn’t cheat on me, he’s loved me too much to do some. But dad won’t agree as he’s too desperate for me to marry someone else.“And oh, I know he’s Vaughn’s nephew, so you have to end what it is that is going on between you two.” Dad said with a smug look.Yes, Liam is Vaughn nephew, but we’ve already started dating before the marriage proposal arose for Sophia and Vaughn a week ago. I’m definitely not going to breakup with my boyfriend, just to get married to his uncle.How would that make me look to the world.“I won’t do it. I’m going to talk to Liam now.” I yelled at my dad’s retreating back.I stormed out of the house, ignoring mom’s pleas for me to calm down. She shou

Aria p.o.vI arrived at home, I wasn’t too stunned by the scene before. It wasn’t unusual to see cars in front of our house, as dad sometimes have his business partners over. But I was stunned by the giant men in all black suit standing in front of our house, guiding the front door with an equally intimidating black glasses on. Hand behind their backs and staring straight ahead.As I stepped out of my car, the giant men in black suits turned to face me, their expressions unreadable behind their sunglasses. I felt a shiver run down my spine as they scrutinized me, their gazes lingering on me for a moment before they nodded curtly and returned to their posts.I took a deep breath and made my way towards the front door, my heart pounding in my chest. What was going on? Why were they guarding our house? Is he trying to imprison us in our own home?As I entered the house, I was immediately struck by the tense atmosphere. My parents were seated in the living room, their faces pale and wor

Aria's p.o.vI felt invisible as I stood beside Vaughn Slade, who was unbelievably my husband. I received several handshakes and irrelevant jokes from business tycoons I had only seen on the news and my wedding felt surreal. I began to feel as though I didn’t belong there and one of the influential women I met, Charlotte Gaspar, made it worse as she approached me with a disgusted look.Charlotte is the founder of a large designer brand worldwide, SPRUCE. I heard she and Vaughn had been dating unofficially for nine years. She had a cold demeanor as she approached. It seemed as though she was walking toward me but she stopped a few steps before she got close enough. She gazed at me and turned to Vaughn.“Vaughn baby, congratulations my love.” She wore a wide smile on her face and gave him a warm embrace with her hands hanging around his neck. “You look as edible as always.” She held a wine in her hand that kept swinging as though it was going to spill from the glass because she wasn’t h

Aria’s P.o.v With the loud partying, I knew my wedding night would end nowhere near normal. I wasn’t sure I wanted to have sex with Vaughn anyway, but maybe I wanted to prove myself because of what Charlotte Gaspar had said earlier on at the wedding. Speaking of which, I realized I had not seen Vaughn for a while. I scanned around but I couldn’t find him. I didn’t know where he went or saw him when he left. I raised my neck as I tried to see above my 5’5-inch height which was helped by the 2-inches heels I wore. I didn’t think it made any difference because everyone felt taller than me and I still couldn’t see him anywhere.“He went to his room already. You should go up and join him. You’re done here for tonight.” Mrs Slade snuck up on me from behind and I could feel her cringe and excitement as she spoke. Several things went through my mind and I felt goosebumps all over my body as I heard those words hop out of her mouth. This was not going to be the best experience of my life, I