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Snatched at the Altar: I Changed Grooms Chapter 11
In the end, Brad decided to forge on ahead—not to carry Tricia off, but to find her and tell her to hide.But when he reached the room, he saw me sitting quietly in front of the dressing table.The moment our eyes met, he froze.He recognized me. Years ago, back when we were studying in the city, he'd seen me. I was the girl from the next class over.I had a loud voice, laughter that crinkled the corners of my eyes, and I moved through the world with a gust of purpose behind every step.Someone had pointed me out to Brad and said, "That's the girl from the mountains. I heard that she's as wild as they come."Brad had committed my face to memory, along with my name.But he didn't understand what I was doing in Tricia's room. All he saw was that there was no laughter or wildness on my face now. Instead, there was only a kind of calm he couldn't quite read.It seemed that I was waiting for someone. But with one look, he could tell that the person I was waiting for wasn't going to
Snatched at the Altar: I Changed Grooms Chapter 10
I genuinely hadn't recognized Nicholas.In the three years since, he'd grown gaunt and weathered, a shadow of the rakish elegance he'd once possessed.Just then, Brad looked up and glanced at him.Without uttering a single word, he edged closer to my side. It was an instinctive movement, one that showed his protectiveness."You two…" Nicholas looked at us, his throat parched. "Are you two really together now?"I glanced sideways at Brad. The look was soft, trusting, and utterly natural.Brad smiled when our eyes met, and then he slipped an arm around my shoulders and pulled me close.After that, he looked at Nicholas and said calmly, "Mr. Tanner, allow me to introduce you to my wife, Charlene. We actually crossed paths back during the bride heist, didn't we?"Wife? The word crashed through Nicholas' mind like a thunderclap."How could you take that seriously?" His voice came out rough and dry. "It was a sham, a mix-up. It was dark, and I couldn't see clearly. That's why I carr
Snatched at the Altar: I Changed Grooms Chapter 9
Mrs. Tanner pointed a finger at Nicholas. "Tricia came out of the bride heist with her reputation intact. Not to mention, you two are legally married. And now you're just going to dump her? What will people think of this family?"Nicholas lowered his eyes."...We're actually divorced."Mrs. Tanner was stunned. "What did you just say?""We got divorced two months ago," Nicholas replied, his voice dry and grating. "I couldn't force myself to spend the rest of my life with her."Mrs. Tanner was silent for a long time. Finally, she asked, "Then what do you want to do now?"What did he want to do? He wanted to laugh and to find me.But how could he? With what? He didn't even know if I still hated him, let alone have the chance to use divorce as a way to smoke me out just to see me once.…Three years later, Alan dragged Nicholas to the city's Ethnic Handicrafts Trade Fair."You either hole yourself up in the office, or you're trekking across mountains to that village, waiting for
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Tricia added, "As for Charlene, she's simply not good enough for you. All she does is guard that little patch of land Joseph left behind. She never once thought about how to help you manage your household affairs or how to fit into your social circles."What can she even give you? But I'm different. I know what you want, and I also know how to make Mrs. Tanner happy. I can give you far more than Charlene ever could."Nicholas looked into her eyes, which were nothing like mine.My eyes were bright, like stars over the mountains. They couldn't hide a thing—joy or sorrow, it was all written in them.Tricia's eyes, though, were so soft that they could draw him right in.A question suddenly popped into Nicholas' mind. All those times he'd gone to the village to bring stuff for me—hadn't he been slipping things to Tricia on the side?Later on, Tricia claimed that I'd inherited the family business, leaving her with no choice but to find a job. Hadn't he worried about her frail health an
Snatched at the Altar: I Changed Grooms Chapter 7
"But if you leave now, what about Tricia? You were the one who carried her off tonight. By tomorrow, the entire village will know that she was the one taken during the bride heist. If you don't complete the rituals, where does that leave her reputation?" Tyrone grimly questioned.Nicholas stopped in his tracks and looked back. The torchlight illuminated Tricia's face. She was still standing where he'd left her, watching him from afar with eyes full of unease and trepidation."Just one night," Tyrone said, clapping Nicholas on the shoulder. "And tomorrow morning, you can go wherever you want. You just have to keep up appearances tonight. Otherwise, Tricia won't be able to hold her head up in the village."Nicholas clenched his fists, then slowly released them. He walked back to the bonfire. Tricia came forward and gently tugged at his sleeve."Were you going somewhere?""It's nothing," he replied.Tricia lowered her head and didn't press further.That night, Nicholas sat by the b
Snatched at the Altar: I Changed Grooms Chapter 6
A tightness seized Nicholas' throat, stealing his voice for a moment.A memory struck him, and his brain went white with noise.When Nicholas had passed Brad at the bend, the latter had been carrying me on his back, claiming I was a bride from the neighboring village.My silhouette had felt so familiar to Nicholas."Charlene, she—" His throat seized up, as if something had lodged there. "Why didn't she kick up a fuss?""Kick up a fuss? What for?" Aunt Jenny laughed. "Oh, sweetheart, it's not like a bride heist is a bad thing, so why would she kick up a fuss? Charlene simply went along with it, quiet as ever."We all thought it was strange, too. After all, with her temper, shouldn't she have beaten that guy to a pulp? But no, she just let him carry her away like it was nothing."Nicholas' hand, still gripping the phone, began to tremble.Quiet as anything? Let him carry me away like it was nothing? I didn't shout, curse, or struggle? No—that couldn't be me! The me that he knew w
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