Chapter 1

Kehlani’s Pov

My heart lurched forward in my chest and bile rose up in my throat. I fought hard to keep it down, breathing in deeply.

“Wedding jitters, it's just wedding jitters. You can't start having cold feet now, Kelly. You can't. You'll be getting married to the love of your life in a few minutes, you can't throw up on your wedding gown.” I gave myself a little pep talk as I paced around in the small room I was in.

“Where the heck is Natalie anyways? She was supposed to be here with me? I'm so nervous that I can barely think.” I muttered to myself but I really couldn't stay alone any longer. I went towards the door, opening it slightly and peeking out. There was no one in the hall, I tiptoed outside and began looking for Natalie. I checked all the rooms but I couldn't find her. Just as I was about to turn back to the little room that I was in, I heard moans coming from my left. I narrowed my eyes because who the heck was having sex on my wedding day?

I really wanted to leave, but curiosity got the best of me as I walked towards them, opening the doors slightly, however, there was no one there. I tilted my head, “It wasn't here?” I turned back, confused and slightly irritated. The sound was faint now, but it was unmistakable. I followed the noise down the hallway, just a few steps away from where I just entered, my heels clicking softly against the marble floor as I tried to stay as quiet as possible. With each step, the moans grew louder, sending a chill of unease down my spine.

Finally, I stopped outside a slightly ajar door at the far end of the corridor. My heart pounded in my chest as the sounds grew clearer. The voice, no, voices, were familiar. All too familiar.

“Oh my gosh, Finn, faster. Oh my gosh!”

Finn? My Finn?

“N… Natalie… You're… You're so much better than your sister when it comes to… Urgh!”

"This isn't happening." I whispered to myself, shaking my head, "It can't be what I think it is." But the familiar voices drifting from inside told me otherwise. Natalie. And him. My fiancé.

I pushed the door open just enough to peek inside, and what I saw made my entire world come crashing down. There they were, tangled together in a mess of sheets, their bodies moving in sync, completely oblivious to the world outside, or to me. I felt like the air had been sucked out of my lungs. My vision blurred with tears as I stumbled back, covering my mouth to muffle the sob that threatened to escape. My mind screamed at me to close the door and walk away, but my feet were frozen in place, rooted to the spot.

“Kehlani!” Natalie’s voice suddenly broke through my trance as she locked eyes with me. She didn't even try to cover herself with the sheets nor did she move from where she was. Her voice made him turn around as well.

My fiancé, however, just stared at me, wide-eyed and frozen, “Kelahni, I can explain…”

“Explain?” I choked out, my voice trembling with a mix of anger and heartbreak, “What exactly do you plan to explain, huh? That you couldn’t wait for our wedding night? That you had to go behind my back with my sister?” My voice cracked, but I forced the words out.

“Kelahni, please, you're overreacting. You don't believe that your husband can be satisfied with only you, do you? That's such a naive form of thinking.” Natalie replied slowly, her hands snaking around Finn's shoulders.

My breath hitched at Natalie’s words, the audacity dripping from her voice like poison, “Overreacting?” I whispered, my voice low and trembling as tears welled in my eyes, “Naive?” I took a step forward, my fists clenching at my sides.

“You’re my sister, Natalie. My sister. And you…” I turned to Finn, who looked like he wished the floor would swallow him whole, “You’re the man I was about to marry.”

Natalie rolled her eyes, leaning lazily back against the pillows as if this were some casual conversation, “Oh, come on, Kelly. Don’t be so dramatic. You’ve always had this irritating ‘perfect little princess’ act going on. You really think Finn was going to stay loyal to that?”

I stared at Natalie in confusion, shocked by the words that she was spewing out of her mouth. This was a girl I did everything for, a girl that I sacrificed my childhood for. And this is how she was going to repay me?

“Kelly…”

“Don't call me that you fucker! Don't! I laid down everything I had for you, Finn! I never held back when it came to you, even if it was to stab myself and drain my body of blood for you, you knew I would do it so how dare you do this to me? How dare you?!”

“Oh shut up, Kehlani, what have you done that other women haven't done before?” Finn's voice suddenly changed, “I was thinking of saving you face previously and letting you leave quietly so we can settle this after we get married but it seems you're not ready to do that, instead, you're here screaming like a banshee? Do you want others to hear? Don't embarrass yourself any further, Kehlani.”

Finn’s words hit me like a slap across the face. My chest tightened as a storm of emotions churned inside me, anger, betrayal, and a pain so deep it made me feel like I was suffocating. I clenched my fists, my nails digging into my palms as I fought back the tears threatening to spill over again.

“So, that’s it, huh?” I said, my voice low and trembling, “You’re not even sorry. You’re not even trying to pretend this wasn’t deliberate.”

Natalie chuckled softly, as if the situation amused her, “Why should he be sorry? You’ve been delusional, Kelly. Thinking you could keep someone like Finn satisfied. He’s a man, not a puppy you can chain up.”

“Ha… Hahaha. I can finally see you for who you are, Natalie. I can finally see just who the girl I've taken as my sister for so many years is.” I chuckled bitterly, my chest tightening in pain.

“Kehlani, stop being a bitch and go to the altar to wait for me. After we get married, we will talk about this.”

“What? You still expect me to… Are you crazy? Do you have a death wish?!” I yelled at him, my knuckles turning white, “I'll marry you over my dead body!”

“What is happening here?!” My father, Joan, walked in along with my mother, Giselle. Joan had a stern look on his face while my mother instantly glared at me and then walked towards Natalie who pouted and hugged her.

“Didn't you hear me? I asked what was going on here? I could hear your yells from outside, Kehlani, why do you love to embarrass our family so much?”

“I'm the one embarrassing the family? You haven't even heard what happened and you're blaming me already?! I literally caught your daughter and my husband having sex on the day of my wedding and you're blaming me for yelling? Why don't you ask your good daughter how she could sleep with her sister's fiancé on her wedding day?” I screamed, my chest heaving.

The room was silent for a while, my father staring at me with a blank look on his face. Why wasn't he surprised? Any parent would have been surprised to hear what I just said right now.

However, my father merely sighed and said, “Natalie, I told you not to let your sister find out. How could you be so careless?”

“Sorry daddy, I didn't think she'd walk in on us.”

I blinked. Not once, not twice. Did I just hear… Wait… I think my hearing is impaired. Did I just hear what I think I heard?

“Are you saying… This has been going on for a long… And you knew about it?” I trailed off, bile rising in my throat. How could they have known about it without saying anything? How could they have…

“Kehlani, go to the altar and wait for your husband, we will help him freshen up and come to meet you. We will talk about this after your wedding.”

I froze.

Did they… Did they just say I should still get married to the same man whom I caught sleeping with my sister?