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The Bride He Bought Chapter 40
𝘼𝙇𝙀𝙍𝘼I sit up instantly and let out a small scream when I see Dante seating on a chair, staring right at me. I drag the covers over my body. “What’s going on?” My voice comes out smaller than I want it to. "Where is this?" I ask, ignoring the urge to ask how I got in here. "Milan." He says curtly."What is going on?" I ask again, this time trying to appeal to his humanity. He doesn’t answer immediately. He buttons his cuffs. Then, without looking at me, he says, “Tomorrow, we’re getting married.” The words punch the air out of my lungs. “What?” “Tomorrow,” he repeats flatly, “you and I will be husband and wife.” My stomach does a flip. “That wasn’t the plan. You said it would be next month. You said...” “I know what I said,” he cuts in, tone sharp. “Plans change.” I shake my head. “You can’t just...” He finally looks at me then, his eyes are hard and warning me not to push. “You saw what the media did with the leak. The longer this drags, the worse it gets. So, sooner
The Bride He Bought Chapter 39
𝘼𝙇𝙀𝙍𝘼 “Dante, please! what’s going on?” I yank on the handle again, harder this time. The lock doesn’t move. The car is speeding, swallowing street after street. My pulse races so fast, I can almost hear it. He doesn’t look at me. His hands stay on the wheel and his jaw is clenched so tight I’m surprised his teeth hasn't cracked. His hard expression sends chills of fear down my spine. “Talk to me,” I beg, voice breaking. “You’re scaring me.” He remains silent, as if I hadn't just frantically asked him a question. I scramble for my phone, clutching it with shaking fingers, I press the screen. I don’t even know who I’m going to call, my father, the cops. What do I tell them? That my fiance is kidnapping me? Not just any fiance, but Dante. I need to try anyway. Before I can even unlock it, his hand shoots out. He snatches my wrist so tightly I let out a small cry. With that hand, he plucks the phone out of my grip. “Dante...” “Relax. We just need to go somewhere mo
The Bride He Bought Chapter 38
𝘿𝘼𝙉𝙏𝙀 “Mr. Moretti…” Anita’s voice cracks. Her lips tremble and her eyes are glassy with tears that cling stubbornly before spilling down her cheeks. Her whole body is shaking against the restraints. “Save your tears,” I tell her in a flat tone. “You’ll need them later.” She sniffles, then swallows hard, and tries to sit straighter though the effort makes her look even smaller. “It’s been a while, hasn’t it?” I lean closer, watching her face twitch with fear. “How have you been?” “P...please Mr Moretti,” she stammers, voice breaking, “let me go.” I stand, brushing invisible dust from my jacket. “I can’t. You owe me.” A gesture with my hand and one of the men drags a chair over. I sit across from her, elbows on my knees and my eyes steady on hers. “We have a lot of catching up to do, don’t you think?” Her throat bobs as she swallows, eyes darting toward the floor as if it can protect her. “You really thought you could hide from me, didn’t you?” My voice drops an octave l
The Bride He Bought Chapter 37
𝘿𝘼𝙉𝙏𝙀 “Where are you?” I keep my eyes on the street ahead. Admist the moving vehicles, my sights remain on one figure. She's standing by the side walk, her hand on the door of a taxi. “I’m home,” she answers, quick and nervously. My jaw tightens. “You're home." I drawl. She hesitates. “Ye...yes. Why are you asking? Is something wrong?” “Nothing,” I say flatly. “I just wanted to know how you’re doing.” "I...I'm okay." "Alright then. I'll see you later." I say. Before she can reply, I end the call. My grip on the steering wheel is so tight the leather strains under my fingers. My hands ache and pale against the black trim, but I don’t loosen them. I’d gone to her apartment today. I could have called before coming but there was no need to, especially since I would still call her out of her apartment when I got there. I wanted to let her know that our wedding preparations where coming together well and she needed to get herself ready. That I'd controlled things with the m
The Bride He Bought Chapter 36
𝘼𝙇𝙀𝙍𝘼 For a moment, I'm speechless, I can’t even process what he just said. Destroy Dante Moretti. The words echo in my head like a bell, but somehow far away. Oblivious to my state of mind, Kingsley’s voice keeps going, but I can’t latch onto the meaning. His mouth is moving, I'm catching glimpses of smug smiles between sentences, but I'm not registering anything he's saying. My thudding heartbeat is almost drowning him out. My fingers curl tight in my lap. This was supposed to be a job interview. “…and the thing is, people are finally seeing him for what he is,” his voice snaps back into focus, louder now. “It’s all over the damn media. The truth’s out there. No more perfectly planned images or fake happy couple PR stunts. People aren’t buying it anymore, Alera.” He leans back like he’s just dropped a winning hand in a poker game. “You’d be smart to stop pretending you don’t know what I’m talking about.” My brows knit together. “Pretending? I came here for a job int
The Bride He Bought Chapter 35
𝘼𝙇𝙀𝙍𝘼 It’s been really hard sitting around doing absolutely nothing while the world tears you apart behind their screens.Every morning, I wake up to a new headline, a new version of my life I don’t even recognize. Some of them say I’m a social climber. Some say I’m a gold digger who came between him and his ex partner. Others have decided I’m part of some conspiracy, like I orchestrated my own downfall just to bag a billionaire.It’s madness.These people don’t know me. They don’t know my father. They don’t know the nights I cried myself to sleep in a hospital waiting room, praying for a miracle. They don't know the weight of desperation, the kind that makes you sign your name on a contract, agreeing to marry the man you hate. And the worst part of it all?I'm completely alone in all of this.I can't talk to anyone. Not to Marisol, even though she's trying to be kind. What would I even say to her? That everything is all a contract and I'm going crazy? That my name is trending
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