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The Bride Is Not Me

The Bride Is Not Me

เรื่องสั้น · Romance
โดย:  Adrian Kingsleyจบแล้ว
ภาษา: English
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Bittersweet

Bias

Cheating

Winning Back the Wife

Zachary Lawson brought his pregnant secretary to my bridal store for a fitting. They had chosen a white gown. His friends were in the VIP lounge, betting on how long I'd last before I'd lose it. I lasted until the very end, where his secretary had tried out the final gown. I was still there, taking her measurement down to the precise decimal. "I can't believe your wife took your mistress' measurements. Her patience is impressive!" Zachary had sunk into the couch's soft caress, flicking his cigarette. "She's a barren woman who lives on my money. She'll have to get used to the part. I don't need a stepmother to manhandle my son." I pulled the tailor's tape back and showed them the bill. "The measurements are perfect. Two million. That's the deposit." Zachary tossed an asset split agreement over to me. "Sign this. Wendy's mood swings are horrible during pregnancy. She's not staying put unless she gets to be my wife. I'll need you to get a divorce and not take a single cent. Once the baby's here, I'll take you back into the fold." I signed the papers without even a moment's pause. Then, I tore the check into tiny little pieces.

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Chapter 1 Cruel Husband
Zachary Lawson's back stiffened like a board, his eyes trying to burn the torn check to ashes. The smile on his lips curled downward, while his friend, Sam Gray, chuckled from the other couch."That's a cheap trick, Natalie. Zachary's kind enough to give you a gracious retreat, but you just have to hold up your pride when you have none."Zachary stood up, his expression glacial, and the torn check crumpled under his leather shoes. He stood before me like a looming shadow. "You're pushing your luck, Natalie. I paid for every brick in this store. You don't get to be proud when it's my money you're living off of!"I stared into his stormy, furious eyes with stone-cold indifference, the one thing he hated the most. He swiveled around and swung his arm at the custom-made gowns in my shop. "Smash everything!"The four bodyguards charged into the lobby and swung their metal bats into the gigantic crystal showcase standing in the center of the shop. Shards of gleaming crystal and glass fle
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Chapter 2 Leaving
Sheets of paper were spread across the leather sofa. Hospital reports. The one on the top of the pile had Wendy's name on it. Early IUP, that was the diagnosis. A black iPad sat beside the report. Zachary had left that in the shop before.The screen wasn't locked or dimmed. It was playing the same video on loop. The background showed our primary bedroom in the hillside villa. Wendy was wearing my silk pajamas as she rested in Zachary's embrace.She was pointing at the design sketches on the nightstand, her expression cloying. "The bed's too hard, and those papers are annoying. The whole place reeks of her. I want to throw up."Zachary landed a tender kiss on his mistress' hair, and his hand caressed her pregnant belly gently. "We'll burn everything that carries her scent, even the sketches she's so proud of. Of course, that's after she leaves the place with nothing. They'll make for good kindling. "Her only job is to take care of you after the baby's here."His voice was colder t
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Chapter 3 Miscarriage
Zachary wasn't loud, but his voice was imperious. I kept my fingers clenched on the pull handle. "They're my personal belongings. We've signed a contract, Zachary."Zachary sneered. "Getting too much into the broke, divorced wife character that you're stealing sewing supplies?" He tilted his head, and a pair of bodyguards shoved me away unceremoniously.My suitcase was snatched from me and placed on the glass-covered steps. A bodyguard pried open the suitcase's lock with his metal bar, and the zip was yanked down. My top-secret sketch slipped out and scattered everywhere.Rebirth, the half-finished gown that I was going to complete for the international contest in Lutecia, rolled out of the suitcase as well.Its pure-white silk billowed in the air, and the embroidery on the lining gleamed like shimmering lines.A black van came to a stop at the roadside. A group of servants carefully helped Wendy out of the car. She deliberately swayed her hips as she approached Zachary and held h
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Chapter 4 It's Real
I curled up within the field of glass. My bag had fallen out of my hand the moment I lost balance. The pregnancy report that sat between the pages of my passport slid out and fluttered down to Zachary. I had just gotten that report earlier in the morning.I was going to surprise him during our anniversary dinner. I was going to prove that I wasn't barren and that I was carrying his child.Zachary moved his eyes from the blood to that paper, and he picked it up. The moment the results registered in his head, a hint of panic swam in his eyes, and his fingers clenched around the paper, creasing it.Wendy was standing right by his side. The results twisted her face with jealousy. She quickly clutched her belly and screamed. "Zack, my stomach! She must've gotten to me!"Zachary's panic was replaced by a look of venom. He tore the report apart and hurled the pieces into my face. "You'd fake a report just to get my attention."The paper's edge cut my face and left a red mark. He pointed
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Chapter 5 To the Hospital
Something outside was pummeling the shutter, crashing into the metal again and again. The shutter was groaning and moaning as it slowly buckled under the repeated bludgeoning. Minutes later, the lock on the ground was pried open by force.Light barged into the ruins of my shop, blinding everything that was within. Zachary charged right through the entrance, his hands covered in blood.His hair was disheveled. He looked very much unlike his usual self, and his expensive suit was covered in dust. The sight of me lying in a gigantic pool of red drained all the strength out of his legs.The aloof and untouchable prince of Imperia's elite circle fell onto a ground covered in glass shards, his knees hitting the floor.The glass pierced his knees immediately and drew blood, but he did not care. He crawled over to me on all fours. "It's okay, Nat. It's going to be okay. I'll take you to the hospital." His voice was quivering as if he was thrown into the northern wastes with nothing to cove
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Chapter 6 Trying to Leave
The email was a confirmation that they'd approved of my first draft. I was invited to Lutecia for next month's final round of judging. I set the email to be deleted after it was read, and I turned my phone off.Zachary started showing up in my ward more frequently. He'd canceled all his morning meetings and clumsily peeled apples for me. A long strip of peel fell onto the ground, and he presented me with the final product: a fruit filled with small craters.His voice was filled with the unctuousness of someone trying to find his way back into my good graces. "You need fruits. Vitamins. Doctor's orders."I stared at his hand coldly and swatted it away. The apple fell to the ground and gathered dust as it rolled."Practicing caretaking for the real thing, Mr. Lawson?"Zachary's hand froze stiffly in midair, and his face twitched. To my surprise, he didn't fly into a rage. He simply picked up the apple, threw it into the bin, and left the ward.Half an hour later, Wendy took advanta
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Chapter 7 Locked Up
Zachary strode through the throng. He snatched my passport and flight ticket, clutching them tightly as if he didn't want to give me my freedom. Unfortunately for me, he truly didn't. His eyes were bloodshot, and his chest heaved with effort. He looked every bit like a feral beast ready to lunge."I told you, I would take you home once the baby is here. I'll break your legs if you leave Imperia before then!" He shoved me into his car and slammed the gas pedal.We stopped at the hillside villa he owned, and I was pushed into the third floor's main bedroom. The door was locked from the outside, and the communication signal within the estate was cut off. Every single servant was his eyes and ears.He thought of locking me up, of keeping me away from the outside world. He likely wanted time to do its thing, thinking time would heal all wounds.I didn't go on a hunger strike or ram myself against the door. Instead, I sat before the floor-to-ceiling window every day and set up a canvas
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Chapter 8 Fight Back
All lights were on the hall's center stage. Wendy was wearing Rebirth, the stolen gown which Lawson Group's top tailor made overnight.All eyes were on her, as if she were the star of the show. She was on cloud nine, so she couldn't resist grabbing her mic and flaunting, "This dress popped into my head, born from the love Zack and I share. Though trapped in a cocoon at first, it eventually emerged as something beautifu—"Sounds of my heels cut her short. I calmly walked up to the control station and pulled out the audio mixer's main plug. Every sound came to a grinding halt. The background music, Wendy's voice, everything. All eyes were on me now.Zachary's gaze screamed bloodlust, but I ignored him. Instead, I connected my spare phone to the hall's big screen. It showed an original design draft that was stamped by Lutecia's international competition panel of judges.The record stretched to a month ago, and my name was credited as the artist. Then, I told the control station's st
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Chapter 9 Three Years Later
I left chaos in my wake, my blood thrumming with triumph. However, I felt strangely empty and apathetic as I gazed beyond the window, watching the city disappear from view.Their unfortunate ends trickled to me. Apparently, Zachary yanked off his IV drip as soon as he woke up at the hospital. His vengeance was swift and brutal as he tapped into all his connections and shoved Wendy into the shadiest nightclub in Imperia.He made it a point that Wendy would be serving guests in that humiliating dress forever. Still, not even that vindictive satisfaction could soothe the fear that'd taken root in his heart.He drove through the night and charged right into the locked-down ruins of my bridal shop. Although the entrance was cordoned off, he slammed his vehicle jack against the shutter again and again. Eventually, it opened.What lay before his eyes was a ground covered in browned, dried blood. He fell to his knees and dug through the ground of glass. He paid no heed to his injuries, unc
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Chapter 10 Incoming Danger
Although the show was over, the backstage passage was packed with reporters and interested buyers. So, I languidly lounged on my seat before the vanity and asked my assistant to take off my earrings.Just then, I heard a click as someone gently pushed the door open. Zachary staggered into the room. His hands, once flawless and used only to sign titanic deals, were marred by hideous scars. They were trembling and holding two thick stacks of papers.One was a share transfer. He would give me all his company's shares unconditionally. The other was the deed of the bridal shop he'd ruined. Zachary approached me and immediately went down on his knees."Nat…" His voice was raspy, like an old witch's nails scratching a blackboard. "You can have my head if that's what you want."I spun in my chair and watched him like a god would watch a lowly mortal. I smiled, extended my hand, and accepted those valuable papers. Then, I handed them to my assistant."The dog I've left at Lutecia's outskir
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