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The Last Minute Bride 13 - Aurora
13 - Aurora“We don’t have anything to talk about besides work. All you do is work, so I just work more to fill the time that you are gone. At some point in our time together I thought you would have made me, us, a priority. But clearly greedily climbing your way to the top is your only priority.” He says finally looking me in the eye. All I see is animosity there. “You do not give me the time and attention that I deserve. You should be willing to put your little work hobby aside to focus on your relationship with me and what I need. Instead you are late to dinner because of meetings and have to leave in the middle of the night for ‘trips.’” He air quotes.“Excuse you.” I say hissing low, trying to not make a scene. “You work every bit as much as I do because your father requires it of you, not because of your work ethic. It’s the only way you’ll get back in his good graces after you were let go from the marketing firm. Don’t blame that on me. Does he know that I supported your f
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-04-01The Last Minute Bride 14 - Aurora
14 - Aurora“Hello sweetheart!” She almost shouts into the phone. “I can’t believe you are already calling me, I bet the ring is HUGE! With the money his family has, it hast to be huge, or maybe a family heirloom. Something vintage and completely unique. I hope you took lots of pictures and looked really surprised. Did you get any strategic pictures with celebrities and well known people in the background? I hope so, they will sell for far more. I should have mentioned that before you went in.” She is talking a hundred miles a minute and she sounds like a lunatic.“Mom..”“You know, I bet if we ask, the restaurant will let us stage pictures so we can get really good quality ones. Your cousin has that friend that does photography, I bet she would do it for us to help get her name out there.”“Mom…”“I am going to need a close up of the ring, with your face in it of course, otherwise Margory won’t believe me.”“MOTHER, STOP!” I shout, stopping in my tracks. The mention of Margory is t
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-04-02The Last Minute Bride 15 - Aurora
15 - Aurora“Can’t do what? Can we talk? I just want to understand what you’re going through. Maybe I can help.”“No, go away! There’s no way you could understand this. I can’t be forced into anything and they will figure it out soon enough.”Ok, maybe I can keep her talking long enough to get to her. The drop is really far straight down to rock filled water. There’s no surviving, which I assume is her intention, but I can’t just walk away now.“Who are you trying to show that you can’t be forced?” I’m hoping she’ll just answer automatically, too distracted by her emotions.“My parents are trying to force me into an arranged marriage to save their company, but I can’t marry some heartless playboy who’s like my dad’s age. I just turned eighteen, I don’t want to get married now. I was enrolled in school and had plans for myself before all of that serious relationship stuff. Marriage is supposed to be wonderful and beautiful and not some business deal.” She’s rambling.“You are not
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-04-03The Last Minute Bride 16 - Aurora
16 - AuroraI tell her everything, including my night with Nathan. I kept most of the dirty details to myself, but I feel like I can trust her for some reason. She’s a decade younger than me, but so mature for her age. She’s the first person that has sat and asked me about me, and truly wanted to know, in so long, I don’t even remember the last time I had a conversation like this. That’s a lie. I know the exact day and time I last had a conversation like this. I now regret deleting and blocking his number.“So I stormed out of the restaurant and just drove off. I’m sure that I will see the bill on one of my credit cards tomorrow, the little scrub. The best part is that he and Mallory both think they are with someone who can support them and that they will be able to lead a life of leisure off the other’s money. Neither of them have their own, they both live off of their parents’ hard work. I can’t wait for that bomb to drop. And I know it sounds super mean, but I hope it's somewh
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-04-07The Last Minute Bride Posting Schedule
I don't enjoy posting updates like this, I think it breaks up the flow of the book, but this is the set up. My posting schedule for this book is roughly set for Monday through Friday, my time. I am in the USA on the East Coast. I always appreciate constructive feedback. I want my writing to get better every time you read. Gems and chapter interaction also help my work get seen. I do not write for any other reading app, and I know several of my works have been plagiarized and non-authors are making money off my works on other sites or posting free, incomplete versions of my works elsewhere. If you see something, please say something so we can fix it. Authors put a lot of time and effort into their works, they deserve to be compensated for it. This is not a full-time gig for me, but I would like it to become full-time. I can't do that if someone is stealing from me.I appreciate all your support through the years and I would love to know what you want to read about next.
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-04-07The Last Minute Bride 17 - Nathan
17 - NathanI do my best to stay focused with work, but I have a nagging feeling something is not right and I learned a long time ago to trust my gut instincts. I have had a revolving door of updates and meetings about current projects this morning which is helping, but now that I am sitting here at my desk, alone with my thoughts I feel like I am going to lose my mind. No one I have approached seems to know how my grandfather got this marriage contract past me and everyone seems to be in fear of him more than me for some reason. Another concern. My grandfather is good at keeping things close to the vest, but my uncle gossips worse than a pack of high school girls. If he is involved I usually hear about it. My usual sources for keeping tabs on both men are all staying tight lipped about the identity of my future wife, if they even know. I did manage to get Jessie on my side, but my grandfather must have assumed I would go to Jessie for information. She is only slightly less in the da
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-04-09The Last Minute Bride 18 - Aurora
18 - AuroraWe get back to my apartment and I show Amelia around. She starts asking a thousand questions. “Wow! You pay for all this by yourself?”“Yes, but I sacrifice a lot too. I don’t have many friends that I still talk to on a regular basis. My boyfriend of three years decided to cheat on me with my boss’ daughter because he thought I spent too much time working and not enough with him. Even though he paid for nothing and really enjoyed the lifestyle that my very inconsiderate job afforded him.” I roll my eyes and she laughs.“Well at least I know that this is still possible.” She waves an arm dramatically around my apartment, which is in Gabriel mode and disgusting by my standards. He hasn’t been back to get his stuff in the hours that I have been gone. I wonder if he thinks I will do it for him, if he decides to not show up, like the servant he seems to believe I am. I’m tempted to recruit Amelia to help me bag it all and toss it out by the dumpsters. I shake my head of the
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-04-10The Last Minute Bride 19 - Nathan
19 - Nathan“Nathan! How can you be so rude? She was my guest in my home…”“I’m going to stop you right there.” I hold my hand up and pausing my retreat. “At some point in the last few years, you and Preston have forgotten that you are guests here. Eleanor left the house and the business and everything to me. My grandmother, your wife, left it all to me. She may have loved you and cared about your well-being, but she sure as sh*t didn’t trust you to maintain her legacy. You have been provided for and yet you still live here, with me, on my dime. It is time you remember that. I don’t know what you and Preston are up to, but you need to settle down.” I growl the threat and walk away.I talk to the kitchen staff and move to my wing of the house. Here I don’t have to worry about anyone but me. I let my grandfather stay in the master he shared with my grandmother and renovated the wing opposite, and furthest away from him. When my uncle and cousin ‘needed’ to move home to be closer to the
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The Last Minute Bride 33 - Nathan
33 - NathanI don’t think I have ever considered homicide before, but Sullivan, Preston and whoever the f*ck they have downstairs have crossed a line. The only reason I’m able to walk away is because Aurora didn’t say she was leaving. She said she needs space and that she signed up for this, whatever ‘this’ means. And a f*cking fertility doctor? Not a chance. If we have a kids it’s going to be the old fashioned way. I have not waited for this woman for two years, just to have Sullivan and Preston f*ck it up. I need Brandon and Sam to get to the bottom of whatever it is they are after with this marriage.I walk by the kitchen where Toni is busy working away, the only one in the room. I continue to my grandfather and uncle’s wing of the manor. They’re not in the sitting room or offices, but I hardly expected that. Neither use the offices over here if they can help it, preferring to set themselves up in the main office, my office, to make themselves feel important. The billiards room, lib
The Last Minute Bride 32 - Aurora
32 - AuroraLeaning against the door I let the angry tears fall. I don’t know what I expected or why this is bothering me so much. I know I signed up for an arranged marriage to a stanger. I should have figured a guy who needs to be set up with a wife has the need for a reason. I slide down the door taking deeps breaths. I need a plan, that is the only thing keeping me from completely losing my sh*t over someone who doesn’t deserve it. What is my next move? I don’t have anyone to call. Mia is safe and I won’t bring her into this any further than she already has been. And she needs to stay as far away from Sullivan Westfield as I can manage. There is literally no one else. My parents can’t help me and they wouldn’t since I cut them off. Gabriel is useless and even if we had split amicably he wouldn’t lift a finger to help me. I am stuck here with no job. I have no idea where my phone and laptop are, I realize as I scan the room with fresh eyes.This room was designed for a woman, for Na
The Last Minute Bride 31 - Aurora
31 - AuroraI woke up in the softest bed I have ever been in. It took me a minute to figure out I wasn’t at home and then another to remember why I wasn’t at home. I looked around and Nathan was nowhere in the bedroom. So I took a moment to look around before I went and explored his house to find him.The queen sized bed is so comfortable and I am surrounded by pillows. It’s like its own island in the middle of this room with light sheer curtains hanging from the four posts. Definitely a feminie touch, I make a mental note to ask about it.Everything is in soft whites and creams, very modern and clean. There are pops of burgundy or a dark red in places. It’s hard to tell with the muted light from the windows. I slide out of bed to keep exploring and realize I am in an oversized t-shirt. When did I change? The plush off white carpet is so soft on my bare feet, I could lay on the floor and fall back to sleep. I find my way to the en suite bathroom that is huge and decide to tak
The Last Minute Bride 30 - Aurora
30 - Aurora“Don’t worry, I might give her back to you, eventually.” Denise snickers as she marches us straight through the house to a back deck that overlooks a large yard leading to a lake.“Oh wow! This is so beautiful.” The view is gorgeous. Lush green lawn and a glassy lake large enough to look very peaceful, but I can still see the other bank. The houses are also close enough to have comfortable neighbors, but not so close that you lose the effect of being alone. I find myself walking to the edge of the deck and holding the railing and just listening to the sounds of nature around me.“Do you like it?” I hear a husky voice in my ear as arms wrap around my waist.I nod, not wanting to break the silence.“Would you like something like this?” He asks after a few moments of standing here with me.“I’ve never really thought about it. I have always lived in a condo in the city because that’s where my job was and I traveled so much that it didn't seem practical to have something li
The Last Minute Bride 29 - Nathan & Aurora
29 - NathanI am ready to kill my best friend. I had not planned on telling her I have been looking for her obsessively like a lovesick puppy since the day she disappeared…ever. He and Sam are the only ones I told about that night and I didn’t give them all the details, just enough to help them understand how special she is. She is like no one I have ever met before. She treated me like a person not a bank account and had no idea who Nathan Westfield the celebrity or brand name was. Even after the merger with Lady C’s company we never had any contact. But I was able to see how she worked and what she’s able to accomplish with that mind of hers. I know she was dedicated to that tool of a boyfriend and gave him far more time than he deserved, but she worked on projects for our combined enterprises and should have had brief run-ins in some capacity with me, but nothing. No matter how much time I forced myself to be in proximity with Lady C and Mallory inside their company I never saw Aur
The Last Minute Bride 28 - Aurora
28 - AuroraOnce I get half way, I change my focus to Nathan, who has a smile on his face. It’s subtle, but all for me. I’m glad he can’t see my face. I’m still conflicted about the idea of what Mia was meant for today, and that the only reason any plans have changed are because of my involvement. His eyes never once wandered from me, like I was the only person in the room. I use that focus to propel me forward.As I got to the front, both Mia and Brandon turned front before the focus changed from me to everyone at the altar.As I get to Nathan, he steps forward and offers me his arm to help me up the stairs to the top, before reaching for my veil. I stop him with a hand, anyone here who has any idea what’s going on, won’t think it stange that I keep my face covered. I want the reveal to be at the last possible second.He leans in and whispers, “You are so beautiful.” I can’t help the smile that spreads across my face. I don’t know when someone, that isn’t my father, has said that last
The Last Minute Bride 27 - Aurora
27 - Aurora I stuff down my frustrations and put on my best smile. I have to go through with this now more than ever. I won’t let Mia anywhere near Sullivan Westfield or his son. Mis squeezes my hand. I’m not sure if she heard or understood what was being discussed, but we are here together. Mia helps me get my veil in place before the limo door is opened. We climb out and I refuse to look at or make contact with Nathan, my emotions are all over the place and I need space. As we are let in the back door, Nathan nods to a person I can only assume is an employee of sorts.“Will you please take my fiance to her place and keep everyone away from her until after the ceremony. Mia, I will have you stay with Brandon. He can keep you hidden better” With no further instructions, I am lead away with no companion.The woman in front of me must have done her research because she seems to know every secret passage and hallway. We see no one on our way to the back of the church and she has me pl
The Last Minute Bride 26 - Aurora
26 AuroraWe stepped up to the limo and Nathan handed me in helping me with my dress. Mia looks completely confused when we all pile in together.Once we are all comfortable and acquainted we use the 30 minute drive to get each other caught up on my break up with Gabriel, how Mia and I met and the plan Mia and I came up with to get her out of getting married.“So how are we going to play this out when we get there?” Brandon asks. “I don’t feel like your grandfather cares either way, really. He just wanted you to get married and have a kid in a hurry.” He looks at Nathan. “I think he liked the idea of having someone young to mentor and guide a bit, but that was probably an added benefit for him pairing you to someone as young as Mia. No offense Mia.” He adds as an afterthought.“We expected some kind of drama no matter what. I should be the only one to walk down the aisle, my veil was designed to obscure quite a bit and hopefully all of the focus will be on me until I get to you all a
The Last Minute Bride 25 - Nathan
25 - NathanWhen the photographer tells us she has all that she needs Aurora pulls away from me quickly not making eye contact. Maybe the moment I thought we shared was just for me. She focuses on the photographers camera when she speaks next. “How do we want to do this, because I’m sure your grandfather is going to have a lot to say and so will Mia’s mother.” She grimaces, finally looking up at me. “I know it was risky to make her my bridesmaid, but right now she needs to be protected from all of this. She needs to be near me until it all blows over.”“Wait, she’s here?! Now you know someone is going to try and force her and I to marry right?” I run my fingers through my hair as my heart drops again and this time it isn’t a good feeling. My grandfather with try and force the situation to his benefit, which is Mia as my wife. He wants to control her, that much is a given with this situation.“I thought you had a mind of your own and could choose for yourself?” She bites back, she’s eas
