All Chapters of THE SHAM BRIDE: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

Man becomes so engrossed and used to living a lie that when he is exposed to the truth, he feels he's living a lie...’ -Bishop K.K Degaya   ♠♠♠♠♠♠ “Still no news on Dorine?” Stella asked Doris. “Nope,” Doris waved her head sideways and kept her eyes glued to the door at the entrance. Both women were seated on one of the plush chocolate-brown sofas in Stella's exquisite boutique and clothing store. Stella puffed out a small sigh and rubbed her temples slowly. Even after three months of realizing the truth, she still found it hard and stressing to know that Dorine hasn't made a move to return. At first, she was so mad at Doris for impersonating her twin and living with a man who was not her husband, right now, all she felt was pity for the lady beside her.

Just one more... It's a little too much, don't you think? " -Unknown   ♠♠♠♠♠♠ The horn of the vehicle roared and the car came to a stop. Matthew came out and locked the doors before he got intercepted by Chike; the security guard. "Oga, welcome oo" Chike hailed even as he tried to retrieve the laptop bag from Matthew's hold. "Ehn Chike, how are you naa?" "Oga, as e dey be na, anything for your boy?" (Boss, do you have anything for your boy?) Matthew chuckled and waved his head in amusement. He searched the pockets of his tunic black trouser and brought out a thousand naira note. "Hey! The boss! Up you. Thank you sir." Chike held both his hands up to Matthew, in appraisal. Matt held the bag with a firm

"Why exactly is it easier to cover a lie with another?" -Unknown ♠♠♠♠♠♠ By the time she was done having her bathe, she resolved in her mind to tell Matthew the truth, as soon as possible. Since the entire family knew that she was pregnant now, it was only wise that she spilled the beans before the matter got worse. Matthew wasn't in the room when she came out of the bathroom, he must have gone down to join his parents. She put on a sky-blue, knee-length shirt-gown. Then she put on a black wavy wig, accessed her look in the mirror before leaving the room. When Doris came down to join the others for breakfast, she heard laughing and jubilatory noises. Mrs Udochi was dancing and singing praises to the Almighty in Igbo language. Utterly confused at what was going on, she led Matt aside to fi

𝕊𝕠𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕣 '𝔻𝕠𝕟'𝕥 𝕊𝕡𝕖𝕒𝕜,' 𝕓𝕪 ℕ𝕠 𝔻𝕠𝕦𝕓𝕥. ℙ𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕖 𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕟 𝕒𝕤 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕕, 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕖𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕔𝕥. 𝕋𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕜𝕤 😘   (37)“If everyone who ever lied to you, had asked for your permission before lying, would you have let them lie to you?” -Amyirechi           ♠♠♠♠♠   Matthew stood beside Doris, uttery dumbfounded at what she had just done. They were standing outside the room of another patient, and from the look of things, the patient had her eyes closed. She might as well be asleep.

“I loved you a lot to lie to you. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯. ” -Unknown   ♠♠♠♠♠   “How are you feeling now?” Doris said to Dorine, who looked very weak and pale.   Today, was the third day since Dorine was surgically operated on. The doctors also advised her to remain in the hospital for the next seven days, so, they would monitor the state of her recovery.   “Feeling better than two days ago. How about you?” she asked her twin.