“You are a jealous, wounded, lonely bitch who is going to die alone!” Emerald spat.I drew my brows together and stood from the couch slowly. Initially, I had planned to not exchange words with her today, but as usual, my twin sister would never let me be.“What?” I asked her, my voice coming out lower than what I had expected.What a disappointment!“I asked you to leave the house because we are having some visitors over and you refused!” She snapped.“I told you I would stay in my room and would not come out till they leave,” I said, my voice not going any higher.Maybe I am actually the weakling, not her.Our parents are not trying to see that.“And you called me a lonely wounded bitch because of that?” I added with a frown.“I don’t want you around. Leave the house,” she said.“I am not going anywhere. Come on, stop making a deal out of this,” I said.“Listen carefully Sapphire as I would not like to repeat myself. My wedding has been arranged and my future husband and his family

“You ran into your sister’s fiance at the club?!” I removed the phone from my ear as I heard the deafening scream from Hilda. “Can you keep it low, please?” I hissed between smiles. “So, what did you do? Did you tell him you are not his fiancé? What did he say?” “Are you crazy? I dare not tell him that!” “Why can’t you?” I could already imagine the frown on her face. Hilda is not like me, she would have told Daniel that she wasn’t Emerald if she was in my shoes. Even if she was with me last night, she would have told him or popped it one way or the other. “My family didn’t tell him I was in the country. They told him I was out of the country and would not even make it to the wedding.” “Are you crazy? And you just sit still? I would have ruined her chances last night if I were you.” “Why are you making a deal out of this? It’s not like attending the wedding is some big deal. I wouldn’t even attend if I was invited,” I rolled my eyes. “You are so dense,” she hissed and I grin

“Are you insane?!” Her high-pitched scream made me frown and pull the phone away from my ear slowly. I have enough on my plate already, I don't need anyone scolding me right now. “Hilda…” I started, but she cut me off right away. “You are going to marry him? Do you know what that means?! You are getting committed for life!” “It’s just for a few weeks, Emerald is going to wake up and then return to her place,” I explained to her. “And what if she doesn’t wake up anytime soon? You can’t let your parents do this to you. They are selfish and you know they will never hesitate to use you over and over again as long as it benefits them. What about Aidan?! What about your dream?! The audition is coming up in a few months and marriage is definitely not what you should think of. Especially not to a person you don’t love. This is not a movie that…” “Do you think I want this either?!” I didn’t know when I yelled. With the way I had screamed, I am sure my voice could have traveled to the li

“Oh, my! Did you lose weight, ma’am?”I glanced at the middle-aged woman who helped in putting the wedding dress on and then looked at my reflection in the big dressing mirror in front of me.The wedding is tomorrow and I am just trying out the dress.“W…why did you say that?” “The last time you came for the dress fitting. It was so tight that we had to loosen it a bit. That’s why…”“It’s the wedding stress.”I turned around gently as I watched my mum enter and said.Wedding stress? I chuckled slightly.“I think it runs in the family. I lost over three kg when I was preparing for my wedding too,” she said as a joke and the woman laughed too.“I can understand that so much! A lot of brides lost weight when preparing for their wedding. It’s fine, we can just adjust it quickly. Tomorrow is the wedding,” she looked at me and smiled.I looked at myself for the umpteenth time and curled my fist into a tight ball. This is indeed not what I had envisioned for myself.“I will pick another dre

I dropped my hand on my neck possessively and caressed it gently after his comment. “Oh… did I?”I gulped hard as he kept staring at my collarbone. After a while, he looked away and stared at the wedding dress that was on the floor again. “This… this was the wedding dress you sent to me saying you were in love with, is it not? He asked and then pinned his eyes on me.“It looked like the same design, no?”I hiccuped almost immediately he asked his question and then beaded my brows. Emerald has been updating him about the wedding. I took a quick glance at my mother and then looked at him again.“Is it?” I asked unconsciously and then bit my lower lips.What was I saying?The way I was acting was practically giving me away.Can you just get a grip on yourself already, Sapphire?“Okay, let’s try this on you now.”I breathed out in relief as soon as the designer entered and said.“Could you stay outside for a moment while the bride tries on her dress? I know you probably can’t wait to see