Semua Bab Married to my Enemy: A Billionaire's Hidden Love: Bab 1 - Bab 4

The chapel was cold.Cold that worked its way under your skin and into your bones, no matter how many clothes you wore.Asher Collins trembled as he loosened the tight collar of his white dress shirt, his shaking hands.Not from cold, but from panic pounding against his ribcage.Today was the best day of his life, it ought to have been — weddings were a celebration of love, weren't they?Instead, he was standing at the altar with Damien Thorne — the man who detested him, the man he had vowed he would never even kiss, let alone marry.He couldn't even glance in Damien's direction, not the way the older man stood frozen, chipped from marble, black with anger.Damien's black business suit was fitting, his broad shoulders wrapped as if molded from a mold, his entire body tense with wrath. His expression was as frosty as the air outside, his jaw set so tightly that it appeared to be about to shatter.The only sound in the cavernous room was the muffled whisper of the priest clearing his th

City lights melted into a rainbow of rain and neon as Asher stumbled through the streets, his bony jacket no protection against the cold drizzle that soaked him to the bone.He had no idea where he was going.He only knew he had to get out — out of Damien, out of the lies, out of the pain his heart seemed to contort with every breath.Asher stuffed his hands deep into his pockets and kept walking, head hung low, wiping away the tears that insisted on falling.He revolted himself for it — for being so weak, for loving someone so much whom clearly did not love him just as much in return.Around him, the world passed on — laughing couples ducking under umbrellas, taxis honking furiously, the far-off smell of roasting chestnuts from a street vendor — oblivious to the way Asher's world was falling apart quietly.He stopped when his legs would no longer carry him.Panting, he looked up and stood before a tiny, cozy-appearing pub tucked between skyscraper-sized office buildings.Warm yellow