All Chapters of The Stranger I Met On The Altar: Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

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Falling

I gave him back his phone. “You don't look very surprised” I observed. “It's not his first time. Nor his first mistress” Charles was a horrible man, I didn't expect him to be a perfect husband either. “Does your mum know?” He nodded slowly. “She does. She loves that man so much that she would stay regardless” “Oh,” I nodded. “That's sad. I like your mum” “She's a good woman. Sometimes I wish I could protect her from him. But she doesn't want to be protected. She feels she's happier by his side. And there's really nothing I can do” he said. He looked sad and I could tell he adored his mother. I reached for his hand and squeezed lightly. “Everything will be fine. I'm sure Charles also loves her in his own way” “Yeah right” “I take it you don't have a good relationship with your father?” “Let's just say I have an issue with his method of handling things. We don't see eye to eye on that” he said. “What about your mum? I heard all the things she said to you at the merge

Last Updated : 2025-08-23

Chapter 82

“I want you to move into my room officially,” Aaron said.We were seated at our favourite spot in the garden. He sat on the bench while I relaxed on his body.“I already spend every single night in your room. You don’t let me go back to mine except to have a change of clothes” I reminded him with a smile on my face.“Yeah, I know. But I want you to think of my room as your room, not just my room. Earlier on when Heather said your clothes had been sent back from the laundry room, you said you wanted them dropped off in your room. If you’ve officially moved into my room, you wouldn’t have said ‘your room’” he said, ending it with a pout.I laughed. “You can’t be serious”“I am. I want you moving fully into mine. There’s enough space in my closet. Move your things into mine”“Obsessed much Mr Vanderbilt?” I smirked.“Only with you Mrs Vanderbilt”” he pulled my cheeks playfully and we both laughed.“When do you want Heather and Anna to move my things?” I asked.His eyes widened in excitem

Last Updated : 2025-08-24

Chapter 83

“What?” “But I don't want to lose this baby Beth, I want to keep it” she looked at me teary-eyed. “Wait wait hold up!” I said raising my hand, I was still in shock, I was trying to process everything. “You are pregnant?” I gasped. “Oh my God Taylor! That's good news. Jesus” She gave me a sad smile. “It is. Or rather, it's supposed to be” Hearing that Taylor was pregnant is.. Or rather supposed to be good news. Five years ago, Taylor had been in an accident with her mother. She had survived, but her mother didn't. She had said that the memories of the accident were hazy but the last thing she remembered was having a sharp pain in her abdomen before she blacked out. And when she had woken up, before breaking the news of her mother’s death to her, the doctor had told her that the crash had caused internal bleeding in her pelvis, and an emergency surgery had to be performed to remove her left ovary. While her right ovary survived, the trauma had been really significant and be

Last Updated : 2025-08-25

Chapter 84

“Okay, you've got to tell me what all that was about,” Aaron told me immediately we were alone.“What was what all about?“The annoyance at the table and you snapping at Ryan. I have never seen you snap at Ryan before. And then you gave him the cold shoulder till he left. What did you and Taylor discuss in the kitchen? Because that's when your attitude towards him changed. I've told you before not to interfere in their relationship”“I am not interfering in their relationship”“Then explain to me what that was all about”I sighed tiredly as I slumped into the bed. “Aaron can we not?”He crossed his arms akimbo and gave me a warning look.“Fine!” I said with an exasperated sigh. “Ryan got Taylor pregnant”He raised a brow.“And he wants her to have an abortion”“Okay. And?”I looked at him sharply. “And? What do you mean by ‘and’? Like it's the most normal thing in the world”“Well, it's not the most abnormal thing in the world. You know the situation of their relationship, having a ba

Last Updated : 2025-08-26

Unholy alliance

“I was disappointed in you,” I said with a heavy frown.We were having a conversation now that I initially didn't want to have. But Aaron had insisted and once again had me rooted with those commanding eyes of his.“You were just being sentimental instead of logical. Taylor and Ryan’s issues are not our concern. However, I do get your sentiments and maybe I should have spoken with more tact, so…” he shifted a bit. “Forgive me”I blinked and looked away, wanting to act tough, but deep down, I was already melting. Since we started having the conversation, he had been apologetic instead of defensive, and that sort of calmed me down.“Did you speak to Ryan?” I asked.“It's not in my place”“Can't you at least put in a good word for Taylor?”“Elizabeth, I will not” his voice left no room for further discussion concerning this matter.“She’s adamant about not telling him she didn't have an abortion. And she's insisting on leaving” I said, feeling sad all over again.I had spent the last few

Last Updated : 2025-08-27

Chapter 86 - What the night revealed

I stood in front of the mirror, the stylist Aaron has now made my personal permanent stylist, Andrea, tugging at the hem of my dress, smoothing the last invisible crease.She had brought so many exotic options because I had told her to bring something classy, exclusive, and sophisticated, something my mother would approve of. And she did just that: She brought dresses that Alexis Knight would have handpicked herself. But as I tried them on, I told myself no. I was going to wear things I wanted to wear, I would not be forced to wear things I didn’t like just to impress my mum. And even though I liked the dresses, as long as my mum would love them, I was not going to wear them.I didn’t want her to be impressed by me. I was done doing that rubbish.So I ditched all the gowns she had brought even though they had all already been paid for, and went into my closet and brought out something that felt more like me.A simple but elegant and also hella expensive midnight blue dress that had s

Last Updated : 2025-08-28

Chapter 87 - caught in the act

“M-mum?” The word ripped out of my throat before I could stop it, my voice trembling in disbelief. My whole body shook to the core.They both jerked apart like guilty criminals caught in the middle of a crime. While Charles’ face drained of color and his lips parted in shock, my mum was… indifferent, emotionless, facial expression unreadable.My heart hammered against my ribs, every beat threatening to split me open. I blinked severally, trying to tell myself that this wasn’t real. My mum and Charles, were a figment of my imagination. It had to be. Because if they were both really having an affair? Our family… was fucked.“I…” My throat was tight, but I forced the words out. “I was hoping I was wrong”Charles stumbled forward, his hand raised as though his pitiful gesture would erase the abomination I had just seen. “Elizabeth, this… this isn’t what it looks like. I can explain” he said, a silly attempt at being cliche.I stood, staring at them both, unable to cough out another word.

Last Updated : 2025-08-29

Chapter 88

I froze where I stood, my heart beating even faster than now.My pulse was pounding so hard it almost drained everything out.Everything came flashing back, including the conversation I had with my dad at the merger gala about some private information from Knight Corp being leaked, which was top secret only someone from the inside could get.I had my suspicions that it was Charles Vanderbilt. But Dad had told me that even he had no access to the information as it was classified.It was… mum.It had been mum all along. Leaking out secrets to Charles Vanderbilt. But… why?“Why mum?” My lips quivered as I spoke, the tears threatening to fall.“Why what?” my mum asked with scorn. “Why did you have to betray Dad this way? It wasn't enough that you had to go and have an affair with his long-time enemy, you also tried to sabotage our family company and legacy. Why? What did you stand to gain? What do you want?”“I want Charles,” she said icily. “Charles wants Knight Corp. I give him Knight

Last Updated : 2025-08-30

Chapter 89 - Anger

“W-what?” I stammered just looking at the pictures. I raised my head and looked at him. “What are these?”“What do they look like?” his voice was cold, body stiff, jaw clenched.“I… i” Oh God! Why tonight? Why did he have to find out tonight?“I asked a question,” he said. “Did you know about this?”Do I lie? Do I tell the truth? What would be the best possible way out of this? Elizabeth, fucking think fast!His gaze was fixated on me, not blinking momentarily as he waited for my answer.“I just found out about it tonight”Really Elizabeth? Was this the best you could come up with? I mentally palmed myself.But I couldn't lie. There was no point. Aaron knows.“Let's say I believe you. Were you eventually going to tell me or were you going to keep it to yourself?” he asked.“I… yes” I stuttered.“When?”“In the… morning?”He looked at me. Doubt was evident in his eyes.“So you knew that my father was having an affair with your mum and you chose to just say nothing? Was this your famil

Last Updated : 2025-08-31

Chapter 90

ELIZABETH’S POVMy destination today was clear as day - my father’s office.So I picked up the first pair of jeans and the top closest to my reach and put them on.I climbed down the staircase with a heavy heart, knowing that Aaron possibly wasn’t back home yet.Last night, after he stormed out of my room, I stood rooted for a few minutes, still trying to process everything going on and decide what to do. Then I decided that the best first thing to do at the moment was to match after Aaron and have a conversation.I needed to let him know that whatever was happening between our parents didn’t have to change us, we were married, our union was legal, theirs were forbidden. And since I was at a crossroad at the moment, we could both decide what to do and how best to handle the situation and get Charles and Alexis to quit their affair.But when I went after him, his room was empty.I ran downstairs, barefoot hoping to find him around, maybe in the bar, drinking but he wasn’t there.Luckil

Last Updated : 2025-09-01

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