บททั้งหมดของ THE DISCARDED BRIDE: RISE OF THE ZARVAN HEIRESS: บทที่ 1 - บทที่ 4

ASTRID“I now pronounce you, husband and wife. You may kiss the bride.”The cheers from the guests after the priest declared those words rang aloud in my head. It was the day I became Jakob Carlsen’s wife. I was overwhelmed with joy. Who wouldn’t? It wasn’t everyday you got to be the wife of the Chief Operating Officer of SolarTech Industries worldwide.I turned to look at Jakob, taking in the sweet lines of his handsome face. This man was mine forever. It was almost too hard to believe.However, the real problem landed when I moved in officially to his mansion. Our marriage lacked real affection for the first month, and each time I tried to make it work, he was either too busy. Or too tired.Every time I told my family, they asked me to endure it. When I told his family, they made up excuses for him, telling me to be patient and he’ll come around. I feared my happiness would be snatched from me too soon. My worries neared an end when he returned from work one day, more angry than

ASTRIDJakob made sure the only thing I left with were the clothes on my back, now drenched by the falling snow. He took everything else away from me.The last look on his face remained, haunting me as I sat on the side walk. Cars blurred past and people moved quickly, but the only thought I had was of the sudden cruelty of the ones I called home. I never asked to be married to Jakob, yet somehow, they made me do it to satisfy their daughter’s selfish interests. Along the line, I fell in love with him before he proposed to me. It was me who fell first, and somehow managed to fall harder for him. By the time I truly made peace with it...everything vanished like a cloud of smoke.Gone. I splayed my blue fingers around my middle, trying to protect my baby from the blistering cold with the snow falling in earnest.Mustering the last strength I had, I picked myself up but doubled over immediately when a crippling wave of cramps struck. I leaned against a post, pressing my thighs toge