Chapter 1: The Wedding

[ MIRA’S POV ]"Mom, please stop. Today is a big day for me. It’s my wedding day, Mom. My wedding.""Yes, I know, honey," she whispered, her eyes swimming with a pain that frightened me. "I know what today means to you, and I know how much you love David. But… but I don't want you to go through with this anymore. Can you just do that for me? Hmm? Mira, please."I yanked my hand away from her as if her touch had suddenly burned my skin. I stared at her, completely breathless. This was the woman I had adored my entire life, the person I trusted above everyone else. And here she was, on the very morning of my marriage, begging me to call off a wedding I had spent months planning, sweating, and praying for."Honey..." she started again, reaching out."No, Mom, stop!" I barked, stepping backward. "Don't 'honey' me. Just don't. Why? Why would you just wake up on my wedding day and ask me not to marry David?"My mother swallowed hard. She looked around the bridal suite nervously, her eyes da

The Honey Moon Night Mare

[ MIRA’S POV ]"Will you calm down, Mira? Today is our wedding day, and we shouldn’t be standing here arguing about something completely irrelevant.""Irrelevant?" I gasped, my voice shaking as I stared at him in disbelief. "Did you just call this irrelevant, David? That little boy called you daddy. I heard it clearly. Everyone in that hall heard it!"David groaned, rubbing his face in frustration before grabbing my shoulders. "And I am telling you, his mom and I were just schoolmates back in the village. I am like an uncle to that boy. He’s just excited to be at a wedding, Mira. He saw me in a nice suit and got confused."I stared into his eyes, my chest heaving.In that exact moment, my mind flashed back to the morning. I remembered my mother’s pale face in the bridal suite, her shaky voice warning me about David and my cousin Sarah. The red flags were suddenly screaming at me from every corner.But I kicked the thoughts away. I forced them down, deep into the dark spaces of my mind

His Secret Son

MIRA’S POV)The entire ride to the hotel was silent.Painfully silent.The luxurious city of Dubai flashed outside the tinted windows towering skyscrapers, glowing billboards, expensive cars but I saw none of it. All I could see was her face.That woman. And the little boy. My chest tightened painfully as I replayed the moment David saw them. The fear on his face had not been normal. It wasn’t confusion. It wasn't a surprise. It was panic, pure panic.Beside me, David stared down at his phone, typing quickly before locking the screen the second he noticed me watching him.My stomach twisted. “Who were you texting?” I asked quietly.He didn’t answer immediately.“Business,” he muttered finally .Business? I almost laughed. On our honeymoon? I turned my face toward the window again, blinking hard against the tears gathering in my eyes. I hated this feeling. I hated how quickly my happiness was falling apart.Just hours ago, I had felt like the luckiest woman alive. Now I felt like a fool. Th

The Secrete Sarah Knew

“Please let me explain everything. David’s voice sounded far away now. Like I was underwater. Like my entire body had stopped functioning properly after hearing too many terrible truths at once.I remained on the bathroom floor trembling violently while tears and humiliation burned through my chest. My wedding dress still hung beautifully against my body, but now it felt disgusting.Like I had worn innocence into a marriage built entirely on lies.Behind me, David sighed heavily.“Mira. “Did you sleep with Sarah too?”The silence that followed nearly killed me. I slowly lifted my head. David’s face changed instantly. Not anger. Not confusion. Fear. Pure fear. My stomach dropped violently. “Oh my God.” “No,” he said quickly. “No, it’s not like that.” “But something happened.”“Mira“Something happened!” I screamed.David cursed softly under his breath before pacing away from the bathroom entrance. His expensive shoes echoed against the marble floor while my heart pounded harder and har

Chapter Five: The Name On The Screen

{Mira’s POV}The room went silent. Dead silent. I stared at David as the voicemail ended. “You promised you would use your wife’s family money to save him. “The words echoed through my head again and again. David looked frozen. Caught. Exposed.For the first time since I met him, he had no explanation. No excuse. No carefully prepared lie. Just fear. Raw fear. And pretentce. Slowly, I removed his hands from my arms. Every touch from him suddenly felt wrong. Every memory felt poisoned. Every smile. Every promise. Every “I love you.” All of it. A lie.“Mira. “Don’t.”My voice came out cold. Colder than I had ever sounded before. David swallowed. You need to let me explain.”Explain what?” I laughed bitterly. “Explain why you married me? Explain why sarah my cousin knew secrets I didn’t? Explain why I walked down the aisle while sarah whispered behind my back?”His jaw tightened. “It’s not what you think.”“Then tell me what it is.”David opened his mouth. Then closed it. The hesitatio

Chapter six: The Voice On The Line

Mira’s POV}The phone kept ringing. Sarah. Her name kept reflecting on my screen like a warning. I couldn’t move. Couldn’t breathe.I was wondering why she was calling me. For some reason, the fear on David’s face terrified me more than the call itself."Mira. ” he said quietly.I looked at him. His expression was some how to me. Almost panicked. “Don’t answer it.”My heart skipped. “What?” His jaw tightened."I said don’t answer it.”The words hit me like a slap. My eyes narrowed. Why don't you want me to answer it? David took a step forward."Because she’s trying to manipulate you.”I stared at him. Then at the phone. Still ringing. Still waiting. Sarah was calling me. Not him. Me. And David was desperate for me not to answer. That alone made my decision. I pressed accept."Hello?” For a second, there was only silence. Then breathing. Fast. Uneven. Terrified."Mira?”Sarah’s voice sounded broken. Like she had been crying for hours."Sarah?”"Mira, listen to me. Please don’t hang up