All Chapters of Stolen Bride: They Gave My Wedding Away: Chapter 1 - Chapter 8

8 Chapters

Chapter 1

Davian's POVI burst into the venue just in time to hear my fiancee, Leah Hunter, taking her vows, holding my brother Kayden Burke's hands."From the moment I met you, I knew that for the rest of my days, I'd want every road I took to lead me to you."My heart stopped.I wrote those words. I spent three sleepless nights crafting those lines just to capture seven years of love in a single sentence.Just last night, Leah was curled up in my arms, swearing she'd save them for our wedding day.Yet here she was, reciting every word to Kayden without changing a single letter.The room went dead silent as the guests spotted me.Leah dropped Kayden's hands and stepped toward me. "Davian, go back to the hospital. I'll explain everything after the ceremony."Barely containing my rage, I marched up to the stage. "Explain it now! Why is he wearing my suit and my ring and standing next to my bride?"Leah took Kayden's hand again, annoyance flashing in her eyes. "Because this wedding was m

Chapter 2

Davian's POVI clutched my phone, remembering how I'd passed up this exact job offer once before, all for Leah.Back then, she'd pulled me close, abandoning her usual pride to beg me to stay. "Davian, what am I supposed to do if you move overseas? We're about to get married. How can you leave me here alone?"I wrestled with the decision for a long time, but in the end, I turned down this incredible job opportunity so I could marry Leah.Thinking back on the seven years we'd spent together, I stared at Leah, my voice tight. "Why didn't you just break up with me after Kayden came back? You must have loved me for at least a moment during all these years, right?"Leah went quiet.Kayden gave a helpless smile. His tone was tinged with pity as he said, "She didn't break up with you because I wouldn't let her. You built your whole life around her. I was afraid you'd fall apart again if she walked away."He stepped toward me like a saint bestowing charity. "Davian, I let the love of my

Chapter 3

Davian's POVThe doors of the banquet hall swung open again.Mom hurried over to Kayden, adjusting his bowtie with a worried touch.When she turned to me, her voice was laced with blame. "Kayden's put up with enough for your sake over the last seven years. He just wants his wedding back. Why did you have to come back and make a scene?"I stared at her, a burning weight settling in my throat. "Mom, so you never had a heart condition? You were faking it the whole time?"Three years ago, when Leah and I were supposed to register our marriage, you suddenly said your heart was acting up and begged me to take you to the hospital. Was that just to keep me away too?"Kayden suddenly let out a soft laugh. "You finally figured it out, Davian."He reached into the inner pocket of his blazer and pulled out a marriage certificate and a photograph.In the photo, Leah leaned close to Kayden, both of them beaming with effortless joy.The date on the marriage certificate was the very day I had

Chapter 4

Davian's POVWhen I didn't move, Leah pressed the candy into my palm. "I'll have the driver take you to the hotel. I booked a room for you. Stay there for a few days. Once the wedding is over, I'll come find you and explain everything."A suffocating weight settled on my chest.She didn't say she loved me, nor that she would miss me.Yet these instinctual gestures still reminded me of the Leah from years ago who would run through the rain to deliver my medicine and stay by my side until I finished every bite.Seven years of habit didn't just disappear.The candy still held the warmth of her fingers. I had spent years believing that kind of warmth was reserved for me alone.But now, someone else was standing in my place as her husband.Kayden's voice cut through the air from the doorway, with Simon right behind him. "So you really were here, Leah."His gaze fell on Leah's hand, which she hadn't yet pulled back, and his expression darkened. "Am I always going to come second to h

Chapter 5

Davian's POVOf the over 100 missed calls, Leah's name appeared the most.My phone vibrated again almost immediately, her name flashing across the screen once more.I stared at it for a few seconds, then declined the call and deleted every one of their contacts.The project manager, Heidi Booth, was waiting for me at the airport.Her brow furrowed the moment she saw me. "Why do you look so pale? Do you need to go to the hospital first?"I shook my head. "I just got a few stitches on my side. A couple of days of rest, and I'll be fine."Heidi didn't pry. She took my luggage and held the car door open for me.Unfamiliar streets blurred past the window. Here, no one knew Kayden or anything about that ridiculous wedding.The project team gave me a week of leave.But by the third day, I was back in the office, not because the pain was gone, but because every time I closed my eyes, I saw that Instagram post.I saw Mom and Dad hovering around Kayden's hospital bed, tending to his e

Chapter 6

Third-Person POVThe next day, Leah returned to the wedding venue. She pulled up the security footage outside the groom's lounge.On screen, Davian rolled his suitcase out of the room.Leah was kissing Kayden at the doorway. When Davian passed by, Kayden deliberately slammed his shoulder into Davian's, sending him stumbling backward.A few seconds later, Kayden clutched his chest and complained of severe pain.The cameras didn't capture what happened inside the lounge.But Kayden had been facing the room. He had seen Davian bleeding and still allowed everyone to crowd around him and rush him to the hospital.Leah slid the phone across the table, playing the footage for him.Kayden's composure slipped for a fraction of a second before the excuses poured out. "It was so crowded. I didn't see what happened. I saw the blood, but I thought Davian just got a tiny scrape."Then I couldn't breathe, and everyone panicked to get me to the hospital. How was I supposed to think about anyt

Chapter 7

Davian's POVOver the next few months, my life slowly began to change.My project proposal got rejected six times.Before the seventh review, I stayed up all night in the conference room.When Heidi handed me the final sign-off, she smiled. "Congratulations, Davian. Your design got approved."As I held the paperwork, a quiet sense of fulfillment settled in my chest for the very first time.In the past, whenever I achieved anything, Leah was always the first person I wanted to tell.Then it was my parents, Elaine, and Simon.But they'd either leave me on read or brush me off with a distracted response.Yet if Kayden so much as posted a picture of an afternoon tea, he'd get endless attention from every single one of them.Now, in this room, my colleagues took my work seriously and cheered for me.Someone handed me a cup of coffee, while others smiled and invited me out to celebrate that night.I lowered my head and signed my name on the confirmation sheet.For the first tim

Chapter 8

Third-Person POVWhen Leah returned home, she didn't blow up at Kayden right away.She simply packed up, moved out of their home, and had her lawyer communicate with him.Kayden went to her office a few times to beg.He apologized and tried using the baby to get her back.Only when he realized she was truly done did he sneer. "You can't pin this all on me. You signed that marriage certificate willingly. You promised me that wedding with your own mouth. Leah, neither of us is innocent."He still refused to own up to that intercepted phone call and insisted the collision in the groom's lounge was nothing more than an accident.Except this time, no one blindly believed him anymore.Once the baby was born, the two signed their divorce papers.Stella and Matthew didn't cluster around Kayden like they used to. They couldn't look him in the eye like nothing had ever happened.They all lived in the same city and still gathered around the dinner table for holidays. Yet the room would

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