Semua Bab The Stand-in Bride: Bab 1 - Bab 5

I took out my phone to call my boyfriend, Carl. There was no one else I could speak to other than him. It rang a couple of times but went straight to voicemail, no matter how many times I tried to call over and over it just did the same thing.I was sobbing heavily confused and distorted in the pouring rain.“Carl, please call me back! Julia is nowhere to be found and they want me to get married in her place. I don’t know what to do!” I shouted into my phone and sent the voicemail. I was crouched in a corner shivering badly with my teeth clattering together while waiting to get a response from him.Over twenty minutes passed and I didn't get a call back from him. The rain finally stopped so I decided to go over to his house. As I walked down the quiet street, I kept looking behind me to be sure no one was following me and trying to sneak up on me. I had to be extremely cautious if I wanted to stay hidden or try to run away because it wouldn't take my father anything to find me and dra

LUCIENI stood at the altar staring ahead at rows of empty chairs, the church hall was empty apart from the priest who patiently stood beside me and Knox, my supposed best man. I kept glancing at my wrist then at the door waiting for it to open up so I could get the hell out of there. I hated to be kept waiting and that was exactly what was going on.I mean I would rather be anywhere than standing at an altar waiting for my “bride”. It sounded very dystopian but that was sadly my reality. I fought against it for so long that I couldn’t anymore, the board members, the press, my grandfather always on my neck. I thought I could look past all the lies and rumors that surrounded me and only do what I wanted but my title was threatened and that was something I never take lightly.Since getting married was all I was supposed to do, I went ahead with it.“What the fuck is going on?” I asked Knox“Your secretary said they are on their way” he told me“I have been here for over an hour” I gritt