All Chapters of Beneath Our Vows: Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

Emrys’s POV"Get out, Emrys."Victoria didn't even look up from her desk. Her office smelled of coffee and lilies."Vic, just let me explain...""Explain what?" She finally raised her head. Her eyes were red, but her voice was steady. "My father called me six-thirty this morning. He wanted to know why the man I'm supposed to marry is half naked in a hotel bed with another woman, on every blog in Wales. I hadn't even seen it. He had to send me the link.""Victoria. I don't remember..."“How convenient.”I opened my mouth and closed it again. I'd said the exact same word to Claribel that morning. It sounded much worse from this side."The engagement is over," she said.She said flatly, like reading out a lab result. My mouth went dry."And the merger?""He's pulled out."Eight months of meetings, millions had already been committed between both hospitals, everything was all gone. I took a step toward her desk. "Victoria, I swear I never wanted...""Don't." She held up a hand. "There is

Claribel’s POVThe cab smelled of old chips and air freshener, but for the first time in a week, I could breathe.I leaned my head on Mum’s shoulder, and she smoothed my hair the way she used to when I had a fever as a kid. In the front seat, Sophia was explaining to the driver which roundabout to avoid and why it had personally wronged her.“Thanks for not letting me rot in there,” I said quietly.Mum’s hand stilled on my hair. “You never have to thank me for anything, baby.”Her voice was thick. I put it down to how worried she’d been, and I held her arm tighter.Sophia's flat came up first. She squeezed my hand before she got out. "Call me the second you get there.""I will."Forty minutes later, the cab turned onto a quiet street and stopped behind a huge old building with stained-glass windows. "Is this a church?""We're only going inside for a minute." Mum's voice was too bright. She took my hand and led me through a narrow back door, down a short hallway, and into a small ro