Oliver's Substitute Bride Mga Nobela at Kwento

"Hello, everyone! Today we are here to honor the forthcoming birth of a truly remarkable child, one who could only come from the two strongest werewolves I know. Please give a hand to Blossom and Dean!" Applause and whistles break out among the crowd. Raising his hand, Caleb continues, "Just one more thing... Isn't this a beautiful day? Our family is nearly all here, everyone's cheerful, and I must confess that I am in love for the first time in my life with a wonderful woman." More cheers and whistles follow his declaration. "I feel compelled to seize this moment... I apologize to Blossom and Dean for stealing the spotlight for a minute, but..." Caleb turns to face Diana, dropping to one kn

He looked back at Olivia, then shifted his gaze to me with a horrified expression. “I was in love, it doesn’t count!” He tried to reason with everyone. The crowd stood up, shouting obscenities at him for trying to trick Olivia into a marriage. Even the priest backed away from his position on the altar and shook his head signaling he would not allow them to marry. That’s when Olivia stepped up to address the crowd and the cameras. “I cannot marry a man who belongs to someone else,” Olivia announced. Her mouth was pressed into a firm line to appear as serious as possible, but I could tell by her eyes that she was the happiest she had been in months.

In the dog-eat-dog world of entertainment, there were always those ready to build you up or tear you down. "Olivia really got what she deserved. Of all the people to challenge, she chose Mia. Didn't she know who Mia’s husband is?" "Exactly, and her piano skills are far inferior to Mia’s. There are plenty of talents waiting for their chance to shine, no one would risk their capital for an amateur pianist like her." "Absolutely, she brought it upon herself. She set the stakes, who else could she blame for losing?" Having sufficiently mocked Olivia, the crowd started showering Maria with praise.

"We worked our asses off for that party, to impress 'the boss' we knew nothing about. You panicked when you heard the bride was missing, and suddenly, you’re announced as the bride? Does that make sense?" I cleared my throat, looking away. "That’s a silly question," I muttered, tucking a strand of hair behind my ear. Of all people, I hadn't expected Nora to buy the lie. She wasn’t just my assistant—she was my friend. That was why I had been avoiding a one-on-one conversation with her for so long. "Are you a substitute?" she asked, her voice quieter now. "Did you stand in to save face for Mr. Voss?" Her dark blue eyes met mine, filled with curiosity.

"You can only go to the underworld to see her." Mom's smirk froze as Dad's expression turned grim. I floated behind Alex as I looked at his straight back, my heart aching. Mom's shock quickly faded as she commented disdainfully, "Ridiculous! To avoid going home for an arranged marriage and to get money from me, she even lied about her own death. She's really got some nerve!" Seeing how confident they were that I was lying, I only found it ridiculous. At the same time, it seemed only natural that they could not believe it. They only remembered me at this point in time to make me marry in Kelly's place.

The kind of gesture that said everything about what this was and nothing at all about what it wasn’t. The guests applauded. I kept my face still. Damien straightened and looked at me again and for just a fraction of a second something moved behind those blue eyes that I couldn’t identify before it was gone completely. Then he offered me his arm. I took it. We walked back down the aisle together, two hundred people watching, music playing, flowers everywhere, and I was Mrs. Blackwood, I was actually Mrs. Blackwood, and I felt absolutely nothing like a bride. I felt like a substitute.

Not one bit. How could anyone dare to mess with Theodore Myers? Especially her—the one forced on me. The replacement bride of all people. Still, she’s better than that whore of a sister of hers, my conscience mocked. True, I didn’t attend the wedding. I had no interest in associating with that bitch. But after finding out who I actually married, it seems this one’s different. Albert did inform me a lot about this woman. She’s an eyesore to her own family, and honestly, I can see why. That mouth of hers knows no restraint.

It wasn't her job to do so, but she had insisted, making my dad stay by the side. "Shall we welcome in, the bride of the day!" I heard the priest announce and without hesitation, the doors were opened to me and my mom who was ready to go into the hall. With boldness, I lifted my eyes up to the altar that had both the groom, his best man and the priest. I was going to be my sister's substitute now, I was going to be forced into a marriage I never wanted to have. I was going to ignore every thought I had when suddenly, I saw him. I saw the same billionaire who was at the stripping house, the one I bumped into, the same billionaire I was indebted to.

The crowd remained standing as Scholar Ceros retrieved a bottle of fresh olive oil from the huge sleeves of his white robes and anointed Daegal. "Before the eyes of the ever-watchful Creator and our people here, I anoint Daegal of the Estor tribe, son of the late Vulcan, as Emperor of the five kingdoms!" Scholar Ceros announced then he placed the crown of rubies and black diamonds on Daegal's bowed head. Then Scholar Ceros came to stand before Nerina and she made sure to contain the self-satisfied smirk that struggled to come forth. He dribbled a bit of the olive hair in the middle of her hair and then Chief Topher handed him her crown made from brilliant sapphires and he laid it below the a

"Oliva! It's true you were once married but please don't say it to my face. Oh... you claim to be madly in love with that man so where's he now. Why hasn't he come to stop the wedding and claim you as his wife. But how could he when he doesn't have such courage at all. And what efforts did you put in to stop this wedding if you really want to be with that husband of yours. Don't tell me you're a coward as well. And anyways I'm going. Please get ready soon. I have a feeling that good for nothing husband of yours would show up to stop my wedding. We must get married as soon as possible."Heron acted and then he slowly moved out of Oliva's room. "So she's hiding her pain behind that broad smile.