Chapter One
On the eve of my engagement to Chris, my long–time fiancé, I was kidnapped.
A group of masked thugs barged into my bridal shower and made all my bride’s maids disperse, one pointed a loaded gun at my head. Urging me to cooperate or face dire consequences.
I was forced to make humiliating and indecent videos with everyone of them, for hours before I was released.}
The next day, the videos were uploaded to the projector at my wedding, just as we were taking our vows.
My fiancé abandoned me at the altar.N
Everyone, including my family, deserted me due to the humiliating scandal.
My already sick Dad passed away due to his disappointment in me and everyone blames me.”
My best friend, Kason, despite the scandal, proposed to me right there and saved the day. I had always loved and trusted him, so I agreed. Everything felt like the perfect fairytale till the six–month anniversary.
I went to Kason’s office to surprise him with the keys to his dream luxury car and share the news of my pregnancy. But I pause at the door when I hear his voice and my sister Chrissy’s.§
“Kason, when are you going to divorce Amara? It’s been a year already. Aren’t you tired of this silly game? We’ve gotten what we want already. My mum gave the company to me after you sent those thugs to humiliate her on her wedding day. Her image is soiled already.”
Kason chuckled, “Don’t worry, I’ll be soon enough. I want your mother to sign off the company officially at the next annual meeting before I divorce Amara. If I do so now, your mother may take pity on her and make you share the company with her.”
Amara gasped, “You’re right, we should keep this up. But I can’t wait for us to be a family. You know I’m two months pregnant for you.”
-S
“And we’ll be soon, I love you, you know I’ll do anything to make you happy and give you what you want.” He said, and the next thing I heard was the sound of them kissing.
My hands shook violently, I felt like my world was crumbling down from right under my feet.
It was all a lie, hot salty tears rolled down my cheeks. I could hardly hold the keys to the car and the pregnancy test result in my hand.
So, it was Kason behind the humiliation I still live with, and he did it so my sister Chrissy will be the only one eligible to take over my parents‘ multi–million dollar company.
When Chrissy and I were sixteen, our parents made us sign that we would be morally decent and scandal–free, or else we can’t take over the company, so we won’t give it a bad face.}
I can’t believe Chrissy would do this with Kason, who was supposed to be my best friend, all because of greed. I felt immobilized by pain listening to the sound of them making out.
I snap out of my frozen state when I hear footsteps coming, I hastily hide behind a huge pillar.
All these past months, I’ve borne the guilt of my father dying due to his disappointment in me, but it was all Chrissy’s fault.
Also, my sister is pregnant for my husband, too. All his humility and kindness were nothing but fine–weaved pretense to deceive me while being in love with my sister and helping her ruin my life.
My marriage was a lie.
After a few hours of standing there hidden my feet hurt so I had to leave. I was careful to leave his office, making sure no one had seen
- me.
When I got to my car, I was still shaking badly from what I had just discovered, so I put my car on auto drive.
Tears blurred my vision, I felt so dissociated from my reality. My mind is mentally replaying that bridal shower day. I screamed for help till I lost my voice, the trauma still haunted my dreams, and it was Kason who helped me get through them. To think he was the perpetrator all along.
I didn’t notice here or notice a truck whose engine had malfunctioned, blare his horn loudly at me in panic to leave the road.
Till my car collided with the truck head–on, my air balloon blew up, pushing me tightly into my car seat, and everything went black instantly.
Just before I passed out, I heard the sound of sirens and panic.
