A Wedding to undo

•CHAPTER ONE•

A wedding to undo..

  Frozen in shock, I felt my eyes turning on their own with my breath caught in my throat. The room's warmth were no where to be found and all it was replaced with were the icy chills that seeped mercilessly into my bones.

Could anything be more shattering and nightmarish than stumbling upon a shocking truth exactly three days to your wedding?..

Just when the wedding you've been dreaming of is less than 72 hours away!!!!!!

My hands quivered as I stared at the lines in the letter I was holding.

‘Since we couldn't afford to pay our debts, we've agreed to your alternative proposal – Give out our only daughter's hand in marriage to you. However, we need to deceive her into thinking she's marrying your son. She'ld never consent to marry someone of your age sir. I know you have no son but getting pictures of someone young and handsome will do. All we have to do is declare his false trip and convince her that he'll be coming home on the agreed wedding day’

Those dreadful words echoed in my head like it had been read out to me..

I couldn't be wrong!, That handwriting belonged to my father.

His damn signature is another evidence that the letter was his!!

“My parents are marrying me off to a man old enough to be my grandpa and not his son as they had claimed!” I screamed inwardly in both horror and shock..

“They had lied to me all this while” my lips shivered.

No..

Nooo!!

Someone wake me from this dream!..

I knew Gerald had no wife but I never knew about his intentions to marry me!.

Damn, I was his daughter's age mate!

My breathlessness intensified and my head began getting filled with glimpses of memories of how I'd spent my time admiring pictures of Gerald Bills' so-called son who doesn't even exist..

Oh yeah, the picture owner exist but the mentality that he was my groom had been an illusion I never suspected!

Arrgh!

“That old hag is my groom!” my mind worsened matters by recounting..

Oh heavens.. this can't be real!

So what?..

My boasting to my friends were useless?!

Wait.. the calls! They've all been with Gerald who possibly changed his voice systematically..!

“No wonder he had always refused a video call!..”

I grabbed my cloth tight, feeling my heart's terrible racing as everything began getting clear in my messed head..

“I'm doomed!” I mumbled breathlessly as the words dad said to me a few weeks ago rang in my head..

“It's no longer a news that we are indebted to the Bills family. The only alternative is to have a permanent merge with them and so, you'll be getting married to Gerald Bills only son, Derek to cover up our debts. ” he had slipped the picture of the most handsome man I'd ever seen in my hands..

And the stupid me had jumped on the offer, smiling sheepishly like a bloated goat and thinking I'd gotten the tall, rich and handsome man of my dreams!

How could dad do this to me?..

Even mum?!

“My son, Derek would be returning to Russia on the agreed wedding date and you'll be meeting him at the altar..” 

I'd been blinded by excitement and some damn feelings I grew that Gerald Bills words never bothered me.

“Gawd…" I gulped hard, grunting in disgust as I thought of his yellowed-teeth and irritating coughs..

That old man has been my groom all this while!,

Arrgh!

“Adele?..” I suddenly heard a familiar voice say from the door and I quickly slipped the paper into my pockets, turning towards the door.

There was no way I was going to expose my discovery..!

Not until I successfully stop the wedding from holding..

As expected, Jemimah walked in. She was my supposed to be my sister in-law, Gerald's daughter.

Apparently, she was aware of the mischief!...

I mean, she was the only child of her father!

“Hi Jemimah..” I forced myself to fake a smile

“Dad informed me of your presence when I called" she said and still with the forced smile, I nodded.

“Yeah. I came to give him the bill of expenses drafted by the event planner and since he wasn't home, he asked me to drop it in the letter box in his study room” I explained, trying my best not to show the hatred I'd now grown for their family in the last one minute.

“Oh, okay. I need to show you something” she replied, grabbing my wrist and pulling me out of the room.

“Your shoes got delivered already and you need to try them on" she informed as we walked towards a room located at the end of the lobby..

To hell with the damn shoes, I'm definitely not going to walk down the aisle to wed an old man!.

“Oh Adeline, all thanks to your curiosity to know what's written in at least, one of the hundreds of letters in that box, else you wouldn't have known this!" A voice in me winced and I pressed my lips together.

“Dad and mum must pay for this. This wedding mustn't be held!” I thought.

“Zara heels as demanded.." Jemimah smiled as she pulled me to a seat in the room, unsealing the shoe box.

The shoe fitted me perfectly but surprisingly, I didn't like it a single bit, certainly because of my new discovery.

“You'll surely make a good bride Adele" she smiled, staring at the elegance of the shoes in my feet.

“Of course but definitely not to your father, never!," I replied within me.

“I need to get going now, I have to meet the fashion designer to wear my dress and confirm its fitting before the designs are being finalized" I informed, getting up and pulling off the shoes.

My discovery made the house seem suffocating to me and I just couldn't wait to be out..

“Oh dear, I would have loved to come with you but I just got back and I haven't made dad's meal yet. He doesn't eat from the maids you know" she pouted childishly and I nodded..

“It's fine, no qualms" my response contrasted with the ‘I don't want your company, either’ on my mind.

I left their house after forcing myself to give her a warm embrace and on getting to the parking lot, I wasted no time in driving out immediately.

My heart didn't for a second stop racing and I could feel my body shivering lightly at the feeling the discovery gave..

How could everyone be this mischievous?!..

I couldn't dial anyone's number, not even my best friend's because the discovery was so embarrassing.

All I could do was drive with tears streaming down my face..

..and then, turn on the music to have some beats ram inside my messed skull. 

I was shattered, pained and broken. My mind worsened matters by reminding me of the letter's content and how my efforts to have a better wedding had gone in vain..

“Unlucky me..”

The music suddenly stopped after a while and switched to the breaking news session but I wasn't listening until a part of the journalist's words attracted me.

“... and has now declared that his marriage of ten years be divorced due to his wife's infidelity sex video that went viral and threatened to destroy his reputation”

I knitted my brows, while a little part of me wondered why those words refused to stop re-echoing in my head.

“Wait..” I suddenly muttered aloud, losing my focus on the road in bits.

“Divorce..”

“Infidelity video..” I muttered again

“.. went viral” my eyes slowly widened as an idea popped into my head.

Oh my..!

“I can stop the wedding by making a sex video of mine go viral!!. He'll definitely want to cancel the wedding because of his threatened reputation!” my gaze expanded more.

“Perfect!!” I screamed out a bit, laughing out loud and wiping my fucking tears.

Damn!

Why didn't I think of this before?

“I can do it right?.. having a nightstand with someone is better than being forever trapped with an old man!. I can do it!" I nodded, smiling sheepishly.

At this point, my mind was literally not on the road where I was driving. My brain was the only thing doing the job.

“But what happens to your own reputation? You're definitely not going to disgrace yourself publicly, will you?” a haunting question suddenly came and my smile slowly faded ..

I sighed in defeat..

“Messed up.." I hissed, driving with one hand as I waved off the plan.

My phone beeped a few seconds later and i looked to check it, ready to transfer aggression to anything unworthy of my attention.

“To hell with you all"

  I hissed again, tossing it away on seeing that it was a message from a business group. Dad had added me to the group to help him on an ongoing project with his investors and yes, Gerald was also included.

“It's high time I left the group. Dad can't keep using me as a pawn!” I sighed out, picking the device again..

But then, a voice came around..

“What about sending the video to this group? It's better than making it go viral on social media. Gerald's business partners are there and it will definitely threaten his reputation.. no one would like to attend his wedding”

My eyes flew madly wide..

Wait..

“Oh heavens, why am I this smart?!!!!” ..

“Perfect!!!!!” I grinned, giggling.

“You know what, I need to drive to the hotel now, I need an escort for the task tonight!” I said out, taking a sharp turn thoughtlessly..

And that was it..

The foolish action of mine that made me hit a car.

“Fuck!” I shrieked at the loud bang..