/Meelah’s POV/I stare at my best friend on the ground with wide eyes that I cannot shut, with the feeling of the room spinning around me “She was fine an hour ago” I mutter as I force myself to move from my frozen spot. “Eden please open your eyes” I beg her desperately, but all my plea seem to land on deaf earI notice the knife that she used in spitting her own wrist next to her and a bottle of pain killers that I packed when we were traveling.I intentionally bought a bottle of pain killer for the trip because of the stress I knew that I was going to go through but instead of the full bottle that I traveled with, the bottle next to Eden is empty.“Eden please don’t do this” I plead again, and this time around I notice her clutching a piece of paper so I take it from her to check the content.“Dear Meelah, I am really sorry that it had to get to this, but there is just no way I can go through with this wedding. I thought I was going to be able to do it at first because my fat
/Meelah’s POV/ “I really want to go along with your suggestion, but it seems way too difficult to accomplish” Ember speaks up after a while, dragging me out of my own thoughts. “I understand that you are trying to help my sister so that she doesn’t have to go through with this, but how the hell are we supposed to successfully switch the bride without being noticed by anyone, and where did you get this whole bride switch idea from because it sounds really unreasonable” she expresses in concern. “I know that all these sounds unreasonable right now, but if we put heads together we can actually pull this through”I declare with determination in her voice because under no condition am I going to sacrifice my best friend's physical and mental health, just for the sake of an arranged marriage.“How the hell are we going to get a replacement for my sister less than four hours to her wedding” Ember inquires frantically pacing around the room and I stop to consider for a moment.If the b
/Brian’s POV/I couldn’t wait for the engagement bouquet to come to an end with the last dance, but Adrian being the bastard that he is, brings the dance to an abrupt stop by rudely walking out on us.Ember kept on calling out to him, but he left her standing while Eden and I followed behind them because there was no need for us to continue the dance when the only thing that we have been doing since the engagement bouquet started has been to play along.I noticed Elliot walking up to the betrayer and talking to him for a while, so I looked around the bouquet hall, to see how she is holding up after the man that she is going to be spending the rest of her life with countlessly utilized every opportunity he had to not only embarrass her, but to also emphasize that he doesn’t want her in his pace and it seemed like her girls were going to fight on her behalf, so I just took a chill pill and watched everything from a distance.I saw Elliot leave the bouquet hall with Adrian and I felt some
/Meelah’s POV/After I left Ember and Dianne’s room, I made my way back to my room to check up on Eden, and I met Aurora and Ryker discussing plans on how to successfully sneak Eden out of the hotel and get her to the hospital.Ryker has a few connections in Orion, so they were able make arrangements with admitting her in the hospital without a police report, while Dianne eventually hacked into the CCTV cameras and helped them to avoid every camera on their path.I wanted to go with them, but I couldn’t because I am the substitute bride, so I stayed in the room trying to convince myself that I didn’t just make the biggest mistake of my life.Few minutes after Eden was taken away, Elva Kings joined me in the room with her team and informed me that she is here to help us with the brise switch, which can only mean that Ember has spoken to Brian and he is in support of this too.While Elva was trying to paint a picture of what her brother told her Ember also joins us in the room and Elva
/Meelah’s POV/ I silently pray for Embers mom not to stand up from her sit to join us in walking now the aisle, but she does making me change my prayer to us not getting caught Now, it is either her mom picks one of us, or she gets in between both of us since she so badly wants to walk us down the isle If she is to pick one of us, Ember can always manipulate her way into drawing attention to herself, but if she decides to pick Me, she may find out that only one of her daughters is under the veil which will cause a major catastrophe more so, we have come to far just to fail when we are so close to achieving our goals. Thankfully, we get to the front of our seats and her mom didn’t make any move to get in between us, she just quietly walked behind us, all the way to our sit then went back to her sit After we make ourselves comfortable on our seat, the grooms procession make their way into the church and I watch their entrance through the projector because Ember and I are seated i
/Meelah’s POV/“I don’t think either the ministers nor the ushers will be able to control the situation” Brian whispered and I looked around the congregation to see if the guests were going to calm down and come to terms with the bride switch, but they were not looking like they were going to calm down for the wedding to proceed“I would have asked us to leave for the reception venue, but it will give a lot of people unnecessary access to you, and at this time protecting you is of great importance” Brian said and I nodded in agreement even though I found it very surprising that he was critically considering the consequences of the bride switch compared to the way I was taking it.When the pastor realized that the guests were not going to calm down, he cut his wedding sermon short and I was more than happy when the sermon was brought to a close because I found the sermon very unnecessary because I am not so much of a wedding person more so, the noise in the church was too much because
/Brian’s POV/After speaking to Ember and she asked me to participate in the bride switch, I had no choice but to do it because I love her so much, and I will do anything for her.I called Elva and put her up to the task without having to explain so much because I knew that my sister would do anything to make me happy.The bride switch was carried out successfully, but Eden’s family members are riled up by the fact that the substitute bride is Meelah of all people, and they are of the opinion that she disregarded her friendship with her friend just because of a man.At the reception, a few people called Meelah a betrayer, a lying scum, and cheater to her face while I stood there, shaking my head at how gullible they are because If only they knew the disaster Meelah helped them to avoid by substituting her best friend.Also, If only they knew what they were plunging Eden to, and things could have gotten worse if Meelah didn’t find her in time .Instead of celebrating a wedding this mor
/Brian’s POV/I leave the bar for the hotel room because I categorically mentioned to Meelah that she shouldn’t leave the room nor tell anyone about what happened, but leaving Meelah alone in that room is going to really creep her out.I make my way down to Crowne Plaza just to get to Meelah in time, and when I finally make it to the room, I ring the doorbell but she doesn't answer, I also dial her number more than five times but she doesn’t pick up.“It can’t be that Meelah passed out in the creepy room out of fear, right?” I stop to consider, while trying to paint a picture of how creepy the room must look according to the description that she gave me earlier“I need to ask Elva if she knows how I can quickly get a spare key card to Meelah’s room” I mutter as I pick up my phone to call ElvaI pace around the front of Meelah’s room while dialing Elva’s number, but she is not picking up.My father runs a hotel, and I know where and how exactly to get a spare key card, but that will be
|Meelah’s POV|I start rounding up the exercise of decluttering my space because this is the first time I am getting back home at the normal closing hour instead of working overtime like I have been doing with Brian, only for my phone to start ringing, so I pause what I am doing to pick up the call.“Hey babes… how are you doing?” Eden says as soon as I pick up the video calls and before I can reply to her, the other girls join the call.“Melanie Caleb… you skipped two girl’s nights without any call nor explanation to justify your actions,” Aurora accuses as soon as she joins the call.“Hmmm,” I sigh deeply.“The past two weeks have been crazy in Kings Corporation, with me trying to stay out of my husband’s ex-girlfriend who tries to sabotage me at any opportunity that she gets, the latest project of Kings Corporation that has been making both Brian and I work overtime because he needs to prove to his father that he can handle the company while I have had to prove to people that I did
|Meelah’s POV|Sunday went by in a blur with my girls showing up at mine and Brian’s house because they were worried sick about me switching off my phone after the incident that happened at the movie premier not only did they just help uplift my mood, but they also mentally prepared me to face the cold world (Kings Corp).It's Monday morning and instead of excitedly walking towards the tall and imposing structure that is standing out against the sky, reaching for the clouds in front of me with the windows arranged in a grid-like pattern in front of me, I am quite nervous but also eager to start work after being away for a while.I park my latest baby (the Tesla that was gifted to me by my father-in-law), then I take out a few of my necessities while clutching my ID badge, my bag, and other necessities, and then head towards the reception desk.I greet the security guard with a friendly smile and I swipe my badge at the entrance turnstile, hearing the satisfying beep that confirms my a
|BRIAN’s POV|“Can you stop being difficult and just tell me who the photographer nigga at the movie premier is?” I urge Meelah because her nonchalant attitude is seriously starting to piss me off.“No one important,” she answers, waving the issue like it is nothing important as she focuses on her breakfast.“Photographer nigga is no one important, but you and your sister were fighting over him?” I remark to get a reaction from Meelah, and judging from the way she pauses dramatically from reaching for the baked beans that are a part of the breakfast platter, I know that I must have struck a nerve.“Fighting over him?” she scoffs.“Are you for real right now?” she questions, looking at me dead in the eyes.“How was I minding my business and getting my pictures taken, only for me to get drenched by the torn in my flesh the same things as me fighting over a man?” she expresses painfully and that makes me realize that I must have gone too far.“Fine…. I apologize for my insensitive choice
|Meelah’s POV|I should have known that running into RK the previous night was not going to end well or should I say that I should not have unblocked that villain and tried to give him the benefit of doubt by thinking he must have had a valid reason for decamping to the enemies camp, but it was obvious from all indication that RK chose Jayden Conor and Skylar over me because of the money that they offered him, but the question that has been on my mind since yesterday was why RK Is still trying so hard to be in my good graces after everything that happened.To say that I was livid when Skylar tried to mess up my life once again by using RK was an understatement, and even though I had so many unanswered questions for Ryan, I was way too blinded by rage to hear him out, and now that everything ended up blowing out of proportion, I kinda wished that I was patient enough to hear him out so that I can at least get closure and move on with my life.I ended up avoiding Brain after we got home
|Brian’s POV|After trying to get Meelah familiar with the movie she didn’t look interested in the slightest, probably because this type of movie is not her kind of thing, she stepped out of the cinema to get some fresh air, but she went for a long time.Even though I want to keep enjoying my movie, I have no choice but to step out to check up on Meelah simply because I brought her here and I have to make sure that she has a wonderful experience, or else the aim of bringing her here will be defeated.I stand in front of the event hall, scanning around to see if my eyes can capture Meelah from afar to assure myself that she is fine so that I can return to the movie theater but I see her with a man who is busy taking pictures of her and from the looks of it, I don’t think this is the first time they are meeting because of how he is putting his hands on her to direct each pose he wanted her to strike when he could have just described it tor her or strike the pose instead of touching her
MEELAH’S POV|I wasn’t expecting that sly human being to take advantage of the situation by offering to help me if only I agreed to hear him out but I had to agree because I couldn’t let my girl’s efforts be in vain, and instead of sending the driver to get me a random ring, but Brian stepped down from the car himself to get me a ring which made me wonder what he is playing at.Anyway, Brian got me a pretty simple and elegant ring that doesn’t look as complicated as the previous ring and I love it because I think this ring sits my personality more, more so you will barely know that it is a counterfeit ring, so a win is a win for me.We are now at the event venue, and here is Brian stepping out of the car while I am waiting for him to open the door for me because even though I agreed to hear him out, he still has to make up for how miserable and rejected I felt during the week so that I can feel his sincerity.Big Daddy Brian has finally put the gentlemanly teachings he got from his wo
|Brian’s POV|After racking my brain, thinking of the best way to ask Meelah out to the movie premier, I decided to abandon the responsibility to the butler because I knew for a fact that I was the one whom Meelah had issues with, and she was not the kind of person that will take her anger out on an innocent butler by intentionally making his task difficult for him, and it worked because just when I was driving into kings estate yesterday, I saw Meelah’s driving out.I actually thought of driving out of the estate to block her wherever she was going to have a conversation with her, but for someone who made a conscious effort not to run into me even while we were living under the same roof, I knew better than to try, and thank goodness I decided against it because on getting home, I was informed by the butler that his part of the task was completed.I went about my after-work schedule normally, and while I finally settled down to eat dinner, I got a message from Elva that she had been
Everyone in this house except for me stayed up all night trying to help with the outfit and everything because my fashion enthusiast friend decided to make an outfit for me from scratch after she found out about the movie premier at the dying minute and she had got her team of designers here as early as 5 am to help with the process of making me an outfit despite my protest that it wasn’t necessary.Brian's sister also showed up with her team of makeup artists, hairstylists, and nail technicians, just to get me dolled up for the event, and I have been sitting here since I took my bath while they dress me up like a doll.“Your bestie wants to talk to you,” Aurora says, handing me her phone hours later after I sat to get my hair, nails, and makeup done without being allowed to check the mirror. “Are you not scared that I will see myself through the camera of the phone?” I question Aurora and that makes Elva block the camera from my view.“I still stand on the existing protocol that I w
\Meelah’s POV\After being made to feel stupid by Brian and like a total failure by my mother-in-law on Wednesday, I needed a way to vent, and the last thing I would have wanted in this life was to put a call through to my girls because I just like me, they had stuff going on in their lives, and it won’t make any sense for me to put everyone in a bad mood just because things were going sideways for me, so I went to mine and Brian’s bedroom to sleep but the more I laid on the bed, everything I could think about was how Brian kickstarted my day by overreacting to the perfume that was supposed to boost my confidence, so I ended up smashing the perfume bottle into the wall hoping it will make feel better but it barely did anything for me.I tried to snap out of the negative emotions that I was feeling so that I could be prepared for the next day’s work, but nothing seemed to be working so I resorted to something that I wouldn’t normally resort to just to escape my problems even if it was t