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Her Substitute Groom Are you seeing another man?
Chapter 72'Let's meet tomorrow evening' As evening slowly approached, I couldn't help the fear that was living in me and didn't want to go no matter how much I tried to chase it off. I was scared of what that man had in store for me, I was scared when I saw him and going to see him again was like a nightmare and as much as I didn't want to go see him, I didn't have a choice.It was finally about thirty minutes to the time that he asked us to meet, so I got dressed and left my room. Connor was seated on one of the couches in the living room when I arrived downstairs."Babe..." He paused and gave me a long confusing stare."Are you going out?" He asked and I nodded."Yes. I need to step out for a moment. I'll be back shortly," I said to him, hoping he wouldn't ask me questions because that was the last thing I needed at this point. I wasn't in the mood for it."Oh... Where to? It's past 6pm, and you don't even know anyone here. Where are you going, babe?" He finally put his laptop away
Her Substitute Groom Let's go back to LA
Chapter 73"Ugh! You know you're driving me nuts right now, babe... You need to talk to me, OK? Who was that man?" Connor asked, rubbing his fingers gently on his forehead while trying to be cool. He was burning inside, his blood felt as though it was set on fire, and he was finding it difficult to wrap his head around the shit that was happening, but still, he wanted to believe that Janice wasn't cheating on him. That was the last thing he would believe, but how sure was he?"Babe, talk to me," he held her shoulders and shook slightly as if trying to force words out of her mouth, but his jaw dropped when she yanked his hands off and stepped away from him."Why are you following me? Why the heck are you here?" She snapped at him even though she knew she was wrong. "What!" He exclaimed, his face laced with shock and confusion. Of course, that was not what he was expecting to hear from her."Yes! Why the fuck were you following me? The fact that we are together doesn't give you the rig
Her Substitute Groom 74
Chapter 74Janice POV'Let's get back together when you get to LA' I read the text with a heavy heart and tears brimmed in my eyes. We had just gotten to the airport, ready to go back to LA and Connor had excused himself to go to the dining room.'What if I don't want to?' I had texted him back, and his reply broke every ounce of confidence in me. If I refused to do what he wanted from me, then Connor would have to pay with his life, and that was the last thing I wanted.I heard Connor's footsteps, so I quickly deleted the text and held the phone firmly in my hand after I wiped my tears. I had to pretend everything was fine because I didn't want him to suspect anything."Are you ok?" He asked as he say beside me on the waiting bench and held my hand. Even though I've been treating him badly lately, distancing myself from him and hurting him emotionally, he still cared about me and never got mad at me. More reason I've been dying slowly in guilt. "Hmm... I'm fine," I replied to him ca
Her Substitute Groom 75
Chapter 75Janice POV "What would you like to have? You can order anything. Bills on me," I watched as he puffed smoke from his mouth. The Carl I used to know was not a smoker, but now he was. He reclined on the chair, his eyes not leaving me as though he was monitoring me with his gaze. "Nothing. I'm not here to eat. What do you want from me, Carl?" I asked him even though he already warned me to stop calling him that. Well, you weren't expecting me to start calling him the name I didn't know him by, right?"I told you to stop calling me that, wife...""Point of correction, Carl. We were never married, so you can't call me that," I cut him off, and he took a deep breath as he closed his eyes. Silence assumed the atmosphere for the next few minutes and I wondered what he was thinking. I had many questions to ask him. What happened that day? How come he was alive? Where he had been all this while, and how he turned out like this. I was curious to know the answers to my questions, but
Her Substitute Groom 76
Chapter 76Janice POVMy vision was blurry, my eyes were covered with tears that wouldn't stop coming no matter how much I tried to stop them. My legs felt so weak that they could barely carry me, but still, I managed to walk to the spot where I parked earlier. I helped myself into the car and drove off the premises.My heart was burdened, it felt like the weight of the whole world was being placed on my shoulders, but one thing I knew was that I needed to get home no matter what. My life was already messed up yet I couldn't die. My parents and brother were going to live the rest of their lives in pain if anything should happen to me. It's as if Mom knew that I was in pain because my phone started to ring at that moment and when I checked it, I saw Mom's name displayed on the screen. I pulled over at the side of the road then reached for the phone and slid the answer button."Janice, dear," Her sweet and ever-calming voice sounded from the other end, and as if it triggered my pain, m
Her Substitute Groom 77
Chapter 77"Why didn't you call me when she was leaving? This would've been avoided if you had called me. What if something happened to her over there?" Connor yelled at Chase angrily."I'm sorry. I tried to stop her, but...""That is why you have a car. You should've followed her or called me immediately. How could you allow her to leave just like that?" Connor tried to lower his voice this time because it was partially not Chase's fault. Janice was an adult too and Chase couldn't have treated her like a kid by questioning her whereabouts."I'm sorry for yelling at you. I'm just... confused," Connor apologized to Chase as he crashed against the couch in the living room and ran his fingers through his hair frustratingly. He hasn't gotten a good sleep since the previous day that Janice has been missing. How was he supposed to be at rest when his woman was missing?"We should report to the police. I think they'll be able to help," Chase suggested."It's not yet twenty-four hours, so tha
Her Substitute Groom 78
Chapter 78Claire POVIt's been over one week since I left Khan's house that day, and guess what? He hasn't called me since then after he was sure that I moved back in with my parents. It's been killing me slowly, especially whenever I thought about the sex I had with him, but then, it was all my fault. I mean, I seduced him, so I shouldn't have expected less from him.It was a Friday night and my last day of being in this house for a while because I would be starting college on Monday, so I needed to leave tomorrow for my school which was in California. "Are you done packing your things?" Mom walked into my room and asked, but I shook my head."Not yet, Mom," I replied to her as she say beside me on the bed, and she rolled he eyes."What am I going to do with you? You are such a lazy ass. You were waiting for me to come help you do it, right?" She scoffed as she reached for my clothes which were on the bed, and started to fold them one after the other."Are you ok? You don't look fi
Her Substitute Groom 79
Chapter 79Janice POVLocked inside the room for hours, my phone taken away from me, I could only cry my eyes out as I sat on the bed in the large room assigned to me, hugging my knees to myself. I felt like my life was a ticking-timed bomb waiting to explode. As the thought of Connor flashed through my mind, I shut my eyes and allowed my tears to fall freely down my cheeks. He must be broken after what I did to him, but if only he knew it was never my fault and I never meant for that to happen.My heart skipped a beat when I heard keys clicking from outside, and in the next few seconds, the doorknob twisted and the door opened. My heart almost left my chest when I saw that the person was Carl."I'm so sorry for not being here since. I had something to deal with," He apologized to me as he walked inside the room and sat on the bed with a smile lingering on his face."Are you crying?" He asked then rolled his eyes and reached out his hand to touch me, but I flinched, so he took his ha
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