Chapter 1

Amelia's pov

I couldn't sleep the night of my wedding because I was so happy, my stomach bubbling with excitement and my head buzzing with thoughts. 

Luke and I were stationed in separate rooms as required but I found myself tip-toeing to his room at midnight. We were currently at the wedding hall in which our marriage would be happening later today so as to avoid any traffic. 

My face fell as I approached his room, I could make out faint noises that didn’t sound right, I opened the door a fraction and I couldn’t believe what I saw. Luke was on his back and my own sister was on top of him, and they were having nasty, disgusting sex. 

Their faces were red and sweat glistened against them even in the dark, he kept whispering nasty words at her and could barely control how high his voice went. 

They were so busy with what they were doing that they didn’t hear my sharp intake of breath or the sounds of my heart ripping in two. 

"I thought you said you loved me, why are you going ahead with the wedding?" Scarlett asked. 

"Of course, I do," Luke said. I want to play this game with your sister and shatter her heart. She's nothing and worthless to me.

Running back to my room, I almost tripped due to my vision blurred with tears. I slumped on my bed and cried my heart out. How could they do this to me on the day of our wedding?

Luke and I had known each other for years, we were friends before we began dating after high school, he was everything a girl could dream of, he was tall and handsome and he was the sweetest guy I had ever known. 

He never cheated on me once throughout the years we dated neither did he ever take me for granted. 

Our parents approved of our relationship so we knew one day, we’d get married. The very thought of becoming his wife someday always put butterflies in my stomach, no one could say a word against him, not even my family or friends. 

One summer, we escaped to an island in Hawaii for a secret vacation. We lied to my parents that we were going with other friends but we went alone. Luke and I had been dating for some time now and since both our families approved of us, he was perfect in every way possible. 

We went sightseeing, exploring the beautiful natural landscape of the place and the locals made me a necklace made of flowers. Luke said the pink flowers suited my skin. 

We went swimming in the ocean and even had sex on the beach beneath the stars after dark. I was nervous and scared someone would see us but he assured me that we were alone on the beach and that he had paid off the locals to have the beach to ourselves for the night. 

It was one of the craziest things I’d ever done. I couldn’t wait to get back and tell my friends about everything that had happened on the secret vacation but that wasn’t all…

 On a night, he planned a dinner for us and he proposed. It was so sweet, I was the happiest girl ever. 

The diamond on the ring was blindingly gorgeous, when we got back my parents were so happy for me, my sister, Scarlett seemed to be happy too. My parents called his and they began to make arrangements for our wedding. 

They even confessed that they had been hoping he would propose soon and that they thought it was best for us to hold the wedding as soon as possible. 

Having believed in fairytales all my life, it seemed as though my own life was now a fairytale, everything seemed to be going my way, I could even hit my chest and say my life was perfect. 

He took me on several outings before the wedding and an engagement party was even thrown for us. He announced it to all his friends and invited them as well.

If only I knew what was going on behind my back. 

I remembered all the sweet gifts and things Luke said to me, how he had treated me like I was the only girl he could ever love. Were they all lies? Anger replaced the sadness I was feeling. 

 I wiped my tears aggressively and took my phone from the dresser. I marched up to his room and found them still going at it in a different position this time. 

I hit record as I fought back tears, recording them through the slightly open door.

 I could only record a few minutes before everything became too much for me to bear, I stumbled backwards and accidentally hit an artificial plant that toppled over with a loud bang.

 Luke and Scarlett immediately stopped what they were doing and Luke tried to run after me but I got away and hid behind a wall. 

My heart pounded erratically against my rib cage as he stayed moments longer before returning back to his room where Scarlett was. 

I put it off, edited the part where I ran and found my way to the projector where our slideshow- memories of us together- was supposed to be shown at our wedding ceremony later today and exchanged the file with their sex tape. 

The slide show had been his idea but I had put the pictures of us together to form it up. It was ironic how I was the one ruining it by exchanging the file now. 

I went to bed, heart broken and devastated, I considered going to tell my parents and putting an end to the wedding before dawn but I knew that if I did that, then Luke wouldn’t get the public disgrace which he so badly deserved. 

As I struggled to sleep, I held on to the hope of exposing and embarrassing them in front of everyone later that day.

But what happened next was not what I expected at all. 

What could that be?