Stolen Vows

“You’ve lost a lot of weight.”Laura looks at her mother who’s lying down the hospital bed. It is undeniable how weak her mother has become just by hearing the voice alone.Looking at her mom’s weakened state, her grip on the straps of her shoulder bag tightened as she tries to give her best smile. At least if she smiles, her mother can be less worried. She walks towards her mom as she pulled a nearby chair, and positions herself just beside her mother’s bed.“I’ve been on diet these days,” she lied. Truth is, she’s been only eating a slice of bread every single day because she doesn’t have the money to buy enough food.“You don’t need to diet. My daughter is already so much beautiful,” her mother smiled.Despite the pale look on her mother’s face, Laura still thinks that her mom is so pretty when she smiles.“Between you and I, I think you’

That rude bastard. Laura could feel her facial features twitching out of extreme annoyance. She doesn’t want to marry either, but she’s not this rude. Rejecting her this way? And even while breakfast? She is not Olivia but she’s extremely irked and irritated! She reaches for the glass of orange juice in front of her and chugs it down to nothing before loudly putting it back on top of the table, the same way Duke did earlier. She pierced her eyes at Duke, trying to look as intimidating as she could. “And you think I want to take an arrogant man like you as my husband?” she said with stern voice, still holding down her glass on the table. “Don’t make me laugh,” she sarcastically said. Duke only raised an eyebrow. He noticed the woman’s grip on her glass begins to tighten. He smirks before speaking. “Are you laughing?” he sarcastically asked back which made Laura roll her eyes. His research about her was right. Pompous and self-assertive. Laura snorts. “Mom, there’s no way I’m marryin