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THE GHOST BRIDE
THE GHOST BRIDE
Author: Monisola DASILVA

CHAPTER ONE

last update Last Updated: 2022-03-31 00:09:02

Evelyn stood looking at herself in the mirror, she was wearing a beautiful wedding dress and couldn't stop smiling at her self while friends comes to her dressed and they all embraces her .

“Let’s go to the church I can’t wait to be with my heartthrob” she says happily and her phone rings and she picks her cellphone on the dresser and she looks on the screen of the phone and it was My heart, that was the name she used in saving her husband to be on the screen and she picks the call

“Hello my heart” she says in a soft tone.

“Hello my Love” Manuel Stephens says to Evelyn.

Manuel Stephens is the billionaire heir of the Stephens Empire, he is the one in charge of all his fathers businesses, from Estate to importation and exportation of good and to crude oil companies all over the nation.

Manuel Stephens, a thirty seven years old man, the heir of his father’s empire. He was once married to Brianna whom he picked up from the street, at first it was only about helping Brianna then before he married her but after their marriage he realized she wasn’t what he thought she was but a pretender.

Manuel Stephens divorced Brianna because he realized she was never in love with him but in love with his money.

It took Manuel Stephens five years again before giving love a chance again.

At first it wasn’t love at first sight with Manuel stephens and Evelyn, the love grew gradually between them and he decided to take it to the next level with her.

Evelyn is just a girl from an average home , her parents were able to afford the education of she and her siblings and put three square meals on the table.

Her parent has no savings but are able to sort out their bills. Evelyn has always been loved by most people since she was young and she is also an intelligent girl.

Evelyn and Manuel Stephens met at one of the Stephens company where she was doing her internship, there was this construction of one of their new estate that they were about to began which she was present and when modification was asked by their clients for the design of the construction because the designs the creative designer of the company showcase to the clients were too common , Evelyn was the one who came up with another brilliant idea at first Manuel didn’t find the style she created fascinating but when no one was going to bring up a fresh idea they decided to let the architect work on Evelyn idea and when it was shown to their clients they love it and that was when Manuel took interest in her and he asked her transfer to his branch which is the headquarter and he made her his P.A and before they knew it before one year they became madly in love despite the age gap between them.

PRESENT DAY

Manuel Stephens and Evelyn finishes talking on the phone and she turns to her friend. Her chief-brides maid.

“It’s time to go, Manuel and his friends are already waiting at the church for us, we can’t be late to the church, we shouldn’t keep my husband waiting” she says smiling and she picks up her iphone and she began to take selfie of herself .

Her chief bridesmaid came to her . “Evelyn, I just got a call that the service is about to begin at the church, " her chief bridesmaid says while the cameraman and photographer was already waiting at her doorstep as she steps out of the room in her wedding gown and her mom and dad were waiting for her at the sitting room and when she walks to the sitting room and her mother embraces her and her Dad also embraces her and her siblings also embraces her.

She walks to the car waiting to take her to the church and her chief brides maids wanted to enter and sit beside the bride.

“I am sorry ma’am, it is only the bride Miss Evelyn that is allowed to sit in this car, maybe you should join the other brides maid” the driver says and evelyn was surprised.

“what do you mean by she alone is supposed to be sitting the car ? when I am her chief bridesmaid, I should be assisting her” the chief brides maid protest.

“I am sorry ma’am ,this is an order from my boss” he says.

“Lily, I am so sorry about all of this I didn’t know about this arrangement before , if I knew before I would have talked to Manuel but I can’t anymore, I am so sorry for all of this, please for my sake and the sake of my big day please let’s do as he says, it dosen’t change the fact that we are still best friends forever” Evelyn says smiling at her while her mom came to them.

“Is everything alright? Evelyn mom turns to Lily. “ Why are you not inside the car beside your friend? You both should be at the church right now, I just got a call from the co ordinator of the wedding that the service is about to begin” her mom says.

“Nothing serious mom, the arrangement is kind of slight different from what we thought but we have it sort out already” she says.

“Alright” her mom left them while Lily goes to join the bridesmaids while the driver drove off and as the driver drives he flashes back to his meeting with Brianna three days wedding.

Flash back.

A week ago.

The driver was inside the car in Stephens company headquarter playing game when a call came on his phone.

“Who is this about to ruin my interesting game?” he says before picking the call. “Hello” a beautiful voice and sexy voice says over the voice and he quickly sits up hearing the voice.

“Maa…..aadam” he says stammering on the phone while Brianna who is in a luxury apartment, a condo’s dressed in a long side slit gown with a glass of wine in her hand with a cellphone to her ear smiles hearing him stammering.

“How are you? She asks him.

“I am fine ma” he replied.

“Where are you? She asked.

“At the Stephens ma” he says.

“Oh, you took Manuel to work, am I right? She asks.

“Yes ma” he replied.

“Can we meet , I have a job for you and you are going to cash out huge on this job” she says.

“A job? Are you saying the job pays more than how much my boss pays us ? he asks.

“Even more than the bonuses you get from him” she says.

“ Alright ma, I will come” he says happily but one thing is I don’t know where you stay ma” he says.

“Let’s meet at the oriental hotel to discuss the job” she says and she goes to sit on the couch.

“Ori..en…tal hotel,” He calls the name of the hotel out one by one. An hotel? He asked surprisingly.

“Yeah” and she paused and she thinks and laughs out loud. “Come-on, it’s not what you are thinking about, I won’t even stoop low to that level, everything we are going to discuss is all about the job” she says.

“alright ma, I will be there soon” the security man says and Brianna hangs the call

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    After his discussion with Brianna on the phone,the driver quickly stops his game and goes into The elevator and he knocks on Manuel’s office whose head was buried in front of his laptop. “ Come in” Manuel answers from inside of his office and he raises his head. “ Good afternoon sir” he greets Manuel. “ Yes” Manuel says staring at his driver and expecting him to speak. “ Sir , I….I …have been stooling since I brought you to work sir” he says. “ So what do you want? He asks him. “ I want to ask for permission to get a drug to stop myself from stooling” he says. “ You can go” he says to him. “ Thank you sir” he says and rushes out of Manuel’s office and Manuel continue what he was doing on his laptop. The driver smiles happily and he began to think of the kind of job it could be that would pay more than what he is currently earning from his boss. He quickly walks out of the company and he picks a public transport going to Oriental hotel and when he got to oriental hotel he cal

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    “ Do we have a deal? Brianna asks the driver and the driver nods his head and they shake hands.“ Your account number? Brianna says .“ My account number? Are you paying the 8M now? He asked.“No, part payment of the deal to show you that I mean business “ she says and the driver smiles and quickly called the account number for her and not long his cellphone beeps and it was a message from Brianna and it was an alert of two million naira.“ Two...... he pauses and looks around and he leans forward to him and said “ Two million naira?!” he asks happily “ Yes, if you do a good job, You will get your balance and travel to Atlanta with your family” Brianna says.“ Alright ma, just make sure you call me and explain to me how you want us to go about it” he says.“ No problem, I will call you by night “ she says and she calls the waiters and she pays with her ATM and she stood up and leaves the driver at the restaurant while the driver was so happy and he picks up

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    The men began to drag both Evelyn and the driver into the car and Evelyn and the driver tries to struggle out of the men hand but they were too strong, they force them into the car and locked the car.Evelyn hits the car window pleading but they just laugh at them and one of her men goes to bring out a gallon of petrol inside the car trunk and he pours it on the car and Brianna laughs out hard.Evelyn and the driver hits the car window so hard trying their best to force the door open in tears.Brianna opens her palms to one of the men and he brings out a lighter and gives it to her and she turns the lighter on and and throws it on car and the car began to burn while Evelyn and the driver began to scream out so hard.The groom and his family, the bride family are worried, Brianna mom already crying with people trying to console her that Brianna will be here soon while the car kept burning and Evelyn and the driver crying for help. Brianna ordered the men to push the c

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    Brianna began to pace around , she doesn’t know what to believe, she kept flashing back to the scene and she quickly dresses up and enters into her car and drove out of her compound.At the church.Evelyn father whispers to her daughter’s ear. “What happened? Why did you arrive late? Her father asks.“I will tell everyone after the wedding but I just want to enjoy this moment first dad, I don’t want to think about how we got lost on our way to the church” she says and her father matches with her to where Manuel was standing and Evelyn was all smiles as her father gives her hand to Manuel and they came to stand in front of the priest.They both read their vows to each other and they exchange rings and the priest says.“You may kiss the bride” they both kiss and soon the church wedding was over and the couple came out of the church taking pictures with family and friends and the priest.Brianna drove to the scene where She burn Evelyn and the driver in the car an

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