Chapter 10 (Will's POV)I was lost in my thoughts.I have no idea what Margareth's plan was but I was somehow sure it had something to do with me standing up to her and practically telling her to put her engagement with Jasmine up her ass.But what troubled me, even more, was the words Ana spoke."She is not someone you want to mess with."That meant there was more to the woman my father married than the eye met.Right now we were at Ana's house waiting for everyone to gather.We need a plan.As far as I could tell, she never went this far in the past but who knows?In half an hour we were all seated in Ana's living room, including her mother Lizz.Ana was the first to speak and I was grateful for that because right now I was still trying to process everything."Ok. So, guys, we have a situation. Aron, remember when your mother appeared out of nowhere months ago? Well, it seems she never even left London. Not completely. As far as I can tell from what William told me, once she left yo
Chapter 11 (Ana's POV)Well if someone told me just yesterday that my weird estranged psycho aunt had a problem with me I would laugh at them.After all, she barely has any idea who I am.So as I was staring at the note in Will's hands, you can bet I was dumbstruck.This woman has no idea about the kind of woman I am, and never had any interest in it as well, but still, she wants to get rid of me.And the fact that my mother suspected her of having something to do with my father's death was the breaking point for me.What in the ever-loving hell is wrong with this woman?When you take a closer look at all the evidence we discussed a moment ago there's no way to get to any other conclusion than, my aunt is a total psycho.Will was running circles on my back, trying to calm me down and the chatter around me was continuing, but I couldn't hear a word they said.Voices in my head spoke too loud for me to hear anything else.There was only one solution.I didn't like it. To be honest I hat
Chapter 12 (William's POV)Almost a whole week has passed already and I was still nowhere close to a solution.But still, I had no chance of getting out of the family dinner.This week especially, since Jasmine was coming over with her family.And to say I was not looking forward to it was such an understatement that it was laughable.I had no idea why my father even insisted but I had no way around everything.But to my surprise as soon as I arrived at my father's house."Listen, son. I know you think I am old but I am not that old. I know how much you hate these dinners and I am sure you don't want to see Jasmine right now. But I have a weird gut feeling that she is somehow involved in everything. And you know I don't take these feelings lightly. So I think it would be best for my suspicions to get confirmed if we had her here so we could test the waters on our turf if you get what I mean."A chuckle escaped me at his words. The old man had more spunk in him left than he led on to b
Chapter 13 (Ana's POV)It was already the weekend and by tomorrow, William had to make up his mind or come up with a plan.But I was losing any remaining hope, day by day.Sure, everyone was trying to reassure me, but it wasn't working, at least not anymore.And guess what?My fears were once again proven right when later in the day my doorbell rang and Will was standing on the other side with a solemn expression on his face. "Hey, Ana. Can we talk?"Shoot. Looks like it's even more serious than I expected if he was cutting it to the point right away with those famous words.While I loved this man like a lunatic I wouldn't go easy on him.I've told him we needed to break up and just go with the flow but as stubborn as he is, he wouldn't listen. So now he can stand and speak."We can, but we can talk here, you don't have to come inside for whatever we need to talk about."To my surprise all received was a resigned nod from him and that kind of blasted off all my alarm bells."We shoul
Chapter 14 (Will's POV)"Honey, I am home!"Fuck, but I am starting to hate this woman from the bottom of my heart.Like I've said before, once upon a time we were best friends.But then this arranged marriage came and she changed, but since she practically admitted to working with Margareth she became this obnoxiously annoying person in my mind that I could barely stand.And she waltzed into my house like it was hers.In the next moment, she appeared in my home office with a huge grin on her face, as if she won the lottery, while I stared at her with a blank expression."What are you doing in my house, and why didn't you ring the bell as every normal person would?"Well…I tried. But her grin did not slip from her face, instead, it looked as if it stretched even wider."Oh, William don't be so old school. We can live together before we get married you know that. And I was wondering, maybe I could m
Chapter 15 (Ana's POV)"Sooooooo girls, what's the plan?"As soon as the words were out of my mouth giggling erupted.Let me explain a bit.At the moment we were sitting in my living room.Meaning, me, Vicky, Rachel and Becky.And we were kind of drunk.Well me and Vicky that is. Since Becky and Rachel are not drinking due to their pregnancy.But we were all laughing anyway.Me and Vicky had alcohol to blame, and the other two were laughing at us because we were too drunk to think reasonably."The plan so far is that there is no plan at all."Yes, you guessed correctly, that was Vicky.And we were laughing again, but if we wanted or not we needed a plan of action."No seriously. We need a plan. "A weird moment of silence descended upon us and it was apparent we were all deep in thought.The first one to break the spell was Rachel."What if we crashed his wedding day?"That actually sounded like the best plan we came up with so far."Ok. You have my attention. Elaborate.""So, first th
Chapter 16 (Will's POV)Since I had the talk with Mason and Aron they agreed to help me carry out my plan.And since that day, they have been at my house almost on a daily basis.But we made a deal not to tell anything to the girls.It would only put them in more danger than they already were in.So we were planning in complete secrecy.What still bugged me though was the fact that I knew someone was watching me. But I had no idea who. Still I felt eyes on me every time I left my house.That's why Mason and Aron had their own keys to my house and they entered from the back.So far, no one contacted me or gave me any indication that they knew about their visits.They in this instance being Margareth, Jasmine and everyone they worked with.So the list was pretty long and unfortunately many players were still unknown.Just as I was thinking about everything, Mason and Aron came from the backside of the house."Hey man. How are you holding up?"Aron's question gave me a pause and I am sur
Chapter 17 (Ana's POV)"What about this one?" It must have been dress number one thousand in Rachel's hands at that moment, but she was nowhere ready to end this torture she called shopping.She was determined to find the perfect dress for me and the girls.But I was just so freaking tired.We were in the shopping center for almost 6 hours already after all."Rach, can we just take it, pay for it, and go home?"The look she gave me would be hilarious if I wasn't so exhausted.It was a mix of disbelief and shock mixed together."You young lady will stop being so stubborn, and go put on this dress. And I mean right now!"Her voice made me almost cower in fear. Damn it, she was the most patient and kind woman I knew, but when she wanted to, she could be scary.So I gave in and looked at the dress. To my surprise it was white."Uhm Rach. I hate to say this but the dress you are holding is white and no one but the bride is allowed to wear white."I was expecting to see shock, sadness, or