All Chapters of The Heartless Bride: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Thud. A faint sigh left her blush lips as she brought her face down burying it in her palms. Her thumbs slowly worked around her temples. 'What have I gotten myself into?'  The question resonated in her mind as her temper began to build up slowly. To say that she was angry at her own self would be an understatement. She was beyond enraged by the decision she had come to make.  But did she even have any other choice?  No. She did not.  She pulled her face back to look up at the sky. It was a clear night. There weren't many clouds marring the midnight blue sky that night. One could easily make out the stars dazzling in the distance, dancin

"We were just discussing your marriage."  His words echoed through her mind, giving her a hard time in believing her ears. Marriage?  Never in her life had she ever thought of this. The day had arrived when she was going to get the talk. "Father!" Her thoughts were interrupted by her father's raging tone. She found him to be staring back at the old man with nothing but contempt. He was obviously outraged by his act.  "There's no need to get your blood pressure shooting high, Mathew." The old man scoffed. "I am only talking to my granddaughter about it. After all, she has the final say in this matter."  The more he talked about it, the harder it was getting Ayal to comprehend the meaning lying under his words. There was clearly something she was missing on. What did her father know that was kept away from her? "I have already turned the offer down. More so, you have no right to bring my daughter into any of t

No matter how hard Ayla's father tried to dissuade her, she had made up her mind. All she asked from the old man was to give her a day to think about it.  She ended up locking herself inside her room, asking for some privacy. Other than Nina, her personal maid, nobody else was given the permission to disturb her until she said so; not even her father.  She spent the rest of the day going through some old albums from her childhood. It was the hope of gaining some clarity about the matter that was making her reminisce about her past.  Her lost gaze jumped from one picture to another as her fingers flicked through the pages. A tear or two would become eminent, filling her eyes up, only to be blinked away. She didn't want her emotions to get in the way. Whatever decision she was to make, it had to be rational.  Ayla was clearly not ready to give up on her dreams, neither did she want to leave her father behind. The prior was something

Claude not only wanted to have a proper chat with her, but also wanted to meet her in person. He was hoping that it would give him some sort of insight. He wanted to see for himself the kind of person Ayla was before coming to a decision. Not that it would matter, but he still wanted to do it for both of their sakes.  He made Ethan find out her routine before making him drive all the way to her college.  "Are you sure, Boss?" Ethan pulled the car over before the main entrance. He looked over his shoulder to make sure that his boss was not doing things in a rush.  "Don't make me change my mind now, Ethan." Claude threw a glare in his direction. "There's no harm in meeting her in person." "You do realize that you can ask your grandfather to set up a meeting." Ethan still wanted him to give it another thought. He couldn't help but wonder how the meeting would be going down.  "I didn't hire you for not using your brain." Claude

Claude had come straight to his home after getting his apparent injury bandaged to have a conversation with his old man. Whatever had happened in infirmary, it only pushed him to make his decision. The man ended up saying yes to his grandfather.  Claude saw through her. He saw the dreams which filled her eyes, and he wanted to be the one to help her in making them come true. It wasn't that Claude didn't have faith in her. It was quite the contrary. He believed in her. All he wanted was to be there for her. That was all he could think of after their brief encounter.  When his old man asked him to meet the lady officially, he turned him down, giving the excuse that he needed to go out of the city right away to take care of a project. It was nothing but a well thought lie.  Claude was rather looking forward to seeing Ayla straight on their wedding day. He wanted to give her a small surprise. On the other hand, he was somewhat scared about her reac