All Chapters of The Substitute Bride Saga: Chapter 111 - Chapter 120

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The truth comes out

It felt as though her mouth was packed full of cotton and her eyelids were held down with heavy bags of cement. Carol tried her best to fight this feeling, struggling to open her heavy eyes for the better part of twenty minutes. She could hear voices, and one of them warmed her heart so much. It was Sebastian’s voice. Her father too was there, as she could hear his voice. They were talking worriedly, discussing her. “I’m right here…” Carol wanted to say, but her mouth refused to open. Why were they discussing her when she was right there in the room with them? She was only asleep and if they wanted to talk about her, all they needed to do was to wake her up. “I really don’t know how to break all this to my aunty. I’m still trying to come to terms with the fact that my uncle is dead, and I was not talking to him before his death.” She heard Sebastian say. Carol gasped, or maybe she jerked, but whatever she did was noticeable because she could hear the quick pattering of feet and then

Last Updated : 2022-04-21

An ungrateful girl

“Wait. I don’t get it. Do you mean to say that Charlotte was the one who kidnapped Jessica and I’ve been fraternizing with her all this while? Why on earth would she do something like that?” Carol asked, shuddering, as she thought of how close she had been to such a psycho.“Yes, she was,” Sebastian said, proceeding to tell her everything that he knew about it and how Charlotte had mentioned something about Mr. James being her biological father. By the time he finished, Carol’s mouth was literally agape.“Did your aunt or anyone else know about any of this?” She asked him.“We’ve not told her any of this yet, although according to what my uncle said, she knew about Charlotte and her brother. Apparently, they're twins. We’ve not even told her about my uncle’s death. We’re still waiting for her to come back from her journey first. I don’t think it is wise to divulge such news over the phone. I mean, she has been preparing for this moment for a long time now, but still, prepar

Last Updated : 2022-04-21

The remaining pieces of the puzzle

There was silence for some time. The only sound that could be heard in the room was that of Jessica sniffling in Sebastian’s arms. Carol retreated to sit on one of the chairs in the room. She was weary and tired of it all, and although she knew she shouldn’t, the truth was that she blamed herself for everything to an extent, even though everyone, including Sebastian’s aunt, told her not to do that. Carol felt so sad for the poor woman, who had aged and slimmed down considerably in the two weeks since her husband died. There was no way to fully prepare for a loved death, especially when that person wasn’t an aged person. Mr. James was just in his early sixties, for crying out loud, and his life had been cut short by a maniac, who ironically was his own child.Finally, Jessica raised her head from Sebastian’s chest and began to speak, although she carefully avoided Carol’s gaze, looking only at Sebastian, who was listening to her keenly.“On the night that I was kidnapped, I was trying t

Last Updated : 2022-04-22

A chilling realization

Sebastian booked a hotel room on their way from the hospital and drove down there with the car that Carol had brought as fast as he could. The sexual tension between the two of them kept mounting until it felt as though the car would explode with the force of it. He could hardly keep his hands off her body as they got on the elevator, and of a truth, she could not keep her hands off his body either. Luckily enough, they were the only ones on the elevator and even on the hotel’s corridor. By the time they got to their room, they were kissing passionately and within seconds, had divested themselves of their clothes, whereupon they fell unto the bed in unison and made love until they were both spent, after which they lay in each other’s arms, trying to catch their breaths. Carol’s mind was preoccupied with thoughts of how on earth she was supposed to leave all of this, but not coming up with a reasonab

Last Updated : 2022-04-22

Living with a hostile Jessica

There was silence in the car for a minute or two as Carol contemplated what Sebastian had just said, not liking it one bit.“You want Jessica to come live with us?” She asked him incredulously, at last, her tone rigid.“That’s not what I said. She’s the one who asked me, so I said I was going to have to inform you first … which is why I’m asking you now.”“Have you seen how that woman glares at me each time I walk into a room she’s in? She stares at me like she wants to kill me. How do you expect us to live in the same house?”“I told you before that she’s a nice person once you get to know her. She’s just cranky because she’s been confined to a hospital bed all this while.”“Is that so? How come she’s never cranky with you then? Why is she only always cranky with me? Look, I know when someone, especially a woman, doesn’t like me, and I’ll bet my bottom dollar that Jessica doesn’t, not even in the slightest."“Carol, please. She has nowhere else to go. The house is

Last Updated : 2022-04-23

A scary confirmation

At this, Carol rubbed her forehead wearily, resisting the urge to push Jessica outside the room and slam the door shut in her face. “Can we just not do this right now? I’m not feeling too good.” She said instead. “I don’t give a flying fuck about how you feel. I just want you out of my room. I can’t be staying in a smaller room, as though I’m a damn guest in a house that is mine while you are staying in my big comfortable room and in my bed, so if you don’t want any problems, just pack your things and leave now.” “You know what? Fine. I’ll leave the room for you. Can you just stop yelling? I’ve got a massive headache.” Carol conceded, not mentioning that her boobs were really sore too and she kept having this urge to throw up, not that it was any of Jessica’s business, neither would Jessica care.

Last Updated : 2022-04-23

Confronting Sebastian

As the days passed, Carol lived in abject fear, despair, and anger. She was scared of the fact that Sebastian could find out that she was pregnant. The despair was both because of the fact that Jessica was trying to make her life a living hell, and the fact that Carol did not know where she stood with Sebastian, nor was she bold enough to ask. After all, each time she hinted at the end of their marriage, he pretended not to hear her and changed the subject to something else. If that did not hint that he did not want the marriage to continue, then she did not know what else would.Lastly, the anger was because she had caught Sebastian kissing Jessica that night. She had not confronted him about it, and she was not sure she should. The thought of even having to bring up such a subject in the first place was enough to make her break out in a cold sweat. In fact, what she had been actively doing was avoi

Last Updated : 2022-04-24

A stunning realization

The atmosphere in the house was a tense one. For the first time since Jessica came to the house, they were all eating together at the dining table downstairs. Carol attacked the food on her plate gamely, although everything in her was pushing her to throw up the contents of her stomach. It had been two months, yet she still had not informed Sebastian about the pregnancy, although she had no doubt that she would inform him about it before their marriage ended in less than two months. Jessica kept up a steady stream of chatter, but she was only talking to Sebastian, who kept answering in monotones. The fact that she was only talking to Sebastian was fine by Carol, who was not in the mood to converse, anyway. It seemed that she was not in the mood for a lot of things nowadays.“So, I was thinking. You are both getting a divorce ending of next month, not so?” Jessica asked Sebastian, who focused on his food and mumbled something in reply. Carol’s heart began to beat faster as she wondered

Last Updated : 2022-04-24

Extending her stay

“Carol! What’s going on?” Sebastian asked, rushing over to where Jessica was still lying motionless on the ground. He searched for a pulse, heaving a relieved sigh when he felt a faint one, and lifting her up in his arms while asking a petrified Carol to get one of the drivers. She remained frozen on the spot, staring with wide, scared eyes at Jessica.“I’m sorry … I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean to push her, but she kept hitting me and I got angry, so I pushed her. Oh, my God! I killed her, didn’t I? She’s dead and it’s all my fault. I’ve killed someone and I’m going to go to jail. I killed her!” Carol exclaim, still standing where she was while Sebastian was already carrying Jessica out of the garden.“Snap out of it, Carol. She’s not dead. Go get one of the drivers now.” Sebastian yelled at her, immediately propelling her into action. She scrambled past him and the unc

Last Updated : 2022-04-25

Quizzing and telling Sebastian the truth

“Oh,” Carol said, gulping hard.“Yeah.” Sebastian continued, feeling the need to explain further. “I just feel that children need all the love that they can get, so having a father who is not ready to father a child yet might do more harm than good.”“I understand. What if it happens by mistake, though?”“Come on, Carol. I’m too experienced to make such a silly mistake, so I'm sure that I’ll never find myself in such an awkward position.”“Mistakes can happen to anyone though, can’t they? What if you make a mistake and got a woman pregnant? Are you going to want her to keep it?” Carol asked, unable to leave the subject alone, at least not until she got her answer. Sebastian sighed before answering, so she knew that the numerous questions were beginning to get him irritated.“I’m not going to make such a mistake. Besides, why are you asking me all these quest

Last Updated : 2022-04-25

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