All Chapters of The Substitute Bride: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

‘’Why are you here and what do you want from Vanessa?’’ with his back to him, Josh slowly pulled the phone from his ear as Jake demanded sternly.He turned around ever so slowly, feeling good about himself. He could make out Jake’s stiff features from the dimly lit garden. ‘’I don’t see why that is any of your business step bro.’’ he said in a bored tone but Jake lunged at him, seizing him by the collar. ‘’It is my business because I care about her and I won’t let you hurt her the way you did before.’’ Josh’s eyes narrowed into slits, a muscle ticked in his jaw which gave Jake a boost of confidence. ‘’Yes, I know what you did you bastard!’’ he spat. ‘’I can’t believe you did that to her.’’Josh clamped his hand on Jake’s wrists and pried them off him. ‘’And you have the right to?’’ he challenged. ‘’What are you trying to say?’’ ‘’If your idea of care for her is to use her for your stupid revenge then I fear what your love for her would be like.’’ ‘’What are

Rella woke up the next morning cocooned in the warmest and soothing embrace. She must be dreaming she thought but she knew she wasn't. She's been awake for a while now and although she had been appalled at the fact he ended up in her bedroom it was a lovely feeling, a comfortable warmth that tempted her to stay put for another couple of minutes. Even though he was forbidden, it wouldn’t hurt to relish in his embrace because that’s all there was to their relationship and even though she knew that already it didn’t stop her mood from turning sour. She sighed warily and untangled her limbs from his but then she couldn’t stop herself from looking at him. Stefan had called the night before as she was getting ready for bed but he never once hinted his return he must've been really tired she thought, briefly wondering what time he came in last night. He must've been very quiet because she was a light sleeper. He was lying on his side and although she was disappointed to not feed her ey

Van was taken aback by his sudden outburst and the pure unadulterated fury in his eyes. His jaw clenched as he added icily, "you don't know Jake, and you don't know what he's trying to do!" "What are you talking about?" Her brows knitted in suspicion. "He's only using you don't you get it!" "You think I don't know that!" She flared up, too angry to bother about how pathetic she sounded. "You don't need to rub it in. I know that I'm an Idiot for falling for him but you can't choose who you love now can you? And that's just my misfortune." The slight tremour in her voice betrayed her and she could feel the onslaught of hot tears welling up, stinging her eyes but she bit her lips to keep them from falling. It had gone deadly quiet as each tried to control their flaring temper. "I should leave." Was all he said eventually before stalking to the door. About ten seconds later, she heard the familiar high pitched screech and knew that Karl had come to pick her up. Flu

"Don't worry you go ahead I'll just be a minute and then I'll lock up." Said Van to Monica later that evening. It was eight p.m. and Josh's flight is in two hours, she hoped she'd be in time as she briskly straighten out her hair. Sifting through her bag, she brought out a little hand mirror and smeared her lips with lip-gloss. She was about to drop them back into her purse when she suddenly felt she was not alone. "Going somewhere?" Her spine stiffened in a fraction of a second before she regained her composure. After not hearing from him for many days now Van thought she'd gotten rid of him. What rotten luck she had.Ignoring him, she slung her purse across her shoulder. ‘’I can’t let you go.’’ ‘’Don’t waste your breath.’’ She began to leave but was caught by surprise when he grabbed her wrist. In a flash, she was flushed against him before his lips crashed down on hers hot and demanding, forcing her mouth open, she fought furiously against him but his hands ti

Rella stretched purring like a cat, she couldn't remember the last time she felt so happy and so full of life looking forward to a new day with Stefan. A ghost of a smile touched her lips before it morphed into a full blown grin.Turning to her side, she found it empty with her husband not in sight but she wasn't worried though because she knew he was somewhere in the house the absence of a note was one of the telltale signs. Flinging back the covers, her legs landed silently on the fluffy rug then she padded to the en suite bathroom to wash her face and mouth after which she took a quick shower. Twenty minutes later she went down the stairs to the kitchen and was assaulted with the smell of coffee as well as eggs and bacon but what had her feeling like mash mallow was the man poised in front of the stove looking extremely comfortable in his blue and white striped pyjama pants and blue T-shirt like he'd done this a countless number of times. He looked so hot standing there that