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

The Substitute BrideKourtney's POV I'm so nervous that I feel like my heart is going to come out of my rib cage, while it's beating so damn fast. "Why are they taking so long ?!" Irritated, I asked one of my guards. "They are on their way back here, Miss." He answered me without any emotion visible in his voice. "Are you sure ?! Because it feels like they're on their way here, since forever!" Due to great frustration, I couldn't stop myself from drinking another shot of whiskey, this time I didn't bother to transfer the alcohol to my glass. I drank it straight from the bottle. I immediately felt the heat of the whiskey in my throat as well as the bitter taste but I was very nervous that my plan would fail, I immediately forgot the unpleasant taste of this damn whiskey. Until I heard someone talking from one of the walky talkys of my guards, someone informed him that they had just arrived with Travis. My eyes widened and the more I felt nervous, my body started shaking as wel

Chapter 2 – I Remember It All Too WellKourtney’s POVI remember that day as if everything happened only yesterday, I was nine years old back then..."Mommy, where are we going?" I asked Mom as I watched her in the mirror fixing my hair. She smiled at me before she answered me."Forger's mansion, Baby..." Mommy gave me a soft answer and then she finished fixing my hair.I frowned at Mom's answer, trying to remember who the Forgers she was talking about.Maybe Mom and Dad's new business partners. I said to myself."We're going on vacation there, I'm very sure you'll enjoy their place and also the mansion is close to the sea." My eyes widened at what she said feeling very excited. I don't know what's in the sea but I love it when we go to the beaches. It makes me so happy just by seeing the waves touch the sand. Wearing the sound of the waves.It didn't take long and Mom and I left my room followed by our helpers who were carrying the luggage we were going to take for vacation.We spent

Chapter 4 Kourtney's POV "Oh why are you still here? Are you not going to the beach as well?" Travis didn't answer but he looked at where I was sitting, and our parents followed where he was looking. Our gaze met immediately and this time I had the strength to avert my gaze. It looks like Mom immediately understands what Travis means so she's the one who spoke on my behalf. "Oh, did Kourtney tell you she wanted to join you going to the seashore?" And then Mom started combing my hair. I bit my lower lip, and I didn't tell Travis that I wanted to go to the sea, but if he's going to base it on the behavior I showed him earlier, I'm sure he knew that I really wanted to go to the beach. The more I couldn't look at Travis out of embarrassment. That's why I was so shocked when he said, "If it's okay with you Tito and Tita I'll take Kourtney with me so she can go for a walk on the beach with me while the weather isn't hot yet." I thought it was the first and last summer that I would be

Chapter 6Instead of being rude to Travis, I just ignored him and decided that I would just keep walking until I passed on where he was standing. That was my plan and I was able to do it, well that's what I thought. Because I only took three steps away from him when I was forced to stop walking.I even tried to get away from his grip on my left arm but he was stronger than me. I shouldn't have bothered in the place, what am I against twenty year old Travis? In the end, I sighed as I gave up trying to get my left arm back.I frowned at him and said,"What do you need from me?" Well, no matter how hard I try to calm my voice since I'm annoyed with him because he's a d amn playboy! I just can't! He's very annoying right now. Like how can he do it?! Like every summer he got a different girlfriend that he brings here to their mansion. Does he even care about what his parents or the people around will say about him being a playboy?And before he could answer my first question, I asked him a

Chapter 8"I don't know if the news is true but Kim is the one who is promised to Travis." Who is Kim? I asked myself.“I'm sure it's just gossip! If it's true that the Forgers have promised their sons then why Rush isn't married yet? What I know is that he's twenty-nine or twenty-eight! He should be married at that age!""What I heard is that he had an issue with his fiancée. The girl said she already has a boyfriend so she rejected Rush." Girl number 1"Wow! Is she that pretty to say now to Rush for marriage? What the hell! She's f stupid for what she did!" One of them said again. Girl number 2"Because she didn't know before that Rush was the one who was promised to her!"These girls are full of gossip! They were talking about Travis and now it was easily shifted to Rush.But only now did I find out that apart from the luxury life, the Forgers are also in favour of marriage for convenience.Even though I'm only thirteen years old, I know what that marriage for convenience is. What