All Chapters of Last Minute Bride: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

April walked down the aisle with her heart thumping loudly. How did her life come to this? She had come to the wedding as the planner but now she was about getting married to the groom.In the past, whenever she thought of getting married, she always pictured it to be a beautiful day; getting married to the love of her life and not some strange billionaire she signed a contract with.April had read numerous stories about contract marriages and she found them ridiculous and amusing. Never in her wildest dreams had she expected to be involved in a contract, loveless marriage.At first, when Mateo brought up the idea, she had blatantly refused and scolded him for taking her as a loose woman but it seemed like the man had expected that his bride would suddenly go missing so he had previously conducted a background check on her and found out that she was desperately in need of cash~ lots of it to save her dying comatose mother.Being a businessman, he offered her a billion dollars in excha

"Let's go home" Mateo's deep voice brought April back to reality. She looked up at him, confused. "Are we not going to greet the guests?""You can do it yourself. As for me, I'm leaving." Mateo said, already walking towards his car, leaving April with no choice than to run after him.They rode home in silence and April hated it because it made her feel nervous, giving her time to think about what was waiting for her in her new home. The wedding consummation! When she agreed to get married to him, she didn't think about what would happen after. Now she would-- . She shook her head to get the silly thought out of her mind.'I'm just overreacting' she tried to convince herself.The car drove further into the suburbs and to the hill side till there were only a few cars on the road. April began to wonder where they were heading to. Had Mateo kidnapped her? Before she had the chance to voice out her trepidation, the car came to a halt in front of a huge, gold gate.

"Mom, I got married" April said with a sad smile on her face as she sat in hospital room where her unconscious mother laid. "I know you'll scold me endlessly when you wake up but there was nothing else I could do." Her voice cracked, she was becoming emotional. "I couldn't just sit back and watch you die"Though her mother was unconscious, April still spoke about her marriage. She sat back and kept on talking to her mother, knowing that she wasn't listening. Her mother was her only family and she made it a routine to come to the hospital and tell her about the events that had taken place in her absence. Suddenly, April's phone rang. It was Eric."Babe, I have landed. Where are you?" He sounded excited"I am on my way" April said and dropped the call. She bid goodbye to her mother and rushed to the airport. She had forgotten that Eric was to arrive today and he had asked her to pick him up.When she got to the airport,

"You drive me utterly, entirely insane" Mateo's voice was low and his forehead pressed against hers."Mateo," April whispered with a pleading tone. She didn't know what she was begging for. To hold her or let her be?Mateo groaned and gripped her hair tightly as his lips came crashing down on hers with an urgency she didn't quite expect.April moaned against his lips and opened up for him, needing more.'We shouldn't be doing this' her subconsciousness reminded her.Every thought faded away as Mateo, with one smooth move of his hand, cleared the things on a near by table and lifted her up to sit on it, not caring where the contents previously occupying the table landed. April instinctively wrapped her legs around his hips causing her dress to roll upwards thereby revealing her smooth, porcelain skin to Mateo's eyes."Fuck," He muttered against her skin before wrapping his arms around her waist, pulling her more c

Mateo paced around his office as he pondered on what his next step would be. So many emotions were running through his mind.First, he was glad that he had found something to make April leave Eric but he was also angry and wanted to rip Eric's head off his body for cheating on April and lastly, he was concerned about April's feelings. How would she react if she found out that her lover was cheating on her?He didn't wish to hurt her but she deserved to know the truth. Mateo couldn't hold back anymore and dashed out of the office. According to his sources, Eric and April were on a date and he knew just the right place to find them.He got into his car and drove to the restaurant as quickly as possible. To him, it felt like the more time he took to get there, the deeper April would drown in Eric's ocean of lies.Call him crazy, he didn't care. He just wanted to get to his wife as soon as possible.Mateo arrived at the