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All Chapters of A Vicious Substitute Bride: Chapter 1 - Chapter 4
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Chapter 1
BETRAYED.JOAN.I hurry across the busy streets, my feet tapping with excitement as I hurry over to George's apartment.My boyfriend.I had just gotten a coffee and bagel from one of my favorite bakeries and was informed that he had stopped by to get a cake.Today is my birthday and I bet he just has a surprise waiting for me.I cross the road, narrowly escaping the collision with a car whose owner violently honks at me.“Sorry!” I shout back with a wave as I continue on my way.Still, on the streets, I hear my phone ring, bringing me out of the clouds my head is stuck in and see the caller ID, “she-devil”It is Vivian, my stepmother.Instantly, every trace of a good mood vanishes.I am sorely tempted to ignore the call but knowing her, she would only keep at it until I pick up, the irritating woman.“Hello, Vivian.”“Joan! Why didn't you pick up your calls? I was worried and how many times do I have to tell you to call me mother.”“You must be with guests,” I remark with a bland ton
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SAVEDJOANComing out of the complex and walking down the streets with silent tears rolling down my face is a direct contrast to how I came in.The one joy of my life was a fraud.I have no one.Absolutely no one, on my side.Unable to help it, I collapse to the floor, right there on the streets as deep wracking sobs tear through me.“What did I do to deserve this?!” I cry. “It's not like I wanted to be a part of their family!”It wasn't.I had gone through my childhood years knowing nothing about my father until my mom died and then at her funeral, he showed up and said he would be taking me home.I was twelve when that happened and there is not a day that has passed that I haven't regretted it. I don't know why he came for me if he was just going to ignore me but that is what he did.Ignored me and left me at the hands of his vicious wife while showering his other daughter with all love and affection.Out of everyone, it is him I hate the most.“Hey! Yes you, are you okay?”I look
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ENGAGED.JOAN.“We have guests.”“And how does that concern me?” I spit at her.“Joan!” I hear my father’s voice before he shows up beside her.Logan Valon, at the age of fifty-three, can still be considered a handsome man. Lean and muscular with a silver train in his hair and beautiful green eyes, eyes that I took from him.“How can you talk to your sister like that?!”“She is not my sister,” I snarl at him. “She certainly doesn't behave like one.”“You-”“Logan, what is going on?” Vivian asks as he joins them.“Oh, great, the whole gang is here!” I snark at them. “Well, I am not interested in whatever shit you have going on and your guests are of no concern to me.”“You will come down this instant or I will make you regret it.”Ohh, I want to see what he would do, I sorely do but at the end of it, I choose to obey.We do have guests and I am not ready to debase myself because of them.With an irritated sniff, I stomp down the stairs, past them, and head to the living room, the three
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MARRIED.JOAN.Standing alone in the bridal room, no friends, no family, all alone and staring at my reflection, I can't help but remember when it was my life took a drastic turn.I should have ran.When he showed up at the funeral home and said he was taking me home.I should have screamed and ran.If I had done that, I would not be here, about to get married to a stranger.Two months.They had me licked in that room for two months before I finally caved.On the first night, my phone and laptop were seized and then Mira told me that they had informed my workplace that I wouldn't be returning.Effectively cutting me off from anyone who could have helped.I had tried to hold on, to hang in for just a little longer but for what?No one was coming to save me.No one cared enough.I was truly alone in this world.And if I wanted to get free of them, then I needed to leave the room first and marriage was the only way to do that.And so, here I am.A few moments away from getting married.I
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