"Do you Aria Carter Stephenson take Dave Micheal Mendez to be your lawfully wedded husband, to love and cherish in times of good health and bad health, rich and poor till death do you part?" My fingers tightened on my gown as I turned to the side, searching through the crowd. I locked eyes with my brother who had a blank expression. "Aria?" The priest called my attention. Taking a deep breath, I turned back to look at Dave. "No, I don't." Aria Stephenson is a small-town girl who got an opportunity to work as a fashion designer in a big clothing company with the hope of making a name for herself in the fashion industry. Dave Mendez is a playboy who was given the chance to take over his father's company which happens to be the same company Aria got employed in. Instead of trying to impress his father, Dave got distracted by a certain hazel-eyed girl. They ended up falling in love like every other love story but what happens when a buried secret comes out and breaks them apart?
The large doors of the Cathedral opened as the bridal march began to play which was my cue. I walked down the red carpet that extended from the entrance to the altar in a white flowing wedding gown.
On each side of me were seats filled up with the friends and family of the Mendez family from all over the world with a few of my friends and family scattered around in the seats on my right-hand side.
Every girl's wedding day, she was supposed to have thousands of butterflies erupting in her stomach and excited to be trying the knot with the man of her dreams, but that wasn't the case for me.
All I could feel was anger, hatred, and despair toward the man smiling at me from the end of the aisle because he was the man of my nightmares. A man I still used to love with all my heart a few hours ago but he repaid all my love with lies and deceit and expected me to spend the rest of my life with him.
If I could have my way, I would stab him to death on our wedding night and flee far away from this country but I knew that would be the end of my peaceful and free life. The Mendez family would never let me go scot-free after murdering their son in cold blood.
I climbed on the altar and stood opposite him. The constant smile on his face fuelled my anger but he couldn't see the angry expression I was wearing because of the wedding veil covering my face.
"We are gathered here to witness the union of Dave Mendez and Aria Stephenson..." The priest started but all I could think of was what the Mendez family did to hurt me and my family, and there was the only way I could think of repaying them for what they did.
The priest turned to Dave. "Do you Dave Michael Mendez take Aria Carter Stephenson to be your lawfully wedded wife, to love and cherish in times of good health and bad health, rich and poor till death do you part?"
"I do," Dave answered with a big smile on his face.
He turned to me. "Do you Aria Carter Stephenson take Dave Micheal Mendez to be your lawfully wedded husband, to love and cherish in times of good health and bad health, rich and poor till death do you part?"
My fingers tightened on my gown as I turned to the side, searching through the crowd. I locked eyes with my brother who had a blank expression.
"Aria?" The priest called my attention.
Taking a deep breath, I turned back to look at Dave. "No, I don't."
Chapter 1 PROLOGUE
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Chapter 2 1
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Chapter 3 2
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Chapter 4 3
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Chapter 5 4
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Chapter 6 5
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Chapter 7 6
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Chapter 8 7
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Chapter 9 8
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Chapter 10 9
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Chapter 11 10
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Chapter 12 11
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Chapter 13 12
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Chapter 14 13
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Chapter 15 14
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Chapter 16 15
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Chapter 17 16
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Chapter 18 17
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Chapter 19 18
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Chapter 20 19
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Chapter 21 20
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Chapter 22 21
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Chapter 23 22
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Chapter 24 23
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Chapter 25 24
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Chapter 26 25
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Chapter 27 26
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Chapter 28 27
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Chapter 29 28
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Chapter 30 29
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Chapter 31 30
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Chapter 32 31
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Chapter 33 32
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Chapter 34 33
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Chapter 35 34
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Chapter 36 35
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Chapter 37 36
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Chapter 38 37
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Chapter 39 38
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Chapter 40 39
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