Pact Of Love Under Oath

breeze that carried the promise of a remarkable day. Inside its walls, opulence and grace mingled effortlessly with the in

le a group of stylists carefully arranged her hair and makeup. Her mother, Paige Hampt

her hand caressing Alicia's cheek with tender affection. "You a

aw Katerina, assisted with the finishing touches to her dress. The atmosphere brimmed with happi

nticipation. Her love for Marcus ran deep. Ever since the day their paths crossed, she believed fate had wov

d to send Marcus a message, to remind him of her love and to confess how she could hardly wait to see

had se

friend. Her

at that particular moment. Perhaps it was a comment about the de

e conversation, everything a

er lungs in a sha

illed the

preview, the image

rc

ian

eth

her chest as she tapped the screen,

d before her eyes was so brutally real th

s with the same hunger he once used when he promised Alicia forever. Their clothes were rumpled, their breathing heavy, the

a bet

t pierced straight

as if it were closing in on i

o

o

ld not b

it w

t she had seen, the message disappea

already far

recorded

was stil

. The sound came out raw and fractured, carrying so much anguish

led out, her voice

ale. With unsteady movements, Alicia slowly raised her eyes from

th love, trust, and hope cr

d until breathing felt impossible. Pain speared through her chest so violently t

ed, her voice shatt

ing to her knees and clasping Al

, Alicia? What

a could n

ing into her skin. Only moments earlier, she had believed herself

words, but her throat tightened pain

ra and Sofía, watched the recording that had been saved. Horror crossed thei

ted, her voice trembling with

no longer hear

e eternal love to her, while behind her back,

d, trusted, and loved h

flame, consuming her from within and turning eve

yet they offered no relief fr

iest day of her life had twist

lle fought for breath, her thoughts scattered and unfocused. Pain surged violently in her c

ut something far more dangerous now burned in her

Sofía cried, rea

e this," Katerina insisted

th unexpected strength, her bod

t sto

t and rage. Paige hurried to her side, desperation etched across her face

nk carefully about wha

nk. There was no time to consider her actions-not a

ng off the marble floors. In her frantic rush, she failed

oice of Alessandro Hampton, her fa

at her with worry as he bent down

emony starts in a few minutes," Alessa

silent. She cou

g in her eyes made them freeze. S

ast her family, her heart poundi

hout pausing to think, she climbed into her sleek black Aston Martin and tore out

icia's vision, and her fingers wrapped around the steering

d in her mind, looping endlessly

issing V

himself to the woman Alicia

ife with, a future with, the man who had j

na and forge

o her mind like poison

she barely remembered the drive. She parked harshly, stepped out of

door without restraint, and

Open the

sed before the do

who, only minutes earlier, h

s hair styled to perfection, Marcus

n the sight of his fiancée standing before him, tears

e?" he asked, his brow furrowin

nd reassuring, now sou

violently in Al

he whispered, her voice trembling with fur

instinctively, but Alici

efused to let him continue. Alicia pulled out her phone, holding

vi

o had reveale

us f

ures shift as the blood

time, she saw

time, he had n

manded, her voice shaking even t

tween them was

rching for a lie, for any kind of j

ici

name!" she screamed, te

he slid the engagemen

e yo

but she was no longer

ttered completely as she hu

na and forge

were sharp

reflex, disbelief and desp

listen

under the weight of heartbreak. "Everything we h

ll violently, each breath

ut she jerked away as if his han

again," she said with uns

rcus frozen in the doorway, the ring clenched tightly in his

everything to her had bec

sh

yes, but she w