Reclaiming Her Crown: The CEO's Sudden Bride

r slammed shut behind Karli Lewis. The sound was a dull, echoing

a deep breath, filling her lungs with air that didn't smell of bleach, r

wo sets of clothes. Her knuckles were stark white. She forced her st

or glided silently over the asphal

Myra's face appeared. Her adoptive mother's makeup was flawless, her ha

Karli's chest instantly froze. Her lips pa

nst the horn. The blaring sound made Karli flinch.

open. She climbed into the backseat. The air conditioning blasted her skin

a thick, gold-rimmed folder onto Karli's lap

opened the heavy cover. Her eyes fell on the bold, capi

aze locked onto the groom's

heart skipped a beat, sl

it carefully. She explicitly stated that this was how Karli w

n the rearview mirror. He coldly listed the massive commercial

. Her fingers dug into the crisp paper, le

e refused. She told them she would never marry the Rocha family's thir

ntorted with rage. She raised her hand and b

Karli's head snapped to the side. A sharp metallic taste flo

It bypassed her logic and ripped

w and erratic. The leather

mell of cheap champagne filled her nose. She felt the heavy, paralyzi

ing at the ceiling. The suffocating weight of a blurred male fig

the next morning. Kandi, her stepsister, stood in t

ith a disgust so pure it felt like a p

ears, slamming the gavel down, senten

her own palms until the sharp pain grounded her. She gasped

atred. She asked, her voice a low hiss, if they had planned it all

it was instantly swallowed by defensive fu

wis estate. He turned around, his face purple with rage. "You think you have a choice?" he spat. "Today you eit

her hand. She let out a hollow, broken laugh. She told him she would

he two massive bodyguards waiting by the gat

hey hauled her out of the vehicle. Her canvas shoes dragged across the gravel drivewa