MARRYING MY STEP-SISTER'S GROOM

. She stared at the ceiling of her bedroom, her mind clouded with confusion from the events of the night before. The stranger she had s

ng emotion, but his eyes-they had burned with a quiet intensity, something dark and consuming. She had never seen such eyes before, an

an who was a stranger in every sense of the word, an arrangement forced upon he

she'd once had of a real wedding, with someone who loved her. This marriage was nothing more than a business

wedding. Leah could only imagine the smug smile on Natasha's face, eager to marry Ethan Blackwood, one of the

veil. Hickeys. Proof of her encounter with that stranger, whoever he was. She shook with a mi

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admired herself in the mirror. Her gown was dazzling, the most expensive dress her family could

delicacy. Soon, she would be Mrs. Blackwood, and all her fantasies would come true. Little did she kno

is ready. Leah's marriage will happen quietly, as planned

compared to my marriage to Ethan." She clutched her veil tighter, anticipat

of triumph and malice. "The arrangements are in place.

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briefly to the woman from the night before. The night had been a blur, filled with moments he hadn't intended to have. He had been drugged, that much he knew, but so had she. W

but the woman's vulnerability had stirred something in him,

to his grandfather and to the company. And the woman, Natasha Sterling, had been the one to share that night with him, or so he believed. He

ay. It wasn't about love. It never had been. This was about con

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a double wedding. The two brides were set to be married at the same time, a move orchestra

n't even met the man she was to marry, a wealthy older man her father had arranged for her. Her eyes remai

ng figure, his cold eyes sweeping over the room without betraying a single emotion. He moved with pur

excitement. Soon, he would be hers, she said in her m

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the altar, her steps heavy with reluctance. She stole a glance toward the other side of th

and gripping hers with an intensity that made her shiver. He moved to hold of her waist pinching her painfully as his disgusting breathe whispered in her ears. "I cannot wait for our wedding night dear

vows, but everything must go as Natasha's wishes, she wanted to get married before Leah, so she told the priest

till the marriage is over" Leah

I want to see if you are indeed as beautiful as your step mother claim you where" Mr Hargrove said as he forcefully tried to remove the vei

ggling with Mr Hargrove as she held on her veil. 'That witch, how dare she? She must be doing this on purpose, taking all the attention from me, I

hall, as his head turned to the other side in confusion. He knew that anoth

h the voice . His expression turned to one of confusion as he looked at the woman who stood before him, a veil covering her face, and then he snapped his h

ing to be your lawfully wedded wife" the pries

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cutting Ethan off as he turned to face the other side again, his frown deepening. And just immediately as he turned, Mr Hargro