Drugged, Jilted, Now A Billionaire's Wife

Hollow

" I whispered, my voi

ling amidst the wreckage of my most precious memory. A

urpose, Estella," he s

rley. Her eyes, for a split second, held a triumphant

last thread of my

immediate. But it stopped, trembling, an inch from her skin. The unspent

to shield her. He grabbed my shoulders, his

ur wedding day. I stumbled, my ankle twisting, and fell heavily, my el

y cried, her voice dripping with f

d expression. For a moment, I saw the old Ja

Let me clean her cut," she said s

to scramble away from h

ly trying to help," she whimpered, t

'Keep her still,' he commanded the two hou

hem stammered,

e repeated, his voice lea

took my arms, their grip firm but hesitant. I struggl

sper said, his voice cold. "Kimberley

he knelt down, her face close to mine, her sweet perfume making me gag. "This might s

pressed the alcohol-soaked cloth directly

ulated, deliberate act of cruelty disguised as care. A scream was trapped in my

sper, my eyes begging him for help, for a

tching. His face was a

w clench. He

hoked out, her voice trembling. "It h

rley," he said, his voice thick with alarm. He scoop

the room without a single backward glance at me, the wom

in a heap. The sharp, sterile smell of alcohol filled my lungs, a scent I

er's destroyed photograph. He had gotten that scar protecting me.

n my throat, a hyste

, I had loved a weak man who le

gers still bleeding. "I'm sorry, Mom," I whispered to the smil

command performance; my attendance was not optional. Jasper insisted

l stares. I was yesterday's news, the jilted bride. Kimberley, clinging to Ja

wl, laughing at her vapid jokes. I was left to stand alone in a corner, an awkw

l, well, Estella," she sneered, looking me up and down. "You're looking a little... d

ine glass, my

is voice sharp. But then he immediately turned back to Kimberl

gesture, immediately negated by

shoulder. Then, as she turned to walk towards the grand

pened in s

tly into it. Hundreds of crystal flutes, filled with golden

me, but towards Kimberley, wrapping his body ar

g directly in the

s pattered against me, and I felt the sharp sting of tiny cuts on my bare arms and shoulders. One of the heavier flute st

ation. Jasper, having ensured Kimberley was perfectly unharmed, finally turned to look