The moment Narika entered the room, Sofia gave her a side eye. “Fuck. This totally sucks,” she uttered.“Are you so upset from seeing my face?” Narika frankly asked.“No, Narika. I was talking about my scars,” Sofia explained. “The damn bats scratched me everywhere. And those scratches are burning even though Charles helped me by applying ointment all over my body.”Narika didn’t like what she heard. She briefly glanced at Charles to gauge his expression. “I’m not disturbing a private moment between you two, am I?”“Of course, not,” Charles quickly said before Sofia could say anything, so Sofia could only smile and agree with what he had said.“Charles, can you take one pizza box and give it to my parents?” Sofia said. “I’m afraid if I start eating, we’ll eat all the pizzas, so please give one to them beforehand.”“Alright,” Charles picked up a box and went out of the room.Narika came to the bed but didn’t sit down. Sofia put a pizza piece in her own mouth and loved the taste. In fro
Charles had downed 1200 ml of quality wine worth over 18,000 dollars, so Sofia expected him to fall in her lap any moment, even though he showed little to no signs of being inebriated with alcohol.She tried to pour more alcohol, but Charles was tired of drinking the wine with her, so he said, “let’s go down and spend time with your family members so we can comfort them.”“U-Uh, yes,” Sofia didn’t like it, but she didn’t have a good reason to say no, either.Sofia quickly locked her arm around Charles’ arm as she walked out of the room. Together, they came downstairs. Sofia was surprised to see Narika still there, seemingly reading a newspaper.“Since when did you have the habit of reading a newspaper? And that’s also at night?” Sofia posed a straightforward question.“You haven’t met her in over two weeks,” Victoria quickly commented, “and the first thing you do is criticize her, Sofia? You should be more caring for your little sister even if she’s made a mistake or two.”“Mom, why
The next morning.Sofia and Victoria had gone out shopping, whereas Gregory had not only made a forged divorce certificate for his daughter so she could have her wedding without any hiccups, but he also finished printing the wedding cards and even began to distribute the cards, though only to very few people that were close to the family.Nevertheless, Gregory went to the Bisconsleys and gave the card to Caroline Bisconsley herself and said, “My daughter caught his eyes, so I hope your granddaughter will find someone she likes.”“Hmph, there are many men out there who are much more better-suited to Laurel than a gambler who dates multiple women at a time,” Caroline snorted.“I’m glad you think that away. Please bring your whole family to the wedding,” Gregory said. “We’re only inviting limited guests, so it’s going to be a peaceful wedding.” Saying that he left.“Limited number of invites, huh…” Caroline harrumphed. “I guess they don’t want the press to be there since they might bring
Samuel Sehla laughed out loud after looking at the wedding card. “He wanted to bring the Myers family down all the time, and now he wants to marry that woman? What is this crazy guy planning?”“Maybe, he’s just blinded by her beauty,” Samuel’s father, Andrew, remarked. “She’s really well endowed, after all.”“Do you want me to attend the wedding?”“There’s nothing to lose from going there, so yes, take your wife and children with you and have some fun at the wedding.”At a chain of apartments owned by the Blake family.Lucas Blake gave the wedding card to his son. Seeing the card, Jim smiled.“You still haven’t given up on their younger daughter, have you?” Lucas asked.“I want to step in tomorrow with Narika, Dad,” Jim said. “I’m going to attend the wedding. Hopefully, she’ll be there, and I’ll ask her for one last time.”Lucas patted his son’s shoulder. “I wish you good luck, son.”At the Sterling villa.Selena Sterling, a world famous actress, had just received the wedding card fro
Charles spent a few hours with Bob and Charlie, eating with them and buying them things. He parted with them in the evening.As Charles was walking back home, he thought back about his life. Many years ago, when he was very young, he was alone. Even after these years, that didn’t seem to have changed as he didn’t have anyone that would walk beside him.Charles was aimlessly walking, and he noticed a few men trying to look from an old beggar. They managed to take more than a hundred dollars from the beggar, but they still wanted more, and they began to rip his clothes, trying to see if he was hiding the money elsewhere.The beggar was old and weak, so he couldn’t fight back against the two youngsters.Charles approached from behind and grabbed their necks. They couldn’t move their necks, not even a little.“Give his money back,” Charles uttered, putting a bit more strength into his grip, and the youngsters quickly dropped the money. Charles then let go of them, and they ran away pretty
Almost a week later, the wedding day has arrived.The Sky Moon Hotel’s rooftop was chosen as the wedding venue. All the top three floors were reserved for 120,000 dollars for three days and nights so that the guests could stay at the hotel for three more days after the wedding.Gregory had to do at least this much because it was his eldest daughter’s wedding. Everybody that was given the invitation cards were also later sent Myers’ branded clothes fitting to their body sizes so that everybody who would come to the wedding would be wearing the clothes of his brand and his brand only.Though no press was allowed at the wedding, some private photographers were hired to capture every moment so that Gregory could later use the footage to market his brand all over the world. After all, many billionaires from around the world were invited to the wedding, and even more guests to the reception that would follow the morning after the wedding night.The Sky Moon Hotel was a 120-floored building
Charles was preparing in his room all by himself. Someone knocked on the door multiple times.“Coming.” Charles opened the door only to get shocked to see Laurel who had wet eyes, and there was anger dwelling in her eyes. She entered the room without his permission and locked the door. “What are you doing?”She looked into his eyes. “Didn’t you say you can’t make a woman pregnant? Why are you marrying Sofia?”Charles maintained a straight face. “You will know soon.”“What do you mean I’ll know soon?” Laurel frowned.“That’s all I can say. If you leave, I’ll prepare for the wedding,” Charles said.Laurel clenched her fist. “I hate you, Charles. I wish I never met you.” Holding her tears back, she rushed out of the room.Charles pursed his lips and took a deep breath. When he looked at himself in the mirror, he hated whom he was seeing.Meanwhile, in another room, Sofia was looking at herself in the mirror with a bouquet in her hand, she felt so happy. Her mother kissed her and said, “F
Sofia was too stunned to even talk or blink for that matter. Seeing Carlos had frozen her to the core.“C-Carlos!” Victoria shouted like a pig walking on broken glass. “Why are you disguised as Charles? What have you done to him? Where is he?”“He’s… standing right before you,” Carlos raised the face mask in his hand. “I’m Carlos. And I’m Charles.”Victoria’s eyes grew wider than the seas. The wine glass in her hand fell.“I’m Carlos Wallce. I’m Charles Wallace,” Carlos added. “I’m the guy that has been treated like a trash, not worth her time, by Sofia no matter how much I tried to please her, and I’m also the guy that she has fallen for because she believed she deserved me when I was a gambler who earns in millions every match.”Sofia still kept stupidly staring in gut-busting shock. (No! No! No! This can’t be true! This must be a dream! It has to be!) She refused to accept what was transpiring right before her eyes.However, why wasn’t the nightmare ending?Why was Carlos still sta