The Contract Wife

Darkness in Daylight

Bella

I went to court to finalize everything— to take the one and scribble my signatures on the contract papers, for a man who I randomly had a one-night stand with.

Valerie’s Black dress was outstanding, but her hard look was the overall fitting of her look.

“Oh, you! I didn't think you'd come to my wedding,” Alex chuckled and it ached me.

At this point, I had already crossed the thin line that divided love and hate. I didn't think twice before doing anything that was going to favor me and my unborn child. I wasn't going to sit and let just any random thing occur again.

“Was she invited?” I asked in a cold tone.

“I can't chase her, can I?” Alexander muttered and said his vows. I stared at her from my sides, trying so well not to make it obvious.

Everyone probably thought she was coming to halt the wedding, but her character displayed something totally different.

Her weird smile lit her face even when it was obvious she had doubts.

“Don't let my presence interrupt,” Valerie uttered, staring at me with a bitter gaze. “I just came to see the perfect look of lies, especially when it was covered in white.”

I swallowed deeply, making sure I put myself together.

“Well, that must be a good show,” Alexander scoffed and replied.

Me? I was extremely dazzled at what my life would become after signing the contract. After legally being Mrs Blackwood, what was left for me when Valerie acted like she was ready to take action?

I picked up the pain with shaky hands, not knowing how to figure it out. I didn't have any more options.

I couldn't run away when the debts had even been cleared. I couldn't tear the papers, we were in the courtroom. I couldn't do anything.

I placed the contract down, and I scribbled my signature on it. I felt my cold fingers as I made a fist and pulled a smile.

Alexander didn't think about it, his signature was dried up already. I stared at him, the tattoo on his neck, and I felt a heavy wash of disgust running over me.

I turned and looked at the contract papers and my signature finally dried up. At this point, I was already holding on to the fact that there was no turning back.

After the contract and their copies were sealed, I turned and looked around me, dishing out a wide smile.

A smile that was made of plastic—fake and useless.

“Congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Blackwood. You both are now legally husband and wife,” the magistrate pronounced.

I could only hear the echoes of congratulations, swimming in the air.

Suddenly, Valerie dropped her bag on the ground and ran towards me with so much force. She grabbed my wedding dress with tears swimming in her eyes, “Why didn't you think twice before doing this to me? There were other men, Bella,” she pulled my dress stronger which each word that fell out of her mood.

“Stop it!” I roared, pulling her away. It was difficult to do so. She clutched her hands to the gown.

“I have tried my best to be the family you don't have. To be the friend you didn't deserve. To be the sibling you didn't have, Bella. At the end of the day, this is what you paid me back with?” She uttered icily, her tears had dried up.

Oh! The wedding I have always dreamed of. Was this it? The same one, my supposed best friend, was trying to make it worse than it was?

Tears fell quickly from my eyes as she used her words to pierce my heart. I stopped fighting her, letting her win.

“You were nothing, and now you got everything I managed to have, so you can baby something,” she charged up.

“You returned the ring, and you have been selfish all along. You didn't think twice about the fact that it could have been a rumor. You returned the ring like it was a wrong transaction, and now you are saying I got what you had?” I gave a succinct reply and readjusted herself a bit.

“You have no right to lay your hands on my wife that way. You should find better things to do than that,” Alexander defended, and I was lost, staring at how pissed he looked at Valerie.

“You have no idea how deep the hole you've dug for yourself is. Alex, you never thought of chasing me back,” Valerie started crying again.

“I will not want to talk about my past on my wedding day. How would you think my wife would feel?” he asked firmly.

Well, I hadn't left the courtroom yet, but I was dished with drama.

“You should know what you're doing. If this is a facade, you should stop it already,” Valerie begged.

“Move!” Alexander shoved her away and moved towards the exit of the court, but without me.

There was nothing more than seeing that my expectations were nothing more than just wild dreams that were never going to come true.

There was nothing more I wanted to have secure something tangible for myself in this marriage. I wore all the shame that was thrown on me after everything Valerie said to me.

“From today, I will cut all ties with you. I have nothing left with you again and should not consider my existence in your life as your best friend. You deserve nothing,” she spat in my face.

Goosebumps caressed my skin and I felt no strength in my legs as they started wobbling.

Just when Alexander was about to bounce out in his suit, “Alex!” I called out his name with the last strength I had.

It felt like something was draining my strength, leaving me as empty as a void. Before I could see if Alex stopped to come help me out, everything became pitch black and the heaviness of my body was too much to hold.

I fell in, into the part of me I never knew existed—I fainted.