A BRIDE AND HER REVENGE

Chapter 3

THE WEDDING

OSCAR POV

LUCY LETTER

“My darling Oscar, I know you will be very angry at me right now, after realising that I had escaped from my own wedding, I’m not sorry because if I had gone through with it, we would have been both sorry,”

“You were so blinded with love that you forgot to think about what I really want, I’m just twenty one and I haven’t enjoyed life to the fullest yet, I want to explore and follow my dream of being a model, please find it in your heart to forgive me and I promise to return back to you very soon,”

Your one and only love,

Lucy.

Reading the letter aloud again for the fifth time just to be sure I wasn’t dreaming, aunty Lily was cursing and my grandmother was crying. The whole place was chaotic and all I could think of is how foolish I allowed love to slam my senses off.

“Ahaaaaaaa… ohoo s**t!” My loud roar scared everyone in the room, including her sister who jolted away from the wall opposite me.

Seeing her there I felt like strangling her, she’s not the problem but yet she’s related to the woman who just broke my trust in love, she didn't just leave me, she stolemy money and went away with her lover who’s my cousin.

“My son… my son, wait, don’t go out yet, please let look for a solution. The whole hall is filled up to the brim, Mr Johnson came with lots of media,” my aunty as usual is trying to make things better for me.

“Aunty Lily don't try to stop me, there’s no solution, Mr Johnson can win today if he so wants to, my bride is gone… with your son!” The last sentence was added with some anger at her.

Her face fell and I rushed to her at once. Aunty lily is Like a mother to me and I will never do anything to hurt her, but right now her son has cut my heart so deep that it’s beginning to draw a line between me and my dear Aunty.

“I will kill that boy when I find him. He’s a bastard son!Why didn’t he tell us about Lucy and her evil plan, she must have forced him,” my aunty cried into my chest. Trying to justify Alex's actions..

My eyes fell on Charlotte, she was reading the letter Lucy left for her, pushing aunty lily aside softly. I moved swiftly and yanked the letter unexpectedly from Charlotte who looked up at me at once but her eyes were red with flowing tears.

“There’s nothing to see there, Lucy left me with insults and blames, cursing me for the death of our parents, for how long will she keep reminding me of what happened” she clutched her chest and fell to the floor to wail.

Everybody around me is crying and my heart was beating with revenge and hatred for Lucy. My aunty placed another letter in my arm and my eyes fell on Alex handwriting .

He also left a letter for her, telling her how happy he is to be away from her for some weeks as she’s too unfair in sharing her love between myself and him, using me as an example to him everyday and how exhausting it is to him,”

“My son, don't let this nonsense weigh you down, there’s a solution. We can’t go back to the hall without a bride In your arms, there are a lot of dignitaries, most of them are business related and this disaster will affect your business.

My aunt paused and looked around the private room, immediately her eyes fell on Charlotte, her idea struck into head even before she opened her mouth.

“Marry the betrayal and thief sister, marry Charlotte. She’s right here with us and her sister caused all of this, so it’s the right thing to do, it can be a fake marriage…” my aunt was still talking but I veered to face the scared looking Charlotte.

She took a few steps away from me and was about to place her hand in one of the exit doors closest to her, I signalled to the guard who was there and he immediately blocked her part.

“I will not marry you, ethier fake or real, you should find Lucy and make her come back to you, all of these are not … I don’t know about it, but I would like to go back to my sick Grandmother now!” She even had the gut to fume at me.

“Well it’s no longer in your hands, to tell me what and what not to do since your sister! Broke my heart, stole my money and ran away with my brother, which would bring destruction upon my businesses, as you can see there are thousands of people waiting downstairs for this wedding and I will Not allow..” His Grandmother called his name.

I didn’t even hear her voice because it was very weak and quiet. The woman was by my side already, she took one of my shaky hands and wrapped her frail hand around it, trying to calm me down. She reminded me of my own Grandmother and I broke down into tears in her arms.

“She’s still a lady and you should show some respect Oscar, maybe a contract marriage where you both sign some document at least to sort the shame and disgrace looming over our head,” I nodded in agreement at the mention of a contract, I can work with that, but Oscar voice broke into my thought.

“Grandma Susan, please don’t try to pity this thief sister, she’s as guilty as Lucy and I’m not interested in any fake or contract wedding, she’s going to marry me or I will have no choice but to find lucy and lock her up forever!” The threat got to me clear and clean, causing me to stand straight at once.

“Not only that Charlotte, I will stop all payment for your Grandmother and send her back to the old and poor hospital where she was, before I stepped into your wretched lives,” looking at his face as he threatened me, there is no trace of a joke or fake threat.

He meant every single word, I can manage with Lucy suffering for her sins, but what about my Grandmother?, she must not die.

“I will be your wife, please don't stop my Grandmother's treatment,”. My response met with the evil scowl that appeared on his face, without saying another word I know he would use me to teach Lucy a lesson we will both never forget.