my best friend stole my fiance... now she wants my life too

The scandal breaks online

Chapter 3

Christy's POV

"Emma... no please, please... don't kill me." I whispered exhausted from running for what felt like forever, begging Emma that was pointing a gun at me.

"I don't have any choice but to kill you Christy," She whispered coldly

"You are in my way trying to take away my happiness." She said standing firm in a black outfit with a silver gun glowing under the moonlight.

My heart pounding violently

"Emma we are best friends."

"Friends?" She scoff and hit my mouth so hard with the gun.

I cried helplessly in the middle of a bush very dark at night.

The taste of sharp metallic liquid coated my tongue as blood drip down my lips and pain pulsed through me.

"James still loves you and he regrets everything."

"If I don't kill you, you will be a threat to my life and my happiness."

"You are in the way of my happiness. I have no option I have to kill you." She said c*****g the gun

"There's every tendency of James running back to you, I will never let happen." She said coming closer.

"I swear I will stay out of your lives forever. Please don't kill me." I was pleading on my knees crying as blood drips from my swollen lips completely coated with blood.

BANG!

The gun shot echoed, I felt a piercing sharp pain in my chest.

I dropped to the ground completely clutching my chest as blood stream beneath my fingers.

My vision turned blurry as I cried in agonizing pain.

Through my blurry sight, I saw Emma turned around and never looked back.

Darkness slowly consumed me.

And then I woke up with a scream.

My body bolt up violently.

I touched my mouth and chest but there's no pain.

I touched again and there's no any sign of blood.

I was dreaming, it was a nightmare.

My night wears were drenched in sweat.

I looked around, I was in my room on my bed in the Sterling mansion.

"Thank God it was a dream." I whispered my chest raising up and down very fast.

I slowly got up and headed to the bathroom, stood under the shower and turned it on.

Chill cold water drenching my body From head to toe.

I slowly sat down, clenched my knees to my chest as the cold water continues to rain on me, while I silently cried my heart to the fullest.

Why me?

Where did I go wrong?

Where have I wronged Emma that she's after my life, hunting me in my dreams.

Knock, knock, knock!

"Christy are you there?" Annabelle asked knocking on my door.

I didn't answer so they barge in with Sophie and sat on my bed thinking I was taking a shower.

They waited for 30 minutes am still not out and the shower is still running, then Sophie knocked on the bathroom.

I ignored them and continue crying, scratching my body with my nails, then they heard my sniffles.

Knock, knock.

"Christy are you there?" Sophie asked softly, but anxious at the same time.

"Christy I know you are in there, open the door please." Annabelle said softly.

"Christy, please open the door." Sophie said, worried evident in her voice.

I squeezed my eyes letting my tears flow together with the shower, the cold water sending chills all over my nerves.

Five minutes later and endless banging on my bathroom door, they finally decided to barge into the bathroom.

Unfortunately it's locked from the inside and they couldn't open it.

Annabelle ran down stairs and talked to Daniel, they rushed back together.

"Christy please open the door." Daniel said with a loud bang on my door.

I ignored them all.

"Christy for the last time, open this door or I break the door."

Still no response and the started hitting the door non stop.

He finally succeeded and the door opened.

Sophie and Annabelle rushed into the bathroom room and found me on the floor clutched to my chest, chilling cold water drenching me in my night wares.

My eyes were red and puffy from crying too much, my wet hair soaked and stucked to my face, red marks of nail scratches were visible all over my pale skin.

"Christy what are you doing to yourself, you are going to get sick." Sophie said before turning off the shower.

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I woke up slowly, my body still tired. I blinked my eyes still groggy. I stretched lazily under the duvet, a very long yawn escaped while I stretched the tiredness out of my muscles.

I finally woke up after a very long nap that took forever. I woke up very hungry, I can't remember the last time I had proper food since the wedding.

I slowly walked downstairs to find food to eat even though I had zero appetite but I was very hungry to the extent am starting to see double.

I was on my way to the kitchen when I heard murmurs from the living room. I decided to ignore it when I had something that made me stopped.

"Oh my God... It's everywhere." Sophie said

"I hope Christy didn't check Social media today." Annabelle said

"How bad is it?" Daniel asked

"Very bad, it's all over social media." Annabelle answered angrily

"Could you believe it has over ten million views on YouTube alone." Sophie said angrily

"But I told you to control the media." Daniel said facing Sophie with a questionably.

"I did but someone anonymously leaked the video before we could stop it and it's all over the blogs." Sophie sound frustrated.

A strange knot tied in my stomach.

I ignored them and silently walked to the kitchen to find something to eat without them noticing me.

I bumped into somebody on my way to the kitchen that sent me flying back, that was how fragile I was because I was extremely hungry.

I looked up and it was my dad.

"Where are you going dear." He asked really concerned

"I'm hungry Dad." I answered weakly

"Come with me." He said gently grabbing my hand and led me back upstairs.

He took me to his room and gently sat me down on his bed.

"What do you want to eat." He asked softly

"I just want to eat food, I'm hungry Dad." I quickly answered energy completely drained from my body.

He dialed the kitchen and ordered my food, few minutes later my food was brought to the room.

My dad fed me with his hand, he was really soft and affectionate. Something I have not seen in a very long time.

My dad is not always this soft and affectionate towards us, but today I witnessed this other side of him and for the first time after the wedding scandal I felt really good.

My mom walked in on us and joined us, it was a really special moment we shared.

"You need to be strong Christy." My dad whispered rubbing my back with his hand.

"whatever is meant to be yours will always follow you."

"You are a strong girl Christy, you can fight this. Just remember in every situation your family will always have your back." My mom softly whispered.

"I will make sure they heavily pay for what they did. Nobody touch my daughter and go freely." He muttered angrily

For the first time I felt stronger than ever and I felt like they are not worth my precious tears.

I'm done shedding tires and playing the victim. If Emma loves to play games then I'm in and I will decide when it ends.

I slowly wiped the tears slowly rolling down my cheeks and I hope this will be the last time I shed because of her.

I shall fight this alone, I refuse to let Emma hurt me in real life and my dreams.

I will never give you the satisfaction of being my night mare.

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Christy's Bedroom 2:00pm

I was laying on my bed deeply in my thoughts when I heard a soft knock .

Knock, knock.

"Come in." I answered

Sophie and Annabelle walked in scrolling through their phones.

"Christy you need to see this." Sophie said shoving her phone in my hand.

My chest tightened the moment the screen lit up.

It was a video of Daniel stopping my wedding on i********: and the comment section was brutal.

"Oh my God, this is so juicy."

"Imagine being this rich and beautiful but still cheated on with your poor pick me best friend."

"Oh my God, that is so sad 😭."

"James is a f*****g loser, imagine leaving a rare gems like Christy Sterling for that cheap thing 🤮 ."

Then another video of me collapsing at the altar. The video was a little bit shaky and the video angle shows one of the wedding guest took the video secretly.

The video had a very bold headline.

"Billionaire heiress collapsed at the altar after the groom secretly married her best friend first."

My hands started shaking from reading the brutal and judgmental comments.

"This is the definition of money can't buy happiness 😞."

"That is so embarrassing 😳."

"With all the money they had she still got cheated with a low class girl."

"What do men really want????"

"Her best friend stole her fiance."

This particular comment got me.

Best friend?

"How many people watched this?" I asked

"Alot... Like millions of them."

The next video was the secret wedding Daniel showed at the church. The comment section is not something you will love to read.

The secret wedding that Destroyed the Sterling family.

Write boldly in the caption.

I started hyperventilating.

"Now the whole world knows." I said

Sophie shook her head

"It's the most trending topic on the Internet."

"Your name is trending and your pictures are everywhere." Annabelle added softly.

Daniel just stormed into my room without knocking which is so unlike him.

"Did you see it?" He asked

I shook my head

My dad followed him .

"Now the media's are calling."

"Dad we can shut down the media and involved our lawyers."

"It's not as easy as it sounds, it's everywhere currently airing on the news."

I have never been humiliated in my life like this.

Of course I'm a Sterling which means I have been on the spot light since I was young, my family is very famous.

But I never anticipated to be humiliated on the media in such a controversial way.

I'm done being the victim and I'm done crying over this anymore.

It's either I do something about it or I die crying.

At the end of the game I plan to survive no matter how brutal It gets.

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Emma's POV

Emma was sitting at the leather sofa in Daniel's apartment on a phone speaking in a low tune.

Emma

"I told you not to call me again till I asked for it." She whispered very low trying very hard not to be heard

Unknown caller

"Pay me my balance and you will not hear from me again." He said in a cocky voice.

Emma

"Have you finished your job?"

Unknown caller

"Yes I did, I leaked your wedding video to Daniel and he stopped the wedding as planned."

" I also leaked both the wedding videos to the public with some insider information. My job is done here, it's yours turn to fulfill your end of the bargain."

Emma

"I will settle you but for now give me a breathing space to enjoy the show while it last." She said mischievously.

Unknown caller

"I don't care about that, pay me my money or I blow s**t up." He warned

Emma

"I will pay you next week."

Unknown caller

"If by next week my money is not in my bank account, you will not like what I will do to you."

"I will expose you to the world to see the real you and I will gladly tell James who's the father of your pregnancy." He warned and hang up on her.

Emma lowered her phone panicking, hot sweat escaped her forehead.

For the first today, she is nervous.