His Fake Sister Destroyed Our Marriage

Chapter 5 A Freak

Bella came down with a fever after they got back, and the heat raging through her body left her dizzy and half-delirious. When she collapsed onto the bed, she saw that Sophia had posted a nine-photo set on i********:. Sophia was in every photo, and in every single one, a man's hand edged into the frame.

Bella recognized that watch instantly. She had seen it on Xavier's wrist too many times to mistake it for anything else.

Bella hit like on Sophia's post, and then the fever dragged her under.

When Bella woke again, dozens of new messages were waiting for her on her phone. The latest one was from Xavier, and the second she opened it, her eyes flew wide. The video showed her mother tied to a chair, her clothes hanging half off her body, while dozens of men stood around her, watching.

Bella's breath caught in her throat, and she called Xavier immediately.

"What are you trying to do? Xavier, that's my mother. She means everything to me!"

Xavier laughed. "Bella, Sophia means everything to me too. I'm already giving you the wedding, so why are you still causing problems? You have twenty minutes to admit the woman in those photos is you. If you don't, your mother's naked pictures will be everywhere before the night is over."

Then he hung up, and Bella still had no idea what was going on.

She hurried through the rest of the messages, along with everything Sophia had sent her, and only then did the whole thing start to make sense. Someone had leaked explicit photos online of Xavier in bed with a woman. The woman's face wasn't visible, but people still managed to identify her as Sophia, the woman Xavier called his sister, from a few details in the photos.

Sophia shot to the top of the trending topics and was getting torn apart online. Harper recognized that Sophia was sleeping with her own brother.

Now Xavier wanted Bella to take the fall for it.

Bella sent him another message.

Bella: Xavier, I'm your wife. Do you even understand what it would mean if I said it was me?

Xavier: Bella, you're my wife. No matter what people say, I'm not leaving you. Sophia is different. She still has her whole life ahead of her, and her name can't be dragged through the mud.

A wave of terror crashed over Bella. Her own husband wanted her to take the blame for another woman's s*x scandal. Her eyes stung as she typed back with shaking fingers.

Bella: We're getting divorced, Xavier.

Xavier: That's not happening. You went against your family for me, and you even gave up your job. Stop this, Bella. The wedding is almost here.

A minute later, Xavier sent another video. In it, he counted slowly, an amused smile playing at his lips. "One... Two... Three... Four..."

Each number made the bodyguards around Harper look a little more eager.

Bella knew Xavier well enough to understand exactly what that meant. If she didn't take the blame, he really would strip her mother naked and hand her over to those men.

Bella's strength left her, and she sank to the floor. Tears streamed down her face as she sent back a single reply.

Bella: Fine.

After sending the message, Bella logged into her account and reposted the leaked photos. She claimed the woman in the photos was her and said they were nothing more than private bedroom games between husband and wife.

Up until that moment, the internet had been tearing Sophia apart and feasting on the gossip surrounding the Donovan family. The second Bella posted, everything flipped.

A: [No wonder she managed to marry into money, apparently she was a freak in private.]

B: [Who has her number please? Ms. Chase, I'd gladly spend the night with you!]

C: [Look at her figure and those boobs. Guys, I'm so turned on.]

Bella watched in silence as, in less than five minutes, the replies under her post filled with filthy fantasies about what men wanted to do to her body. The color drained from her face. She took screenshots of the comments and sent them to Xavier.

Bella: I did what you wanted. Where's my mother?