Chapter 10
Our wedding transformed the ancestral Blackwood estate into a fairytale – Cartier diamonds dripping from crystal chandeliers, rare orchids cascading from centuries–old stone walls.
Castro and Oriana also arrived, invited guests under close surveillance.
Castro, still in his cast, leaned on Oriana while security guards watched their every move.
“Why invite them?” I whispered to Alexander.
His lips curved into that dangerous smile. “Better to keep your enemies where you can see them, darling.”
“You magnificent sadist,” William muttered, though his grin matched Alexander’s.
During our vows, chaos erupted. Castro shoved Oriana with surprising violence – her head caught the corner of a tabl
blood staining her pale silk Valentino.
He didn’t spare her a glance, just as he’d ignored my scalded skin that night, too consumed by his
obsession.
When he lunged forward, security moved with practiced efficiency, their suits rippling as they restrained him. The cathedral bells drowned his muffled protests in waves of joyous sound.
After the ceremony, I approached them. Looking at Oriana’s devastated face, I asked softly. “Tell me now. do we really share such a resemblance?”
She laughed through tears. “It doesn’t matter. He never truly loved either of us.”
“Lies!” Castro’s cultured facade cracked entirely. “You were my past, but Aveline – Aveline is my everything now. You destroyed it all by returning!”
“Enough delusions, Castro,” I said, my voice gentle but firm. “I found your study. I saw everything.”
He collapsed into himself like a dying star, finally silenced.
Alexander guided me away, his lips brushing my ear with wicked promises about our wedding night. I feigned outrage, but melted when he captured my lips in a possessive kiss.
The aftermath unfolded like a Greek tragedy. Castro’s obsession turned to cruel revenge against Oriana, systematically destroying her career and reputation until something in her snapped.
Chapter 10
She rammed his Mercedes with her car, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. When the Harrison. family unleashed their legal hounds, she jumped from the Harrison Industries tower.
The scandal devoured the company whole. Share prices plummeted as vulture capitalists circled, until the mighty Harrison empire crumbled to dust.
Alexander made one call–ensuring Castro received the finest medical care.
When I raised an eyebrow, he pulled me close, his smile darkly playful. “I promised him a lifetime of watching your happiness, darling. Death would be too merciful an escape.”
William was right my darling husband is quite a scheming man.
rotect our light.
But I knew with absolute certainty that his darkness would only ever protect
Just as he promised, Alexander gave me everything I could dream of.
We traveled the world together, sharing laughter under starlit skies in Paris and chasing sunsets on pristine beaches.
His love enveloped me completely – in his arms, I found the safety and warmth I had yearned for.
For three blissful years, we lived in perfect harmony.
But everything changed when Nora returned to the United States with a pregnant belly.
Nora and I fell into the water at the same time.
Struggling in the water, I saw him desperately swimming toward Nora.
Both Nora and I went into premature labor, but I was rescued later, and by the time i reached the hospital, the baby was stillborn.
On the seventh day after our child’s passing, Henry proposed a divorce, but I had not agreed.
Bit by bit, I watched helplessly as my gentle husband transformed into someone I barely recognized.
The man who once looked at me with such tenderness now harbored a cold fury in his eyes.
Though he tried to hide it, I could feel him pulling away, spending countless sleepless nights.
I never expected that fateful doctor’s visit would reveal my own cruel destiny.
Chapter 10
As I sat in the sterile hospital room, holding the devastating diagnosis in my trembling hands, I realized fate had a bitter sense of irony.
Perhaps this was how thing
were meant to be.
The happiness we shared now seemed like a distant dream as I stared at the words that would change everything: Stage 3A stomach cancer.
