A Bride’s Revenge: No Longer The Back Up by Cozy Season

Chapter 2

Author: Cozy Season

After Ariana walked away, several people scoffed. “What’s she throwing a tantrum for? She would still go into the pool obediently to pick up the rings if Mr. Lodge threatened to not proceed with the engagement.”

“Exactly. Everyone knows the person Mr. Lodge loves is Ms. Granger. Ariana Torrey? She’s just a shameless lady who keeps throwing herself at Mr. Lodge when he doesn’t even like her. If it weren’t because Mrs. Lodge Senior liked her, would Mr. Lodge even spare her a glance?”

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People were whispering and pointing at Ariana discreetly.

Meanwhile, Ariana, who was soaked through, had headed back inside the banquet hall.

Her stepmother, Gwen Lambert, hurried over and caught up with her. “Ariana Torrey, where have you been? How did you end up looking like this? It’s your engagement party today! Hurry and go somewhere you can dry your dress.

“Also, we can’t have you dressed so conservatively! Men like it more if a lady is a little sexy.”

Gwen yanked at the collar of Ariana’s gown until her cleavage was showing. Then, she nodded with satisfaction.

Ariana paid no mind to what Gwen was doing or saying. Her gaze drifted across the hall, which was overflowing with guests. The lights in the hall were slightly dimmed, and everyone seemed to be trying to talk to a certain man.

Brian was dressed in a black suit. He had a frigid look on his perfectly chiseled face. Those deep-set eyes seemed to not carry any warmth in them.

The man gave off an intimidating aura. Below those eyes, Brian had a tall nose and thin lips. It was as though his face was the heavens’ greatest work of art.

“Men are mostly beings that are dominated by their carnal desires. You’re officially Mr. Lodge’s fiancée starting tomorrow.

“You need to please him and try to conceive his child as soon as possible so that he’ll marry you for the child’s sake. You’ll enjoy a life of luxury and extravagance once you become Mrs. Lodge.”

Gwen got more and more excited while saying that. It was as though the person who was getting engaged to Brian that day was her.

“A life of luxury and extravagance?” Ariana scoffed inwardly.

During her previous life, Ariana spent three years doing everything she could to show Brian her feelings for him were sincere.

Yet, what Ariana got in return was her being abducted on the day of her wedding. The abductors even tormented her for three whole days.

On the first day after she was abducted, Ariana kept praying for Brian to show up and save her. Unfortunately, she had no idea that Brian never planned on marrying her since the beginning.

Instead, he drove their bridal car to the airport to pick up Evelyn who had just returned to the country.

On that very day, Brian and Evelyn exchanged their wedding rings and vowed to spend the rest of their lives together at the venue that was originally reserved for Ariana and Brian’s wedding.

Ariana had waited pointlessly for all these years. In the end, it turned out Brian had prepared the wedding with Evelyn in mind.

matters of Ariana’s life

to be connected to Ariana in any way anymore as he and Evelyn went and completed

had spent three days in hell. Her heart was filled with hope at first. Gradually, her hope diminished and vanished entirely.

the present, they were having

it was her make-up or outfit, Ariana had picked

that Evelyn was Brian’s one true love and

had looked at her with barely disguised contempt when she went up to him in her current

parents had passed away early on. She and Brian were childhood

the Lodges their support as there was increased tension between the two families. Moreover, Belinda did

reasons, Brian would

preferred someone pure and demure like Evelyn. Coincidentally, Ariana bore some resemblance

by imitating

about how she was brazenly doing all sorts of things just to marry

to get engaged to her since Belinda kept urging him to.

the engagement party and how Brian had

there was the fact that Brian had used Ariana for three years only to ruthlessly discard her in the end. All those things were like knives to

tragic end she had in her past life, the only thing Ariana wanted to do now was to let Brian go. Since Brian liked Evelyn, Ariana decided she should just back off.

to Mr. Lodge alone for a

on Ariana’s face. Gwen soon lowered her guard since Ariana seemed like the usual docile child she

to Brian. “Of course! Of course! We’ll become a family soon,

ear. She immediately loosened her grip on the collar of Ariana’s gown, which

over to

to Ariana. His bodyguard tactfully blocked Ariana’s path. “Ms. Torrey, Mr. Lodge is a little busy. I’m afraid he won’t be able

important to

afraid he’s not free.” There was a flash of annoyance in

noticed the bodyguard’s

people knew her as a woman who only had eyes for Brian and kept following him

his bodyguard could not possibly dare

I will be officially engaged after tonight. Have you not thought about the consequences of speaking to the future Mrs. Lodge in that manner?”

it absurd for Ariana to consider herself the future Mrs. Lodge. “Ms. Torrey, what we’re having here today is an engagement party. Even if it’s a

not waste your energy and just head back

trouble? So, Brian has always considered me a

I insist on seeing him now?”

must you cause a scene and make a fool of

made every desperate

to Brian’s office in the morning, but Brian would toss the food away

visit Brian at his company. Yet, Brian had not once let her into his

office building in the evening. However, Brian would

obviously tell that Brian despised Ariana. Yet, Ariana seemed completely