Chapter 1

In the bridal suite of the hotel, Calliope Jewell glanced up at her reflection in the mirror.

She was dressed in a stunning white wedding gown, her long hair elegantly pinned up, with a veil trailing to the

floor, just barely revealing her porcelain shoulders. A dazzling diamond necklace sparkled against her swan–like neck.

Around her, bridesmaids and makeup artists showered her with compliments.

They said she looked like a fairy tale princess.

They said she’d be the happiest bride in the world.

Calliope’s lips curled into a faint, cold smile.

If only things had turned out differently, if Gideon hadn’t run off to see his old flame, if she hadn’t met her untimely end later on, perhaps, she would have truly been marrying the man she’d always dreamed of, and she would have been happy.

But life had no room for “if only.”

Creak-

The door to the suite swung open.

He looked every bit the perfect groom- strikingly handsome, his deep

and makeup artists exchanged quick glances before

“Ready?”

a hint of impatience in

to him, her voice soft. “Does the dress look good on me?”

cursory glance. But before he could answer, his phone buzzed.

“Yvette” flashed on the screen.

ceremony is about to start. Could you not take her

urgent. She knows I’m

Gideon answered the call. His brows furrowed deeper as he listened.

hung up.

Yvette! I need to go. You’ll have to

to leave.

“Gideon, it’s our wedding today. What’s more important, this wedding

my own life.

am I to you?”

ceremony. You can go on with it without me.

escaped Calliope’s lips, but her beautiful eyes brimmed with

of a wedding without a groom? Am I supposed to marry your photo?”

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