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.

confident. He looked every bit the perfect groom- strikingly handsome, his deep eyes holding a world of secrets. A charming aura

makeup artists exchanged quick

“Ready?”

glanced at Calliope, a hint of impatience

her voice soft. “Does the dress look

before he

“Yvette” flashed on

start. Could you not take her

urgent. She knows I’m getting married today, so

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

he hung up.

Yvette! I need to go. You’ll have to manage the

turned to

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

more important than my own

I to you?”

stop this, please. A wedding is just a ceremony. You can go on with it without me. But Yvette needs

her beautiful eyes brimmed with something deeper–profound

have you ever heard of a wedding without a groom? Am

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