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.

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

bridesmaids and makeup artists exchanged quick

“Ready?”

Calliope, a hint of impatience in his

soft. “Does the dress look good

a cursory glance. But before he could

flashed

start. Could you not take her

it’s urgent. She knows I’m getting married today, so it must be important!”

His brows furrowed deeper as he

he hung

go. You’ll have to manage the

to

our wedding today. What’s

more important than my

I to

You can go on with it without me. But Yvette needs me!”

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

of a wedding without a

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