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.

strikingly handsome, his

makeup artists exchanged quick glances before

“Ready?”

a hint of impatience in his eyes.

him, her voice soft. “Does the

glance. But before he could answer, his

name “Yvette” flashed on the screen.

is about to start. Could you not take her call?” Calliope asked gently.

She knows I’m getting married today, so

Calliope, Gideon answered the call. His brows furrowed

hung up.

Yvette! I need to go. You’ll have

turned to

today. What’s more important, this wedding or Yvette?”

important than my own life. I owe her!”

am I to

please. A wedding is just a ceremony. You can go on with it

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

wedding without a groom? Am I supposed to

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