Chapter 028

Chapter 0281

Third person POV

The fiasco of a wedding had all but guaranteed a messy ma lage. David Lake had never believed in sayings like that before, but now, as he and Amanda wallowed in misery, he couldn't deny its truth. And whose fault was it? Ella's.

She had ruined everything-again. Her ridiculously extravagant wedding had captured the attention of the entire kingdom. People couldn't stop heaping praise on her and that bastard, Alexander Black.

And where did that leave David? Indebted to his brother-law, married to an angry, resentful wife, and saddled with a reputation too tarnished to even announce his intentions to run for king.

Still, David told himself it was only temporary. He could fix this. He could fix everything as soon as he fixed Ella.

Once she was out of the picture, the media circus would fade, the rumors would die down, and he could begin winning the people over again. He would finally claim the throne that was rightfully his.

would dissolve, and they could have their happily ever after. He would pay off all his debts and be free

those who had mocked or defied him groveling

instantly as the same nagging question echoed in his mind: How the

her hands on her hips, her sharp glare boring into him. It wasn't far from reality; Amanda had

Amanda wasn't glaring. She was concerned. Not that David noticed- he saw only what he wanted to see. Her words became fuel for his obsession with revenge,

to overcome.

not for

delivered with no postmark. He had no idea who had sent it, but the message was clear: someone wanted

hatred for Ella and Alexander and made it clear they wanted the pair eliminated political reasons but for business ones. They even agreed that David

immediately. He needed allies, after all. But he hesitated. He couldn't afford

reason did he have to believe this mysterious sender had a better plan for dealing with

chances of becoming king were slim. Alexander was his only real competition, a man whose growing popularity

made David's stomach churn. Had Ella and Alexander planned this all along? Was their "alliance" a carefully orchestrated effort to amass power

would hatch himself, but he dismissed the idea almost as quickly as

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