Betrayal At the Altar by Dolores Delia

Chapter 2

“Yes!” Louis Smith answered firmly. His voice showed no hint of hesitation as if her question was silly.

Rachel’s heart skipped a beat. Her heart throbbed in pain as if someone had stabbed her heart with a knife.

Louis left her and bolted out the door after dropping an insincere apology.

Rachel stared at Louis‘ leaving figure. She felt as if all air was sucked out of her. She couldn’t breathe, and her heart was convulsing in pain.

She felt the chill seeping through her body, freezing her limbs.

The Smith family had financial difficulties when Louis took over the family business. Their cash flow problem pushed them to the brink of bankruptcy.

was facing a financial crisis and would marry her when the company was back on track. She believed him and still remembered the promise he had made her after many years. With her identity, she helped him conquer the business world and became his advisor, making his name in the business world from a nobody just so that he could make her Mrs. Smith.

that the three years she’d spent with him

the relationship that had seen him as her true love. But for him, the relationship was

for him were just a joke compared to

tears in her eyes with all her might. Still, they flowed freely down her

Jane couldn’t help letting out a satisfied grin when she saw Rachel’s miserable state. “Rachel Grey, my brother would never marry a village girl like you had you not been bugging him for so many years. Get out of my family if you

directly at her, “Who do you think you are? Do you think you’re some big shot? My family can still turn our fate around, with or without you.”

was to the Smith family? “That’s enough! That would be all for today.” Mrs. Smith stood up impatiently and walked toward Rachel. She looked at Rachel in disdain as if she was dirty and lowly. “Look at you, Rachel. You can embarrass yourself, but please stop embarrassing the

greeted the guests

unmovingly as her eyes swept through the hall at the guests leaving the wedding she had been waiting for such a long time.

this what she got in return after everything she