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.

with a stable life and future when the company 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

had never thought that the three years she’d spent with him was

was the only party in the relationship that had seen him as her

were just a joke compared

her lips, Rachel pushed back the tears in her eyes with all her might. Still, they flowed freely down her face.

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

you are? Do you think you’re some big

to the Smith family? “That’s enough! That would be all for today.” Mrs. Smith stood up impatiently and walked

Smith greeted the guests with a broad

she had been waiting for such a long time. How

got in return after everything she