Chapter 1
Sofia’s PoV
I wiped tears from the corner of my eyes, hoping nobody saw me weep, and that the mascara didn’t run because of my unending tears. I was miserable, still in disbelief believe that the first time I was going to see my husband-to-be was when I’d walk down the aisle, and he would be waiting for me at the end of it.
At least, I hoped he would be there, and that he wouldn’t elope. Not because I wanted to particularly marry him, but because being stood up at the altar in front of the whole world would be very humiliating.
“Ms. Baker?” As I fixed the princess-y Versace wedding gown one last time, one of the three women who had followed me since the moment I had stepped into this mansion today called me, and I looked up at her.
“Yes?”
“Your grandfather is waiting for you outside. It’s time.”
It’s time. It’s time to get married to a man you don’t know.
Nodding, I glanced at myself in the mirror one last time making sure no tear stained my make up, and then left the room and walked down the stairs to the long wooden doors from which I was supposed to walk out. The dress was trailing behind, and the four inch heels I was wearing were uncomfortable.
I felt suffocated, as if I would breakdown again any moment.
“Sofie!” My grandfather’s eyes lit up when he saw me, and mine softened looking at him all decked in his blue tux. It’s all for him, I reminded myself, he needed the money.
“Grandpa,” I smiled softly at him, hurrying to reach him before he walks to me. He used to be tall and fit once, but years of chemotherapy had sucked the strength the out of him.
“Oh! You look beautiful!” Tears glistened in his eyes. “I wish your parents could see you like this.”
I gulped the lump forming at the back of my throat as I held his hand when I reached him. “Are you happy, grandpa?”
“Very.” He beamed, “You will be taken care of when I’m gone. Gabriel is a good man.”
I nodded. I wasn’t happy, but he didn’t need to know of that.
asked in a whisper as I wrapped my hands around his arm and we stood in front
ready as I’ll ever
opened. People stood on both sides of me when I stepped
breath in. Deep breath
the Whitlock family had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on,
Gabriel Whitlock.
him. I knew of his brown eyes and dark hair, his lopsided smile, his broad,
to be a fairytale-come-true, not a
looked up, which changed when he saw me. An emotion
when I reached the end, forwarding his hand towards me in a perfectly practiced gesture, and cameras flashed more than ever as my grandfather placed my hand in his as if traditionally entrusting me
mine felt so small in his.
mouthed over the priest’s words, surprising myself. I hadn’t planned on doing this. My voice was so little that I wasn’t sure
clenched, and
rest of the time, and my cheeks were still flushed with embarrassment when the dreaded words cut in: “Do you, Gabriel Whitlock, take Sofia Baker to be
finally turned to me,
do you, Sofia Baker, take Gabriel
was suffocating. The outfit I was wearing costed more than my apartment. “I do,” I still
over me despite the tall heels I was wearing. One of
was barely a
quickly, he moved away as if he wasn’t supposed to kiss me in
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the reception of our own
I was ushered back inside by
to get to know you,” My grandfather laughed
behind, a charming but formal
good care
complain.” He didn’t even look
sadly, and I squeezed him tight. “I’ll visit you tomorrow,” I promised him, “Don’t forget your
stay the next few days with Gabriel’s grandparents, who happened to be his friends from college. I had met them a few times before. They visited quite often after hearing about
walking outside, getting me to look at
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