The Imposter Bride by Sallie Woods

Chapter 2

The sleek black Rolls–Royce cut through the guardrail, somersaulting in mid–air before plunging into the ocean, causing a massive splash….

“Natalia!”

Magnus watched as the car drifted into the sea like a speck of dust. He roared, his eyes almost popping out of his sockets. His vision blurred as he swerved his car to follow, but he collided with the hefty steel columns of the overpass, bouncing back, and getting wedged between the barriers and the column.

As Natalia’s car sank deeper into the sea, water filled her ears, mouth, and eyes. A wave crashed into the wreck, sweeping her out through the shattered window She could hear her sister Kendra’s laughter echoing in her ears. “Natalia, you deserve this! Only your death can restore my marriage. How dare you take the man who rightfully belongs to me!”

She closed her eyes, and the image of Magnus pained and remorseful face surfaced in her mind. “Nat, don’t leave met You promised to be with me for life. Have you forgotten?” Had she made such a promise?

Then her mother, Addison’s tear–streaked face appeared. ‘Natalia, give your sister her man back. You can’t do this. Have you no shame?” Really? It was them who had insisted she married that man, and now they were accusing her of stealing her sister’s man!

“Nat, come with me. You don’t belong here. I’ll take you to meet your birth mother. She thinks about you every day!” She saw Callum’s hopeful gaze

“Natalia, I’ll wait for you, no matter how long it takes. Can’t you see, he doesn’t love you? Why else would he be with another woman while you were pregnant! He’s not worth it, Natalia!”

didn’t belong here, and it wasn’t worth staying. She had to go, but all she wanted was

She was off to another world, to be with her child. Goodbye, Magnus! Goodbye, Dad! Goodbye, Hector! Goodbye, Call Her body slowly sank to the ocean floor

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a year

the Andersen family and the Clarkson family were preparing for a wedding. It was supposed

I supposed to be engaged to Lucius? Why is it now Magnus? I won’t

arranged your engagement to Lucius, but then

to force your daughter to marry that waste?” Kendra’s face was

wife, Addison, quickly consoled their daughter “Kendra, I will never let you marry that cripple Don’t worry” She shot Kyler a glance.

her face in Addison’s

next to Kyler. “Kyler, the Andersens are being utterly unreasonable. The engagement was supposed to be between Lucius and Kendra. Why

sighed, “Morgan adores Magnus. His guilt towards him grows every day, and he wants to give

agreement, we need not keep our end either Since Morgan loves Magnus so much, why not we marry Natalia

Kyler’s eyes

back a bastard from your affairs, and I raised her for over a decade without complaining. If you marry Kendra off to

was pale as he thought back to fifteen years ago when he brought Natalia home and faced a storm of controversy Back

in a black suit, an aura of coldness surrounding him. Anger was clear in his eyes. He walked upstairs, pushed open a room on the second floor facing east.

me a union with the Clarkson family?” Lucius