The Imposter Bride by Sallie Woods

Chapte

Chapter 129

It seemed as if God didn’t heed her pleas

“Boom!” The thunderous sounds from outside the window came in waves, causing Sabrina to drop her paintbrush and hide under the covers

“Damn it, stop with the thunder, she mumbled, covering her ears tightly.

Meanwhile, at the local pub.

Carter, drunk as a skunk, stumbled out into the pouring rain and the booming thunder. He had to get home

Jack drove him to Carter’s mansion and was going to leave

“Are you okay, president?‘ Jack asked, feeling worried.

Tm fine. Go home”

Carter drunkenly pushed open the mansion door Not seeing Sabrina, he assumed she was out drinking with some other men.

“Darn it‘ Do I mean nothing to her? Sabrina? Sabrina!” he yelled loudly

Sabrina, who had been huddled under her covers, heard his call and immediately opened her bedroom door, only to see the man staggering down the hallway toward her

“Why didn’t you answer?” Before he could finish his sentence, Carter lost his footing and fell onto Sabrina. His weight caused both of them to tumble onto the hallway floor. The stench of alcohol from Carter was overwhelming, making Sabrina feel nauseous. She tried to push him off, but he didn’t budge

He had fallen asleep. What a drunk jerk!

up. This is the floor, not a bed” She began to lightly

the man on top of her, wishing she could

softness under him moving, and muttered

a lot of effort, Sabrina managed to free herself from

laugh. Carter looked ridiculous in his drunken state. What should she do now? Should she take him to his room or just leave him here? Should she fetch him

the end, she concluded leaving him in the hallway would be inhumane. If he woke up and found himself in the hallway, he’d surely complain to her grandfather, and her grandfather

did he have to

up. Using all her strength, she managed to move the nearly six–foot–tall muscular man to his

Another thunderclap sounded outside.

dropping

woke

more thunder, please Sabrina whimpered, hiding under

now partially awake, saw her trembling under the covers and couldn’t help but

A while later

“Crash”

Carter woke up fully and started looking for the source of

had hit her head on the bedside table. It was a hard hit, and she was now sitting

Carter called

hurried to check

the stress, and the sudden blow to her head combined to make

quickly picked her up and placed her on his bed. The lightning illuminated her pale face.

close, his lips meeting her dry ones in a

her. Her lips tasted so sweet, he couldn’t stop He licked his lips, savoring the sweetness, and

peeked through the curtain, hitting Sabrina’s eyelids. “Ah, my head hurts,‘

she saw a handsome face right in front of her “Ah!” She screamed, waking Carter Their

in my… No, why am I in your bed?” Sabrina exclaimed. She remembered being in her own

about to ask you the same thing. Did you sneak into my bed because you’re infatuated with me?” Carter teased, with a smirk on his face.