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!

floor, not a bed” She began to lightly slap his face.

man on top of her, wishing

moving, and muttered her name unclearly. Sabrina’s

free herself from under him,

his drunken state. What should she do now? Should she take him to his

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 would

to drink

slowly got up. Using all her strength, she managed to move the nearly six–foot–tall muscular man to his bedroom it was a

thunderclap

Sabrina screamed in fright, dropping Carter

woke Carter

hiding under the covers and hugging her knees.

now partially awake, saw her trembling under the covers and

A while later

“Crash”

outside. Carter woke up fully and started looking for

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

Sabrina? Carter called

Carter panicked and hurried to check on

unconscious The fear, the stress, and the sudden blow to her head combined to make her faint.

fully sober He quickly picked her up and placed her on his bed. The lightning illuminated her pale face. “Hush,

held her close, his lips meeting her dry ones in a tender kiss, the

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

through the curtain, hitting Sabrina’s eyelids.

of her “Ah!” She screamed, waking

am I in your bed?” Sabrina exclaimed. She remembered being in her own bed last night.

into my bed because you’re infatuated with me?” Carter teased, with a smirk