It was the wedding day for Sedona influencer Maria Baker, but the groom wasn't there. Groom Zane Knight has been dormant since a car accident six months ago. Doctors said he wouldn't live until the end of the year.
Zane's grieving mother decided to get her son married before her son's untimely death. The Order was one of the richest families in Sedona, but no sane influencer would want to marry a man who knocks on death's door.
Maria was elegantly dressed in a white wedding dress and was sitting on the dresser in a slender figure. She gave off a delicate impression like a budding red rose with elegant makeup that emphasized the elegance of her fair complexion. Still, she was uneasy about her almond-shaped eyes.
With her 10 minutes remaining until the ceremony, Ms. Maria frantically moved her fingers across the screen of her cell phone, waiting impatiently for her texts and her messages. She had a boyfriend before she was forced to marry Zayn, who just so happened to be Zayn's nephew, James Knight, by a terrible coincidence.
However, they never made their relationship public. Maria had texted James the night before, hoping they would run away from Sedona together and elope. She stayed up all night waiting and got no reply. She couldn't wait any longer. Maria got up from her seat, clutched her cell phone, and considered an excuse to leave her room. She hurried down the corridor, past one of the rooms, and froze.
Through the slightly open door of the room, Maria heard her sister Katherine giggle with joy and she laughed.
"Maybe my stupid sister is still waiting for you to go to her, James! Maybe you should grease it up a little more. If she changes her mind and declines the wedding what are we going to do if we decide to do it?"
"Do you think she has a choice now?" James said, holding Katherine in his arms and pressing his thin lips. her neck. “The guards will drag her head off the altar, even if she tries to pull back from now on!”
Maria felt a loud noise rings out in her head. She took a step back and nearly lost her balance. She clenched her fists around her dress and held back tears in her eyes. Her father was hospitalized because his company went bankrupt.
Her stepmother Selina Baker rebelled against Maria and forced her to marry into the Knight family for her benefit. She had given the impression that this marriage was for the benefit of the Baker family, but Maria knew that was how Selina wanted to get rid of her!
It was the fact that the boyfriend who said he loved her turned around and betrayed her! No wonder James encouraged her to go ahead with her wedding. He said he would marry her when Zayn died, but that was all a big lie! All her hopes and dreams were shattered and she couldn't breathe. Maria clenched her fists and her eyes froze as the voices in her room grew louder.