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The Billionaire's Vendetta Bride

Chapter 4 The Groom went missing

Word Count: 989    |    Released on: 28/02/2025

an's

ontaneously combus

able truth: my groom was MIA. The altar was empty, my stepmother Victoria appeared to be in the process

and I'd be free to return to my regularly scheduled program of not marrying strangers. But Victoria? Oh, she was livid. Her face had

rious looks at each other as my so-called wedding beca

heel and stomped out of the chapel to go find Maxwell herself and

e. Alone. Standin

living up to his best statue impression, uncomfortably frozen into a petrified v

d?" I w

s though he'd forgotten I

r is that also a wedding

oman who'd just discovered that her coupon had expired. "You are not going to sit," she said

t know I signed up for the host

back to my father. "Wh

useless, simply shrugged

her like she was in a shampoo commercial. "Prescott Flemings don't hes

and a National Geographic docum

spouting under her breath all manner of phrases that definitely so

't quite hit its peak in the chaos

e had

her dumb or brave enough to show up here with his arm lit

id dramatically. "It

so hard, I almost

so guilty ever since you saw us

ounted to three. Di

ess wonder, looked awkward. "Kyl

, my arms crossed. "I love unsolicit

here gives a shit." She pointed to the groom's family, who indeed ap

my voice. "We're in a church. Could you at

"She's right,

Miss Holier-Than-Thou," she said, crossing her arms. "You'r

said in a deadpan. "And

rked. "We

friend, intentionally, to avoid marrying Maxwell Prescott Fleming bec

e son, which means his inheritance is uncertain. And Mother was

sure shot up. "A choi

rugged. "I got what I

as as if I were looking at an extraterrestrial, just arrived on earth and learnin

f discomfort, as if he had just become aware that he was a

s probably not going to help at th

ds turned. A murmur of ga

en I s

es negotiation or a bar fight - maybe both. He had one of those great presences, the kind that can make people shut u

n

wa

ng at me like we had

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1 Chapter 1 The Two-timing Tornado2 Chapter 2 The Diabolical Dragon Lady3 Chapter 3 Forced into Fate4 Chapter 4 The Groom went missing5 Chapter 5 A Brother or a Groom 6 Chapter 6 A Groom's confession7 Chapter 7 To make a deal with the Devil8 Chapter 8 Signed, Sealed...Regrets9 Chapter 9 Welcome to Hell, Mrs Fleming10 Chapter 10 The Final Betrayal11 Chapter 11 The Gilded Cage12 Chapter 12 The Truth you can't face13 Chapter 13 Shadows of the Past14 Chapter 14 Secrets and Lies15 Chapter 15 Tangled Bonds and Hidden Truths16 Chapter 16 Unraveling the Web17 Chapter 17 The Edge of Trust18 Chapter 18 Cracks in the Facade19 Chapter 19 The Weight of Doubt20 Chapter 20 The Line Between Us21 Chapter 21 The Game That I Can't Lose22 Chapter 22 The Point of No Return23 Chapter 23 The Trap I Set24 Chapter 24 The Thread I pull25 Chapter 25 The Shadow I Chase26 Chapter 26 The Race I Can't Lose27 Chapter 27 The Truth She Carries28 Chapter 28 The Face He Can't Deny29 Chapter 29 The Air I Breathe30 Chapter 30 The Calm Before31 Chapter 31 The Storm Breaks32 Chapter 32 The Ground I Claim33 Chapter 33 The Move He Makes34 Chapter 34 The Fight I Start35 Chapter 35 The Edge We Fall From36 Chapter 36 The Line I Hold37 Chapter 37 The Noose He Tightens38 Chapter 38 The Fire I Feed39 Chapter 39 The Truth That Burns40 Chapter 40 The Hunt I Lead41 Chapter 41 The Ashes We Stand In42 Chapter 42 The Woman I Didn't See43 Chapter 43 The Reasons She Fought44 Chapter 44 The Web She Wove45 Chapter 45 The Heart of Her Lies46 Chapter 46 The Blade She Sharpened47 Chapter 47 The Empire He Built48 Chapter 48 The Bargains He Made49 Chapter 49 The Shadows He Left50 Chapter 50 The Truth He Buried51 Chapter 51 The Ghost I Chase52 Chapter 52 The Blood He Spilled53 Chapter 53 The Lie She Stole54 Chapter 54 The Secret She Killed For