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The Substitute Bride Chapter 89
The doctor said her blood pressure was high. She needed plenty of bedrest and to avoid anything that could cause her to be stressed or anxious. Van almost lost the baby today.Their baby.Jake thought as he tried to swallow the lump which had lodged in his throat, he never would've been able to forgive himself if anything had happened to her or the baby. And God he and Ash had behaved like animals throwing punches like barbarians and not listening when she'd yelled at them to stop. She was still at risk but she was stable now, a load had been lifted off his shoulders. The doctor said she was sedated and stable so she was greenlighted to be transferred back to the house with a promise that a doctor would be on hand should any emergency occurred. "I'll tell her you dropped by." Ash said and Jake wanted to punch him again but restrained himself. Like hell he would. "I'll wait for her to wake up and let her decide whether she wants me here or not." Ash pursed his lips, he lo
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Rella waited the entire night and then cried herself to sleep when she realised Stefan wasn't coming back. She woke up the next morning with sunlight streaming through the parted curtains. Her head was pounding and her throat was raw and aching from all that crying. Reaching for the glass of water on the night stand she took tentative sips to soothe her aching throat next she checked her phone to see if he tried calling but he didn't, it was Christian instead who left several missed calls for her and that could only mean one thing… Rella called him back too frantic she almost dropped the phone. He picked on the first ring. "Thank God you scared me to death." "How is he?" She asked quietly. "Passed out but he'll be fine."Rella loosed a shaky breath of relief at least she knows where he is and that he's fine and not in an alley somewhere outside a bar. " How are you doing?" Christian asked a second later. "What do you think?" "If he said
The Substitute Bride Chapter 91
The first time he met Rella Cortes she did not hide her dislike towards him and Stefan had felt the same. The feelings were mutual. The second time they met was at the engagement party if he was not mistaken and that was when the deception began and he didn't notice any of it. He didn't notice that the woman who lost her balance and almost fell on her face was Rella Cortes the twin who had nothing but contempt for him. Memories that were once locked or forgotten came tumbling out.He remembered asking her where Rella had gone that night because he'd thought she was Cindy but she looked him in the eyes and lied straight to his face. And like a fool he allowed himself to be manipulated into falling in love with what he thought was a new version of Cindy Cortes. Stefan remembered thinking that she'd changed so drastically from the woman who's always on the tabloids for one scandal or the other but he'd been wrong, she didn't change at all because she was a totally different p
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"I didn't mean to hurt Van believe me. I didn't mean for things to end up the way they did." Jake waited with bated breath at the chastisement he knew was coming, with a slap or punch to get his head straight but none of that happened. Felix Montenegro just sat there behind his desk after Jake artfully laid out his sins—sins he knew did not deserve anyone's forgiveness much less Van's— a sombre expression on his weathered face. Jake told him everything starting from the time he met Van, his mother's death and his promise to her. Jake's head was bowed in shame but what the old man said next was the last thing Jake had expected. "I should haul you up by the neck and feed you to the dogs but I suspect that that would hurt my granddaughter even more. Our relationship may be rocky but I love her a lot which is why I am going to give you a chance to make things right." "Thank you sir I will not disappoint you." "Don't thank me yet, Vanessa still has to decide whether
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Chapter ninety three When she realised sleep wasn't coming anytime soon, Van swung the covers and got out of bed. She padded out of the room and made a beeline for the kitchen suddenly craving something hot and sweet. "Ohf!" Van cried in surprise when she bumped into someone coming out of the kitchen and strong hands caught her upper arms to steady her. "Damn! Van did I hurt you?" panic and concern laced Ash's voice as he stared wide eyed at her. "I'm fine." She muttered. "You shouldn't sneak up on people like that." Ash chastised. "I wasn't sneaking." She snapped impatiently.Ash gave her a curious look. "What are you doing here anyway?" "I couldn't sleep so I came down to get a cup of hot chocolate." "Well it's a good thing you found me here. Come on i'll make us some hot chocolate." "Am not an invalid you know I can make my own cup of hot chocolate just fine." "When did I say you couldn't?" he
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Van looked away from the door from which he'd disappeared and back at her drink which had gone warm. She wished they'd remain friends but that would be selfish. She gulped down her drink and rinsed her cup.After she left the kitchen and went back up stairs Van decided to do a little light reading so she made her way to the study. The room was dark and Van could hardly make out anything in it so she reached out and found the switch. Light flooded the study in an instant.She was a little surprised to see grandfather in his chair. He also looked so surprised to see her that he lept out of his chair surreptitiously wiping at his eyes but not before Van saw the tears. "Grandfather? Are you okay?" "Yes." he turned away. "What are you doing here?" "Um, I couldn't sleep so I came to find a book to read." Whatever anger she felt towards him before seemed to evaporate that instant and she couldn't stand to see him so...dejected? Grandfather always seemed
The Substitute Bride Chapter 95
Rella woke up with a bout of morning sickness so severe she couldn't get anything to stay down. She'd been so angry she asked her mom to leave and never show her face to her again but she wished she were here right now. After crying herself to sleep last night, this morning she was aching and miserable. She took a shower and threw up some more all the while praying she doesn't fall and shatter her skull. Towel drying herself was a chore and she was shivering nonstop. She managed to put on panties before she gave up sliding down the foot of the bed because she'd miscalculated, dragging along with her a bit of blanket to cover herself. It still didn't stop the shivering so she lay there curled up on the cold hard floor. It only took one word to get Stefan to react.Pregnant.Rella is pregnant with his baby, his child… It took a while for that bit of information to sink in and Stefan couldn't believe he was going to be a dad. He hadn't even waited for confirmation before h
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The doctor said it was a case of severe morning sickness leading to dehydration and that she was also very much malnourished. He'd ordered that she gets plenty of rest and lots of fluids like soups and juices, the more calories the better. He gave her something for the vomiting before he left. Stefan turned from the door and hurried back to her frowning, hasn't she been eating these past few days, how was she malnourished then and how could Henry let such a thing happen? The butler was off to get some soup after Stefan chewed him off . Stefan sighed dragging his fingers through his disheveled hair, the roaring anger in him finally ebbed and he was left feeling guilty and restless. Guilty because he wished he'd been there. He watched Rella sleep and she looked so serene and beautiful that for a moment Stefan forgot her deception and how mad he'd been, making sure she was alright was his top priority. He wanted to hold her in his arms and kiss her and tell her everything wa
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