I Sent My Ashes to His Wedding
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Three months ago, I was kidnapped. When Alexander rescued me, I woke up in a hospital bed with my clothes disheveled and bruises covering my body. What happened during those hours? I don't remember any of it.
A week ago, I found out I was pregnant. He held me as I shook and told me that it wasn't my fault. That he failed to protect me. Even if the baby wasn't his, he'd raise it. He'd still give me the perfect wedding.
But the guilt ate me alive until depression took hold.
Every night, sleep stays out of reach. Nightmares find me the moment I close my eyes. I've tried to end it. Three times now. Each time, someone found me just in time.
After the third failed attempt, I make tea and head toward his study to apologize. Voices drift through the door before I reach it.
"Are you out of your mind? Evelyn's your fiancée!" His friend sounds disbelieving. "You actually hired someone to kidnap her? Made her think she was assaulted? Just so Lily could take her place? Do you know how messed up that is? What that does to someone?"
Alexander's voice comes out calm. "Lily got sick because of me. Her dying wish is to marry me once before she goes. If I didn't push Evelyn out of the picture, her father would never let Lily take her place."
All those nights. All those nightmares. All those times I scrubbed my hands raw until they bled. It was all a lie. A setup.
For another woman.
I pull out my phone and call my father.
"Dad. I'll agree to the arrangement."
A week ago, I found out I was pregnant. He held me as I shook and told me that it wasn't my fault. That he failed to protect me. Even if the baby wasn't his, he'd raise it. He'd still give me the perfect wedding.
But the guilt ate me alive until depression took hold.
Every night, sleep stays out of reach. Nightmares find me the moment I close my eyes. I've tried to end it. Three times now. Each time, someone found me just in time.
After the third failed attempt, I make tea and head toward his study to apologize. Voices drift through the door before I reach it.
"Are you out of your mind? Evelyn's your fiancée!" His friend sounds disbelieving. "You actually hired someone to kidnap her? Made her think she was assaulted? Just so Lily could take her place? Do you know how messed up that is? What that does to someone?"
Alexander's voice comes out calm. "Lily got sick because of me. Her dying wish is to marry me once before she goes. If I didn't push Evelyn out of the picture, her father would never let Lily take her place."
All those nights. All those nightmares. All those times I scrubbed my hands raw until they bled. It was all a lie. A setup.
For another woman.
I pull out my phone and call my father.
"Dad. I'll agree to the arrangement."













































