Forsaken Bride: Deceived Into Love's Second Chance

on fixed on the framed photo of her husband, Jayden

an urn clutched to his chest. His words were heavy and uncertain as he faced her. "Anna, I wish

nseless against the shock. The news swept her

inal goodbyes. Jayden had already been lowered into th

n know where h

ay toward the room of Jayden's mother, V

her ears and rooted her in place. What she o

o died, not you. Why did you let Deanna think you were the one

allway. Deanna's heart hammered, an

anchor herself to reality. The painful sting jolted

Brody all along? Had the family gon

hance at telling them apart-not with the twins

she had misunderstood every word. Surely Jayden, who had once sworn h

ed her last hope. "I don't care abou

lia Spencer-Brody's wife, J

The man she had loved for three years h

een fixated on Brody, do you really think I would've settled for Deanna? I've faked this marriage for three years, and every day has felt like torture. Now that Brody's

ul, each word twisting deeper than th

d devotion had been no

ently down her cheeks, the heartbre

ge Evans, landed in the care of her uncle, Richard Evans. In those early days, she'd clung to the hope of g

zed her parents' estate, and subjected Deanna to constant abuse. To con

ue her, Richard always caught them. Each att

e Evans estate. When Richard wasn't looking, she pored over medical textbooks, desperate to find a way t

part, acting like the grateful niece while

in sight-just a future swall

th a proposal for marriage, and su

e to marry into the Spencer family, seeing it as

avor from years ago, the marriage contract had been

dy was meant to

r, chasing after her relentlessly. His bold gestures turned the family's plans upside down. He even c

hree months, he was grounded, enduring the conse

. When the Spencer family suggested swapping

Jayden treated her with warmth and devotion, and togeth

at illusion crumbled now when she o

, each gesture meant to please Talia, not her. The love she thought she shared with

refusing to respond no matter how despe

to resurface. Agony rolled through her body in waves, wri

hrough the haze. "Let's just find Deanna a

too wrapped up in me to ever agree to that.

Deanna felt a

im permission to trample her h

d reasoning

forced her to double over

other side of the

ealization struck-s

ide, she closed the door and stared at the memorial photograph she ha

e to the floor. Glass exploded across t

shards bit deep, mingling with the rel

when Jayden had eagerly disappeared into Talia's room. His

Now, she understood the ecstasy she'd heard was purely from transgr

ught turned

ry gesture from Jayden, suddenl

re, and this betrayal was too much to bear. She w

ces, and everyone would

bursts, hands shaking uncontrol

passed before a kno

ther herself, the door

tare sharp and searching. "Deann