Eighty Days With Mr Bossy Billionaire

/-Adera-/

I was bubbling with excitement. In a few hours, I was going to wed the love of my life.

It was a dream come true for me. An opportunity to finally be useful as my mother put it. She made sure to sink it into my head at every given opportunity that if I messed up this privilege, I would be completely discarded.

But none of that mattered to me.

William Edwards was my childhood dream. The boy who stole my heart in middle school. Everyone expected he would go for Sarah, the outgoing and dazzling twin.

I couldn't blame them. Even I thought the same until he confessed his feelings for me in high school. It still felt like yesterday.

The excitement, the butterflies, and the beauty of that moment will always remain imprinted in my mind.

Many said he would leave me. That a man as gorgeous and influential as William Edwards couldn't be with someone as average as me. Even Sarah was confident she could take him from me if she put in the slightest effort.

It was the typical high school jock and weirdo love story but in all that, William never made me feel less of myself.

He protected the little self-esteem I had left from being treated like my sister's vomit and it made me fall so hard for him.

Maybe too hard.

Fast forward to five years, here I was right here, dressed in a beautiful plain dress, enjoying my bachelorette party.

Sarah made sure to invite all her friends since I was antisocial. I could only boast of one friend, Rosa and she wasn't a fan of Williams.

In her words, he was too good to be true.

“Enjoying your night?”

Speak of the devil!

I turned to her with a grin, “Of course. The crowd is crazy. I didn't think Sarah had so many friends.”

“Exactly what I thought. If I didn't know better, I'd think it was her bachelorette party,” Rosa huffed.

I snorted. She despised Sarah almost as much as she hated William.

“Where is your groom, anyways?” She asked me.

“Partying with his friends,” I shrugged, refilling my glass.

“What do you mean by partying with his friends? You are supposed to be with him, making the most of your last night as singles,” she stated.

My expression morphed into that of disbelief.

“Haven't you heard it is bad luck to see the groom before your wedding?”

She flicked my forehead and a wince escaped my lips.

“That's for being silly. You saw him this morning, didn't you? Doesn't that count as bad luck? Go find your man before these single women trap him in their nests. I don't trust these delinquents your sister shipped in,” Rosa said.

An amused smile played on my lips, “Shipped in?”

“You know what I mean. Just find him.”

“Yes ma'am,” I bowed before leaving with my glass of wine. I went to the room where he was supposed to lodge with his friends.

“Sorry to interrupt your fun, gentlemen but I was hoping to steal my fiance for a couple of minutes,” I bashfully muttered as all eyes settled on me.

“He's not with you?” Came an immediate response.

“We haven't seen him for almost an hour now. We thought he sneaked off to be with you.”

“No… he's not with me,” my voice grew smaller. “Thank you,” I forced a smile and shut the door.

The strange pounding of my heart was difficult to comprehend but one thing was sure. I had to find him soon.

I proceeded to check all the spare rooms but they were either emptied or occupied by horny people.

For some reason, I couldn't shake off the gut feeling that something terrible was about to happen. Something that I wouldn't be able to recover from.

The hotel was very so searching was hectic. Thankfully, William had the whole hotel booked for the weekend so I didn't have to worry about walking into a stranger's room.

I decided to check the master suite where we lodged earlier this morning. I opened it and stepped in.

It was then the moans filtered into my ears. My heart must have skipped about three beats.

“Fuck… you're so good… harder… harder please…” my sister's breathy voice formed a pool of dread in my stomach.

I didn't want to overthink things. There was a huge possibility that I was wrong.

“God, you feel better than I remember…” That was when my heart stopped completely. It was William.

My boyfriend of five years was fucking my twin sister! Is that why he never attempted to touch me? Why he insisted we wait until marriage? Because he was sleeping with my sister?

I couldn't bring myself to move from where I stood as they panted.

“You know, I can't wait to see the shock on her face when you present me as your bride,” Sarah's hazy voice sent a stab to my heart.

“I can't wait too. These past five years have been the most miserable years of my life. Pretending to be the perfect gentleman just so I can get her to fall hard for me. I never thought double dating could be so draining. Spending the day with her and the nights with you,” he drawled lazily like he wasn't shattering my heart to pieces.

“But the nights were your favorites and by tomorrow, I will officially be yours all day!” She giggled.

“I must give it to you. You are indeed a brilliant mastermind. Imagine her showing up to an empty church with that annoying friend of hers while we are on a yacht somewhere, enjoying our wedding…”

I couldn't take it anymore. It felt like the air was knocked out of my lungs. I hurried out of the room, running down the hall as the tears blinded my vision.

What did I ever do to any of them? All I did was love them wholeheartedly but what did I get in return?

I wiped my eyes furiously as I descended the stairs. Rosa had been right all along! William was too good to be true.

How could I have been so stupid? How could I not tell that he was using me to plot the most humiliating scene in history? How the hell did I miss the sneaky glances, the inside jokes?

Right from when he said, he couldn't introduce me to his family because they were having a feud, I should have known.

I didn't realize when I crossed the street to the nearby bar but all I wanted to do was numb the pain in my heart.

“Five shots of your strongest combo,” I slammed all the cash in my wallet on the table.

A worried expression crossed his face but he didn't dare question me. He simply prepared my order while I cursed myself for being a fool.

Once the tray was dropped in front of me, I gulped everything, one after the other.

“Five extra shots!” I called.

“Ma'am, I think…”

“Are you deaf?” I snapped. “I said five extra shots!” I was starting to feel lightheaded and that was just what I wanted.

My order arrived and just like the previous ones, I didn't hold back.

Soon, I found myself staggering into their club. The loud music started making sense to me and my body moved in rhythm.

Just like that, I completely lost track of what happened until the sun hit my face the next day.

A groan escaped my lips as I rolled. My body stiffened as I collided with another body.

My eyes flew open at once and I came face to face with a strange face.

Oh God! What had I done?

/-Adera-/

I was dead. I was so dead.

What the hell happened last night? Before I could fully process what was happening, another light flashed in my face.

And it wasn't the sun.

My panicked mind suddenly became conscious of my surroundings and my breath caught my throat when I spotted my family, all dressed up with disgusted looks on their faces.

There was William, dressed in his tux, enraged and on the side, Sarah, mouth agape in shock. Not to mention my best friend staring in disappointment.

Then the camera lights that wouldn't stop flashing in my face, courtesy to Sarah's friends.

I've never wanted to disappear as much as I do now.

“How could you?!” William barked. “On our wedding day!”

“No…no please… it's not what you think…” I made to stand up then realized I was naked. Another layer of shame engulfed me as I clutched tightly to the sheets.

“You bastard!” Tears streamed down my cheeks in torrents as William attacked the man on my side, throwing punches until his friends dragged him away.

The man scurried out of the room in fright, leaving me to deal with the humiliating moment.

“After everything we've been through? Is this why you insisted we should wait until marriage? Because you were sleeping around like a whore? You told me you were a virgin, damnit!” He screamed at me. “I regret the day I met you!”

I couldn't talk back as he stormed off. Even if I wanted to bring up the fact that he was the cheater and liar here, no one was there to see it. He could easily deny it. In my case, I had an army of people recording and laughing.

“I always knew you were worthless! Just at the disgrace you brought upon this family. You better not think of returning home. You seize to be an Andrew from this day!” My mother spat before leaving.

“Sister dearest, I can't even imagine how you feel now. Losing your husband and family. I wouldn't want to be you,” Sarah mocked before walking away.

Her friends weren't so merciful. They drew their cameras closer as they approached me. I tried to hide my face but they yanked my head and made me look in the camera as they washed me with insults and laughed.

“Guess who's the new community whore?”

“William Edwards' timid fiancee is not so timid after all.”

“Someone decided to play baddie on her wedding day.”

“Oops! Guess who's no longer a bride? Adera fucking Andrews.”

“I always knew their relationship would be an epic fail!”

They even tried to pull the sheets away.

“That's enough! Get away from her!” Rosa snapped, pushing them away. When they didn't budge, she turned violent, throwing the vases and stools at them.

“Let's leave, guys. The mad dog is loose,” one scoffed and they left.

I curled on the bed as Rosa locked the door, allowing my tears to soak the pillow. Rosa marched to me and yanked the sheets off.

Her eyes widened when she saw my naked body.

“What the hell happened? Did you really sleep with that man?” She asked but I only burst into tears. “Stop crying and talk to me, Adera. What happened?”

How could I explain to her when I didn't know what happened myself? I only remember dancing at the club but everything after that is blank.

“Adera Jade Andrews, if you let me walk out that door without a proper explanation, I will never speak to you again and it is not a bluff!” Shs threatened.

“I don't know,” I whimpered. “One minute I was drinking, dancing and the next minute, I was in bed with a stranger.”

“You're trying to tell me you had a one-night stand with a stranger on the night of your wedding? Have you lost your freaking mind?” She yelled at me.

“It's not my fault. I was…”

“You know what? I can't be here. This is too much for me to take in,” she interrupted, heading for the door.

“Please don't leave me, Rosa. I need you,” I sobbed, getting off the bed.

“You should have thought about that before making a fool out of yourself!” She spat.

**********

The next couple of days was torture. William was happily wedded to Sarah and I was the talk of the town.

Everywhere I went, people pointed fingers at me. I even heard mothers warning their children not to be like me.

Rosa wouldn't speak to me. My parents instructed the guards to kick me out if I dared step foot in their house. Suddenly, I wasn't so invisible anymore.

Social media was the worst. The comments on every video from the hotel made me want to swallow a knife and end it all.

Currently, I didn't have a home, because my parents kicked me out and no one would harbor me in their home as I was tagged as a bad influence. No money because all my accounts were blocked by the Edwards who believed I had been leeching off their son.

So I had to sleep in the streets.

Torturing myself for the umpteenth time today, I clicked on William's interview with Viral Talks.

It was already halfway through and I totally didn't need to hurt myself this way but I watched it.

“What do you have to say about your ex-fiance, Adera Andrews?” The host asked.

“Nothing other than what everyone knows. That is a worthless gold-digging whore who made me miserable for five years,” he said without emotion.

This William looked nothing like the man I fell in love with.

“Anything you want to say to her?”

“If you are watching this Adera, I want you to know that you have been nothing but a fool. I hope you suffer the same pain and humiliation you put me through. This is just the beginning, mark my words, you will pay for every second I wasted on you.”

I paused it, unable to watch further. How did the tables turn so quickly against me?

The next post caught my attention.

“Cheating fiance rendered homeless,” I read. A picture of me sleeping on the street bench was attached.

I clicked the comments.

“Serves her right.”

“She must be a cheap whore to not own a house with all that fucking.”

“What is sister spreading her legs for?”

“I had room in my bin if she's interested. She shouldn't have a problem sleeping with the trash.”

I threw my phone away, unable to take it anymore.

This pain is just too much for me to handle. I am on the verge of losing my mind. I have to end this suffering.

No one deserves to go through this.

Just like that, I dragged my feet to the bridge. As I stared at the water, a sad smile settled on my face. No one cared about my existence anyway so my absence would go unnoticed like my presence.

Sucking in a breath, I started climbing.

“Forgive me, Lord, for what I'm about to do but I have to. I can't take this anymore. There is no reason for me to leave,” I sniffled.

Just then a Rolls Royce pulled up beside me. I blinked, stunned that the driver took notice of me and amazed I got the chance to see such a luxurious car up close.

The driver stepped out and opened the back door. I lost my breath as the ethereal beautiful man stepped out.

Never have I seen a white tuxedo more fitting.

When the mesmerizing set of emerald eyes met mine, I swear I tripped right off the bridge.