“This marriage is null and void! The wedding of Dan Miller and Lucia Ray is null and void.” A man from behind shouted as he stepped into the entrance of the church, breathing heavily, just as the priest was about to pronounce Dan and Lucia ‘husband and wife’. Dan Miller, the CEO of Miller's Production Enterprise, hurriedly planned a wedding with his fiance, Lucia Ray, whom they've dated for only two months. His plan was to outsmart his father, who had signed a contract with his friend, Dantes. The moment young Miller set an eye on those papers, he had been looking for a way to do a surprise wedding without his father's consent. “Never! Over my dead body would I forcefully marry the daughter of my father's debtor! I can never marry someone who is not my standard.” He thought to himself. He was at the altar with his bride, taking their marriage vows, when his father, Mr. Morgan Miller, who was out of the country for a six-month business trip, showed up unexpectedly and put the wedding to a halt. “You either marry Clara Dantes in the next two weeks or you lose your position as the heir of the Miller's family.” Mr. Miller declared. Stuck of choice, Dan vows to ill-treat Clara in their marriage till she finally decides to leave by herself. Forced to marry the arrogant son of the billionaire because of her father's debt to offset her mother's medical bill, Clara Dantes planned to get back with her ex-lover once she secured a loan and paid off the debt. As time went on, Clara and Dan realised that they had developed true feelings for each other, but they had to be strong and fight their past as their ex-lovers conspired to ruin their union.
Chapter 38
PREGNANT
"Clara!" Dan voiced out weakly after reading the papers.
"Ehe, do you need anything?" She replied reluctantly.
"I thought we'd talked this over already. Why take us back again?" His calm voice echoed.
"And I thought by now you would have called your almighty father to threaten me with conditions again. That's what I expected you to do, not asking calmly like this." Clara responded with a smirk.
"Clara, this is the time we need to be strong together and fight our enemies. I need you now more than ever." Dan explained.
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"Help! Oh my God! Clara, Noooo.. please, you can't do this," Dan screamed on seeing Clara slowly going down with her eyes slightly closing till she finally collapsed while they were still discussing.
"Loretta, please pick up your phone," he mumbled with his hands shaking as he tried reaching Loretta on the phone but got no response.