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Unexpected Encounter: A Second Chance at Love

Author: Sofia05
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After being abandoned by her long time boyfriend on their wedding day, Rachael lost all her faith in love and relationships. But that changed when she met Andrew again. With no hope of finding love again in her life, Rachael agreed to marry her father's best friend's son, Andrew Collins. But little did she know fate had different plans for her. ….. Excerpt: Holding his drunk wife in his arms, Andrew kicked the bedroom door open. When he placed her in the bed, Rachael slowly opened her eyes. "Are we home?" "Yes." Taking her heels off, he covered her with the quilt. "I'll get you some warm water." But before he could get up, she grabbed his hand. "What happened? Do you want something else?" Kicking the quilt off, she crawled in his lap. Placing one hand on his cheek and the other at the back of his neck, she inched closer. "Andrew—" "Hmm?" "I think I am falling for you, what should I do?" …… This is the second book of the 'Unexpected Encounter' series. First book: Unexpected encounter:They were meant to be together [Note: Both are standalone books and are not connected to each other] Follow & join to support the author: Instagram: author_sofia05 Discord: Sofia05#2273 Server: https://discord.gg/TdyrNhc ……. P.S: The cover doesn't belong to me.

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Chapter 1Prologue

The wind was strong and the sky was pouring mercilessly. Her wedding gown was soaked and covered in mud. But she stood there unfazed.

Ignoring the constant honking and yelling, she was standing in the middle of the road in a daze.

She didn't care, she didn't care about anything anymore. For her, life stopped when the man she loved left her at the altar. The happiest day of her life had turned out to be the most dreadful one.

What had she done to deserve such misery? All she wanted was to marry the man she loved and live a happy life. Was that too much to ask for?

Rachael Watson, the daughter of the renowned business Michael Watson and his wife Rita Watson, had everything one could wish for. She was the pampered missy of the Watson household whom everyone loved and cherished.

Despite being the pampered daughter of a wealthy family, Rachael never took anything for granted. Unlike other rich missies who loved showing off their father's wealth, she never acted all arrogant and spoiled.

Even though her father never pressured her to join the family business, she completed her studies and joined the family company. She now helped her big brother, George Watson and her father to manage the company.

Everything in Rachael's life was going in the right direction until love happened. Oliver Reyes happened.

She met him through her best friend Emma Reyes. They were cousins.

Oliver belonged to a mediocre family and was pursuing a degree in arts and acting in a local university. He wanted to pursue acting and become a veteran someday but things didn't look bright for him. But Rachael tried her best to keep him motivated. She assured him that one day he would make it. She even accompanied him to many of his auditions and encouraged him when he didn't make it.

Rachael and Oliver started their relationship with being friends and later turned into lovers. She was delighted to find her lover, her soul mate in her close friend.

For her it was like a dream came true. Their relationship was perfect and everything she could wish for. But things didn't go as smoothly as she had expected it to.

When Rachael's family found out about their relationship, everyone was reluctant to accept them, especially her father.

Michael did not look down on Oliver because he was from a mediocre background but because of his character and sly personality. He didn't care if the man her daughter married was rich or poor, as long as he was hardworking and never gave up on his daughter's happiness, it was enough for him. But unfortunately, he never saw these traits in the guy his daughter had chosen.

How could he just throw away his only daughter to a man who did not deserve her?

Rachael on the other hand, fought with her father and refused to leave the man she loved. She refused to give up on their relationship just because her father thought he didn't deserve her. This made the relationship between the father and daughter very sour and they slowly started falling apart.

Eventually, Michael felt helpless in front of his daughter's wishes and reluctantly accepted their relationship. That was the happiest day of Rachael's life. She could finally be the man she loved, marry him and start a new family with her family's blessings.

Three months after her father's approval, Oliver proposed to her and she happily accepted it. The two families met and the preparation for the wedding began.

Though Rachael didn't wish for a grand wedding, the Watson family did not leave any stone unturned. It was the wedding of their precious daughter, how could it not be grand?

Friends, families, far relatives, business partners, everyone were invited to the wedding. In no time, the wedding became the talk of the town. Media started crawling around the venue a day before the wedding.

Everyone thought it would definitely be the perfect wedding and couldn't wait to give the new couple their blessings. But things didn't go as planned.

After getting the role he had auditioned for a day before their wedding, Oliver abandoned everything and moved up San Francisco where the shooting would take place. He left on the day of the wedding without telling anyone, not even his parents.

When Rachael found out that her groom was missing from her bridesmaid Emma, she did not believe her and started looking for him by herself. She ran from one place to another, she screamed his name, she called him out several times but he never came.

Later she received a MMS from him saying he was leaving. Throughout the video he told her about the movie and his role and how excited he was to start a new journey of his life. But never did he once mention her name or apologize for what he had done.

What about the new journey they were supposed to start? Did that not matter to him at all?

After loving a man with all her heart and soul, is this what she deserved?

"Miss—" A man grabbed her arm and pulled Rachael away from the road. "The car would have hit you." Taking off his coat, he quickly placed it over her shoulder. "Your family is looking for you."

"Uncle Roger—" Tears started rolling down her eyes as she clung to his arms.

Gently patting her back and trying very hard to hold his tears back, he muttered in her ears. "Everything is going to be okay. Let's go home now."

…..

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As WSA 2022 had recently concluded, I would have to post my review for this author's work winning a nomination award that I believe she truly deserves. No doubt that I would highly recommend this story for reading as it warmly touched my heart because of its contributing factor when we talk about things related to family life and love; about friendships; and the love between a couple. I hope I can read some more as I have reached the premium chapter in reading this commendable book (Chapter 35). This can be treated as a light novel (depending on the reader's preference) but all I can say is its written contents are worth the read. Writing Quality: The author was able to express clearly through her writing style this interesting and endearing story about love, trust, respect, and all things about the value of family. Upon starting reading, it got me hooked instantly from every chapter; although there were a few minor inconsistencies like misspelled words or wrong word choices used, that didn’t hampered my reading experience. Altogether, I could say that the author has delivered her story smoothly and uniformly. Story Development: The story’s prologue instantly got me engaged into reading it and for every succeeding chapter, it has kept me going to the next to find out what comes through. Starting from the well-thought out characters, we get a smoothly paced story development in which all important events surrounding them are well balanced and well-conceived and constructed by the author. From the main characters up to the supporting characters, their ongoing chemistries are so inspiring, so relatable and so sweet; nothing can be called boring with their dynamic interactions in every chapter. The story’s main plot is so family-oriented and so close and touching to the heart; depicting the love that you once lost in life can be found for a second chance (thus that’s what the novel’s title is all about); not undermining the importance of family and their love with one another (between a couple and between parents and their children and between siblings); and the value of warm friendships. Character Design: Right at the first chapter, our main female character got readily introduced facing the dilemma that her fiancé had created on the important day of their wedding itself. Devastated from her fiancé’s abandonment on their wedding day, all her world crumbled apart shutting herself (grieving process; the denial, anger, all sorts of emotions that felt tearing her inside). But despite the heart-wrenching trauma it brought her, our female lead chose to move on after a full year of complete “inward” healing and recovery in order for her to regain back a better version of herself. Now here comes our main male character into the picture as a returnee from his maternal family’s hometown (Russia). As he became an orphan from childhood after losing his parents in an accident, he was taken in by his maternal family; and had learned also how to cope with his loss. Now that he’s a full-pledged adult, it was time for his return to his former hometown to foresee and handle his father’s company that was handled and taken care of by the vice president who’s nearing his retirement. Our main characters here had sort of became friends in their previous childhood; as the male lead was a friend of the female lead’s elder brother. Both of their families are well-known and own their respective corporations. The main characters and the other supporting characters (from the female lead’s family members as well as her best friends; also with the male lead’s maternal cousin and aunt) were all well-rounded with their various interactions with each other. Only there seems to be a gap or a rift between the male lead with his maternal grandfather as this was earlier revealed in the following chapters. With the male lead visiting the female lead’s home as their special guest, this is the unexpected encounter that the female lead was set up by her father that paved the way for her to get a second chance on love. From this unexpected reunion, what followed between our main characters was something amazing to happen on them; like hitting it off right on the bat. The main male character can be said as a handsome gentleman; so caring and considerate on the main female character’s needs and a loving, reliable person because of the way he treats her. Both of our main characters are so humble; despite coming from wealthy families. I could say at this point that the author was able to bring out the main and supporting characters’ individual personalities right from the start which is something so similarly relatable and so comparable with real living persons. World Background: Every setting or background used for the main characters’ actions was depicted clearly by the author that you would be able to follow where the interactions, exchanges, dynamics, and others are taking place or you would be able to visualize such places as described through the various characters’ dialogues between them. Both families own their mansion residences; in addition to their families’ owned corporations. As such, this is the typical setting used for modern-day, rich families depicted in this type of (novel) genre. Again, congratulations to Author Sofia! [img=recommend]

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