[#lovesosweet] [WARNING: Mature content 18+] [WPC #AUG2023Entry] « Is it not enough that I have been 'sold off' as a catalogue bride but also have to compete with a dead woman for favour? » Shelby looks like she has it all. The perfect family and all the perks that come with it. But she must go through a 'forced contract marriage' and also compete for the attention of the man she had been unwillingly tied to... Ian lost the love of his life so suddenly that his mind still refuses to accept that reality. He gave up everything and secluded himself until his mother found him a bride. His one task was to give the family an heir but how can Ian do this when the air he breathes all revolves around the one woman he can never have. However, he finds himself in a predicament and dilema when the new contracted bride is thrust into his life unwittingly... especially, when he finds out that she is more than meets the eye. Image: Image generated from starryai.com, cover completed by me. This is an original story of mine. Copyright Loctovia 2023 Update schedule: 5 chapters per week
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Clara's options seemed ridiculously limited from an outsider's perspective, but that was the only way out for her, at least from her point of view.
"I don't want to die, though…." She said to herself as she walked deeper and deeper into the woods behind her house and further away from the few scattered houses. Her mind was still on the two options that she had arrived at.
She pulled out a small broken mirror from her pocket and peered at herself. Her pale, lifeless hair and dull blue eyes stared back. She looked haggard, almost sick and unkempt. Her face had no emotions whatsoever, even though silent tears still streamed down.
Her emotional state was in disarray, and profound grief settled on her soul from the happenings of the few months prior and also from seeing herself in that state.