He Deceived Me So I Destroyed His Family’s Legacy Chapter 07
The bedroom, decorated as a bridal suite, glowed with candlelight.
Adrian hadn’t gone downstairs.
Guests were celebrating below, their congratulations echoing from the gardens.
He felt that tonight, at last, everything was settled.
Vanessa sat on the edge of the bed, her veil already lifted, her eyes still red-rimmed and shy.
“Adrian,” she called softly.
Adrian looked at her, and a sense of relief washed over him.
He had promised her he would bring her openly into the Blackwood family.
Now he had.
A promise was the thing he valued most.
When the Hale family went bankrupt, everyone urged him to break the engagement. He had not.
He had married Nora Hale.
Now Vanessa had no one, and he had promised to give her a place by his side. He had done that, too.
He never failed anyone.
Two glasses of champagne sat on the table.
Adrian picked one up. A smile touched his lips—then froze.
He remembered the night he married Nora.
She had sat on the bed just like this.
Her face hidden by a veil, her fingers twisting the fabric of her dress, she had called his name nervously.
“Adrian?”
But he had only drunk half of their wedding champagne.