Abandoned At The Alltar, Married His Rival

My mind was blank as I sat beside Cain in the lawyer's office watching him read my father's last will before he died.

“Mr Macmillan gave the mansion in Spain and 20 million dollars to his wife…” The lawyer announced.

I felt disgusted as my stepmother jumped up in joy, hugging Aliya.

I waited for all the listed properties, hardly listening to the reading. I didn't care about the money; I just wanted my father to be alive.

"And for the King Corporation, it would go to my only daughter, Elle Blackwood.”

I merely nodded at the announcement. I always knew my father would leave the company for me.

“Wait,” Cain spoke up. I looked up at him in confusion.

He pulled out an envelope he was holding and handed it to the lawyer.

“That is the document Elle signed when we just got married to transfer ownership of the company to me when her father died.”

My eyes widened as I watched the lawyer read over the document. I rose and snatched it from his hands, my eyes scanning the paper with disbelief.

“I never signed this!” I said.

Cain only smiled, “You don't remember, darling; you signed it when we just got married.” He replied. “But there is no need to worry; what is mine is yours.”

My body was trembling as I stared at the bottom of the page to see my signature. I remember Cain giving me some documents to sign a year ago but I was so in love with him I didn't even think of reading them.

This was their ultimate plan—to strip me of everything till I had nothing. My mind went back to the day I married Cain.

James and I were in love and then he didn't show up to the wedding and Cain stepped in. My stepmother kept pushing me to marry him immediately.

I never questioned why James didn't show up when he loved me so much. But now nothing was making sense.

I was silent during the ride with him, my mind playing everything all over again till I couldn't think straight.

Once Cain dropped me home, he planted a kiss on my forehead and drove away, making an excuse he needed to work.

But deep down I knew the truth—he was going to Aliya. In the room, I dragged open Cane's wardrobe, staring at the box he never allowed me to touch.

I flipped the lid of the box and my breath caught in my throat at the pictures of Aliya since she was a child. She looked so beautiful and happy in the pictures and I could tell Cain was the one behind the camera.

My heart dropped at the last picture at the bottom of the box; it was the picture of James that was on the news the day we were supposed to get married.

But it wasn't real; it looked like someone photoshopped his face into the picture.

Was it true? Did Cain spread this picture to ruin my relationship with James? But why did James never show up?

I couldn't reach out to him since that day because Cain said I shouldn't dwell on the past.

I stumbled backwards, my head swirling with confusion, but then my eyes caught something down in the drawer.

They were bottles of drugs that had my father's name on them. But they didn't seem like his normal pill.

I grabbed the bottles and stormed out of the house. I drove wildly to the hospital, rushing to the nurse who treated my dad.

“What is this?” I asked, holding out the bottle to her.

Her eyes narrowed at the pills in confusion. This seems like the bottles of pills for Mr. Macmillan's prescription but the drugs are different.”

“What do you mean?” I asked.

“These pills would only spike his blood pressure and keep him sick.” She responded.

I stumbled out of the hospital in confusion. Did Cain switch my father's medication to keep him sick till he died?

I can't do this anymore; this betrayal was more than I can imagine. Cain has done enough and ruined my entire life.

I threw the pills in the bin with my phone and credit cards. I need to leave this place for good.

Cain kept calling all day for help to deal with the stakeholders of the company but I was already gone.

The nurse heard the ringing and picked up the phone from the bin.

“Hello Elle, I've been calling you all day; why didn't you respond to my love? I need you to come and talk to the shareholders of the company and introduce me as the new CEO. He said in a hurry.

“Mr. Blackwood, your wife is gone. She threw her phone in the trash. She found out about some secret pills used to kill her father.”