Destiny of the Substitute Bride
2. Maria's Travelling.

The atmosphere in the Church of St. Christopher suddenly felt uneasy. That's because the bride, Maria Anna Kendrick, has not yet appeared with her parents, even though the wedding blessing will be done in less than thirty minutes.

Noah, who is still in the dressing room, has contacted Maria many times, but the woman's phone is not active.

Some of Maria's relatives who had come also tried to contact the woman and her parents. However, they also found the same results. Maria's mother's mobile phone can't even be reached.

"Darling, did you guys have a fight earlier, or maybe something happened to Maria?" ask Jessica to worry. The woman was busy pacing back and forth in order to reduce the agitation.

"No Ma, we're in good shape." Answer Noah who was no less furious. Many times the man stared at his cell phone, hoping for a short message to come from his beloved.

Jessica then walked over to her husband who was sitting in a chair. "Honey, how's this?"

Harold clasped Jessica's hand to ease the wife's immortality. "There's still time. Maybe they're stuck in traffic. Central Street is undergoing road repairs, isn't it? It could be that their journey is hampered because of that."

"If it is like that, they should be able to go through other alternative ways. It's a big city with many roads connected to each other!" jessica said with an unusually irritated look.

"Calm down, when the time comes they haven't come yet, I'll tell Oliver to follow" Harold said. However, as the head of the family, he cannot show his anxiety.

Meanwhile, the Kendrick family's own home has been in turmoil, as Maria, their youngest child, suddenly leaves the house and leaves a letter in her room.

There was not much Mary wrote on the paper, other than just a sentence of apology for unwisely leaving her own wedding.

It was a very difficult decision for Maria, because she obviously still loved Noah. However, the presence of Jason, the man of his past whom Maria has longed for, suddenly makes the woman take this embarrassing decision.

I love Noah, Mom, Dad, but I love Jason a lot too. He's the man I was expecting to be with me at the guarantee. For three years of love, only now do I realize that we really do not deserve to live together in marriage.

Also, send my apologies to Noah and his family.

I love you guys.

"How about this, my God!" the cries of Wanda, Maria's mother, broke again as she read her daughter's letter once again. The middle-aged woman did not even dare to pick up dozens of calls from her relatives or prospective ironclad. He even deliberately turned off his cellphone so he could calm down for a moment.

Ben, Maria's older sister, who witnessed her parents' death, decided to go to church and tell the Werner family all.

"We can't just run away! Here we are the guilty ones!" A cold sentence came out of Ben's mouth, before the man left the house.

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"This floor is still all dusty, you idiot! What have you cleaned!" martha's thunderous screams filled the second floor of the Werner family's majestic residence. The woman had just done an examination after Bella had finished cleaning. "Look at the first floor, all clean without a speck of dust!" hard continued.

"Floor one is obviously clean because it uses a vacuum cleaner, while I use a regular broom." Answer Bella.

Hearing the girl's reply, Martha grew even more furious. He pushed Bella to the floor, then to her waist. "How dare you, little man! Now, clean everything up from the beginning! Look out otherwise, I'll be watching you from afar!"

Breathing came out of Bella's mouth, as soon as Martha left herself alone.

In this house, Martha is the highest position after the owner of the house. No one dared to go against her words, especially after the woman was appointed as the head of the household assistant several years ago.

Jessica once said, every word that comes out of Martha's mouth has the same law and position as her.

That's why Bella can't fight. The girl prefers to obey rather than have to be in trouble next time.

A line of bitter smiles imprinted on Bella's pretty face. With a shunt he got up from his falling position and began to repeat the same work as before.

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Ben could only stand before Noah, Harold, and Jessica, while receiving slaps and insults from his sister-in-law's mother. With a bold move, he advanced to face the Werner family and said everything. Not to forget a letter that Maria wrote was given Ben to Noah.

Jessica hysterical. Although invited guests are few, but they are important people lined up Werner Company, as well as colleagues Harold and Noah.

Noah was still in shock after reading Maria's letter. Jason was Noah's classmate in college, and he was also Maria's ex-boyfriend.

The love story of Maria and Jason on campus is quite famous. Almost none of the residents of the campus do not know. Understandably, Jason is a famous musician who is on the rise.

Their breakup occurs when Jason prefers to go on a career in Vanlousiana, and decides on Maria. Shortly after, the two began a relationship.

Noah has actually heard the news, that Jason has returned to his homeland since a few months ago. However, he thought it would not matter, for Mary had been with him and vowed to go nowhere.

But all the promises that came out of Mary's mouth were nothing but nonsense.

"Aarghhh!" shouted Noah. The man dropped himself on the floor and tore the paper apart.

Jessica hurriedly approached the son to calm his heart.

"Honey, strengthen your heart, son," said Jessica. Tears always flowed down the woman's cheeks.

"How's this? How'this?" mumbling Jessica. He does not want his child's self-esteem to be smeared.

"There's only one way." Harold who seemed to be thinking about something, suddenly opened his voice. The middle-aged man then turned his gaze to the son. "Noah, marry Bella. It's the only way to save this family's pride."

Hearing the father's proposal, both Noah and Jessica were inflamed.

"That's right! It's better that the marriage be annulled than Bella who should be my son's wife!" hardik Jessica hard.

"I'm not going to, Pa!" In line with his mother, Noah also voiced the same opinion.

"Alright, but in the future do not regret if this family is hit by sloping discussions outside later. News of Noah's wedding has been broadcast, although the public does not know who the bride is. That's one of the advantages. Moreover, Bella never appeared in the public," said Harold at length. Although it sounds evil, but he thinks it is the best proposal he has right now.

Besides that Harold also had another intent. By becoming Noah's wife, Bella will be fully connected to the Werner family. Now they may both refuse, but in the future Harold believes his wife and son will gradually accept Bella's presence, along with the change in status in their family.

The affection that Harold had for Bella, made the man take the step.

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This is a story about the helplessness of a girl facing her husband and foster family. So please understand it by not giving offensive comments.

For those who do not like and want to find the appropriate reading on you (MC strong women and not easily oppressed) can skip this one yes, and move on to my other novel. Please check.

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