Chapter 2 Locked In

Eleanora POV

With curiosity, I push the door open, only to see an unbelievable scene happening right in front of me.

My eyes widened in disbelief, my jaw dropped, seeing my best friend Zoey bouncing on top of my Ferdinand, my husband to be, it was like a nightmare to me, a nightmare I would like to wake up from.

I couldn't believe my eyes. It was like a hallucination. Could it be real, or was my head playing tricks on me? I asked myself with trembling hands.

"No, no, this can't be true," I panicked with mumbled words, shaking my head frantically in disbelief, trying to convince myself that it was all a dream, but hell no it wasn't, it's real and I am losing it already, my body already getting numb.

At this point, I was confused about what to do next. Should I fall to the ground and scream in pain, or should I faint out of my racing heart?

Thousands of thoughts ran through my mind, making my heart shatter into pieces.

I held my chest and fell to my knees gradually. I could bet that at that moment, I felt my heart stop. Could it be a heart attack or a seizure? I held my chest and struggled for breath.

Zoey, who was my best friend and supposed to be my maid of honor, was now the one f**king my man? On the night before my wedding?

As soon as Zoey noticed my presence, she snapped and quickly dropped down from Ferdinand's body.

she hurriedly wore her clothes while my watchful eyes were set on her in disbelief.

She picked up her high heels, and then quickly exited the room. I could not move or do anything. All I could feel was my body stuck to itself, restraining me from moving or saying a word, my lips trembling.

Before I knew it, my vision started becoming blurry. Then suddenly, everything went blank, as I gradually fell to the ground.

Waking up, my sight was still blurry, I squinched my eyes trying to focus my sight to have a look on my environment, and Gradually everything became clearer, only for me to see Ferdinand by my side, caressing my hands softly.

I stood up abruptly from the bed, glaring at Ferdinand with disgust. My gut was filled with thousands of words to spill out, but I couldn't. It was as if something was blocking the passages of my throat-or could it be the anger that had piled up inside me?

"How... how could you?" I stuttered under my breath, barely able to talk. I could feel a sudden pain passing through my gut as I tried to speak.

"Baby, it was a mistake," Ferdinand tried to apologize while moving closer to me.

"Don't! Don't get close to me," I uttard flatly, with a furious glare.

"I trusted you! I trusted you with my life, and this is how you repay me? By cheating on the night before our wedding? And not only that but with my best friend?" I spoke with a crackling voice, almost crying as tears began piling up inside my eyes threatening to drop.

"Please, baby, you have to listen to what I want to say," Ferdinand begged.

"It wasn't my fault. I was tempted, please believe me."

"You were tempted?" I raised a brow then scoffed.

"You must be silly for saying that! Why? Why must it be on the night before our wedding? Don't you have respect for me? Don't you love me? I thought everything was perfect, but then this happened." I added with disbelief my voice trembling, tears began dropping from my eyes.

"Eleanora, you have to understand, all that I am telling you now is nothing but the truth. I was tempted by your so-called friend. Please believe me," Ferdinand begged again.

I was quiet, unable to say any more words. All I could do was fold my arms across my chest and glare at Ferdinand with disbelief and anger.

"You know this marriage has to happen, right?" Ferdinand spoke again with mumbled words.

"What?" I blurted out a reply with a raised brow.

"To be sincere and clear to you right now, this marriage is over! I can't get married to someone who cheated the night before his wedding. I'd rather die than do that," I spat with disgust.

Infuriated, I pushed Ferdinand.

"Get out of my way, you wolf in sheep's clothing! I hate you!" I muttered with gritted teeth, tears gushing out more from my eyes.

Ferdinand grabbed my hands and yanked me toward his chest, glaring at me, his eyes were so cold and scary and I could feel the horror within his stare, it was so devilish and blood taste making my body stiff.

"Do you want us to be the laughing stock of the day? What do you want people to say if this marriage doesn't hold? Do you want to disgrace your family and mine?" Ferdinand questioned, his hands clenching hard on my wrist as he yanked me more into his chest staring deep into my eyes.

"It's better I disgrace them than getting married to a liar and a womanizer," I barked Angrily at Ferdinand's face, my lips almost meeting his and I felt like spitting on his face. I saw him more disgusting than anything as at this moment.

Before I could uttard another word, Ferdinand's lips pressed against mine. My mind snapped, but I suddenly realized I couldn't pull away. His lips were so soft and tasted like strawberries he began kissing me hard, and uncontrollably.

We kissed for some moments before he pulled away. I followed his lips with mine, craving for more but he pushed back. Sometimes I feel like Ferdinand had charmed me because I don't know why at a moment like this, he still had the guts to kiss me and make me fall for his tricks.

"Eleanora, this marriage has to be held please, I want you to put aside all that has happened. We are couples, and we can settle this later. Please," Ferdinand assured with a calm and convincing smile that sent a wave of relief over my body, like a witch casting a spell of hypnosis into me.

But why? Why was I falling for his words? I could feel myself bending to his will as if I was being controlled by a dracula. Before I knew it, my mouth spoke out by itself.

"Promise you won't cheat again?"