Destiny of the Substitute Bride
8. Noah's Shadow.
The sun was already rising, when a beautiful woman woke up from her deep sleep.
Right next to the woman, there was a handsome, exotic-skinned man who still remained coiled comfortably in a blanket, which covered the body of their pol0s.
Maria smiled faintly at Jason. The woman then landed a warm kiss on the lips of the lover, before then getting out of their bed.
After wearing Jason's blue shirt on the floor, close to her feet, Maria opened the window blinds to allow sunlight into the room.
The woman's body suddenly fell silent, when she found something reflected from the window of the lover's apartment.
For some reason, from that place, Maria could see the reflection of Noah's face, the man she had loved for almost three years, standing next to the woman.
This is not the first time 'Noah' has appeared on several occasions. Long before that, since Maria decided to go with Jason, she left Noah on their wedding day one week ago.
Maria is aware of the presence of 'Noah' which almost every moment always comes teasing, is a form of the inability to forget the man.
Jason has always been the first man in Maria's heart, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have a bit of love for Noah, much less that they've been together for almost three years.
I love you, Maria!
Maria flinched when suddenly Noah's voice that never appeared, was clearly heard in her ears.
The woman's legs increasingly lost energy, when she found the shadow of Noah's face was smiling cynically at her.
Nah! My choice is never wrong! I love Jason. Jason is the only man I want!
In her heart, Mary continued to chant the sentence to calm herself down.
However, the disturbing emotions increasingly bind Mary's heart.
The woman took one step back. Just as he was about to step away from there, a pair of hands suddenly wrapped around his stomach.
A second later Noah's shadow was gone.
"Why didn't you wake me?" Jason's voice rattled through Maria's ears. The man had really just woken up from his sleep.
Maria quietly breathed a sigh of relief. He smiled as he held onto Jason's hand that wrapped around his stomach. "You fell asleep, so I don't have to bother you."
Jason confirmed his position and increasingly attached himself to the lover. "How about it, we just got to bed at three in the morning, remember?" A small laugh came out of the man's mouth.
Maria laughed Jason. "So, what are we going to do after this, Mr sleepyhead?" ask the woman later, turning to face Jason.
Jason looked at Maria from top to bottom with a suspicious smile. "How about adding another chapter last night? It feels like there's still something I'm not working on" Jason said as he stared at Maria's imperfectly closed bel4h4n d4d4.
Her oversized shirt the woman wore, made something else inside Jason bounce back.
Maria laughed as Jason lifted her up and took her to the bathroom.
"Hey, we could fall!" peek Maria, as Jason had started fishing himself on his way to the bathroom.
"No, I'm good at doing anything to you" Jason replied on the sidelines of his activities adding a sign of ownership to Maria's assets.
Maria bit her lip. Noah's shadow that he had feared earlier, evaporated out of nowhere.
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"It's stupid of you, Bella! I told you to wash my white dress separately!" Jessica's loud bang filled the third floor of this house.
Last night Jessica asked Bella to wash her white dress, because she would attend a dinner with some friends during college, in a fundraising event, as well as a small reunion held by them.
But what happened? Bella even foolishly mix the dress with colored clothes, resulting in Jessica's white dress turned dull.
Jessica's angry not playing. He slapped Bella repeatedly to the point of bruising, before then pushing her so hard that she fell on the floor. Not only that, Jessica stepped on Bella's hand and also tore the only expensive dress that Bella had, a gift from Harold.
Bella cries as she continues to mutter her apologies to her mother.
Bella knew it was Martha, because she hadn't touched Jessica's dress since last night. However, Bella could not have said the truth, because Jessica would have never believed it.
"I have to attend the event in five hours, please!" yelled Jessica again.
His increasingly burning emotions, making Jessica viciously take liquid detergent from its place, then force Bella to drink the detergent.
Jessica roughly gripped Bella's mouth to open.
The frightened Bella closed her mouth tightly. It would be very dangerous for the girl to be swallowed just a little, and she did not want to die silly.
"Drink shit, drink!" Jessica is getting angry. That made Martha afraid.
How not, Jessica's anger at Bella this time was completely out of her habit.
Martha guessed, if the anger that is now evaporated Jessica is not only about the white dress that she deliberately dirty to slander Bella, but also about the marriage of her son, Noah.
Jessica loves Noah very much, but sometimes Martha feels that the affection Jessica shows towards Noah is too excessive.
Jessica is not actually the man's mother. Harold marries Jessica exactly a few months after the death of Zara, his first wife, who died giving birth to Noah, and Noah of course learns the truth.
"Open your mouth, damn it! I don't care if you die right now!" jessica is still trying to open Bella's mouth. Detergent liquid has even been spilled in Bella's body.
Not wanting her employer to get into trouble, Martha immediately separated Jessica from Bella.
"Take me off, let go!"
Martha screamed for some of the other housekeepers, to help take Jessica away.
Bella was just left there. Lying helplessly with melted tears that had flowed profusely soaked her cheeks.
"Mom, Dad." The longing for his late parents had struck Bella's inner self.
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Emotions rule over Noah, when he finds Bella sleeping comfortably in her bed. He even bravely made up his favorite blanket.
The man who had just returned from the office immediately stepped towards the bed.
"I told you not to touch my bed, damn woman!" noah exclaimed in anger as he kicked Bella into falling out of bed.
The sound of thudding sounded. However, there were no signs of movement from Bella.
A curious Noah walked up to Bella closer and opened her blanket.
The man was surprised not to play, when he found Bella unconscious with a bruised face.