At the Lee's family mansion…
Grandpa Lee could be seen patting Jeslyn on the back as she cried on his lap. After crying for a long time, she finally raised her head to look at her grandfather.
"W– when did you find out about…sniff, about the poison?"
The old man's pupil dilated, ' She knew?' he thought.
"Poison?" Grandfather retorted– but he did a very poor job of hiding the truth from his granddaughter, "What poison are you talking about?"
"Don't lie to me, grandfather!" She yelled, knowing he was definitely hiding something from her.
She had lived with this man for 5 years since she came back from abroad, so she was very familiar with the expressions he made whenever he wanted to lie or cover things up.
The old man swallowed nervously, knowing he had being caught and changed the subject by asking, "How is my health related to you changing grooms at the last minute?"
"Because someone sent me messages on my phone…" that's right. Her phone! She searched her body but couldn't find her phone. "Wait a minute… Where is my phone?" she panicked.
"Your phone hasn't been with you since we left the wedding venue, Miss." A young lady with her hair made into a ponytail said from where she was standing.
"You said what?" Jeslyn couldn't believe it. Her phone was with her even when she was hugging her grandfather… no, that's not right. There was no phone with her… then where did she drop her phone!?
"Maya, please, search for my phone. The evidence is on my phone. Call the hotel management, do everything you can to search for my phone!"
"Yes, Miss." Maya, who seems to be Jeslyn's assistant, promptly walked away from them to place calls to the hotel.
"Child, calm down, breathe in and breathe out…"
Jeslyn was panicking but she managed to listen to her grandpa's advice and take slow, deep breaths.
"...yeah, like that. Now, talk to me, what is the problem? I don't need evidence to believe you… Did Ray cheat on you?" The old man said as he gently rubbed her back to calm her down.
Jeslyn shook her head, "Grandfather, Ray, he's a bad person. I was in my hotel room…" her mind flashed back to the event of that morning.
Few hours earlier…
Jeslyn was in a grand room getting dressed by two stylists and their assistants. One was applying makeup on her while the other was almost done with her hair.
The bride– Jeslyn looked stunning with a beautiful smile on her lips as she imagined herself with Ray on the altar exchanging rings and kissing.
She chuckled to herself, evidence that she couldn't contain her happiness.
The stylists left after they were done with her. She was now alone in the room as she stood by the floor-to-ceiling mirror to check herself out.
"I'm a beauty goddess." She stated with confidence.
Yes, she truly was a beauty goddess, there was no denying that. Her well sculpted face, smooth V shaped face, full pink lips, and snow white skin were testimonies to her goddess-like beauty.
She sighed in relief and suddenly, her phone beeped and distracted her from her self admiration.
She picked up the phone and saw a notification message for her email.
She opened it and saw that there were a few videos, pictures and a note.
Jeslyn decided to watch the videos first. It might be a crazy fan's video of her or so she thought.
Some of her enthusiastic fans edit her pictures most times with themselves in it and send them to her email with a love message attached to it, which was why this kind of message didn't look weird to her.
She sat on the bed and opened the first video. Instead of her picture, she saw Ray speaking to someone in a car. Somehow, only Ray's face was visible and the other person's appearance was blurred.
"Ray, what is wrong with you? Do you have to marry her? I thought the plan was different?"
"It was but she wanted the marriage and her grandfather approved of it. Also, if I don't marry her on her 26th birthday, the properties will be transferred to the orphanage the following day. It's not like you guys don't know that." Ray's strained voice came from the phone– it sounded colder than she was used to.
"My Miss knows, but she's not happy about you getting married to another woman."
"I know she's angry, I'm also angry too, but what can I do? This whole idea of approaching the Lee family was hers in the first place, so why is she angry at me and not taking my calls?"
"I'm sure that my Miss is afraid that you might grow feelings for Jeslyn after you both get married. She's a woman, so it's natural to get jealous and battle insecurities."
"Hahaha… how can she think so lowly of me? Jeslyn and I have been together for four years and I didn't fall for her. Will a marriage of six months make me start loving her? After our wedding, I'll travel with your Miss for six months and when I return, it's to divorce Jeslyn. We already talked about this, so why is she still upset? I only have my eyes for your your Miss–"
"And me?"
"Come on, we both know we don't have feelings for each other. We are just f*cking each other and nothing else, so don't take it serious." He touched the girl's face and leaned towards her.
A while later, Jeslyn could hear lewd sounds coming from the video as they kissed.
The girl's fingers traveled all over his body as she started to hastily take his clothes off, including his pants.
Jeslyn hurriedly paused the video as she looked at her screen dumbly for a long time. She couldn't believe what she just watched.
At that point, the world felt surreal to her and she felt like she was in a dream. Her entire world was crashing on her but she refused to believe it.
Tears slowly gathered in her eyes as she felt a stabbing pain in her heart. She slowly swallowed the lump that was forming on her throat and scrolled to the next video with her shaky fingers. The first video had left her heartbroken and shattered but she couldn't tell where she got the confidence to continue.
It was in a room, a hotel room. Ray and someone were in bed talking. The girl's photo was edited again. Her image was blurred, just like the first one. only Ray could be seen stark naked and standing in front of the bed.
Jeslyn closed her eyes for a moment, prompting the river of tears in her eyes to gush onto her cheeks. When she opened her eyes again, there was the determination to watch whatever they would be doing on that bed, after all, she had already heard enough on the first video.
"Ray, I delivered your message. My Miss isn't throwing a tantrum anymore, but she still doesn't want to talk to you."
"I know." He sighed and got onto the bed. "She knows that if I don't marry Jeslyn, the brat won't be able to get those properties, and our plans over the years will be for nought."