The Wedding Where The Bride Was Swapped While I Was Underwater Chapter 03

Vivian left to review the ceremony with the officiant.

After Vivian walked away, Ethan stared out at the water for a moment and frowned slightly.

“The ceremony won’t be over for another two hours. Are you sure Nina can stay down there that long?”

Adrian barely looked concerned.

“She has a scuba tank. She’ll be fine.

“Besides, the security divers are watching her.”

Ethan sighed.

“Maybe we should bring her up now. If the fear triggers some kind of medical emergency, I won’t be able to explain it to Grandpa.”

Adrian laughed.

“And what happens when Vivian finds out and gets upset again?”

He looked across the beach at Vivian’s bright smile.

“Once I’m married, I’ll have to keep my distance from her. I won’t be able to protect her every time Nina lashes out.

“And after Nina becomes a Prescott, she needs to stop acting like an untouchable heiress and learn not to bully people.”

Ethan’s expression relaxed.

“Fine. You have everything under control.”

I looked at the two men who never stopped claiming they loved and protected me.

They stood above everyone else, convinced that every detail was under their control.

They had no idea that the tank beneath the water was already empty.

Vivian slipped away from the crowd and walked alone behind a cluster of rocks.

The guard waiting there could barely get the words out.

“Ms. Reed, I loosened the tank connection like you told me to.

“But all the air escaped in minutes. She could really die down there.”

Vivian dropped her fragile act and gave him a look of disgust.

“You’re frightened now?”

She smoothed the wedding dress and flicked the skirt with satisfaction.

“So what if she dies? Adrian was the one who ordered her into the water.

“The punishment was his idea too.

“You heard his response when the leak was reported. He said she deserved whatever happened. Why would anyone suspect us?

“Just watch. I’ll be Mrs. Prescott soon enough. Nina Bennett is nothing.”

My entire being trembled.

This had never been an accident.

Vivian gazed out at the ocean with a triumphant smile.

“I’ve hated her from the beginning. She was born rich and thinks that gives her the right to look down on me.

“Last month, I deliberately smashed the bracelet her mother left her. All I had to do was cry. Adrian slapped Nina and accused her of breaking it herself just to frame me.

“Who believes her anymore? Once she dies in the ocean today, the only person standing in my way will be gone.”

The greed in her eyes was impossible to hide.

Despair swallowed what remained of me.

I could still remember the disgust on Adrian’s face when he struck me.

I had believed Vivian only wanted to steal their affection.

I had never imagined she wanted my life.

And the two people I loved most were the ones who had sent me to my death with their own hands.

The first notes of the wedding processional carried across the island.

The music was graceful and romantic.

It came from the string orchestra Adrian had hired because they were my favorite.

Vivian walked slowly down the aisle.

Adrian waited beneath the flower-covered arch and held out his hand to her.

Ethan sat in the front row, smiling as he watched the couple at the altar.

The guests whispered among themselves, but no one dared challenge what was happening.

The officiant raised his microphone.

“We are gathered here today to celebrate the marriage of Adrian Prescott and Vivian Reed.”

Adrian took Vivian’s hand and slid my diamond ring onto her finger.

He had spent weeks designing it and had personally selected the stone in South Africa.

I watched the beautiful couple at the altar, hurting too deeply to make a sound.

Would they still be smiling when they discovered that I had truly died on my wedding day?