The Imposter Bride (Natalia and Magnus) novel Chapter 2

The sleek black Rolls-Royce cut through the guardrail, somersaulting in mid-air before plunging into the ocean, causing a massive splash...

"Natalia!"

Magnus watched as the car drifted into the sea like a speck of dust. He roared, his eyes almost popping out of his sockets. His vision blurred as he swerved his car to follow, but he collided with the hefty steel columns of the overpass, bouncing back, and getting wedged between the barriers and the column.

As Natalia's car sank deeper into the sea, water filled her ears, mouth, and eyes. A wave crashed into the wreck, sweeping her out through the shattered window. She could hear her sister Kendra's laughter echoing in her ears. "Natalia, you deserve this! Only your death can restore my marriage. How dare you take the man who rightfully belongs to me!"

She closed her eyes, and the image of Magnus' pained and remorseful face surfaced in her mind. "Nat, don’t leave me! You promised to be with me for life. Have you forgotten?" Had she made such a promise?

Then her mother, Addison's tear-streaked face appeared. "Natalia, give your sister her man back. You can't do this. Have you no shame?" Really? It was them who had insisted she married that man, and now they were accusing her of stealing her sister’s man!

“Nat, come with me. You don’t belong here. I’ll take you to meet your birth mother. She thinks about you every day!” She saw Callum’s hopeful gaze.

“Natalia, I’ll wait for you, no matter how long it takes. Can’t you see, he doesn’t love you? Why else would he be with another woman while you were pregnant! He’s not worth it, Natalia!”

She didn’t belong here, and it wasn’t worth staying. She had to go, but all she wanted was to be with her child. She was ready to leave.

Finally, she felt free. She was off to another world, to be with her child. Goodbye, Magnus! Goodbye, Dad! Goodbye, Hector! Goodbye, Cal! Her body slowly sank to the ocean floor... and she could almost see her child smiling at her.

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Flashback to a year ago.

In Melfort, the Andersen family and the Clarkson family were preparing for a wedding. It was supposed to be Lucius’s engagement to Kendra, but the groom was suddenly changed to Magnus.

“Dad, why? Wasn’t I supposed to be engaged to Lucius? Why is it now Magnus? I won’t marry that cripple!” Kendra, the young lady of the Clarkson family, cried out in their mansion.

“Kendra, I’m helpless. Initially, it was Morgan who arranged your engagement to Lucius, but then Magnus suddenly expressed his wish to marry you,” Kyler said helplessly.

“Impossible! I won’t marry him. Dad, are you really going to force your daughter to marry that waste?" Kendra's face was streaked with tears.

Kyler's wife, Addison, quickly consoled their daughter. “Kendra, I will never let you marry that cripple. Don’t worry.” She shot Kyler a glance.