Prologue
The excitement of a new job gnawed at all my senses. My hands trembled as I adjusted my hair, as I entered my apartment to finally break the good news to my fiancé, Adam, the man I had loved for years, and with whom I was ready to share my life. A muffled whisper alerted me.
It came not from the darkened living room, but from the next room. With my heart pounding, I opened the door. What I saw there shattered my world. Adam, my prince charming, my future husband, was entwined with Sarah, my older sister, my confidante and my friend.
Their bodies, joined in a single embrace that made it clear, were a mirror of the cruelest betrayal. The air became thick and unbreathable, and the silence, deafening. My eyes filled with tears, but I did not scream or cry.
How could love become a treacherous dagger? How could the people I loved most inflict such a wound on me? The questions, like sharp knives, pierced my soul, but I could not find an answer. In that instant, the fairy tale vanished, leaving behind a scene of ruin and desolation. Innocence, like a butterfly with fragile wings, had been crushed to death by the weight of betrayal. And I, Sofia, would no longer be the same. The illusionary bride had become a shadow, a ghost that would wander the corridors of a broken dream
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(The night before)
I had been waiting for this moment for years, but I finally got it. I had been promoted at work.
"Congratulations, Sofia, you deserve it" the human resources manager said to me when he told me the news.
I nodded and left the office. I was so happy about the news. Without a doubt, the first person I wanted to tell was my fiancé, Adam Laikar, the most acclaimed businessman in town.
Just thinking that in two months we would be married, my heart was pounding with excitement.
I rushed out of the building and jumped into a taxi to go to the flat I shared with my beloved fiancé.
"Honey, are you home? I have excellent news" I said as I opened the door to the flat.
However, I arched an eyebrow when I saw the lights in the living room off. "Honey, what's wrong? Are you home?" I asked again.
There was still an awkward silence in the living room despite my questions. Then I looked at the table in front of the sofa and saw two empty glasses.
At first I wanted to throw them in the sink, but as soon as I picked up the glasses, I saw that one of them was stained with crimson lipstick.
My eyes widened like saucers and my chest began to heave up and down. I returned the glasses to the table and saw a trail of clothes on the floor.
But what the hell?
My lips began to tremble and I looked up the stairs. Through gritted teeth, I climbed step by step as a shivering sensation flooded me from head to toe.
As I was about to reach the bottom, a couple of female gasps and moans were heard.
I froze for a second and shook my head. However, when I resumed walking, I noticed that the door to the room was ajar.
I raised a trembling hand and opened the door a little wider. However, my eyes widened as I saw him there, my fiancé Adam, on the bed, fucking my older sister.
She was under his body with her hands clasped behind his back, as he frantically moved his hips on her pussy.
"Oh, baby, you're always so tight!" moaned Adam.
"Please don't stop. You know what I like" exclaimed Sarah between gasps.
The scene in front of me made my blood boil with anger and pain "But what the hell is going on here?" I shouted, banging on the door.
At that instant, Adam and Sarah stopped their movements and turned in complete surprise towards me.
Adam quickly grabbed his trousers and pulled them on before stepping towards me "Sofia! This... this is not what you're thinking," he said.
When I heard his words, I raised an eyebrow mockingly "What? It's not what I'm thinking? It's a joke?" I said, feeling a sharp pain in my head.
Adam was completely silent as he picked up his clothes from the floor and began to get dressed.
My tears came one after another "I saw you fucking her myself!" I shouted once more.
On the other hand, Sarah put on her clothes and waved her hands in the air "Sister. Sofia, these things happen. Adam is a man, he only thinks with his dick" she said without any remorse.
I listened to her and turned my gaze towards her "You... you slept with my fiancé, in my bed!" I shouted clenching my fists tightly "How can you be okay with that?" I said to her
"Enough! You can't talk to me like that! I'm a person with feelings," Sarah hinted tearfully.
I really couldn't believe what was happening, but before I could speak, Adam intervened.
"Come on, let's sort this out like adults" he half-heartedly tried.
"You slept with my sister!" I shouted, completely flabbergasted.
"I didn't just sleep with him, we love each other! He's always loved me. So you'd better stay out of our lives and let us be happy" she said, changing her sobbing to a pretentious expression.
Her words made my heart ache more than usual. In fact, she had always hated me; after all, I was the daughter of our father's second wife.
Then her mother reappeared and my father threw my mother and me out of the house.
Without thinking, a wave of anger swept over me "You're a bitch!"
"You're the bitch who doesn't know her place! You're as stupid as your mother!" she added mockingly.
I could take all kinds of insults from Sarah, but, as soon as she mentioned my mother, my eyes turned black.
Without hesitation, I ran to her, grabbed her by the hair and shouted, "Don't mention my mother with that filthy mouth!"
"Let go of me, you madwoman! You're a savage" she screamed as I slapped her face and pulled her hair back and forth.
Adam ran to me and held me with his arms to separate me from his lover "Stop, now!"
"Don't ever touch me again!" I screamed when I felt his dirty hands on my waist, and I quickly kicked him and pulled away from both of them.
"You're a bastard, you bastard! You could have slept with a thousand girls and you chose my bitch of a sister? You even put her in my bed!" I shouted looking at him with fury.
"Jesus, Sofia, stop crying. You better get out of my house before I call security. I'll get your stuff out in the morning" Adam said.
His words chilled me to the bone. However, the only thing that came out of my lips was a mocking laugh.
"You're kicking me out on the street after watching you fucking my sister?" I said with a sneer on my lips.
Sarah let out a snort and crossed her arms "She's a freak. Look at her, she looks like a madwoman".
"Yes, I'm completely crazy. But I'm not a bitch like you" I insinuated, grabbing the glass decorations in the room and throwing herself on the floor.
"What the hell are you doing, that cost over ten thousand dollars!" shouted Adam in astonishment.
I didn't care about his words, I started smashing all of Adam's expensive stuff as I came up with an idea.
With an evil grin, I picked up one of the vases and threw it at Adam, but he dodged it, as well as the ornaments I tried to throw at my face.
"Security will be right up!" shouted Sarah, running into a corner.
I didn't care about her words, I kept throwing things. I picked up a huge limited edition crystal and diamond fixed quartz figurine.
"Stop it, Sofia, that's almost forty thousand dollars! You don't dare!" shouted Adam wanting to stop me.
I looked at him with a huge smile and sighed "Oh, don't worry, ex-fiancé, you can buy another one" I said, throwing the crystal figurine at him.
However, he ran for the door and ducked as the piece passed over his head.
Within minutes, a couple of guards approached "Miss, please calm down. If you do not calm down, we will have to act by force," said the first man.
"Get her out of my sight, now!" shouted Adam as Sarah gave a cynical smile.
"What happened, little sister? Did you lose everything in one day?" she said.
"Shut up, you fucking bitch! You..."
I couldn't even finish my words when, suddenly, a loud voice rang out in the room "Silence!"
We all looked around and saw my father, Daniel Delawere. The man had a fierce and terrifying presence.
Although I was his youngest daughter, he had an enormous adoration for Sarah. It was obvious that it was she who had called him.
"Dad! Gee, thanks for coming. Sofia is freaking out. She almost killed me" Sarah said through her tears.
Immediately, my father looked me in the eye and clenched his fists "Sofia! I didn't raise you for this kind of scandal!"
"I found her fucking my fiancé! She's a slut!" I shouted, clenching my fists.