His Secretary Humiliated Me at My Own Wedding,So I Destroyed His Empire Chapter 1
My fiancé ditched me at the altar. His secretary forced me to exchange wedding vows with a rooster just to humiliate me.
"Elise Summers, you didn't actually think Mr. Delgado would marry a nobody like you, did you? A woman with no background and nothing to offer?"
After calling off the wedding, he turned around and proposed to his secretary right in front of me.
"Hester hurt her hand slapping you. Apologize to her. Now."
"Unless you'd rather not walk out of Riverton in one piece."
The moment the words left his mouth, a group of men appeared behind him, leering, their eyes crawling over me without shame.
My fiancé thought I'd cower. Thought I'd beg.
Instead, I made one phone call.
The mayor personally escorted me under armed protection. Scott's own father hand-delivered shares of the company as a formal apology.
And my fiancé, once he learned who I really was, nearly choked on his regret.
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The day of the wedding, I stood center stage in my white gown, the most pitiful spectacle in the room.
The auspicious hour had come and gone. My fiancé, Scott Delgado, was nowhere to be seen.
His chief secretary, Hester Pruitt, deliberately bumped into me as she passed, her voice dripping acid.
"Elise, you didn't actually think Mr. Delgado would marry a woman like you, did you? No background. No connections. Nothing useful to offer."
I narrowed my eyes.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
Hester just smiled and said nothing. I pulled out my phone and called Scott.
"Scott, you missed the ceremony time. Everyone's waiting for you."
His voice came back clipped and irritated.
"What's the rush? I found a stray dog on the road. Can't make it back yet. Let Hester handle everything at the venue."
Before I could get another word in, the line went dead.
Hester's smirk widened the moment she heard. She didn't even bother hiding the mockery in her eyes.
"Well, since Mr. Delgado has entrusted me with running this wedding, let's carry on, shall we?"
Carry on? Without the groom?
My identity was sensitive. I couldn't afford to reveal too much. If it weren't for my parents telling me I'd been betrothed to Scott since childhood and asking me to honor the arrangement, I probably never would have agreed to marry anyone at all.
If Scott thought so little of this wedding, then there was no wedding to have.