My Best Friend and I Married the Celestial Princes

My best friend and I caught the eye of the celestial princes and were brought into the heavenly palace as their consorts.

She became the caged golden canary of the Crown Prince, Rudolf Frost, while I became the stand-in for the lost love of the Second Prince, Mose Frost.

As fate would have it, their lost loves were one and the same person.

Everyone in the Celestial Realm envied us, two mortal women chosen by celestial princes to live a life of luxury among the gods.

But this blissful existence lasted no more than three years before their true love returned, and our good fortune came to an abrupt end.

"I'll fake my death first, and then you'll pretend to fall ill and do the same!" whispered my friend, Gabriela Simon.

I nodded, and together we staged our deaths to escape back to the mortal realm.

When their lost love, Anna Rivera, brought people to expose our deception, the usually calm and collected Rudolf unexpectedly pulled Gabriela into his embrace.

Meanwhile, the ruthless Mose imprisoned me in his palace, staying by my side day and night.

Little did they know, this performance was one we had been planning for three years.

This was the third time this month that Anna had tried to harm me and Gabriela.

We stood beside the Spirit Pool in the Celestial Realm, watching as Anna sank deeper and deeper into its waters until only bubbles remained on the surface.

Gabriela furrowed her brow and snorted, "Anna, stop pretending."

Just then, hurried footsteps approached from behind.

I tugged at Gabriela's sleeve, but before I could utter a word, a powerful force shoved me toward the Spirit Pool.

I fell in, losing all control over my body. Gabriela's panicked cry echoed in my ears. "Etta!"

I struggled to surface, only to see my husband, Mose, leap into the pool without hesitation.

But he swam in the opposite direction from me.

It wasn't until he had rescued the unconscious Anna from the bottom of the pool and began resuscitating her on the shore that I realized he hadn't spared me a single glance.

Water filled my nose, and as I was about to lose consciousness, a force pulled me towards the shore.

I heard Gabriela's anxious voice in my ear. "Etta! You can't die! What would I do without you?"

Gabriela pressed on my chest until I coughed up all the water in my lungs, finally regaining full awareness. I managed a weak smile, leaning into her embrace.

"I won't die so easily," I murmured.

I looked over at Mose, who was still trying to revive the pretending Anna with his magic.

His hands trembled slightly as he pleaded, "Anna, wake up. I can't lose you again."

Gabriela slowly helped me to my feet and snapped at Mose, "Are you blind? Didn't you see that you pushed Etta into the water just now? Anna has magic to protect her; she won't die. Etta is just a mortal, and