The Don Went Crazy After Killing My Mother at My Wedding

On my wedding day, my fiancé's first love walked in holding a little boy and named the groom as the child's father. My mother saw it, and her heart gave out. She died right there on the floor.

The wedding collapsed and I went down with it, fainting in front of everyone. When I came to, my oldest friend, Lucian Graves, was sitting beside me.

He held me tightly in his arms. He took care of all my mother’s funeral arrangements for me. When the reporters swarmed, he put himself between me and the cameras.

He cleared my name over the wedding, and then he got down on one knee in front of everyone and asked me to marry him, swearing he would take care of me for the rest of my life.

After marriage, we became the happiest couple in our circle.

Then, on our first anniversary, I opened the chat history on his phone.

"Don, thank God you set up that wedding disruption. My son and I are happy now."

"You did get her mother killed, though. Don't blame yourself. She's the one who insisted on marrying a man who was never hers."

The replies were from Lucian.

"Nothing to blame myself for. It was just an accident."

"As long as you're happy, there's nothing I won't do."

The ground dropped out from under me, and the phone hit the floor.

"What's wrong, Vivian?"

Lucian's voice came through the bathroom door.

I grabbed the phone off the tile and kept my voice flat. "Nothing. A vase tipped over."

I pressed in the lock code, my birthday, and my eyes stayed nailed to the screen.

"Don, if our families weren't sworn enemies, you're the one I'd want to marry."

"But don't worry, I don't love Julian. The second I get what's mine, I'm coming to you."

"Even if you have to hide me away, even if I'm only ever the other woman, I don't care. And if you don't want my son…"

By the timestamps, Lucian hadn't made her wait a single second for the reply.

"I'll take care of your son to the end, and I will never let you be the other woman."

"As for Vivian, I've already had her dosed. The doctor says she'll never be able to have children."

"When the time comes, that's the reason we'll use to push her out of the family."

"Once you've taken what belongs to you and you're free of the Sloanes, I'll clear the way for you and bring you into the Graves house myself."

By the last line my face was soaked, and it felt like a hand had closed around my throat.

I didn't snap out of it until the water in the bathroom shut off.

I copied the whole thread and dragged my sleeve across my face.

When my mother died and my fiancé betrayed me, the storm of public opinion nearly drove me out of my mind.

The depression took me down hard, and