Sunrise Of Us: Wake Me With Your Love
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Chapter 6 Physical Examination img
Chapter 7 First Confrontation img
Chapter 8 Chances To Have A Child With Eric img
Chapter 9 Old-Fashioned Technique img
Chapter 10 Strike Back Outright img
Chapter 11 Switch Major img
Chapter 12 Know Her Place img
Chapter 13 A Phone Call For Help img
Chapter 14 Changes Of Attitude img
Chapter 15 You Think I Should Settle For You Instead img
Chapter 16 You Have No Idea Who You're Messing With img
Chapter 17 The Fury Of A True Monster img
Chapter 18 Cut Ties With The Fowler Family img
Chapter 19 Sylvia's Warning img
Chapter 20 Goodbye To Her Past img
Chapter 21 True Family img
Chapter 22 The Price img
Chapter 23 Massage img
Chapter 24 The Proof Of Her Medical Skills img
Chapter 25 Stop The Doctor img
Chapter 26 Richard's Condition Worsened img
Chapter 27 Her Determination img
Chapter 28 She Succeeded img
Chapter 29 Who Are You img
Chapter 30 Get Out img
Chapter 31 I've Got Something Up My Sleeve img
Chapter 32 Fake Pregnancy img
Chapter 33 Dazzling Appearance img
Chapter 34 I'm Carrying Your Child img
Chapter 35 She's Indeed Pregnant img
Chapter 36 Fierce Denial img
Chapter 37 Threaten Her With Fowler Family img
Chapter 38 Agreed To Her Terms img
Chapter 39 Keep Her Close img
Chapter 40 They Both Have Their Own Agendas img
Chapter 41 Rumors Spread img
Chapter 42 She Slapped Melina Fiercely In Front Of Everyone img
Chapter 43 She's Finally Going To Be Right img
Chapter 44 She Never Got Any Favoritism img
Chapter 45 Had He Been Wrong About Emilee All Along img
Chapter 46 He Saw Every Move She Took img
Chapter 47 Attending Melina's Birthday Party img
Chapter 48 He Never Changes img
Chapter 49 Ugly Truths img
Chapter 50 No Longer A Fowler img
Chapter 51 Aaron Was Marrying Melina img
Chapter 52 A Special Gift img
Chapter 53 My Woman img
Chapter 54 What Gives You The Right To Say That img
Chapter 55 Face The Real Powerhouse img
Chapter 56 Her Decision img
Chapter 57 Revenge img
Chapter 58 Beaten To Unconscious img
Chapter 59 To Fulfill Her Role As His Partner img
Chapter 60 No Physical Reaction img
Chapter 61 You've Been So Good To Me img
Chapter 62 Conflict With Fiona img
Chapter 63 Prepare For The Consequences img
Chapter 64 Leverage Against Her img
Chapter 65 Threat Disguised As Kindness img
Chapter 66 You Don't Have The Right To Threaten My Wife img
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Chapter 2 Her Determination

Just thirty minutes before, Emilee had sat by herself in a dressing room perched high on the seventh floor of Cloudspire Castle.

Instead of the expected bridal gown, she had slipped into a set of running clothes, bracing herself to make a break for it.

Only three days ago, her family, the Fowlers, had sealed her fate by arranging her wedding to Eric, who hadn't shown a single sign of consciousness, in return for a billion.

No part of her wanted any of this!

Because the Carter family controlled everything, Emilee felt forced to reach out in secret to Aaron Carter, her secret boyfriend and the younger brother of her would-be husband, hoping he would help her vanish.

Lucky for her, Aaron didn't hesitate. He promised her escape and even proposed they get married instead, leaving Eric-and all the arrangements-behind.

Once she'd grabbed what she needed, and the clock was down to five minutes before the ceremony, she nervously tapped out a message to Aaron.

Aaron replied, "Take the elevator down to minus three. There's a hidden door. I'll be there."

A sense of relief rushed through her, and she started for the exit, but her phone buzzed with a message from an unknown sender. Curiosity took over. She opened the email, which immediately launched a video.

A grainy scene flickered to life. Two naked bodies tangled together, and Emilee's attention snapped to a fiery red birthmark on the man's hand. Recognition slammed into her-Aaron was the only person she knew with that mark.

Then a gentle, unmistakable voice floated through the speakers. "Aaron, who do you love more, me or Emilee?"

All at once, a cold dread gripped her, making her entire body numb. Shock hit her when Emilee realized the woman tangled up with Aaron was Melina.

Aaron let out a breathless scoff, his voice sharp. "She's boring, nothing interesting about her. The only reason I kept her around was to get under Eric's skin. Otherwise, I would've dumped her ages ago."

With a sultry chuckle, Melina teased him, "So, if Emilee runs off to marry you, are we still going to sneak around like this?"

"Absolutely," said Aaron, not missing a beat. "You'll be the mother of my first kid, I promise. Emilee means nothing. The second Eric is out of the picture, I'm throwing her out."

Everything around Emilee seemed to blur, and she couldn't think straight.

Aaron had betrayed her, and she could hardly believe it. Three years of their relationship-all that time, and now he considered her as nothing more than a pawn in his game with Eric.

As her hands shook, she tried to save the damning video, but it vanished right before her eyes.

Almost instantly, another notification flashed across her phone. This time, it was her mother, Alina Fowler.

"I've made Melina your bridesmaid instead. So many powerful families will be there tonight. This could be her big chance to meet the right man."

Each word from her mother felt like a fresh wound, twisting deeper with every line. The Fowler family treated her wedding like a golden opportunity for Melina's future, while her own happiness didn't seem to matter at all. Their affection for Melina was overwhelming, as if she was the only daughter who counted.

Sometimes, Emilee wondered if she would have doubted her own place in the family, had she not confirmed it with a paternity test after all those years apart.

Any warmth in Emilee's eyes had vanished, leaving behind a steely, determined stare.

Too long she had let herself believe in the illusion of family love, only to end up as the Fowlers' pawn, while Melina walked all over her.

That part of her was gone now. Humiliation would not be her story. She was ready to turn the tables and make every single one of them regret ever looking down on her.

Instead of running away, she found herself resolved. She would hold her place as Eric's wife-no matter what.

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Pulling away from her thoughts and fixing Melina with a sharp, unblinking look, Emilee showed exactly how much she had changed.

A single attempt at speech caught in Melina's throat. No words came out. Confidence radiated from Emilee in a way that caught everyone off guard. The old, timid woman was gone.

A flicker of mockery passed across her face as she noticed Melina's silence. Then, with her head held high, Emilee addressed the crowd, her words strong and clear. "Thank you for waiting. The marriage between the Fowlers and Carters is a promise I intend to keep. How would I ever walk away from that?"

Surveying the grounds, she watched as the whispers died and a few faces grew uneasy at being caught judging her.

Many in attendance were left completely stunned.

"Is that really the woman the Fowler family found after years away? She doesn't act like she grew up in the sticks at all!"

"You'd never guess from looking at her. She has way more presence than Melina-no wonder the Carters picked Emilee for the wedding instead!"

Applause and admiring whispers flowed through the grounds, making their way to Melina where she stood on stage. Tightly gripping the edge of her gown, Melina couldn't help but feel each compliment for Emilee land like a fresh sting.

She had expected Emilee to run away in shame, opening the door for her to shine as the center of attention. Instead, she now stood in Emilee's shadow, barely noticed. Bitterness and envy bubbled up inside her.

Noticing the jealousy radiating from Melina, Emilee's lips twisted into a frosty smirk. Turning her focus to Melina, she spoke in a voice that was cool and commanding. "Melina, my wedding train's so long, it's going to be hard to manage on my own. Why don't you help out and carry it for me?"

            
            

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