After the Secret Wedding Rise of My Queen

Chapter 2 I'm Willing to Marry You

The sound of a slap was incredibly loud.

Eva was left dazed, her eyes fixed on Isabel.

But Isabel wasn't done yet.

Her hand came down once more, and she slapped the other side of Eva's face.

"Argh!" The slap was even harder than the last one. Eva couldn't handle it anymore, covering her swollen face and screaming in pain.

"Eva!" Kaleb was outside, pacing anxiously. His eyes shot daggers at Isabel, as if he wanted to tear her apart.

"Isabel, stop it!"

Isabel glanced at Kaleb at the door and then kept on slapping Eva's face. She was curious to see just how much Eva could take.

"Argh! Please stop hitting me. I'm begging you, argh!"

Isabel ignored Eva's screams and kept up the relentless slapping, hitting harder and harder.

Even with her face swollen and bruised, Eva lay on the bed and took it without fighting back.

Eva really was something else. No wonder the original Isabel, the more innocent owner of this body, had ended up in such a mess because of her.

"Eva, if I ruin your face, do you think your Kal will still like you?" Isabel pulled out a fruit knife and held it close to Eva's face, making a show of it.

Eva's eyes nearly popped out.

"You're insane! Isabel, are you out of your mind?"

Isabel gave her a sweet, almost playful smile. "Yep, I'm crazy. So I really might carve a flower on your face."

Eva, terrified, rolled off the bed and hit the floor, wincing in pain as she rubbed her rear end.

"Don't run! Come back! Didn't you ask me to save you? How am I supposed to save you if you keep running?" Isabel slowly moved toward her, holding the fruit knife.

"Don't come any closer!" Eva scrambled up and awkwardly raced toward the door.

Thinking she could get away? No way!

Isabel chased after her. Eva couldn't get the door open in time and had to switch directions to keep running.

Eva ran ahead, with Isabel chasing after her.

"Argh! Please, no! Help! Kal, save me! Somebody help!"

"Eva!" Kaleb's eyes were blazing with anger, as if he wanted to tear Isabel apart.

Just then, the medical staff showed up with a key and unlocked the door.

Seeing this, Eva hurriedly stumbled over to Kaleb. He grabbed her and held her close, looking pained.

"Eva, are you alright?"

Eva kept crying. "Kal, I-"

"She's fine," Isabel cut her off.

"Kaleb, did you see how energetic she was in the room? Massive bleeding? Hmph!" Isabel laughed with a sneer. "Have you ever seen someone who's supposedly bleeding heavily looking so lively? If you still can't see what's going on, then you're not just blind. You know she's faking it and you're going along with her act."

Kaleb was taken aback. He'd been so worried about Eva's safety that he hadn't thought about it from this angle. He remembered her looking like she was about to die, barely able to speak. Now, thinking about how she'd been running around the room, he realized she was moving so fast that even he would have had trouble catching her.

Seeing Kaleb's expression change, Eva panicked inside. She then let herself collapse into his arms, like a leaf falling from a tree.

Kaleb was doubtful, but when Eva fell in front of him, he instinctively caught her.

Eva quickly went back to her weak act, saying in a faint voice, "Kal, I'm afraid ... We might not be able to save our baby. I'm so sorry."

Isabel sniffed the air, walked over to the bed, and lifted the pillow. She found two blood packs underneath, held them up, and stared at the shocked Eva.

"So this is the truth about the 'massive bleeding"!"

Kaleb was fixated on the blood packs in Isabel's hand, then turned his angry gaze to Eva in his arms.

Eva, shocked, swallowed hard and her tears started pouring. She looked devastated.

"Kal, I'm really sorry. I shouldn't have done this. But I couldn't stand the thought of you marrying someone else. No matter what you believe, I can't live without you. Sobs... Sorry, I'm so sorry!"

Eva was crying her eyes out, but inside she was fuming at Isabel. How did she find those blood packs? They were leftovers from when she had been using them. She didn't have anywhere else to put them, so she just shoved them under the pillow. Now Isabel had found them right in front of Kaleb.

Seeing Eva crying so hard and hearing her say she loved him, Kaleb couldn't bring himself to blame her.

"I'm the one who should apologize. I should have made a decision sooner and ended the engagement with Isabel. I'm sorry you've had to go through all this."

"I don't blame you. I've never blamed you."

Isabel watched the scene quietly, thinking to herself, Isabel, this is the guy you once loved so deeply. A jerk who, even with a fiancée, was still thinking about someone else. It's not worth it to die for someone like him.

"Fine, I'll let you have him." Isabel took off her ring and waved it in front of Eva.

"You always wanted this, right? Here you go." Isabel said, flicking the ring so that it landed perfectly in the trash can.

"Take your garbage with you."

Then, Isabel turned and walked out of the room without looking back.

Kaleb watched her leave, seeing a side of her that was thin, defiant, and cold-nothing like the Isabel he used to know.

No matter what, she finally gave up. He never wanted to see her again. She was just not worth it!

As Isabel left the hospital, everyone was staring at her. When she passed by a reflective building, she saw herself.

She was in a torn wedding dress, and her makeup was a mess from all the struggling and crying.

No wonder she was turning so many heads.

At that moment, a man standing at the entrance of the city hall caught her attention.

The man was stunningly handsome, exactly like in the photos.

It was him-Xander Bennett, the global CEO of the Bennett Group!

Her last task in her previous life was related to the Bennetts, but she got betrayed before she could finish it.

She still had unfinished business as a Lone Wolf!

Now that fate brought her face-to-face with him here, she had to complete this task. She couldn't let go of her perfect 100% mission success rate!

With that thought, Isabel quietly made her way to the city hall.

Xander was accompanied by a young man in a wheelchair. He looked somewhat like Xander, but while Xander had a sharp, chiseled look, the man in the wheelchair had a more refined appearance.

She recalled that Xander had a younger brother named Samuel Bennett-so this must be him.

What are the two brothers doing here?

Before Isabel could figure it out, she heard them talking.

"It's already this late. I doubt the Perkins's daughter is coming," Samuel said, sounding unhappy. "Grandma was so desperate for grandkids that she arranged this marriage before she died and insisted you had to get married this year or she'd never rest in peace." Xander frowned, his dark eyes reflecting a deep, thoughtful look.

"It's normal if she's not coming," Xander said. "After all, I never show up at any public events. People say I'm like a ghost, brutal and bloodthirsty, and that I'm a middle-aged man with a receding hairline. Who would want to marry me?"

"I would!" Isabel stepped out from her hiding place and looked at Xander. "I'm willing to marry you."