The Bride’s Replacement

She felt free and happy but all that subsided in a flash of a moment.The man threw her off the cliff.

”Aaaaaaaah! ”she shouted in the dream.

Calista woke up in a start.

She checked herself out,she was still in the blue dress she was in the previous night and she was still sitted on the floor.

Some bit of sweats had formed on her forehead.

She let out a deep breathe as she tried to calm her streaming hot nerves.

The dream felt so real.

She actually felt like she was flying in the air as she fell.

She had never believed in premonition but at this,she believed that probably, something very bad would happen to her.

And she believed that her marriage to Maverick would cause her a great downfall.

She wiped off the sweat from her forehead.

Her head was throbbing hard and her eyes felt sore and so did her entire body.

She struggled to stand up and when she did,she walked to the bathroom to freshen up.

She unhurriedly stripped off her clothes and tied a white towel around her petite body.

She walked towards the bathtub and soaked herself in it.

She closed her eyes and let the warmth of the water carry her pains away.

She remained still in the water, thinking about nothing. What would she even think about?

Her husband to bes surname. His family? If he would love her? What he did for a living?

She had nothing important for her to think about.But she at least thought about Izara.

She was stronger than her and thats how she escaped a forced marriage but she was not.

But for once in her life,she needed to be strong…making her own decision concerning her own life.Giving that a thought now,she decided to give it a try and see how it works.

Huh! She let out a loud sigh.

She had to set rules that would help her get stronger. If she was going to marry Maverick and none of her efforts could save her from that,then she at least needed strength to face the troubles that would come with her marriage.

No crying anymore…be bold… courageous and firm,she repeated this in her mind several times.

She finally took the soaps and cleaned up thouroghly. She got off the tub and went to the closet to get dressed.

She chose an oversized white sweeter and tight black sweatpants. She dried her hair and combed it down.

She moved closer to the mirror and stared at her reflection closely.

Something was a bit different…

Her eyes..

They were deep brown now and that was never their color.They were always green.

She slowly raised her hand and took off the lenses she was wearing.She stared at the reflection again.

Sigh*

A silent sigh escaped her cherry red lips after a while of studying herself.Her eyes kept on moving and to her surprise it didn bother her for once.

For once,she could see the beauty of them beneath the squintedness.

They seemed to spark a bit whenever they moved.She looked at her lips.

They were quite full and deep red as though she had applied some lip color but she hadn .

It had once bothered her that they were too brightly colored to be true but she now saw the unique beauty they held.

Her eyebrows were deep black and many than normal and her lashes were very long.

She saw that beauty in her everything today.

I am beautiful…and very strong,she encouraged herself while staring at her reflection.

IN NEW YORK,

Lisa kept on waiting for Calistas phone call.

She was sitted at a table at the furthest corner of the hotel.

It was already past afternoon but she still could not get to her.

She was worried.

She had a feeling that something was definitely not right.Something had gone wrong somewhere.

She took her phone and dialed her number again and called.

The phone was still switched off.

She banged the phone against the table and remained still.

”Hello miss…can I get you anything? ”a waiter asked politely.

Lisa looked at him in annoyance.He really did not have to speak to her,did he?

”Not really,but you could at least make yourself useful if you brought for me chilled juice… ”she responded curtly.

The waiter was taken aback by her snap.

He ignored that and politely asked for the flavor.

”What flavor maam? ”he asked politely.

The irritated Lisa snapped at him.

”Did I mention flavors?…that means any can do! ”she angrily barked at him,making the other people in the restaurant turn their attention to them.

The waiter could not wait for more snaps,he quickly walked away from her.

”That was really uncalled for… ”a male voice spoke.She looked at him but did not realize who it was.

She simply gazed at him but did not dare to say anything.The young man took a seat adjacent to hers.Lisa looked at him silently.He actually looked quite familiar.

”Hello… ”the young man greeted her with a sweet and polite smile on.

”Who are you?… ”Lisa responded with a question instead.

The young man raised a brow at her in amusement.

”Thats impressive…am Wyatt Braylon.Must know me I guess, ”he introduced himself.

”Must?…its not a must because I didn choose to know you and I only knew your name but I do know your face too now, ”she responded,with a forced smile on.

Wyatt Braylon let out a short soft laughter.He actually loved her mood or maybe she did not know who she was addressing in such a way.

He is the first born son to Braylon Breeze.The heir to Braylon Cooperation.Most people did not know him because of how simple he could carry himself.

Right now,he was in black jeans and white polo shirt and white shoes on.Who could easily tell that he was a billionaire?

”Thats fair…seem to be in a sour mood, ”Wyatt stated her observation.

Lisa remained silent for a while.She did not have to answer that but she could ask a question of her own.

”What will happen if one of the singers performing today didn show up? ”she asked.

”You mean like,not performing completely? ”Wyatt had to make sure he understood what she meant before responding.

”Thats exactly what I asked… ”she confirmed firmly but with a bit of annoyance in her voice.

That was rude but Wyatt ignored that and answered her.

”That means she will be disqualified… ”he responded.

Lisa felt like her intestines were twisting with disappointment.

What would she tell the director if Calista was disqualified?

She had allowed her to leave without informing her so how on earth she face him if Calista got disqualified.

She just hoped that she would not be fired for that.She was not ready to loose her job.

”Can the competition be postponed if one of the performers did not make it? ”she asked in confusion, definitely that was not possible.

Wyatt looked at her with a slight frown.Postpone the whole audition because of a single person?

”Thats not possible at all…why do you ask.Will one of them not make it to the audition? ”he ended up asking.

Lisa was not sure if Calista would make it or not.

Her phone was still off and she felt confused.

”I just don know…she has actually been off.She went home to sort some thing that came up but has been off ever since, ”she blubbered out in abit of anger and confusion.

”Who is that?… ”Wyatt asked in concern.

”Its Calista… ”she answered.

”Calista…?! ”he asked again.He did not know who that was. He knew most of the singers with their stage names not real names,though of course he knew some of them.

”Angel C.S… ”she snapped at him.

”Oh,she might show up so you don have to make your mood more sour than it already is, ”he tried to lighten up her mood but it really did not work.

The waiter came with the juice and handed it to her.

”Thank you… ”she muttered her appreciation to the waiters surprise.

”Welcome maam… ”he answered with a smile.

Lisa took a sip of the juice,it was very sweet and just the right temperature.

”This is sweet.. ”she commented while looking at the glass filed with a red liquid.

”Melon? ”asked Wyatt.

”Strawberry… ”she answered with a smile.

She took another sip then looked up.Her eyes met his face and held it for a while.

His eyes were deep brown in color and his hair was well cut and brown in color.His brows were deep black and his lashes were long.

He was handsome.

Wyatt turned to her and caught her staring.

The corners of his lips curved up a little.

He was not surprised,he received that from most ladies.

”Something wrong..? ”he pretended to ask.

”Um-um nope… nothing is wrong! ”she answered.

That was abit embarrassing for her.She began touching her neck nervously.