Unrequited Passion
Riley Moon · Ongoing · 40 Chapters
About this book
"Five years ago, Astrid Noelle was falsely accused of killing Blake Ledger's mother on their wedding day. Blake sent her to prison, ruining any potential bright future she had ahead of her. As if it were all not enough, she got her heart broken when she found out the guy to whom she had devoted her love for ten years never once loved her. Five years later, the former It Girl was finally released. She was ready to say goodbye to her past with a new identity as a singer at a night club and a single mother. However, just as she began opening her heart up to a new love, Blake haunted her down like a ghost, and began threatening her child's life, demanding that she atone for her sins. He would never let go of her! It was the final straw for Astrid — She had had enough! This time, Blake realized that Astrid had become a completely different person now. The former vulnerable little woman had become hard-to-get. Her smile had become mysterious and estranged... He had never wanted her that much. As the mystery surrounding his mother's death began to unravel, Blake soon began to realize that he had made too many mistakes, especially when it came to Astrid. Did he still have the chance to chase her back and melt her frozen heart? Please turn to the first page to see how everthing upfolds and how true love is finally revealed!"
Chapter 1 Why won’t you believe me?
“It wasn’t me, Blake, you’ve got to believe me. I didn’t push her! It was Mikayla! She was the one who pushed her… She…”
Astrid Noelle’s voice trembled uncontrollably as she turned her bloody face to Blake Ledger, looking at him with pleading eyes.
“It’s our wedding day… Please… Please don’t do this.”
Furious, Blake grabbed her by the neck with a murderous look in his eyes. “Our wedding day?Here you are telling me Mikayla pushed my mother and leaped to her death just to frame you? How convenient can things get? Would Mikayla do all these things just to frame you when she could very well end up dead as well?”
Astrid struggled to remove Blake’s grip from her neck to no avail. He was strong, and his rage was beyond reason at this point.
Her face flushed red from his firm clutch. “T-That’s not the point! Besides, why would I care if she dies? She pushed your mother! I hope she dies! She deserves it!” She sneered at him with contempt in her eyes.
“How could you think these things of me when I was the one who was with you all this while! She’s just a wh*re!” Astrid screamed with pure rage showing in her eyes.
“Alright then, maybe I should strangle you. I guess you deserve that too!” Blake snarled.
“Blake, why won’t you believe me?” Astrid screamed.
“Why should I believe you, Astrid?” he replied angrily, tightening the vice-like grip he had on her neck.
His response shattered Astrid’s heart.
‘Blake… I’ve loved you for ten years. You even proposed to me and asked me to marry you! So why? Why did you fall in love with someone else? Of all people, it had to be with Mikayla! Why her?’ Astrid thought miserably. She felt as if all the air in her lungs had been emptied.
Just as she was beginning to think that Blake would strangle her to death, the doors of the operating theater pushed open.
As the doctor walked out of the operating theater, Blake finally relented his grip and threw her to the ground as if she were nothing more than a ragdoll. Her head hit the wall when he threw her, and it began to bleed.
Astrid winced as she felt a seething pain sear through her head; the blood trickling down the open wound. She looked at Blake whose expression had turned from one of pure hatred to one of worry as he impatiently awaited the results of the operation.
“I’m sorry, Mrs. Ledger suffered intense trauma to the head from her fall and lost a lot of blood. We weren’t able to save her. As for Miss Harlem, her surgery was a success, and she’s currently in a stable condition,” the doctor announced in a somber tone.
Astrid felt her world crumble to pieces when she heard this; it was as if there was nothing but darkness before her eyes. All the things she had done for him, all the love she had felt for him… Everything she had ever done and sacrificed for him seemed now like it was all for naught. The icing on the cake was that this incident was not even her doing. It was a lie, set up just to frame her.
It was then that the doctor handed a picture over to Blake. “Mrs. Ledger was holding this in her hand.”
Blake accepted the crumpled-up picture and took a look, his eyes widening the moment he saw the picture.
The picture depicted an intertwined couple. A flash of hatred could be seen in Blake’s eyes as he turned to Astrid.
“You really are something else, Astrid Noelle,” he snarled and threw the picture to the ground. “How are you going to explain this now?! Tell me! You say you love me and yet, what have you been doing behind my back, and for how long? Is this the result of those ten years of love you so caringly professed to me earlier?! Is this the result of that love of yours?!”
As soon as Astrid looked at the picture, she froze and began trembling violently — it was a picture of her with his older brother, Terrence.
‘When was this picture taken? Why was I unaware of this? When did this happen?’ She scrambled in an attempt to recall.
