spanng="EN"Roger’s POV

    spanng="EN"Of course, she came here after we both asked her to stay home. I turned to see my mother, Regina, and Sasha quickly walking towards us. Why are they even here?

    spanng="EN"“I told you to stay home, so did Dad. You need to leave immediately. You are not wanted here and you will only cause more problems,” I hissed out.

    spanng="EN"“Nonsense, I wouldn’t miss getting to see my son get married,” my mother said as she handed the invitation over to the security guard.

    spanng="EN"“I’m sorry, this is the old invitation. You cannot enter without the new invitation,” he replied. He turned and nodded at one of the men at the top of the stairs. That can’t be good.

    spanng="EN"Someone spoke to him in his earpiece, and he replied, “I believe the Cook family has arrived.” I know for sure that it isn’t going to be good. I have a really bad feeling about this.

    spanng="EN"“Roger Cook?” he looked at me and asked.

    spanng="EN"I nodded and said, “I’m the groom.”

    spanng="EN"“Not anymore, you’re not,” he replied and then confirmed in his earpiece that it was us.

    spanng="EN"“Now that you know who we are, I demand entry,” my mother insisted. She wasn’t going to back down, and I knew this was about to get embarrassing for our group.

    spanng="EN"“None of you will be allowed to enter,” he answered calmly. He was going through his tablet looking for something before saying, “Please step away and stop blocking the line.”

    spanng="EN"“How dare you speak to us like that?” my mother cried out. “There had to be some kind of misunderstanding. My son is supposed to be marrying Elizabeth today. This is the first of I’ve heard about this.”

    spanng="EN"“Isn’t this your handwriting?” he asked as he turned his tablet towards us. I guess that was what he had been looking for this whole time. He had the same picture that Ana had shown me showing on it. “You signed for this over a week ago. You were already aware that the groom had been changed. Yet you still showed up here to cause a scene. If you want to embarrass yourself, go ahead. But no matter what you say, none of you will be allowed entry into the venue today.”

    spanng="EN"“I want to speak to your supervisor,” my mother snapped out. A smile yed on his lips before he spoke into his mic again.

    spanng="EN"“Mrs. Joyce Cook requests to speak to my supervisor,” he stated.

    spanng="EN"Two minutester, the man who spoke to me at Fashion Forward the other day came down the steps. He was dressed to impress in a nice tuxedo and was clean shaven today. He walked up to our group, but stayed two steps up from us before asking. “You wanted to speak to me?”

    spanng="EN"“My son was supposed to marry Elizabeth today Yet were are being prevented from entering. I demand that we be allowed to enter the venue. How is the wedding even going to happen if the groom himself isn’t there?”

    spanng="EN"She asked in frustration.

    spanng="EN"“You came early, as anticipated, so I had time toe and deal with you myself. You’re not wee here. Elizabeth gave up on Roger after you had him marry her,” he stopped speaking to point at Sasha. “Since he was married, I was able to talk her into marrying me. I’m very happy to take his ce.”

    spanng="EN"“And who the hell are you?” Sasha asked.

    spanng="EN"“Charles Billingsley III,” he smoothly responded.

    spanng="EN"I froze. Is he saying that he is the heir to the Billingsley financial group? That can’t be right. He has been following Elizabeth around like a puppy for weeks as her bodyguard. So that can’t be right; he can’t be a member of the Billingsley family. It doesn’t make sense. Why in the hell would he be willing to marry Elizabeth?

    spanng="EN"“Why would you marry a nobody?” Regina asked. She was clearly jealous; it was evident in her tone.

    spanng="EN"“A nobody?” he scoffed.

    spanng="EN"It was then that I noticed two reporters were filming our interaction. Before I could even ask him to rify, he continued to speak.

    spanng="EN"“You consider Analise Elizabeth Caldwell to be a nobody? You must have more to you than meets the eye to think that,” he replied.

    spanng="EN"“What in the hell are you trying to say? There is no way that’s possible. I refuse to believe what you are trying to imply. How much did Elizabeth pay you to pretend to be a Billingsley? You know impersonating someone else is fraud, right? You could be arrested for pretending to be a member of a noble family. You are just as sad and pathetic as she is to try to pull this kind of trick on us,” my mother snapped out in disbelief.

    spanng="EN"I’m starting to have a really bad feeling about this. The people passing by were watching us with amusement. They’re not regr guests either. The mayor is here, along with the Chief of Police and several members of high society. I recognize some of my stockholders here. Some looked at me with pity, and others looked at me with scorn. It’s like they all knew something that I don’t, and suddenly, I can see it all very clearly.

    spanng="EN"“Stop talking, Mom,” I warned quietly. “We’re being recorded.”

    spanng="EN"“Let them record. I can’t believe that she actually paid someone to im that she’s from the Caldwell family. It’s a joke. Once it gets made known that she did this, she will be the one in trouble, not me. How dare she try to lie to us like that? What did I tell you, Roger? She has no ss, no upbringing. This was why I told you not to marry her. Your social life would be destroyed by her pitiful attempt to act more important than she is. No one would ever try to do something like this, except for Elizabeth. She not only forced you to propose to her. She’s now trying to make you think you made a mistake by marrying Sasha. She will never stop this poor attempt to make you feel guilty. It’s a good thing you got rid of her when you did, Roger. That way, we’re not connected to her. Can you imagine the publicity we would get being involved in a fraud scandal?” my mother screeched out.

    spanng="EN"Instead of being quiet, my mother got even louder. She was intent on smearing Elizabeth’s name as badly as she could today. People were now tantly watching us. Even those who had passed through security were standing on the stairs above us and watching my mother. All her talk about no ss, and yet she stands there and does this? Who was she trying to fool? She sent Regina off to learn etiquette, which she stillcks. I looked at my father, and his lips were pressed together like he was trying to keep from speaking. But it was a struggle for him. I can see that he was seriously considering what this man had said. That Elizabeth Wade wasn’t actually her name, it was just a part of her name.

    spanng="EN"This exins how she managed to invest so much money in mypany. It also exins how she was able to get investors for thepany so quickly. How she was able to buy us a home without worrying about the cost. My panic only increased as I realized that she had paid for everything inside our home. It wasn’t cheap, she went all out with the furniture, all the art, and made it a home.

    spanng="EN"I had been pissed about having to marry her, so I had put nothing into our vi. I hadn’t even bought a nket. Elizabeth had purchased everything in an attempt to make our house a home, and she had. It was weing and I loved living there. I didn’t help her because I hadn’t wanted to marry her. What have I done? Dad wasing to the same conclusion as I was, and he was getting upset. But my mother, sister, and Sasha had not clued in yet. They were just getting started.

    spanng="EN"“Nice try. You’re attractive, I’ll give you that. But none of us believes what you’re saying. I’ve never seen you at any of the auctions or events. If you are who you say you are, then I would have seen you before. I do recognize you from themercial. I saw you worked as her bodyguard, but you two aren’t who you say you are. You’re being recorded, do you dare to say it again?” Regina asked.

    spanng="EN"“I do. I am the heir to the Billingsley family. Ana is the daughter of Reid and Alicia Caldwell. Do you dare to argue with me about it?” he replied. It was clear that he wanted her to argue about it. He was toying with all of us, and dread started to grow inside of me. He is about to get married, yet he is out here arguing. He knew he was right, and the more any of us argued, the more ignorant we looked to the growing crowd.

    spanng="EN"“Please, you’re just as pathetic as she is. Setting all this up to try to y like Elizabeth wasn’t the woman Roger dumped because he wanted to be with me. She’s still angry about it, isn’t she? It’s really sad that Roger has always desired me. She was always just an employee to him. Never worth anything more than that, and she never will. You’re handsome, I’ll give you that, but that won’t make up for the fact that you’re just a pathetic bodyguard. You’re good enough for Elizabeth, but some of us deserve more in life. You two clearly deserve each other. Neither of you will ever be a sess. Content to live in your sad little house, and be jealous of the lives that Roger and I are making for ourselves. Lives that you will never be able topare to. You’ll never be able to rise to our level,” Sasha advised, followed byughter.

    spanng="EN"“You’re right, Sasha. Ana spent every dor she earned trying to y the perfect wife, but Roger didn’t want her. He just wanted someone who wouldn’t embarrass him. He was happy to marry you, Sasha. There’s nothing that Elizabeth has on you. Roger really dodged a bullet when he married you. Can you imagine her being a Cook? She would have shamed us all. Mom was right to get rid of her when she did. She was an albatross around Roger’s neck. Weighing him down and keeping him from soaring higher. She doesn’t even know what she was doing. Not like the beautiful designs that you made. I can’t wait for you to prove in court that she stole those designs from you and Roger. Once you prove she giarized, she won’t be able to work here again. She will have to hang her head in shame,” Regina replied.

    spanng="EN"“It’s no more than she deserves, Regina. I’m disappointed that I’m not going to get to see her face. I had hoped to make her cry before the wedding so her makeup would be ruined. She doesn’t deserve to be happy. not after what she did to my son and my family thesest few weeks. But I’m sure that when this airs tonight, she will see it. I hope it goes viral, so everyone will know what kind of person she really is. She deserves to be humiliated, after all that she’s done,” Joyce stated.