Six years after she left him waiting at the altar, Charles Anthony Oxford finally met Isabella Shade.  And six years proved to be a long time as Isabella was already married and Charles who had grown from millionaire to multi billionaire, well, he was in search for a wife for certain reasons.

On learning that his runaway bride’s company was in financial crisis because of her good for nothing husband’s gambling problems amongst other reasons, Charles saw an opportunity. 
Two, actually.

Not only would he be getting a wife, he would be able to exact revenge on the woman who had left him heartbroken, in his own way.

All he had to do was remind her of the terrible thing she had done, torture her a bit with a sexual toss here and there, remind her of her present status and all she needed to do was agree to his terms and become his wife…

But with a woman like Isabella, it just wasn’t going to be so easy…

Blackmailing his runaway bride

"Is that all?" Charles asked Richard with a low voice so as to not wake Isabella who was still sleeping deeply. 


'I contacted Isabella's doctor already. His schedule is luckily not tight on the 27th, so he will be able to make it.' 


Charles wore a satisfactory smile. It was all coming together fine. "That's good. Did he mention anything else?" 


'Well...' Richard drew a long breath before going on. 'He did say his statement would most likely be disturbing.' 


Charles's legs danced a bit as his face wore a frown. "Disturbing?" 


'He is bound by an oath thus he can only make mention of it during the hearing.' 


"I see." Charles felt it was a shame he wouldn't be able to be at the hearing. 


'Gabriel. There is something about him Augustus just discovered.' It then occurred to Charles that it had been a while since he saw the man who always wore a hat. A very intriguing character he was. 


Twenty Nine