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

“Let’s hope for some luck,” the district head police said as Charles and Richard bade him farewell. They had gone to gather information about Gabriel’s charges which of course was waiting to be attended to. 


“What’s your plan exactly?” Richard asked Charles who looked ahead thoughtfully as he stopped his steps for a while. 


“If Gabriel ends up behind bars, Isabella won’t be in danger anymore. It’s as simple as that.” 


“But don’t forget that anything might happen along the line,” Richard added. 


“Yes…” The tall man drew a long breath. “We have no idea what my mother is up to. If only she could just be sane for once and see how happy I am.” 


Richard said nothing to his friend and client’s spoken thought. Instead, a small pat on his broad shoulders was all he gave and he said, “Tomorrow is the hearing. It might be the last one.” 


“Well, like my father would always say… I hope good luck exists and I hope it goes with us tomorrow.” 


Thirty Eight