**Dahlia’s point of view**
Updating Diana’s social media accounts turned out to be more challenging than I initially thought. The pressure from my father was still on and now on top of that, there was pressure from all of her fans as well. Since posting content related to my days gambling at the casino wasn’t really a great option, I was limited to posting selfies of myself from the mansion, the gardens, or during our car rides instead. I worked hard to hold off on posting a couple photo of Bradon and myself while hoping that the eager audiences would be satisfied with seeing me looking happy and well.
It turned out that I couldn’t keep Diana’s fans waiting for much longer. Each day comments demanding to see photos of Diana and Anthony together piled up and whenever my phone vibrated, I dreaded that it might be a call of complaint from my father. Although I knew that this was going to happen, I still found myself hesitating to post a couple photo. I gave myself the excuse that getting Bradon to agree to take a photo with me was going to be extremely difficult. So far, he has been playing along quite well, so I wasn’t sure if it was the right time to push him even further.
I sighed softly to myself after I had raced up to the safety of my bedroom after daringly taking a selfie photo of us together. I figured that if I waited for the right moment or if I asked him for his permission, I wouldn’t get a photo of us together anytime soon. Somehow seeing Bradon dressed up in a suit early that morning reminded me so much of Anthony. It felt like the perfect opportunity for me to be brave and get my act together. No matter what kind of distractions came my way, I knew that I shouldn’t let them get to me and that I should never forget my original goal of finding a way to meet Anthony in person.
I had to find a way to slip away without Bradon realizing and in order to find openings and opportunities for that to happen, I had to make him lower his guard. It was true that I enjoyed my time at the casino and hanging around Bradon didn’t seem so bad; however, I was also doing it in the hope that he would let his guard down. If he saw me enjoying myself and if we somehow got along a little better, then he wouldn’t think that I would run away. At least, that was what I was hoping for. I remembered Bradon saying that he would accompany me everywhere but if he wasn’t free then someone else would come with me. That would be my chance. First, I had to get him to allow me to go out without him.
‘Sending my dear hubby off to work. Don’t work too hard please!’
I typed the caption that I had in mind before posting the selfie that I had taken with Bradon. Although he must have been surprised by my action, his face still turned out to be impressively attractive. I stared at the photo that I had just posted, and my heart skipped a beat strangely in my chest.
“I guess he really does look like Anthony when he is dressed this way...” I mumbled to myself.
I wondered if Anthony would see the photo that I had just posted. I let out another sigh when I was forced to admit to myself that the primary reason why I had hesitated so much about posting a photo of myself with Bradon was because I didn’t want Anthony to see it. There was no way that Anthony wasn’t following Diana’s social media account.
Anthony is going to see this for sure.
Since he knew that it wasn’t him in the photo, he could probably figure that the photo was of Brandon and me. If I could tell Diana apart from myself, then I guessed that Anthony could tell Bradon apart from himself as well. For a brief moment, I wondered what Anthony would feel seeing a photo of his brother with me.
Did it bother him at all when I married his brother?
“What am I hoping for?” I muttered softly to myself while feeling quite foolish.
I knew well enough that I shouldn’t hope for anything. There was no way that Anthony would feel anything remotely close to jealousy from seeing a photo of Bradon and me together. Even so, it made me feel uncomfortable that Anthony might be looking at the same photo that I was looking at right now. It was a rare occurrence, but I found myself feeling thankful for the distraction from the various reactions and comments that were left on my social media post because they provided me with something to focus on so that I could get over the fact that the photo was now out in the public and that there was nothing that I could do about it now.
‘You look perfect together!’
I had already lost count of the number of comments that said that Bradon and I looked perfect together or something along those lines. The post should shut everyone up for a while and also keep both our families happy and satisfied for the time being. Now the biggest problem was how to get Bradon to agree to let me go outside without his company.
Suddenly, I recalled Bradon’s offer to take me shopping based on all the whining that I did with Zain and Jenna. Since Bradon seemed very busy at work, it just felt like the perfect opportunity to demand for a shopping spree. I could really use some new clothes and shoes as well.
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**A few days later – Bradon’s point of view**
“What do you mean?” I asked while praying that I had just misheard what Zain had just reported through the phone.
“I’m very sorry. Lady Diana is missing...” Zain repeated.
Dahlia...is missing?
“How did you lose her? Where did you last see her?” I asked as I tried to remain calm.
--To be continued...