Broken Oaths (Lisa Davis and David Green) novel Chapter 1

Chapter 1

After five years of marriage, Lisa Davis finally got pregnant.

She rushed to get her birth permit, planning to give it to her husband David Green as their fifth anniversary gift.

But the system kept rejecting their marriage certificate as invalid.

“Miss Lisa, are you sure this is real?”

After over a dozen error alerts, the clerk eyed her strangely.

Lisa frowned. “We’ve been married five years. It can’t be fake.”

The clerk retried and pushed the documents back. “Check at the Civil Registry Office. Using fake certificates is illegal. Singles can get birth permits now.”

Lisa understood the implication and went next door.

When she emerged, her face was deathly pale, all joy vanished.

The official’s words hammered her heart: “Both you and Mr. Green are unmarried. This marriage certificate is forged…”

Their five-year marriage… was fake!

She and David grew up together. Everyone knew he adored her, showering her with life’s finest things. Why give her a fake certificate?

Lisa immediately flew to Andorra where David was on business.

She needed answers!

At his hotel, a wedding was underway.

Andorra had unique marriage laws—lifelong unions ending only in death.

Pushing through the crowd toward the elevator, Lisa glanced at the groom—and froze.

David spoke slowly, each word deliberate.

So that was why.

Tears welled in Lisa’s eyes. The fake certificate—David had arranged it himself.

Five years ago, Lisa Davis got into a car accident. Helen Gonzalez, then a high school freshman, rushed her to the hospital and donated blood to save her life.

Helen came from a poor family, living only with her critically ill mother. To express their gratitude for saving Lisa, David Green and Lisa covered all her educational expenses and arranged for her overseas studies and travels.

David declared that by saving Lisa, Helen had essentially saved him too.

He vowed to give everything within his power to show his appreciation.

Little did she know his gratitude would extend to marrying her after supporting her until adulthood.