VOWS OF MARRIAGE | ✔ [Under Editing]

Not an update

Hii, I hope you're all doing well.

This isn’t an update, so don’t rush to vote.

I just wanted to share something that’s been triggering my mind for a while now. After a lot of arguing with myself, I’ve made a decision that I won’t be publishing the bonus chapters. Will I write them? Yes, absolutely. But I won’t be sharing them with you. You must wonder why? 

So, my motivation has completely drained. When I uploaded the last few chapters of Vows of Marriage, I was so excited. I mean, after a year and a half of pouring my heart into this story, I finally finished it. And, naturally, with that excitement came expectations. I thought that as the book neared its end, readers would step forward just to share a bit of love or feedback. Anything. But... nothing. Aside from my few loyal readers, it was like nobody even cared that Vows of Marriage was ending.

It hurt. I won’t lie.

I know not everyone is going to feel the same way as I do. Maybe it’s just the reality of things. But I was so excited to hear your thoughts, and that same excitement turned into disappointment when I hardly got any responses.

When I first started writing this book, I didn’t care about votes, views, or even comments. None of that mattered because I was writing for me. I was living one of my biggest dreams, and that was enough. But now, with a wider audience, I wished for a little appreciation and recognition. Even if it's criticism. If there’s something you didn’t enjoy about the book, I would love to know, so I can grow and improve.

But I all met with silence.
If I wanted, I could also ask for you guys to complete certain targets, but to me, that feels more like begging than genuinely getting appreciated. So, thus, I never even go for that bullshit. And I've always been honest with you when I've felt nervous about a certain chapter. I told you beforehand, but do you remember the last three or four chapters? They were wonderful to me. I don't care if you appreciated it or not, but I honestly adored them. And I figured that since I enjoyed the chapter, you would as well. However, guess what? I have no idea if you enjoyed it because there were hardly any votes or comments. It left me feeling disappointed in myself. Like maybe I was the one who hadn't written it well enough.

But now, I feel that maybe my book just didn’t reach the right audience. Maybe my thoughts didn’t quite connect with yours. And I know Wattpad readers love the stories about obsessive psychopaths and unhinged smut. Maybe that’s why my book wasn’t “enough” by those standards. But I’ll never write those shitty things. Ever. (I still remember one of my readers asked me to write hardcore smut scene of Sid and Mira, so that my book will reach a wider audience ;) I just deleted the comment :)

Back to the point, so yes, I’ve decided not to publish the bonus chapters. I had everything planned like four or five bonus chapters which I was very excited to share but now, there’ll be none. And guess what? I’m still going to write them, and I’ll be reading them too, because I deserve to see the happy ending for my characters. They’re my babies, after all. (Suddenly feeling lucky about this, hehe.)

And remember, I told you that there will a surprise in one of the bonus chapters? Well, I'm sorry but you guys aren't getting that.

Because since you guys have an audacity to come to my Instagram and constantly force me to make an update, only to be left with getting nothing in return, I don't think you guys deserve to read that surprise. Sorry.

To my loyal readers, I really didn't want to do injustice to you. Maybe in the future, if I felt like giving surprise to my loyal readers, but of course not any months sooner.

My loyal readers are the ones who’ve encouraged me, who’ve stuck with me, even to the point where I wrote a chapter during my exams just so you wouldn’t have to wait. I genuinely respect you all. And I know this decision might upset some of you, but I just can’t share my favorite part of the book with readers who don’t deserve to read it.

I'll just like to treasure those extended epilogues.

So, I'm feeling like the effort I’ve put in just isn’t seen anymore. That’s why I’ve made this choice. Not because I want to, but because I need to take a step back for my own peace of mind.

Curse me, I don't care.

And the epilogue will be posted on my birthday, so you’ll have to wait until then (It’s the best gift I could ever give myself) Oh, and a little surprise. I'll be rewriting the first fifteen chapters. That means if anyone decides to reread Vows of Marriage in the future, there will be plenty of new things to read and learn. (Sneak peek: Mira’s parents’ plot will change, and I’ll focus more on mental abuse rather than physical in the new version...like you know where her parents abused her in the party, I'll entirely change the plot and write something that's more acceptable and logical)

Have a very great day ahead.

Yours sincerely,
Belle
P.S. I’ve never spoken so openly before (and yes, I’m freaking out).
And thank youuuu to the readers who've supported me. Thank youuuu so much ❤️

I'll delete this update in the next 48 hours.