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It was supposed to be the happiest day of her life.

For months, Riya, her fiancé and her family had been preparing for the couple’s Aug. 6 wedding. The gurdwara in Richmond was booked. More than $20,000 in jewelry and gifts had been purchased by Riya’s family. Her intricately embroidered Indian wedding gown hung in the closet.

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The happy couple had completed their registries, posed for engagement photos, and sent out invitations to hundreds of guests.

But 11 days before the big day Riya discovered her loving boyfriend of two years was another woman’s husband and a father.

“I was devastated. I never imagined for two years… I never thought anyone could go to those depths,” said a heartbroken Riya from her Vancouver home on Monday.

The Province is not publishing Riya’s real name to protect her identity. The boyfriend’s name is also being withheld to protect his wife and children.

He fed her enough truths to make the lies believable

Riya met Harry on an online dating site in September 2014. He seemed nice and down-to-earth.

Harry told Riya his parents lived in the U.K. and sent him to boarding school in India when he was five. He told her he moved to B.C. three years ago, works as a manufacturing company manager in Mission, and lives with relatives in Abbotsford.