Manley was dressed to the nines in his best man’s attire—a crisp white shirt under a sleek black vest, his eyes shimmering like stars as he gazed intently at her without blinking.

The girl stood with her back to the light, donned in a flowy bridesmaid dress that accentuated her slim waist and her skin as pale as snow. Her makeup was on point, her eyes sparkled with life, and her lips were a blossoming red. She was flawlessly beautiful.

He had never seen her like this and couldn’t help but stride towards her.

Estelle blinked in surprise, “Manley, what are you doing here?”

Without a word, Manley wrapped his arms around her, his voice slightly hoarse with emotion, “Surprise or not, happy or not?”

Estelle’s lips curled into a smile, “When did you get back?”

Manley grinned mischievously, “Magdalen is getting hitched; of course, I had to come back. She wanted to surprise you, so she told me to stay out of sight until now!”

Realization dawned on Estelle; Magdalen had mentioned a surprise last night. It was Manley!

She tried to wriggle free, frowning, “Stand still!”

on her shoulder. “I missed you so much, I’ve lost

his nightly escapades?” Estelle scoffed, pushing him away, “Keep this up, and I’ll ship you back

black earring in Manley’s ear twinkled as he squinted

okay with

a decent girlfriend, he’ll let me stay,”

Jonathan and I are already married. You should find yourself a girlfriend instead of wasting your energy on

Manley’s eyes danced with delight, “Just thinking about you makes me happy, and that’s my business, not

a loss

shifted to the man Manley had knocked

crossed Manley’s features as he strode over and

out a pitiful scream

turned icy, “You had

been watching you from upstairs. I planned to surprise you during the ceremony, but when I saw

bridesmaid named Gabrielle, Estelle nodded slowly,

Jonathan? Why are you

urgent business, might not

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