Chapter 996

Evadne's eyes widened in disbelief, her gaze fixed on him, her eyes rimmed with fiery red.

Avery's actions seemed considerate, a display of his thoughtfulness.

But to her, it felt like a knife twisting in her heart, a mockery!

It was a betrayal, a strike at the soul!

"Mr. Chambers, are you kidding me right now?"

Hans glanced at Evadne's pale face and then at Avery, who was full of hope, and let out a cold laugh, "I'm not Ms. Evadne's kin, and certainly not your buddy. Why would I play the part of your best man?

Standing here is unbearable enough, let alone being part of it. Don't make me sick."

Tears welled up in Evadne's reddened eyes as she looked pitifully at Hans.

Hans blinked, turning away.

He wasn't sure if he couldn't bear to look or just couldn't stand to see.

Seeing Hans's refusal, Avery wasn't upset. Instead, he gazed lovingly at the woman in his arms, his joy at becoming a groom was unmistakable:

"It doesn't matter. The sky and the earth are witnesses, that's enough."

pooling in his eyes as he looked up at the

eyes, was majestic, beautiful, and pure, bearing a striking

the shadows of the trees thrashed wildly, casting a strange and mournful

and earth, I, Avery, take Miss Evadne to be my

clenched hands, his voice hoarse but firm as he vowed, "From this day forward, through joy and sweetness, through the mundane and the trivial, I will cherish her, protect her, with unwavering fidelity, never

ceases

pale face, but she couldn't pull her hand from his

This was no wedding.

torture, a torment as excruciating as being consumed by

...

ended, the

breeze, shivering uncontrollably as Avery carried her back to their

we'll take a bath." He placed her on

turned away, her eyes

don't want to

gazed at her trembling shoulders, beautiful as butterfly wings, and

we? We're husband and

"We...are husband and wife?"

her words laced with a venomous hatred, "Avery, your boring, disgusting,

delusional play-pretend t

now." .

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