The Ruined Bride of Velvet Nights by Brick Moving Ant

Chapter 22

  • Chapter 12

  • Dealing with everything, Lysander returned home and embraced Celeste, whispering close to her

  • ear:

  • “Ophelia, you’ve finally come back. Manhattan has changed so much in seven years–let me take you

  • around.”

  • “Remember back then when you were sick, you always said you wanted to go outside and see the world. But I was too scared–you’d get worse if I took you out of the hospital. But now you’re here, healthy.….. Let’s visit all the places you used to dream about.”

  • Celeste nodded obediently, letting him guide her into the car.

  • The vehicle pulled up outside Luna Park at Coney Island. Lysander held Celeste’s hand as they bought tickets and followed the crowd inside.

  • “You used to love the strawberry ice cream here,” he said, pointing to a small shop. “They were about to shut down, but I kept them afloat… Just in case you ever came back and wanted your favorite again.”

  • Celeste smiled faintly as she accepted the strawberry ice cream she secretly hated.

  • “I can’t believe you still remember what I like after all these years.”

  • Lysander smiled with a hint of pride. “Of course I do. I remember everything about you.”

  • At his words, Celeste felt herself tense further. Clearly, she would need to be even more meticulous

  • in her performance.

  • As they neared the front of the line for the Ferris wheel, Lysander’s phone buzzed.

  • but

  • third call,

  • at a message from his

  • left the America. Current whereabouts unknown. Should we continue the

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  • of

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  • search?”

  • “No need. She’s just throwing a tantrum. Her divorce stunt actually works out perfectly–keeps her

  • shake a feeling

  • Will she really ever return?‘

  • Navier loved him too

  • ploy to win him back.

  • for so many years, and she’d never

  • her absence would make him chase

  • down his inexplicable discomfort, Lysander boarded the Ferris wheel

  • into his arms, tilted her chin up and kissed her

  • deeply.

  • their embrace, Navier’s

  • how she used to look at him, her eyes constantly filled with that devotion he once

  • if he

  • matter how many times he told her his heart only belonged to Ophelia, she

  • and earnestly, impossible to drive

  • she submitted those divorce papers, the love in her eyes had

  • inch.

  • chest. He slowly

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