Triumph Above All novel

Chapter 40

Apparently, she began thinking about Skylar and how she mocked him earlier. She was also starting to have flashbacks of their childhood. It turned out that Skylar never stopped being nice

to her.

So, waves of intense pent up emotions washed over her as Brian’s family’s insults had caused her to dissolve into a puddle of tears.

“Where’s Skylar, dad? I really want to thank him.” Naomi sobbed.

“He told me that he had work to do. Let me call him for you.”

Nathaniel called Skylar after that.

After accepting her father’s phone, Naomi said, “I’m so sorry, Skylar.”

She wanted to thank him initially, but everything ended up being an apology instead.

Skylar was stunned when he heard that, so he asked, “Are you crying, Naomi? What’s going on?` Were you bullied by Brian’s family? Just tell me and I’ll help you take care of everything.”

hearing this only made her sob

out that Skylar would always jump to her defense regardless of the situation Naomi was in when they were younger. He did that even though he was not sure if he could

had changed in the last six years, but it seemed

but I was a fool. I can’t believe that I was mean to you. I’m so

while she was completely covered in

Come on now, there’s no need to apologize to me, I’m your brother, aren’t I? So, how

almost time for one of our family members to give their speech now. Could you join

pondering for a brief

questioned her, “What do you think you’re doing? We’re in the middle of a wedding, so how could you tell us to wait for your brother? Are you

so why can’t I decide on what to do?” Naomi snapped back

here. It’s you who wanted to marry into our family, so we’d obviously have the final say on the wedding. It’s all because of how stubborn you are that

saying, “If you don’t want me to wait for Skylar, then you can

just

Mandy would never back down to a penniless peasant, so she scoffed, “Cancel the wedding? Great then! We still have a whole bunch of options to pick from without you!

had decided that he was just pretending to be rich. If no one was present, she would definitely have relented. However, she knew that there were a lot of important people present, so this meant good fortune to her family. Therefore, she could not care less about who Skylar really

calling a