Chapter 49 The farce

Lucien’s words sent a ripple of shock through the crowd in the grand hall.

“What’s going on here?” someone whispered.

“Is this wedding turning into a proposal? Are they changing the bride now?”

“No way around it, I guess. Who could’ve seen it coming? Alden in love with Luna, his sister? They always said Luna was the daughter of some old friend they took in. This is wild.”

“Didn’t you see the video? Luna was only sixteen back then. Is that even legal?”

The murmurs, though hushed, pierced Allen’s ears like needles.

He gasped for air, his chest tight, as if the room were running out of oxygen.

“That damned boy! I’m going to have a heart attack! That brat!”

Alyssa wasn’t sure if her grandfather was cursing her cousin Alden or her uncle Lucien.

In her head, she gave Kaia a silent thumbs-up before swiftly slipping a heart pill into Allen’s mouth.

“Grandpa, don’t get so worked up. You’ll make yourself sick,”

she said, her voice dripping with concern. “Are you feeling okay? Want me to call someone to help?”

Her caring words only made the veins on Allen’s forehead bulge more prominently.

“Alyssa, did you know about this?” he demanded, the pill still in his mouth, his eyes blazing.

Alyssa threw up her hands, quick to defend herself. “No way! Grandpa, Alden messed up, but don’t pin this on me!”

wasn’t about to take the fall for

of all color. She bit

at her nervously, her eyes rimmed

shooting her a

and Joanne were blindsided by the sudden

but her parents had assured them the wedding would go on

planned.

this disaster unfolding, they were at a loss for how

of Luna and Alden had all but confirmed

a flawless wedding ended in a

half-hour.

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his eyes red with

not? You just got

knife, slicing the carefully hidden truths wide open for everyone

was humiliating, not just for Alden and Luna, but for the entire Graves family.

Couldn’t fathom what had

reputation was taking a hit, but for Tobias, this was an even harder

Worse, his daughter had publicly humiliated the Graves family, ensuring that any hope of mending

venomous. “Kaia, have you lost your mind? Do you even realize where you are?

to face her father, who was practically charging at her, and let out a bitter laugh. “I know exactly where I am. You insisted I show up today, remember? You even threatened

why are

like a

but before it could fall,

wrist mid-air.

toned forearm, veins tracing a map

calm but piercing. “What do you’re

you

think

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