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!”

about to take

drained of all color. She bit her lip

her nervously, her eyes rimmed with red. “Mom, what do we do now?”

shooting her a fierce

by the sudden turn of

known Kaia was pushing to call off the engagement, but her parents had assured them the wedding would go on

planned.

were at a loss for how

Luna and Alden had

flawless wedding

half-hour.

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disbelief, his eyes red with fury

“Pretty happy, yeah. What, you’re not? You just got to propose to the woman you

slicing the carefully hidden truths wide open for everyone to

not just for Alden and Luna, but for the entire Graves

Couldn’t fathom what had driven

was taking a hit, but for Tobias, this was an

laid plans were all in ruins. Worse, his daughter had publicly humiliated the Graves family, ensuring that any hope of mending ties was gone. Their families were now

storm cloud, his voice low and venomous. “Kaia, have you lost your mind?

who was practically charging at her, and let out a bitter laugh. “I know exactly where I am. You insisted I show

now. So why

with rage, like a

his hand, but before

wrist mid-air.

of a toned forearm, veins tracing a map beneath

Tobias’, calm but

you

think

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