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 Alden’s

color. She bit her lip anxiously,

step away. Luna glanced at her nervously, her eyes rimmed with red. “Mom, what do we do

Joanne snapped, shooting her

by

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

planned.

this disaster unfolding, they were at a

Luna and Alden had all

flawless wedding

half-hour.

*****

in disbelief, his eyes red with fury

What, you’re not? You just got to

words were like a knife, slicing the carefully hidden truths wide open

Alden and Luna, but for the entire

understand her. Couldn’t fathom what had driven Kaia to

a hit, but for Tobias, this was

family, ensuring that any hope

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

turned 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 to drag

now. So why are you still not

eyes burned with rage, like a volcano ready

before it could

wrist mid-air.

revealed a glimpse of a toned

but

you

think

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