Filed To Story: A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love
In the end, Flossie didn’t feel like keeping this up, so she took the necklace begrudgingly.
She then held her hand out to Cecilia, who was still on the ground. She sounded rather helpless as she said, “Fine, I’ll take it. But you gave me the freedom to deal with it however I want, did you? So I’ll just be throwing it into the trash.”
Cecilia didn’t seem mad and still showed a bittersweet smile. “Sure, throw it away. I can’t do it myself anyway, so you can help out instead… Just as I told Halston earlier, I admit defeat if you were the one I lost to.’
The woman’s words made Flossie extremely confused.
‘Huh? Aren’t they planning to elope? Why did they include me in this? And the whole admitting defeat thing… What does she even mean?!’
However, she didn’t intend to ask any further questions. With Cecilia being the bride, she should be able to have the choice of eloping or going through with the wedding.
‘She can think about it on her own. Prying would only make it seem like I care about this a lot when I don’t care about their issues at all! Hmph!’
Seeing how the sun was setting, the sea and the skies were painted in a lovely shade of reddish orange. Since the church was built with french windows, people inside were able to admire the incredibly romantic and gorgeous lighting.
Just then, the bell rang, as it was time for the ceremony. The priest held up his cross, getting ready for the rituals while the guests took their seats.
Everyone seemed exhilarated about the bride and groom’s appearance.
Flossie, on the other hand, didn’t understand if the person in charge of arranging seats had something against her.
‘How could they arrange for Halston to sit next to me when everyone knows we’re divorced.’
To make things worse, her old nemesis, Charlotte, was on her left.
‘Isn’t this giving me trouble both left and right?’
She turned and looked at the cold iceberg next, then looked towards her ex -cousin-in-law, who seemed to be putting up an attitude.
As she was trying to get up, the priest announced the groom’s entrance, so she had no choice but to awkwardly sit back down.
With that, Christopher entered the venue in a white suit, holding a bouquet of red roses in his hands. He then slowly walked to the holy statue elegantly.
The women started cheering and screaming at the top of their lungs, absolutely in awe over the groom, as if he were their prince charming.
‘Oh my god, Christopher looks so good!”
Flossie was stunned as well, nearly getting up to her feet and clapping profusely for the man. She thought to herself, ‘Dang, a bouquet of flowers? With this beautiful sunset? And a handsome man sincerely waiting for his bride to appear… What a wedding!’
Just then, Halston shot her a dirty glare, despite having ignored her the entire time. He coldly said, “Why are you so excited about someone else’s wedding?”
He wasn’t being loud, but he wasn’t exactly soft-spoken either, which resulted in the people nearby clearly hearing him.
Flossie blushed, and she clenched her fists angrily, retorting, “Why are you being like this, Mr. Guajardo? I’m just trying to compliment someone! If it makes you so unhappy, get on stage and fight him! Let’s see who the bride would pick at the end of the day!”
“Don’t be foolish!” Halston looked like he was about to explode, turning to the stage and swearing to himself that he’d just ignore the foolish woman.
“Hah! Look at how upset you are. I’m just telling the truth!” Flossie said, not understanding why the man was getting annoyed at this time.
‘He doesn’t have the courage to steal the bride, and he’s jealous of Christopher! So why is he lashing out at me?! He only knows to take his anger out on the weak, like me!’
Underneath the holy symbol, the priest was wearing a black robe, with a vow book in his hand. He then spoke out to the other end of the church,” The groom has arrived, so it’s time to welcome the bride!”
Just then, solemn music resounded, and all the guests followed the priest’s signal, looking towards the bride’s supposed entrance.
Yet, the bride didn’t show even after the music had stopped.
“What’s happening? Why isn’t the bride here? Is this a test for the groom?”
Everyone started gossiping among themselves.
The priest had never handled such a situation but cleared his throat and said, “Love may be late, but it’s worth the wait. Let’s welcome the bride once more!”
Once again, the music echoed through the halls, but when that ended, Cecilia was still nowhere to be found.
Both parents of the families were panicking at this point, ordering their employees to investigate this matter. All of the guests were making their own assumptions as well, and the entire event fell into a state of chaos.
Flossie couldn’t help her urge to nudge Halston with her elbow, whispering.” Hey, is this your doing? Did you hide her somewhere?”
Halston’s expression darkened, his voice frosty. “Mind your tongue if you’d like it to stay intact.”
Flossie gulped and instantly shut up. ‘Well, was I wrong? Why did he have to be so mad?! Petty b*stard!’
Xavier was panicking the most out of everyone, rushing up the stage and calming the guests down as much as he could.
No need to panic, everyone! Our Chris and Cecy are no doubt each other’s true love, so this is definitely some kind of surprise to their wedding!
Please just wait a little longer!” He said.
Xavier had been crushing on Cecilia for years, and he was the standard simp for her at this point. He worked hard throughout the entire day, just so the wedding could go smoothly.
He just hoped that his muse could marry a good man, and enjoy a happy marriage for the rest of her life.
This sudden situation caught him rather off guard and left him feeling quite uneasy.
Compared to Xavier, Christopher, who was expected to panic most, looked rather calm as the groom. He stood there emotionless as if this incident had nothing to do with him.
“This is bad! Miss Smith is gone! We could only find her wedding gown in the waiting room!” Someone came delivering the news after a short while.
“Gone?” Xavier grabbed the person by the collar, angrily shouting. “Don’t spread lies! Cecy is the bride here! How could she have gone missing? And she would never take her wedding dress off for no reason!”
“It’s true! If you don’t believe me, just go to the waiting room and see for yourself!”
Xavier then turned to look at Christopher, visibly anxious. “Chris, what are you doing just standing there? This must be a test from Cecy. Let’s go look for her together!”
However, the groom seemed uninterested. “These tests have gone on for an entire day. I’m sure she’s chosen her answer, and I won’t force her to do anything she doesn’t like.”
“Oh man, what are you even saying? She chose you! You’ve been together for so long! You’ve been through so much already, so don’t just give up at the very last second!”
Christopher still didn’t intend to get a move on. Instead, he seemed rather optimistic as he consoled Xavier. “Calm down. She’s an adult. She knows how to take care of herself.”
Hearing this, Xavier found himself speechless.
Christopher then turned to the guests, who were still gossiping amongst each other. “As you can see, it seems that the bride changed her mind about the wedding and chose to leave. I deeply apologize for having wasted your time, so let’s treat this as a simple gathering hosted by the Jacobs! Please do enjoy yourselves!”
“These youngsters are still too immature. We are truly sorry, everyone.” Christopher’s parents maintained a humble demeanor as they bowed toward the guests, despite feeling absolutely ridiculed in this situation.
With this, the chaotic mess soon subsided.
Suddenly, someone stood up from the crowd, announcing. “The bride didn’t leave on her own! Someone else is behind this!”
The guests gasped in shock as they looked toward the person who was speaking. It was Ruby, the woman who had managed to win the best actress award last year.
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