"I pronounce you husband and wife!" the emcee announced excitedly. "You may now kiss the bride."The hall erupted in thunderous applause at his words, and confetti popped above stage.The atmosphere at the wedding reached a climax even as Patrick stood face-to-face with Cordy, staring at her.She was looking fixedly into his eyes in turn, and the lights above illuminated their bright gazes with a celestial glint."Cordy," Patrick gently called out to her."Yeah.""Will you marry me?" he asked."Yeah." Cordy nodded—she had strong principles, and no one could force her to do anything."Will you regret it?""No," Cordy replied, shaking her head.Once she married him, her world would revolve around him and their family—no one would change that.Nonetheless, Patrick said bitterly, "But I'm worried I'll regret this."As Cordy's eyes widened, he continued, "I'm afraid I can't give you a happy family."Why?" Cordy asked, a little nervous.Patrick could do anything well—why would
Patrick kept his eyes on Cordy even as he continued, "I don't want to force this. I'm tired of it. I admit that I yearned to marry you, the only woman I've ever loved and the one who makes me want to give up on my former life… To start anew. I'd admit I was looking forward to this wedding so much I wanted to make it perfect, so that I won't have regrets. Even so… At this very moment, I regret it.""Patrick…""I'm sorry, Cordy." Patrick apologized."No, you don't have to apologize. It's unnecessary…" Cordy murmured, knowing very well that Patrick was suddenly regretful because she did not want her to be sad.He was convinced that she still loved John, and nothing she said now would work.She did not want to lie to Patrick, not when he was so pure and innocent."I'm sorry for embarrassing you in front of so many guests. It's willful of me," Patrick said, and reached out to take her veil off.The guests were left stunned, since they did not see a kiss.It was certainly weird that
Cordy left with Quinn, leaving the staff to handle the guests.She certainly was not in the mood to deal with anything else, but she had to admit that she was depressed.Even after she got in her car, she realized afterward that it was the bridal car for her and Patrick, which left her even more depressed.Quinn noticed that too and was left feeling a little helpless."Cordy…"Cordy took a deep breath. "It's alright."Quinn shook her head—how could she be?Even if the feelings were not that strong, anyone would be upset being left at the altar.Still, she had no idea how to console Cordy.Should she say that she felt a little lucky?!It was far better than to proceed with the wedding, have bottled-up feelings after, and force herself to be happy.But Quinn was afraid to say it—only Zoe would ever dare say something like that.Cordy naturally did not know what was on Quinn's mind, and she picked up her phone, hesitating for a moment before making the call."Hey Cordy," Sean
"Don't worry. Cordy knows what she's doing and won't get up to anything serious," Quinn said bluntly. "If she wants to be alone, she wants to be alone.""Yeah," Sean replied."Are you leaving? Don't let me keep you," Quinn said, smiling faintly as Sean gazed at her.With that, she said nothing else and headed to the hallway outside the operating room.Both Jay and Zoe were waiting outside, worry clear on their faces."Oh, you're here, Quinn!" Zoe was thrilled to see her."Yeah.""Wait, if you're here… what about Cordy's wedding?!" Zoe exclaimed.Even if she disliked how Cordy treated John, she earnestly wanted the best for Cordy regardless."Didn't Sean tell you?" Quinn exclaimed in surprise, thinking to herself then that the geezer was really tight-lipped. "Patrick left Cordy at the altar.""What?!" Zoe could not help exclaiming, and for a moment, the only sound in the entire hospital was her voice.The nurses at the nurse's station turned toward her, and Quinn promptly shu
Both Jay and Quinn were left staring at Zoe, speechless.She really could not hide any secret!And John just had surgery. If his blood pressure spiked or something…Still, John's face fell for a moment, though he soon calmed himself at the next instant, perhaps convinced that he was hallucinating and was therefore afraid to believe it.Everyone escorted him to his VVIP ward, where the medical staff settled John in and left after leaving some instructions.The ward was silent with just a few of them.Richard spoke up then.He had been sitting silent on the walkway outside the surgery room, overwrought and never chiming in even after hearing that his mommy was left at the altar.Now that he saw that John was fine, he could not help asking, "Aunt Zoe? You just said that Mr. Stuart left my mommy at the altar. Is that true? They're not married?"Zoe was just drafting a text to Cordy, unable to help caring about her even though they just had a little disagreement.It would hurt bei
Richard thought about it and nodded. "Okay, I'll visit tomorrow.""Yeah."As Richard tamely left with Jay and the others, Zoe could not help teasing John as they did, "Cordy's is my bestie. If you need my help in any way, just ask. Should always keep the nice things for the family, right?"John stayed silent and actually appeared haughty even though there was a surging storm in his heart. He could not help heaving a deep sigh after they were gone, and he was shuddering ever so slightly.Cordy and Patrick did not get married. That meant…Still, he just wanted to recover quickly and get discharged soon.He refused to miss out again!-In North City airport, Sean had been calling Patrick repeatedly, but Patrick never answered and eventually turned off his phone.Sean searched for Patrick everywhere—the hotel he was lodging, the Stuarts' businesses in North City, and the bridal suite prepared for him and Cordy.Eventually, he found that the man had arrived at the airport and
"W-What are you…" Patrick was too agitated to speak when he saw Sean.How long had Sean been sitting beside him? How long was Sean watching him make a fool of himself?!Was Sean watching all the while he cried?!How could someone be so horrible?!In fact, Patrick was so furious he could have a stroke.However, just as he was about to yell at Sean, Sean clasped a hand over his mouth, denying him the chance to speak.Patrick's eyes widened and reddened, clearly infuriated."Shush," Sean told him calmly nonetheless. "Don't make too much noise—you're on a plane."Somehow, Patrick thought that Sean was messing with him on purpose.He was so furious he could murder, and he promptly bit on Sean's palm at that instant as hard as he could.He put so much weight into it he was shaking. Patrick wanted nothing less than to kill Sean or at least bite a chunk of his hand off.Sean frowned, clearly in pain but not making a sound.He merely bore with Patrick's venting, and even Patrick
An air stewardess arrived. "Good evening, sir. How may I assist you?""I accidentally got bitten," Sean replied. "Could you help me disinfect it and bandage it?""Of course. One moment, please."Once she left, Patrick's face almost turned green. "Were you messing with me, Sean?!"His voice was shaking from restraint, and every word was growled through clenched teeth.Sean simply flashed an outrageous smile at him—Patrick never saw him smile like that and started to shake with rage and murderous impulse. However, he had to bear with it since he was on a plane and turned his head aside, not wanting to look at Sean twice.Soon, the air stewardess had cleaned and bandaged Sean's palm, and neither man spoke along the rest of the journey. Nonetheless, Sean kept following Patrick after they disembarked, leaving Patrick almost hysterical. He certainly did not want to see Sean for another second after what happened on the plane. "Why are you following me?" "Cordy told me to keep you