Local magnolia greenery and hydrangea, along with pepper berries were used to create arrangements and an arch that evoked the season and also perfectly fit the natural scenery of the gigantic garden of the Bryant's mansion. The whole garden was filled with good and rich looking guest who watched the bride and groom as they stood on the 4 ft high podium, preparing to take their vows. Leah who has always been a huge fan short dress had to put her wedding dress but to throw a hint of her likings, the V-slit on her white trumpet gown ran all the way up to her thigh, exposing a good part of her thigh. The upper part of the sleeveless gown was halfed with one part designed with pure crystal and the other was designed with the white lace of the gown. Her hair was arranged in a short waterfall braid and a beautiful crystal tiara rested on it. Tyler on the other hand rocked his light blue tuxedo perfectly well with a beautiful boutonnières on the left pocket of his tuxedo and a brown wh
The peaceful wedding scenery turned into more chaos as everyone panicked at the sight of Jessica's current condition. With the help of Micheal and Daniel, Cruz immediately lifted Jessica in bridal style and ran to his car before they drove off to the nearest hospital. Back at the wedding venue, Tyler's mom got a whiff of the situation and employed the help of Jason and Justin to clean the scene and also calm the worried guests who were ready to leave the wedding as it wasn't the type of occasion they expected. Mrs. Bryant also instructed Jason to inform the guest that the wedding will go as planned and even though Jason was confused and unsure of how true this piece of information might be, he decided to do his duty as the best man. He climbed the podium once again and began his speech. "Thanks for staying behind despite the unexpected turn of events. This drama wasn't on our event list but so far, it has played with our emotions. I just want to inform you that this wedding i
"She couldn't watch you be happy even after all the commotion she caused at your wedding so she left." Mrs. Elizabeth Bryant replied before Jason could even speak up, her words piercing her heart. "Mom, please!" Tyler called out, not happy with the way his mom portrayed Jessica in front of him. "I'm just being sincere. I don't know how you managed to keep such a friend. Now that you are married I think you should shuffle your friend list." Mrs. Bryant added. "Leah, let's go in. We're running late." Tyler said and Leah put on a fake smile as she turned around and entered the helicopter with Tyler following her in. The helicopter flew off in a few minutes and even though it was already very late, there were still a number of activities to be done and the family still had a party planned for the night. Jason returned to the garden where celebrations were still ongoing and slumped into one of the empty chairs, tired and stressed out but when his eyes caught Michael, worry was added t
"I was there but I had an important business call. I was advising Mr. Khalifa on the measures to take after his heart surgery. I had earbuds on and I was on a video call so I had no touch with reality until I fortunately saw Jessica about to fall off." Cruz explained. "What? So you have no idea what happened?" Jason questioned. "Yes, just tell me what the fuck happened!" Cruz yelled. "If you're bent on pretending not to know what happened, then I might as well tell you! The video which you and Jessica recorded as she disclosed Leah's secret affair to you. And you aired it on Tyler's wedding just to ruin his wedding, but unfortunately for you and fortunately for us, they were too in love that they don't keep any secret from each other and they were able to save their relationship and marriage today!" Mrs. Bryant explained with so much hate in her voice. Cruz shut his eyes briefly and had a quick flashback of the previous night. FLASHBACKAfter Cruz forced Jessica to stop drinking.
CHAPTER EIGHTY-SIXCruz immediately ran back to the terminal gate to meet the security guards who seemed to be talking discreetly that got Cruz suspicious."What the fuck is going on here?" He asked angrily but they feigned ignorance. "What do you mean, Sir?" The security guard asked. "How can Jessica's name not be mentioned in that list when her phone is right here?" Jessica asked curiously. "What do you mean by that?" The security guard asked curiously. "Please, stop feigning ignorance with me. If any of you know something, please just tell me. I need to find her. Like I said, she escaped from the hospital." Cruz explained almost in tears. The second security card looked at his superior for a while before looking back at Cruz. "I think I saw someone who looked sickly and injured today. She had a bandage around her head. Could she be the one?" The guard asked. "She could be the one. Can you recognize her? I could show you a picture." Cruz suggested and the guard nodded in affi
Cruz returned to LA as early as possible and the first place he went to was his hospital but to his surprise, Jessica was not anywhere near the hospital. He immediately left his office to go in search of her but his secretary stopped him. "You have some patients to check on. You can't leave just yet." Ms. Rivera explained. "Get Valeria or any other doctor to do it. I'm busy." Cruz replied before sprinting out of the office.He almost bumped into Dr. Campbell who was coming into his office but he didn't even notice her. "What is wrong with the head surgeon?" Dr. Campbell asked as she walked in to meet Ms. Rivera. "I don't know. He has never been this unprofessional before." Ms. Rivera complained. While the ladies were still worrying about Cruz's sudden change in attitude, Cruz was already on his way to The One Estate to find Jessica. He couldn't stop complaining about Jessica's stubbornness and carelessness towards her health until he finally arrived at the estate. "Neither Ms.
"Who else would be that stupid and careless to take such a big step in someone else's life without the person's consent if not Cruz Westham?" Jessica replied, her eyes burning with furry. She tried to move her right hand once again but the pain reminded her it was out of use for now and she whimpered briefly. "Jessica, please try to calm down. I will contact him to take it down now." Klaus reassured but Jessica wanted to fight her battle by herself. "You don't have to do anything, Klaus. I will deal with him myself." Jessica replied and just then the nurses who were supposed to bring Jessica to the X-ray arrived. "Ma'am, please follow us for the X-ray." One of the nurses suggested. "Please, excuse us for five minutes and I will join you soon." Jessica suggested and without much hesitation, the nurses stepped out of the room. "Is there anything you'd…" "Please hand me the landline. I need to do something very important." Jessica begged and with hesitation, Klaus handed her the l
"Cruz!" Klaus called out angrily. "Mind your speech!" He warned but Cruz was least concerned about whatever he had to say. "Am I wrong, Ms. Jessica Vegas?" Cruz asked sarcastically, hurting Jessica even more. "Cruz, what are you doing?" Jason whispered to Cruz but he wasn't in the mood to respond. "I'm just being honest like always!" Cruz replied audibly as a mischievous smile sprouted on his lips.Jessica stared at him in shock for a while before she wiped her eyes and shut them for a while. "You're right to an extent. I almost ruined my friend's wedding thanks to my wrong judgment of people but he isn't a random guy. He is Klaus Wright. My friend!" Jessica replied and Cruz's mischievous smile quickly turned into a frown but he didn't want Jessica or anyone else to notice that so he let out sarcastic laughter. "Friend, huh? How do you select your friends? By looks or by net worth? I wonder which one Leah and Tyler were lacking for you to do that to her." Cruz accused, knowing th