Naomi had a classic oval shape that’s the size of a hand, delicate and small. She didn’t fit in the rowdy crowd, and so she stood out. After all the guests arrived, the ceremony started. The emcee did an opening monologue, and the lights dimmed. Then the wedding march began, and everyone looked toward the bride, who slowly walked in. Pearl had a veil on, and her dress had a long train. She took one step at a time while holding onto her father’s arm.Tanner stood on stage, and his expression was unclear due to the dim lights. Anthonio handed his daughter to Tanner. He took her hand, and they turned and walked toward the emcee. The emcee congratulated them and asked if he promised to take her as his wife from this day forward until death separated them.Suddenly, a voice came from the crowd. “He doesn’t want to!”Everyone looked toward the woman with short hair among the crowd. She was also in a white wedding dress, and everyone started talking. Nathaniel’s face dropped, and
Tanner took a deep breath, paused, but left with Sandy in his arms without looking back.“Tanner Hannigan!” Nathaniel yelled without a shred of control. A sharp pain shot up his heart, and he grabbed his chest. Suddenly blood came out of his mouth.Mrs. Hannigan’s face turned pale while she grabbed her husband. “My love!”The groom left with another woman and left the bride standing on stage alone during their wedding. Everyone felt sorry for her. Antonio had to stand up and control the situation, but some guests still left without having their dinner, and Eugene Boucher was one of them. He got to the doorway and noticed that Francisco wasn’t behind him. “Let’s go. There’s nothing to see.”“You asked me to come, but now you’re asking me to leave too. You can leave first if you want to.” Francisco turned around.“You…” Eugene didn’t say what he wanted to and just left.Pearl walked down from the stage and took off her veil.Mrs. Santiago kept complaining about Antonio’s decisio
Francisco smiled. “Did you just notice?”Naomi suddenly became anxious because she had never spoken to a man like this before, so she had no idea what to talk about. She wished that she was Lucy because she was so brave!Naomi took a deep breath and tried to change the subject. “Didn’t you leave?”“No, I was just going to.” Francisco looked at his watch. “I’m going to go downstairs.”Naomi opened her mouth but didn’t say anything, then nodded. “Alright.”“Aren’t you going down as well?”“Oh… yes.” Naomi wanted to pull her tongue out. She couldn’t even speak normally anymore. She walked past Francisco and got in front.Francisco looked at her back. It was the first time he had met such a shy woman. That wasn’t right. She had been pretty brave when she encountered that road bully. When they got into the elevator, there were a lot of people inside who were also going down.Naomi and Francisco stood on separate sides, and when the elevator moved down, the crowd going in and out
Naomi put her palm to her forehead. She felt that she was being set up!…#Mr. Tanner eloped with another woman.#The wedding between the Hannigans and Santiagos started trending on Twitter, and many people were berating Tanner. Those who were berating him were mostly women because they were calling him out for running away with Sandy, who had made a scene at the wedding. Most of the men were on Tanner’s side, saying it was better for him to run away than marry a woman who was tainted.When Antonio saw the news, he angrily threw the newspaper at the table. “Tanner Hannigan is pure evil!”Mrs. Santiago looked at him coldly. “Are you happy now?’“I…” Antonio quietly admitted that the Hannigans had toyed with them. He remembered something and suddenly looked at his wife. “Did you know about this?”Mrs. Santiago’s expression was stoic. She had learned about it one year ago. They had been elated when the Hannigans were willing to accept their ‘tainted’ daughter, so they just wanted
Tanner thought about Pearl.Even though she had seen everything he did with Sandy in the office, this woman had never once shed a single tear.He thought she might have an inferiority complex because she considered herself “filthy,” and it was a gift to her that a man would marry her, but that was not the case.Did she have an inferiority complex? Not really.After all, she had never asked anything from him before.It was more appropriate to say that she was cold-blooded compared to having an inferiority complex.Aloof, apathetic, indifferent—she always had that expression on her face even after learning of his scandalous relationship with Sandy. It was like nothing could break her down.At that moment, Mrs. Hannigan called Tanner and said something to him. He rose to his feet and said. “I’ll be right there.”He took his jacket and went to the door. He had not slept for a whole night, and he was very tired right now.“Tan, are you leaving? Who are you going to see? Pearl?”Ta
Sandy’s smile froze and slowly disappeared. “Tan, I… I didn’t mean it.”She disregarded the pang that shot from the wound of her wrist and propped herself up from the bed to explain to Tanner, “I couldn't get through to you yesterday, and I was so scared, Tan. The doctor said I would become moody and emotionally unstable because of my pregnancy. I... I was just so scared.”Tanner took a deep breath and asked, “Do you know my father had surgery for a brain hemorrhage?”Sandy’s face turned pale.“I spent the whole day yesterday in the hospital with my father. Besides, didn't I already stay by your side for one night the day before yesterday? What else do you want? Do you want me to stay by your side when my father dies?”“I’m sorry, Tan.. It’s all my fault,” Sandy said nervously. “I didn’t know that…”He covered his face with his hand and said in a heavy voice, “I’m tired, Sandy.”When a man said he was tired, it could mean two scenarios.One was physically tired, while the other
As soon as Maisie finished speaking, she saw everyone was looking at them with an incredulous gaze. She had the urge to find a hole and bury herself in it for a moment.Nolan giggled and looked at her meaningfully. “So does this mean that you don’t mind if it were other women and not Willow?”Maisie used her spoon to stir the soup and said exasperatingly, “It's okay if you want to try it now.”“Okay,” Nolan replied plainly. “I’ll try it after I finish the meal.”Maisie felt that Nolan was trying to make her angry, so she did not say anything anymore after that.When they returned to the Blue Bay villa, Maisie got out of the car and slammed the door shut when the car came to a stop in the courtyard. As soon as Nolan got off the other side of the car and dusted his jacket, she crossed her arms in front of her chest and said, "I thought you're going to taste something new, so why are you getting out of the car, Mr. Goldmann?"He smiled at her and replied, “Nah, I think it’s better f
Tanner was stunned.“I know very well how much you loathe and hate me. You're being nice to me because you had to. It's like a task for you to make both our families happy. It isn't that I have to be grateful to every man that wants to marry me. I know how bad my reputation is. Even if no one wants to marry me, I won't shamelessly stick to you, so you can rest assured. “After all, I was once loved by all the Santiagos in the past. Even if a storm has ravaged a delicate rose, you can't deny that it was once a beautiful flower. “You reap what you sow. It's my own mistake for getting myself into my current situation, and I don't plan to forget about it. The price I have to pay will never allow me to seek a happy and secure life by committing myself to a man.”When she finished speaking, she pushed Tanner away. Pulling her suitcase, she headed out without turning her head back once.Tanner stood frozen stiff on the spot as he tightened his fists.When Pearl got in the car, she turn