Even the usually stern–faced Mr. and Mrs. White anxiously got up to instruct the staff to find me, with the guests joining in the search as well.
No one paid any attention to the two people on stage. Even the host was called off stage.
Derek and Yvonne just stood there awkwardly on stage, looking at each other helplessly, like monkeys put on display for public viewing.
What’s even funnier was that the audience below was busy looking for me, the real protagonist who had disappeared, with no one caring whether they left or not.
Yvonne and Derek’s fantasy of a romantic and thrilling elopement had turned into a chaotic mess like people fighting over discounted goods at a supermarket sale.
The two of them just stood there on stage. They couldn’t run away, but they couldn’t not run away either.
If they ran, no one would care.
If they didn’t run, still no one would care.
It was about time. I sent Tessa a message on another SnapChat account saying I was about to board the plane, then briefly explained the situation to my parents, instructing them not to disclose any of my personal information.
I turned on airplane mode on my phone and settled comfortably into my first–class seat, enjoying the 10+ hour flight.
As soon as I landed, Tessa’s messages came flooding in frantically. It seemed the aftermath of this incident was quite interesting. She couldn’t even wait for me to reply before calling me directly:
“Hahaha, Aria, that move was too savage!”
“You have no idea, it’s total chaos here now. Most of the guests were White family relatives and friends, not to mention quite a few VIPs. Your escape turned everything upside down.”
“Those two idiots stood on stage for a full 10 minutes with no one paying them any attention. They finally came down on their own. I was about to dig myself a beach house on the spot from secondhand embarrassment.”
“Check the trending topics now, that video has shot to #1. Netizens are calling them the ‘Clown Couple‘. That bastard even rushed over to your villa earlier, jumping up and down at the door when he saw you weren’t there.”
“He was pressing your doorbell like he was sending a telegram, beep beep beep.”
“I was about to sneak away when he caught up to me. The bastard had the nerve to ask where you were. I just said you went abroad and didn’t know anything else. Ha! For all his sneakers, he sure can run fast.”
- it.
Just hearing Tessa laugh so hard she could barely breathe, I knew this incident had given Derek quite a headache.
The wedding wasn’t hijacked successfully, and he ended up losing face all on his own.
I wasn’t actually surprised by Derek’s reaction.
Derek dared to do this because he was certain that for the sake of the White and Wood families‘ reputations, I wouldn’t make a big fuss about
In the end, even if I was hijacked at the wedding, I could only suffer in silence.
After all, the Wood family’s business was all abroad, so the impact on the White family wouldn’t be too great.
He could also take the opportunity to force his parents to accept Yvonne as their daughter–in–law.
After all, things had already come to this point. If they didn’t acknowledge her in front of so many guests, it would look bad.
But Derek never expected that I would run away from the wedding.
I directly ripped off this fig leaf and stuffed it in his and Yvonne’s mouths, disgusting them.
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The fairytale days of Cinderella and the Prince don’t just last for the wedding day. What they have to face day after day afterwards is the grinding reality of firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and tea.
Once you’ve entered a dead end, it’s time to turn back.
I’ve escaped an unhappy marriage, so I should celebrate with champagne.
Besides, Derek and I hadn’t even gotten our marriage license yet. Legally speaking, we weren’t even husband and wife.
So when I proposed coming back, my parents agreed very quickly.
