remained befor
household, the other into a powerful up-and-coming family. Practically overnight, the Marshall family
uing instructions and checking arrangements, while Iris lingered clo
alone seemed untou
h stacks of research notes, carefully piecing together
ing when the Shaw family delivered everything she would need-an immaculate set of ce
each detail flaunting the stagg
wedding dress shimmered beneath the lights, its surface
aid dress suddenly looked dull
s, her lips curling into a thin, mocking smile. "Oh, Eliana, the Shaw family really rolled out the red carpe
haw had always been extravagantly g
toward Iris-not out of love or any intention to marry, but purely
wered coolly, "Naturally-unless you're planning to leave the
r composure cracking as anger flashed across
ened and Phyllis stepped inside, the ma
ssion, her lips curving into a practiced,
head with her makeup first? I still wan
h approval as she glanced at Iris. Casting Eliana a faintly irritated
haracteristic restraint. Shadows gathered in her eyes as
r face, the servants carefully carried in the weddi
the crown to try it on-only to pause abruptly, her fingers hovering as her sharp g
e existed on a gown crafted fo
it closely and quickly noticed the altered stitching along th
t flickered in her eyes
y like this, she decided, then she
.
had finished their makeup, their r
her to a sprawling, palace-like hotel packed with more than a thousand distinguished guests. Yet when she arrived, the groo
family's overwhelming prestige, but her groom stayed close at her side, at
ity's ever-watchful crowd couldn't d
action curled thr
w dazzling Eliana looked wrapped in wealth and splend
ris lifted her chin and ste
every last ceremony, Evan
elf with the poised elega
om, leaving no one daring to mock her. What was meant to be a wedding missing its groom somehow tur
ass of water to her lips, the Shaw family swiftly e
Shaw Estate and then sen
once she learned where the bedroom was, she gathered her heavy dres
ical whir broke the silence-the unmistak
und Evan already there above her, leaning slightly
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