Chapter 43 The Grand Wedding 1 Does our agreement still hold?
A month has passed.
The news about the Yakurosean Empire has reached far and wide in Serenovia City. As planned, the grand wedding of Dominic and Cecilia was tomorrow.
Cecilia lay in bed, unable to sleep.
In her previous life, she had insomnia too on that day, but for different reasons.
She was filled with excitement and longing for marriage and love, too thrilled to fall asleep.
This time, she couldn't sleep because tomorrow she would publicly expose Dominic's hypocrisy, thinking about how to ensure success. Late at night, her phone suddenly rang, startling Cecilia.
She looked at the screen, her heart seemingly skipping a beat.
She suddenly remembered that in her past life, at this exact moment, Alaric had called her, asking if she would run away with him at the wedding.
She controlled her heartbeat and answered, "Alaric."
"Does our agreement still stand?" He asked, his tone was clear and emotionless.
It was no longer the same as the one in her past life.
This time, Alaric was sober.
She said, "Did I say I would break the agreement?"
It's just that Ms. Lockhart and Mr. Kingsley have been all over the news this month, taking wedding photos and choosing wedding dresses, appearing so sweet. I thought Ms. Lockhart had suddenly lost her mind and played a joke on me.”
Cecilia felt helpless, she thought, 'You're the one who lost his mind, it's ridiculous to accuse me of being lovey-dovey with Dominic!'
Although, this month, she had indeed been busy preparing the wedding.
She did so just to avoid raising suspicions with Dominic, more importantly, to make he play his part more convincingly and disguise herself even more perfectly. Te more flawless his act, the more painful his exposure would be!
What about Alaric?
Since spending a night at his place a month ago, they had not been in touch. There were several times when Cecilia wanted to call Alaric to ask if he would come to her wedding day. In reality, with their current relationship, she had no certainty that he would show up.
Yet she had abandoned the urge several times.
She didn't want to force Alaric to cooperate with her. If he didn't want to, she wouldn't insist.
She also realized that even if Alaric didn't show up tomorrow, exposing Dominic's video was enough to bring him down.
But marrying another man in front of Dominic at the wedding would hit him harder.
At this moment, she finally received a call from Alaric.
She assured Alaric, “”Come tomorrow."
"Cecilia," Alaric called her name.
It was the first time that he called her name so seriously.
He said, "Please, no tricks."
Cecilia hadn't responded yet.
"Remember, you can't afford the consequences of fooling me!" Alaric said firmly, not giving Cecilia a chance to reply.
Afte saying that, Alaric abruptly hung up.
Cecilia stared at the phone, somewhat dazed.
Alaric didn't give her a definite answer.
Would he not show up like in her past life?
The Next Day.
As dawn broke, the staff of the wedding company had already arrived at Cecilia's room with all the equipment.
Cecilia got up groggily.
She might have only slept for an hour.
Her mind was too preoccupied.
She was stuck in the nightmares.
There were too many shadows from her previous life. She still couldn't let go.
After freshening up, she sat in front of the dressing table.
She couldn't remember how she felt in her past life.
At least at this moment, she felt nothing, even a sense of despair.
Just the thought of seeing Dominic soon made her sick.
Seraphina, as the bridesmaid, rushed over half an hour after Cecilia got up.
It was rare for her to wake up so early, even though she was still late.
In her past life, she had urged Seraphina many times, fearing that Seraphina would be late for her wedding. This time, she felt that Seraphina didn't even need to come, as the wedding wasn't that important.
However, Seraphina was a bit embarrassed. "I turned off the alarm. I thought I would sleep for another minute, but ended up sleeping for half an hour. I rushed here without even going to the bathroom. I hope I'm not too late."
"It's okay, Ms. Everhart. The bridesmaid's makeup isn't that complicated. It's fine to be a little late. Why don't you go to the bathroom and wash your face now?" the staff gently reminded her.
"Oh my God! You know I didn't wash my face? I hope I don't have eye boogers!" Seraphina said bluntly.
Her behavior wouldn't make people think she was from a wealthy family.
The staff was instantly amused by Seraphina.
Seraphin was friendly and had a good reputation in many service industries.
"No, there's a bit of drool at the corner of your mouth," the staff hurriedly explained.
"Oh, really?" Seraphina touched the corner of her mouth. "I dreamt of eating fried chicken last night. I didn't eat anything for today as I'm going to be a bridesmaid. Do you see how much I'm sacrificing for you? Don't you love me?"
"Of course, go freshen up now," Cecilia urged.
"Come on, don’t be so half-hearted," Seraphina pouted.
She wasn’t being half-hearted.
Cecilia just didn't think any of the sacrifices Seraphina made for her and Dominic's wedding were worth it!
After Seraphina finished freshening up in the bathroom, she quietly sat down for the staff to do her makeup.
Occasionally, laughter could be heard in the room from Seraphina and the staff's jokes.
However, Cecilia couldn't smile.
Fortunately, Seraphina was carefree and didn't notice Cecilia's mood. Even if she did, she would think Cecilia was just too nervous.
It took over three hours for Cecilia and Seraphina to get ready.
Looking at Cecilia's appearance in the full-length mirror, Seraphina couldn't help but ask jealously, "Cecilia, why does this ordinary wedding dress look so different on you? You look so beautiful!"
Cecilia looked at herself in the mirror.
The wedding dress was indeed very ordinary.
It wasn't because she didn't carefully select it in anticipation of this wedding. It was just that Dominic wasn't attentive.
When they went to pick out the wedding dress, there were so many styles, they were both impatient. Dominic impatiently picked out a few for her, and those clothes were exactly the same as the ones Dominic had picked out in her past life.
In her past life, Cecilia had nodded in agreement to please Dominic, even if she didn't like them.
This time, Cecilia didn't care.
Yet in the mirror at this moment, she saw a beautiful and captivating bride.
She was undeniably attractive, with just a little grooming, she would be stunning.
So, in her past life, the media's praise of her had nothing to do with Dominic's so-called "careful preparation"!
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