Xu Jiayue sat on the sofa, staring blankly at the clock hands as they went round and round.
Her mind was in turmoil, torn between emotion and reason, and she was increasingly unsure whether she should trust Pei Yang.
Actually, she had been feeling uneasy ever since she accepted his proposal, and now it was just that this unease had finally come to an end.
This is completely different from the calm and collected feeling she had when she agreed to marry Han Shizhao. Perhaps this is the difference between having feelings and not having feelings, or perhaps she is now suffering from pre-wedding jitters.
It was already 1:30, and even if she started changing into her wedding dress and getting her makeup done now, there wouldn't be enough time.
The Holy Church is at least half an hour away from here. It's over between her and him, truly and completely over.
Xu Jiayue withdrew her gaze, slumped back on the sofa, and closed her eyes.
The feeling of ending it all wasn't relief, but rather the agonizing pain of being tightened in a fishing net.
She shouldn't think about it anymore, she can't think about it anymore.
After a while, she opened her eyes, not wanting to let her mind wander any further, and picked up the remote to turn on the TV.
Unexpectedly, when I switched to the local channel, it turned out to be a live broadcast of her wedding with Pei Yang!
Has Pei Yang gone mad?! She already said she wouldn't go, and not only did he not go to manage the media relations, he actually went and did a live broadcast! There were only twenty minutes left. If she didn't go, wouldn't this live broadcast be telling the whole of Yihai City that he was dumped by his bride on his wedding day?!
He's putting her in a difficult position! If she doesn't go, he'll become the laughingstock of the whole city!
"Damn it!" Xu Jiayue was so angry that she couldn't help but smash the TV with the remote control.
It hit his face perfectly, the one that appeared on the TV screen, and the next shot switched to the elders of the Pei family.
The TV presenter said that in fifteen minutes, everyone would be able to see the bride that everyone had been waiting for.
She abruptly stood up and unplugged all the TVs, wanting to avoid seeing them altogether.
Just then, the doorbell rang again, and the bride's assistant's voice came from outside: "Ms. Xu, are you alright inside?"
Xu Jiayue did not respond and paced around the room.
As the seconds ticked by, she strode to the entryway and opened the door.
The wedding dress on the model came into view; the layers of the dress were covered with diamonds, sparkling like a sky full of stars.
The reality is a thousand times more beautiful than it appears in the manuscript.
Pei Yang commissioned this wedding dress in the middle of last year. He didn't consider whether she would agree to marry him at all, and just asked an Italian wedding dress master to make it.
"Come in and help me change," Xu Jiayue said, opening the door and turning to go inside.
Two bridal assistants and a makeup artist immediately went in to help her change into her wedding dress and style her hair.
By the time she finished all that, it was already four o'clock, well past the auspicious time. She went downstairs and got into her car.
At this point, there was already quite a bit of discussion going on at the wedding banquet.
"Pei Yang, Xiao Yan said the bride isn't in the dressing room at all! What's going on?!" Old Master Pei, leaning on his cane, slammed his fist on the ground in a stern and angry gesture.
"She was held up by something," Pei Yang explained calmly, but his heart was far from calm. With every second that passed, he felt like he was losing her little by little.
"What could be more important than a wedding!" Old Master Pei said with a stern face, "Whether she comes or not, the wedding must proceed as planned. I'll give you another half hour. If she doesn't come, then let Xiao Yan take her place. Do you understand what I mean?"
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