Chapter 1068:
“I’ve attended countless weddings, but I’ve never encountered such a situation. Will this wedding even take place?”
“Years ago, Lauretta broke off the engagement with Dominic. Could history be repeating itself?”
“Who can say? Is Dominic truly set on marrying Lauretta? He was turned down once already, and yet here he is, still going for her.”
“When that engagement was called off, Dominic became the laughingstock of Lorbridge. If this wedding collapses too, no matter how close the Gomez and Norris families are, there’ll be bad blood.”
“I just can’t understand Lauretta. Dominic has everything—looks, status, power—yet she doesn’t value him. Doesn’t she realize how many young women dream of marrying him?”
Christina tried to blend into the background, but even from her corner, she couldn’t escape the flood of gossip about Lauretta and Dominic.
To anyone looking in, Lauretta and Dominic seemed like a flawless pair—handsome, accomplished, perfectly matched.
Yet relationships were never so simple; even those living them could hardly untangle the knots, let alone outsiders.
Before, Lauretta had never cared for Dominic, and she probably hadn’t imagined that as her son grew older, her own heart would begin to shift. But it was already too late—Dominic’s heart belonged elsewhere.
Christina couldn’t quite fathom why Dominic, a man whose heart was claimed by someone else, would still agree to marry a woman he didn’t love just to placate his family—but it wasn’t her place to judge. Wherever Lauretta’s and Dominic’s path led, it was theirs alone to walk, and no one else had the right to interfere.
Time dragged on, and at last, two full hours slipped by.
Many of the guests were already restless, their patience worn thin. They kept glancing toward the entrance, silently questioning when the bride and groom would finally appear. If it hadn’t been Dominic and Lauretta’s wedding, some of them would have left long ago. But with families as powerful as theirs, no one dared to walk away. Offending either side would be like grabbing a tiger by the tail—it would guarantee endless trouble later.
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The guests murmured in low voices, trapped in their restlessness yet unwilling to leave.
“Two hours gone already. Why haven’t the bride and groom shown up yet?”
“Not sure. Maybe something’s holding them back.”
“Neither the Norris family nor the Gomez family is here… Something serious must’ve happened.”
Christina, on the other hand, remained composed, occasionally lowering her gaze to her phone. She read Dylan’s messages, both resigned and amused.
“Chrissie, when are you coming back?”
“Chrissie, I miss you.”
“Chrissie, you’ve been gone forever.”
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