d happened in the past few days, Christine felt

k trails were neatly paved, and various signs and benches were placed neatly along the course. She welcomed the soft and warm rays of t

e always so short because the

the Helian family's power and influence. While she was resting on a bench, feeling the cool breeze on her face, sever

t to be just a dream. Christine had no way of escaping from the bunch of men surrounding her. All a

at in between two able-bodied men like an escaped

ng she did to escape seemed like a joke; it was as if she was purposefully lead to believe tha

ught it would be. It only had a huge "Wesley" inscribed across in gold. Not only did the clean and minimalist design m

f her trip was part of th

for the wedding were

saw her wedding dress at the back of the cabin, neatly propped up as if mocking her futile esc

rror in front of her. She was looking at a young woman with a clear and fair complexion, her lips as red as cherries, and

inking to themselves that Wesley must be lucky i

inning from ear to ear as Christine slowly twirled in place; this was indeed

d minutes later, she found herself standing by the entrance just in t

s still confused. Why was Wesley doing

ecret in S City that

like Christine and despised marrying her. But oddly e

ng as to what the shrewd Wesley was thinking about. She assumed it might be t

Wesley took pains just to bri

r and other people might just brush it off as a

ot share everyon

ed hard for his incompetence. It was only because he feared this young m

r the consequences. Nathan knew what the consequences would be, so every second before Christine showed up fe

, on time. Nathan's expression finally relaxe

is eyes, Christine was the root of all th

the wedding ceremony commenced. The

ed that his grandson listened t

the room did not sh

olors. It reminded her of the nightmare she had before, but the devil was real and staring at h

elegantly glide across the hall. These eyes had no love for her and she felt sm

the groom. Nathan handed Christine's

and it looked like Christine

riously in front of the altar lo

wanted to be the woman standing beside him, even tho

meone else owned his heart becaus

was a perfect being, almost godlike.

del-like figure, and extreme we

did not matter in

ch, and he was indeed an e

ng inside him. Moreover, she had Barrett in her heart, who was bet

hey could not change the fact that Chri

ept the fate that these ot

he could get her back so easily, he must have some means to imprison her effortlessl

, but her eyes grew dull and lifeless as sh

d as he noticed the woman beside him

Cooperating with me is what you should do. Don't challenge my

sley leaned over to Christine. They thought this was a swe

per sweet nothings in front of so many people as if no one was around.

ke a death sentence, warning her not to atte

stine. Since Wesley did not want to marry her, w

between her and Barrett? She only cared about

ed the thought of living with this awful perso

unresponsive, Wesley nudged her su

rid of Nathan's control, only to be manipulated by another man more

with than Nathan. Seeing how destructive he could be when angere

still wanted to strug

If she denied this union, and the Helian family lo

family's reputation and how much he cared about his ow

things worse if she