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00:09you invited her here tomorrow to this room i did you sent her the key card yes you bad boy
00:25it's nothing i just got tired of hiding it
00:28i wanted you to find out sooner so i wouldn't have to explain it to you after we're married
00:34don't worry you will still be my wife you've been with me for 10 years and you've offended
00:40quite a few powerful figures in the business world if you don't marry me you won't find anyone
00:46else to take over everything will be business as usual tomorrow except the wedding is for you
00:52but the marriage certificate goes to her fine julian you may do whatever you like but you'll regret
01:01i'll make sure of it the next day julian mercer waited for me in the church dressed in his
01:06room's attire i didn't run or hide i walked right up to him on the arm of his greatest enemy
01:11you wanted a wedding here it is the marriage certificate it belongs to him now
01:20here she comes here she comes the bride is finally here
01:28vivian how are you feeling on your wedding day vivian do you have any comments on the wedding
01:31of the century that mr mercer has prepared for you i said nothing and got into the car under
01:36the escort of my bodyguards the wedding was scheduled to take place at saint patrick's
01:40cathedral in the eastern part of the city julian stood on the steps in a mocha colored suit
01:44a smug smile on his face as if everything were under his control he'd called me this morning i'd
01:49that woman all night seven times i need to catch up on sleep to have enough energy for the wedding
01:54so i can't come pick you up from afar i saw even julian's best friend she actually showed up
02:02jewel really knows his stuff staying wild the night before the wedding yet the bride
02:06still comes obediently in her wedding dress what do you call that that's called good training
02:16vivian's been with me for 10 years who else would want her
02:22a little tantrum is normal but in the end she'll still walk up to me and hold out her hand
02:28ethan gave him a thumbs up he was just so sure i'd show up the car door opened and i
02:33stepped out
02:33sunlight fell on the wedding dress refracting into a shower of delicate sparkles a flicker of admiration
02:39flashed in julian's eyes you looks absolutely stunning in a wedding dress he offered a sincere
02:44compliment but before he could touch my hand his attention was drawn away by his vibrating phone
02:50glancing at the contact name on the screen the corners of his mouth curled up involuntarily
02:54he took a couple of steps back to answer it
03:00darling i'm flying abroad this afternoon so i booked our marriage registration for 10 minutes from now
03:06can you swing by the registry office i want to get the certificate before i leave
03:1310 minutes in such a hurry are you sure who was that
03:20it's chloe she's flying overseas this afternoon but she insisted on giving notice before she leaves
03:26she was so sweet and pleading that i couldn't say no
03:31but what about your wedding
03:35why the rush the wedding ceremony will take an hour or two
03:41i'll just pop over to the registry office first it'll only take 10 minutes you know chloe's
03:46temperament if i don't persecate her she'll really start crying at the airport
03:53come on snap picture for me a keepsake
04:02all right that's it for today i have to go now or i'll miss my appointment
04:08julian
04:11this wedding is what you promised me a decade ago
04:15i've waited for it for 10 whole years you really don't give a damn do you
04:24if you leave today i'll find a new groom for this wedding
04:31find a new groom where are you gonna find one do you really think life is a tv drama
04:37who in all of oakwood city doesn't know you're mine of course if you're really capable of finding
04:45someone who dares to marry you i wouldn't mind giving you my blessing jewel are you really leaving
04:50you guys hold the fort for now it's not like i'm not coming back
04:54that little bird is too hard to handle don't want to make things difficult for myself
05:01i stood where i was the hem of my wedding dress billowing in the wind
05:05the photographer beside me held his camera standing there awkwardly no one spoke
05:10i looked down at the empty ring finger on my left hand and slowly curved my lips into a smile
05:17julian mercer go ahead go get your marriage certificate as for this multi-million dollar
05:23wedding of the century i'll gladly take it i lifted the hem of my dress and walked into the church
05:28the guests were seated the officiant was in place and the wedding march was playing everything was
05:33perfect except the groom wasn't there ethan caught up to me forcing a smile
05:39viv julie has an urgent mat to attend to he'll be back in a flash you just sit tight for
05:44a bit with
05:44a few words back and forth he spun the groom has run off situation into something as simple as popping
05:49out to pick up a package i glanced at the clock directly in front of the church 10 40 a
05:54.m okay i'll
05:55wait for him ethan visibly let out a sigh of relief and immediately called for someone to bring me tea
06:00and
06:00water i'll wait but who i'm waiting for that's none of your business
06:10i looked around my gaze lingering on every detail the cascade of white roses by the floor to ceiling
06:15windows the crystal bead curtains hanging from the dome julian mercer is the kind of person who takes
06:20everything to the extreme it was like that when he was pursuing me and it's the same with this wedding
06:25yet even his cheating is carried out with the same extreme dedication there's no room for compromise
06:30no room for explanation and for me acceptance is the only option all because i did love him and
06:37because of him i almost severed ties with my parents in the past i always turned a blind eye to
06:41his
06:42fickleness sitting by the widow at night deceiving myself that he would still come back to me he would
06:47always say whatever happened it was all just an act for work on the other hand you know i'll never
06:52betray
06:53you you are my only true love he was a liar now he didn't even care to pretend in the
06:59dressing room
06:59my best friend sloan who had come all the way from marseilles just to be my maid of honor can
07:04you
07:04believe it mercer this son of bitch has he completely lost the moat did he bang his head or what
07:11i thought he was just talking even if he was serious did it have to be on this day i
07:18didn't say
07:18anything just kept scrolling through my phone on my instagram chloe had just posted a new story
07:26someone said they'd only stay for 10 minutes but she just couldn't bring himself to leave
07:30chloe who are you trying to drive crazy whoever's waiting in a wedding dress and gets stood up that's
07:36who viv honey just give up waiting look at this what kind of person is he you rushed back from
07:42france
07:43right after graduation just for him do you have any idea how angry your parents were back then
07:49back then julian mercer wasn't worth a damn yet you dared to bet 10 years with your parents now you've
07:54lost everything if it weren't for you working day and night all these years drawing up proposals
08:00securing investments and secretly using your status as the ship magnets daughter to get his project off
08:05the ground would he have achieved anything today and now he's gone and started getting cozy with the
08:09investor's daughter i really didn't see it coming he's such a phony pretending until the night before
08:14the wedding when you finally found out he checked into a hotel with someone else viv honey don't wait
08:19any longer it's time you lived for yourself annie thank you for coming today as for my parents once
08:26the wedding is over i'll go back and admit defeat i calmed my best friend down and calmed myself down
08:33too
08:33then i walked to the balcony at the end of the hallway to get some fresh air just as i
08:38was about to push
08:38the door open i heard the voices of several men coming from inside the groomsmen were hiding out
08:43here to smoke seriously jul isn't coming back he said chloe's clinging to him and he can't get away
08:49so he told us to stall for now with vivian's temper how long do you think she'll put up with
08:54this
08:57jules has no time for that right now that coquette chloe's got him wrapped around her finger he's
09:02completely smitten jule you finally picked up your wife's waiting for you it wouldn't be right for
09:10you not to come back would you can't you see i'm busy i didn't look at him or say a
09:18word to be honest
09:19until yesterday i hadn't wanted to believe he developed a taste for the new and a distaste for
09:24the old chloe goldsmith is the only child of an investor fresh out of college ever since they met at
09:30the victory banquet there's been something off about the way he looks at her i couldn't believe
09:34that we who had weathered so much hardship and were finally about to start a family would be
09:39defeated by a girl fresh out of college but he stopped hiding it even going so far as to let
09:43me
09:43catch him on purpose then he packaged his betrayal as a gift a man as exceptional as me how could
09:50i
09:50possibly have just one woman but my heart belongs to you no one but you can take the seat of
09:57mrs mercer
09:58he kept up the act until the day before the wedding when he finally tore off the last layer of
10:02his
10:02disguise in the cruelest way possible he made me see and hear with my own eyes and ears exactly what
10:08i meant to him he kept up the act until i had no way out viv take it slow when
10:12you walk down the aisle
10:13later we'll be right behind you to back you up right right julie said he'll be over as soon as
10:18he's done
10:18with his work you just go through the motions for now they thought i was just going through the
10:22motions at the wedding they thought i'd walk down the aisle alone in my wedding dress stand before the
10:27priest and wait for a groom who might never show up then i'd smile and say i do facing the
10:32empty
10:32groom seat that was the script julian had written for me the groomsmen stood on either side of me
10:38their faces still wearing those everything's under control smiles the church door slowly swung open
10:45and a figure stood in the backlight then everyone's smiles froze
10:49a burst of dazzling flashes of light appeared and almost all the well-known media outlets swarmed in like a
10:58tide suddenly bright red rose petals rained down from the dung landing on the young man in the
11:03center of the cathedral who exuded an indescribable air of nobility his velvet suit shimmered under the
11:08flashing lights and his golden curls cascaded down his ivory park profile like grapevines
11:13making him as handsome as apollo the god of light are you really leaving you promised to spend the day
11:21with me i only agreed to postpone the marriage registration because of you and now you're leaving
11:28i have to go she only gave me three minutes if i don't get there soon you know how she
11:33gets
11:34what does she get isn't she the most sensible one she may be sensible but today is different
11:41it's the wedding of the century i promised her then why did you come here you insisted
11:50be good wait for me to come back tonight
11:56so when are we gonna give notice we'll see julian gave a non-committal reply and picked up his phone
12:03from the nightstand the screen lit up and whatsapp messages flooded in they were all mentions from the
12:08guys group chat with voice messages coming one after another the last one was a video sent by ethan
12:14he frowned and tapped it open his eyes widened suddenly
12:21what's wrong and was startled by the look on his face julian's hand holding the phone trembled
12:26slightly in the video a woman wore a wedding dress and smiled the scene shifted to a man with a
12:31groom's
12:31corsage pin to his chest the scene was so harmonious it looked like their own wedding but it was he
12:36who had
12:36chosen the wedding dress ordered the white roses and planned the wedding how could this be vivian had
12:42been by his side for 10 years what man wouldn't care not to mention that this man was louis de
12:47villiers
12:48vivian's greatest nemesis from the very first day of starting their business he had inexplicably
12:53targeted her at every turn eager to trample her into the mud louis de villiers was the eldest grandson
12:58of the villiers family the most renowned old money in europe the family's business empire spanned real
13:03estate shipping and media even at the height of the mercer family's power they had to show him
13:08respect would such a golden boy ever set his sights on vivian it wasn't that he looked down on vivian
13:13it was simply that monsieur de villiers social circle had always consisted of well-bred young
13:17ladies from distinguished families vivian may be capable and beautiful but her background is ordinary
13:22her father was nothing more than a small-time businessman in macau there was no way louis de villiers
13:27would lower himself to marry a woman of such humble origins besides he knew better than anyone just
13:32how much vivian loved him back when the mercer family went bankrupt he became a pariah in oakwood
13:39city a fallen dog everyone wanted to kick creditors would block his door and splash paint on his house
13:44every day and no one dared to help him he was completely broken spending his days drowning his
13:49sorrows in bars it was vivian who braving the pressure took out all her savings knelt before him
13:55you still have me for the sake of his project she traveled alone to 12 cities refusing to stop even
14:02when she was so exhausted she had to be hospitalized after finally seeing the light at the end of
14:06the tunnel and looking forward to this wedding of the century how could she possibly turn around
14:10and marry someone else julian composed himself and dialed ethan's number the phone rang for a
14:15long time before someone picked up it was incredibly noisy on the other end why was that man allowed
14:22into the wedding venue my wedding to vivian don't you know he's the one vivian hates most
14:31the villa base family is so powerful and influential they might not even show up if invited
14:35how was i supposed to know vivian has been with me for 10 years who in the city doesn't know
14:41that
14:42louis de villiers may be shameless but the villiers family still has some dignity julie
14:52you just take a look at the second video i sent you
14:59the velvet carpet stretched on and on a river of white roses flowing from beneath our feet all the
15:04way to the altar actually i'm not greedy i don't care about the wedding ceremony
15:11just sign the papier aren't you french supposed to be uninterested in marriage well
15:16maybe i am a freak or something a music band 300 guests a michelin three-star wedding banquet
15:22it's free so why not take advantage of it as for you monsieur de villiers
15:33right after we got the marriage certificate you had the car parked in the alley behind the cathedral
15:38with your custom tailored suit ready for you to change into inside you said it doesn't matter whether
15:43we have the wedding or not just once like a pebble hitting the surface of a lake the ripples hadn't
15:49even spread before the water returned to stillness but i knew i'd hit a nerve a spark of admiration for
15:54a
15:55worthy opponent flickered in his eyes vivian a free wedding i'll play along
16:07but those words you just spoke that'll accrue interest
16:11i looked up at him he said nothing more took my hand and turned toward the altar we took our
16:18first
16:18step on either side of the velvet carpet the guests gazes surged toward us like a tide some were
16:24whispering to one another others were secretly taking photos the groomsmen looked as if they'd
16:28swallowed a whole egg louis de villiers walked at a steady pace the pressure of his palm against
16:33mine was neither too tight nor too loose the second step the third step white roses trembled slightly at
16:40our feet i turned my head to look at him but he didn't turn his only the curve of his
16:45lips lifted ever
16:46so slightly that expression clearly said you can't get away down below the groom's side of the family had
16:52erupted into chaos several uncles and elders were ashen faced whispering to one another what a
16:58disgrace over at the groomsmen's round things were even more chaotic they tried to rush up to the altar
17:03but were firmly held back they reached for their phones to send a warning only to discover no signals
17:08on the screens finally it dawned on them this wedding had never been a situation they could control from
17:15the very beginning the priest's white robe came into view he opened the bible and cleared his throat
17:21mrs vivian hair do you take
17:26she does not julian's voice heavy with breath and anger vivian get down here this instant
17:34ethan looked as though he'd seen a savior and immediately ran over he took a breath julie vive
17:39she walked down the aisle arm in arm with louis de villiers i couldn't stop her thank goodness you
17:44made it over finally that video had been secretly filmed by ethan in the footage the aisle stretched
17:51on and on i walked step by step toward louis de villiers then willingly took his hand julian knew
17:57better than anyone i hated louis de villiers even more than he did even the way i looked at louis
18:02de villiers
18:04julian had never seen me look at another man like that in his entire life the priest holding the bible
18:10felt uneasy on the stage with inquisitive eyes staring at me without turning back do continue
18:18my voice wasn't loud but it made julian's face turn ashen in an instant louis's lips curved
18:26oh vivian have you completely lost your head his eyes were filled with nothing but anger and disbelief
18:33what kind of act are you putting on
18:38you've been with me for 10 years i've seen you through do you even know who this man is
18:44what kind of heiresses doesn't he have at his side why would he ever take a liking to you you're
18:49standing on stage right now arm in arm with louis de villiers are you trying to make me jealous
18:54or do you want the whole city to laugh at you don't let yourself be toyed with and still think
18:59you've won
19:01come down now and i'll pretend today never happened i'll throw another wedding you'll still be mrs mercer
19:07after saying that he lifted his chin slightly waiting for me to run down in tears and throw
19:11myself into his arms i looked at this man i had loved for 10 years endured for 10 years and
19:16humbled
19:17myself before to the dust yet never earned a shred of respect from then i smiled it was a light
19:23airy
19:23smile the kind that comes when you finally figured something out i turned my head toward louis
19:28de villiers i stood on tiptoe wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled his head down
19:33then kissed him the moment my lips touched his i felt his body stiffen ever so slightly
19:38just for an instant then his hand slid from my sides clasping my waist and pulling me tightly into
19:44his embrace like a beast that had been waiting far too long finally having its prey come to it
19:49no more restraint no more calculation just a fierce kiss in return as if he were trying to swallow
19:55every last breath from me a collective gasp echoed through the church the elderly awkwardly covered
20:00their eyes the young ones were left speechless
20:11i ignored him louis de villiers was the first to let go of me his breathing was still heavy his
20:17thumb
20:17brushed the corner of my mouth his voice hoarse beyond belief you made the first move
20:23light finally shone in those dark brooding eyes his dark eyes burned with raw possession this time
20:29i won't let you get away he turned his head escort mr mercer out command to the bodyguards behind him
20:35for well-trained bodyguards and black moved silently toward julian before he could even swallow and digest
20:40my betrayal his arms were grabbed his eyes instantly reddened and his voice cracked louis de villette this is
20:47my wedding my place and my woman who gives you the right to steal my wedding and my wife don't
20:53forget
20:53that hundred billion dollar project in macau your villier family had eyes on it for three years but
20:58whose hands did the final approval end up in besides are you monsieur de villiers really that undiscarning
21:10a woman who's been with me for 10 years i'm sick of her yet you treat her like a treasure
21:14and parade
21:15her up on stage would you like to be a kukwold how to say it in french on koku monsieur
21:20the villas
21:21you'd prefer to be a kou he was about to say more but the bodyguards dragged him out
21:26louis de villiers lowered his head and looked into my eyes the things he said
21:32i don't care i interrupted him the corners of his mouth curved slightly revealing a vague
21:37indescribable tenderness i clenched my hands and turned to face the priest continue over there the
21:43voice of julian had shifted from a roar to a choked sob no viv stop now i'm back i kicked
21:50chloe out
21:51she is out do you hear me this wedding is the wedding of the century i promised you it's for
21:57you and it's for me too for the first time in my life i do want to marry someone the
22:03voice grew
22:04fainter and fainter until it faded away completely the priest declared i now declare you husband and
22:12wife louis de villiers pulled a ring from his suit pocket it was clearly a ring he'd been preparing
22:17for a long time he lifted my hand and gently slid it over my finger there i let you slip
22:23away in
22:23college later i forced my dad to go to your family's house to curry favor with your father urging your
22:28parents to set the wedding date i'm soon impossible but you ran away again you can't get away this time
22:33i let out a laugh my parents made a 10 year bet with me if 10 years later i could
22:39return with julian
22:40and stand before them with my head held high they would accept him as their son-in-law if i
22:44lost the
22:44bet i'd go back and marry someone else louis de villiers was in their words the punishment for my
22:50accepting the consequences of my bet all these years i've worked tirelessly to prove myself for
22:55business projects i'm often away on business trips spending little time with julian ironically i've
23:02run into louis de villiers my arch rival at major projects investment conferences and negotiation
23:07tables more often than i've seen my own boyfriend yet the professional facade we maintained has always
23:13been vague those clashes tests and head-to-head confrontations have left only a vague outline in
23:18my memory a man who always stood on the opposite side a tough nut to crack until this very moment
23:23i looked down at the ring on my ring finger a few fragmented memories suddenly flashed through my
23:29mind back in college i loved design i secretly sketched one sketchbook after another filled with
23:35jewelry designs but my father said that studying management and taking over the family business
23:39was the right path and that design was nothing more than wasting time that day he came to school
23:44to see me and accidentally stumbled upon my sketchbook furious he crumpled the paper into a
23:49ball and threw it into the trash can right in front of me what's the point of drawing this stuff
23:53that
23:54design sketch has now become the ring on my ring finger it turns out that while everyone else was
23:58telling me to give up on my dreams someone picked them up for me kept them hidden for 10 years
24:03waiting
24:04for this day to put them back on my finger my eyes were stunned for a moment i took a
24:09deep breath
24:09and accepted another ring from sloan's hand gently i slipped it onto his ring finger as the ring slid
24:15into place he curved his finger slightly hooking my fingertip applause erupted all around us i looked up
24:21wanting to see his expression the gate of the cathedral swung open once more
24:27two uniformed police officers walked in followed by julian it's him julian raised his hand and pointed
24:33directly at louis de villiers who was holding my hand at the altar this man has trespassed onto my
24:38wedding venue snatched my bride caused a disturbance and disrupted a lawful wedding please take him
24:43away immediately this wedding was organized by me julian the flowers the venue the banquet the
24:51invitations every single penny came out of my own pocket every prominent figure in this city can vouch
24:58for that mr mercer is what you've said true the room fell deathly silent not even the mercer family
25:04dared to step forward and speak on julian's behalf at this critical moment finally i stepped forward
25:09and spoke up officer this wedding is mine and my husband's there's no problem then who is your husband
25:16i turned my head to look at the man standing beside me who had been holding my hand the entire
25:21time
25:22calm and silent i heard my voice steady and firm it's him louis de villiers julian's body stiffened
25:28suddenly as if he'd been punched in the chest that shock wasn't anger nor was it sadness it was
25:34a bewildered disbelief he probably never imagined that one day i the woman who could only be with him
25:39would stand beside someone else to utter another man's name with such certainty i turned my head
25:45and nodded at sloan she got me instantly and then took a folder from my bag and handed it to
25:50the police
25:50officer here is the wedding venue lease agreement the receipt for flower purchases and the banquet service
25:56contract i am the signatory on all these documents mr mercer merely helped with the setup this wedding
26:02from start to inge was arranged entirely by me for myself
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