Chapter 11 - Wedding day part 3

Ashley POV

“I now pronounce you husband and wife,” The woman marrying us says, and I feel a knot in my throat. I always thought the day I would hear those words would be the happiest day of my life. But Oh boy, how wrong I was. I never thought I would hate this day so much. I would hate my husband. Tobias wraps his arms around my waist, and I keep my arms to my side, not hugging him back. I need him to feel how disappointed I am, how I don’t want this.

Tobias’s lips are pressed against mine. I keep my eyes open while he closes his, and his hands pull me closer to him. I stop myself from crying. I can’t cry anymore. “Can you see him? He is here witnessing you getting married to me, and he is not going to be able to stop us”, Tobias says. I look at the end of the room, and that’s when I see him. Killian, right at the back against the wall. His eyes are glued to me. I lick my lips as I see a man standing behind him, holding onto his arm and stopping him as he tries to take one step clos