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Chapter 175: The Wedding (Part 28)

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Ava

~~~

Something is wrong.

I can tell from the anger Leonel is radiating: all other emotion has drained out of him, and this is the Leonel I knew before I knew him at all, before I loved him.

He looks from face to face, and whatever I’ve noticed is off about him, the guests seem to have caught on as well.

They’ve gone from vultures trying to get as much information from him as they can to weak and fearful.

Everyone Leonel has laid eyes on has cowered away.

“Leone—” I start, but he looks at me with crushing annoyance.

I step back, shocked. It’s not real. There’s no way in hell it’s real. He’s annoyed with me?

“The truth,” he says sarcastically, his grey eyes still on me. I don’t like the way the words leave his lips, nor do I like the cruel smile that finds its way to him.

He turns from me and looks back at his crowd of fearfully quiet guests. “Since I met Ava, you all act like you’re desperate for some hidden truth. It’s been scandal after scandal after scandal, and I just can’t tak
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  • These Reckless Vows: The Billionaire's Bride   Chapter 177: The Wedding (Part 30)

    Ava~~~~I didn’t think things would get worse when Genevieve left the wedding, but as life always reminds me, everything gets worse when you’re Ava Jade Allard.I look to my left to face a camera that has been pointed at me since all the drama started, and for the first time, I actually really look at myself:Red hair in a bun, soft makeup still done, my dress with a sweetheart neckline that is skin-tight down to my waist, then it flares into a ballgown.I would think I looked the best I ever have if not for how white my face is with fear.“Murderer,” I hear Madison say, or at least I think she does.Shocked, I spin to her, and sure enough, the meekness on her face has morphed into anger, into hatred.Into revenge.She’s glaring at Leonel, who is still heartbreakingly stoic. But he doesn’t shake at her accusation, only cocks his eyebrow.Madison moves closer to him, saying darkly, “I’m glad we broke up. Whatever the history between us is, I would never allow my child be raised by a k

  • These Reckless Vows: The Billionaire's Bride   Chapter 176: The Wedding (Part 29)

    Ava ~~~ The entire wedding is in an uproar. For the first time in my life, I watch a mic get shoved in Genevieve’s face, and she pushes it away aggressively. I’m sure she probably thinks if she avoids it enough she’ll escape the press, but she has to know there’s no way will happen. Madison, on the other hand, has no interest in not being on TV. She just wants to be there with her name cleared. “You must have started drugs.” She says softly to Leonel, her hand to her chest in fake worry, “It’s the-the-the only way you could ever come up with such a story.” Leonel smiles at her again, the same cruel, detached smile he began when he started “telling the truth”. My chest lurches each time I see it, because in a way it reminds me of the sickness in Jaxon. “Then why are you stuttering Madi?” He whispers, loud enough for everyone to hear, “Are you scared I’m going to ask you to do a paternity test?” “No!” She yells quickly, pulling Rafael closer to her chest. The guests d

  • These Reckless Vows: The Billionaire's Bride   Chapter 175: The Wedding (Part 28)

    Ava~~~Something is wrong.I can tell from the anger Leonel is radiating: all other emotion has drained out of him, and this is the Leonel I knew before I knew him at all, before I loved him.He looks from face to face, and whatever I’ve noticed is off about him, the guests seem to have caught on as well.They’ve gone from vultures trying to get as much information from him as they can to weak and fearful. Everyone Leonel has laid eyes on has cowered away.“Leone—” I start, but he looks at me with crushing annoyance.I step back, shocked. It’s not real. There’s no way in hell it’s real. He’s annoyed with me?“The truth,” he says sarcastically, his grey eyes still on me. I don’t like the way the words leave his lips, nor do I like the cruel smile that finds its way to him.He turns from me and looks back at his crowd of fearfully quiet guests. “Since I met Ava, you all act like you’re desperate for some hidden truth. It’s been scandal after scandal after scandal, and I just can’t tak

  • These Reckless Vows: The Billionaire's Bride   Chapter 174: The Wedding (Part 27)

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  • These Reckless Vows: The Billionaire's Bride   Chapter 173: The Wedding (Part 26)

    Leonel ~~~ Fuck. Everything. I’m still holding Ava; the priest is still ready to continue the ceremony; all the guests are still seated, but everything is different with the presence of one man. Jaxon Pierce. Ava looks like she’s staring at a ghost, and Jaxon is more than happy to indulge her panic. He smiles, his teeth now yellowed after being trapped for so long, and my brain is scrambling for an answer to this problem. That fucking Nicco set Jaxon free. And from the state of Jaxon’s tattered clothes and sweaty smell, I can tell he was set free today. “Nicco.” Ava whispers to herself, “He warned me, he told me something was coming….” I snap my head towards her, “You saw him at this wedding?” She looks at me mournfully, like she already thinks we’ve lost, “I saw him just before I came here, that’s who I was with.” Oh God. “I hate to break up the murmuring, Sinclairs.” Jaxon says as if he absolutely loves to do it, “But you have a room of 1000 guests and a f

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    Ava ~~~ Some seconds change your life. Some of them are good. Some of them are bad. And some of them are in the in-between. Wearing this gown on a chilly New York night while holding the most dazzling bouquet of pink roses as I see Leonel. That is plastered in the in-between. In-between longing and fear. Hatred and love. Wanting him and fearing what that means. My hands shake so hard I worry some of the petals on the roses will start falling off, but I’m sure Leonel has a florist who can make roses last forever if she wants them to. Leonel. In his dark pressed suit with a small pink handkerchief sticking out of his pocket, arms folded in front of him while he stares at me, looking so stoic nothing gives away how he’s feeling. Nothing but the glimmer in his grey eyes. The wedding march starts and I jump. Luckily for me, no one notices. There are too many eyes on me, and I must seem like an ant to many of the guests until I walk past. All that’s left for me to do n

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