All Chapters of The Stolen Wedding Dress: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

10 Chapters

Chapter 1

The pure white wedding dress slid off my frame, and the room instantly went icy. Jordan Langford took the dress I had spent three months designing and brought it before Crystal Mahoney. “Didn’t you say your greatest regret was not getting to wear a wedding dress? This is yours now. You can give it back to Valerie after you’ve had your wedding experience.”I stood in place and stared dumbly as my fiance helped another woman into my wedding dress.“What is the meaning of this, Jordan?” I asked him in disbelief.Jordan was too busy helping Crystal into the dress to even look at me once. “Didn’t I just say it? Crystal can’t get married, so I’m just trying to give her the wedding experience.”“I’ll take her to the wedding venue and do a rehearsal. Once that’s done, I’ll come back and get you.”After putting on the dress, Crystal spun in a circle before the mirror. She carefully admired her reflection before shooting me a taunting gaze. “This really is the work of a famous designe

Chapter 2

My comment received combative replies in an instant. Countless clueless netizens started verbally abusing me.Very quickly, I received a call from Jordan. He made no attempt to explain and only gave me a cold “Apologize.”I thought I might have heard him wrong. “What am I apologizing for? What have I done wrong?”Jordan let out a frustrated sigh. “Crystal used to be one of our army medics and helped many of my military friends. It’s only normal for everyone to dislike you when you came in later.“Apologize to Crystal and tell her you didn’t mean to leave that comment. She’s crying very hard right now. She thinks she’s at fault for not defending you.”His words were like icy daggers stabbing into my heart. We fell into silence for a long moment before I spoke up.“Let’s break up, Jordan. I’m not marrying you.”Through the line, I could hear Crystal crying and Jordan consoling her. I could not hear what they said exactly, but Jordan’s tone was very impatient when he next spo

Chapter 3

I went to the washroom to remove my ruined makeup. When I got back to the living room and checked my phone, there was a livestream of Jordan’s wedding. Something must have possessed me to click on the livestream. Crystal was wearing the wedding dress I had designed, walking slowly toward Jordan. Witnessed by the pastor, family, and friends, they promised never to leave each other. It was only then that I understood how meaningless a promise could be. It was something that could just be said, not meant, even if it was said before a pastor or God. Jordan and Crystal exchanged rings, even though the rings were engraved with my name. They cut the wedding cake, even though the cake had my name on it. Crystal threw the wedding bouquet, which was an arrangement I had spent three hours at the florist deciding on. I watched all of this numbly through the livestream, feeling like the wedding I had anticipated for so long was nothing but a joke. It was only until everything wa

Chapter 4

We had a child once. When I was hurt and lying in a pool of my own blood, Jordan had been playing with Crystal. Holding on tightly to consciousness, I called Jordan, but no one picked up. Then, I blacked out. It was only afterward that I found out that Crystal had turned off Jordan’s phone because she was afraid I would interrupt their game. Because I had missed out on the ideal timeframe to get treatment, I lost my baby. When the doctor took the dead baby out of me, I found out that it was a boy. I had lain on the surgery table and cried all I could cry. When the doctor said that I could have kept the baby had I arrived just half an hour earlier, choking despair enveloped me. That day, I was so dejected as I flew back home. My family told me to break up with Jordan, and I really did want to at the time. But he had stayed outside our door all through the icy winter night, begging for my forgiveness, so I had relented. I had wanted to open the door to admit him, bu

Chapter 5

(3rd POV)After the phone call ended, Jordan suddenly felt a strange feeling rise in his chest. He had never anticipated that Valerie would agree so calmly, as if she were completely unaffected, and as if she really did not love Jordan at all. However, he soon dismissed that absurd thought. Jordan was a senior military officer, and that meant to him that no woman would not love him. He thought that Valerie was only playing along to get the upper hand. At that thought, he felt better again, and he got ready to drive home to pick up Valerie.Just as he stepped out of the ballroom, Crystal suddenly stood in his way.The pure white wedding dress had been ruined completely, stained by red wine and covered in cake.Even Jordan frowned when he saw it. He could not help but recall how tired Valerie had looked while designing this dress, her frame made frail under the light of the desk lamp.Crystal chuckled and wound her arm around Jordan’s. “Have you talked things out with Va

Chapter 6

(3rd POV)Crystal’s face went white, but she retorted, dissatisfied, “Why can’t you understand that Valerie doesn’t really care about you if she can disappear on the day of your wedding?”When Crystal’s mother, Claire, heard this, she came forward and asked, “Didn’t you already marry Crystal? How can you marry another woman now?”Jordan was already overwhelmed at that moment. All he wanted was to locate Valerie. However, he had to patiently explain, “I was only giving Crystal a wedding experience. I never intended to marry her for real.”After Claire heard this, her expression instantly shattered. “I thought you had changed your mind and had decided to marry Crystal. I didn’t realize you were just playing around! Now everyone knows about it. How is Crystal supposed to show her face anywhere anymore?“But since you can’t find your real bride, why don’t you just go along with it? You and Crystal can be married for real. Besides, you love each other.”Crystal looked at Jordan ex

Chapter 7

(1st POV)I returned to the home that had once been so familiar to me, memories floating up in my mind. I had gone through the most unforgettable time of my life here. Yet, when faced with this door, I found that I dared not take that step forward. If I returned at this point, would my parents still accept me as their daughter?I had made a mistake. Would they really forgive me?My hand shook on the door handle. Finally, I gathered up my courage and took a deep breath before pushing the door open. The interior was still decorated in a familiar way. Even the family photo hanging on the wall when I left was still in its original place. The glass of the frame was slightly yellowed, but it did not obscure my family’s happy smiles. The sound of cooking came from the kitchen. I walked over tentatively and called out, “Mom.”Mom stiffened violently, and the spatula she held clattered.Mom turned around in disbelief. The instant she saw me, tears started flowing down her face.

Chapter 8

When I turned on my phone the next day, it buzzed nonstop as the notifications flooded my screen. They were nearly all from Jordan. [Where are you, Valerie? The wedding will be starting soon, and no one can find you anywhere.][Can you stop having your tantrum at a time like this? If you don’t show up in half an hour, then we’re not getting married.]In the next half hour, there were no more messages from him. But after that time, he truly started to panic when I still did not appear. He started calling me nonstop. Another half hour later, he must have found the necklace and letter I had left at the villa.It was only then that he realized I was not throwing a tantrum and that I had truly left him. The next messages turned from threatening to pleading. [I’m sorry, Valerie. I was wrong. I’ll book you a huge ballroom now and decorate it exactly the way the other one was.][I’ll have the best seamstresses remake your wedding dress as quickly as possible.][I’m begging you. Pl

Chapter 9

Jordan had made a whole bunch of apologetic confessions, but all it did was make me impatient. “Alright, I got it. You can leave now. You had more than one bride, and you love more than one person. In that case, I’m sorry. I don’t want or need to be someone’s lover if I’m not the only one.”“It’s not like that, Valerie. I only love you…”I did not wait for him to finish speaking to go back inside. I closed the door without any hesitation. I thought that Jordan would give up after seeing how insistent I was. But he tried his old trick to convince me to get back with him again.He stayed outside, saying that he would not leave if I did not forgive him.It seemed like the universe was against him, because it then started to rain. The rain drenched him, but he still seemed adamant about staying. I looked down from the balcony, but I did not have the same feelings as I had the last time this happened. When he did this several years ago, it made me take him back. But it had als

Chapter 10

(1st POV)The issue between Jordan and Crystal only grew bigger. However, some people were not focused on the gossip. Someone from a famous couture company stumbled upon the video and saw the dress Crystal wore. They asked around and found out that I had designed it myself. They offered me a senior designer job at their company. Thus, after resting at home for a time, I went back to being a designer. I could be myself again. Somehow, it turned out that I needed to thank Jordan and Crystal for what they had done. The whole thing had made me more famous, and the company became flooded with orders. I threw myself into this busy new life. Although my daily life was very hectic, I could do what I loved, so every day was filled with purpose. A month later, we launched my new line of designs. As I stood onstage explaining the concept of my designs, countless famous people in the design world watched me in awe. Suddenly, I saw a familiar figure in the crowd. I recognized J

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