Arranged Marriage To The Billionaire Heir

ecklace around my neck. Her hands were steady and pr

, clapping her hands in delight. "You look absol

y face. I hated the dress. It was too frilly, too lacy and far too much for my taste. Bu

I didn't

diculous."

ramatic. You look beauti

roaned, tugging at the necklin

rs brushed the edge of my veil.

ted. "How do you expect me not to? I'm about to marry a m

voice stayed firm. "It's

I snapped. "For Dad

le

him do this to me. You're standing by whil

falling to the floor. "Y

d, voice cracking. "You'r

he whispered. "

had tried harder I wouldn't be here. Maybe Eleanor wouldn't have run away in the first plac

s enough of an

t and a blonde woman peeked in. "It

ight. She turned back to me, smoothing the veil over

urning. "If I say no wi

ht-lipped smile, handed me a bouquet a

nd I followed her out. My heart thudded against my ribs as I stepped into the hallway. The air was

ted everything about this: the dress, the venue, the rushed planning. It was all thrown

t her gaze forward, her posture perfect but I could fee

n away too. But instead, I found myself walking through those stained gla

on one person. My

en heard his voice either. From what my mum had told me, though I'd barely been listening, he hadn't even been in the town unt

There wasn't a single familiar face in the crowd. Not even Kaylor, my best friend, who was off to Greece for a tr

s here, at my

and wavy brown hair. He was really handsome and I didn't hide the fact that I was checking him out. And from the way h

but it felt hollow. Nathaniel looked bored and I couldn't even

to seal it with a kiss. Nathaniel raised an eyebrow and I blushed. He stepped fo

at, I was marrie

e aisle together. I glanced to the side and saw my dad, ar

e dressing room. I don't know why, but a part of me had really believed we could have a hear

he ha

oticed. Outside, Nathaniel and I were met with a flood of smiling fac

n the air and everyone's happy spirits, I doubted