Colin took his daughter to the altar, where the groom showed no signs of stepping forward and taking the bride’s hand. Colin left Grace at the altar and returned to his place next to his wife, while Grace walked ahead and stood facing the groom, expecting him to look at her and admire how beautiful she looked. But the groom didn’t even show any interest as she stood facing him, waiting for the ceremony to go on.
Grace looked around the wedding hall, but there was no sign of Natalie. She scoffed inwardly. ’Seems like all that brave act of hers was fake. In the end, she is still hurt and embarrassed to see her husband marrying another woman.’
The marriage officiant recited the wedding vows as entire hall was silent with only mild music playing in the back ground. All the guests focussed on the bride and groom, witnessing them taking the vows.
"Mr. Aiden Riverdale, are you willing to take Ms. Grace Hartz as your lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and cherish until death do you part?"
"I do," the groom said.
"Ms. Grace Hartz, are you willing to take Mr. Aiden Riverdale as your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and cherish until death do you part?"
"I do," Grace said happily.
She was worried that he would back down from this wedding, but it was surprising he didn’t—and now he was hers. Her husband.
It was time to exchange rings. Grace was happy to see he didn’t have the previous ring on his finger—the one Natalie had given him. ’Finally, he gave up on her for a wife like me. He threw away that cheap ring.’
The groom put the ring on her finger. When it was time for her to put the ring on him, it was lose.
"Tsk! Some things are just not meant to be," Grace heard him say as he removed that ring and put it in his forefinger.
’That damn Natalie,’ Grace cursed inwardly. ’I thought she would trick me into getting small size to stop me from me putting in Aiden’s fingers so I made one size bigger ring. That damn woman in fact told me the right size?’
Not willing to be surpassed by him and Natalie, Grace looked at him and said in a low and mocking voice, "I can just get you another ring, but you can’t forget you have just taken the vows. You have no place to regret."
"Let’s see who’s gonna regret it," he countered, offering her a mocking gaze.
The guests didn’t know what was going on between these two while they clapped loudly at the exchange of rings.
"You may kiss the bride," the marriage officiant announced.
Grace looked at him. He held her hand, and pecked the back of it for the show, but his lips didn’t clearly touch the skin, and then he stepped back.
Grace was angry, but she had to keep her calm.
The emcee teased, "Seems like our groom is the reserved and traditional kind. Never mind, they can have their moments in private."
The guests laughed while the marriage officiant announced them as husband and wife.
Grace smirked as she looked around at the guests. ’I wish that bitch Natalie was here to see this. It would have been fun to mock her to her face. Her husband was legally mine and I own half of what he owns. I am a mistress of Riverdale family now.’
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