As more and more guests used the excuse of "sudden emergencies" to slip away and defect to the White Family's wedding, the mood darkened.
Declan and Nancy's reception wrapped up in a painfully awkward, anti-climactic rush, feeling like a stale meal no one wanted to finish.
Throughout the entire ordeal, Declan kept his expression viciously cold.
If someone didn't know better, they'd assume he was attending a funeral, not his own wedding.
Nancy wasn't doing any better.
It had only been days since her surgery. Her incisions were screaming in pain, yet she forced herself to stand in sky-high heels and a heavy dress to play out this miserable charade.
Several times she almost collapsed, and every time she looked up, she saw nothing but pure, cruel amusement in her new husband's eyes.
It was as if he were silently telling her to just die already, so he could effortlessly wash his hands of this ridiculous marriage.
Nancy wasn't about to give Declan the satisfaction of becoming a widower, so she gritted her teeth and stubbornly held her ground.
In front of the remaining crowd, Barton Grover and Claudia maintained their flawless facade of a loving couple.
Simon Grover actually showed up, doing his sister the grand favor of showing his face for exactly five minutes.
Five minutes later, he claimed he had an urgent lab meeting and bolted.
Luke Grover had long since been tossed into Nancy's permanent Blacklist.
If her parents hadn't stopped her, she would have murdered her idiotic younger brother without a second thought.
While the guests were busy eating, Nancy finally stripped off the suffocating wedding gown in her dressing room to change into something lighter.
Through the door, she caught the faint sound of women gossiping outside.
"Are you serious? The bride's parents next door look younger than she does?"
The other woman sounded absolutely unhinged with excitement. "I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes! I swear, it's not an exaggeration. Her dad looks like a prince straight out of a comic book, and her mom is an unbelievable beauty. And they look insanely young! They can't be a day over twenty."
"Under twenty? Are they even her real parents? Do you think she hired actors just to make herself look good?"

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