Angered from her thoughts, Charlotte swept everything on the table off hysterically. Even the computer was thrashed onto the floor.
"Charlotte, what are you doing?” Luke could not help jumping when he heard the ruckus just as he entered through the door.
"Susan, it's Susan!" Charlotte looked at him with crazed eyes.
Luke frowned when he heard Charlotte cussing at Susan. "Charlotte, you're a lady. Watch your words.”
"Luke, you're still speaking for her.” Charlotte pulled out a newspaper from the trash and thrust it to Luke." See for yourself what she’s done!”
Luke was rather surprised but he flattened the newspaper to have a look. Shortly, he creased his brows.
"My engagement to Joseph was just announced and her wedding photos with Julian were leaked! Is that not a slap to my face? All the newspapers in Ningcheng City are reporting their wedding photoshoot, so who else cares to remember me?” Charlotte accused, near tears.
She already felt aggrieved having to marry someone she did not like. She only wanted some envy to herself in order to satisfy her little ego streak now. Was that too much to ask for?
Look - she had just taken the limelight for one day and Susan snatched all the attention that should belong to her away with just a couple of photos.
How could she resign to that!
Looking at Charlotte's frenzied state, Luke put the papers aside and said, "Calm down, Charlotte. These wedding photos look fine, but they aren't edited and still have some rough edges. Change into something flattering later and go out for a stroll. I’ll get the best photographer to snap some street style photos of you. We'll post them after some editing and that should take some attention away."
"Okay." It was only then that Charlotte looked slightly better. "I'll get changed."
Without saying anything, Luke looked back at the newspaper quietly. Susan's brilliant smiles printed on it made him dive into deep thought.
He had promised Susan that he would put her into the prettiest wedding dress. He did not manage to keep his promise, but Julian did. 1
In the past, he had always consoled himself with the assumption that Susan still loved him the most deep down. She was together with Julian just like how he was together with Mandy - they were forced to.
After all that happened, however, he could no longer lie to himself.
Susan really did not love him anymore.
Like a dream, she looked beautiful in the wedding dress in the photo. The smile that stretched the corners of her lips was one so bright that he had never seen before. Nonetheless, he was not the one by her side.
Luke cast his gaze down, concealing the complex emotions in his eyes.
"Mr. Shaw, you and Mrs. Shaw are in the news." Mama Jean came in gleefully with a newspaper.
"Hmm?” Julian arched a brow and took it.
Susan scooted over to have a look as well.
"Hey, isn’t this the photoshoot we had by the river when we came back here?" Susan exclaimed.
The photos were quite clear. At least, their faces were distinguishable.
"The photography skill is so-so. I think the person took them candidly," Julian commented. "But our Susie is so pretty. You’re still gorgeous even when the person's skill sucks."
"You..." Susan playfully glared at him and looked back at the photos, nodding. "They really do look good."
"Lacking too much compared to what the photographer took, though. These papers too, they should publish the nice photos instead of these." Julian shook his head. "Susie, hold on. I’ll post them some photos." "Hah, is this necessary?” Susan was amused.
"Of course," Julian snorted. "I didn't want to be high profile, but since they've taken candid photos of us and published them. Of course, they should use the best looking ones. They should also see how my Susie i s the prettiest."
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