CHAPTER 7: THE WEDDING
Winter’s POV
“Winter, why are you frowning like that? It’s your wedding day today, you need to be the happiest woman in the world. I know you’ve been dreaming of getting married to someone.” Summer asked me.
The day has finally come. The day that I hate the most. I never really imagined this would come. I thought grandpa will always be there for me, but he forced me to marry someone I don’t even know.
I glared at her. “Really? You’re asking me that?”
“Why? I think your groom looks like a good man. I think he will take care of you. That’s what’s important, right? To have someone to take care of you and understand you for the rest of your life.”
“I don’t need someone to take care of me.” I cut her off.
This woman really has the habit of playing the main character. She always act as if she is always saying the right thing when she doesn’t even know anything.
“Winter—
“Can you just stop acting as if you’re sympathizing with me? For sure, you’re celebrating now because you won’t be able to see me for a long time.”
She shook her head. “That’s not true. You know—All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.
“The wedding is about to start now. Miss Winter should be ready by now.” Said the wedding coordinator.
Because of that, Summer didn’t have any choice but to leave. I stood up and stepped out of the dressing room, wearing a white wedding dress with two huge ribbons on its shoulders. They also tied my hair up into a messy bun, leaving two curled strands on each side of my face.
“Oh, Winter. You really are so beautiful!” Haley cooed upon seeing me.
“You look like a Goddess, Miss Winter!” Olivia added.
I don’t even know who invited her and Olivia here when I don’t even want to have any guests. The wedding coordinator and the other staff only arranged everything in the mansion’s garden. It’s not a real wedding anyway, so who cares.
“Shut up, Haley.”
I can’t believe that a superstar like me would marry a penniless man. All of my fans call me a queen only for them to know that I am going to marry a man that is beyond penniless? I’d rather marry an ugly rich man, than a man like him!
They laid down a red carpet at the entrance of the mansion going to the garden with huge wedding plants at every side of the pathway.
As I reached the garden, I saw some people who were sitting on the guest seats while mom and dad were standing at the garden entrance, waiting for me. They stood by my side as I continue walking down the aisle, going towards the man who was wearing a white wedding suit.
Who the hell would still wear his eye patch at his wedding?
Is he a pirate?
He was smiling big at me while I was walking towards the altar. I just rolled my eyes and continue walking until dad finally gave my hand to the asshole.
“Don’t be nervous.” He whispered to me.
“You’re the one who should be nervous, asshole.”
The wedding ceremony continued while everyone was keeping their mouths shut. Only the voice of the priest could be heard.
“Have you come here to enter into marriage without coercion, freely and wholeheartedly?” he asked the both of us.
I rolled my eyes.
We all know I didn’t go there willingly.
“I have.” The man said.
The priest didn’t even bother repeating the question to me, he just asked another question again. “Are you prepared, as you follow the path of marriage, to love and honor each other for as long as you both shall live?”
“I am.” He was the only one who answered.
After that, he faced me as he spoke. “I, Matthew, take you, Winter Wesley, to be my wife. I promise to be faithful to you, in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health, to love you and to honor you all the days of my life.”
I was just looking at him with a raised eyebrow when I suddenly heard my mom yell. “Winter! Say it too!”
I took a deep breath, then I spoke. “I, Winter Wesley, take you, Matthew, to be my husband. I promise to be faithful to you, in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health, to love you and to honor you all the days of my life.”
“Bless, O Lord, these rings which we bless in your name. so that those who wear them may remain entirely faithful to each other, abide in peace and in your will, and live always in mutual charity. Through Christ our Lord.”
“Amen.”
The priest now sprinkled the wedding rings with holy water before handing them to us.
“Winter Wesley, receive this ring as a sign of my love and fidelity. In the name of the father, and the son, and the holy spirit.”
“Matthew, receive this ring as a sign of my love and fidelity. In the name of the father, and the son, and the holy spirit.”
We both kneeled at the altar where the priest faces us and prays over us. “Now let us humbly invoke God’s blessing upon this bride and groom, that in his kindness he may favor with his help those on whom he has bestowed the Sacrament of Matrimony.”
“By the power vested in me by the state, I now pronounce you husband and wife, You may now kiss!”
My eyes immediately widened as soon as I heard that.
Wait, don’t tell me we’re—
“Can I kiss you?”
“No, you can’t,” I replied.
“KISS HER NOW! KISS HER NOW!” I suddenly heard Olivia and Haley yelling. After a few seconds, everyone joined them. Everyone was already yelling, telling us to kiss.
I glared at Matthew. “Don’t you dare do it. I’ll surely kill you if you do-
Before I could even continue what, I was about to say, he pulled me close to him and kissed me on my cheek.
“What the hell did you-
“We’re married now, Winter Wesley.” He said while smiling at me.
And for no apparent reason, my heart started beating so fast while I was staring at his smiling face.
It was as if I am going somewhere I’ll regret going to in the end.