"How could this happen?" Cecilia Gu was stunned. She never expected Lydia Lin to give her such an answer. "But the room card I got was definitely 1216! Lydia, what is going on?"
Seeing Cecilia fall for it, Lydia immediately covered her face and pretended to cry. "Oh heavens! Did we both drink too much and take the wrong card? But if you marry Charles Yin, what about me? What about Zach Zhao? Cecilia, how can you be so selfish? Even if you don't care about my feelings, have you thought about Zach? All he did for you in college—can you really just forget it?"
Cecilia felt a heavy blow to her heart, her face instantly turning pale from the pain.
All the feelings she had forced down were now surging back because of Lydia's words.
"Zach's only been abroad for two months, and you're already marrying someone else! Cecilia, how could you be so cruel? I can't believe I have such a heartless friend! Both Zach and I trusted you, and this is how you treat us!" Lydia squeezed out a few tears, looking at Cecilia in disbelief.
Sure enough, Cecilia wavered!
"Cecilia, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have hit you just now. I just... I just can't accept this!" Lydia suddenly hugged Cecilia and sobbed loudly. "Cecilia, give Charles back to me, please! I really, really love him. Give him back! You still have Zach Zhao—what about me? I have nothing left!"
Cecilia's tears streamed down her face. "But what can I do, Lydia? I'm no longer pure, I'm already pregnant with Charles Yin's child! I don't want to get married either, but if I don't, they'll take my baby away. What am I supposed to do?"
By the end, Cecilia was sobbing uncontrollably.
How could she not regret it? She'd been regretting it for a long time.
But she had no way out now, did she?
"Cecilia, go find Zach Zhao! He loves you so much, and you love him too—you two are meant to be together! Tell him the truth, tell him you just took the wrong room card, you didn't really betray him. Ask him if he'll still accept you, if he'll take you away! He loves you so much, he'll definitely accept your child!" Lydia kept brainwashing Cecilia. "You don't love Charles Yin, and he doesn't love you. Even if you marry him, you won't be happy, right?"
Cecilia's eyes lit up—Lydia was right!
She didn't love Charles Yin at all, and he didn't like her either. If they got married, she'd be miserable!
She had to find Zach and tell him everything.
They loved each other so much and had so many beautiful memories together.
She needed to ask him, if she was no longer pure, would he still want her?
If she was willing to leave everything behind and go with him, would he take her away?
Would he be willing to accept her child?
Suddenly, Cecilia's heart was filled with hope.
Because Zach Zhao had come back, Cecilia was filled with courage. She had to go talk to him!
Cecilia shoved Lydia aside, barefoot, clutching her wedding dress as she rushed out!
As soon as Cecilia appeared outside, her strange expression startled the bodyguards.
They watched Cecilia run desperately toward the chapel doors and immediately followed, trying to stop her. "Young Madam, the wedding is about to start. Please return to the lounge."
Cecilia ignored the bodyguards completely. Right now, all she wanted was to find Zach Zhao and tell him everything! Then leave this hateful place with him and run away forever!
Cecilia had just reached the side door of the chapel when a group of people blocked her path.
"Move! All of you, move! Don't stop me!" Cecilia's tears ruined her makeup, making her look especially disheveled.
Cecilia tried desperately to push past them, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't move them.
"If you keep stopping me, I'll hurt myself!" Cecilia panicked, pulling a hairpin from her hair and pointing it at her stomach. "If anything happens to the Yin Family's fourth generation, can you afford the consequences?"
Sure enough, Cecilia's words worked. The bodyguards, who had been resolute a moment ago, looked at each other and didn't dare move.
"If anything happens to the Yin Family's fourth generation, can you take responsibility?" Charles Yin's deep, cold voice sounded from behind.
"I... I just..." Cecilia was suddenly at a loss for words.
"You're rushing out like this just to see your ex-boyfriend." Charles Yin's commanding presence erupted, his eyes cold. "Fine, if you want to see him, I'll let you! If he's willing to run away with you, then our marriage contract can be voided."