Chapter 5

I heard someone whisper, "Velma is too much."

"Yeah, after eight years as best friends, she actually did something like this."

"She totally deserves to be called out."

Velma's face flushed bright red.

She looked at Mateo, her eyes pleading for help.

Mateo clenched his jaw and took a deep breath.

"Come on, Susan, that's enough," he said. "Look, Velma is carrying my child. You can't insult her."

"Me? I'm the one insulting her?" I scoffed, finding it ridiculous. "You two humiliated me at my own wedding, and now I'm the villain?

"Mateo, do you have any shame?"

He was…