Two Weddings, One Day

Synopsis

The video of my boyfriend proposing to his assistant was blowing up all over social media in the city. Everyone said it was so romantic that it brought people to tears. His assistant, Marissa Hughes, shared online: [I've finally found you. I'm so glad I didn't give up. Simon Grant, please be by my side for the rest of our lives.] The comments were all shouting, "CEO and assistant. They were meant to be. This is destiny." I didn't cry or make a scene. I closed the page and went to confront my boyfriend for an explanation. The door wasn't fully closed, and I overheard him talking to his friend. He said, "I have no choice. If I don't marry her, her dad will force her to marry some old guy." "What about Lily Winters? She's been with you for seven years. Aren't you worried she'll make a scene?" his friend asked. "What can she do? Lily has no family backing and no connections. She can't leave me," Simon replied. Later, we each got married to someone else on the same day. At the hotel entrance, our two wedding convoys brushed past each other. As the two brides passed by, holding their bouquets, Simon caught a glimpse of me sitting in the car, dressed in a wedding gown, and the red roses in his hand slipped and hit the ground. That morning, I called my mom, "Mom, I'm going through with the marriage you arranged for me."