Ethan Everett never left.
He stayed hidden at the wedding venue, waiting for Isabelle Everett.
When the wedding began and the officiant asked if she was willing to become the partner of the other person, he didn’t hear Isabelle reject the marriage.
Instead, he heard her say she was willing.
At that moment, Ethan knew that he had been too naive.
That woman never intended to call off the wedding and leave with him.
All the talk of causing Adrian Grant to lose face, seeing her happily say she was willing, all the lies fell apart.
Ethan took out his phone and sent a video to Adrian Grant.
When the officiant asked Adrian if he was willing to take Isabelle Everett as his wife, Adrian felt his phone vibrate.
Thinking it was Raina contacting him, he immediately took out his phone and opened it.
But what he saw wasn’t a message from Raina, it was from Ethan Everett.
And in the video, it was a scene of Ethan and Isabelle entangled together.
Adrian Grant looked at it calmly.
There was no humiliation or anger, only a sense of liberation from a long-standing constraint.
But he didn’t show it. When the officiant asked him again if he was willing to marry the woman in front of him, he refused in front of all the guests.
As soon as he said this, the crowd was in an uproar.
Isabelle Everett’s face changed dramatically, questioning in confusion, "Adrian, what are you saying? Why are you saying you’re not willing?"
To give Isabelle some face, Adrian Grant didn’t make the video public but showed it only to her.
"I really underestimated you. Do you think there’s still a need to proceed with this marriage?"
He tore off the groom’s tag from his chest and faced all the guests again, resolute:
"Today’s wedding is canceled, and my engagement to Isabelle Everett ends here."
Finally relieved, Adrian Grant didn’t want to stay in that place for another moment and left the wedding scene briskly.
After he disappeared, the crowd only then started to react.
Mr. and Mrs. Grant didn’t know what had happened, thinking it was their son’s problem, they quickly got up and chased after him.
The remaining Everetts looked at each other, feeling a sense of humiliation.
Even Isabelle on the stage was stunned for a long time without reacting.
What Adrian showed her was
a video of her and Ethan tangled together.
So every time she was with Ethan, he filmed it?
Ethan actually sent the video to Adrian Grant.
Was he trying to ruin her?
Looking at the suddenly chaotic wedding scene, seeing the Everetts all crowding around her, bombarding her with questions on what happened.
Isabelle was flustered, her mind in a mess.
When she saw Ethan’s figure in the crowd, she knew he did it on purpose.
He wanted to ruin her, preventing her from marrying into The Grant Family.
Enraged, Isabelle yanked off her veil and, holding up her heavy wedding dress, ran in the direction where Ethan disappeared.
The mess left behind could only be handled by the elders.
Knowing today was the wedding day of Isabelle Everett and Adrian Grant, Raina Lowell took her son to the cemetery.
Kneeling in front of her daughter’s grave, while burning paper for her daughter, she suddenly couldn’t control her grief, tears fell uncontrollably.
Poor daughter, who loved her father so much, yet he wouldn’t even look at her, leaving her with endless regret.
Raina Lowell would never forget Adrian Grant’s indifference at that time.
She would never let Adrian know that both of these were his children.
If she had another chance, even against the elders’ wishes, she definitely wouldn’t have brought the two kids back to the country.
Thinking of her daughter’s death, Raina Lowell was overwhelmed with sorrow, hugging her daughter’s tombstone and crying uncontrollably.
Evelyn was also crying.
But seeing his mother crying even more, he had to suppress his emotions to comfort her.
Unable to succeed, just as he was about to call Uncle Jennings, the phone rang.
Evelyn answered, and Adrian Grant’s voice came through.
"Raina, where are you now? I want to see you."
Evelyn recognized it as that bad uncle.
Seeing his mother still crying, knowing it was because Adrian didn’t accompany his sister, leading to her death and making his mother sad every day, bathing in tears.
He was angry, shouting into the phone:
"You’re a big bad guy, if it weren’t for you, my sister wouldn’t have died. My mom and I don’t want to see you again, don’t ever appear again, or I’ll beat you."
Adrian Grant recognized the voice of a child.
The call was mixed with Raina’s sobs, he softened his voice to ask the child:
"Evelyn, where are you and your mom now?"
He didn’t know why, after not being able to marry Isabelle, the first person he wanted to see was Raina.
He wanted to tell Raina, he hadn’t married.
He was even somewhat grateful to Ethan.
If not for Ethan’s video, how could he have an excuse to escape Isabelle?
He just didn’t expect Isabelle to be involved with Ethan.
They had always claimed to be siblings outside.
Isabelle, that woman, usually appeared so generous and considerate, like a proper lady.
But it was all an act.
She slept with Ethan, yet still argued that the first time was with him, asking him to take responsibility.
Adrian Grant found it laughable.
He was foolish, almost being deceived by another woman.
"Why do you care where we are, it’s all your fault. If you weren’t so cold-blooded and heartless, my sister wouldn’t have died. I hate you, don’t want to see you again."
Evelyn shouted angrily, immediately hanging up the phone.
He then lifted his hand to support his mom, tearfully comforting:
"Mom, please don’t be so sad, okay? If sister sees this from the sky, she’ll be very upset too."
Raina Lowell still couldn’t control her emotions.
She missed her daughter, wished she’d return.
But her daughter could never come back.
Adrian Grant put away his phone and drove straight to the suburbs.
He heard Raina’s sobs. Fresh chapters posted on 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹•𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖•𝗇𝗲𝘁
Thinking about where Raina could go today, she must be at her daughter’s grave.
So he went directly to the cemetery.