“The world is a dark place, but having you around makes it bright as day.
“No one could compare to the place you have in my heart, and I hope you will forgive me for taking the liberty of proposing to you in such a manner. I did so because you are simply too amazing, and I feared someone else would steal you from me if I didn’t make my move first. As such, I decided this would be the best way to show everyone that you belong to me alone.
“Sienna Stanhope, will you marry me and be my lawfully wedded wife from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do us part?”
In the video, Anthony was kneeling on one knee as the camera slowly moved closer to him. He was holding something blindingly shiny in his hand, and it wasn’t until the camera adjusted its focus that I realized it was an eighty carat diamond ring.
Our eyes met through the screen, and I couldn’t help but chuckle in response.
A ring was just a materialization of the vows in marriage, and yet Anthony had spent so much money on it just to prove his love for me. The fact that he even set this whole scenario up just to propose to me felt so silly that I found it oddly adorable.
Anthony seemed to have anticipated my reaction and looked to the side shyly as if to tell me that it wasn’t his idea.
Tears rolled down my cheeks, and I couldn’t even tell if I was crying over the grueling journey we went through to get here or the efforts he put into everything. Perhaps it was a bit of both.
“Letty, will you take my hand in marriage and spend the rest of your life with me?”
Wait… That sounded really close and didn’t seem to be coming from the speakers in front. In fact, it sounded like it came from behind me…
I quickly spun around at the thought of that, only to space out when my eyes met those of the male model’s.
I was so caught up with the overwhelming beauty of my surroundings earlier that I didn’t get a good look at the guy I was walking with. As we gazed into each other’s eyes, I realized an oddly familiar passion in his. It was the same feeling I had whenever Anthony looked deeply at me.
The man then reached behind his head and undid the straps of his mask, revealing that familiar face that I knew all too well.
His delicate facial features exuded an air of tenderness and gentleness which formed a huge contrast to his usual indifferent and estranged appearance. At first glance, one would easily mistake him for an actual prince from ancient times.
So, the man that I had been walking down the red carpet with was Anthony the whole time!
“May I address you as Mrs. Featherstone from now on, milady?” Anthony asked while holding his hand out to me.
I bit down on my lip and nodded profusely as I said with tears of joy in my eyes, “Of course!”
Anthony flashed me a smile before walking up to me and wrapping an arm around my waist. The next thing I knew, he was kissing me so deeply and passionately that I found myself going limp from it.
It felt like I was in a dream once again, but this time, it was one that I didn’t want to wake up from.
After what seemed like forever, Anthony slowly let go of me and whispered inches away from my face, “Will you be as obedient as you are now in the days to come, Mrs. Featherstone?”
He was probably the only guy shameless enough to flirt with the whole country watching. “That depends on your performance!”
“Mommy!”
The voices of my children could be heard approaching, and Anthony held me steady as I watched them come running over with baskets of roses in hand.
They’re obviously playing the part of page boys and flower girls. Anthony sure has found a way to combine traditional and modern wedding rituals perfectly!
“Don’t forget me!” Emery walked up to the stage from my left and teased me by asking, “You don’t mind having a divorcée like me as your bridesmaid, do you?”
“Of course not!” My heart was filled with so much happiness that I couldn’t care less about anything else.
The emcee’s voice was then heard over the microphone, “Now then, please put your hands together for the bride and the groom!”
Just like that, Anthony and I made our way down the red carpet once again while the crowd cheered loudly around us.
“Congratulations on getting married, Mommy and Daddy!” The kids chanted repeatedly as they scattered the flower petals around us. I turned to glance at Anthony and saw him staring passionately at me, the look in his eyes expressing his regrets for not being able to love me even more than this.
Meanwhile, John helped Louis onto the stage and sat him down on the chairs prepared for the newlyweds’ parents.
As we stood before him, the emcee continued with his speech, “You have declared your consent before God. May God in his goodness strengthen your consent and fill you both with his blessings. What God has joined, men must not divide.”
The entire ceremony took about fifteen minutes to complete, and I found my cheeks starting to ache from smiling too much.
The event was followed by a donation from Featherstone Corporation to all the guests present at the event.
Anthony had mobilized a huge amount of people to organize this grand wedding ceremony and prove his love for me, so it was inevitable that he would have to reward them in some way to please the crowd. This resulted in the wedding being a little showy, but I was still very satisfied with it due to the amount of effort put into the whole thing.
At some point, the crowd grew wilder and began chanting repeatedly in unison, “Enter the bridal chamber!”
My eyes went wide upon hearing that, and I quickly gave Anthony a look that said, “We’re not seriously going to broadcast the consummation too, are we?”
However, Anthony pretended not to understand my concerns and simply held his hand out as he said helplessly, “Come on, let’s not disappoint them now.”
I shifted my gaze in the direction he was pointing at, and saw a fancy carriage parked beneath the stairs.
“This is…” I was so overwhelmed by happiness that I couldn’t even complete my sentence.
“I made sure to pay the craftsmen an additional sum of money when I bought this carriage three years ago, so they’ve been keeping it in good condition ever since. Who would’ve known it’d end up becoming a part of our dreams today, eh?”
He said “our dreams”… Anthony has subconsciously made my dreams a part of his!
The thought of that prompted my tears to start falling yet again as I got into the carriage.
Anthony then climbed onto a white horse in front and pulled the carriage with it while his ‘servants’ escorted us along the way.
Countless drones hovered around the carriage to film the process, and I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry as I saw the journalists taking pictures of me with my ruined makeup.
Of course, I knew it was all part of Anthony’s idea to capture every single moment on camera, so I didn’t mind it one bit.
Anthony truly had thought of everything down to the tiniest detail.
After completing a lap around the city, the carriage finally came to a halt in front of a huge mansion that had been prepared for us.
“We’re here!” said one of the servants in a hilarious tone.
Right as I was smiling with my lips pursed, Anthony opened the carriage door, scooped me into his arms, and carried me into the mansion in a bridal position.
Gregory and Audrey could be heard screaming behind us as Emery grabbed them by the collar and held them high in the air. “Let go of me!”
“Hey, let go! I want to be with Mommy and Daddy!”
“I’m doing this for your own good, you brats! Trust me, you don’t want to interrupt their consummation of marriage!” Emery snapped back at them.
Anthony was walking really fast and climbed on top of me immediately after putting me down on the bed.
I bit down on my lip as I pushed at him and mumbled, “Close the door.”
“Forget the door, Letty. I can’t wait any longer,” Anthony replied while staring at me with a scorching gaze.
The two of us then had sex throughout the afternoon, but neither of us felt like sleeping at all afterward.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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