CHAPTER 3 – The Wedding That Never Happened
CHAPTER 3 – The Wedding That Never Happened
The cathedral was overflowing.
Five hundred guests.
Crime bosses from across the country.
Politicians.
Business magnates.
Representatives from dozens of powerful mafia families.
Everyone waited for the groom.
Instead...
Garrett walked in with Mave and Posie by his side.
A wave of whispers swept through the church.
Coraline stood at the altar.
Her white wedding dress had become nothing more than a symbol of humiliation.
Garrett faced the crowd.
“I will not be getting married today.”
The cathedral erupted.
Coraline's father pulled out his gun.
“Do you realize what you're doing?”
Garrett never looked away.
“I'm ending a lie.”
Coraline stepped closer.
“You're throwing away an empire.”
Garrett answered without hesitation.
“Then let it burn.”
At that very moment...
Posie began coughing violently.
Drops of blood stained the tiny handkerchief she held.
Mave turned pale.
Garrett immediately scooped his daughter into his arms.
“Hospital. Now.”
Tears streamed down Mave's face.
“You weren't supposed to know...”
Garrett looked at her in confusion.
“Know what?”
Posie had been born with a congenital heart defect.
Without surgery within a month, she might not survive.
Mave had worked three jobs, sacrificing everything she had, but she still couldn't afford the operation.
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All the while...
Posie's father was the most powerful man in the underworld.
