Chapter 4

The next day, I sent Aaron a message right on time:

"Congratulations on your marriage!"

At the wedding venue, Aaron kept looking towards the entrance, asking his secretary:

"Why hasn't Genevieve Quinn arrived yet? We agreed she would apologize to Mrs. Lee in public today."

The secretary scrolled through the news, frowning:

"She probably can't make it. She's busy with her own wedding right now."

Hearing this, Aaron stood frozen in the center of the banquet hall.

The wedding venue was decorated with Lily's favorite champagne roses, making the entire hall look like a dream.

Below the stage, guests were toasting and chatting.

Everything seemed perfect.

However, Aaron was tightly gripping his phone, staring intently at the news headline: "Quinn Group's Female CEO Gets Married, True Love Collection Officially Launches".

Cold sweat broke out on his palms as he hurriedly dialed the number he knew by heart, only to find it unanswered.

"How can this be happening?"

Lily walked straight towards him, grasping his hand.

"Aaron, what's wrong? Your hands are so cold."

Aaron gripped her hand in return: "Genevieve Quinn... she, she married someone else!"

Lily took the phone and glanced at it, frowning slightly before smiling:

"That's impossible. Sister Genevieve loves you so much. This must be some kind of business tactic. These businesspeople will do anything for money, even fake marriages."

"Fake marriage?" Aaron's panicked expression eased slightly.

"Come on, Aaron. The wedding is about to start. Let's go up," Lily said.

The officiant stood on stage to host the wedding. Aaron forced a smile back onto his face and exchanged rings with Lily, kissing each other.

Just when everything seemed perfect, the doors of the banquet hall were suddenly flung open with a bang.

A group of people walked in orderly.

Aaron instinctively thought it was Genevieve coming to make trouble. He had just raised a smile, ready to lash out, when he suddenly froze.

It wasn't Genevieve who had come, but a group of uniformed police officers.

He immediately panicked and asked, "Officers, we're just ordinary citizens. We haven't done anything wrong, have we?"

The lead officer ignored him completely and simply unfolded a document.

"Miss Genevieve Quinn has filed charges against Lily Lee for illegal possession of property. The evidence is conclusive. Please come with us."

Aaron was completely flustered.

"Officers, what illegal possession? Those were jewels I legally gave to Lily from Genevieve."

The officer frowned: "Your so-called legal channels are not recognized by us, and the plaintiff Miss Genevieve Quinn does not acknowledge this either."

Aaron desperately argued: "This is just Genevieve's tactic! She's doing this to ruin my wedding with Lily!"

The officer glared at him coldly: "Sir, please don't obstruct official business. Take her away!"

As Lily was taken away, the wedding instantly descended into chaos.

The Lee family relatives loudly discussed how Lily's jewelry turned out to be someone else's, calling her shameless.

Aaron's parents' faces turned black as the bottom of a pot, pointing at Aaron's head and scolding him.

"You fool! What have you done!"

"You gave up on Genevieve, who was so good, to marry this penniless woman. Now look what's happened! You've lost everything!"

Aaron calmed down.

"Mom, this is Genevieve's tactic to force me to comply. I'm going to find Genevieve now to save Lily."

Just as he was about to step forward, a man blocked his path.

"Mr. Lambert, this is Miss Quinn's wedding gift for you."

A phone was connected to the big screen.

When the phone was opened, obscene images and words that were unfit for viewing assaulted everyone's eyes.