Christy’s POV
I didn’t know how to reply to his sudden question, so it took a while to snap out of my initial shock.
"How.. How did you know?" I asked him with a stutter.
He gave a smile and gestured for us to go sowhere more private. He led to a quiet corner at the side of the hall.
"I overheard your argunt with Kendrick in the hospital garden" he said with a serious expression.
"Why did you make such a deal? Were you in desperate need of money and he took advantage of your helplessness?" he asked but I just remained mute.
I watched as his expression turned from curiosity to anger and then frustration.
"He gave hope when I was at my lowest" I said to him before walking back to the hall.
I didn’t want to miss a mont of the engagent, I want it to be etched in my mories forever and it will be a constant reminder for not to fall in love ever again.
"Thank you all for coming to this historic event and I hope you enjoy the rest of the night" Saen said with a smile before returning the mic back to the emcee.
I watched as Kendrick and Celeste went around, greeting the guests.
"I am quite surprised that you really showed up." A glass of red wine appeared in front, followed by Mark’s annoying voice.
"And I am surprised that you managed to trap and deceive Raina" I replied with a sarcastic tone.
"At least I was able to get her, unlike you, who ended up with nothing," he laughed mockingly.
He gave a triumphant lopsided grin, before looking in Celeste’s direction. I saw them communicating with their eyes and should have imdiately left but I didn’t have the strength to run anymore.
I was done running!
"Why don’t we have a good ti tonight for old ti sake" he said with a lewd expression.
I knew he was acting according to their plan but still couldn’t control my disgust.
When he saw that I was ignoring him, he beca bolder. He touched my face and leaned in to kiss .
Slap!
I gave him a resounding slap and before I could walk away, Raina attacked angrily from behind.
"You couldn’t get my brother, now you are trying to seduce my boyfriend?" She asked loudly while still pulling on my hair.
Everyone’s attention was now focused on us and even the music was turned off as well.
"Raina, what happened?" Raymond asked her with a frown.
He looked clearly upset about his carefully planned engagent party being disrupted.
"She was shalessly trying to seduce my boyfriend" she complained with an annoyed and irritated expression.
"Everyone knows that I don’t jump to conclusions, so let’s hear from the young man," Raymond said with a smile and most of the guests agreed as well.
"Raina went to use the restroom and asked to wait for her, so I decided to get a drink while waiting.
This lady suddenly walked over and tried to get my attention but I ignored her. Then she suddenly slapped , like ignoring her was a cri" he said while pointing his finger at repeatedly.
I just watched quietly as he continued lying and spouting nonsense without any remorse.
As soon as he finished speaking, the entire hall erupted in whispers.
"Isn’t she the other woman?"
"How desperate can soone be?"
"She has no sha and will do anything to get the Black family’s attention"
Celeste walked over at this mont, she gave a mocking smile but quickly concealed it to maintain her perfect image.
"Christy, how could you do such a thing?" She asked with a frown.
"Which eye of yours saw doing anything?" I asked her with a smile and she seed surprised that I replied to her.
Was she expecting to just let them accuse and ruin my reputation without saying a word?.
"What nonsense are you asking? Are you saying everyone here is blind?" Saen asked angrily.
I didn’t bother replying to her because she would only continue ranting when I replied.
"I begged you to stay away from Kendrick because you will only ruin his life. He deserves better.
You approached and seduced him, hoping to climb the social ladder with ease but you never thought that I would find out the truth about you... Did you?" Celeste asked with a triumphant expression.
"What truth is she talking about?"
"I hate suspense"
The guests whispered excitedly and so even brought out their phones,in anticipation of the drama that was about to happen.
I kept having a bad feeling, when I saw their triumphant smile.
I looked in the direction of the stage, hoping to see Kendrick but he was nowhere to be found.
Did he leave?
I was still lost in thought when Raymond ca closer to .
"I can still stop everything if you agree to be with . You will be able to walk out of here without any worries and I will take care of everything on the internet as well" he whispered into my ears, I felt a wave of disgust and quickly took a few steps away from him.
"Seems like you have made your choice" he said to before giving Celeste a nod.
"When I found out that my son was in a relationship with an unknown girl, I did what every loving father would do.
I had her investigated and what was found was so shocking that Kendrick imdiately agreed to marry Celeste instead" He said while staring at with a disgusted expression.
If I said that I still didn’t understand what they were up to, then I would be the biggest and dumbest fool in the world.
I knew this day would co but I never thought it would be so soon.
"Everyone, please see for yourself, so it wouldn’t look like we are bullying her unnecessarily" Celeste said and she raised her hand to signal the tech team.
The huge screen in the middle of the hall, imdiately lit up and a video started playing.
At first the guests were extrely quiet as all their attention was on the video.
I watched in horror as a video of performing in Madam Collette’s club played on the screen.
"oh my gosh, she is a stripper!" Soone yelled in surprise and her voice seed to have snapped the other guests from their shock.
They all stared at with judgntal expressions while so of the n couldn’t hide the lust in their eyes .
"How dare you appear here?"
"Soone as filthy as you shouldn’t be allowed to walk freely"
The guests yelled curses and soone poured wine on my face, followed by more wine and so even threw cake at .
My legs seed to have been glued to the floor, as I couldn’t move an inch.
Suddenly I was pulled into a familiar embrace and the hall suddenly beca quiet.
I buried my head in his chest and finally allowed the tears that I have been holding back to fall.
Just one thought kept replaying in my mind.
Kendrick was here, he ca for .
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