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Groom Abandons Vows, I Own the Whole Wedding
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00:02The night before my wedding, someone sent me a VIP keycard.
00:06It was for the exact suite where Caius had proposed.
00:09I thought my fiancé had planned a romantic surprise.
00:12But when I opened the door, I caught him screwing another woman.
00:16He didn't even stop right away.
00:20He finished, shoved her aside, and lit a cigarette.
00:25Tired of sneaking around, figured you should know now so I don't have to explain it later.
00:29Relax, you'll still be my only wife.
00:33Ten years with me, you've pissed off half the city's elites.
00:36If you don't marry me, who else would even take you?
00:40Tomorrow stays the same.
00:43Except, you get the wedding, she gets the legal marriage.
00:48I didn't. I just took off my engagement ring, dropped it, and walked out.
00:53This morning, he called me.
00:55I'm wiped out after seven rounds last night.
00:58I need sleep. Can't come pick up my own bride.
01:02The next day, Caius waited for me at the church in his groom's tux.
01:07She actually came.
01:13Damn man, you really know how to handle her.
01:17No kidding. After what you pulled last night, most men would have been buried by now.
01:21But you? You're still standing here like you own the place.
01:24Serafina's been with me ten years.
01:27Other than marrying me, who else is gonna take her?
01:34What is it?
01:35I told you to call later.
01:37Caius, I'm flying out this afternoon.
01:39I booked us an appointment in ten minutes to sign the papers.
01:42Can you come to City Hall?
01:43I want it official before I go.
01:45Ten minutes. That urgent?
01:48Who was that?
01:48Blair. She's leaving the country today.
01:51She wanted to make it legal before she leaves.
01:54And this wedding?
01:55What's the big deal?
01:56The ceremony will take at least an hour, maybe two.
01:58I'll stop by City Hall first.
02:00Ten minutes tops.
02:01You know Blair.
02:02If I don't go calm her down, she'll be crying at the airport.
02:08All right. That's enough.
02:10I need to go now or I'll miss the slot.
02:12Caius Thorn!
02:16If you walk out today, I'll find another groom.
02:20He paused for a second.
02:22Then he laughed.
02:26Another one?
02:27With who?
02:28Quit the drama.
02:30Everyone in Halwick knows you're mine.
02:32But sure, if you really can find a man who dares to marry you, I might just let you.
02:41Stop this. Be good and wait for me. Relax. I know exactly what I'm doing.
02:46Caius!
02:47You're really leaving?
02:47You guys hold it down. It's not like I'm not coming back.
02:52Blaze being impossible.
02:53I'm not in the mood to deal with a meltdown.
02:56I stood there.
02:57The wind catching my train.
02:59The photographer was still beside me, too awkward to move.
03:04No one spoke.
03:06I looked down at my bare ring finger.
03:09Then, slowly, smiled.
03:12Go ahead, Caius.
03:14Go make it legal.
03:15As for this wedding, the one that cost millions, I'll gladly take it.
03:21I lifted my dress and walked into the chapel.
03:24The guests were seated.
03:25The officiant was in place.
03:28The wedding march was already playing.
03:31Everything looked perfect.
03:33Except, the groom was missing.
03:36Caius got pulled into something urgent.
03:38He'll be back soon.
03:39Why don't you sit for a minute?
03:41Yeah, exactly.
03:42Caius always knows what he's doing.
03:44Today's your big day.
03:46He'll definitely be here soon.
03:47They kept talking over each other, trying to patch it up.
03:51I glanced at the clock at the front of the chapel.
03:5410.40.
03:56Okay.
03:57I'll wait for him.
03:59I said it calmly and sent them away.
04:03Oh, wait.
04:05But who I'm really waiting for?
04:06This wedding had been hyped for three months.
04:10Every important person from Caius' side was here.
04:14I looked around slowly.
04:16Took in every last detail.
04:19The white rose waterfall by the floor-to-ceiling windows.
04:23The crystal strands falling from the domed ceiling.
04:27Even the font on the seating cards had been custom designed.
04:30That's who Caius is.
04:32If he does something, he goes all in.
04:36He turned it into the kind of wedding women posted about and envied.
04:40And somehow, he cheated the same way.
04:44In his world, loving someone and hurting that same person were never a contradiction.
04:50And me?
04:52I was only supposed to accept it inside the bridal suite.
04:56My best friend, Ava Hart, was helping with my train.
05:00Is Caius out of his mind?
05:02On his wedding day, he runs off to marry someone else on paper?
05:06Did he hit his head or what?
05:10I thought he was just bluffting.
05:12I mean, even if he had to do it, why today?
05:17When you two were planning this wedding,
05:20he went to every flower shop in the city just to pick the right bouquet for you.
05:25When you tried on dresses, his eyes welled up.
05:29I was so jealous back then, I went home and tore into my clueless boyfriend.
05:34Then her voice dropped.
05:36Who would have thought he'd turn around and do something like this?
05:39I didn't answer.
05:41I just looked down at my phone.
05:43Blair had just posted a new story.
05:46The photo showed a man's shirt on the floor and women's lingerie beside it.
05:50Her caption said,
05:53Someone promised he'd stay ten minutes.
05:55Guess he couldn't leave.
05:57She even tagged the location.
06:00Not City Hall.
06:01The comments were already coming in.
06:03One mutual friend wrote,
06:05Blair, who are you trying to kill?
06:07Blair replied,
06:08whoever's sitting in a wedding dress waiting for him.
06:11My face didn't change.
06:13I took a screenshot.
06:16Serafina, stop waiting for him.
06:18Look at this.
06:19What kind of sick bastard does this?
06:21You flew back the second you graduated from college in Rosewick?
06:24For him.
06:25Do you remember how furious your parents were?
06:28Back then, Caius was nobody.
06:30And you still bet ten years of your life on that man.
06:33She looked at me.
06:35Heartbroken and furious.
06:37And now you lost all of it.
06:38If you hadn't spent years structuring deals for him,
06:41pulling in investors and saving his ass,
06:43he wouldn't be where he is.
06:44And now he turns around and gets tangled up with an investor's daughter?
06:48I swear, I never saw this coming.
06:50He played the perfect man for so long.
06:54He played the perfect man.
07:00Ava, thank you for coming today.
07:02As for my parents,
07:03after the wedding,
07:04I'll go home and admit I lost.
07:06I was just about to push the door open
07:08when I heard men's voices inside.
07:11The groomsmen.
07:13Hiding out here to smoke.
07:15Wait, Caius really isn't coming back?
07:17He said Blair's all over him and he can't get away.
07:21Told us to stall.
07:25With Serafina's temper,
07:27how long do you think she'll hold it together?
07:30Did you see her out there today?
07:32The groom bailed,
07:33and she didn't even flinch.
07:37A woman like that?
07:38What more could a man want?
07:41Caius seriously has no idea how good he had it.
07:45Please.
07:45You think Caius cares right now?
07:48Blaile's got him wrapped around her finger.
07:52Caius, you finally picked up.
07:55Serafina's still waiting.
07:57You're really not coming back?
07:59This looks bad.
08:02Can't you see I'm busy?
08:04I'm not coming back.
08:06The guests and my family.
08:09Alright, alright.
08:10You handle your business, man.
08:13Anyway,
08:14your bride's way easier to deal with.
08:20Serafina?
08:21We were just...
08:26The ceremony starts in three minutes.
08:31Sera,
08:32you and Caius have been together for years.
08:35We all know he loves you.
08:41Look,
08:43guys mess up.
08:44That's just how men are.
08:45I didn't look at him.
08:46I didn't say a word.
08:48Truth is,
08:49before yesterday,
08:50I still didn't want to believe
08:51he could turn into this.
08:53Blair Mercer was one of the investor's daughters.
08:56Young,
08:57fresh out of college.
08:59Caius met her at a victory dinner,
09:00and the second he saw her,
09:02his whole look changed.
09:05At first,
09:06I told myself I was overthinking.
09:08After ten years with him,
09:10I knew how he moved.
09:11Or at least,
09:12I thought I did.
09:13That's why I let so much slide.
09:16The late night texts he wouldn't answer.
09:18The moments that felt wrong.
09:20The little lies that came too fast.
09:24I chose to believe him.
09:26I refused to believe that after everything we built,
09:29after all those years,
09:31after making it this far,
09:33we could be wrecked by some girl
09:35fresh out of college.
09:37But little by little,
09:38he stopped trying to hide it.
09:40Then he got worse.
09:42Almost like he wanted me to find out.
09:44And when I did,
09:46he dressed betrayal up like a favor.
09:48A man like me?
09:49You really thought I'd stick to one woman?
09:52But the wife spot?
09:53That's yours.
09:54Nobody else gets that.
09:56Ava was right.
09:57He was that good at pretending.
09:59He kept the mask on
10:00until the day before the wedding.
10:02Then he finally tore it off.
10:04In the cruelest way possible.
10:09Sarah,
10:10when you walk the aisle,
10:11just go slow.
10:16We'll be right behind you.
10:18Yeah.
10:19Caius said he'd come as soon as he's done.
10:24You just do the entrance first.
10:26They thought I was here to go through the motions.
10:28They thought I'd walk down that aisle alone
10:31in a wedding dress,
10:32stand in front of the officiant,
10:34wait for a groom who might never show.
10:36Then the church doors began to open,
10:39and in the backlit doorway,
10:41someone was standing there.
10:43Every smile froze.
10:46You're really leaving?
10:48You promised you'd stay with me today.
10:50That was the only reason I agreed
10:52to push back signing the papers.
10:54I don't have a choice.
10:55She gave me three minutes.
10:58If I'm not back by then,
11:00you know how Seraphana is.
11:06How she is.
11:09Isn't she supposed to be the calm one?
11:11The reasonable one?
11:15Usually, yeah.
11:16Not today.
11:17I promised her.
11:19Today is the wedding of the year.
11:21Then why are you here?
11:26Because you wouldn't let me go.
11:29Be good.
11:30I'll come back tonight.
11:32What about City Hall?
11:34When are we making this legal?
11:35We'll talk about it later.
11:42Then a video from Griffin.
11:44Caius frowned and tapped it open.
11:46His eyes widened.
11:49Blair turned around.
11:51What is it?
11:53Caius' grip slipped on the phone.
11:55On the screen, a bride in white,
11:58smiling like she meant it.
12:00Then the camera panned.
12:02A man stepped into frame.
12:03A groom's boutonniere on his chest.
12:06Standing right beside her.
12:08It looked natural.
12:10Like this had always been their wedding.
12:12That dress.
12:14He picked it.
12:15Those white roses.
12:16He paid for them.
12:17The whole damn wedding.
12:19He planned it.
12:20So what the hell was he looking at?
12:22He said it under his breath.
12:24More to himself than to Blair.
12:26No way.
12:27Seraphina had been with him for ten years.
12:30Dorian Blackmere?
12:32No.
12:33That made even less sense.
12:34Dorian had been on his back from day one.
12:37Always looking at him like he was already beaten.
12:40And Dorian wasn't just rich.
12:41He was Blackmere rich.
12:43The kind everyone already knew.
12:46Blackmere Holdings was everywhere.
12:48Real estate.
12:49Media.
12:50Ports.
12:51Private equity.
12:52Even back when the Thorn name still mattered,
12:54Caius knew better than to act like he was on Dorian's level.
12:57So Dorian Blackmere was going to marry Seraphina?
13:01It wasn't that she wasn't beautiful.
13:03It wasn't that she wasn't smart.
13:04But in Caius' head, Seraphina was the woman who built with him.
13:09Not the kind of woman a man like Dorian would actually marry.
13:12Men like Dorian married heiresses.
13:15Old money daughters.
13:16Women born into rooms you had to be invited into.
13:19And Seraphina, for all her polish, for all her grace,
13:23was never supposed to be that woman.
13:26At least, that's what Caius had always told himself.
13:29And more than that, he knew how hard she'd loved him.
13:32When Thorn Capital tanked, she stayed.
13:35When investors vanished, she stayed.
13:37When creditors started circling,
13:39and people looked at him like he was finished,
13:41she stayed.
13:44When he gave up and started drinking himself numb,
13:47she was the one who kept dragging him back.
13:49She put in her own money,
13:51worked every contact she had,
13:53ran herself into the ground trying to save his deals.
13:56She helped build him back up, piece by piece.
13:59So after all that,
14:01after ten years,
14:02after everything she gave,
14:04after finally making it to the wedding of the year,
14:07there was no way Seraphina was marrying another man.
14:11Caius steadied himself and hit Griffin's number.
14:14The phone rang forever before someone picked up.
14:23Caius.
14:25What the hell is going on?
14:26Why is Dorian Blackfear at my wedding?
14:29You know damn well Seraphina can't stand him.
14:31Silence.
14:32A beat.
14:33Then another.
14:35Look, he's a Blackmore man.
14:38It's not like we can stop him at the door.
14:40Not without causing a scene.
14:43He came here to screw with me.
14:46Seraphina's been with me for ten years.
14:48Everybody in Halwick knows it.
14:49Darian can act shameless all he wants,
14:52but Blackam still has a reputation.
14:55Griffin went quiet again.
14:57Then, finally, he said,
14:59Caius.
15:03Just watch the second video I sent.
15:06The aisle was long.
15:08A river of white roses ran all the way to the altar.
15:12Dorian had that same look on him,
15:14like an old fox who already knew how this ended.
15:17Honestly, I'm not asking for much.
15:19I don't need the ceremony.
15:21Being your husband legally is enough for me.
15:25Do you know how much work goes into a wedding like this?
15:28The flowers, the orchestra,
15:30300 guests,
15:32a Michelin star reception?
15:34If it's already paid for,
15:35why let it go to waste?
15:38But you, Mr. Blackmore,
15:40you had a car waiting behind the chapel.
15:42Your suit was already in it,
15:43ready for you to change.
15:45And you're still telling me the wedding doesn't matter?
15:48His lashes shifted once.
15:50So slight, most people would have missed it.
15:53But I didn't.
15:54I knew I'd landed the hit.
15:56Something in his gaze changed.
15:58The kind a man gets when he finally meets his match.
16:03He said my name softly,
16:05like he already knew I'd caught him.
16:08He didn't explain himself.
16:10He didn't deny a thing.
16:12If the wedding's already here,
16:13I'll finish it with you.
16:18Then he lowered his head.
16:21But those words you just said,
16:23I'm counting that as interest.
16:26I looked up at him.
16:27He didn't say anything else.
16:29He just held my hand and turned with me toward the altar.
16:32The organ started the wedding march,
16:34and we began to walk.
16:43Guests started whispering.
16:45Phones came up.
16:46People were already filming.
16:48The groomsmen looked sick.
16:50Dorian didn't break stride.
16:52His pace stayed calm and steady,
16:55and his hand around mine was firm,
16:57but not forceful.
16:58At our feet,
16:59the white roses trembled as we passed.
17:02I turned to look at him.
17:03He didn't turn back.
17:04Only the corner of his mouth lifted a little,
17:07like he was telling me without words.
17:10By then,
17:11Caius's family section was already in an upwind.
17:14A few older relatives had gone rigid with anger.
17:17This is insane.
17:20The groomsmen were in worse shape.
17:22They tried to rush the altar,
17:24but someone stopped them.
17:25They reached for their phones,
17:27then froze.
17:29Dorian's people had already taken them.
17:31That was when it finally hit them.
17:33This wedding had never been theirs to control.
17:38Serafina Vale,
17:40do you take...
17:43She doesn't!
17:47Serafina!
17:48Get down from there!
17:53Griffin looked like his backup had finally shown up.
17:56He ran straight to Caius.
18:02Caius, thank God.
18:04She walked the whole aisle holding Dormian's arm.
18:06I couldn't stop her.
18:09Thank God you watched the second video I sent.
18:12Otherwise, you would have missed the whole show.
18:15The second clip was shot from the side hallway.
18:17The aisle stretched on forever.
18:20I walked toward Dorian one step at a time,
18:22and then I put my hand in his.
18:25Caius knew exactly what that meant.
18:27I had always hated Dorian.
18:30More than anyone.
18:31Today, I should have thrown him out,
18:34not stood beside him.
18:36In all ten years we were together,
18:38Caius had never seen me look at another man that way.
18:42Please continue.
18:44My voice wasn't loud,
18:46but it landed hard enough.
18:48Caius' face went dark on the spot.
18:50Serafina!
18:51Have you completely lost it?
18:54He stormed down the aisle.
18:56His eyes burned with anger and disbelief.
18:59But underneath both,
19:00there was something else.
19:02Something he was trying very hard to hide.
19:04What is this supposed to be?
19:06We've been together ten years.
19:08We've known each other too long for this.
19:12Do you even know who this man is?
19:14Men like him have women from old Donnie families
19:17lining up for them.
19:18You really think he'd pick you?
19:22So what exactly is this?
19:24You standing up here holding Dorian Blackmorm's hand?
19:26Are you trying to make me jealous
19:28or are you just humiliating yourself?
19:33Don't get played by him and still think you won.
19:36He took a step forward.
19:38That same certainty was in his voice.
19:40The kind I'd listened to for ten years.
19:43Come down right now
19:44and I'll pretend none of this happened.
19:46I'll give you another wedding.
19:48You'll still be Mrs. Thorne.
19:55Then he lifted his chin and waited.
19:57He really thought I'd break.
19:59Thought I'd run back to him.
20:03I turned and looked at him.
20:05At the man I had loved for ten years.
20:08The man I had endured for ten years.
20:12Like I had finally figured something out.
20:15I turned to Dorian and kissed him.
20:17He froze for half a second.
20:19Then his hand closed around my waist.
20:21He yanked me into his arms and kissed me back hard.
20:24Like he'd been holding back for far too long.
20:27Like now that he had me,
20:28he wasn't letting go.
20:30The chapel erupted.
20:31People gasped.
20:33The older guests looked away,
20:35flustered.
20:36Stared.
20:37Completely stunned.
20:39Serafina!
20:40I didn't even look at him.
20:43Dorian's breathing was still rough.
20:46His thumb brushed the corner of my mouth
20:48and his voice came out low and Harry's.
20:50You kissed me first.
20:52This time, I'm not letting you go.
20:55Remove him.
21:01Dorian Blackvale!
21:02This was supposed to be my wedding!
21:03I spent three months building this!
21:05You think you can steal my bride and my ceremony?
21:08Did you forget the Westboard project?
21:10That billion dollar port project
21:12your family chased for three years?
21:13And who got the final approval?
21:15Me.
21:15Not you.
21:16And you're really that desperate?
21:17She spent ten years with me.
21:19I got tired of her a long time ago.
21:21Enjoy my sloppy seconds!
21:23What he said?
21:24I don't care.
21:29Please continue.
21:31No!
21:33Serafina, don't!
21:34I came back!
21:37I didn't sign anything with Belay.
21:40I never signed anything!
21:41I never married her!
21:43This wedding, it was for you!
21:45The wedding of the year, I promised you that!
21:48It was yours!
21:49And mine too!
21:50This is the first time in my life
21:52you're the first person I ever truly wanted to marry.
21:55Then let this ceremony stand as witness.
21:57You are husband and wife.
21:59Dorian reached into his pocket and pulled out a ring.
22:02A ring that had been waiting for a long time.
22:06He took my hand and slid it onto my finger.
22:09Well, you ran from me in college.
22:12Later, I even had my father approach your parents about making it official.
22:16And you ran again.
22:18But this time, you're not getting away.
22:20If I lost, I went home and married the man they picked.
22:24Dorian Blackmere.
22:25That was the price of losing.
22:27For years, I worked myself to the bone, trying to prove I was right.
22:32My work between Halewick and Westport kept me traveling.
22:35Always in meetings.
22:36I saw Caius less and less.
22:39For years, I worked myself to the bone, trying to prove I was right.
22:44My work between Halewick and Westport kept me traveling.
22:47Always in meetings.
22:48I saw Caius less and less.
22:50But Dorian...
22:52I kept running into him everywhere.
22:55At investment summits.
22:56Across negotiation tables.
22:58More than my actual boyfriend.
23:01Now, I look down at the ring on my finger.
23:04And suddenly, something hit me.
23:07Back in college, I wanted to be a jewelry designer.
23:10I filled sketchbook after sketchbook with designs I had to hide.
23:13My father found them one day.
23:15He flipped through the pages, got furious, and tossed it in the trash.
23:21What's the point of this?
23:25I never forgot that drawing.
23:27When everyone else told me to give that dream up,
23:29someone else quietly held on to it for me.
23:32Kept it for ten years.
23:34And waited for this day to put it back where it belonged.
23:37My eyes stung for a second.
23:39I took a breath, then took the other ring from Ava.
23:42I slid the ring onto Dorian's finger.
23:45As it settled into place, he curled his finger around mine.
23:49Applause broke out around us.
23:51I looked up, wanting to see his face.
23:54Then the chapel door slammed open again.
23:56A few uniformed officers walked in.
23:59Caius came in right behind them.
24:02It's him.
24:03That man crashed my wedding and disrupted the ceremony.
24:06Arrest him!
24:07Now!
24:08He turned to the room, voice rising with every word.
24:12I paid for this wedding.
24:13The flowers.
24:14The venue.
24:16All of it!
24:17Everyone in this room can back that up!
24:19One of the officers looked at Dorian, then at me.
24:23Ma'am, did he force his way in?
24:24The chapel went dead silent.
24:26No one moved.
24:28Officer, this is my husband.
24:30There is no issue here.
24:33And your husband is?
24:34I turned my head.
24:36Dorian was still beside me, still holding my hand.
24:39It's him.
24:40Dorian Blackmore.
24:41Caius went rigid, like the air had been knocked out of him.
24:44It wasn't anger.
24:45It wasn't heartbreak.
24:47It was disbelief.
24:49I gave Ava a small nod.
24:51She stepped forward, pulled a document envelope from my bag, and handed it to the officers.
24:58Inside were the venue contract, floral invoices, catering payments, and every transfer receipt.
25:05All of it was under my name.
25:07Ava looked at Caius and smiled coldly.
25:10Mr. Thorne helped with the setup.
25:13Nothing more.
25:15This wedding was never yours.
25:18I planned it for myself.
25:20You were just the groom I was supposed to walk in with.
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