Chapter 4

The next day, I sent Seraphina a message right on schedule:

"Happy wedding!"

At the wedding venue, Seraphina was anxiously looking towards the entrance, asking her assistant, Alex:

"Why isn't Leo here yet? He said he'd publicly apologize to Mrs. Reed today."

Alex scrolled through the news, his brows tightly furrowed.

"He probably won't make it. He's… busy with his own wedding right now."

Upon hearing this, Seraphina stood in the center of the ballroom, completely stunned.

The wedding venue was decorated with Caleb's favorite champagne roses, adorning the entire hall in a dreamy, ethereal glow.

Below the stage, guests clinked glasses and chatted.

Everything seemed perfect.

However, Seraphina clutched her phone tightly, staring intently at the screen at the news headline: [Vance CEO Weds, "True Love Collection" Shines Simultaneously].

Cold sweat broke out on her palms. She frantically dialed the number etched into her memory, but only heard the tone indicating no one was picking up.

"How could this be?"

Caleb rushed over to her, taking her hand.

"Sera, what's wrong? Your hand is so cold?"

Seraphina gripped his hand back. "Leo… he's… he's marrying someone else!"

Caleb took her phone, glanced at it, frowned, then smiled.

"How could that be? Leo loves you so much, this must be some kind of business strategy. These businessmen, they'll do anything for profit, even fake a marriage."

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

"Alright, Sera, the wedding is about to begin. Let's go up."

The emcee stood on stage hosting the wedding. Seraphina forced a smile back onto her face, exchanged rings with Caleb, and they kissed each other.

Just as everything seemed perfectly concluded, the banquet hall doors burst open with a loud bang.

A group of formally dressed, solemn-faced individuals marched in in an orderly fashion.

Seraphina instinctively thought it was Leo coming to make a scene. Just as she was about to speak, her expression suddenly froze.

Because it wasn't Leo who entered, but a group of uniformed police officers.

She immediately panicked, asking, "Officers, we are all law-abiding citizens, this is…?"

The lead officer ignored her, directly presenting a document.

"Mr. Leo has filed a complaint accusing Caleb of illegal appropriation of another's property. The evidence is conclusive. Please come with us."

Seraphina was utterly distraught.

"Officer, what illegal appropriation? That was prepared for me by Leo! I legally transferred it to Caleb for emergency use!"

The officer frowned. "What you consider a legal transfer is not recognized by the rights holder, Mr. Leo. Relevant evidence has also been submitted."

Seraphina vehemently argued, "That's Leo's tactic! He's doing this to ruin my and Caleb's wedding!"

The officer looked at her sternly. "Madam, please do not obstruct justice. Take him away!"

Caleb was led away, and the wedding instantly erupted into chaos.

Caleb's relatives loudly whispered, saying how all those seemingly respectable things were actually taken from someone else, truly shameful.

Seraphina's parents' faces were as dark as thunderclouds, pointing at her forehead and scolding.

"You, you, what foolish things have you done!"

"You threw away a perfectly good golden boy, insisting on finding dead weight! Now look, everything's gone!"

Seraphina managed to calm down.

"Mom, this is Leo's way of forcing me to come back. I'm going to find him right now, get him to withdraw the charges, and get Caleb out."

She was about to step forward when a well-dressed man, who looked like an assistant, blocked her path.

"Miss Thorne, this is Mr. Vance's wedding gift for you."