Chapter 4

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

"Congratulations on your marriage!"

Meanwhile, at the wedding venue, Chloe was looking anxiously at the entrance, asking her secretary:

"Why isn't William here yet? He was supposed to publicly apologize to Mrs. Cooper today."

The secretary scrolled through the news, frowning:

"He probably can't make it. He's busy getting married right now."

Hearing this, Chloe froze in the middle of the banquet hall.

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

Below the stage, guests were toasting and chatting.

Everything seemed so perfect.

Yet Chloe was gripping her phone tightly, staring at the news headline "Miller Group CEO Marries, True Love Collection Officially Launches".

Cold sweat broke out on her palms as she hurriedly dialed the number she knew by heart, only to find no one answering.

"How could this happen?"

Ryan strode over to her, taking her hand.

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

Chloe gripped his hand back: "William... he married someone else!"

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

"That's impossible. Will loves you so much. This must be some kind of business tactic. These businessmen, they'll do anything for money, even fake a marriage."

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

"Come on Chloe, the wedding's about to start. Let's go up," Ryan said.

The officiant stood on stage presiding over the ceremony. Chloe forced a smile back onto her face as she exchanged rings with Ryan and they kissed each other.

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

A group of people in black uniforms walked in orderly.

Chloe instinctively thought William had come to make trouble. She was just about to put on a smile and confront him when she suddenly froze.

Because the ones who entered weren't William, but a group of uniformed police officers.

She immediately panicked and asked, "Officers, we're all law-abiding citizens. We haven't done anything wrong, have we?"

The lead officer ignored her completely and simply unveiled a document.

"Mr. William Miller has filed charges against Ryan Cooper for illegal appropriation of property. The evidence is conclusive. Please come with us."

Chloe was completely flustered.

"Officers, what illegal appropriation? That was the wedding fund William gave me. I legally gave it to Ryan."

The officer frowned: "What you call a legal channel is not reasonable in our eyes, and the plaintiff Mr. William Miller does not acknowledge it either."

Chloe argued desperately: "This is just William's tactic! He's doing this to ruin my wedding to Ryan!"

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

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

Ryan's relatives loudly gossiped that Ryan's exorbitant wedding fund had actually come from someone else. How shameless.

Chloe's parents' faces turned black as the bottom of a pot as they berated Chloe.

"You foolish girl, what have you done!"

"You gave up a perfectly good golden bachelor to marry a penniless man, and now you've lost everything!"

Chloe calmed down.

"Mom, this is William's way of forcing me to comply. I'm going to find William now to save Ryan."

She was about to leave when a man blocked her path.

"Miss Anderson, this is Mr. Miller's wedding gift to you."