Nancy's POV:
"Liam, don't go. I promise, as long as the wedding carries on, I'll forget what happened between you and Cassie. In fact, I'll ask someone to take care of her and the baby."
I endured the pain in my belly and begged Liam for mercy. I even put my dignity in the line just to make him not leave me.
"I'm sorry for what I've done. I promise I'll make it up to you," Liam replied guiltily.
My eyes widened in shock. What did he mean by that?
Before I could find the answer to that question, Liam squatted down and held my hand. Then, to my astonishment, he took the wedding ring off my finger.
"This ring doesn't belong to you, so it shouldn't be on your finger anymore."
I grabbed his hand and warned through gritted teeth, "Liam, don't push me too far!"
"I'm sorry, Nancy," Liam pulled my hand off and stood up.
Just as he was about to walk away, I grabbed his sleeve and implored, with tears streaming down my face, "Don't be so cruel to me."
Liam lowered his head and looked at me with expressionless eyes.
Then, he shook off my hand and walked toward Cassie without looking back.
He stretched out his hand at Cassie. The diamond ring that was on my finger a moment ago was now on his palm.
"Do you still want it?" he asked.
"No. I don't want it anymore. Someone has already worn it." Cassie threw the knife away and threw herself in Liam's arms. "I'm so sorry, Liam. It's just that I can't live without you."
"You silly girl, I'm right here with you, okay? Just you wait. I'll settle accounts with you once you've given birth to our baby. I'll be sure to teach you a lesson."
Liam said in a stern tone, yet his expression was doting and affectionate.
The tall and handsome man in front of me held the pregnant woman in his tight embrace. Those who could see them right now would think that they were a happy couple.
But... what about me? What about my baby?
This was my wedding. Today was supposed to be the best day of my life. But here I was, watching my groom hold another woman in his arms.
How pathetic.
A few moments later, Liam finally let go of Cassie. To everyone's surprise, he threw the diamond ring as if it was worth nothing and then held Cassie's hand again.
"Let's go," he said with a smile.
"Yes," Cassie gleefully replied.
Despair washed over me as my wedding ring disappeared in the sea of people, just like my happiness.
"Oh my God! What's going on? Did the bridegroom just run away with his mistress?"
"I know, right?! The bride must be in anguish as the groom's mistress had come to ruin her wedding day. To think, he even chose the mistress and abandoned his bride!"
"There must be something in her that made the groom choose his mistress. Oh well. This is humiliating for both the Wood and Hill family."
The crowd's whispers and gossips with one another were a tight slap in my face.
I lost everything.
That shameless couple destroyed my happiness and trampled on my dignity.
Ironically, even though I was the victim, Liam and Cassie seemed to be having the best day of their lives.
How could they live happily ever after ruining my life?!
Without thinking, I picked up the knife that Cassie had thrown and rushed toward them.
"Liam!" I shouted at the top of my lungs, which sounded like a battle cry.
I wanted them to have a taste of their own medicine.
The sound of the knife piercing into flesh greeted my ear, and blood splattered on my white wedding dress.
How could this be?
My gaze shifted from the knife to the person in front of me.
I was going to stab Liam. But at the last second, Cassie rushed forward and blocked the knife.
"Cassie!" Liam cried out.
A sound of metal clanking echoed in the hall as the knife fell to the ground. But to me, everything went eerily silent. I lowered my gaze and looked at my bloody hands. I could still feel the coldness of the knife and the warmth of the blood.
I... I killed someone.
"Ah!"
I seemed to have woken up from a horrible nightmare. Suddenly, my knees buckled, and I collapsed onto the cold, hard ground. For a moment, the world felt like it was spinning around.
I could hear my brother and parents shouting my name in the distance. My eyelids started to feel heavy, and I felt something leaving my body.
With that, everything went black.
Nicholas's POV:
Liam and I stood by the door of the operating room. The atmosphere between us was depressing.
Today was supposed to be the happiest day in Nancy's life. But here she was, lying on the operating table with blood all over her body. I had no news about her condition yet. I also wondered if the baby was fine.
Why did this happen?
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