Dead at Heart (Ariel and Jayson) novel Chapter 872

Wade could deal with the issue once he finished the work assigned to him.

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Janice hadn't expected such a reaction from both families. She thought they might reconsider the marriage once she voiced her opinion. Yet her request was completely ignored.

Nicholas and Charles insisted on proceeding with the wedding.

Janice was exasperated. She couldn't understand why everyone seemed to think she was acting like a spoiled child throwing a fit.

Grace could see Janice's frustration. At the same time, she knew how rigid and old‑fashioned Nicholas was.

"Jan, what's going on between you and Wade?"

Janice felt a lump in her throat. Every time she thought about Wade caring only for Alicia, she felt like a failure. The idea of telling someone else about it mortified her.

Holding back tears, she whispered, "Mom, Wade doesn't love me. I have no desire to force him to stay by my side."

Grace's heart ached. She knew Janice well enough to realize how deeply she must have been hurt. She pulled her daughter into her arms. "It's alright. I'll talk to your dad later. He can be stubborn sometimes."

Janice broke down the moment Grace tried to comfort her. She bit her lip, trying to stifle her sobs. "Okay. I won't marry him. I don't want to get married anymore."

Growing up in the Swanson family, Janice had lived a comfortable life. But she had also been expected to obey her parents and accept their arrangements. That was considered normal in high society.

To outsiders, her outburst might seem unreasonable. But Janice couldn't endure it anymore. The thought of Wade prioritizing Alicia after marriage was unbearable.

Wade had once been kind and gentle to her. However, everything changed when Alicia appeared. She had been tossed aside and completely abandoned. She couldn't begin to fathom the reason for Wade's transformation, but in the end, it didn't matter to her anymore what the cause was.

This was especially true now that the two families were about to begin the joint project; they couldn't afford any blunders or embarrassing fallouts.

Janice retreated to her room, forcing herself to calm down.

If the wedding had been moved up by one week, she would have been wed next week.

She had run out of ideas. The only option was to find someone and pretend they had already registered their marriage.

That, she realized, was the only way out of this situation. If she was "married" to someone else, she couldn't possibly marry Wade.

As for Wade, Janice decided she would no longer wait for him.