Love's Unexpected Awakening Elowen's Choice novel Chapter 289

Chapter 289 Wedding

Chapter 289 Wedding

Elowen was assigned the second role.

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Rose Hall, the place Marwen used to live, had been handed over to Sylvia after Cassian bundled Marwen and Lucien out and had them removed. Now Sylvia had the whole courtyard to herself.

Today she would dress in Rose Hall, put on her wedding robe, and leave in full ceremony.

The weather in Vanelle had turned colder again.

On the walk over, the morning wind stung Elowen’s cheeks.

She rounded a corner and ran into Elvie, the maid Elowen had assigned as Sylvia’s dowry attendant. Elvie was clearly rushing somewhere.

Elowen stopped her. “Why aren’t you with Sylvia?”

She stepped closer and immediately saw the clear slap mark on Elvie’s face.

Elowen’s brow snapped down. “What happened?”

Elvie’s eyes were wet. She bowed quickly. “Your Grace… Vivian came.”

Vivian.

Elowen didn’t need more to know Sylvia was probably dealing with a problem.

Talk while we walk,” Elowen said, and motioned her along.

is they moved, Elvie wiped her tears and explained, as simply as she could.

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Marwen and Lucien were gone, watched closely, there was no way they could stroll back in today.

But Vivian was still in Vanelle.

She’d arrived at Duskmoor Manor early.

By Cassian’s standing rules, Vivian wasn’t allowed inside. But today was Vivian’s own sister’s wedding. No one at the manor could easily block her without making a spectacle.

Vivian had come in and skipped any offer of water or rest. She’d gone straight to the bride’s room.

And she’d started in on Sylvia.

‘She said Lady Sylvia was ungrateful,” Elvie said, voice shaking. “That this is the only wedding, she’ll ever have, and she didn’t even nvite her own mother and brother back to watch: Lady Sylvia didn’t argue. She just said Mother and Lucien did wrong But Vivian kept pushing. She said parents are never wrong. She called Lady Sylvia disloyal, said she’d turned her back on her own family”

Elvie’s voice broke. “Lady Sylvia was in the middle of getting her hair done. I didn’t want her to miss the ceremony time, and I didn’t think it was… appropriate… to have Vivian making a scene today. So I tried to stop her. Vivian slapped me.”

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Chapter 289 Wedding

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Elvie choked on the last words.

Elowen’s jaw tightened.

Vivian was unpleasant on a normal day. But something about this didn’t sit right.

Cassian had thought to watch Marwen and Lucien. He wouldn’t have forgotten Vivian.

So either someone dropped the ball, or there was something else behind it.

After a brief pause, Elowen looked at Elvie and spoke gently. “That was humiliating. I’m sorry. But you handled it well.”

Elvie’s tears spilled faster.

“Go get some ointment after this,” Elowen added. “Don’t let it bruise. And since today is Sylvia’s wedding, the wedding gratuity you were meant to receive-you’ll be given an extra one.”

Elvie bowed again and again, overwhelmed.

They reached the wedding room.

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Before Elowen even touched the door, she heard Sylvia’s voice inside, controlled, steady.

“Vivian, you’re welcome to attend my wedding. But if you came here to make me miserable, don’t blame me when I stop caring about ‘sisterly affection.””

Vivian answered with a cold laugh. “Mother was right about you. You grew up with Father, and you’ve been spoiled rotten since you were little. Now you don’t care about your mother, you don’t care about your brother, and you don’t care about me either. Your world is just an aunt and Elowen. Where do I fit in? Nowhere.”

Then Vivian’s voice turned sharper, crueler. “And don’t think marrying into Falconcrest Manor makes you better than me. You think you’ll have it easy there? I can barely breathe in Richardson Manor. You think Falconcrest will treat you gently? That Duchess will look at you like dirt.”

Elowen stepped into the room right on that line.

Sylvía sat at the vanity, hair half arranged.

It was the biggest day of her life, and there was no glow on her face, just a tightness at the brow, fatigue, and a flicker of irritation she was trying to swallow.

When Sylvia saw Elowen, her eyes reddened immediately. She started to speak, about to call her, Elowen gave a small shake of her head.

Sylvia swallowed the words and turned back to the mirror.

A bright wedding robe hung on a stand nearby.

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