Married To The Mad Vampire Lord novel Chapter 568

Chapter 568: At The Altar_Part 2

All attention immediately shifted in his direction, for he stood taller than every other man in that church.

He found himself walking toward where his family was gathered around Red.

The crowd faded away from his senses until only her remained in his vision.

What the hell are you doing? he asked himself.

I’ll be damned if I know, he answered silently. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

When he reached where they were all standing, with Elle hugging her mother, his father turned to look at him at the same time as his mother did. They didn’t ask him what he was doing, as if they had already guessed, when he reached out his hand and slowly took Elle’s hand that was holding her mother.

Enny looked at him with tears in her eyes, and he offered her a reassuring smile. Elle turned to him with a look of confusion; her eyes, which he had thought might still be filled with tears of heartbreak, were dry now but her leashes were wet.

She wasn’t that hurt by the marriage not going through, he realized, and told himself he didn’t have to go through with the ridiculous, outrageous idea that had suddenly began to cook in his head, yet Max went through it anyway.

"Come with me," he whispered calmly. Had Red fought him and said she wouldn’t go with him, he would have snapped out of this, but she didn’t. She only moved away from her mother and followed him, her small hand gripped tightly in his large ones.

Instead of pulling her out of the hall, like many had expected he planned to do, Max guided her up to the altar, where the priest looked displeased at their presence so close to him after all he had just heard about the bride.

Max’s expression remained calm even as he looked at the elder priest and announced, "I want you to marry us. Since the original groom was foolish enough to leave behind a sunshine, I don’t mind taking his place. I will marry Arielle Hathaway."

Everyone in the hall was stunned at that announcement, including Elle herself, who had no idea why he had taken her hand, but because she trusted him despite everything he had done to hurt her, she had followed him. He wanted to marry her? Elle turned to look at him in surprised disbelief. He was staring at the priest, his hand still holding hers in a firm but gentle grip.

Was he insane?!

Elle wanted to jerk her hand back and step down from the altar. She didn’t want him marrying her just to fix things again, just like he always did in the past, putting everyone else before himself. She didn’t want to be another burden he took on out of duty or pity.

But then she recalled the words of the guests and the way they had insulted her mother. The memory rooted her to the spot. Her fingers refused to pull away, and she found herself remaining where she was, standing beside him despite everything screaming inside her to get away as she didn’t want to marry him.

She had known something was bound to happen and go wrong today, because her gut instinct had never been wrong before. But she had never believed Eryx would jilt her in such a manner that would cause the biggest scandal ever to befall her family. He had not only ruined her reputation, but also her mother’s and her brother’s.

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