My Wedding Day Switch To Ex's Uncle novel Chapter 5

Chapter 5 Fight Back

A chill shot up her spine, freezing her in place.

What was she supposed to explain to the guests?

That her groom had just abandoned her for the bridesmaid?

That in a single day, she'd been betrayed by her parents, her fiancé, and her best friend?

Watching those four people—her so-called parents and her fiancé—crowding around Caroline with her fake fainting act, about to abandon her alone in this humiliating spectacle—

The rage she'd been suppressing finally broke free.

"STOP!"

She heard her own hoarse voice cut through the chaos.

James whipped around, his eyes sharp as blades. "Abigail! Enough with the tantrum! Nothing matters more than Caroline's safety right now. The wedding is canceled!"

The wedding is canceled?

Funny—just minutes ago, he was the one threatening her with the Winchester family's reputation, the company's stock price, and her team's careers to force her down that aisle.

Natalia looked at her with tears streaming down her face, her voice dripping with pain and accusation. "Abigail, you stole Caroline's privileged life for all these years—isn't that enough? Do you have to push her to her death before you're satisfied?!"

Felix held the woman in his arms even tighter, like she was made of glass. When he looked at Abigail, his eyes were filled with pure disgust. "Abigail! I never knew you could be this cruel! If anything happens to Caroline, I will never forgive you!"

With that, he turned and walked away without looking back.

The four of them left together without sparing her another glance, walking out in front of everyone.

The massive wedding venue fell into a deathly silence.

The music had long since stopped. Countless crystal chandeliers cast harsh, blinding light that wove together like the bars of a cage, trapping her at the center of the ceremony stage.

Below, hundreds of eyes formed a suffocating net—pity, curiosity, undisguised mockery, schadenfreude—all accompanied by whispers that pricked her exposed skin like needles.

"Who would've thought the Winchester princess would end up like this..."

"The groom actually ran off with the maid of honor—this is going to be the scandal of the year in Claudia!"

"Wonder how she's going to get out of this one..."

Embarrassment. Helplessness. Rage. And a bone-deep despair of being betrayed by everyone—it all crashed over her like icy waves, flooding her lungs, drowning her from the inside out.

The suffocating pressure wrapped around her completely. Just as she felt herself going under, a bitter laugh escaped her throat.

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