Skipped At The Altar, Taken By His Uncle novel Chapter 249

Chapter 249

Joanne hadn’t gotten any messages from Oliver for three days, and honestly, she hadn’t paid much attention to it.

But when her grandpa mentioned that Oliver might be coming back to Ravorport, her chest tightened.

Her heart gave a little jolt.

“Grandpa, how do you know that?” Joanne asked.

‘Since when did Grandpa get so close to Oliver?’ she wondered.

Mr. Falls figured Joanne ought to know a few things. “Oliver opened a coffee house here, packed with all my favorite things. I even play chess with him sometimes. You really didn’t know?”

“Hey, it’s not like I go out of my way just to see him,” Mr. Falls said. “But that kid practically hauled half his grandpa’s collection over here. If I didn’t show up out of respect, it’d be kind of rude, wouldn’t it?”

“Oliver might not be great with words, and he’s not one for sweet talk. But when it comes to getting things done, he’s the real deal,” Mr. Falls added.

Joanne was speechless.

‘Why does Grandpa sound like he’s low-key praising Oliver now?’ she thought.

“He said he’s heading back to see his family. He wants to spend more time with them while he can. He might not be coming around much after that, especially since you’ve been kind of cold to him,” Mr. Falls said.

Jason listened without showing any emotion, and casually ladled some soup for his sister. “Drink it while it’s

hot.”

Joanne pursed her lips, deep in thought.

After dinner, she took a detour to her grandpa’s room. “Grandpa, did he leave already?”

Mr. Falls felt secretly amused. ‘Guess Oliver’s not the only one who cares, he thought.

“His flight’s tomorrow morning. There’s only one to Ravorport,” Mr. Falls replied.

Mr. Falls had made it pretty obvious.

Joanne walked out of her grandpa’s room, deep in thought, and threw herself onto her soft bed.

She kept debating whether to go or not, and ended up tossing and turning all night, unable to sleep.

She absently scrolled through their WhatsApp chats, pouting to herself. Ugh, he’s so unreliable, she thought

‘He’s barely started pursuing me, and now he’s already losing interest!” she grumbled.

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Still sulking a little, Joanne finally dozed off.

When she finally woke up, she realized it was already ten o’clock.

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But she’d looked it up last night, and there was only one flight to Ravorport at 10:30 today. There was no way she could make it to the airport now.

Joanne felt upset as she stared at her empty message inbox.

‘He left without even saying a word to me,’ Joanne thought, feeling a little bitter.

She dragged herself out of bed, went through the motions of washing up, then slumped at the table, and absentmindedly chewing on a sandwich.

Mr. Falls glanced at the clock on the wall. “Joanne, aren’t you going to work today?”

The news was playing on the living room TV when suddenly, an emergency bulletin cut in.

[Flight MU586 to Ravorport today was forced to make an emergency landing in a foreign country due to a pressurization system failure. Ten passengers sustained minor injuries and one was seriously hurt during the landing. Family members, please contact the airline immediately if you see this news.]

Joanne’s fork clattered to the floor.

“Grandpa, was Oliver on that flight?” Joanne asked, her voice trembling.

Mr. Falls frowned, sensing something was off. “Seems like it.”

“Joanne, don’t panic. Let the driver take you to the airport and find out what’s going on. Be careful on the way, and don’t rush,” Mr. Falls said.

Joanne didn’t even have time to change. She dashed out the door in her pajamas.

She clutched her phone, frantically dialing Oliver’s number again and again.

But his phone was off, and no one picked up.

Her heart sank.

Joanne called Elton, her voice trembling. “Was Oliver on flight MU586 today?”

Elton paused, surprised. “Yeah, I think so. What’s going on?”

Joanne hung up without another word.

Ten people with minor injuries, one seriously hurt.

‘Is Oliver one of the seriously injured? Joanne wondered, her heart pounding

“If it’s not him, then why isn’t he picking up? Why is his phone off? she thought, panic rising,

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Joanne was so anxious that her eyes were brimming with tears. The family driver tried to reassure her. “Miss Falls, don’t worry. We’ll be at the airport in forty minutes.”

“Hurry up!” Joanne blurted out, barely holding it together.

As soon as they reached the parking lot, Joanne bolted out of the car, frantic, and raced toward the airport service desk.

“Excuse me! Can you show me the names of the injured on flight MU586? I’m family, and I need to see the list!” Joanne burst out, her voice trembling with panic.

Everyone was anxiously crowding around the service desk, hoping to spot a familiar name.

Joanne clutched the paper, her eyes darting down the list, desperately searching for Oliver’s name.

Relief flooded through her. Oliver’s name wasn’t on it.

“Excuse me, is there a passenger named Oliver Grant on this flight? Is he safe?” Joanne asked, her voice shaking with worry.

The staff checked the list for her and replied patiently, “I’m sorry, miss, I don’t see that name on the passenger list for this flight.”

“Joanne!”

As soon as she heard that familiar voice, Joanne instinctively ran straight toward him, her heart pounding with relief.

Oliver stood there with a gentle smile, arms wide open, and swept her up in a big, warm hug.

“Are you out of your mind? Why didn’t you pick up your phone? Were you trying to make me lose it?” Joanne kept smacking him over and over, and Oliver grunted in protest.

“Okay, stop it, baby. Seriously, if you keep this up, you’re gonna bruise your man,” Oliver teased, trying to lighten the mood.

Joanne grabbed his collar, her eyes blazing as she demanded, “Tell me! Did you ignore my calls on purpose? Were you just trying to make me freak out?”

Oliver surrendered, hands up. “Don’t blame me! My phone ran out of battery. I was hoping you’d text me, so I just sat at the airport from eight till noon. I didn’t even buy a ticket. I was about to go around begging for a charger when you showed up.”

“Baby, were you worried about me?” Oliver grinned, teasing her.

Joanne turned her face away with tears on her face.

Oliver didn’t hesitate. He just leaned in and pressed a gentle kiss to her cheek.

He carefully brushed her tears away with soft kisses, whispering to her. “Don’t cry, baby I’m fine.”

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Joanne pouted, her voice full of mock annoyance. “You and Grandpa were totally in on it together, just to mess with me.”

Oliver let out chuckle. “Yeah, I got Grandpa on my side. I just wanted to see if you’d actually come to see me

off.

“Baby, you’ve been so cold toward me lately, and it’s been killing me. I just wanted to know if you still care about me at all,” he said softly.

“Marry me, Joanne,” Oliver said, his voice low and sincere.

Oliver gave her a wicked grin and threatened playfully, “If you don’t say yes, I’m not letting go. I’ll make out with you right here till we’re both breathless, and we’ll be front page news tomorrow. Deal?”

“You wouldn’t dare!” Joanne snapped, blushing.

“Come on, Joanne, cut me some slack,” Oliver pleaded, putting on his best puppy eyes.

With that, Oliver went down on one knee and slipped the engagement ring he’d prepared long ago onto her ring finger.

He kissed her ring finger tenderly. “Joanne, I love you.”

After all that fear, seeing him whole and unharmed right in front of her, Joanne didn’t want to keep pretending she didn’t care.

She said with a smile, “Oliver, I do.”

She couldn’t hear the shouts or blessings from everyone around her. Right now, the only thing that existed was the searing heat of his kiss on her lips.

When Joanne walked in hand in hand with Oliver back home, Jason snorted coldly.

“Grandpa, Mr. Falls, Mrs. Falls, these are just a little something from me,” Oliver said, sounding both polite and genuine.

As he spoke, the driver carried in ten big boxes of gifts he’d brought along.

“Hey, Jason.” Oliver looked at Jason and greeted him.

Of course, Jason just ignored him.

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