Chapter 420 The Lonely Bride

Book:Mysterious Mrs. Pansy Published:2024-6-4

“The ceremony is about to begin, why hasn’t Patrick arrived yet?” Queena furrowed her brows slightly, feeling a bit uneasy. But she quickly suppressed the feeling.
“No, he came to save me today. He won’t deceive me,” she thought.
“Miss Dillon, Miss Dillon?”
A woman next to her urged her in a low voice. Queena snapped out of it and reluctantly followed the woman towards the stage.
As she walked past the crowd, she inadvertently turned her head and saw a familiar figure among them – Antony.
Queena’s heart skipped a beat as she unconsciously clenched her fists. Today was supposed to be her engagement ceremony with Patrick. Although Antony had ordered her to get close to Patrick, after all they had gone through so much trouble just to get here today. If Antony ruined everything now…?
She stared at him for several seconds but he didn’t seem to notice or care about her presence at all; he kept chatting with others politely like nothing happened between them before.
“Don’t worry… Antony is only here for the ceremony; nothing else will happen…” Queena comforted herself silently and adjusted herself mentally so that she could relax.
After their engagement ceremony, Queena would become Mrs. Pansy officially and then even Antony wouldn’t be able do anything against hr anymore. She just needed to hold onto Patrick tightly and let him deal with Antony later on; then she wouldn’t have been like his puppet anymore under his control…
She was going free soon…
“Ladies and gentlemen! Good evening! I am your host tonight…” The emcee started speaking officially on stage as usual while guests clapped their hands with smiles on their faces, whether they were truly happy or waiting for something funny remained unknown…
Jane sat on the couch sipping water occasionally while glancing at the clock hanging on wall from time-to-time: 6:40 pm, still twenty minutes left before driving over Gold Roses…
In Pansy Group…
“Mr. Pansy, are you really not coming over now?”
Patrick sat at his desk, fingers tapping away at the keyboard. He heard a voice asking him something and looked up briefly to check his watch. “It’s too early now, I’ll make it in time when Jane arrives,” he said as he casually tapped on the table with his fingertips.
“Okay.”
After his assistant left, Patrick closed the webpage on his screen and gazed out of the window at the dimly lit streetlights outside.
The show was about to begin.
It was 6:55 PM.
“And now, let’s welcome one of our main characters tonight, Miss Queena!”
The host finished introducing her and stepped aside while gesturing for Queena to come up on stage. She smiled sweetly and slowly walked towards center stage while waving her hand to greet everyone in attendance.
“Hello everyone! I’m Queena. Thank you all for coming to celebrate my engagement with Patrick today. I know many of you are Patrick’s business partners and may not know me well yet, but I believe that Patrick is happy that you could make it here today.”
“This ceremony was planned hastily so we apologize if there are any shortcomings in our hospitality tonight. However, Patrick is still busy working at the company right now but will be here soon so please bear with us.”
Queena spoke these words even though she wasn’t entirely confident herself due to recent events surrounding Pansy Group which had caused some doubts within her mind lately.
But she trusted Patrick; he wouldn’t leave her alone like this.
Although some guests had their doubts after hearing what she said earlier regarding Pansy Group’s affairs recently being quite extensive, they didn’t say anything since they figured if the fiancee wasn’t bothered, then why should they be?
“Miss Dillon,” asked a reporter from below stage level who wanted some juicy gossip from Queena about Patrick not showing up as promised, “today is your engagement ceremony with Mr. Pansy but he hasn’t shown up yet; aren’t you angry?”
Many people were watching this exchange unfold before them wearing expressions that showed how much they enjoyed seeing drama unfold especially since initially Queena was just a bar singer who didn’t seem like an appropriate match for someone like Patrick.
Queena paused momentarily before shaking her head softly while smiling gently back into the camera lens held by another reporter nearby, “Patrick has his own career goals which require him putting in long hours every day so we can have better lives together later on down-the-road,” she replied calmly. “as his fiancee, how could I possibly act selfishly or throw tantrums over such trivial matters?”
The journalist who had thrown out such an incisive question felt slightly embarrassed by this response from Queena.
Antony stood amongst them all watching intently whilst smirking slightly.
At this point, Patrick still hadn’t arrived, and to everyone else, it was already a big joke. Queena stood alone on the stage, occasionally asking those waiting beside her if Patrick had arrived or when he would arrive. She received negative responses every time, even after making more than ten phone calls without anyone answering on the other end.
She began to feel nervous and unconsciously clenched her hands together. Meanwhile, the guests below started whispering among themselves. In their eyes, it was already time for the ceremony to begin; even if Patrick was busy with work, he couldn’t possibly be late for his own engagement ceremony.
“Miss Dillon… is the engagement ceremony still going ahead?” The host who had been waiting for half an hour noticed that something wasn’t right and couldn’t help but ask Queena in a low voice.
Queena glanced at him; she was extremely agitated at this moment but had no choice but to suppress it and replied evasively, “Let’s wait a little longer.”
But before she knew it, someone from below spoke up, “When is Mr. Pansy coming?”
“Yeah! If he doesn’t show up for such an important event like his own engagement ceremony, then does he really want to get married?”
The hall quickly became chaotic as everyone started talking at once. Queena felt extremely nervous herself but knew that she couldn’t show any signs of weakness now.
She could only say, “Patrick just called me a moment ago saying there’s an emergency situation in his company and that he will be here soon. I hope you can all wait a little longer.”
Finally calming down the commotion somewhat with her words of reassurance, Queena breathed out in relief only for high heels clicking against marble floors caught her attention as Jane appeared at entrance door unexpectedly catching both hers’ and everyone else’s attention too.