In no time, Carol was standing in front of Lucas, Alex gave her hands in Lucas’s hand and said, “Just remember one thing, she is my daughter, if you dare to hurt her, you will have to face me”
Lucas just nodded with a small smile pasted on his face, and Alex walked away and sat next to Alice.
Alex and Alice were very happy and it was visible on their faces.
All the reports were clicking the photos as it was the marriage of William’s son to the richest family in the world.
Lucas thought that ‘Did his Dad forget that he is his son, and Carol is his daughter-in-law, he was threatening his own son’.
But again his eyes fell on nervous Carol, and it reminded him of many things like how close Carol is to his family.
A memory from the past flashed his mind and he got a little upset. He married Catherine like this but their marriage didn’t survive.
He just wished that his second marriage with Carol would survive. He loves kids. He wanted to have kids with Catherine, but she always denied saying that she was not ready and he never believed in forcing anyone to do anything.
On the other hand, Carol was shivering from inside, she was hell nervous, her hands were trembling, because till now Lucas’s words were ringing in her ears.
She was nervous thinking how this marriage will survive when both don’t love each other, she missed her Dad too much; many emotions and thoughts were going on in Carol’s mind.
Lucas was pulled out of his thoughts when Priest started reading the vows, soon he heard Carol saying, “I do” he felt so happy at this moment.
He knows that he doesn’t love her but still knowing that after this moment Carol will be his, he was very happy.
After that, it was his turn, and after the Priest completed his vows Lucas parted his lips to say, “I do” but he was interpreted with a known voice, “No Lucas please don’t do this”
He froze in his place and everyone turned to see the owner of the voice, and everyone was shocked to see the person standing at the entrance of the church.
It was none other than Catherine, Lucas’s eyes were wide open when he saw that Catherine had a baby bump, and she said with teary eyes, “Lucas, please don’t do it with our kid, please forgive me for my mistakes”
Lucas forgot everything and the only word ringing in his mind was ‘OUR KID’, he always wanted to have kids with her, he left the altar and ran towards Catherine.
He gently touched her swollen belly and said in a cracking voice, “Ou…. Our…ba.. baby” his eyes were teary. Catherine nodded and he hugged her tightly.
He held Catherine by her shoulder and walked out of the church even without looking back once.
Everyone in the Church started giving pity looks to Carol who was standing on the altar alone, all broken and trying to hold her tears.
She was unable to think anything, her Groom left her on the altar, although he didn’t love her but he should have not insulted her like this in front of the whole world.
Alex clenched his fist, he was unable to bear what just happened, he knows he cannot console Carol anyhow, he didn’t have words.
Carol felt like her legs lost the strength to carry her weight and she fell on her knees, her Mom ran to her and hugged her tightly she was unable to hold her strong daughter like this.
Alice and Alexa also ran towards Carol, but was stopped by Carol’s Mom’s angry words, “Don’t you dare, don’t you dare come near to my daughter” saying this she broke down and continued crying hysterically, “It was all my mistake, I made my daughter suffer all this”
“I should have understood that rich people don’t have simple lives like my daughter wants, it’s all my mistake” she hugged Carol tightly and cried.
Alex would have killed if anyone dared to insult his wife and lovely daughter but at this moment, he knew that they were at fault, what Lucas did was unforgettable and Carol’s mother’s pain is immeasurable.
He never in his dreams had thought that his son Lucas, his pride, could do something like this too with an innocent girl like Carol.
Carol was no less than Alexa for him, he still remembers the day he had hired her, the moment she entered his office he had that fatherly feeling for her and he hired her.
And Carol also never let him regret her hiring, she was always best at her work, she was more like a family member for Alex.
Carol’s mother somehow brought Carol home, once she made Carol change her clothes and made her sit on the bed, her mother was unable to bear it anymore and she again hugged her and started crying.
She sat on the floor, and held Carol’s hand in her lap, and said crying hysterically, “Baby, please forgive your Mumma, this all happen because of me, I am not a good mother, I failed your Dad, he will be ashamed of me, I made our daughter suffer so much”
“If I had never accepted their proposal, this all would have never happened” she started crying.
Carol was numb till now, but she felt like she just woke up with a jerk when she heard her Mom saying that she is ashamed of herself, Carol could not take it.
Her Mom is her everything she agreed to this marriage only for her mother at least this is what she thinks, she immediately hugged her Mom and said, “Mom, you are Dad’s and my proud, we can never ashamed of you”
“Mom, whatever you did was for my good, I know that” Carol tried to be strong and said, “Mom, I think it’s good that these all happened before my marriage, just imagine what would have happened if I was married to him”