The Duke's Obsession With His Wife — Chapter 19

IT'S JUST AS SPECTACULAR AS EVERYONE SAID IT WOULD BE!

OF COURSE, IT'S "THE" DUKE OF BRISTON'S WEDDING, AFTER ALL!

ALTHOUGH IT'S A SHAME THAT THE ROSES AREN'T IN BLOOM YET...

MAYBE IT'S SOME SORT OF STATEMENT.

THEY DIDN'T WANT THE ROSES TO STEAL THE SPOTLIGHT.

OH, PLEASE.

THAT REMINDS ME. WE'LL BE SEEING DUKE BRISTON IN FULL REGALIA TODAY!

YOU'RE RIGHT. I'M SURE HE'LL BE QUITE DASHING!

I JUST HOPE HE DOESN'T OVERSHADOW THE BRIDE!

BUT HOW COULD HE NOT OVERSHADOW THE BRIDE?

ISN'T SHE JUST SOME COUNTRY BUMPKIN?

SHE CAN PUT ON THE FANCIEST GOWN MONEY CAN BUY, BUT CLASS IS SOMETHING YOU JUST HAVE TO BE BORN WITH.

I BET THEY'LL BE EATING THEIR WORDS AFTER THEY SEE ANRI FOR THEMSELVES.

OH...

LADY EUNICE...!

I'M SORRY IF I KEPT YOU WAITING...

I-I-IT TOOK ME SOME TIME TO FIND YOU IN THIS CROWD.

N-NO NEED TO APOLOGIZE...!

C-CONGRATULATIONS. YOUR FAMILY MUST BE VERY HAPPY.

THANK YOU. I'LL PASS YOUR SENTIMENTS TO ANRI.

HEY, EUNICE!

WHO'S THIS?

OH, UH...

THIS IS THE GENTLEMAN I MET AT THE BRISTON BALL.

A-AND, THIS IS MY TWIN SISTER, MY LORD.

I'M CANDICE WENTWORTH, MY LORD. PLEASED TO MAKE YOUR ACQUAINTANCE.

IT'S... A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU, MY LADY.

WHY ISN'T HE INTRODUCING HIMSELF?

AM I NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO EVEN HEAR HIS NAME?

WELL.

WE HAPPEN TO BE QUITE BUSY, AS SISTERS OF THE BRIDE, SO I'M AFRAID YOU MUST EXCUSE US.

OH...!

B-BUT, CANDICE...!!

LET'S GO, EUNICE.

SNAP OUT OF IT!

WHY WOULD A MAN LIKE HIM BE INTERESTED IN A GIRL LIKE YOU?

BESIDES, I BET HE'S GOT NOTHING TO OFFER EXCEPT THAT FACE OF HIS.

SO QUIT DRAGGING YOUR FEET!

THE CEREMONY IS ABOUT TO START.

A LIAR SHOULD HAVE A BIT OF FLAIR (4)

I HAVEN'T HAD A MOMENT OF PEACE SINCE DAWN.

PERHAPS I COULD CUT THE RECEPTION A BIT SHORT—

THE WORLD'S GONE SILENT...

NOW THAT THE BRIDE AND GROOM HAVE BOTH ARRIVED, YOU MAY TAKE YOUR SEATS.

A LONE, PINK ROSE, COME TO BLOSSOM...

FROM HER COUNTRY ROOTS TO HER DRESS...

...THIS NEW LADY BRISTON DEFIES ALL EXPECTATIONS.

WE ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY...

...TO WITNESS THESE TWO SOULS COME TOGETHER IN HOLY MATRIMONY.

AS SPOUSES, YOU WILL VOW TO SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER...

...THROUGH BETTER AND WORSE, THROUGH SICKNESS AND HEALTH...

YOU MAY NOW EXCHANGE RINGS AS A SYMBOL OF YOUR VOWS.

HER HAND...

...?

WHY IS HE DRAGGING THIS OUT?

HE LOOKS SO STIFF...

MY LORD...

PERHAPS MY DRESS ISN'T TO YOUR LIKING?

NO...

THEN WHY ARE YOU ACTING SO ALOOF?

JUST TELL ME YOU DON'T LIKE IT!

NO, IT'S ACTUALLY...

AND BY THE POWER INVESTED IN ME BY OUR GOD, I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU MAN AND WIFE.

...VERY MUCH TO MY LIKING.

HUH??

W-WAIT, ARE WE ABOUT TO KISS? RIGHT NOW?! WAIT...!!

TH-THIS IS EVEN MORE HEART-STOPPING THAN IT WAS IN MY DREAMS!

I, F-FINALLY GET TO SHARE A KISS WITH THE REAL EDWIN...!

HUH...?!?

AVOIDED HER LIPS BY A HAIR.

WHAT...

WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT...?!?