A Touch of Sweetness
Chapter 2910

Chapter 2910

"It's not like I did anything too over-the-top..."

Jessica mumbled, tugging at a corner of Larry's shirt.

Caspian's expression lit up.

If this had happened in the past, he would have gotten jealous watching her act like this to anotherman,

Now, he was actually rejoicing at the fact that the love of his life was doing such a thing.

"Don't touch me!" Larry shook her grip off.

"Why did you have to go and get into a useless conflict with Della like that? When you get bitten bya stray dog, do you bite it back?"

The words had barely left his mouth when Jessica and Caspian burst out into laughter.

Jessica had the forethought to hide her giggles behind one hand in a useless attempt to cover upher emotions.

"That's enough! I'm telling you right now, Jessica, don't ever do that again!"

With that, Larry whipped around and went up the stairs.He hadn't planned on being too harsh onher in the first place.

After all, she was Caspian’s lover.

Elsewhere in another villa, Jake was busy with the preparations for the wedding.

A frightened Joan could only watch him from the stairway, her knuckles white from how tightly shegripped the railing.

It seemed to her that Jake had completely lost his mind.

She wanted desperately to have a proper talk with him over the matter, but he refused to give her achance to do so.

"The invitations have all been sent out, Mr.Wilson,” a housemaid told him.

Jake made a simple sound of acknowledgment.He knew that Joan was watching him from thestairs.He didn't want to lift his head and meet her gaze for fear of seeing the disappointment andsadness in her eyes.

Fate was truly a confusing thing.

God would bring some people into one's life before taking them away and bringing them back.Nonetheless, Joan had never once focused her affections on him.

His hand trembled slightly, tightening around the pen in his grip.He wanted nothing more than togrow old with her and live a happy life together, but that wasn't her wish.

"Jake?" Joan called out, slowly approaching him.

His expression grew dark.

It seemed that she was coming to convince him to abandon the wedding ceremony again

"If you're here to try and persuade me to stop, I'd advise you to give up" he replied in a low,warning tone.

Joan sat down on a sofa, leaning back and closing her eyes.

She wondered what would she need to do in order to make him give up on this plan of his.

"Do you truly think that you'll replace happiness this way, Jake?" she asked quietly.

No.l don't think so at all.But I still want to do it.

"I'm happy as long as I'm with you came Jake's immediate answer.

His words sounded sarcastic and cold to Joan's ears.

There was no way that he sincerely loved her at all.

She pressed on, "What if I die one day? What would you do then?”

The pen fell from Jake's grip.

Why is she asking that? Is she thinking of doing something stupid? He stared at her, his eyebrowsknitting together in worry.

"Then I'll die alongside you; he said on purpose.Even in death, he would not let her be free.Joanturned her face away from him, hiding the tears that escaped her eyes.The wedding ceremonyarrived sooner than expected, and all of Jake's friends and family were in attendance.

He had made preparations for every single aspect of the ceremony down to the finest details, buthe could never have prepared himself for what was about to happen next.

In the dressing room, Joan was crying helplessly as the make-up artists were trying to do their job."Miss, you can't cry on your wedding day.Your make-up is going to look all cakey and the pictureswon't turn out well.”

One of the make-up artists tried to comfort her.

However, Joan could not care less if she looked pretty or not.

After all, she didn't want to get married to Jake in the first place.

After a long while, the make-up artists eventually gave up on her and left Joan alone in the dressingroom, crying silent tears of pain and suffering.

This was the worst nightmare of her life, and she didn't know if she would be able to wake up fromit at all.