From Broken Vow To True Love Chapter 02

From Broken Vow To True Love Chapter 02

Matt stepped closer.

“Hannah, that’s enough. Don’t put Dorian on the spot in front of everyone.”

“Chloe’s always hung out with us guys.”

“She’s one of the boys. Why are you taking this so seriously?”

A small, cold laugh escaped me.

My gaze swept over Chloe’s perfectly made-up face and landed on the plunging neckline of her bridesmaid dress.

Dorian frowned.

“Hannah, stop. The ceremony is about to start. Let’s just get through today.”

“I’m making a scene?”

I looked at Dorian.

“You think *I’m* making a scene?”

This was the face I had loved for three years.

Now, looking at him, I felt like I was staring at a stranger.

Dorian’s frown deepened, his eyes filled with irritation.

“What else would you call it?”

He reached up and tugged at his tie.

“I postponed two multi-million-dollar projects for this wedding. I’ve been running myself ragged over the dress, the venue…”

“What more do you want? Do I have to kick Chloe out to make you happy?”

Right on cue, Chloe sighed.

She reached out and caught Dorian by the cuff.

“Dorian, just drop it. Don’t fight with Hannah on my account.”

“If I’m causing a problem, I can just leave.”

As she spoke, she made a show of turning to go.

Dorian grabbed her wrist.

“Why would you leave? This is my wedding.”

“You’re my best friend. Nobody is kicking you out.”

He turned back to me, his gaze icy.

“Hannah, Chloe has run herself ragged for this wedding. She’s lost five pounds.”

“You haven’t even thanked her, and now you’re trying to humiliate her in front of all these people.”

“Where are your manners?”

My eyes fell to their clasped hands.

A memory from two weeks ago flashed in my mind.

That day, we had gone to Tiffany’s to choose our wedding rings.

Chloe had insisted on coming along to “help us decide.”

I tried on a simple, thin band with a single tiny diamond.

Before I could say a word, Chloe wrinkled her nose.

“Ugh, that’s so matronly. It looks like something my mom would wear.”

She raised her hand and pointed to another ring, this one with a large pink diamond.

“Now, that one is gorgeous. Dorian, what do you think?”

Dorian glanced at it and nodded.

“Not bad. Let’s see it.”

I thought he meant for me to try it on.

But as soon as the sales associate set it on the velvet tray, Chloe snatched it up and slid it onto her own finger.

She held her hand up, admiring it under the light.

“It’s so beautiful. Too bad I don’t have a boyfriend to buy it for me.”

Her voice was thick with manufactured disappointment.

The next second, Dorian pulled out his Amex Centurion card.

“We’ll take it. It’s a gift.”

Only then did he look at me, as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

“Chloe has to watch us get married. Of course she’s going to feel a little down.”

“I’m just getting her a little something to cheer her up. You can pick out your own.”

But there wasn’t another ring in the store more expensive than that pink diamond.

In the end, I chose the cheapest one they had.

Because back then, I still believed love wasn’t about the price tag.

Looking back, I was a fool.