Chapter 476: Chapter 476: Outsmarting Oneself (1)
The wedding was in full swing, and it had reached the exchanging of the rings.
Aaron Wyatt had placed the ring on Annabelle Linton’s finger.
Annabelle Linton had just picked up the ring, ready to place it on Aaron Wyatt’s finger, when—
"Sister-in-law! Sister-in-law, something terrible has happened!"
Ashley Grant’s voice suddenly pierced the solemn silence.
Sister-in-law?
’Holy crap! Who calls the bride ’sister-in-law’?’
In that case...
Everyone started giving Annabelle Linton strange looks. The guests from Lynton knew the situation, but Tiana Taylor and the others...
Aaron Wyatt wasn’t bothered by it, and Annabelle Linton had genuinely forgotten to explain things, mainly because their time together had always been so rushed.
The looks from her senior and Tiana Taylor grew strange, too, but they knew Annabelle wasn’t that kind of person...
Ashley Grant knew her outburst would definitely cause problems for Annabelle Linton.
’But then again,’ she thought, ’the whole point is for Annabelle to end up with my brother. All they need to do is go out and act lovey-dovey a few times, and this will all be over. It’s just... Aaron...’
’I’m sorry, Aaron. My brother’s happiness and mine depend on my sister-in-law. You’ll just have to...’
The ring froze just before it could be placed on his finger. Annabelle Linton looked up to see Ashley Grant already scrambling onto the stage. "Sister-in-law! It’s your brother! Your brother’s in trouble! I don’t know what’s going on, but the police took him away! You have to go check on him!"
Annabelle Linton was stunned. She snatched her hand back, the ring not yet placed, and asked with a deep frown, "What’s going on?"
Aaron Wyatt looked at Ashley Grant, a sinking feeling telling him this wedding wasn’t going to happen today.
"He... he’s been working on a project recently. I’m on it too. But I think... I think something went wrong somewhere. The police took him away this morning! You have to go see him!"
It dawned on Annabelle Linton that she hadn’t seen Ryan since last night. She’d called him, but he never picked up.
’He’s probably busy with something,’ she had thought. ’It’s fine if he shows up later. We’re having another ceremony in Albion anyway.’
But now she was hearing... this?
The moment she heard "project" and "taken by the police," Annabelle Linton started to panic.
Panic clouds judgment.
Who could even think about getting married at a time like this? Annabelle Linton clutched the ring, looking at Aaron Wyatt, not knowing what to say. She was torn between her brother and her groom.
Aaron Wyatt watched her, sighing at the thought of their ruined wedding. He then managed a small smile and was about to say something like, "I’ll go with you," when he saw that, sure enough, police officers were approaching.
When Ashley Grant saw the officers arrive, she was inwardly impressed. ’That Lucy Locke is really something else.’
’To turn a simple contract check for Ryan Linton into something that gets the police involved... The girl’s got skills.’
A single wedding, and all sorts of characters were coming out of the woodwork. The guests couldn’t help but feel that they were witnessing more drama than they’d seen in the last seven or eight years combined.
A police officer walked up to Annabelle Linton and, with a stone-faced and impartial air, presented his badge.
He didn’t seem to care that he was interrupting a wedding, asking coldly, "Excuse me, are you a relative of Ryan Linton?"
With their mother gone and their father practically nonexistent, she was the closest thing to a parent he had. Annabelle Linton’s brow furrowed deeply. "He’s my brother," she said.
Ryan Linton was an adult, so legally, he was referred to as ’Mr.’
Watching the officers, a wave of panic washed over Ashley Grant.
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