Chapter 82 I’d Rather Befriend A Dog
Chapter 82 I’d Rather Befriend A Dog
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As Angela gazed at the vibrant invitation card, a bitter chuckle escaped her lips, and her eyes brimmed with scorn.
After taking the invitation card, she tore it up the next second and tossed it into the nearby trash bin.
“Am I losing my mind, or are you?” she spat, her tone icy. “Asking me to be a bridesmaid, pretending it’s a celebration when it’s more like a funeral! If envy turns to bitterness and I lash out, what then?”
It sickened her that Fanny would invite her, the former fiancée, to stand beside her as a bridesmaid and paint herself as virtuous.
“Angela…” Fanny’s eyes reddened as she looked anxiously at Angela.
A touch of vulnerability flashed across her face.
“Angela, please don’t say such hurtful things!” Joseph stepped in front of Fanny and spoke softly to Angela. “This is a significant moment in Fanny’s life. She only has you as a sister. It’s natural for her to want you there. Let’s not give others a reason to mock us at such an important time.”
He thought Angela was just in a bad mood because her engagement was broken.
Fanny felt at a loss. She bowed her head and nodded silently.
Angela’s eyes hardened. “Aren’t I already a laughingstock? My fiancé was stolen, and now I have to pretend everything’s fine and offer my blessings.”
“What did I do to deserve such humiliation from you?”
“Get lost, Fanny! I don’t have a shameless sister like you. Stay away from me and spare me your disgust,” Angela’s tone was icy and filled with disdain.
She exuded a chilling aura, and her pale face reflected her gloom and coldness.
“What’s going on, Fanny, Angela?” Christopher’s anxious voice echoed from the doorway.
Angela looked up and saw Christopher striding toward them.
His gaze first fell on the torn invitation card on the ground; then, instinctively, he pulled Fanny into his arms.
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“What’s wrong?”
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“I wanted to invite Angela to our engagement banquet, but she tore the invitation.” Fanny’s delicate face showed a hint of helplessness and vulnerability. Finally, she hesitated before burying her tearful face in his embrace.
That fragile and beautiful appearance was enough to make anyone’s heart ache. Without saying a word, it made people feel that she must have been bullied by someone with deep scheming and jealous madness.
Christopher’s gaze, as he looked at Angela, mirrored a mix of disgust, hatred, and irrationality, a familiar sight to Angela.
Angela sneered, and her lips curled with disdain.
“Don’t pretend to be affectionate in front of me. You break off your engagement with me, then immediately jump into my sister’s arms. The Sanders Family has no shame, but I certainly do.”
“Are there no other girls left in Riverdon? Making your love rival your bridesmaid, you two are truly despicable. Lock yourselves away and spare others from your harm.”
Christopher Sanders‘ heart skipped a beat, a mixture of anger and guilt flooded him, and he felt a prickling sensation in his chest.
He couldn’t go against his grandfather’s wishes. He was engaged to Angela, but he hadn’t clarified things with her. It was his fault, but Fanny was innocent.
She was concerned about Angela’s reaction, which is why she kept silent and prioritized Angela’s feelings.
Fanny bit her lip and stepped out of Christopher’s embrace with tears welling up in her eyes. “Love can’t be forced. Before you returned, Christopher and I were childhood sweethearts.
“I know this engagement was meant for you. At the time, I genuinely wanted to wish you. both well. I held back my feelings for him.
“I didn’t want to hurt you either, but once love takes hold, it can’t be denied. I can’t live without him. Even Old Mr. Sanders now approves. Angela, please, I beg you, forgive us, okay?”
Fanny’s tears broke Christopher’s heart.
Angela looked at them coldly. “Do you think you’re so noble that your emotions can make all three of us cry? Why are both of you so despicable? Do you need to use me as a stepping
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stone to make your supposed beautiful love appear tragic?”
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She threw off the covers, endured the pain, and stood up. Upon picking up the trash can containing the shattered invitation cards, she hurled it at Christopher.
“If you ever speak the truth to me again, Angela declared boldly, “I’d rather befriend a dog than associate with you, Christopher!”
The nurse rushed forward to support Angela, who, now bolstered, continued with even more determination, “If you want my blessings, wait until you’re both dead.”
Christopher, struck by a trash can, was visibly pale. He attempted to defend himself but found himself at a loss for words.
The nurse, equally incensed, couldn’t comprehend the audacity of this family.
“In the old days, a girl like her, shamelessly stealing her sister’s fiancé, would’ve been tossed into a pigpen.”
“Being a third wheel and still strutting around in front of everyone, how shameless and malicious.” The nurse couldn’t contain her anger and turned to Christopher. “Hmm, young man, you clearly lack discernment in women. You’re also a coward and not even as good as the uneducated men in my family.”
With that, she helped Angela sit down, then forcefully pushed the two of them out and instructed the bodyguards not to let them back in.
They couldn’t afford to delay Angela’s recovery.
In the room, only Joseph remained.
“Angela… you don’t seem like yourself right now,” he remarked.
Angela looked up at him, her lips pale. “Ever since I was young, whenever Fanny cried, she got whatever she wanted. Everything she did was praised, and I couldn’t argue because it meant I was trying to take things away from her. There was no room for both of us.”
Angela paused, a soft chuckle escaping her lips. “Joseph, do you think I should just swallow my pride and be Fanny’s bridesmaid? But does it really matter? I’m practically invisible in the Kins Family. Will anyone even notice me?”
“Fanny is content with her victories over me,” she added bitterly.
Joseph furrowed his brows and looked at Angela. “You’re overthinking this, Angela. Fanny means no harm.”
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“Even if there’s no malicious intent, am I supposed to accept it?” Angela’s gaze suddenly turned cold, and weariness filled her heart. “Joseph, just go. I’m tired and need some rest,”
Joseph moved his mouth, but in the end, he didn’t say anything.
But as soon as he stepped out of the door and saw the person standing at the entrance, he paused and frowned. “Zacharias, why are you here?”
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“When Angela had an accident, I was still in seclusion at school conducting experiments. I only found out last night and took the opportunity to come and see today.” Zacharias took out a handkerchief and covered his mouth as he coughed. “Joseph, isn’t it too much to ask Angela to be a bridesmaid? We all know how much Angela liked Christopher before.”
Seeing Zacharias struggling with his cough, Joseph furrowed his brow even deeper and led him to his office.
After a moment of silence, Joseph spoke. “Christopher’s heart belongs to Fanny now, and he’s set to join the Kins Family. We gave Angela a chance, but if she can’t win his love, it’s only fair for Fanny to take her place.”
“But suggesting Fanny to have Angela as a bridesmaid is too much!” Zacharias protested.
Joseph’s eyes turned cold as he inserted his hands into the pockets of his white coat. “Since Christopher and Fanny’s relationship is already settled, it’s better for Angela to face reality. sooner. She needs to adapt to the fact that Christopher will be her brother–in–law and handle it with grace. I’m willing to be the bad guy here if it means Angela can move forward.”
