A tall elegant man walked in. Everyone's eyes widened because they were expecting a crippled man. But then he opened the door wider and pushed him in.
Everywhere went quiet as they were coming in.
Rachael stared at him, and he looked quite handsome, too bad he was crippled. Lucas was pushed in and he kept a grumpy face.
" His family didn't even attend his wedding." Someone whispered from the audience, but it was very much loud.
" He is abandoned. Don't you get it? They just needed to get him a wife who would suffer with him for the rest of her life."
Rachael sighed heavily hearing these words. By this time they were already at the altar.
" You seem disappointed you are marrying me?" Lucas said in a low voice.
"It's not like I had a choice" Rachael rolled her eyes.
He cleared his throat "You think you are going to suffer with me as people said"
" What happened to you? How did you get crippled?" Rachel diverted the topic.
Lucas couldn't say anything as the priest interrupted. " Ladies and gentlemen, we are here to tie the knot between the Hamilton's and the Wrights
All Rachael could do was let out a miserable sigh. She had so many thoughts of objecting to the marriage. When the priest asked, "Rachael Wright, do you accept Lucas Hamilton to be your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, until death do you part?"
Rachael stared at Lucas and stared at the priest, and it felt like she had gone dumb. She couldn't say a word and just looked at them like a lost puppy until people began to murmur.
"Rachael?...." The priest called out again seeing that she had no words.
Rachael eyes widened like she had blacked out for a while. She had a blackout in thoughts.
" I... I." She stuttered and paused, then glanced towards the direction of her father.
Mr Wright raised an eyebrow at her in case she wanted to do something stupid.
She heaved a sigh before she said "Yes I do"
Even though the audience was still murmuring, Rachael massaged her temples.
Lucas was asked the same question and he answered. They wrapped up the wedding as everyone began to exit. Esther walked up to them.
" Congratulations on your wedding sis. You are officially ruined." She smirked as she walked closer to Rachel and hummed words into her ears.
" Did you receive my little wedding gift? That is to show you that no one wants you. You are an outcast and only deserve to suffer" She couldn't finish her words as Rachael pushed her, and she fell to the floor, catching the attention of the few people remaining in the hall as they began murmuring.
Mr Wright and Kate approached their direction immediately.
"Rachael, what is wrong with you?!" Kate yelled as she crouched down to help Esther on her feet.
" Rachael, you are causing too much trouble!" Mr wright scolded.
" Why don't you ask your precious daughter what she did to me?!"
" I did nothing, Dad! We all know Rachel is jealous of me because I'm a model!" Esther chirped in immediately.
" Why would I be jealous of a low life like you? You sleep with anyone you see just to get what you want. I'm sure you slept your way to the top!" A slap landed on her cheeks from Kate.
" How dare you call her a low life and a whore. My daughter worked hard. And you are just jealous." A smirk crossed Esther's lips because she was getting what she wanted.
Rachael held her cheeks in anger, she was about to react before Lucas chirped in.
" I don't think you have any respect? Mrs Wright? Isn't this between them to settle?"
They all turned their heads to him. They had totally forgotten about his existence.
A scoff escaped Kate's lips. She felt they had sealed the deal and Lucas was the abandoned child.
" What do you mean by that?! Your so-called wife called my daughter a whore?"
" I thought they were your daughters. Does the Wright family have a favorite daughter now? I might not be anything, but I could still convince my family to terminate the deal with your family. The Hamilton's don't like dealing with disrespectful, wicked and rude people." Lucas spoke calmly but in a fierce and cold tone.
Kate gulped at the way he spoke. "Mr Wright, are you mistreating your daughter?"
" No ... .no...of course not" Mr Wright stuttered a bit because Lucas's voice carried urgency and power.
Rachael watched Lucas stand up for her and her heart melted as she looked at his pretty eyes. A smile crossed her lips. He wasn't bad.
" Wifey, let's go." He said as the man who pushed him earlier started pushing him again. Rachel was over spirited and confident as they walked away from them leaving their mouths wide open.
Even though Rachael felt sad that Esther was always winning over. She slept with her boyfriend and sent her photos on her wedding to make her feel like an outcast. Her mood lightened up when Lucas took her side.
They were in an old car as they drove, but they got to pack in a mansion.
Rachael gasped in awe. Even though Lucas was the abandoned child of the Hamilton's, he still got to live in a mansion.
They went in as the man, Gerald pushed him in.
They were maidens and workers too. Rachael couldn't help but wonder how on earth he was abandoned.
" I'm going to take care of you from now on ma'am" Juliet approached her, and she introduced herself.
" I'm Juliet..." She stretched out her hands as Rachael shook hands with her.
" Wasn't Lucas Hamilton abandoned?" The maiden looked at her and furrowed her brows.
" No, he is not. We were told to spread such rumors but not in this building. People think he is a low-life and abandoned, but he is the only son of Hamilton's. Why would the Hamilton abandon their only son? But people would always believe what they want. And that is the narrative we are pushing but no one really knows"
Rachel froze instantly. She just got married to the only
son of the most powerful family in New York. She clamped her hands over her mouth in shock.