Chapter 159: Nail in the Coffin
"Is it fine though? You should ask your...husband. He’s your husband now, isn’t he? He didn’t invite my husband. He only invited me, using my maiden name. Don’t know what that was about..."
With her eyebrows raised she stared at Aiden. Aiden gulped and took a step back. He was already in shock seeing the name on the gift and now she openly confronted him with something he did with malice in his heart. His first instinct was to back off. He had never seen her like this before. She had become an entirely different person. It was unbelievable.
That was what Marcella wanted. The shock on Aiden’s face was worth his weight in gold. She never had the chance to confront Aiden to his face before. Having done that, the healing wounds in Marcella’s heart were soothed.
"Never mind," Marcella with a grin waved her hand off and turned her attention toward Cindy. "It’s a weekday. We have work to do," she shrugged.
Cindy was tied for words. Marcella didn’t expect any reply from her. She saw the priest standing behind the couple with an awkward smile. Marcella kneeled in front of him. "Tony," she called him. Tony was already surrounded by some of Aiden’s guests and he was talking politely with them. Hearing her, he joined her.
"Bless us, Father," Marcella said with her palms together over her chest.
As the married couple stood on either side of them as if they were their guards, Marcella and Tony got the blessing from the Father. Marcella got a blessing for little Joey too. After that, Marcella and Tony turned to leave.
Aiden and Cindy were staring at them blankly. Marcella was met with the wife of one of the businessmen in attendance. Marcella knew Mrs. Rodriques loved to gossip. Just with her eyes alone, Marcella could see that she wanted something to talk about. She must have known that she was Aiden’s ex. So when Mrs. Roderiques asked her to confirm whether Aiden didn’t invite her husband, Marcella told her the truth. She might have also slipped the fact that Cindy wanted to marry Tony.
It didn’t happen immediately as it took a couple of months for that gossip to spread around the elite circles. Aiden—a man with good prospects had turned into a pathetic man who lost his ex to Tony Crawford; not just any woman but THE daughter of Don DeAngelo. People also pitied Tony for marrying a woman whose first choice was Tony.
In politics and in the elite circles, respect was everything. Aiden’s choice to marry Cindy was considered a downgrade and an unwise choice by many business-minded people. Aiden’s fall from grace was swifter than the pace he rose up.