Chapter 301: The Bride
** Harper **
[ Ten months later ]
"Seriously, I have never seen a bride as chill as you in my entire life." Chelsea stared expressionlessly into the mirror in front of her as the hair stylist worked on her braid, though it was more than obvious who she was talking to. "I mean, you’re getting married in less than four hours! And you’re still in the mood to check your phone all the time!"
Harper looked up from her phone, returning a sheepish smile to her maid of honor. "Well, I don’t have anything else to do right now, since I’m the last to go for hair and makeup ... And I’ll just get anxious if I simply sit here and keep thinking about the ceremony anyway."
Chelsea rolled her eyes. "I can’t believe Eli let you complete your web novel the night before your wedding. That’s straight up asking for distractions. Your readers better be leaving you the sweetest and nicest comments there are in the world."
Harper chuckled.
It was never her plan to finish her book on such a special day, but apparently, after a long year of updating Secret Crush, the plot had finally reached an end on the last day she expected it to. She had considered rushing it a bit in the past week to get it over with sooner, though Eli actually thought that it was a great omen for their wedding — what could be better than seeing the story that marked the beginning of their love journey reach a happy ending at the same time as their real life? So she decided to leave things to their own natural pace, and the two of them enjoyed a mini celebration last night when the final Chapter was uploaded.
Of course, that last Chapter was a wedding scene. And of course, her readers were nothing but sweet and nice as always, showering her with lots of comments and gifts that kept her phone buzzing for the whole day, which she took as blessings for her own wedding as well.
"It’s not called distractions if there’s nothing to be distracted from." From within the small group of bridesmaids already wrapping up with their makeup, Emory chimed in. "The bride has handled everything ahead of time, no more last minute hassles. It’s called efficiency! She’s earned the extra time to chill on her phone when anyone else in her place might be running around like a headless chicken."
"Ugh, I forgot you have a fangirl here that won’t allow half a negative comment about you." Chelsea raised her hands in surrender as the hair stylist finished securing the last hairpin, declaring her braid done. "I swear that wasn’t a complaint, Emory. I was up reading her final Chapters late last night myself! I’m a hundred percent grateful that she didn’t leave me on a cliffhanger while she goes on her honeymoon and puts her story on hiatus."