Chapter 1: The last minute groom change
"Mister, please, will you marry me?" Jeslyn asked a man whom she saw entering into the restroom of the wedding venue.
’He must be one of the guests,’ she thought as her eyes took in the magnificent stature of the hunk of a man who stood before her.
Jeslyn was taken aback by the coldness he was exuding when he turned to face her. His dark chocolate eyes held so much darkness that she flinched when she beheld them. All her senses were instantly alerted, ringing bells in her mind to walk away...but to where? She had been searching for a groom for a long time already and couldn’t even find a janitor, let alone a waiter, so where else would she see a husband? The auspicious time was already passing.
He calmly assessed the disheveled and feeble looking bunny in front of him. Jeslyn’s white wedding gown wasn’t looking elegant nor was she putting in effort to look presentable.
His aura relaxed a little when he saw Jeslyn’s makeup-smudged face and the line of tears on her cheeks.
Seeing this, Jeslyn breathed a sigh of relief and tried to focus her mind so she could interact with him like the human he was.
The man looked to his right and then to his left, there were only the two of them in the spacious hallway, so he pointed at his nose with a perplexed expression on his face.
"Young Miss..." he hesitated. Then he frowned slightly, "You mean...me?"
Jeslyn nodded gently while wiping her face with the back of her hand, ruining the mascara even more.
The man chuckled after seeing Jeslyn’s nod. This girl in front of him was the most daring bunny he had ever come across. So tender, fearful, yet audacious!
"You don’t know me, do you?" he asked after his weird, unexpected chuckle.