Falling in Love With A One-Night Stand

525 The Bride Ran Away "Yes, Lily, i's been a while," Isabella said as she walked in. She was dressed in a pink satin slip dress with her hair cascaded over her shoulders. Even though she only wore light makeup, she appeared attractive and energetic.

Lily couldn't help but clench her fist when she saw Isabella's beautiful face. "I wasn't expecting you to marry Jasper. I assumed you had a crush

on him then and that you would fall in love with someone else in a few years."

"Alot of things also happened out of your expectations. For example, you didn't expect Jasper to go looking for me when you kicked me out," Isabella sat quietly on the sofa and said, ""Please take a seat. I don't want Jasper to think I can't entertain guests because he'll be here in a few minutes."

Lily folded her arms and said mockingly, "Do you really believe you can take my place as hostess? You are so naive! Isabella, if it weren't for Anna, you might've died on that island! Also, if it weren't for the fact that Jasper adopted you and put a lot of hard work into educating you, you would've been ill-mannered and uneducated even if you were to survive on that istand!"

Isabella ignored Lily's sarcasm because she was getting used to it. Lily remained as cynical as ever, but Isabella was no longer the cranky little girl with the highest self-esteem she used to be. Having poured herself a cup of hot tea, Isabella said, "I don't care what you think of me. I got what I wanted, and I'm satisfied with it."

"So you admit it, right?" With a sneer, Lily asked in disbelief. 524 The Bride Ran Away: oil

"What?" Caught off guard, Isabella asked in puzzlement.

"You lived in my house because you wanted to replace me, right? You asked him to adopt you so you could live in his home and spend time with him every day. Finally, you managed to seduce Jasper. Isabella you're a lot more sophisticated than I thought you were."

As she walked towards Isabella, Lily said resentfully, "To be honest, I hated you from the moment I saw you. I hated you from the moment Jasper brought you home. Women's intuition has always been accurate."

Isabella took a deep breath because she was exhausted. "Have you been thinking about this every day for the past few years?" she asked after a brief pause.

"What do you mean?" Lily asked, frowning,

"He abandoned you, but you blame it all on me. Why can't you just accept reality? Why did you..."

"Itseems you don't even know that Jasper was the one who told me to kick you out of the house," Lily interrupted Isabella.

And Isabella froze when she heard Lily's words. Under her gaze, Lily slowly took a ring box from her handbag and placed it on the table, continuing, "Jasper proposed to me with this ring. He told me at the time that after we remarried, he would send you back to England."

Isabella fixed her gaze on the blue ring box and couldn't help but shiver. In the light, the wedding ring on her ring finger shone like moonlight.

"What are you trying to say?" Isabella asked, trying to remain calm.

"Because you left America angrily, Jasper came to England to find you. He agreed to be your boyfriend because he thought you were dying of 524 The Bride Ran Away: dl AIDS. He had no feelings for you at all! He did it because he was your adoptive father and he thought he was supposed to be responsible for you! This responsibility is like a shackle that restricts him from breaking free!"

"Bullshit! That's not true!"

Lily sneered as she asked, "You know more about this than I do, don't you? You've lived in his house for years, so he's used to you being around him. Let me ask you, have you two ever had physical contact?" These words pierced Isabella's heart like a knife. Isabella couldn't help thinking to herself, Damn it! Jasper and / have been together for three years, but he has never taken the initiative to make out with me. He's always patient with me, and that attitude made me feel like he still treats me like a child, It's so annoying!

Anna and Peace stood outside the door for a long time. They were both worried because they couldn't hear anything inside.

After a while, Jasper arrived. He asked anxiously as he dashed toward the door, "Where's Isabella?"

"They're still inside," Peace said, pointing to the room.

Jasper then tried to open the door. Seeing that, Anna immediately stopped him, saying, "Wait! Isabella said she would solve the problem herself. Just leave her alone."

"She won't be able to solve it," Jasper said quickly. The next second, however, he was surprised that no matter what he tried, he couldn't turn the knob.

Anna had never seen Jasper so nervous, so she was terrified. "Peace, go get the key from the front desk," she said 524 The Bride Ran Away ey

Without further ado, Peace rushed to find the waiter, but Jasper had kicked the door open before she left. Then the three of them found that Lily was the only person left in the room. Anna and Peace dashed into the room and looked at every corner. They did not, however, see Isabella

"Where is Isabella, Lily?" Anna asked as she made her way to the couch.

Lily sat calmly on the sofa as if this had nothing to do with her. "She's gone," she said coldly and contemptuously.

"Where?" Peace asked.

Lily cast a glance at the table. "I'm not sure and I don't care about that."

"What did you say to her?" Anna asked once more.

Rolling up her sleeves, Peace shouted, "Stop asking, Anna! She's definitely here to sabotage the wedding. Lily, tell me where Isabella is, NOW!"

Fearing that Peace would cause trouble, Anna immediately stopped her.

"Lily, what did you say to Isabella?" Jasper asked indifferently after he made sure that Isabella wasn't in the bathroom.

Lily stood up and set her cup down. She looked resentlully at Jasper and said, "You finally talk to me. I didn't do anything other than tell her the truth. If she wanted to leave, I have no right to stop her." "What did you say to her?"

Sneering, Lily pointed to the table and said, "I've just come to return the wedding ring to you. I had to give it to your wife because you've been too busy lately. I wasn't expecting her to break down when she sav this. She's still as impulsive as ever." 524 The Bride Ran Away: oil

When Anna and Peace looked over at the table, they noticed a blue ring box with Isabella's wedding ring next to it

"What's going on?" In disbelief, Peace asked.

Jasper approached the table. He didn't even look at the ring box Lily had brought. Instead, he took the ring from the table. He then found that there was a note pressed underneath the ring.

Anna was close to him, so she could see what was written on this note. It only had one sentence: "I don't want to get married. Leave me alone, please. Don't bother looking for me."

After seeing the ring and the words on the note, Jasper fell silent. Anna, who also fell silent, felt that her heart skipped a beat.

Realizing that it was pointless for her to stay there, Lily picked up her bag and said, "Alright. I should leave now that I've returned the ring and told her the truth. We don't owe each other anything anymore, Jasper."

"Do you think you'll be able to leave?" Peace asked loudly. She tried to stop Lily from leaving.

"Peace! Relax!" Anna shook her head and told her not to get involved. Then she whispered to Peace, "Isabella is an adult now. She's capable of making rational decisions. Now that she chose to marry Jasper, she would not abandon her marriage because of a few words from Lily. If she gives up, it will indicate that she's not mature or ready enough to get married. All of this has nothing to do with Lily."

The lounge was extremely quiet after Lily left. Sighing, Anna asked, "Jasper, why don't you send someone to find Isabella? She shouldn't have already left the island."

"That's not necessary," Jasper grumbled as he clutched the note, "If she hasn't figured it out yet, I'll give her some time."

"Why?" Peace asked, surprised. 524 The Bride Ran Away: -

"Nothing can change the fact that she is my wife now. I'm not going

to leave her alone for long." He replied coldly.