FULL NOVELXO Chapter Substitute 8
Chapter 8
But Bethany continued to hesitate and fidget, clutching the skirt tightly as she said reluctantly,
"I've never worn such a beautiful wedding dress before. This is exactly like the wedding dress of my dreams. Young Miss, since... since you're not getting married anyway, couldn't you give it to me?" "Are you deaf? I've told you I'm getting married soon. This is my wedding dress for my wedding. If I give it to you, what am I supposed to wear?"
Bethany froze, and before she could speak, her eyes had already turned red.
Seeing her look so wronged, Ethan, Tony, and Andrew immediately felt heartache.
Ethan looked at Katerina and rubbed his temples in irritation, "Enough. It's just a wedding dress, and you're not really getting married.
It's one thing to buy a wedding dress to trick us, but now you're taking this act too far?"
"Yeah, aren't you just trying to make us jealous? We told you last time to stop with these tricks, but you're getting more and more carried away," Tony said impatiently.
"It's just a prop for an act. If Beth likes it, give it to her. Where did you buy it? I'll pay you back." As he spoke, Andrew held out a black card.
Katerina took a deep breath, realizing it was impossible to reason with them.
"I'll say this one last time this is not a prop! I'm really getting married, and my husband designed this himself. It means everything to me. Bethany must take it off and return it to me!"
The three brothers were instantly enraged at hearing the word "husband" from her mouth. Just as they were about to speak, Bethany tugged at their clothes while crying.
"Ethan, Tony, Andrew, don't argue because of me. I'll take it off, I'll take it off, okay?"
As soon as she finished speaking, she ran to her room crying.
When she came back out, the wedding dress she was holding was in tatters.
"I'm sorry. Young Miss. I wasn't careful when taking it off and accidentally tore it."
She looked at Katerina timidly, but her eyes held a trace of triumph.
Looking at the wedding dress that had clearly been cut to pieces with scissors, Katerina nearly fainted with anger.
"Tell me, this happened while you were taking it off? You obviously did this on purpose!"
"I really didn't mean to, I'm sorry, Young Miss. I can pay you back for it, isn't that okay?" Bethany bit. her lip, crying even harder.
As Katerina was about to explode, Ethan pulled Bethany into his arms. "Enough!"
"How far are you going to take this act? Fine, since you say your husband designed this himself, call him right now. Ask him how much it costs, and I'll pay for it!"
Tony and Andrew chimed in: "Yes, call your husband right now."
The three brothers' intention was to make Katerina stop this farce. Every day they had to hear her talk about marriage, wedding rings, and husband - even knowing she was acting, they couldn't control their anger. They felt like they were going crazy. They thought the only way to stop her from joking about such things was to completely expose her and make her unable to continue the act.
Who knew that Katerina would grit her teeth and force out a "Fine."
Then, in front of everyone, she dialed the number saved as "Husband" in her phone!
Ring... Ring...
The dial tone continued for a long time, with no one answering.
The three brothers' hearts had been suspended in anxiety, worried that Katerina might be telling the truth.