Husband With Benefits-Chapter 541: Shock

Autumn was in shock. Or maybe she was dreaming or in a nightmare. She had no idea. She had been walking around in a daze since this afternoon. She stared at the shiny fork sitting in front of her as if it would answer all her questions.

Pierce and Bianca... The very fact that she could not process their betrayal and cry was proof that she was numb at the moment. It was okay if they wanted to marry each other. One was the boy she loved and the other, her best friend. She would have wished them happy if they had told her. But why did they do what they did today?

They planned to hurt her. It was a carefully calculated way to hurt her. And she couldn’t understand why. When she’d left B town, it had been these two who had suported her, truste her. Pierce had voewd that he loved her, had always been talking to her on the phone, emails, etc. He’d even confessed his love and proposed on the phone! And he was the one who had said that she should meet him at the courthouse today.

She shuddered as she thought back to the scene from this afternoon. She’d been sitting for almost an hour then, when she first saw Pierce walking towards her. He’d looked so handsome, dressed to the nines in his suit. The relief and happiness she’d felt at that moment...

Then she saw his cousins. They were following him, all well dressed as well and she felt some more warmth. So Mrs Pearl had not approved their marriage but Pierce’s cousins had all come out to support him. She smiled at Pierce when he looked her way, but suddenly, he jerked his eyes away, turning his head to the side.

And that was when she had seen... Biance dressed in an all white lace dress, her arm threading through Pierce’s holding his hand. The hand that already had a wedding ring on it.

And then she heard the malicious comments from the cousing," Pierce, she really is like a loyal dog.. She’s still waiting here for you."

"They stopped a few feet away from her, and made no attempt to lower their voices," I told you, there was no need to have this farce. Now see, she is going to create a scene and spoin your day."

"You should’ve just messaged her that you were not marrying her."

"Did she really think you were going to marry her? Miss ’Beautiful’, did you really think that our cousing would marry a hoe like you? What is wrong with you? You should have run away when he did not turn up."

"I think she is pretty shameless. Forget leaving before they came here. She’s still here, even after Pierce and Bianca are standing before her."

"Oh please. She’s earned her reputation for her shamelessness. Hasn’t Aunt Pearl told you already?"

Autumn was already used to those taunts and comments so she simply ignored those and stared at Biance and Pierce, " What is going on?"

In fact, she wanted to ask so much more than just that one question but she couldn’t. Her mind was blank and she could think nothing else.

She expected Pierce to speak up but it was Bianca who did. " Autumn, I know this must have come as a shock to you. But this is what it is. Pierce is in love with me and I am in love with Pierce. We wanted to tell you this but your mother had recently passed away so we were trying to be supportive friends. Pierce proposed last year and we had our church wedding today."

"I know you have a crush on Pierce so I decided against calling you to the wedding. But Pierce told me you’ve been harassing him all this time, trying to get close to him. Look, I know you find this thrilling. Going after men who are committed. It is also why we hid our relationship from you so that you wouldn’t consider winning Pierce a challenge. However, I don’t want to hide anymore. So, I told Pierce to invite you here. We are registering our marriage in an hour. If you want to wish us well, then you are welcome to stay here. Otherwise... leave and don’t come back into our lives..."

The words ’going after men who are committed’ echoed in her mind. Biance had known the truth. She’d been the first person she had gone to when everything had happened, even before confiding in her mother. Why was she doing this?

Another of Pierce’s cousins, stepped forward, grabbing the form from her hand," You are expecting her to wish you well? She is standing here, wearing a white dress and and with yuor husband’s name on the marriage form and you think she is going to bless your wedding. What is wrong with you, Bia! Tell her to get lost."

"Give me that file. I don’t believe it."

Even as Bianca grabbed the file, for the first time, Autumn glimsed the malice in her eyes. Biance wanted to see for herself the form that she had filled. She wanted to humiliate her even more.

She fought the urge to grab the file back. Thankfully, she had not been able to fill the form. At least she would have some sort of dignity left. What harm had she done to Pierce and Bianca that they did not just want to betray her but also strip her of a last piece of dignity.

Before Bianca could open the file, a man stepped between her and the rest. With his back to the group, the others could only frown while Autumn looked up at the tall man and blinked. He...Why was he here? Howevermwhat he said next, rendered her even more mute...

"Autumn! What are you standing here for? The councillor is waiting for us inside. Come on, my pretty bride. It is time you said ’yes’ to me forever. I can’t wait to make you mine."

With that, he held her wrist and grabbed the file from Bianca’s hand and started to walk along, while she felt her body follow him in a daze.