The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance novel Chapter 2225

In stark contrast, the bride's side was practically empty.

Aside from herself and Laurel, Stella only recognized two of Juniper's employees.

No wonder Juniper had practically begged her to come and pad the guest list.

The Chapel was expansive, and with barely twenty people in attendance, the atmosphere felt incredibly desolate.

Neither Joshua nor Juniper had arrived yet. Only the venue staff scurried about, and there wasn't even a proper usher in sight.

"Did they not even bother taking wedding photos?" Laurel suddenly asked.

Stella had been so lost in her own heartbreak that she hadn't noticed.

Following Laurel's gaze, she scanned the room and realized there wasn't a single portrait on display.

"It was probably a rushed timeline," Stella replied. "They might not have had the chance."

"If they wanted to, a few hours in a studio would have been enough," Laurel pointed out skeptically.

Stella didn't think it was that unusual.

When she got married, she didn't get a ceremony, let alone a professional photoshoot.

Laurel continued, "Joshua getting married is a massive deal. Yet Harold and Jake aren't even here. They're supposedly out on assignment."

"I tried calling Jake a few days ago, and he totally ghosted me."

Stella replied absentmindedly, "Maybe there's a crisis within the Gardner family, and they had to handle it."

Laurel continued to scrutinize the room. "This whole setup feels incredibly half-assed."

"Keeping things simple usually looks like this," Stella murmured.

Laurel went quiet.

Since Beckett Torres had flat-out refused to help her orchestrate a kidnapping, she couldn't take on Joshua alone and had been forced to abandon her sabotage plan.

Still, something about this entire wedding felt deeply unsettling to her, even if she couldn't pinpoint exactly what it was.

The presence of the esteemed Gardner family elders made the event seem legitimate, leaving Laurel utterly baffled.

She had originally planned to squeeze some intel out of Harold and Jake at the reception.

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