Chapter 13

"System, is it almost time for the ring exchange?"

"That diamond ring is so sparkly, must have cost a fortune, huh?"

The System was almost exasperated by me.

"Host, shouldn't you be concerned about when the police will arrive?"

"What's the rush?" Let them be "happy" for a little longer.

That way, when the truth comes out, it'll hurt even more.

Scarlett Reid gazed shyly at Julian.

"Julian, I've actually liked you for a long time."

"Today, that wish finally came true."

Julian's expression was a bit unnatural.

He lowered his eyes, slightly distracted.

Perhaps he was thinking back to when we got married.

He had said those very same words to me.

"Audrey, marrying you, that wish finally came true."

The irony was, today he left me at the hospital to fulfill someone else's wish.

He had probably just taken off our wedding ring.

There was still a faint imprint of the ring on his ring finger.

But I had no such mark.

The women's ring I once cherished.

The day he agreed to marry Scarlett Reid, I threw it in the trash, never wanting it again.

At this moment, Julian's elegant fingertips picked up the diamond ring, preparing to place it on Scarlett Reid's finger.

At the entrance arch, several uniformed police officers suddenly entered.

The System's voice was slightly excited.

"Oh, the show's beginning."

"What, need some popcorn?"

"Ahem, Host, you forgot, I'm working right now."

I almost burst out laughing at the System.

"Scarlett Reid, we have a public complaint alleging hit-and-run."

Scarlett's lips trembled, like a drowning person, her hand gripping Julian's arm tightly.

"I... I didn't."

The police were used to people who refuse to admit anything.

They spoke in a matter-of-fact tone, "Surveillance footage shows that on the 11th of this month, at 2:10 PM, the car you were driving, license plate number XXX, was speeding on Oceanview Road, hit a person, and then fled the scene."

"The victim was a young woman."

At this, I saw Julian's fingers twitch.

He was so smart, he must have realized that at that time, the person Scarlett was supposed to pick up was him.

Julian's face turned grim as he pulled his arm away, taking two steps back.

He glared fiercely at Scarlett.

"You drove a different car to pick me up that day because your original car hit someone?"

Scarlett was trembling uncontrollably.

He couldn't help but violently grip her neck.

"Did you hit Audrey?"

Scarlett stammered incoherently.

"It hurts, let go! I don't know, it's impossible, there were no cameras there!"

The police calmly informed her, "There were cameras. They were just installed the day before."

Scarlett's body swayed forward.

"Madam, we also need to inform you that you are suspected of purchasing falsified medical records and need to cooperate with our investigation."

Scarlett's face instantly turned ashen. She didn't even have the strength to argue.

Finally, she collapsed like a rag doll and was led away by the police.

Criminal prosecution awaited her.

Among the guests, murmurs of indignation began.

"What an embarrassment, getting arrested on your wedding day!"

"She always seemed so sweet and innocent, but she hit someone and ran? How heartless can you be?"

"She wasn't even sick? Faking a terminal illness to gain sympathy? That's really messed up."

"Isn't the groom a very skilled doctor? Didn't he notice anything?"

Julian couldn't have missed it.

At that moment, he looked as if he'd been slapped hard across the face.

"Host, did Julian really not notice?"

I smiled, "Perhaps, he just didn't want to notice."

He wanted to be the dragon-slaying prince saving the princess.

But he never realized he was the dragon himself.

The System indignantly spat, "Pfft, what a new breed of scumbag."

Julian finally got his phone from the dressing room.

Unfortunately, it was dead, the screen black.

He then turned and ran quickly towards the parking lot.